271. O’Brien, Niall.

Blackwater and Bride – Navigation and Trade, 7000 BC to 2007 [This book is dedicated to the landowners, merchants and sailors who made navigation and trade possible on the Blackwater and Bride Rivers].

Niall O’Brien Publishing, 2008. Octavo. XII, 562 pages with plenty of illustrations throughout the volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolutely mint condition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the endpaper. Extremely Rare Book !!

272. Fountain, Robert.

Travelling Ireland: A Thousand Miles with Horse & Carriage. Original Illustrations by Malcolm Coward.

Askham, Palette Press, 2008. 27.5 cm x 21.4 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 152 pages. Fully illustrated in colour with oil sketches, cartoons and photographs by various contributors. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. With marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor wear to slipcase. Otherwise excellent condition. This is a limited edition of 20 leatherbound copies of which this is number 5. Signed by author and contributors. Includes an original photograph. Includes loose ephemera: “An Invitation to the Launch of ‘Travelling Ireland’ at Bantry House” and a newspaper article entitled “A quirky and entertaining view of Ireland: Robert Fountain explains the background to his new book ‘Travelling Ireland- 1000 miles with Horse & Carriage’ and gives us a flavour of what he encountered on his journey.”

273. 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.

274. 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.

275. Lysaght, Charles.

Great Irish lives. [a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland’s most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries]. Edited by Charles Lysaght. With a Foreword by Garret FitzGerald.

London, Times Books, 2009. 20 cm. xxi, 362 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

276. [Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

277. Johnston, Kevin.

Home or Away – The Great War and the Irish Revolution.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2010. 24 cm. 360 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

278. Kautt, William H.

Ambushes and Armour – The Irish Rebellion 1919-1921. With a Foreword by Keith Jeffery.

Dublin ; Portland, OR, Irish Academic Press, 2010. 24 cm. xviii, 300 pages with numerous illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

279. Laffan, William.

Ancestral Interiors – Photographs of the Irish Country House by Patrick Prendergast. With a Foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin / Essay by William Laffan: “Ancestral Interiors” / Rural Ireland.

Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 2010. Quarto (21.5 cm x 24 cm). 135 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

280. [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.