1. [Craig, James] Buckland, Patrick.

James Craig – Lord Craigavon.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1980. 19 cm. 143 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Gill’s Irish lives].

2. 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.

3. Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson.

Pieces of Mind.

London, Faber and Faber ltd, 1942. 12 x 19 cm. 160 pages. Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. 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).