101. Curran, Joseph M.

The birth of the Irish Free State, 1921 – 1923.

Alabama, Univ. of Alabama Pr., 1980. Octavo. V, 356 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, with two interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic. Name of preowner on endpaper.

102. Curry, John.

The Irish social services.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. 22 cm. 289 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. Rare publication !

103. [Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

104. Cusack, George / Goss, Sarah Judith.

Hungry words – Images of Famine in the Irish Canon. Edited by George Cusack, Sarah Goss.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2006. 24 cm. ix, 342 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

105. Cusack, Jim / McDonald, Henry.

UVF [Ulster Volunteer Force].

Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1997. 20 cm. 364 pages with 8 pages of plates with illustrations. Softcover. Tiny lesion to one page. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

106. 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 !

107. Daly, Mary E.

County and Town – One hundred years of local government in Ireland : lectures on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Local Government Ireland Act, 1898.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2001. 22 cm. xii, 164 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Thomas Davis lecture series ; Winter 1999].

108. Davis, Seamus.

Seamus Davis. Poems and Ballads.

Skibbereen, Bridgetown Publishing, 2003. 20.8cm x 14.6cm. 128 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

109. [Davis, Thomas].

Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems with a Centenary Memoir 1845-1945. Foreword by An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera.

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, 1945. Octavo. Frontispiece, 240 pages. Original Hardcover. Some markings within the etxt. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and address of preowner on endpaper.

110. De Blaghd, Earnán.

Slán le hUltaibh – Imleabhar II de chuimhní cinn.

Baile átha Cliath (Dublin), Sairséal & Dill, 1970. 22cm. 200 pages. With some portraits. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

111. [de Valera, Éamon]

Collection of eleven (11) important publication on Éamon de Valera, including some interesting newspaper-clippings. The collection of books include: 1. Diarmaid Ferriter – Judging Dev – A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera / 2. Tim Pat Coogan – De Valera – Long Fellow, Long Shadow (Paperback Edition)/ 3. Ronan Fanning – Éamon de Valera – A Will to Power / 4. J.P.O’Connell and John A. Murphy – De Valera and his Times / 5. Owen Dudley Edwards – Éamon de Valera / 6. John Bowman – De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-1973 / 7. Joseph Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh – The Age of de Valera / 8. Kevin J. Browne – Éamon de Valera & The Banner Country. With a Foreword by Thomas P.O’Neill / 9. Kevin Boland – Up Dev ! / 10. T.Ryle Dwyer – De Valera’s Finest Hour (1932-1959) / 11. Proinsias Mac Aonghusa – Quotations from Éamon de Valera – With a Preface by Charles J. Haughey, TD / Two very interesting newspaper-clippings and a xeroxed pamphlet: “The Anglo-Irish Treaty and Mr.de Valera’s Alternative.

Dublin / Cork / Oxford, Mercier / Glendale / Oxford University Press / and others, c. 1982 – 2007. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Four Volumes in original Hardcover with dustjacket and several Volumes in orginal softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

112. Deasy, Liam.

Brother Against Brother. [Including two important newspaper-clippings with interesting articles: 1.″The Man who stood next to Collins’ killer and grabbed the gun to stop him firing twice” / 2. “Sharing Collins’s legacy of democracy /

Cork, Mercier Press, 1982. 11cm x 18cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

113. Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Gouvernment.

Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of Ireland. Collection of 13 Volumes: Volume I: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of West Cork / Volume II: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of East Cork / Volume III: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of Cork City / Volume IV: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of North Cork / Volume V: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Kerry / Volume VI: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Kildare / Volume VII: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Limerick / Volume VIII: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Carlow / Volume IX: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Galway / Volume X: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of North Tipperary / Volume XI: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Clare / Volume XII: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Laois / Volume XIII: Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of Fingal //

Bilingual in English and Gaeilge [Gaelic]. 13 Volumes. Ireland, 2011. Octavo. c. 700 pages in each language. Original Softcover. Collection with 13 volumes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

114. Desmond, Angela (editor) / Johnson, Gina (editor) / McCarthy, Margaret (editor) / Twohig, Elizabeth Shee (editor).

New Agendas in Irish Prehistory. Papers in commemoration of Liz Anderson.

Bray, Wordwell, 2000. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. XIII, 231 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Small creases on cover. Some yellowing of page-edges. A few highlighted passages.

115. Desmond, Barry [Seán].

Finally and in conclusion – A political memoir.

Dublin, New Island, 2000. 22cm. 411 pages with several illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

116. Devine, Francis.

Organising the Union. A Centenary of SIPTU 1909-2009.

Dublin, SIPTU, 2009. 20.9cm x 29.6cm. 176 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

117. Dillon, Martin.

The enemy within – The IRA’s War against the British.

London [u.a.], Doubleday, 1994. Octavo. XXII, 297 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

118. Doherty, Gabriel / Keogh, Dermot.

1916 – The Long Revolution. Edited by Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh. [Conference “The Long Revolution : the 1916 Rising in Context” (2006 : University College Cork)].

Douglas Village, Cork, Mercier Press, 2007. 22 cm. 469 pages with numerous illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

119. Donnelly, James S.

Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824.

Wilton, Cork, Collins press, 2009. 23 cm. XIV,508 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

120. 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.

121. Dorman, Sean.

Valley of Graneen – Sketches of Donegal. [Rare signed / inscribed edition]. With Illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Peter Davies, 1944. Small Octavo. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Some signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by Sean Dorman: “To Elizabeth, of the glorious contralto with love from Sean”.

122. [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 !

123. Drennan, John.

Standing by the Republic. 50 Dail debates that shaped the Republic.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2012. 24 cm. VIII, 292 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

124. Duffy, Joe.

Children of the Rising – The untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916.

Dublin, Hachette Books Ireland, 2015. 25 cm. xxiii, 263 pages with illustrations throughout the publication. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

125. Duffy, Patrick J.

Exploring the history and heritage of Irish landscapes.

Dublin, Four Court Press, 2007. 16 cm x 23,5 cm. 264 pages, 30 illustrations include for example an old photograph of the Square inCaher (c.1900), Irish Vernacular House-Types, Lucan House and Demesne, etc. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. [Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History: Number 12”].

126. Duffy, Patrick J.

To and from Ireland. Planned migration schemes c. 1600-2000.

Dublin, Geography Publications, 2004. 23 cm. VI, 203 pages with maps on resettlements etc. Softcover. Some markings with ballpen inside but otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. An extremely important and now very rare publication !

127. Dunne, Joseph; Ingram, Attracta; Litton, Frank; O’Connor, Fergal; Institute of Public Administration (Ireland):

Questioning Ireland. Debates in political philosophy and public policy. Edited by Joseph Dunne, Attracta Ingram and Frank Litton.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2000. 22 cm. viii, 259 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

128. Dunne, Sean [ed.].

The Cork Antology.

First edition. Cork, Cork University Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. XIII, 434 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

129. Dwyer, T. Ryle.

Behind the green curtain – Ireland’s phoney neutrality during World War II.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2009. 24 cm. x, 414 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

130. Eogan, George.

Catalogue of Irish Bronze Swords.

Dublin, Published by the Stationery Office, 1965. Folio. XXXIX, 190 pages plus 97 plates with illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

131. 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.

132. Fanning, Martin / Gillespie, Raymond / Adams, Michael.

Print culture and intellectual life in Ireland, 1660-1941. Essays in honour of Michael Adams. Edited by Martin Fanning & Raymond Gillespie.

Dublin, Woodfield Press, 2006. 24 cm. XX, 267 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Minor staining to fore-edge. Otherwise: Excellent condition of this fantastic publication.

133. Fanning, Ronan.

Fatal Path – British government and Irish Revolution, 1910-1922.

London, Faber and Faber, 2013. 24 cm. xxi, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

134. Fanning, Ronan.

Independent Ireland.

Walkinstown, Dublin, Helicon : Distributed by The Educational Co. of Ireland, 1983. 21 cm. viii, 230 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Helicon History of Ireland].

135. Fanning, Tim.

The Fethard-On-Sea Boycott.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. 234 pages with illustrations. 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 remarkable newspaper-clippings related to this sectarian episode of irish history.

136. Farrell, Brian.

The Creation of the Dáil – A volume of essays from the Thomas Davis lectures.

Tallaght, Dublin, Blackwater Press in association with Radio Telefís Éireann, 1994. 21 cm. v, 177 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper – clipping with Brian Farrell’s obituary.

137. Faulkner, Pádraig.

As I saw it – Reviewing over 30 years of Fianna Fáil and Irish politics.

Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 2005. 22 cm. 194 pages with 8 plates / illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

138. Feeney, Brian.

Sinn Féin – A hundred turbulent years.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 2002. 24 cm. 463 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black & white). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

139. Ferriter, Diarmaid.

Ambiguous Republic – Ireland in the 1970s.

London, Profile Books, [2012]. 24 cm. xi, 823 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates with illustrations (black and white). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

140. Finnegan, Richard B.

Ireland – Historical echoes, contemporary politics.

Boulder, Westview Press, 2000. 24 cm. xviii, 452 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Nations of the modern world].

141. 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 !

142. [Fitzgerald, Garrett/ Grattan, Henry/ O’Connell, Daniel/ Edgeworth, Maria/ Moore, Tom] Lysaght, Charles.

Great Irish Lives.

London, Times Books, 2008. 22.2 cm x 14 cm. xvii, 302 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-print.

143. Fitzpatrick, David.

Terror in Ireland 1916-1923.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2012. 248 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

144. Forristal, Desmond.

The Second Burial of Bishop Shanahan.

Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1990. 21cm x 13.7cm. 329 (5) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some signs of foxing. Pastedown signed by preowner.

145. Foster, Roy.

The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland. [Signed by Roy Foster].

London etc., Allen Lane, 2001. 16 cm x 24 cm. XX, 282 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Back of dustjacket slightly discoloured. Signed by the author Roy Foster on titlepage.

146. Gaelic Fairy Tale Illustrations – [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Ó Floinn, Tomás / Proinsias Mac Cana.

Scéalaíocht na Ríthe – [Stories of the Kings]. Tomás Ó Floinn agus Proinsias Mac Cana. A chuir in Eagar. Micheál Mac Liammoír a Mhaisigh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Saírséal & Dill, 1956. 18.1cm. 220, [4] pages. Including 6 plates with beautiful, tipped-in illustrations and their often missing, lettered tissue-guards. Hardcover. / Original, illustrated blue publisher’s cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / An underestimated publication with all illustrations in place. While the book was also published in softcover-cardboard, the first edition we offer here is the much better version.

147. Gallagher, Michael.

The referendum Experience in Europe [including a newspaper-clipping: “Do Referenda have the vote of the people ?” by Theresa Reidy] Edited by Michael Gallagher and Pier Vincenzo Uleri.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996. 23cm. IX,263 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man.

148. Gallagher, Michael / Marsh, Michael.

Days of Blue Loyalty – The politics of membership of the Fine Gael party.

Dublin, PSAI Press, 2002. 24 cm. xv, 287 pages, with 32 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting lengthy newspaper-article (clipping is loosely inserted).

149. Galvin, Michael.

Kilmurry – The War Years.

Midleton, Litho Press, no year (c.2000). Octavo. X,274 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

150. Galvin, Michael.

The Slow Sunrise – Land Reform – Labour – Home Rule in Mid Cork 1865-1881.

Ireland, Privately published / Michael Galvin, no date (c.1999). Octavo. 301 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

151. Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the future – Why was Ireland so poor for so long ?

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2005. 20 cm. xii, 340 pages. Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

152. Gibbings, Robert.

Sweet Cork of Thee. With engravings by the author.

First edition. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1951. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Green Cloth with gilt lettering and decor. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings in the text.

153. [Gifford Girls] Clare, Anne.

Unlikely rebels – The Gifford girls.

Cork, Mercier, 2011. 22 cm. 319 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One page dogeared.

154. 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.

155. Girvin, Brian.

From Union to Union – Nationalism, Democracy and Religion in Ireland – Act of Union to EU.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2002. 25 cm. viii, 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket slightly torn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

156. [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.

157. Golden, T. P.

Local authority accounting in Ireland.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, [1977]. 22 cm. xii,276 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

158. Golway, Terry.

For the cause of Liberty – A thousand years of Ireland’s heroes.

New York / London / Toronto, Simon & Schuster, 2000. 23 cm. 397 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

159. 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.

160. [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”.

161. 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].

162. 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.

163. [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.

164. 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).

165. [Griffith, Arthur] Kabdebo, Thomas.

Ireland and Hungary. A study in parallels. With an Arthur Griffith bibliography. With a foreword by Árpád Göncz, President of the Hungarian Republic.

Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2001. 25 cm. 122 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

166. [Griffith, Arthur] Maye, Brian.

Arthur Griffith. [Biography of the founder of Sinn Féin together with a very interesting newspaper-clipping with an article on Griffith’s Role in pursuit of Irish Liberty].

Dublin, Griffith College Publications, 1997. 21cm. x,403 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

167. 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 !

168. [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.

169. Guiney, David / Puirseal, Padraig.

Guinness Book of Hurling Records – Complete Roll of All-Ireland Hurling Champions (1887-1964) and National League, Railway Cup, Provincial and Oireachtas Cup Winners.

Dublin, A. Guinness Son & Co., 1964. Duodecimo. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

170. Hamill, Desmond.

Pig in the Middle – The army in Northern Ireland 1969 – 1985.

Revised Edition. London, Methuen, 1986. Small Octavo. 353 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A Methuen Paperback.

171. Hamilton, Padraig [ed.].

Bandon Historical Journal. No. 10. 1994.

First edition. Bandon, Cuman Seanchais na Banndan, 1994. 15.5 cm x 22 cm. 64 pages. With numerous illustrations and photographs. Original Softcover. Brochure. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his markings and annotations in the text.

172. Hammond, Bill.

Soldier of the Rearguard: The Story of Matt Flood and the Active Service Column.

Fermoy, Éigse Na Mainistreach Publications, 1977. 12 cm x 18 cm. 69 pages, 3 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, near mint condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare book.

173. Hanley, Brian / Millar, Scott.

The Lost Revolution – The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers’ Party.

Dublin, Penguin Ireland, 2009. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. XIII, 658 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. This now out-of-print copy is in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

174. Hannon, Patrick.

Church, State, Morality and Law.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1992. 22 cm. 159 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping: “How should a Catholic Vote ?”

175. [Harding, St. Stephen] Luddy, Rev. Ailbe J.

Centenary Life of St.Stephen Harding – Founder of the Cistercian Order.

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, 1934. Octavo. 34 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

176. Harrison, Henry.

Ulster and the British Empire, 1939 – Help or hindrance ? – A sequel to “Ireland and the British Empire, 1937”.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1939. Octavo. Frontispiece map, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly frayed. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

177. Hart, Peter.

The I.R.A. & Its Enemies. Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998. 24cm x 16cm. xv, 350 (4) pages. With maps to show district towns in Cork, 37 tables and 2 figures. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

178. Harte, Paddy.

Young tigers and mongrel foxes – A Life in Politics.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 2005. 24 cm. 351 pages with 8 pages of plates with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

179. Hassett, Declan.

Make ‘em laugh ! A golden year of theatre.

Cork, Collins Press and Everyman Palace Theatre, 2008. 22 cm. xv, 288 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

180. Hawthorne, James.

Two Centuries of Irish History. Based on a BBC Radio Series. Edited by James Hawthorne.

London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1969. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 136 pages, 27 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

181. Healy, Cahir.

The Mutilation of a Nation. The Story of the Partition of Ireland.

Derry, The Derry Journal, 1945. 21.6cm x 14cm. 44 pages with map showing boundaries with nationalist and unionist areas of Ireland. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

182. [Healy, Timothy Michael] Callanan, Frank.

T.M. Healy.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1996. 25 cm. xxvii, 754 pages : illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

183. Henchion, R.

Henchion’s Cork Centenary Remembrancer 1887 – 1987. A digest of much that was lurid and languid, laughable and lamentable in the City and County of Cork in 1887.

Cork, Dahadore Publications. 1986. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 194 pages including several photographs and illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

184. Hensey, Brendan.

The Health Services of Ireland.

Second revised edition. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1972. 22 cm. xi,238 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket in poor condition. The Volume itself 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. Rare publication !

185. Herbert, Maire (editor) / Murray, Kevin (editor).

Retrospect and Prospect in Celtic Studies. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Celtic Studies held in University College, Cork, 25-31 July 1999.

Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. 128 pages. Original hardcover with silver lettering on cover and spine. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight yellowing of page edges. Signed by two of the contributors: Caoimhin O Muirigh and Maire Herbert.

186. Hezlet, Arthur.

The “B” Specials – A history of the Ulster Special Constabulary.

Belfast, Mourne River Press, 1997. Octavo. 246 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

187. Hickey, Margaret.

Irish Days – Oral histories of the Twentieth Century. Compiled by Margaret Hickey with photographs by Tom Kelly.

London, Kyle Cathie, 2001. 24 cm. 288 pages. With photographs. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

188. 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] / [Half-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 / Half-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, as well as the marbled-paper-covered boards, 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 350 copies of the Half-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].

189. 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].

190. [Hogan, James] Ó Corráin, Donnchadh.

James Hogan – Revolutionary, historian, and political scientist. [including an interesting newspaper-clipping with a review of this book]

Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2001. 25 cm. xi, 249 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Cork studies in history and culture ; 1].

191. 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].

192. [Hughes, T.Jones] Smyth, William J. / Whelan Kevin.

Common Ground – Essays on the Historical Geography of Ireland: presented to T. Jones Hughes.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1988. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 332 pages, [36] figures, [13] plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Pencil underlining on pages XIV and XV, otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

193. Hunt, John.

Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 to 1600. – John Hunt Centenary Exhibition.

Limerick, The Hunt Museum, 2000. Slim Quarto. 64 unnumbered pages with illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

194. Hurley, Michael S.J. ed.

Irish Anglicanism 1869-1969: Essays on the Role of Anglicanism in Irish Life Presented to the Church of Ireland on the Occasion of the centenary of its Disestablishment by a Group of Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker and Roman Catholic Scholars.

Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1970. 18.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XI, 236 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Some marks to the back cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by previous owner.

195. 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”.

196. [Hyde, Douglas]

Collection of two important publications on Douglas Hyde, including five very interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on Douglas Hyde. The two books are: 1.Janet Egleson Dunleavy and Gareth W. Dunleavy – Douglas Hyde – A Maker of Modern Ireland / 2. Brian Murphy – Forgotten Patriot – Douglas Hyde & The Foundation of the Irish Presidency.

Berkeley / Oxford / Cork, University of California Press / Collins, 1991 – 2016. Octavo. XIII, 462, VII, 320 pages. The publication by Dunleavy in original Hardcover with dustjacket / The publication by Murphy in original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The newspaper-clippings neatly folded inside the Dunleavy publication.

197. Illustration of 19th century Fishery and Nets – Brabazon, Wallop [Rath House, Drogheda] / Cooper, William / [Provenance: William Le Fanu]

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. Illustrated by William Cooper. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [With 21 Plates]

Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby, James McGlashan / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons, 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece, X, 111 pages with 21 plates (original Lithographs often large folding). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth, embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu, with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp “Board of Public Works” to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition.

198. Inglis, Tom.

Moral monopoly – The Catholic Church in modern Irish society.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1987. 22 cm. [xi], 251 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, including a newspaper-clipping related to the topic. Name of preowner on endpaper.

199. Inglis, Tom:

Moral monopoly – The rise and fall of the Catholic Church in modern Ireland.

Second edition. Dublin, University College Dublin Press, 1998. 24 cm. vii, 312 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, with several remarkable newspaper-clippings related to irish politics, constitution and History.

200. Innes, P.R.

The History of the Bengal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India.

First published in 1885. Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2002. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. X, 572 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Reprint of original 1885 publication.