1. Bolton, Sir Richard / Travers, Michael [Richard Meade’s copy].

A Justice of Peace for Ireland: Consisting of Two Books. The First, declaring the Exercise of that Office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions; The Second, setting forth the Form of Proceeding in Sessions and the Matter to be enquired of and handled therein. Composed by Sir Richard Bolton, Knt. – Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. To which are now added, In an Alphabetical Order, All the Statutes now in Force in England and Ireland, (since Sir Richard Bolton published his said Treatise) which concern the Office of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, both in and out of Sessions. Here are likewise added, three Tables: The First shews the several Titles in Sir Richard Bolton’s Treatise to which additions have been made. The Second shews the several New Titles added; and the Third is designed for the more easy finding several Particular Matters contained under the General Titles. With a compleat Index to the whole. Also some Precedents of Committals, Convictions, Summonses and Warrants, are added, as a Help to Justices of the Peace in the Execution of their Office. With a Table of the Precedents. By Michael Travers, Esq.; Barrister at Law.

Two Volumes in one (complete). Dublin, Printed for J.Leathley and T.Moore in Dame-street and O.Nelson in Skinner-row, Booksellers, 1750. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). XIV, 586, XII, 292 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a minor crack to upper spine. Faded dampstain. Interior and binding firm and overall in very good condition. Bookplate of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown. Richard Meade’s full name in ink to endpaper.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. [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.

5. Clarke, Thomas J.

Glimpses of an Irish Felon’s Prison Life. With an Introduction by P.S. O’Hegarty.

Cork, The National Publications Committee, 1970. 14 cm x 22 cm. 63 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

6. [Curran, John Philpot] / [Harraden, Richard] / [Seeley, John] / [West, Thomas].

Sammelband of four (4) late 18th century / early 19th-century-publications in one Volume. The Volume includes the very rare first edition of a trial with participation of John Philpot Curran and in which he held one of his most famous speeches. The four Volumes included are: Volume I: [Thomas West] – “A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. By the Author of The Antiquities of Furness”. (London, 1799) / Volume II: [John Seeley] – “Stowe : A Description of the House and Gardens of the Most Noble and Puissant Prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckingham”. (Buckingham, 1798) / Volume III: [Richard Harraden] – “Description of Cambridge, illustrated by thirty picturesque views of the university and town (these are not included), (with a frontispiece [this is included]) from original drawings, by Richard Harraden, Sole Proprietor and Publisher of the Views of Cambridge and Oxford; and the print from the statue of Sir Isaac Newton, Dedicated to his Majesty”. (Cambridge, 1800) / Volume IV: [John Philpot Curran and George Ponsonby and other “Ennis Assizes”] – “By Authority. £. 10,000 Damages. Summer Assizes. Trial at Ennis, County of Clare, on 27th July, 1804, before the Hon. Baron Smith, and a Special Jury.” – “A REPORT of the TRIAL on an Action for Damages brought by The Reverend Charles Massy against the Most Noble The Marquis of Headfort, for Criminal Conversation with Plaintiff’s Wife. Damages laid at £40,000. Taken in Short-Hand by an eminent Barrister. [With a Motto: “Thoughts that breathe, and words “That burn” – Gray.] – FIRST EDITION – (Dublin, 1804) //

London, Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson, Cornhill, etc., 1799. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I – [A Guide to the Lakes]: Folded Frontispiece-Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, X, 311 pages with an additional illustration bound to page 91 [View of “Lowdore”] and a text-illustration of “The Gateway-Tower of Lancaster”, plus 3 unnumbered pages of advertising Views of the Lakes by the publisher / Volume II: [″Stowe : A Description of the House and Garden”]: VI, 65 pages [No Illustrations] / Volume III: [″Description of Cambridge”]: Frontispiece [″King’s College Chapel” by Richard Harraden], II, 40 pages with no plates besides the Frontipiece / Volume IV: (John Philpot Curran) – “A Report of the Trial”: VIII, 95 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering to spine and new marbled-paper covering to boards.. Besides very minor defects to the binding and some rubbing, in very good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown and his name in ink on titlepages.

7. Doolan, Brian.

Principles of Irish law.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1991. 24 cm. xxxiv,478 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

8. [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 !

9. Fanning, Ronan / Kennedy, Michael / Keogh, Dermot / O’Halpin, Eunan / Royal Irish Academy.

Documents on Irish Foreign policy. Volume I: 1919 – 1922.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1998. 24 cm. xxviii, 548 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. FitzGerald, Garret.

Planning in Ireland. A P.E.P. study.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1968. 24 cm. VIII, 246 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print !

11. [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.

12. Griffin, Gerald.

Talis Qualis; or Tales of the Jury Room.

First Edition, published posthumously. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, no year [c. 1842]. 8°. Frontispiece and titlepage are original steel engravings, followed by 463 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Beautifully tooled boards with irish harp embossed on frontcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper (W. Collins).

13. Grist, Berna.

An Introduction to Irish Planning Law.

Second edition. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2012. 24 cm. xvi, 207 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print publication !

14. [Guerin, Veronica] Williams, Paul.

Evil Empire – The Irish Mob and the Assassination of Journalist Veronica Guerin.

First American Edition. New York, Tom Doherty, 2003. Octavo. 380 pages. With several photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

15. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.

16. 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. Stunning Original Hardcover Wallet Binding (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).

17. 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.

18. Hughes, Ian / TASC (Organization).

Power to the people ? – Assessing democracy in Ireland. Written and edited by Ian Hughes with John Baker and others.

Dublin, TASC at New Island, 2007. 24 cm. 654 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [TASC report].

19. Ireland.

The accession of Ireland to the European Communities. Laid by the Government before each House of the Oireachtas.

Dublin, Stationery Office, 1972. 21 cm. vi, 214 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Former library copy (discarded).

20. Joyce, P.W.

A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland. [with special chapters on Irish Learning and Education / Language and Literature / Learning in Pagan Times (Ogham) / Lay Schools / Irish Language and Literature: The Men of Learning / Ancient Libraries / Existing Books / Annals / How the Annals were compiled / Principal Books of Annals / etc. etc.].

London, Longmans, 1906. Octavo. XXIII, 574 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and front board. Good condition but with some stronger signs of wear. Inner hinges cracked. The small map of Ireland damaged (upper part missing).

21. Keane, Hon. Mr. Justice Ronan.

Planning and Development Law.

Second Edition. Naas (Kildare), The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, 1984. Octavo. XXI, 209 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

22. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.

23. MacBride, Seán; Amnesty International. Irish Section; Association of Irish Jurists; Prisoners’ Rights Organization (Ireland):

Crime and punishment. [The Irish Penal System Commission Report / Police Custody: The Barra O Briain Report / Fr.Austin Flannery O.P. on the Death Penalty / Kevin White on the O Briain Report]. Edited by Seán Mac Bride.

Dublin, Ireland, Ward River Press in association with Amnesty International Irish Section, the Association of the Irish Jurists, the Prisoners Rights Organisation, 1982. 18 cm. 184 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Paperfacts ; 2].

24. Maine, Henry Sumner.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions [Including a chapter on ‘The Ancient Irish Law’].

Sixth Edition. London, John Murray, 1893. 15 cm x 23 cm. 412 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Some stronger discoloration to cover. Some pencil markings and underlinings. Slightly frayed at boundary between cover and endpaper.

25. Molyneux, William.

The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, stated. To Which is Added “The Case of Tenures Upon the Commission of Defective Titles, Argued by all the Judges of Ireland, With Their Resolutions, And the Reasons of Their Resolutions” [this work has its own titlepage].

Dublin, Pressick Rider and Thomas Harbin for Pat. Dugan, Bookseller on Cork-Hill,. 1725. Small-Octavo (9.8 cm x 15.8 cm). VI, [4], 186, [1] pages [including the final leaf “The Order of the Councel-Board, upon this Resolution of the Judges”]. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf / Recently professionally rebacked and restored with original endpapers intact. Excellent condition. Small library – stamp on titlepage and old ownership entry in ink: “Edward Newnham”.

26. Morgan, David Gwynn.

Administrative Law. By David Gwynn Morgan and Gerard Hogan.

London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1986. 22cm (pbk). LI,422 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Irish law texts].

27. Mullan, Don:

Speaking truth to power – The Dónal de Róiste affair. [With an interesting newspaper-clipping on the murder of pacifist Sheehy-Skeffington by Dara Redmond] With the assistance of Barry Whyte. Foreword by Jane Winter.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Currach Press, 2006. 22 cm. 368 pages. With 16 pages of plates with portraits and facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

28. [O’Connell, Daniel] / Armstrong, John Simpson / Trevor, Edward Shirley.

A Report of The Proceedings on an Indictment for a Conspiracy, in the Case of The Queen v. Daniel O’Connell, John O’Connell, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, Rev. Thomas Tierney, Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, Richard Barrett, John Gray and Thomas Matthew Ray in Michaelmas Term, 1843, and Hilary Term, 1844. By John Simpson Armstrong and Edward Shirley Trevor.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1844. Octavo. VIII, 891 pages. Original Hardcover / Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. [O’Connell, Daniel / Butt, Sir Isaac / Conner, Henry Longfield] Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet.

Sir Isaac Butt’s personal copy [with Trinity College Dublin-Reference on his armorial bookplate] of the famous Report of the Select Committee into the case of Daniel O’Connell’s motion against Judge Cusack-Smith upon him feeling offended by the Judge. The title is: “Charges of Baron Smith [Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet] also Addresses, Presented to him; and his Answers; Together with a Report of the Two Debates in the House of Commons, upon his Case; and An Appendix”.

Dublin, Richard Milliken and Son, 1834. Octavo. XVI, 544, CLXXXIV pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Bookplate / ExLibris of Sir Isaac Butt to pastedown and the name of Henry Longfield Conner above it (while the book came from the library of Sir Isaac Butt, it subsequently ended up in the library of Henry Longfield Conner, Manch). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

30. [O’Connell, Daniel / Grattan Prosecution] Anonymous.

The Law Recorder [Defaced with satirical alteration of the Frontispiece]: Containing Reports of Cases and Proceedings in the Courts of Law and Equity, &c. &c. &c. at Dublin and elsewhere, from Michaelmas Term, 1827 to Trinity Term, 1828, (both inclusive) with Essays, Communications &c. &c. on Legal Subjects.

Original First Edition. Volume I only. Dublin, Printed for the Proprietor, 1828. Large Quarto. Engraved portrait-frontispiece of Sir Anthony Hart, Knight, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland [with a few caricatural corrections in contemporary ink (see image)], XXIV, 586 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the early 19th century with original spinelabel. Slightly dusty and and the binding a little stronger rubbed. Interior still very good with some browning to corners of the bookblock and some occasional foxing. Very rare, original edition with several appearances of Daniel O’Connell as defender and speaker !

31. [O’Connell, Daniel] Levy, John / [John O’Connell].

A Full and Revised Report of the Three Days’ Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, With Dedication to Cornelius Mac Loghlin, Esq., and an Address to the People of Ireland – By Daniel O’Connell, M.P. To which are added, A Valuable Appendix, and the Petition from the Corporation to the Imperial Parliament, for the Restoration of Ireland’s Domestic Legislature. Edited by John Levy, Esq. [Bound with a relevant publication by Daniel O’Connell’s son, John O’Connell (1810 – 1858): “John O’Connell – An Argument for Ireland” – Dublin, 1844. III, 391 pages].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1843. Octavo. VIII, 391 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the 19th century. This is NOT an ex-library-copy how so often is the case for this book, but an excellent condition First Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

32. O’Higgins, Thomas F.

A Double Life [including three very interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on Tom O’Higgins].

Dublin, Town House, 1996. 24 cm. 308 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

33. O’Reilly, Emily.

Masterminds of the Right.

Dublin, Attic Press, [1992]. 22cm. 160 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

34. O’Sullivan, M.L. [Michael John] / [Moore, Thomas].

A Fasciculus of Lyric Verses : By the Late M.J.O’Sullivan, Esq., Barrister at Law, dedicated, (by Permission), to Thomas Moore, Esq. [With a Memoir of the Author and a “Biographical Sketch of the Late Joseph Augustine Wade – The Last Production of the AUthor, written a few days before his death”].

First Edition. Cork, From the Machine of W. Scraggs, 102, Patrick-Street, 1846. Octavo. 84 pages. Private half cloth – binding of the time. Bookblock nearly detached form binding. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Interior, pages and titlepage in excellent condition and very clean. Signed and dated by the preowner in the year 1847 (″JSA” or “HA”). Extremely Rare !

35. O’Sullivan, Philip / Shepherd, Katharine.

A Sourcebook on Planning Law in Ireland together with the rare 1987 Supplement.

Abingdon, Professional Books Limited, 1984 – 1987. Octavo. XXXVIII, 568 pages plus supplement: XXI, 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. (The supplement in softcover). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

36. Qvortrup, Mads.

A comparative study of referendums – Government by the people. [also related to Referendums in Ireland 1998-2004].

Second Edition. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2005. 23 cm. 198 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

37. Robertson, A. H.

Human Rights in the World. Introduction to the Study of the International Protection of Human Rights.

Third, revised and expanded edition. Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1992. Octavo. IV, 314 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes several newspaper clippings related to cases on Human Rights (Rights of Travelling People in Ireland / Ireland’s and Britain’s Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law etc.).

38. Ryan-Smolin, Wanda.

King’s Inns portraits. Wanda Ryan-Smolin ; photography by John Kellett.

Dublin, [Council of King’s Inns], [1992]. 26cm. ix, 88 pages with numerous illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is a floor plan for the locations of the paintings during an exhibition.

39. Stephen, Henry John / [Sir John Chute Neligan].

New Commentaries on the Laws of England (Partly Founded on Blackstone).

First Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller, 1841-1845. Octavo. XXV, 588, XII, 622, XI, 744, X, 572 pages with a large fold-out-plate (Table of Paternal and Maternal Descent). Original Hardcover / Contemporary half leather with original spinelabels with gilt lettering. Upper hinges of Volume I and III slightly damaged. Otherwise slightly rubbed and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

40. 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.

41. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

42. Viney, Michael.

The Broken Marriage – A Study in Depth of a Growing Irish Social Problem. Reprinted from The Irish Times.

Dublin, The Irish Times, 1970. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 26 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers.

43. Walsh, Pat.

The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2009. 20 cm. 223 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

44. Whelan, Noel.

Politics, Elections and the Law.

Dublin, Blackhall, c2000. 24 cm. [22], 195 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. [William Geary] Colvert, Brendon K.

On my honour – One man’s lifelong struggle to clear his name.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2011. 20 cm. 160 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

46. Williamson, Arthur.

The Elements of Civics.

Dublin & Belfast, The Educational Company of Ireland, No date (c.1914) 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Small inkstain on cover. Slight browning of pages and page-edges. Clean inside with solid binding.