201. [Ireland]

The Romantic Scenery of England, Ireland and Scotland.

[London], [T.T. & J. Tegg], [1833]. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 111 steelengravings / illustrations on 38 plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All steel engravings in beautiful condition with only a very faint dampstain to outer margins of the plates.

202. 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”.

203. 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 !

204. 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).

205. 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.

206. Greaves, C. Desmond.

The Irish Case against Partition [Full facts and programme of Action].

[London], Connolly Association, no year [ca. 1952]. 19 cm. 36 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce ! [A Connolly Association pamphlet].

207. [Grattan, Henry] Mac Carthy, John George [John George MacCarthy – Mallow M.P.].

Henry Grattan – A Historical Study [Inscribed by the author to Nichols Murphy, Esq.].

First Edition. Dublin, E.Ponsonby, 1876. Octavo. [3], 81, [2], pages including an advertising printed in the raer of the Volume for John George Mac Carthy’s book: “A Plea for the Home Government of Ireland” (with a mentioning of the “Opinion of the Press”). Original Hardcover / Green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Excellent condition. With a beautiful inscription in ink by John George MacCarthy on the halftitle: “Presented to Nicholas Murphy Esq. with the writers best wishes and regards – January 7, 1876”.

208. 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.

209. [Gogarty, Oliver St. John] Ussher, Arland.

The Face and Mind of Ireland.

Third Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Modern Hardcover binding (grey cloth with black lettering on spine andnew endpapers). Excellent condition. This book comes from the library of Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty and was signed and inscribed to him by Arland Ussher on the halftitle in May 1950. A very nice association copy.

210. Gilbert, John T.

A History of the City of Dublin. Introduction by F.E. Dixon.

Three volumes (complete). Shannon, Irish University Press, 1972. 22.2cm x 14.2cm. Volume I: XVI, 437, (7) pages / Volume II: VI, 335, XIX, VII, (10) pages / Volume III: IV, 382, (10), 86 pages. Includes an especially compiled Index for this edition ! Original Hardcovers with original, unclipped dustjackets in protective Mylar. Some stronger foxing to the edges only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

211. Geoghegan, Philip / Bowe, Gerry / Byrne, Mark / Kelly, Tony / O Murchu, Giolla / Campbell, Mark / Kemler, Andrea / McMurtry, Polly / Morrissey, Terri / Hayden, Gerry.

Kinsale – A National Heritage Town – A Study in Conservation produced by the School of Architecture (University College Dublin), in the Housing Research Unit.

Kinsale, Kinsale Development Association, 1976. Quarto. 182 pages with several photographs of old buildings, maps etc. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a small bump to lower corner. An extremely rare publication.

212. Foran, W. Robert.

A Cuckoo in Kenya – The Reminiscences of a [Irish] Pioneer Police Officer in British East Africa. Illustrated with Photographs by the Author and Others.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1936). 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. Frontispiece, 360 pages. 119 monochrome photographs on 47 plates, including frontispiece. Maps of Kenya on pastedowns and endpapers. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Slightly bumped and rubbed. Very minor staining to front board. Binding still firm and strong. Minor foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean. Very Rare, rather scarce publication !

213. Fitzpatrick, William J. [John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell, Chief Justice].

Curious Family History; or, Ireland Before the Union: Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s unpublished Diary. A Diary to the Sham Squire and the Information of 1798.

Sixth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, 1880. Small Octavo. XXIV, VIII, 268 pages plus a 16 – page ‘Catalogue of Standard Works’ for James Duffy & Co. Hardcover / original decorative cloth with art nouveau ornament and gilt lettering on spine. Binding with some stronger staining but still in good condition. Interior very good with only minor signs of foxing.

214. [Emmet] Bodkin, M.McD.

True Man and Traitor or The Rising of Emmet.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1921. Small Octavo. VII, 315 pages. Original Hardcover with illustration and ornament to cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Paper fragile as usual with this publication. But this copy intact and without any damage to the bookblock !

215. Duhamel, M. [Jean-Marie Constant].

Cours de Mécanique.

Troisieme Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete). Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1862. Octavo. XXIV, 475, X, 377 pages. 3 planches dépliantes. Hardcover / Reliure speciale / Original price – binding / Price-binding from Trinity College Dublin ! Binding slightly rubbed but overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilted emblemata supralibros of Trinity College Dublin in good condition. The interior of the Volume in excellent, extremely clean condition.

216. [Davitt, Michael] Cashman, D.B.

The Life of Michael Davitt – Founder of the National Land League – To which is added: “The Secret History of the Land League” by Michael Davitt.

Cameron & Ferguson Edition. London, R. & T. Washbourne, no year (c. 1920). Octavo. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

217. Daly, Seán.

Cork: a city in crisis. A History of Labour Conflict & Social Misery, 1870-1872.

Volume I (all that was published). Cork, Tower Books, 1978. Large Octavo. XVI, 336 pages with 25 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Initials of preowner on the endpaper.

218. Dáil Eireann.

Official Correspondence relating to the Peace Negotiations (June – September, 1921). Part I – Preliminary Correspondence / Part II – Correspondence arising from the Conversations at London, between President de Valera and the British Prime Minister.

Dublin, Dáil Eireann, (October) 1921. Slim Folio. 23 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

219. [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 !

220. [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.

221. [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.

222. Cowell, John.

Sligo Land of Yeats’ Desire. It’s History, Literature, Folklore and Landscape.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 192 pages with illustrations Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

223. [Cork – West Cork] O’Regan, Philip / O’Brien, Gerald / Byrne, Jim and many others.

Skibberen and District Historical Society. – Journal – Volumes 1-19 (complete set of the years 2005-2023). / Cumann Staire An Sciobairin is a Cheantar.

19 volumes. Skibbereen, 2005-2023. 8°. Volume I (2005): 162 pages / Volume II (2006): 159 pages / Volume III (2007): 109 pages / Volume IV (2008): 170 pages / Volume V (2009): 168 pages / Volume VI (2010): 182 pages / Volume VII (2011): 120 pages / Volume VIII (2012): 121 pages. / Volume IX (2013): 158 pages / Volume X (2014): 204 pages / Volume XI (2015): 242 pages / Volume XII (2016): 277 pages / Volume XIII (2017): 208 pages / Volume XIV (2018) 198 pages / Volume XV (2019) 180 pages / Volume XVI (2020) 197 pages / Volume XVII (2021) 170 pages / Volume XVIII (2022) 189 pages / Volume XIX (2023) 225pages // Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition.

224. [Clerke, Agnes Mary].

Collection of eight publications by and about Agnes Mary Clerke plus one autographed / signed manuscript-letter by Agnes Clerke [The letter answers the request of a fellow german Astronomer who complimented her on her History of Astronomy and asked for her permission to translate her latest work). The recipient is possibly german astronomer R.Engelmann who wrote about Nebula. The letter dates from 1891 and is written in perfect german (Agnes Clerke was known to have written reviews and letters in French, German, Greek and Italian). This rare collection includes the following books: 1. A.M.Clerke – Geschichte der Astronomie während des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Gemeinfasslich dargestellt. (Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von H.Maser) – First german edition of “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” from 1889 – with a signed, contemporary manuscript letter by Agnes Clerke in german (!) regarding this publication / 2. Agnes Clerke – Familiar Studies in Homer (London, 1892) / 3. Agnes Clerke – “The Herschels and Modern Astronomy” (with a loosely inserted portrait of Sir William Herschel) (London, 1895) / 4. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” (The important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1902) – Famously: With the vintage photographs pasted to frontispiece and titlepage / 5. Agnes Clerke – “The System of the Stars” – Second Edition (London, 1905) / 6. Agnes Clerke – Modern Cosmogonies (London, 1905) / 7. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” 1908-Reprint of the important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908) / 8. Mary Brueck / Mary Brück – Agnes Mary Clerke & The Rise of Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

A mixture of first and later editions. Berlin / London, Springer / Cassell / Longmans & Green and others, 1889 – 1908. Octavo. More than 2500 pages with many illustrations and diagrams etc. / The vintage letter has two pages filled and signed by Clerke in ink / The only modern publication within the collection is a very important monograph on Clerke by scientist Mary Brueck / Mary Brück, published by Cambridge University Press (275 pages). Original Hardcovers in bespoke protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning collection of all the major publications by this important woman astronomer. Agnes Clerke paved the way for women in science and must be seen as the pioneer female astronomer. The price includes worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

225. [Clarke, Harry] The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial.

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918, Being the Names of Irishman Who Fell in the Great European War, 1914-1918, compiled by The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial with decorative Borders by Harry Clarke.

Reprint of the original edition from 1923. 8 Volumes (complete set). Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2003. Folio. 3200 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy set includes worldwide free shipping per Courier !

226. Celtic Society, Kingship and Customary Law – Dillon, Myles.

Celts & Aryans. / Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society.

First Edition. Calcutta, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1975. 15 cm x 21,5 cm. XXIII, 153 pages [24] plates. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Private gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to the dustjacket. Extremely Rare !

227. [Carew, Sir Peter / MacCarthy Glas / MacCarthy Reagh] MacLean, John.

The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew, Kt. (From the Original Manuscript) – With a Historical Introduction and Elucidatory Notes, by John MacLean.

London, Bell & Daldy, 1857. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Sir Peter Carew (Steel Engraving by J.J.Chant, being Plate I.), CXVIII, 317 pages plus 6 pages “List of Subscribers”. With several Plates: Plate II: Musical Notes: “By a Bank as I lay” / Plate III: Monument to Sir Peter Carew in St.Peter’s Cathedral, Exeter (Steel Engraving) / Plate IV: Folded Map of Kylkenny (Kilkenny) / Plate V: Pedigree of the Family of Carew (Large Fold – out Plate). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and armorial emblemata on front board. Professionally repaired and now in excellent and firm condition in protective Collector’s Mylar. With the armorial supralibro of the Carew Family to the binding’s front board: Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable / Exlibris-Bookplate of the Mac Carthy Glas family on the pastedown with their family motto: “Lam Laidir Aboo” [The Mac Carthy Glas family descended from the princes of Carbery and the Mac Carthy Reagh family].

228. [Carew, Sir Peter / George Oliver (Historian) / John Carew Esq.] MacLean, John.

The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew, Kt. (From the Original Manuscript) – With a Historical Introduction and Elucidatory Notes, by John MacLean. [Personal copy of John Carew Esq., with two unpublished manuscript letters by historian George Oliver, Exeter (Devon), tipped-in to the rear of the Volume, one longer manuscript entry to the rear in which George Oliver mentions that he has consulted the Inventory of Ottery Mohan House and that he has “made a few pencil notes in the margin” of the book (Oliver must have been sent the book and then returned it or it was his own copy and he gifted it to John Carew)/ George Oliver helped John Carew, Esq., a descendant of Sir Peter Carew, to identify some information form the original manuscript of John Hoker, to which Oliver must have had access. The letters deal with details of John Hoker’s [Hooker’s] Manuscript on Sir Peter Carew and details in John MacLean’s Biography of Carew. George Oliver’s correspondence with John Carew, a descendant of Sir Peter, is very interesting indeed and Oliver seems to study the original manuscript by Hoker for John Carew and reports his insight in the original manuscript of Hoker’s Manuscript on History, mentioning for example Carew’s death-notice: “This year died the worthy and Honorable Knight Sir Peter Carew at Ross in Leinster, and buried in the City of Waterford in Munster in Ireland, in all such honourable order…” (see detailed images on our website)].

London, Bell & Daldy, 1857. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Sir Peter Carew (Steel Engraving by J.J.Chant, being Plate I.), CXVIII, 317 pages plus 6 pages “List of Subscribers”. With several Plates: Plate II: Musical Notes: “By a Bank as I lay” / Plate III: Monument to Sir Peter Carew in St.Peter’s Cathedral, Exeter (Steel Engraving) / Plate IV: Folded Map of Kylkenny (Kilkenny) / Plate V: Pedigree of the Family of Carew (Large Fold – out Plate). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and armorial emblemata on front board. With the armorial supralibro of the Carew Family to the binding’s front board: Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable / Manuscript-entry of previous owner John Carew on endpaper. Boards fragile and spine loosened. In protective Collector’s Mylar to give the slightly broken binding stability. A very rare publication with the beautiful, signed manuscript-letters by George Oliver, signed in the years 1857 and 1858. The letters are also of interest regarding the history of John Hoker [John Hooker / John Vowell] because George Oliver mentions Hoker’s entry “into the New Office of Chamberlain of Exeter at Michaelmas 1555 – having the fee of £4 by the yere & his Lyveries – MS. Hist. p.351”.

229. [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.

230. [Carbery, Mary] Kartoffel, Baron von.

The Germans in Cork – Being the Letters of His Excellency “The Baron von Kartoffel” (Military Governor of Cork in the Year 1918) and others.

First and only Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1918. Small Octavo. 112 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, the spine intact. Extremely rare publication written by Mary Carbery under the pseudonym “Baron von Kartoffel (Potatoe)”. An extraordinary spoof, long undetected as Mary Carbery’s invention and proven by a mention in an advertisement of her works in another of her books (The Farm by Lough Gur).

231. Buttimer, Neil / Rynne, Colin / Guerin, Helen.

The Heritage of Ireland – Natural, Man-Made and Cultural Heritage / Conservation and Interpretation / Business and Administration. Edited by Neil Buttimer, Colin Rynne, Helen Guerin.

Wilton, Collins Press, 2000. 28 cm. XIV, 713 pages with numerous illustrations and maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is the rare Hardcover-Edition !

232. [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.

233. [Boyle, Family] Budgell, Eustace / [Theobald, Lewis].

Memoirs of The Lives And Characters of The Illustrious Family of The Boyle’s. Containing Many Curious Pieces of English History, not extant in anyother author. The Whole Extracted From Original Papers And Manuscripts. [Including an Epistle to the Right Hon. John Earle of Orrery, by Lewis Theobald]. Also an impartial Account of the Life, Character and parliamentary Conduct of the Right Honourable Henry Boyle, Esq.; Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons, one of his Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and twelve Times sworn one of the Justices of Ireland. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Dorset, &c.

Dublin, J.Esdall, 1754. 17,3 cm x 11 cm. VIII, pages XVII -XXIII, 268 pages. [Lacking the list of Subscribers (IX – XII) and Start of Content-pages (XIII-XVI)]. Later, 19th century Hardcover / Half – leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly damaged and broken. Bookblock tight and clean besides a faded dampstain and some lesions to outer margiuns of several pages. Needs some attention from a bookbinder. Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry J.B.Clements on pastedown [Clements was landowner in County Mayo and County Galway (Rosshill House connection)].

234. 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.

235. [Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl Bathurst)] Whately, Richard / Murray, Daniel / Vignoles, Charles / More O’Ferrall, Richard / Carlile, James / Hort, Fenton / Corrie, John / Naper, James / Battie-Wrightson, William.

Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland. From the Evidence Received by his Majesty’s Commissioners for Enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland. By Authority.

Original First Edition. Dublin, Milliken and Son [and B.Fellowes, London], 1835. Octavo. 430 pages [plus a four-page catalogue of “Important Works Relating to Ireland, printed for or sold by Milliken and Son”, bound before the publication] / [plus a four-page “Appeal in [sic] Behalf of the Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice &c.”]. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s rare, printed spine-binding. In protective Mylar. Unusually excellent, actually stunning interior condition, with some minor signs of external wear only. Extremely rare publication.

236. [Barton, Anna / Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel William Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina of Elm Park] Scott, Sir Walter.

The Antiquary – Volume I and Volume II of a 3-Volume-Set, with the Exlibris and name in ink of Anna Barton, daughter of Hugh Barton and Anne Johnston (relation to the Baron’s of Clarina).

Paris, Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1821. Small Octavo. VII, 221, 228 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with beautiful ornament and lettering to spine. Interior with dampstain but otherwise in very condition with some minor signs of wear only. The two bookplates of Clarina in very good condition, bearing the family’s Motto: “Pro libertate patriae” / “For the liberty of my country”.

237. Anonymous.

Their Trade is Treachery.

London, Prepared for Her Majesty’s Government by the Central Office of Information. [c.1962.] 11,5 cm x 18 cm. 59 pages, 16 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, near mint condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare book with the printed: ‘For Official Use Only’ on the frontcover.

238. [Anonymous].

Guide to Killarney and Glengariff. With a Map and Six Plates.

New Edition, revised and corrected. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1835. 11 cm x 17 cm. Frontispiece, [4], 130 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with spinelabel and label on frontcover. Some staining to the binding but otherwise firm and with the original endpapers intact. Interior in very good condition besides some pages and illustrations being a little dusty. Few illustrations with faded dampstain. Rare and early publication for the tourist in 19th century Ireland. With name of prewoner in ink on titlepage: “Robert Morrison, Shanakiel, Cork”.

239. 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”.

240. Wright, Thomas.

Louthiana – Or, An Introduction To The Antiquities of Ireland – In Upwards of Ninety Views and Plans : Representing, with proper explanations, the principal Ruins, Curiosities and Antient [sic] Dwellings in the County of Louth. Taken upon the Spot by Thomas Wright, Author of the Physical and Mathematical Elements of Astronomy, &c. Engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.

The second Edition revised and corrected, with some few Additions by the Author. Three Volumes in One. London, Printed for Thomas Payne, next the Mews-Gate, in Castle-Street, DSt.Martins; and sold by Mess.Ewing, Dublin, 1758. Quarto (24 cm wide x 30 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece showing “The Monument of the Battle of the Boyne”, two-coloured titlepage (lettering in black and red), Preface with printed Dedication (2 pages) to James, Earl of Clanbrassele, with two smaller Text-Illustrations showing Views of Dundalk and a Map of Dundalk Bay (4 pages), Book I: 16 pages of Text plus 20 full-page Plates (complete) / Volume II: 8 pages Text, Two smaller Text-Illustrations of the Mouth of the Boyn [sic] and of St.Laurence’s Gate of Doroghedah [sic]), 24 Full-page Plates (complete) / Volume III: 20 pages text, with one smaller Text-Illustration of the Bay of Carlingford, plus 22 full-page Plates. Collation complete ! Hardcover / Original full calf of the 18th century with orignal spine-label and gilt ornament on spine. Binding still holding but both boards nearly detached (in need of repair). Interior in very good condition with all of the fascinating plates present. Some minor creasing to some plates and only very slight foxing to very few plates. A Rare original version of this sought after Book !!

241. [Wilson, Peter / Martin, Benjamin].

The Universal Gazetteer [Very Rare Dublin Edition] : or a Description of the several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Countries, Cities, Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Volcanos &c. in the Known World. Together with an Account of The Extent, produce, Revenue, Forces, Trade, Manufacturer, Religions &c. of the several Countries and of the Battles, Sieges and other Transactions that have sendered them remarkable. To which is prefixed a copious Introduction to Geography. The whole calculated to explain the Occurences in Modern History. Illustrated with four large and accurate Maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America (only the Map of Asia is present: “New & Correct Map of Asia – Drawn from the latest and best Authorities by J. Gibson”). The Second Edition, in which several necessary Corrections and Material Additions have been made; the Geography of Ireland has been revised and enlarged; about four hundred entire new Articles have been added, chiefly relative to North America and Ireland, none of which are contained in the London Impression, and comprising in the whole, many thousand Places more than any other Gazzetteer; Whereby it is rendered the largest, cheapest, and most compleat Work of the Kind extant.

Dublin, Printed for Peter Wilson in Dame-Street, 1759. Small Octavo. XXXVIII, (1), 512 unnumbered pages (collation complete) with only the folded Map on Asia present and the other three maps missing. Including 6 pages of “Books, printed for and sold by Peter Wilson, in Dame-Street”. Original Hardcover (full calf on five raised bands with original spinelabel intact). Half a page in chapter “M” torn out. Faint dampstain throughout. Otherwise in very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped on the corners but absolutely firm and tight. Minor traces of foxing and staining only. Name of preowner in 17th or 18th century ink on endpaper: “Daniel Eugene MacNamara”. Very rare Dublin Edition of this publication with a full-page recommendation of the famous Lexicographer Benjamin Martin.

242. Wilkes, John / Bingley, William.

The North Briton – Revised and Corrected by the Author. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes and A Copious Index of Names and Characters. In Two Volumes (Revised Edition of Volumes I and II – Containing: No. 1 – No.45 – Published London, 1766) / [Plus: The North Briton – Volumes III – Printed for E. Sumpter, London and Dublin, 1763 (Containing No.46 from May 28, 1763 – No.68 on October 27th, 1763) & The North Briton – Volume IV – Printed for W[illiam] Bingley, London and Dublin, 1769 (No.46 from November the 12th, 1763 – No. 66 (or XX (20) of the Continuation) from September 17, 1768].

Mixed Editions bound uniformly [First Edition and Corrected Editions together]. Four Volumes (Bound in Three). London and Dublin, E.Sumpter & Anonymously, 1763 – 1769 Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Pagination: Volume I and II: 269, [5] pages including Index with two title-pages but continued pagination / Volume III: 216 pages / Volume IV: 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with gilt numbering on spine and new spine-labels , created to style of the 18th-century. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Edward Supple, [most likely the Edward Supple from Supple’s Court, Castlemartyr, County Cork], with his name to titlepages. A very rare set !

243. [Webb, William Livingston / United Irishmen] [Muralt, Béat Louis de (1665-1749)].

Lettres sur les Anglois et les François et sur les Voiages [Voyages].

Three Volumes bound in Two (complete set). [Paris], 1726. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16 cm). 200, 200, 224 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with gilt lettering on spine. New Spine-Label applied to Volume I. Both Volumes housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Some minor rubbing. Provenance: From the library of a member of the 1798 Rebellion under Wolfe Tone, William Livingston Webb, with Webb’s name in ink to the titlepage of Volume I and his name also to the first page of Volume II. Webb notes in Volume two that he purchased the books in Lille. While other Protestant Leaders of the Rebellion were hanged, William Livingston Webb was exiled. With a manuscript-poem in english and remarks in french, citing “Voltaire” to rear endpaper of Volume II: “Les Tome auteur n’art de l’esprit qui autart qu’il enfant, ny le recherchant jamais pensent avec priment avec clarte” (?) – Voltaire (?).

244. [Turquet, Suzanne].

Suite Du Récit d’Une Petite Fille de Quatorze Ans, Réfugée Française Pendant La Guerre.

Première Edition Originale. Angers, Chez E. Barasse, 1872. Small Octavo. 254 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed but overall in very good condition with some signs of external wear. Few pages with some markings. From the library of the Meade – Family in Ballymartle (near Kinsale in West Cork, Ireland) / Signed by Elizabeth Meade.

245. [Trevor, Edward / Kilmainhaim Gaol (Jail)] / [Anonymous (attributed to Sanders, Robert)].

The Roman History, In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son. [Personal copy of Edward Trevor, with the signed autographed name and original bookplate / Exlibris of this infamous medical inspector of convicts in Kilmainham Jail and later in Cork supervisor of Convict – departure to Australia].

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for J.Williams, 1775. Small-Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). IV, 300, 262 pages. Original Hardcover with original spine-labels. In protective Mylar. New endpaper to Volume I. Minor wormhole-damage to pastedown and a few pages only. Binding slightly rubbed but firm and strong. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This set, with the exceptionally interesting provenance, does not only contain Trevor’s signature but also his bookplate and some doodling of a portrait of an 18th or 19th century figurehead.

246. [Townsend, Henry – County Inspector of Armagh – 1840].

Manuscript Notebook for Inspection of the Armed Forces in Armagh – “The County Inspector – Armagh”. – With 15 pages filled with evaluations of State of Arms, State of Discipline, Fixed Strength of Party, State of AMmunition, Examined the Men’s Kits and found them: / Condition of the Public Horse / State in which the Barrack was found / No.of married Women in the Barracks / Rent of Barrack / No. of Children and their ages / Name of Chief Constable / Also mentioned are Barracks in Sub-Districts like Portadown or Newtown Hamilton or Market Hill or Richhill County.

Armagh, 11th May, 1840. Octavo. c. 200 pages for manuscript entries by the County Inspector. Original Leather. Binding shaky and with loosened pages. Endpapers detached. Interior absolutely clean. Very Rare !

247. [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].

248. Staunton, Sir George / Lord Macartney.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [First Dublin Edition with 34 full-page-plates]; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a Relation of the Voyage undertaken on the Occasion by his Majesty’s Ship ‘The Lion’, and the Ship ‘Hindestan’ in the East India Company’s Service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin [sic]; as well as of their return to Europe. With Notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home: being the Islands of Madeira, Teneriffe and St.Jago, the Port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the Islands of St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam, the Coast of Java and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the Papers of his Excellency, the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, his Majesty’s Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of the Expedition and other Gentlemen in the several Departments of the Embassy.

Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others, 1798. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 449 pages with 8 full-page plates / Volume II: XVIII, 430 pages, with 26 full-page-plates and including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century half leather with original spinelabels. Bindings firm and strong but rather worn. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, to the pastedown of Volume I. Overall in very good condition with some stronger signs of wear but with all the illustrations / engravings, called for in the Dublin Edition.

249. Smith, Charlotte.

Montalbert – A Novel.

First Irish Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1795. Small-Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). 270, 276 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

250. Sheridan, Thomas / [Benjamin Franklin (mentioned as Subscriber with his address as Ambassador in Paris) / George Washington (mentioned as Subscriber)].

A General Dictionary of the English Language – One main Object of which, is, to establish a plain and permanent Standard of Pronunciation. To which is Prefixed A Rhetorical Grammar. Dedicated to the Volunteers of Ireland. [Including a List of Subscribers mentioning among others also: “Benjamin Franklin (Esq. Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of North America, at Paris, who ordered 20 copies)” / Mentioning also as Subscriber: “His Excellency General George Washington, Commander in Chief of all the Forces of the United States of North America”)].

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed by P.Wogan at The Old Bridge and P.Byrne, College-Green, 1784. Octavo (14 cmx 21 cm). [10], LXIX, 825 [unnumbered] pages. Including a lenghty section mentioning the Irish Subscribers to this Dictionary with name and town. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with original, red spine-label with gilt lettering. In protective Mylar. Binding rubbed and with some minor loss to leather. The binding firm and strong and endpapers and pastdeowns intact and NOT cracked ! Small signs of a faded dampstain without any consequence to the very good condition throughout. One page with a tear (Letter G). The unpaginated section was collated as complete.