201. Ó Ciobháin, Ger / Ger Ó Ciobháin.

Cogarnach ar ár gCósta. Maisitheoir Tom Roche.

Cló Dhuibhne, Baile ‘n Fheirtéaraigh, Trá Lí, 1979. Quarto. 92 pages with illustrations. Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

202. Ó Murchadha, Frainc.

1916 Cois Laoi. Frainc Ó Murchadha.

Dublin, Coiscéim, 2006. 21 cm. x, 86 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Macallaí na Cásca ; 7]

203. Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig:

Comhghuaillithe na réabhlóide 1913-1916. Pádraig Ó Snodaigh.

Dara h-eagrán. Binn Éadair, BÁC, Coiscéim, 2016. 22 cm. 204 pages. Illystrated. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Leabhair thaighde ; 14 ú himleabhar].

204. O’Callaghan, Margaret.

British high politics and a nationalist Ireland – Criminality, land and the law under Forster and Balfour.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1994. 24 cm. xi, 223 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

205. O’Callaghan, Sean.

The Easter Lily – The Story of the I.R.A. (IRA).

First Edition. London, Allan Wingate, 1956. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Jimmy O’Callaghan and Sean O’Callaghan, 219 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name on endpaper.

206. O’Callaghan, Sean.

The Jackboot In Ireland.

First Edition. London, Allan Wingate, 1958. 14 x 21,5 cm. 157 pages with a photographic Frontispiece. Hardcover (Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Very good+ condition. Preowner name on the pastedown. Minor discolorations and slight fading near the spine.

207. [O’Ceallaigh, Sean T./ O Conluain, Proinsias].

Sean T. – [The Memoirs of Sean T. O’Kelly]. Scéal a Bheatha á Insint ag Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh.

Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath), Foilseachain Naisiunta Teoranta, 1963. 22cm x 14.3cm. 246 pages. Illustrated with several photographs. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

208. O’Clery, Conor.

Phrases make history here – A century of political quotations on Ireland, 1886-1987.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1987. 23 cm. 232 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

209. O’Connor, Kevin.

The Irish in Britain.

Revised Edition. London, Torc Books, 1974. Small Octavo. 185 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

210. [O’Connor, T.P.] Fyfe, Hamilton.

T.P. O’Connor.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1934. 14.5 x 22.5cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Some signs of wear to boards and spine, otherwise in very good condition.

211. O’Donnell, F.Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar [including a chapter: “The Priestly Boycott and the Irish Language” and with an Appendix: “The Mind of the Jesuit Order To-Day on the Killing of Heretics and the Liberty of Peoples”].

London, David Nutt, 1902. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23 cm). XXIII, 202 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

212. O’Donnell, F.Hugh [Major George Bernard O’Connor / IRA].

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar [including a chapter: “The Priestly Boycott and the Irish Language” and with an Appendix: “The Mind of the Jesuit Order To-Day on the Killing of Heretics and the Liberty of Peoples”].

London, David Nutt, 1902. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23 cm). XXIII, 202 pages. Hardcover / Recently professionally restored. Modern half-leather-binding with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some pages with some minor browning. From the library of Major George Bernard O’Connor, with his name “O’Connor” on titlepage and his Rochestown address (″Illane Roe, Rochestown, Co.Cork”, to endpaper). O’Connor, of the 6th Dragoons, was identified as spy and executed by the IRA on July 10th, 1921.

213. [O’Donnell, Hugh Roe] O’Clery, Lughaidh / Murphy, Rev. Denis / Timothy Crowley, M.D. Larchfield, Coachford].

Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Ui Dhomhnaill – The Life of Hugh Roe O’Donnell, Prince of Tirconnell (1586-1602). Now first published from Cucogry O’Clery’s Irish manuscript in the R.I. Academy. With Historical Introduction, Translation, Notes and Illustrations by Rev. Denis Murphy S.J.

Dublin, Sealy Bryers and Walker, 1893. Quarto (20.5 cm x 23.5 cm). Frontispiece, CLVIII, 338 pages and nine illustrations throughout (including the Frontispiece). With an Index. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed and shaky. Interior with foxing ! Name of former owner on endpaper: “T.Crowley, M.D. [Timothy Crowley] of Larchfield, Coachford, 1893 & T.Moloney].

214. [O’Donovan Rossa] Kenna, Shane.

Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa – Unrepentant Fenian. [Signed by the author Shane Kenna]

Sallins, Co. Kildare, Merrion Press, 2015. 24 cm. viii, 296 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits. Softcover – Edition. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

215. O’Farrell, Patrick.

Ireland’s English Question – Anglo-Irish Relations 1534-1970.

London, B.T.Batsford, 1971. Octavo. 336 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

216. [O’Flanagan, Michael] Carroll, Denis.

They have fooled you again. Michael O’Flanagan (1876-1942), priest, republican, social critic.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Columba Press, 1993. 22cm. 271 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

217. O’Hanlon, Feargal / South, Seán [Feargal Ó hAnnluain & Seán Sabhat].

Two vintage Memorial Plaques for the two IRA Volunteers Fergal O’Hanlon and Seán South, commemorating their deaths during a raid against a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on New Year’s Day, 1957.

Ireland, c.1957. 21 cm x 28 cm. Two plaques with lettering and story in gaelic ! Green and yellow plaques with ribbons in the colours of the irish flag. The plaque of Fergal O’Hanlon with some rubbing and slight damage. The plaque showing Seán South in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

218. O’Laughlin, Michael.

The Families of County Cork, Ireland. Original First Edition – With over one thousand entries from the Archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation.

Kansas City, Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1996. Octavo. XVI, 224 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, nearly new condition with only minor signs of wear.

219. O’Leary, Daniel.

Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish, (County Cork) – [With a Chapter on The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan ]. (This publication was sponsored personally by Jerry Beechinor).

Castlewhite House (Waterfall, near Cork), J.Beechinor, 1975. Quarto. V, 136 pages with map and illustrations throughout the pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare / scarce publication. Including an ephemeral advertising leaflet: “Calling all Natives and Friends of Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish at Home and Overseas: You cannot afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read the history of this great Parish”.

220. O’Malley, Ernie.

The Singing Flame.

Dublin, Anvil Books Ltd., 1978. 22,5 cm x 14 cm. 312 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare book !

221. O’Neill, Joseph.

Manchester Martyrs.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2012. Octavo 320 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

222. O’Neill, Tom.

The Battle of Clonmult – The IRA’s worst defeat.

Dublin, Nonsuch Press, 2006. 20 cm. 120 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print ! Very scarce !

223. [O’Nolan Family History] Nolan, Rev. John / Kavanagh, Art.

O’Nolan – The History of A People. By Rev. John Nolan and Art Kavanagh. With extended notices of other great Gaelic, Anglo Norman and English families of South East Leinster.

Bunclody (Coounty Wexford), Published by “Irish Family Names”, 2000. Large Octavo. VI, 360 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Art Kavanagh.

224. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Our Daily Bread. How to Deal with the Foreign Invasion. [including a Memorandum of the Cork Millers and Merchants, 1917]

Dublin, Eason and Son, Ltd., 1930. 22 cm x 14.2 cm. 88 pages. Original softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Corners bumped and slightly damaged. Staples rusted. Interior still in very good condition. Very rare !

225. [O’Reilly, John Boyle] Kenneally, Ian.

From the earth, a cry – The story of John Boyle O’Reilly.

Cork, Collins Press, 2011. 22 cm. VI, 374 pages. With 16 pages of plates. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print. Very Rare now !

226. O’Riordan, Thomas.

The Price of Freedom – The Life Story of Mick Fitzgerald (Commandant) O/C 1st Battalion Cork No.2 Brigade. – This Story contains an accurate and detailed account of the Early Life, Volunteer-Activities, Arrest, Trial, Imprisonment, Hunger-Strike and Death of one of Irelands bravest Sons.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Fermoy, Barry’s, no year [c.1970]. Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 95 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication with only one version of this publication listed internationally (in the National Library of Ireland).

227. O’Shea, Rev. Kieran.

Castleisland – Church and People.

The Kerryman Ltd., 1981. Octavo. 68 pages with fold-out-map showing the “Parish of Castleisland” inside the rear of the publication. With photographic illustrations throughout the book. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication. Signed by the author.

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

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

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

229. [Partition / Tuairim Pamphlets] Barrington, Donal / Gibson, Norman.

Collection of the two rarest early Tuairim Pamphlets: 1. Donal Barrington – Uniting Ireland (Tuairim Pamphlet No.1) / 2. Norman Gibson – Partition Today – A Northern Viewpoint (Tuairim Pamphlet No.2).

Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1958. Octavo. 24, 12 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor dogears and a small lesion to the cover of Pamphlet 1. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

230. Patterson, Annie W.

The Harp and Irish Music [Article in Journal of the Ivernian Society Volume III – January – March]

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1911. Octavo. VII, 67, VIII pages. Stapled Softcover. The binding in very poor condition ! Staples rusty and the wrappers detached. The bookblock itself still in good condition and all the articles very readable.

231. Pearse, P.H.

Ghosts.

First Edition. Dublin, Whelan & Sons, 1916. Small Octavo. 20 pages. Original stapled Title-brochure (Pamphlet). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The staples slightly rusted. One of the rarest pamphlets on irish revolutionary History. Extremely scarce. This particular copy was furnished with two identical wrappers (the first one slightly stained, the second one inside in perfect condition). [Tracts for the Time, No.10]

232. Pearse, Padraic / Mac Piarais, Pádraic.

Bhodaigh an Chóta Lachtna [″Adventure of the Churl of the Grey Coat” / “Tale of the Carle in the Drab Coat”].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1906. 8°. III, 72 pages. Original Softcover. Besides some fraying to the pages 19-23 in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

233. Pearse, Pádraic H.

Plays – Poems – Stories.

Sixth Edition. Dublin/Cork/Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., [1924]. 8°. Portrait of Pearse as Frontispiz, XIX, 340, VIII pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowner’s name on endpaper (″Katie O’Shea”). [Collected Works of Pádraic H. Pearse].

234. Percival, John.

The Great Famine – Ireland’s Potato Famine, 1845-1851. Foreword by Ian Gibson.

London, BBC Books, 1995. 26 cm. 192 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

235. [Plant, George]

George Plant – Irish Republican Army [IRA] – Executed by firing squad in Portlaoise Prison, March 5th, 1942. 50th Anniversary commemoration in St.Johnstown churchyard, Fethard, Co.Tipperary, Easter Sunday, April 19th, 1992 [together with two interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on the case of George Plant].

Dublin, AP / RN Print, [1992]. Octavo. 16 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

236. Poirteir, Cathal.

The Great Irish Famine.

Cork, Mercier Press, 1995. 19.7cm x 12.8cm. 283 (5) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. [The Thomas Davis Lecture Series].

237. Prager, Jeffrey.

Building democracy in Ireland – Political order and cultural integration in a newly independent nation.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. 24 cm. xi,259 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

238. [Quinn, Captain Padraig / Irish Volunteers / Spanish Civil War].

Captain Padraig Quinn’s Original Souvenir – Leporello of Sevilla, from the year 1937, in which he fought in the Spanish Civil War. Signed and dated by him in 1937.

Sevilla, L. Roisin [Fotografo], [1937] 10 cm x 7.5 cm. 20 photographic cards, connected as Leporello. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed by the member of Na-Fianna Eireann from Graignamanagh, Captain Padraig Quinn, in 1937.

239. [Rees-Mogg, William / Cholwell House] [Lever, Charles].

Arthur O’Leary – His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands. Edited by his friend, Harry Lorrequer and Illustrated by George Cruikshank. [William Rees-Mogg’s personal copy from his library at Cholwell House and with his armorial Bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown].

New Edition. London, Henry Colburn, 1845. Octavo. Frontispiece-Portrait of Arthur O’Leary, 364 pages with ten illustrations by Cruikshank (including the Frontispiece). Hardcover / Original 19th century half leather with two spine-labels, professionally rebacked and restored by a professional bookbindery. Original pastedowns retained with the original bookbindery-label of C.T.Jefferies & Sons from Bristol. Some of the Cruikshank-plates very good, some with strong foxing (as usual). The text fresh and clean. After the restoration, this Volume is now in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

240. [Rice, Edmund] Normoyle, M.C.

A Tree is Planted – The Life and Times of Edmund Rice.

Second Edition. Private Circulation [was not publicly for sale], 1976. Octavo. XVI, 502 pages. Illustrated. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

241. Robins, Joseph.

Custom House people.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1993. 22cm. xiii,206 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare publication !

242. Robinson, Lennox.

Eight Short Stories.

London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, no year [c.1919]. Small Octavo. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket carries a portrait of Lennox Robinson on the cover. The rare dustjacket with some fraying and two corners missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a private entry of the preowner to the endpaper.

243. Romer, C.F. / Mainwaring, A.E.

The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War. With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland.

Reprint of original 1908 publication. Dallington, The Naval & Military Press, c2000 (unknown). 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm XIV, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

244. [Ryan, Frank] Cronin, Seán.

Frank Ryan – The search for the Republic.

Dublin, Repsol, 1980. 23 cm. 284 pages with 16 pages of plates with illustrations. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare !

245. Ryder, Chris.

The RUC 1922 – 2000 / A Force under Fire.

Revised 4 th edition. London, Arrow, 2000. 20 cm. xviii, 536 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

246. Scott, Michael (editor).

Hall’s Ireland: Mr & Mrs Hall’s Tour of 1840.

2 Volumes. London and Sydney, Sphere Books Limited. 1984. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 480 pages. Original softcover with original slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

247. Seymour, Capt. W.D. [William Deane Seymour from Queenstown, Co.Cork].

Journal of A Voyage Round the World.

Cork, Printed and Published by Francis Guy, 1877. Octavo. Portrait (Original Albumen Print of Seymour’s Photograph], VII, 169 pages. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and armorial Motto of Seymour on front board. Very good condition. Binding a bit shaky. Extremely Rare !

248. Shannon, Martin.

Sixteen Roads to Golgatha – The Life Stories of the Sixteen Executed Leaders of the Easter Rising.

First Edition. Dublin, Red Hand Books, no year [c.1966]. Octavo. 195 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare ! Especially in this condition !

249. Sheehan, Tim.

Execute Hostage Compton-Smith.

First Edition. Cork, Dripsey Press, 1993, 12.7 cm x 18.7 cm. 149 pages. Original paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This book is rare.

250. Sheehy, Michael.

Divided we stand – A study of partition. With a foreword by John J. Horgan.

London, Faber & Faber, 1955. 21cm. 104 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

251. Silverman, Marilyn.

Approaching the Past – Historical anthropology through Irish case studies. Edited by Marilyn Silverman, P.H. Gulliver.

New York, N.Y., Columbia University Press, [1992]. 24 cm. vi, 428 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

252. [Sinn Féin].

Sinn Féin Constitution.

Dublin, Sinn Fein Headquarters / Ard-Fheis, 1950. Octavo. 6 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with dogears, some browning. Extremely Rare !

253. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

254. St. John Joyce, Weston.

The Neighbourhood of Dublin – Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association. With numerous Illustrations from the Author’s Photographs & Sketches.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Dublin, M.H.Gill & Son, 1939. Large – Octavo. XX, 512 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with the rare, original dustjacket. The rare dustjacket slightly frayed. The Volume itself in firm and excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

255. [St.Columba].

St. Columba’s / Record of the League of St.Columba – St.Patrick’s College in Maynooth – 1901 – 1906 [6 Volumes in 3 Volumes]. Printed for private circulation only. Issued by The League of St.Columba, Maynooth College. With many photographs and illustrations, poems and essays in english and gaelic (Gaeilge).

Six Volumes in Three. Dublin, O’Brien & Ards, 1902 – 1906. Octavo. Volume I:(includes Fourth Year 1901 – 1902) – 123 pages and 111 pages / Volume II: (includes Fifth Year – 1902 – 1903) 136 pages and 138 pages / Volume III: (includes Sixth Year – 1905 – 1906) 128 pages and 137 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth in protective Mylar). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the rarest publications of Irish Local History. With several important essays.

256. Sweeney, Paul.

The Politics of Public Enterprise and Privatisation [Including a chapter: The Origins of Irish Public Enterprise].

Dublin, Tomar, 1990. 21 cm. 244 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Front hinge broken at the border to the endpaper. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

257. Thackeray, William Makepeace.

The Irish Sketchbook of 1842.

Dublin, Nonsuch, 2005. 23 cm. 319 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

258. The Classical Association of Ireland.

Proceedings for 1909 with Rules and List of Members.

Dublin, Browne & Nolan / Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1909. 14 cm x 21.9 cm. 101, [4] pages. Hardcover / Professionally repaired and recently rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Orginal softcover bound together. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor foxing throughout the book.

259. The National Library.

Daniel O’ Connell. Facsimile Documents.

Dublin, Committee for Educational Services Based on the Institutions of Science and Art. 1978. 23.7 cm x 34.8 cm. 22 Facsimile Documents. With many black and white illustrations. Original Folder. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Folder is slightly worn. Leaf of folder no longer glued. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

260. The Stationery Office.

The Irish Uprising – Papers from the British parliamentary archive.

London, The Stationery Office, 2000. 19 cm. 216 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Uncovered editions].

261. [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].

262. [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 !

263. Townshend, Charles.

Easter 1916 – The Irish Rebellion.

London, Penguin, 2006. 20 cm. xxi, 442 pages with 8 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Allen Lane history.

264. Twohig, Patrick J.

Green Tears For Hecuba. Ireland’s Fight for Freedom.

Cork, Tower Books, 1994. 12,5 x 20,5 cm. 422 pages with many illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of wear.

265. Valera, Eamon de.

Ireland’s stand – Being a selection of the speeches of Eamon de Valera during the war (1939-1945).

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, 1946. Small Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of de Valera, 102 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some fraying to the brochure.

266. Vallancey, Charles / Piers, Sir Henry [Provenance: Abraham Abell (Cork City)].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis – Five-Volume-Set with thirteen (13) Numbers (I – XIII) plus “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” and “Anecdotes of Chess in Ireland”. [See full list of Numbers, Chapters and Illustrations below and detailed images on our website].

Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1770 – 1790. Octavo (13,5 cm wide x 21,5 cm high). Pagination: Volume I (contains Numbers I, II, III, IV): Frontispiece-Portrait, XIV, [6 unnumbered pages of “Contents”], 636 pages, [2] pages with the contents-page misbound [2], and 24 pages on “The Brehon Laws of Ireland” to the rear of the Volume. Volume I includes three illustrations (including the Large Folding-Map of Meath)/ Volume II (contains Numbers V, VI, VII, VIII, IX): 562 pages and 10 illustrations (including the Large Folding-Plan of the City of Kilkenny) / Volume III (contains Numbers X, XI, XII): LXX, 682 pages with one illustration (being the Large Fold-Out-Map of “Antient Ireland” by William Beauford) and VI Tables on two large sheets in the rear of the Volume (containing Orthography/Names of Numbers in different Languages, Names of Numbers of some of the Indians of America etc. etc. compared to the antient Irish) / Volume IV (contains Number XIII of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis and “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” by Charles Vallancey”): LX, 161 pages (being the end of Number XIII), plus Pagination for “The Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland”: Frontispiece-Map of Europe and Asia, XLVIII, 551 pages, followed by 16 unnumbered pages of an Index for “The Ancient History of Ireland”, followed by X (10) Plates (mainly fold-out plates with numerous illustrations for the “Ancient History of Ireland”, aslo included is a text-illustration “Inscription in the Cave of New Grange (page 212). / Volume V of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: 368 pages plus Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Spine of Volume Three is coming apart. From the library of Cork Antiquarian Abraham Abell, with an inscription and original manuscript letter by his friend and “Brother Antiquarian”, John Bennett, 9 Academy St., 18th September, 1841.

267. Ward, Rachel.

Women, unionism and loyalism in Northern Ireland – From ‘tea-makers’ to political actors.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2006. 24 cm. xii, 196 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

268. [Ware, Sir James] / Spencer, Edmund / Campion, Edmund / Hanmer, Meredith / Marleborough, Henry of.

Ancient Irish Histories. The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer, and Marleburrough [sic] [Henry of Marlborough].

In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Hibernia Press, 1809. Octavo (16 cm x 24 cm). Pagination: Volume I: 22 pages of Subscribers, followed by a full-page Hibernia Press/Dublin Society – Dedicatory-Illustration with Irish Harp, Printed Books etc., 266, [16], 204, [1] pages / Volume II: 410, 32 pages. Hardcover / Original, publisher’s interim-bindings, rebacked. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the name H.L.Conner on titlepage.

269. Watson, Sir William.

Ireland Unfreed – Poems and Verses written in the early months of 1921.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1921. Small Octavo. 46, [2] pages. Original Harcover (publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to the halftitle.

270. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Ross – Its Bishops, Clergy and Parishes. With Illustrations and Map of the Diocese [Together with an earlier publication [Pamphlet] on the topic by Charles Webster: “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches”].

Cork / Dublin, Guy & Co. Ltd./Hodges & Figgis, 1932 – 1936. Octavo. Pagination of the book: XXXIV, 127 pages / Pagination of the Pamphlet: 40 pages plus photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. The book is inscribed by the author ! With some strong staining to the covers only. Otherwise in very good condition. Very Rare ! / The pamphlet “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches” was published within the “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acadaemy” and is in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

271. Whelan, Noel.

Politics, Elections and the Law.

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

272. White, Mary Elizabeth Fay Laing.

The Emerald Source.

unknown, unknown, unknown, 22 x 28 cm. 125 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

273. Whyte, Louis.

The Wild Heather Glen: The Kilmichael Story of Grief and Glory.

Co. Cork, The Kilmichael/Crossbarry Commemoration Committee, 1995. 15 cm x 21 cm. 171 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition ! Rare !

274. [William Geary] Colvert, Brendon K.

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

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

275. Winkles, B. [Engraver] / Petrie, George [Artist / After a Drawing by George Petrie].

Bank of Ireland, Dublin (South Portico) – “The Original Parliament House”.

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 23 cm x 18 cm. Very good condition.

276. Woodcock, Caroline.

An Officer’s wife in Ireland. With an introduction by Tim Pat Coogan.

London, Parkgate Publications, 1994. 21 cm. 95 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

277. 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”.

278. Yeates, Padraig.

The Making of the Great 1913 Lockout Tapestry.

Dublin, SIPTU Communications Department, 2013. 29.8cm x 21cm. 98 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

279. [Yeats, W.B.] Coote, Stephen.

W.B. Yeats – A Life. [with an interesting collection of four (4) newspaper-clippings on W.B.Yeats].

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1997. 24cm. xii,612 pages. Many illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.