211. King, Linda / Sisson, Elaine.

Ireland, Design and Visual Culture: Negotiating Modernity, 1922-1992. Edited by Linda King and Elaine Sassoon.

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / School of Creative Arts IADT, 2011. Octavo (17 cm wide x 24 cm high). 312 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Unusually excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the most remarkable and one of the rarest books on Irish Design and Visual Culture.

212. Kissane, Bill.

Explaining Irish Democracy.

Dublin, University College Dublin Press, 2002. 24 cm. xiii, 287 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

213. Knowles, James Sheridan / Willan Smith, Robert.

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

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

214. [Lackareigh]

History of Lackareigh National School 1865 – 1988.

Lackareigh, 1988. Octavo. 160 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

215. Lalor, James Fintan.

James Fintan Lalor: Patriot and Political Essayist, 1807-1849 – [Collected writings, edited with an introduction and biographical note by L. Fogarty].

Revised edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1947. 8º. XLIX, 147 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

216. [Land Art and Country House] – Turrell, James / Wick, Oliver.

The Irish Sky Garden. With an essay by Günter Metken.

Skibbereen, Liss Ard Foundation, 1992. 29.7cm x 25.3cm. 111 pages. With 64 original illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

217. Larkin, Emmet J.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Fall of Parnell 1888-1891.

Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1979. 24cm. xxi,316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

218. Laurie, George Brenton.

History of the Royal Irish Rifles.

First published in 1914. Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2003. 20,5 cm x 29,5 cm. XXIV, 540 pages. With 12 coloured maps, 10 coloured plates and many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Reprint of original 1914 edition.

219. Laver, Michael.

A New Electoral System for Ireland ?

Dublin, The Policy Institute in association with The All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, 1998. 21cm. 56 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Studies in public policy (Trinity College.Policy Institute) ; 2].

220. Lawlor, Sheila.

Britain and Ireland 1914-23.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1983. 23 cm. xii, 291 pages. Hardcover (without dustjacket). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu.