Connolly, James.

The Re-Conquest of Ireland. With an introduction by A. Raftery.

Dublin, New Books Publications, 1972. 19 cm. x, 74 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Comber, Maureen (Editor).

Poverty before the Famine. County Clare 1835 – First report from His Majesty’s Commissioners into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland ; [edited and indexed by Maureen Comber].

Ennis, CLASP Press, 1996. 22cm. viii, 170 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Collins, John.

Local Government.

Second Edition by Desmond Roche. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1963. Octavo. 171 pages including a frontispiece-drawing of John Collins by Sean O’Sullivan. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Coakley, John; Rafter, Kevin:

The Irish Presidency – Power, Ceremony and Politics. Editors, John Coakley, Kevin Rafter ; foreword by President Michael D. Higgins.

Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland, Irish Academic Press, 2014. 24 cm. xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Clonakilty].

Clonakilty and District 1916 [Memorial publication on the anniversary of the 1916 Rising].

Cork, Lee Press, 1966. Octavo. 10 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Clifford, Brendan.

Fianna Fáil, ‘The Irish Press’ and the decline of the Free State.

Millstreet, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2007. 21 cm. 172 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare !

Chubb, Basil.

Cabinet Government in Ireland.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1974. 22 cm. 98 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Cover in poor condition. Interior very good with some markings in red ballpen. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Casement, Roger] MacColl, Rene.

Roger Casement – A New Judgement.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1956. Octavo. Frontispiece, 328 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with some minor tears and fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting newspaper-clipping regarding the Casement Diaries.

[Casement, Roger]

The Casement Diary Dogmatists – A Belfast Magazine.

Belfast, B.Clifford, 2004. Octavo. 68 pages (including wrappers). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Carstairs, Andrew McLaren.

A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe.

London, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 23 cm. 236 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket torn but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Carroll, Joseph T.

Ireland in the war years.

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1975. 23 cm. 190 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most remarkable newspaper-clippings related to irish politics, constitution and History. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Cahill, Liam.

Forgotten Revolution – Limerick Soviet 1919; a threat to British power in Ireland. With a foreword [by] Jim Kemmy.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1990. 24cm. 168 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Cahill, Joe] Anderson, Brendan.

Joe Cahill – A Life in the IRA.

Second Edition. Dublin, O’Brien, 2003. 20 cm. 400 pages (30 leaves of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With several interesting newspaer-clippings related to the topic.

Cadwallader, Anne.

Lethal allies – British collusion in Ireland.

Cork, Mercier Press, [2013]. 22 cm. 416 pages with illustrations, maps, portraits. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cadogan, Tim (ed.).

Cork County Council 1899-1999. [With a chapter on Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa and the Cork County Council Clerkship]. A Centenary Souvenir.

Cork, Cork County Council, 1999. 17 x 24,5 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition.

Byrne, Elaine.

Political corruption in Ireland 1922-2010 – A crooked harp ?

Manchester ; New York, Manchester University Press, 2012. 24 cm. XIII, 273 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Budge, Ian.

Belfast: Approach to Crisis – A study of Belfast politics, 1613 – 1970.

London, Macmillan, 1973. Octavo. XXI, 396 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Brugha, Cathal.

Cathal Bruga Memorial Publication.

Cork, Published by Brian Dillon Branch, Sinn Fein, Cork City, 1955. Octavo. 16 pages. Original Softcover / printed wrapper. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Some tears and small missing space to rear cover. RARE !

Brady, Seamus.

Arms and the men ! – Ireland in Turmoil [The book all Ireland has waited for].

Bray, S. Brady, 1971. 18 cm. 216 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Brady, Conor.

Guardians of the Peace. [Birth of Special Branch / Special Branch versus IRA 1925-32]

First Edition Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1974. 21cm x 14cm. XVI, 254 pages. With 8 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Rare publication ! Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Boycott, Captain Charles Cunningham] Rooney, Philip.

Captain Boycott – [The Man whose name gave a dreaded word to the english language in the stormy days of the Land League].

Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Anvil Books, 1966. 17 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Bourke, Marcus.

Murder at Marlhill – Was Harry Gleeson innocent ?

Dublin, Geography Publications, 1993. 24 cm. vii, 123 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

Bolster, Sister M. Angela.

The Lough Parish and its Historic Associations.

Cork, c.1975. Octavo. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Boland, Kevin.

The Rise and Decline of Fianna Fáil.

Dublin, Cork, Mercier Press, 1982. Small Octavo. 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on titlepage.

Boland, Kevin.

Fine Gael: British or Irish ?

Dublin, Mercer, 1984. Octavo. 99 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Bohan, Harry.

Ireland Green – Social planning and rural development.

Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1979. 22 cm. viii, 115 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Blasket Island / Na Blascaodaí]

Collection of fourteen (14) Volumes of the Blasket Island Journal: Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid. The collection includes: Volume 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.

14 Volumes. Baile Atha Cliath, Coisceim, 2000-2015. Octavo. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Blaney, Neil] Rafter, Kevin.

Neil Blaney – A soldier of destiny.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 21 cm. 151 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

Blácam, Aodh De.

From A Gaelic Outpost. With the printed dedication: “Respectfully inscribed to the Coarb of S. Eunan”. [And with the wonderful introductory sentence: “What ! – You were never in the Gaeltacht ? – never in the still Irish-speaking territory that fringes the Atlantic Coast ? – Then for you this book is written.”]

First Edition. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1921. Small Octavo. XII, 106 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Beautiful publication with charming frontcover illustration. No stamps, no names, very clean.

Bishop, Patrick.

The provisional IRA.

London, Heinemann, 1987. Large Octavo. 374 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Birmingham, George A.

The Red Hand of Ulster. Introduction by R. B. D. French.

Shannon, Irish University Press, 1972. 23 cm. xvi, 277 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket with some fraying and a minor tear. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Bhaldraithe, Tomas de / Corkery, Daniel / and many others.

Collection of over eighty (80) publications on the Gaelic Language (Gaeilge), the History of the Gaelic Language, Gaelic Grammar, gaelic exercise books (new and old), publications on gaelic conversation etc. etc. including a Dictionary by Tomas de Bhaldraithe, a publication by Daniel Corkery on “The Fortunes of the Irish Language”, etc. etc.

Dublin and others, c.1950 – c.1990. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. Some of the publications in poor condition but the majority in very good condition (see images).

Bewley, Charles.

Memoirs of a Wild Goose. Edited and with an afterword by W. J. McCormack.

Dublin, Lilliput Press, 1989. Octavo. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Berleth, Richard.

The Twilight Lords – An irish Chronicle. [The Fierce Doomed Struggle of the Last Great Feudal Lords of Ireland Against the England of Elizabeth I].

New York, Barnes & Noble, 1978. Octavo. XV, 316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bennett, Richard.

The Black and Tans. By Richard Bennett.

New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 21 cm. 228 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including some interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

Bell, John Bowyer.

The secret army – A history of the IRA; 1915-1970.

London, Sphere Books, 1972. Small Octavo. 478 pages. Softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Bell, J. Bowyer.

The secret army – The IRA 1916-1979.

Third Edition. Dublin, Poolbeg, 1990. 22 cm. x, 481 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Barry, Patrick.

By Bride and Blackwater ! – Poems, Stories and Historical Articles: The Guerilla War / Gaelic Athletics / Fermoy and the Upper Blackwater Basin / Pedigree of the Earls of Desmond / The Munster Geraldines by the Blackwater and the Bride / Lisgoold Footballers / Matches with Carrig and Little Island / The Glenville Tournament / Ballyhooley Tournament / Great Cork Priest in the Opening Years of the GAA (Fr. E. Barry from Rathcormac and Bartlemy) / A Veteran Hurler’s Reverie / Lismore Castle etc. etc.

First Edition. Cork, Lee Press, 1944. Octavo. 168, [8] pages with historical advertising. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and very few dogears. A very scarce book in unusually excellent condition !

[Barry, Kevin] O’Donovan, Donal.

Kevin Barry and his time.

Dublin, Glendale, 1989. 22 cm. 244 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including an interest newspaper-clipping related to Kevin Barry. Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

Barrington, T. J.

The Irish Administrative System.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. Octavo. X, 242 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Barrington, Jonah]

Collection of two (2) publications by Jonah Barrington. 1. The rise and fall of the Irish nation : a full account of the bribery and corruption by which the Union was carried : the family histories of the members who voted away the Irish Parliament with an extraordinary black list of the titles, places, and pensions which they received for their corrupt votes by Sir Jonah Barrington / 2. Jonah Barrington – Personal Sketches and Recollections.

Dublin / Glasgow, James Duffy and Co. / Cameron, Ferguson & Company, c.1880. Octavo. 299, 498 pages. Original Hardcover. Both bindings damaged and in poor condition with strong signs of wear. Some pages detached in the “Personal Sketches”. Still good reading copies.

Ayearst, Morley.

The Republic of Ireland – Its Government and Politics – Collection of 215 books on Irish Politics, Irish Government, Irish local planning and Local government, Irelands connection to the EU, History of Irish Elections, books on Governmental policy (general and irish related), books on the history of Ireland’s connection to the UK etc. Also included are several publications on the history of the irish political parties. The comprehensive collection comes from the library of a former council man and university lecturer and includes many of the minor and major publications needed to understand the forming of the irish state from 1940 onwards. The collection includes publications like: 1. John McG. Smyth – The Theory and Practice of the Irish Senate / 2. John Coakley and Michael Gallagher – Politics in the Republic of Ireland / 3. Desmond Roche – Local Government in Ireland / 4. Patrick Keatinge – Maastricht and Ireland – What the Treaty means / 5. Stephen Collins – The Power Game – Fianna Fail since Lemass / 6. Cornelius O’Leary – Irish Elections (1918 – 1977) – Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation / 7. Bruce Arnold – What Kind of Country – Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 / 8. Michael Flannery – Sanitation – Conservation and Recreation Services in Ireland / 9. Peter Mair – The Changing Irish Party System / 10. R.C.Geary – and F.S.O Muircheartaigh – Equalization of Opportunity in Ireland – Statistical Aspects / 11. Mary Minihan – A Deal with the Devil – The Green Party in Government / 12. Donal de Buitleir – Problems of Irish Local Finance / 13. Communications and Community in Ireland (Brian Farrell) / etc. etc.

London, University of London Press, 1971. 24 cm. vii,241 pages with 8 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The collection of 215 books (of which only c.60 are listed here) is in very good condition (only a few volumes with stronger wear).

Arnold, Mavis / Laskey, Heather.

Children of the Poor Clares – The Story of an Irish orphanage.

Belfast, The Appletree Press Ltd, 1985. 22 cm. 160 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Anderson, John] Brunicardi, Niall.

John Anderson, entrepreneur.

Fermoy [Ireland], Eigse Books, 1987. 21 cm. xii, 179 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Aldous, Richard/ Puirseil, Niamh.

We Declare. Landmark Documents in Ireland’s History. With a foreword by Fintan O’Toole.

London, Quercus Publishing Plc, 2008. 27.7cm x 19.5cm. 216 pages. With photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Aldous, Richard.

Great Irish Speeches. [Includes CD of Ireland’s greatest speakers]. With a Foreword by Colm Tóibín.

London, Quercus, 2007. Quarto. 223 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Adams, James.

Ambush, the war between the SAS and IRA. James Adams, Robin Morgan, Anthony Bambridge.

London, Pan Books, 1988. 18 cm. viii, 200 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[A.E.] Russell, George William.

The National Being – Some thoughts on an Irish polity.

Irish Academic Press, 1982. 22 cm. 176 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Green, Alice Stopford.

The Making of Ireland and its undoing, 1200-1600.

Second Edition. Dublin / London, Maunsel and Company, 1920. Large Octavo. XXIV, 573 pages including a map of Ireland specially drawn to illustrate chapter I of the book. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine (Original blue publisher’s coth). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the private library of Seosamh Laoide (English: Joseph H. Lloyd, 1865–1939), known as “Mac Tíre na Páirce” (″Wolf of the Park”). With his name in gaeilge on the endpaper. Seosamh Laoide was an Irish language scholar was an Irish language scholar.

Concannon, Maureen.

The Sacred Whore: Sheela, Goddess of the Celts.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2004. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. (12) pages, 233 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare and Out-of-Print.

[Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

Béal na mBláth Commemoration Society.

Béal na mBláth Commemoration Ninetieth Anniversary 1922-2012.

Béal na mBláth, Béal na mBláth Commemoration society, 2012. Octavo. 208 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition.

Thacker, Christopher.

The Genius of Gardening: The History Gardens in Britain and Ireland.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994. 17 cm x 24 cm. 352 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Hickin, Norman / [Naylor, Verney].

Original, Irish Butterfly – Specimen – Collection of entomologist and naturalist, Norman Hickin. 70 boxes with Butterfly – Specimen from the irish countryside in Dromreagh (Durrus, West Cork, Ireland), Ballycommane, Glengarriff, and wider surroundings. Many boxes labelled. The collection was established in the outgoing 1970s and early 1980s and gives an excellent view into the specimens still common at that time in Ireland and its unspoiled, non-industrial countryside. Norman Hickin subsequently published a Field Guide on Butterflies in Ireland (1992), clearly based on the specimens collected here.

West Cork, 1978 – 1982. Folio Box. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: The collection was treasured and professionally stored by Norman Hickin’s daughter, renown Garden Designer, Verney Naylor.

[Praeger, Robert Lloyd] Collins, Timothy.

Floreat Hibernia. A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865 – 1953). Preface by David Bellamy.

Dublin, Royal Dublin Society, 1985. Large Ocatvo. XIV, 151 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print.

Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Full-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Full-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 150 copies of the Full-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

[United Irishman].

“British Troops must Go” – “Throughout the towns, villages and countryside of our six occupied counties British Crown Forces move and operate. They are there to maintain a military bridgehead in Britain’s Imperial interests. But they are there contrary to the wishes of the Irish people. To-day, as in past generations, the men and women of the Irish Republican Movement are striving to end British occupation and enthrone the Irish Republic”.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Dublin (1 Gardiner Row), United Irishman [″Voice of the Republican Movement”], no year [c.1957]. Octavo. 20 pages with many photographs. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition and commemoration-pamphlet, celebrating three men who died for Ireland: “Oliver Craven, Newry” / “Patrick MacManus, Kinawley” / Paul Smith, Bessbrook” /.

Pearse, Padraic.

The Sovereign People. [With a new Introduction by Pádraig Ó Snodaigh protesting against Ireland’s entry into the EEC “To advocate joining the EEC is to advocate the submersion of Irish nationality in a political experiment…”].

Ath Cliath, Pabal Teoranta, 1972. Octavo. 19 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition.

O’Riordan, Thomas.

The Price of Freedom – The Life Story of Mick Fitzgerald (Commandant) O/C 1st Battalion Cork No.2 Brigade. – This Story contains an accurate and detailed account of the Early Life, Volunteer-Activities, Arrest, Trial, Imprisonment, Hunger-Strike and Death of one of Irelands bravest Sons.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Fermoy, Barry’s, no year [c.1970]. Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 95 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication with only one version of this publication listed internationally (in the National Library of Ireland).

[Bloody Sunday / Pamphlet plus Rare original Letters and Witness Statements of members of “The Association of Irish Priests” Priests who were eyewitnesses to the Bloody Sunday Events].

“Massacre at Derry” [Pamphlet] plus: Typped Letter and Typed Statements by Donal Flanagan (Secretary of the Central Committee of the Association of Irish Priests) and original Typescript-Statements by the Association of Irish Pries: Typescript 1: “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland” [″Statement on ‘Violence’ by the Ulster Branch of the Association of Irish Priests”] (3 pages) / Typescript 2: “Statement issued by seven priests who were in Derry’s Bogside during the Shootings on 30th January 1972” (″We accuse the Colonel of the Parachute Regiment of wilful murder…..It is untrue that shots were fired at the troops in Rossville Street before they attacked….signed (typed) by Reverends Anthony Mulvey, Edward Daly, G.McLaughlin, Denis Bradley, Michael McIvor, Thomas O’Gara) / Typescript 3: “Letter of Reverend Terence M.O’Keefe, Secretary Ulster Branch, Association of Irish Priests (Published in ‘Irish Press’, 5 February 1972 (″May i be permitted the use of your columns to give account of what i personally witnessed in Derry on Sunday afternoon”….″hen the Paratroopers arrived to us, Fr. Bradley and myself were refused permission on three occasions to attend to the wounded and dying, this with the most foul abuse and some blows from rifle butts”…″I was brought to a lorry, batoned in into it and taken to the army base on the Strand road….I find myself with bruised legs, arm and some back pain…I was lucky….Many others from the second lorry-load had faces smashed and heads cracked during their journey to the army centre….I might, perhaps, be counted as a reasonably credible witness as a Roman Catholic Priest, a university lecturer (in philosophy) and at present Dean of the School of Humanities at the New University of Ulster. I suppose that at present my feelings are of sickness, disgust and, I am afraid, anger. All I can hope is that some time in the future forgiveness and love will replace these. Till then is it too much to ask that the truth be told and that Westminster face the question of responsibility for what I personally, can only see as callous and brutal murder?” (Signed (Typed): Terence M.O’Keefe) /

First Edition (possibly only edition). Derry & Maynooth, Civil Rights Movement & Letters and Staments form Priest of St.Patrick’s College (Maynooth) and the Association of Irish Priests (Eagras Sagart Eireann), 1972. Octavo. Pamphlet: 48 pages / Typed Letter and Statements: “Letter by Donal Flanagan”: 1 page / “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland”: 3 pages / “Statement by Seven Priests”: 1 page / “Letter of Reverend Terence O’Keefe”: 2 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet and stapled Letters/Statements. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Pamphlet but even rarer original documents from the Priest of Maynooth College in Protest of the events of Bloody Sunday and a general analysis of the Situation in the North (Sociological Analysis). Extremely scarce collection.

[All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference].

Ireland’s Right to Unity – The Case Stated by the All-Party, Anti-Partition Conference, Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland.

Second Edition. [Dublin], All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference, 1949. 18.5 cm wide x 24.2 cm high. 16 pages plus the rare and often missing ephemeral leaflet “Request by Mansion House Conference” (see image). Stapled, original, illustrated softcover. Some creasing and the staples slightly rusted. But overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition pamphlet, produced for circulation among friends in Ireland and abroad.

Moore, George.

Conversations in Ebury Street. [With an interesting full-page manuscript letter by George Moore, written in ink into the book verso titlepage].

Second edition. New York, Boni and Liveright, Inc., 1924. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 315 pages. Original hardcover with spine label. Deckled edges. With a fantastic, full-page, signed message written inside the book by George Moore. Very good – condition of the binding with signs of external wear (some spotting). Moore responds in his manuscript note on the halftitle possibly to the request of Frieda Lawrence, wife of D.H.Lawrence, who requested a copy of Moore’s book “The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe”. Moore sent her instead this edition.

Schull.

Collection of eleven (11) pamphlets with information about Schull and its environment, including Roaringwater Bay, Cape Clear etc.:

Schull, Schull Development Association etc., 1985 – 2011. Octavo. c. 500 pages in total. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Goodman More, Alexander / Colgan, Nathaniel / Scully, Reginald W.

Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, being Outlines of the Geographical Distribution of Plants in Ireland [Including: “A List of the Principal Books, Papers, MSS. and Herbaria relating to the Flora of Ireland].

Second Edition – Founded on the Papers of the Late Alexander Goodman More. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1898. Large Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). Frontispiece-Map (folded), XCVI, 538 pages. Original Hardcover / Original publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Unusual in this condition ! The second edition is the definitive, enlarged and revised version of this book.

Stanhope, Earl Philip Henry.

Miscellanies. With some supplementary letters.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. 144 pages. Original Hardcover (full brown calf with gilt lettering to spine). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

[Pearse, Patrick / Pearse, Pádraic] Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais.

An Mháthair agus sgéalta eile. [The Mother and Other Stories].

Second Edition with Vocabulary. Dun Dealgan [Dundalk], The Dundalgan Press [William Tempest], 1927. 19.5cm x 12.8cm. 95 pages with frontispiece and further beautiful illustrations throughout the publication. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition of the rare softcover-issue with only minor signs of external wear.

Knowles, James Sheridan / Willan Smith, Robert.

Virginius – A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. (First Edition, 1820) / Bound together with: The Hunchback – A Play in Five Acts (Fourth Edition, 1832). [Presentation copy / Signed copy]

Two Volumes in One. London, Printed for James Ridgway, 1820. Octavo. Pagination: Virginius – 85, (3) pages / Hunchback – VIII, (2), 118 pages. Hardcover / Original, contemporary green cloth with original red morocco label to spine. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Stronger signs of foxing to “Virginius” but still in very good condition. Inscribed by James Sheridan Knowles to one Robert Willan Smith on the titlepage:″To Mr. Willan with the affectionate Respect + Gratitude of the Author”. Sheridan Knowles had a chance to be Willan’s successor but decided for a literary and acting career. / “The Hunchback” in excellent condition, also with inscription and signature of Knowles on the titlepage and with the ownership-inscription of Robert Willan Smith. Rare Cork related !

[Doyle, James Warren] J.K.L. [acronym for “James / Kildare / Leighlin”] / [James Charles Coffey (1815-1880)].

Letters on the State of Ireland – Addresses by J.K.L. to a friend in England [With a section: “Administration of Justice and Spirit of the Penal Laws”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Richard Coyne [Printer and Bookseller to the Royal College of St.Patrick, Maynooth, and Publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland], 1825. Octavo (15 cm x 21 cm). VIII, 364 pages. Hardcover / Recently restored and rebacked original binding. Excellent condition after the restoration. From the library of Judge James Charles Coffey, with his name signed on the titlepage and dated May, 1860. Some mild foxing to first 10 pages, otherwise very good. Extremely rare publication !

[Croker, John Wilson].

Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones, Esq. – On the Present State of the Irish Stage. Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions.

Dublin, Printed by Graisberry & Campbell and sold by all booksellers, 1805. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). XXX, 178 pages plus Errata-leaf. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. Tear in Errata-leaf professionally repaired. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

[Croker, John Wilson].

An Intercepted Letter from J- T-, Esq. – Writer at Canton, to his friend in Dublin, Ireland.

Fourth Edition. Dublin, Printed for M.N.Mahon, 109, Grafton Street, 1804. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). III, 42 pages. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

[Burke, Edmund] / [Dodsley, James / Dodsley, Robert (The Dodsley Brothers)].

Collection of a run of 22 Volumes from the library of Richard Meade of: “The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature” and “The New or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature – To Which is Prefixed, the History of Knowledge, Learning, Taste and Science in Britain [….].

22 Volumes. London, J.Dodsley, 1781 [1782] – 1810 [1811]. 14,7 cm x 22 cm. c. 5000 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced and / or repaired spine-labels. Very good condition after the Volumes experienced some repair and new spine-labels from a professional bookbinder. With some signs of external wear and a minor cracks and rubbing to bindings. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown or loosely inserted to some Volumes (missing in others). Important periodical, also dealing with irish History in detail and often the Volumes include folded vintage maps of the late 18th and early 19th century.

Bolster, John / [Callanan, Jeremiah Joseph] / Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L.E.L.]/ Sloane, Hans.

Bolster’s Quarterly Magazine. Volume I. No. I (February, 1826) – Volume I. No. IV (November, 1826).

Cork, John Bolster, Patrick Street, 1826. Octavo. VIII, 394 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the boards and corners. Interior very good with only occasional signs of foxing. A very rare Cork publication with some extremely scarce, often anonymously published essays on local history, poetry etc. The publications signed with J.J.C. are by Corkonian Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Name of 19th century preowner on endpaper: “Michael Higgins”.

[Collins, Michael] Bernard, Bruce.

Century – One hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope. [With several rare photographs regarding irish History, especially the touching photograph of Michael Collins’ brother at the Wake].

London, Phaidon Press, 1999. Quarto. 1120 pages with 1090 photographs. Original Hardcover in original cardboard box. The protective Box dusty and bumped. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this very heavy Volume includes worldwide shipping per Courier !

Hutton, Mary A.

The Táin – An Irish Epic Told in English Verse by Mary A. Hutton.

Dublin, Maunsel & Co., 1907. Small Quarto (18 cm x 22 cm). XII, 495 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Top edge gilt. The Volume now in collector’s Mylar. Binding with some fraying and rubbing to spine. As usual, the text deckled edges with some foxing. Last page of the Appendix unopened with a small tear. A very rare and important book with all the History and insight into “The Táin”.

O’Donnell, F.Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar [including a chapter: “The Priestly Boycott and the Irish Language” and with an Appendix: “The Mind of the Jesuit Order To-Day on the Killing of Heretics and the Liberty of Peoples”].

London, David Nutt, 1902. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23 cm). XXIII, 202 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

[Carew, Sir George] Brewer, J.S. / Bullen, William.

Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts, Preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, 1589 – 1600. Edited by J.S.Brewer and William Bullen.

London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1869. Quarto (20 cm x 27 cm). CII, 604 pages. Hardcover / Original, contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed. Overall firm, strong and in very good condition. Name of G.B.O’Connor on titlepage in ink. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.

[Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !

Cullen, W.B. O’Toole, A.L.

Steadfast in Giving – The Story of Edmund Rice. Founder of the Christian Brothers and The Presentation Brothers.

Cork, The Presentation Brothers, c 1990. 13 cm x 21 cm. 60 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

[Cork – West Cork / County Kerry History Pre-Famine] Nicholson, Asenath.

Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger or An Excursion through Ireland in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor.

First Edition. New York, Baker and Scribner, 1847. Small Octavo. XV, 456 pages plus 22 pages of a catalogue for the publisher Baker and Scribner in the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament to covers. Recently, professionally restored. Very good condition with the usual signs of some browning and foxing to this publication. From the library of Lathrop Josiah Tracy, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (1825-1897). With his name to the halftitle. A very rare and important book !

Montesquieu, [Charles-Louis de Secondat] Baron de / Nugent Thomas.

The Spirit of the Laws [With the chapter: “Abortion – Why the women of America procured it (Volume II, p. 99)]. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. By Thomas Nugent.

The Sixth Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete). Dublin, Printed for William Jones, 1792. Octavo (14 cm x 20.5 cm). [8], 325, [7], 371, [21] pages including Index. Hardcover / Original 18th century full calf with original spinelabel and original, double-endpapers to front and rear. Upper hinge professionally repaired and restored to style. Binding with some rubbing and very minor damges but firm and in overall very good condition. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. The rare translation by irish historian and travel-writer, Thomas Nugent.

[Foster, Sir Michael] / [Sarah Cotter – Dublin Printing History].

A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added Discourses upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, in Skinner-Row, 1763. Octavo. XI, 412 pages plus 16 pages of Index and “Table of the Principal Matters”. Original Hardcover / Full 18th century calf with new spine-label. The binding firm and in excellent condition. Important: Several strong puncture – wounds to the first 54 and last 60 pages (without loss of text). Some occasional staining but text overall clean. A very rare Sarah Cotter print from 18th century Dublin. Although no sign of it, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

[Cork Print – 18th century] Robertson, William.

The History of America.

Volume I (of II) of the First Cork Edition [which had two Volumes in total]. Cork, Printed by Thomas White, opposite the Exchange, 1778. Octavo. XIX, [1], [6], 492 pages including 6 unnumbered pages of a List of Subscribers including the previous owner of the book: “Rev. John Meade”. Original Hardcover / Original full 18th-century-calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Name of John Meade on titlepage. Only Volume One of this very rare Cork print !

[Clarendon, Henry Hyde Earl of] Powney, Richard.

The State Letters of Henry, Earl of Clarendon – Lord Lieutenant of Ireland During the Reign of K. James the Second: and His Lordship’s Diary for the Years 1687,1688, 1689 and 1690. From the Originals in the Possession of Richard Powney, Esq. with an Appendix from Archbishop Sancroft’s Manuscript in the Bodleian Library.

Oxford / Dublin, The Clarendon Press / Elizabeth Watts in Skinner-Row, 1765. Octavo. Volume I: XXXII, 407 pages [including a list of subscribers which also mentions Richard Meade, Esq. [Richard Mead] / Volume II: 480 pages plus 20 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf with gilt lettering on spinne. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume One and the name of John Meade to the titlepage of Volume II. Faded dampstain only to the endpapers of Volume I / Minor wormhole-damage to the endpaper and titlepage of Volume II. Otherwise in very good and firm condition. A very rare and significant publication.

Birch, Thomas.

An Inquiry into the Share which King Charles I had in the transactions of the Earl of Glamorgan, afterwards Marquis of Worcester, for bringing over a Body of Irish Rebels to assist that King, in the Years 1645 and 1646. In which Mr.Carte’s imperfect Account of that Affair, and his Use of the MS. Memoirs of the Pope’s Nuncio Rinuccini, are impartially considered. The whole drawn up from the Best Authorities, Printed and Manuscript. The Second Edition; to which is added an Appendix, containing several Letters of the King to the Earl of Glamorgan, from the Originals in the Harleian Library of Manuscripts.

London, A.Millar, 1756. Octavo. VIII, 376 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full calf. Spine starting and professionally reinforced. New spinelabel. In protective Mylar. Two names of previous owners on titlepage in ink: “O’Connor” / “Francis Hutchinson – (Lord Donoughmore)”. Subsequently the book was owned by Daniel Conner, with his bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown.

Wright, Thomas / Warren, H.

The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time. Illustrated with 43 [fortythree] Beautiful Steel Engravings from Original Drawings, executed expressly for this Work by H. Warren.

First Edition. 3 Volumes [complete set]. London / New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, no year [c.1850]. Quarto (20.5 cm x 28 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece and engraved titlepage, XIV, 728 pages / Volume II: Portrait-Fronticpiece of James Butler (Second Duke of Ormond), IV, [2], 663 pages / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of a young Queen Victoria plus engraved titlepage showing the visit of George IV to Ireland in 1821, [4], 592 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with gilt lttering and ornament to spine. Volume I professionally rebacked and all three Volumes now firm and strong. Very good condition of this important mid-19th-century-publication, documenting the very essence of intertwining politics and History of Ireland and Victorian Britain. The work is difficult top find in excellent condition. Interior excellent besides a few very minor dogears to some pages. From the library of B.Burrowes, Belfast, with the armorial bookplate / Exlibris including the Motto: “Audaces Fortuna Juvat”.

[Thom, Alexander] / [Famine Year / Famine Year Almanac].

Thom`s Irish Almanac & Official Directory for the Year 1845 [including “Peerage of Ireland with alphabetical Index”].

First Edition. Dublin, Alexander Thoma, 1845. Octavo (13 cm x 18.5 cm). VIII, 906 pages. Original Hardcover (Publisher’s blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine). Very good and firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. This is one of the most important and rarest sources for Statistics in Ireland in 1845 and one year prior of The Great Famine [Gorta Mór / Irish Potato Famine].

Hennessy, R.M. / [Molloy, Constantine] / [Wolfe, Jasper Travers].

The Justice of the Peace for Ireland. – A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Magistrates in Ireland. In Cases of Summary Jurisdiction and in other Matters founded partly on Molloy’s Justice of the Peace. With an Appendix of Statutes.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. Large Octavo. XXXVII, 989 pages. Original Hardcover (beautiful full calf binding with original spinelabel and original leather flap). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Excellent Provenance: From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. With Jasper Wolfe’s name in ink on the endpaper. The price for this Volume includes the 1890-edition of Molloy’s “Justice of Peace (see images – Titlepage of this Volume is missing / The Volume belonged to William Boyle, Solicitor in Coote Hill).

Urban, Sylvanus / [Nichols, John].

The Gentleman’s Magazine [London Gazette] and Historical Chronicle for the Year MDCCXCVIII [1798] – [ With accounts on the Irish Rebellion]. Volume LXVIII (68) Part 1 and Part 2: January to June 1798 and July to December 1798.

Two Volumes (complete with 26 full page-plates of engravings). London, Printed by John Nichols and sold by Elizabeth Newbery, 1798. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). 1158 pages plus 42 unnumbered pages of “Index of Names / Index to the Poetry & Essays / Index to the Books, Essays, Occurences, Historical Passages &c., Book Reviews [in 1798]”. Including a congratulatory poem from Henry Lemoine to Sylvanus Urban, “On commencing his Sixty-Eighth Volume”, printed on the last page of Volume II. Hardcover / Original 18th century boards, professionally rebacked by using the original spinelabels. Excellent condition after the perfect restoration by an english masterbindery.

Tryal of Connor Lord MacGuir – Temple, John / Tichborne, Sir Henry.

The History of the General Rebellion in Ireland raised upon the Three and Twentieth day of October 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. As also, The whole Tryal of Connor Lord MacGuir, with the perfect Copies of the Indictment, and all the Evidences against him. Together with the Pope’s Bull to the Confederate Catholicks in Ireland.

The Seventh Edition. Cork, Phineas and George Bagnell, 1766. 14 cm x 21 cm. xxiv, [12 pages with list of Subscribers], 412 pages. Hardcover / Professionally rebacked, original boards with gilt lettering and ornament to style of the 18th century. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Title and following page slightly fingerstained. Else in very good condition and especially beautiful and firm after the restoration of the volume by an english masterbinder.

[St.Patrick] Gargan, Denis

The Ancient Church of Ireland – A Few Remarks on Dr. Todd’s “Memoir of the Life and Mission of St.Patrick, Apostle of Ireland”.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1864. Octavo. 120 pages plus errata leaf. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly stained and rubbed. Old, 19th century bookplate on pastedown: “St.Mary’s Dominican Library, Pope’s Quay”.

[Grierson, George and John]

[Sabbath – Servants – Burning Land – Impounding – Cattle Trespassing – Replevin] Sammelband / Collection of six Acts: 1. An Act for The better Observation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday [Sabbath]. Dublin, 1803. 22 pages / 2. An Act relating to Servants and Apprentices, Artificers and Day-Labourers. Dublin, 1831. 55 pages / 3. An Act to Repeal the several Laws for Recovery of small Sums due for Wages, in Ireland; and to make other Provisions for Recovery of such Wages. Dublin, 1830. 96 pages / 4. An Act to amend the 10° Charles I. for Impounding of Distresses in Ireland. Dublin, 1829. 22 pages / 5. An Act for preventing the Vexatious Impounding of Cattle for Trespass or Damage Feasant [Pheasant]. Dublin, 1829. 25 pages. / 6. An Act to provide for the Relief of Persons aggrieved by unlawful or excessive Distresses in Ireland. [An Act to show cause why Replevin should not be made] Dublin, 1830. 28 pages.

Dublin, G. and J. Grierson & His Majesty’s Printers, 1803-1831. Duodecimo. 22, 55, 96, 22, 25, 28 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full 19th century calf with gilt lettering on original, red spinelabel. Binding and interior in unusually excellent condition. Only a very small lesion (fraying) to the outer margins of three pages.

Etchingham, Colman.

Church Organisation in Ireland: AD 650 to 1000.

Maynooth, Laigin Publications, 2002. 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm. VIII, 538 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A few pencil underlinings. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on endpaper. An extremely rare and important book.

[Burnet, Gilbert] / Higgons, B.

Historical And Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet’s History Of His Own Time. The Second Edition, with Additional Remarks. To which is added a Postscript, in answer to the London Journal of the 30th of January and 6th of February, 1724/1725.

London, Printed for P.Meighan, 1727. Octavo. [8], 348, [12] pages including Index and advertising of Books sold by P.Meighan. Hardcover / Oriignal 18th century full calf with ornament to spine and new spine-label created to style. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

Everett, Nigel.

The Landlord’s Garden – Derreen Demesne, County Kerry.

Second and revised edition. Bantry, Hafod Press, 2005. 19 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece (John Powell’s survey of Nedeen and surroundings), 93 pages. Several black and white maps, drawings and photographs throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

Stokes, William.

The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta.

First American Edition. Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1854. Large Octavo. XVI, 710 pages. Hardcover / Spectacular recent full calf binding english master bookbinder “George Bayntun”, in Bath. With gilt lettering and ornament on spine and a beautifully gilted spinelabel this should be in every cardiologist’s library. Excellent condition. Name of preowner ‘Lornison’ on titlepage. Extremely Rare in this condition.

Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

Howard, John / [Daniel Conner Library]

An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague: Together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional remarks on The Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland. [Including chapters on English Prisons and Hospitals, Hulks [Prison-Ships] on the Thames, Remarks on the Gaol-Fever, Remarks on Penitentiary Houses, Scottish Prisons and Hospitals, Irish Prisons and Hospitals, Charter Schools in Ireland etc.]

First Edition. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres; And sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor in London, 1789. Quarto (24,5 cm x 30,5 cm). VIII, 259 pages plus 13 unnumbered pages of Index and 1 page “Directions to the Book-Binder”. Collation complete with 22 plates of which 20 are large fold-out-engravings. Hardcover / Contemporary 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine. Stunning Volume, recently restored and rebacked by two english master-binders. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. After the restoration now a highly-desirable collectable. One of the first sociological studies of conditions within the penal system of England and Ireland compared to other 18th-century practices within European Jails / Gaols. The partly romantic engravings seem sinister when one imagines what inmates and children endured within these settings. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

Yeates, Padraig.

The Making of the Great 1913 Lockout Tapestry.

Dublin, SIPTU Communications Department, 2013. 29.8cm x 21cm. 98 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Wright, Rev. Charles H.H.

The Irish University Question and the Proposed Endowment of a Roman Catholic University Considered.

Second Edition. London / Dublin, Williams and Norgate/ Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1901. 21.4cm x 14cm. 36 (2) pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.