1. [A.E.] Russell, George William.

The National Being – Some thoughts on an Irish polity.

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

2. Academy, Royal Irish.

Conspiracy – Irish Political Trials.

Portland, Royal Irish Academy, 2009. Octavo. 357 pages. Original Softcover. Edges with foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

3. Adolph, Anthony.

Collins tracing your family history.

New edition. London, Collins, 2008. Quarto. 320 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only to the jacket.

4. Aldous, Richard.

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

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

5. Aldous, Richard/ Puirseil, Niamh.

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

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

6. [Anderson, John] Brunicardi, Niall.

John Anderson, entrepreneur.

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

7. Andrews, C.S. (Christopher Stephen).

Dublin Made Me / Man of No Property [Autobiography]

2 Volumes (complete set). Dublin and Cork, Mercier Press, 1979-1982. Octavo. 312, 327 pages. Original Softcover. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

8. Ashton, Robert / Michelburne, John.

Two Historical Plays: The Battle of Aughrim, or the Fall of Monsieur St. Ruth / Ireland Preserved, or the Siege of Londonderry.

Dublin, C.M. Warren, No date [c.1880] 9 cm x 14 cm. 144 pages. Softcover / Original, titled brochure. Good condition with signs of external wear. Damage to corners of front page. Spotting on page edges, front and rear page and several pages within. Otherwise clean inside and intact.

9. Ayearst, Morley.

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

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

10. Aylmer, Captain James Evans Freke / Colonel F. A. Aylmer.

Pedigree of The Family of Aylmer of England and Ireland. Compiled by the Late Captain James Evans Freke Aylmer. With some additional Notes by Colonel F.A. Aylmer. [and with several manuscript annotations completing or correcting some of the Pedigrees (surely in the hand of Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer)].

London, Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1909. Quarto. 26 pages. Softcover / Original printed wrappers. The binding a little frayed but overall still in good condition. From the library of Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer (1856-1936) of Walworth Castle, with his signature to the front wrapper. Extremely Rare !