MAY 2020 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING (MOSTLY) TO IRELAND. CONTACT DETAILS, etc. AT END OF CATALOGUE. 1. Anonymous: The History of Prince Lee Boo, of the Pelew Islands. London. John Harris. Seventeenth Edition. 1827. 16mo (5 inches by 3, approx.) . Engraved frontis. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper boards. Some foxing to preliminaries and to rear endpapers. Minor wear to head of spine and board edges and corners. Firm and Good. £50.00

2 Arnold, Mavis & Laskey, Heather: Children of the Poor Clares. The Story of an Irish Orphanage. Belfast. Appletree Press. First Edition, 1985. 8vo paperback. 160pp. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £12.00

3 Augustine, Father: Ireland’s Loyalty to the Mass. Minnesota. Neumann Press. 2007 edition of a work which first appeared in 1933. 8vo. 228pp. Illustrated by John O’Gorman. Maroon cloth pictorially blocked in bright gilt on front board. Fine. £12.00

4 Baillie-Grohman, W.A: Tyrol - painted by E. Harrison Compton, described by W.A. Baillie-Grohman. London. Adam & Charles Black. First Edition, 1908. 8vo. 208pp. With 24 full-page illustrations in colour. Top page-edges gilt. Original decorated cloth. A handsome copy in Near Fine condition. £25.00

5 Ball, J.T: Historical Review of the Legislative Systems Operative in Ireland from the Invasion of Henry the Second to the Union (1172—1800). Dublin. Hodges, Figgis. First Edition, 1888. 8vo. 256pp. Ex-Lib in brown library cloth and with “Withdrawn” stamp on title-page. Lacks front free endpaper, else firm and Very Good. £14.00

6 Beaton, Cecil: Far East. London. Batsford. First Edition, 1945. 8vo. 111pp. Colour frontis (from a painting by the author) and black & white photographs . Orange cloth. Very Good. £12.00

7 Black’s Guide: Black’s Guide to Belfast and the North of Ireland. London. Adam & Charles Black. Twenty-sixth edition. 1912. 12mo. 379pp + 90pp of ads, some pictorial. Maps, plans and illustrations. Original green cloth which is slightly wrinkled to lower front board. Good+ overall and contents very good. Includes a folding map of South-West Donegal. £12.00

8 Breathnach, Breandan: Folk Music & Dances of Ireland. Dublin. Talbot Press. First Edition, 1971. 8vo. 152pp. Illustrated. Original cream cloth. Fine in Good dustwrapper. £9.00

9 Brett, C.E.B: Buildings of County Armagh. Belfast. Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. First Edition, 1999. Folio. 286pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Navy cloth. Map endpapers. Pages slightly wavy, else Fine in Fine dustwrapper. £50.00

10 Bridgeman, Lady Diana: The Poems & Paintings of the Lady Diana Bridgeman. Erskine MacDonald. First Edition, 1920. One of a thousand numbered large paper copies - this one No. 432. Folio. 52pp. Illustrated by the author/artist including 8 colour plates. Cloth-backed paper boards with a slight warp. Small ink stain to upper front board where it joins the spine. Pages a little wavy and front inner hinge is pulled but holding firm. Good reading copy. £8.00

11 Cable, George W: Old Creole Days. Stories of Creole Life. New York. Collier. 1883. The American Classical Romances Series. 8vo. 298pp. Original blue cloth with spine decorations in gilt and black. Faint staining to lower front board, else Very Good. £10.00

12 Carrigan, The Rev. William: The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. With a Preface by the Most Rev. Dr. Brownrigg, Lord Bishop of Ossory. Vol. 1 only (of a 4-vol. set). Dublin. Sealy. First Edition, 1905. 4to. 300pp. Illustrated. Large folding map at rear. Original gilt-decor green cloth, rebacked with original backstrip re-laid. Recent black endpapers. A very nice copy of a scarce work. £150.00

13 Chesney, Major A.G: Historical Records of the Maltese Corps of the British Army. London. Clowes. First Edition, 1897. 8vo. 210pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white. Lacking only the illustration at page 64 (Colours of the Royal Regiment of Malta). Original navy cloth with gilt crown on front along with Maltese Cross which was originally in white but now only the lower arm has retained the colour. Firm and Very Good. Ex-Lib with attractive pictorial library plate inside front cover. A nice

copy. £125.00 14 Collis, J.S: An Irishman’s England. London. Cassell. First Edition, 1937. 8vo. 228pp. Green cloth. Very

Good. £12.00 15 Collis, Maurice: Somerville and Ross. A Biography. London. Faber. First Edition, 1968. 8vo. 280pp.

Illustrated from photographs. Folding genealogical table. Red cloth. Fine in Very good dustwrapper. £9.00

16 Combe, Andrew: A Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy. For the Use of Parents. Edinburgh. MacLachlan, Stewart. Fifth Edition, 1846. 12mo. 380pp. Original green cloth, now faded, with original paper label (now age-tanned and slightly chipped) on spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Firm and Good. Scarce. £15.00

17 Comics: The Golden Book of Comics containing contributions by Enid Blyton, Captain W.E. Johns (and many others). London. Odhams Press. 1950. 4to.320pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Original yellow blind-decor cloth. Very Good in like dustwrapper. £8.00

18 Co-operative Movement of Great Britain, with information how to promote it. Revised by Julia P. Madams. Manchester. Co-operative Union Ltd. 1914. Small 12mo. 179pp. Original red cloth, now a little faded but gilt lettering is bright. Ex-Lib with attractive pictorial library plate. Very Good. £8.00

19 Corkery, Daniel: The Hidden Ireland. A Study of Gaelic Ireland in the Eighteenth Century. Dublin. Gill. Third Impression, 1941. 8vo. 321pp. Dark green cloth. Very Good in torn dustwrapper. £22.00

20 Coyne, J. Stirling: The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. London. Mercury Books. 2003. Being a reprint of the circa 1842 original. Folio.455pp. Illustrations from drawings by W.H. Bartlett. Shiny pictorial laminated paper boards. Ex-Lib with “withdrawn” stamp on half-title. Lacks front free endpaper, else Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. “The first section contains a stunning collection of landscapes, wooded gorges, crashing waterfalls, wind-swept seashores, dramatic mountain scenery and views of towns and villages. The second concentrates on ancient ruins, churches, monuments, castles and stone circles, although all these make occasional appearances in the first section.” £25.00

21 Craig, Maurice: Irish Bookbindings. Being No. 6 in The Irish Heritage Series. Dublin.Eason. 1976. 8vo. 23pp. Illustrated in colour throughout on art paper. Colour-pictorial card covers. Very good. £8.00

22 Crawford, Michael George ( Warrenpoint): Legendary Stories of The Carlingford Lough District. Newry. Frontier Sentinel. 1926. 8vo. 195pp. Frontis view of Warrenpoint. Portrait of Michael Crawford. Original printed wraps. Staples rusty, but the book is firm and otherwise Very Good. £20.

23 Crawford, Michael Joseph: Legendary Stories of the Carlingford Lough District. Warrenpoint. Havern. Reprint (1970s of a work first published in 1913). 8vo. 138pp. Dark green cloth. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. Some old sellotape traces to endpapers where dustwrapper protector was once affixed, else Very Good in Near Fine dustwrapper. £9.00

24 Cullen, Tom: Beart de Reir Ar mBriathair. A History of the GAA in Ulster. Containing 100 years of the Ulster Council GAA. No date given (inscribed 2009). 8vo. 415pp. Illustrated. Navy cloth, gilt. Fine in like dustwrapper. £25.00

25 Davies, Peter: The Truth About Kent State. A Challenge to the American Conscience. London Vision. First British Commonwealth Edition, 1974. 4to. 242pp. Illustrated from photographs. Map. Pictorial card covers. Good+. “...an indictment not only of some members of the Ohio National Guard but of the Nixon Administration for its failure to come to grips with the unanswered questions surrounding the tragic events of May 4 1970, and of the American public as well for its willingness to let these questions go unresolved.” - blurb. £10.00

26 De h-Ide, Dubhglas: Amhrain Chuige Chonnacht. An Leath-Rann. Baile Atha Cliath. Martan Lester. No date given. 8vo. 80pp. Original grey cloth. Very Good in lightly age-tanned very good dustwrapper. Scarce. £250.00

27 Debrett: Debrett’s Coronation Guide. London. Dean. 1911. 8vo. 253pp. Illustrated. All page edges gilt. Original bright gilt-decor cloth. Near Fine. Rare. “...explanations of the various forms and ceremonies, such as the Coronation Ceremony itself, the Court of Claims, Regalia, Processions,

Precedence, the Royal Family, Styles and Titles, Household Appointments, Officers of State and other Officials (with Biographies), Orders of Knighthood, State Departments, Institutions, Duties of Officials, &c., and those innumerable points upon which questions arise every day, while an Appendix gives particulars regarding the Foreign and Colonial Representatives officially attending the ceremony.” - Prefatory Note. £65.00

28 Devlin, Denis: Collected Poems. Edited and with an Introduction by Brian Coffey. Dublin. Dolmen Press. First Edition in Book Form, 1964. Tall 8vo. 132pp. Two-tone cloth. Very Good in torn age-tanned dustwrapper. *Bears the signature of Mervyn Wall (author of the ‘Fursey’ novels, etc.) whose advice in compiling this volume is noted on the “Acknowledgments” page. £25.00

29 Doyle, Lynn: Yesterday Morning. London. Duckworth. Fourth Impression, 1945. 8vo. 252pp. Original green cloth, now very faded and bearing a couple of ink spots on front board. Good only. £6.00

30 Drummond, Henry: Tropical Africa. London. Hodder. Sixth Thousand. 1888. 8vo. 227pp. Illustrated. Six folding maps. Ex-Lib with “Deleted” stamp on attractive pictorial library plate inside front cover. Rebound in library binding of morocco spine and cloth boards. Very Good. £14.00

31 Dublin in ’98: Cuimhnighimis ar ’98. County Dublin in ’98. Some Little-known Incidents of the Insurrection of 1798. 7-page pamphlet published by the ’98 Commemoration on the occasion of the erection of the ’98 memorial at Ballyboughal. No date given (possibly 1948?). 12mo. Pages wavy. Good. Scarce. £7.00

32 Dunsany, Lord: The Sirens Wake. London. Jarrolds. Second Impression, 1946. 8vo. 128pp. Frontis portrait. Beige cloth. Very Good. £8.00

33 Egan, Bowes & McCormack, Vincent: Burntollet. London. LRS Publishers. First Edition, 1969. 4to. 64pp. Illustrated from photographs. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £30.00

34 Eliot, T.S: Points of View. London. Faber. First Edition, 1941. 8vo. 158pp. Blue cloth. Very Good in lightly age-tanned dustwrapper which has a couple of small nicks along top edge. £9.00

35 Elston, Roy (Editor): Cook’s Traveller’s Handbook to The Rhine and Black Forest with extensions into Bavaria. London. Simpkin Marshall. Entirely New Edition, 1931. 12mo. 234pp + ads. With a Map of the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz and seventeen Maps and Plans by Bartholomew. Maroon cloth. Fine in Good+ dustwrapper. £16.00

36 Enright, Anne: The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. London. Cape. Third Printing, 2002. 8vo. 231pp. Black cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. £10.00

37 Findlater, Alex: Findlaters - The story of a Dublin merchant family 1774-2001. Dublin. Farmar. First Edition, 2001. Large 8vo. 577pp. Illustrated from photographs. Black cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. *Signed by the author. £20.00

38 Finnemore, John: Switzerland. Peeps at Many Lands Series. With 12 full-page illustrations in colour by Coleraine-born artist A.D. McCormick, as well as a few by J. Hardwicke Lewis, and others. London. Black. Reprint, 1909. 8vo. 86pp + ads. Blue cloth, with colour-pictorial onlay on front board. Light water-stain at corner of front paste- down. Good+. £7.00

39 Fleming, Rev. W.E.C. (Sometime incumbent of Tartaraghan and Diamond Parishes and Chancellor of Armagh Cathedral): On the Hill of Armagh. In and Around the Cathedral. Published at Dundalgan Press for the author. First Edition, 2016. Tall 8vo. 157pp. Illustrated from photographs. Maroon cloth. As new in like dustwrapper. *Presentation copy signed by the author. £25.00

40 Fleming, Rev. W.E.C. (Sometime incumbent of Tartaraghan and Diamond Parishes and Chancellor of Armagh Cathedral): The Diamond. A North Armagh Parish. Dundalgan Press. First Edition, 2009. 8vo. 188pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Navy cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. £30.00

41 Frankland, W.B: The Story of Euclid. London. Newnes. 1902. 16mo 9 (6 inches by 3.5).176pp. Illustrated. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in grey and black. Very Good. £7.00

42 Frow, Edmund & Katanka, Michael (Editors): 1868 - Year of the Unions. A Documentary Survey. London. Michael Katanka. First Edition, 1968. 8vo. 184pp. Black cloth. Very Good in slightly age-tanned dustwrapper. “...a year which saw the end of the notorious violent outrages of Sheffield and

Manchester, the start of the great struggle fought by the unions for full legality and the protection of their funds and which culminated in the holding of the first annual Congress.” £8.00

43 Gaughan, J. Anthony: Listowel and its Vicinity. Cork. Mercier Press. Second and Revised Edition, 1974. 8vo. 640pp. Illustrated. Maps. Tan cloth. Very Good in lightly creased and rubbed dustwrapper. Scarce. £425.00

44 Geraghty, Tom & Whitehead, Trevor: The Dublin Fire Brigade. A History of the Brigade & the Emergencies. Dublin City Council. First Edition, 2004. Tall 8vo. 320pp. Illustrated from photographs and lithographs. Pictorial card covers. Near Fine. *Presentation copy, signed by Tom Geraghty. £20

45 Gordon, R.G: Autolycus; or The Future For Miscreant Youth. London. Kegan Paul. 1928. 16mo. 94pp. Ex-Lib in handsome library binding of morocco spine and cloth boards. Very Good. £15.00

46 Green, E.R.R: The Industrial Archaeology of County Down. Belfast. HMSO. First Edition, 1963. Folio. 99 text pages plus 32 black & white photo plates. Folding plan of Ballycopeland Windmill. Maps. Blue cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. £25.00

47 Guthrie, Tyrone: A Life in the Theatre. London. Hamish Hamilton. Second Impression, 1960. 8vo. 320pp. Illustrated from photographs. Tweed effect yellow cloth. Very Good in only slightly edge-chipped dustwrapper. £7.00

48 Gwynn, Rev. Aubrey: The Medieval Province of Armagh 1470-1545. Dundalgan Press. First edition, 1946. 8vo. 287pp. Cloth-backed paper boards. Ex-Lib with minimal markings, else a lovely copy in Very Good condition. £20.00

49 Hall, Mr. & Mrs. S.C: Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. In Three Volumes. London. How & Parsons. 1841. 4to. 435; 468; 512pp. Illustrated throughout with steel-engraved full-page plates, in-text illustrations and full-page county maps. Contemporary half-morocco binding, the spine in each case divided into six gilt-tooled compartments by raised bands. Marbled paper boards, with matching endpapers and page-edges. Fore-corners and spine edges a little rubbed and there is an unobtrusive closed split at head of Volume II. Otherwise a lovely firm set, the plates in particular being clean and free from foxing. £225.00

50 Hamilton, Mary: Green and Gold. Introduction by Lord Dunsany. London. Wingate. First Edition, 1948. 8vo. 272pp. Turquoise cloth. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Very Good in only slightly edge-chipped dustwrapper. “Many people spent such a childhood and youth as Mrs Hamilton’s in an irish country house at the end of the last century; but how few brought to it her clear and tranquil vision, or her effortless powers of description so admirably suited to her subject. “ - blurb. £10.00

51 Hammersley, Violet (Translator): Letters from Madame La Marquise de Sevigne selected, translated, and introduced by Violet Hammersley. With a Preface by W. Somerset Maugham. London. Secker. First Edition, 1955. Tall 8vo. 389pp. Frontis portrait. Pink cloth. Very Good in Good dustwrapper. £8.00

52 Hanratty, Joseph: The Mighty Faughs - A Proud Tradition. A History of the Castleblayney Faughs Club. First Impression, 1984. 8vo. 225pp. Illustrated from photographs. Green cloth. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. £30.00

53 Harnden, Toby: ‘Bandit Country’. The IRA and South Armagh. London. Hodder. First Edition, 1999. Tall 8vo. 404pp. Illustrated. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £15.00

54 Harrison, Richard S: The Richardsons of Bessbrook. Ulster Quakers in the Linen Industry (1845-1921). Dublin. Original Writing. First Edition, 2008. 8vo. 235pp. Illustrated from photographs. Blue cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. *Signed by the author. £20.00

55 Heaney, Seamus: North. London. Faber. First Edition, 1975. 8vo. 73pp. Blue cloth. Ex-Library with “withdrawn” stamp on front pastedown and minimal markings which include two astericks and two ticks to Contents page and traces of erased number on title-page. Very Good in like dustwrapper which is slightly faded. £125.00

56 Heller, Joseph: Catch-22. London. Reprint Society. 1963. 8vo. 415pp. Two-tone cloth. Very Good in like dustwrapper. £7.00

57 Hilditch, Neville (Compiler): In Praise of Ireland. An Anthology for Friends . London. Muller. First Edition, 1951. 16mo. (5.5 inches by 4). 64pp. Illustrated. Colourfully and artistically decorated

paper boards. Irish prose and poetry (in English). Very Good. £4.00 58 Hodgkin, L.V: A Quaker Saint of Cornwall. Loveday Hambly and her Guests. London. Longmans. First

edition, 1927. 8vo. 236pp. Illustrations in colour by Mrs. Cayley-Robinson and in black and white by Ernest W. Oldsham. Map endpapers. Cloth-backed paper boards. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper which has colour-pictorial onlay. £20.00

59 Hole, S. Reynolds: A Book About Roses. How to Grow and Show Them. London. Arnold. 1907. 8vo. 300pp + ads. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original rust-coloured cloth with floral decorations. Very Good. £8.00

60 Holland, Clive: Tyrol and its People.London. Methuen. First Edition, 1909. Tall 8vo. 336pp + ads. With sixteen illustrations in colour by Adrian Stokes, 31 other illustrations and a map. Original blue cloth with bright gilt decoration on spine. A handsome copy in Very Good condition. £25.00

61 Housman, A.E: A Shropshire Lad. Illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. With an Introduction by Kelsey Thornton. Birmingham. The Hayloft Press. From a Limited Edition of 450 numbered copies - this one being No. 33. Oblong 4to. 78pp. Original linen boards with pictorial onlay. Loosely inserted errata slip. Fine. £15.00

62 Howarth, David: Trafalgar - The Nelson Touch. Great Battles Series. Gloucestershire. The Windrush Press. 1998. 8vo. 156pp + ads.Illustrated. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £7.00

63 Hudson, W.H: The Book of a Naturalist. London. Hodder. Second Edition, 1939. Illustrated from wood engravings by Winifred Thridgould. 8vo. 288pp. Grey cloth. Very Good in Good dustwrapper. “... essays and sketches of animal life...” £8.00

64 Hutton, John E: Fishing Ways and Fishing Days. Some Hints & Suggestions for the Pursuit of the Migratory Fish and Low-Water Fishing. London. Witherby. First Edition, 1930. 8vo. 180pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth with the spine pictorially blocked in bright gilt. Very Good fresh copy. £30.00

65 Huxley, Aldous: Ends and Means. An Enquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the methods employed for their realization. London. Chatto. Third Impression, 1938. 8vo. 335pp. Rust-coloured cloth. Very Good in Good dustwrapper. £15.00

66 Igoe, Vivian: City of Dublin. A Pitkin Guide with a map of the city centre. Andover. Pitkin Pictorials.

1991. 8vo. 20pp. Illustrated from high-quality photographs throughout on heavy Art Paper. Pictorial card covers. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. Good+ £7.00

67 Ingram, Brett: The Armavigil. Irish Church Independence Centenary Pageant. Highlights of Irish Christianity 390 A.D. to 2032 A.D. Published by the author. Ballygawley. 1970. 8vo. 62pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Very Good. *Presentation copy, signed by the author. £12.00

68 Ingram, John K: On a Recently Propopsed Plan of Postivist Propaganda. A nine-page pamphlet printed in Dublin at the University Press. No date given, (ca. 1906). Unbound. The economist and poet John Kells Ingram was born in Temple Carne, Co. Donegal in 1823 and died in 1907. He is best known as the writer of The Memory of the Dead . £10.00

69 Ireland: Ireland - How to Go - What to See - Where to Stay. London. Published by British & Irish Travel Agency. Second Edition. No date given (1928). 12mo. 119pp + ads. Illustrated throughout from photographs. Printed on Art paper. Card covers. Lacks map at rear. Inner hinges strengthened with archival tape and there are a couple of tiny ink blots on front cover. Overall Good, but contents Very Good. £8.00

70 Irwin, Florence: The Cookin’ Woman. Irish Country Recipes and Others. Introduction by St. John Ervine. Edinburgh. Oliver & Boyd. First Edition, 1949. 8vo. 229pp. Green cloth which is now a little faded on spine. A couple of tiny ink spots on upper front board, else Good+. *Presentation copy signed by the author. £35.00

71 J.M.R: Six Generations of Friends in Ireland (1655-1890). London. Hicks. First Edition, 1893. 8vo. 243pp + ads. Illustrated. Original fawn cloth, now a little darkened on spine. Very Good. £25.00

72 James, Dermot: John Hamilton of Donegal 1800-1884. This Recklessly Generous Landlord. Dublin. Woodfield Press. First Edition, 1998. Tall 8vo. 256pp. Illustrated. Pictorial card covers with flaps. Long gift inscription on half-title (not from author), else Near Fine. £14.00

73 Johns, Rev. C.A: The Forest Trees of Britain. London. SPCK. 1894. 8vo. 431pp. Engraved illustrations throughout. Patterned endpapers. Original green cloth pictorially blocked in gilt on front board. Very Good, bright copy. £12.00

74 Johnston, Jack: In the Days of the Clogher Valley. Photographs of the Clogher Valley and its railway, 1887-1942. Belfast. Friar’s Bush Press. First Edition, 1987. Oblong 8vo. 86pp. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £8.00

75 Keith, Thomas: A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: or, A Philosophical view of the Earth and Heavens: comprehending an account of the Figure, Magnitude , and Motion of the Earth; with the Natural Changes on its Surface, caused by Floods, Earthquakes, &c. Together with the Elementary Principles of Meteorology and Astronomy, the Theory of Tides, &c. Preceded by an Extensive Selection of Astronomical and other Definitions; and Illustrated by a great variety of problems, questions for the Examination of the Student, &c. Designed for the Instruction of Youth. A New Edition, Enlarged and Improved by the Rev. G. N. Wright. London. Tegg. 1848. 16mo. 364pp. With seven folding engraved plates at rear. Original black ribbed cloth. Minor foxing to endpapers and one section is a little loose, but holding. Good. £20.00

76 Kenny, Mary: Crown and Shamrock. Love and Hate Between Ireland and the British Monarchy. Dublin. New Island. First Edition, 2009. 8vo. 394pp. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £7.00

77 Kilmainham: Ghosts of Kilmainham. Published by The Trustees. Kilmainham Jail. Reprint, 1981. 12mo. 57pp. Illustrated. Pictorial stiff wraps. Very Good. £8.00

78 Lanier, Sidney (Editor): King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. From Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Illustrated by Florian. MacDonald. Illustrated Junior Library. 8vo. 280pp. Colour-pictorial endpapers. Pictorial cloth. Very Good in Good dustwrapper. £7.00

79 Lavelle, Des: Skellig. Island Outpost of Europe. Dublin. O’Brien Press. First Edition, 1976. 4to. 110pp. Illustrated throughout from black & white photographs. Pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth. Faint traces of erased name on title-page, else Very Good in dustwrapper. £10.00

80 Layton, C.W.T: Dictionary of Nautical Words and Terms. 8000 definitions in Navigation, Seamanship, Rigging, Meteorology, Astronomy, Naval Architecture, Average, Ship Economics, Hydrography, Cargo Stowage, Marine Engineering, Ice Terminology, Buoyage, etc. Glasgow. Brown. First Edition, 1955. 8vo. 413pp. Blue cloth. Review copy with the newspaper review pasted to front free endpaper. Very Good in age-tanned and edge-chipped dustwrapper. £15.00

82 Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. London. Harrap. First Edition, 1934. 8vo. 254pp. Illustrated in colour & B/w by Kurt Wiese. Original black cloth pictorially blocked in bright yellow. Pictorial endpapers. Very Good, bright copy. £12.00

83. Livingstone, Peadar: The Fermanagh Story. A Documented History of the County Fermanagh from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Enniskillen. Cumann Seanchais Chlochair. First Edition, 1969. 8vo. 570pp. Illustrated. Map. Green cloth. Very Good in only slightly edge-chipped dustwrapper. *Presentation copy signed by the author. £125.00

84. Livingstone, Peadar: The Fermanagh Story. A Documented History of the county Fermanagh from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Enniskillen. Hall. Fourth Impression, 1990. 8vo. 570pp. Illustrated. Green cloth. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. £50.00

85 Louth & Meath: Official Guide - Louth & Meath. Published by Fogra Failte, The National Tourist Publicity Organisation for Ireland. No date given (1940-s?). 12mo. 135pp. Illustrated from photographs. Folding map. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £8.00

86 Mac Thomais, Eamonn: The Labour and the Royal. Dublin. O’Brien Press. First Edition, 1979. 8vo. 106pp. Illustrations by Desmond McCarthy. Tan cloth. Previous owner’s name and gift details on publishing history page, else Very Good in like dustwrapper. The life of a working man in the Dublin of the ‘40s and ‘50s. *Signed by the author. £15.00

87 Mac Thuathalainn, Peadar: Peadar Chois Fhairrge. Scealta Nua agus Seanscealta d’innis Peadar Mac Tuathalain nach maireann do Shean Mac Giollarnath. Baile Atha Cliath. ODFR. 1935. 8vo. 171pp. Illustrated from photographs. Ex-monastery library with a couple of neat stamps. Cloth-backed paper boards, now faded on spine, else Good. £18.00

88 MacArdle, Dorothy: Dunkler Zauber. Roman. Being Dark Enchantment translated into German. Magnus-Verlag. 1954. 8vo. 336pp. Blue cloth. Very Good in edge-chipped dustwrapper. £25.00

89 MacDonald, Brian: A Time of Desolation. Clones Poor Law Union 1845-50. Enniskillen. Clogher Historical Society. First Edition, 2001. 8vo. 146pp. Illustrated. Maps. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £16.00

90 Martin, Joseph: The G.A.A. in Tyrone. Two-volume set:(1) The Long Road to Glory 1884-2003 (Revised & Fully updated 2003) and, (2) The Road to Greatness 2004-2005. (Published 2005). 582; 139pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white. No. 1 in red cloth, with dustwrapper; No.2 in shiny pictorial laminated paper boards. Both volumes in Near Fine condition, except for slight fading on the spine of No. 2. Housed together in publisher’s rather weak cardboard slipcase. £40.00

91 McCague, Brendan: St. Macartan’s College 1840-1990. A History. 8vo. 232pp. Illustrated from photographs. Maroon cloth. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. £30.00

92 McCarthy, Michael J.F: Church and State in England & Wales. Dublin. Hodges , Figgis. First Edition, 1906. 672pp. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth. A lovely, bright copy with only slight fading to spine. Very Good. By the author of “Priests and People in Ireland”, “ Five Years in Ireland”, and “Rome in Ireland”. £20.00

93 McCorry, Francis X: Journeys in County Armagh and Adjoining Districts. An Exploration of Landscape, Population, Worship and Diversity. Lurgan. Inglewood Press. First Edition, 2000. Folio. 296pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Printed on Art paper. Maroon cloth. Pages slightly wavy, else Fine in Fine dustwrapper. *Presentation copy, signed by the author. £45.00

94 McDonnell, Hector (Illustrator): The Ould Orange Flute. Illustrated by Hector McDonnell. Belfast. Blackstaff. First Edition, 1983. 8vo. 41pp with 20 full-page drawings. Colour-pictorial card covers. Fine. Mainly consisting of drawings illustrating this humorous traditional ballad which is given in full. £7.00

95 McDowell, Florence Mary: Roses and Rainbows. Belfast. Blackstaff Press. First Edition, 1972. 12mo. 232pp. Illustrated by Rowell Friers. Foreword by Prof. J.C. Beckett, Chair of Irish History, Q.U.B. Pictorial card covers. A couple of white spots on vertical spine edge, else Very Good, fresh copy. £7.

96 McKenna, Stephen: Sonia. Between Two Worlds. London. Methuen. Third Edition, 1917. 8vo. 404pp + adverts. Blue cloth, gilt. Lacks front free endpaper, else Very Good. £7.00

97 McKeown, Cahir: Enniskillen Reminiscences. Enniskillen. Published by the author. 1993. 8vo. 80pp. Illustrated. Pictorial card covers. Fine. *Signed by the author. £12.00

98 McLaverty, Michael: Call My Brother Back. Dublin. Allen, Figgis. Reprint, 1970. 12mo paperback. 261pp. Pictorial card covers. Covers lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. “Moving from Rathlin Island to the streets of Belfast, this brilliant novel recounts the struggle of the McNeill family for dignity in life. “ £7.00

99 McMahon, Sean: Rich and Rare. A Book of Ireland. Swords. Ward River Press. Revised & Reprinted 1985. 8vo paperback. 379pp. Card covers. Heavy foxing to front free endpaper and light foxing to rear endpaper, else very good. “A treasure-house of tradition, a store of ballads, songs sung at firesides, poems recalling a noble past.” - blurb. £7.00

100 McNeill, Janet: Tom’s Tower. London. Faber. First Edition, 1965. 8vo. 141pp. Illustrated. Original red cloth pictorially blocked in black on front board. Very Good. £7.00

101 Monaghan Souvenir: Centenary Souvenir 1940 - St Macarten’s Seminary. Large 8vo. 220pp + ads. Rebound in brown cloth with new endpapers. Title-page and final advert page dusty and bearing some light staining. A nicely restored copy. £20.00

102 Muldowney, Mary: The Second World War and Irish Women. An Oral History. Foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter. Dublin. Irish Academic Press. First Edition, 2007. Tall 8vo. 238pp. Illustrated. Pictorial card covers. Ex-Lib. Lacks front free endpaper, else Very Good. £7.00

103 Mulligan, Frank (Trainer at Smithboro Boxing Club): Me and McGuigan. The Making of a Champion. Monaghan. R. & S. Printers. No date given (1980s?). 8vo. 150pp. Illustrated. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. Signed by the author. £20.00

104 Mulligan, Rev. John: The G.A.A. in Louth. An Historical Record. Dundalk. Coisde Chontae Lu de Chumann Luthchleas Gael. 1984. 8vo. 520pp. Illustrated from photographs. Map. Red cloth. Very Good in Fine dustwrapper. *Presentation copy signed by the author. £40.00

105 Murphy, Dervla: Through the Embers of Chaos. Balkan Journeys. London. Murray. First Edition, 2002. Tall 8vo. 388pp. Navy cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. £10.00

106 Murray, Raymond: The Burning of Wildgoose Lodge. Ribbonism in Louth, Murder and the Gallows. Cumann Seanchais Ard Mhacha. First Edition, 2005. 8vo. 359pp. Black cloth. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. £12.00

107 Ni Uallachain, Padraigin: A Hidden Ulster. People, songs and traditions of Oriel. Dublin. Four Courts Press. First Edition Paperback, 2003. Tall 8vo. 540pp. Illustrated. Musical scores. Pictorial card covers. Fine. “...a comprehensive account of traditions of Oriel, a region that takes in parts of Armagh, Monaghan and Louth. £15.00

108 Nicholls, George: Poor Laws - Ireland. Three Reports by George Nicholls to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. London. HMSO. 1838. 8vo. 172pp. Original green cloth, now with faint unobtrusive staining. Foxing to endpapers. Back board a little warped, else a firm copy in overall Good condition. £85.00

109 Nicholson, Asenath: Annals of the Famine in Ireland. Edited by Maureen Murphy. Dublin. Lilliput Press. First Edition thus, 1998. 8vo. 240pp. Pictorial card covers. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. Lacks front free endpaper, else very good. “In January 1847... the American reformer Asenath Hatch Nicholson began her one-woman relief operation in Dublin: a soup kitchen in Cook Street and visits to the poor in the lanes of the Liberties. She had been in Ireland for nearly three years, walking through the countryside reading Scripture and distributing Bibles in Irish and in English...” £8.00

110 O Cadhain, Mairtin: An Braon Broghach. Baile Atha Cliath. Oifig an tSolathair. An Chead Chlo, 1948. 8vo. 251pp. Red cloth. Very Good. £20.00

111 O Cuirrin, Sean: Beirt Dheiseach mar ata : Sceul nua-cheaptha, agus Tri Sceulta arna dtiontodh o theangthacha eile. Baile Atha Cliath. Cuallacht Oideachais. No date given. 12mo. 119pp. Original blue cloth. Spine faded and with a little wear to mid-spine edge, and ends. Pages lightly age-tanned, else firm and Fairly Good. £7.00

112 O Cuirrin, Sean: Beirt Dheiseach. Mar ata: Sceul nua-cheaptha, agus Tri Sceulta arna dtiontodh o teangthacha eile. Baile Atha Cliath. Oifig an tSolathair. 1936. 12mo. 119pp. Blue cloth. Ex-monastery with a couple of neat stamps. Very Good. £12.00

113 O Fiannachta, Padraig: SeanGhaeilge gan Dua. Ma Nuad. An Sagart. 1974. 8vo. 114pp. Decorated card covers, which are creased at fore-corners. Good+ £20.00

114 O Gallachair, P: Where Erne and Drowes Meet the Sea. Fragments from a Patrician Parish. Ballyshannon. Donegal Democrat. 1961. 8vo. 118pp. Illustrated from photographs. Card covers. Staples rusty, else Very Good. £20.00

115 O hAodha, Micheal: Siobhan. A Memoir of an Actress. Dingle. Brandon. First Edition, 1994. 8vo. 190pp. Illustrated from photographs. Black cloth. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. (Siobhan McKenna) £7.00

116 O healai, Sean (a chuir id toll a cheile): Seanfhocail as Acaill le Tony Catherine Antoine William “Fear Pholla’ Bhroic.”Indreabhan. Clo Iar-Chonnachta. An Dara Clo, 1997. 12mo. 58pp. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £7.00

117 O Lochlainn, Colm (Collected & Annotated by): Irish Street Ballads. London. Pan Books. With music. Paperback, 1978. 12mo. 235pp. Illustrated from woodcuts. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Good+. £7.00

118 O Lochlainn, Colm (Collected & Annotated by): More Irish Street Ballads. London. With music. Pan Books. Paperback, 1978. 12mo. 270pp. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. £7.00

119 O Muireadhaigh, An t-Athair Lorcan: Omeith - its History - Ancient and Modern. Coisde Cholaisde Bhrighde , d’fhoillsigh. Preas Dhuin Dealgan. No date given (1922?). 8vo. 23pp. Illustrated from photographs. Foreword in Irish (3 pages), the rest in English. Tear in final text page repaired with archival tape. Stiff wraps. Staples rusty, else Good. Very Scarce. £20.00

120 O’Brien, Kate: Without My Cloak. London. Heinemann. Reprint 1944. 12mo. 384pp. Green cloth, now faded somewhat. Lacks front free endpaper, else Good. £7.00

121 O’Rell, Max: Drat the Boys! , or, Recollections of an Ex-Frenchmaster in England. London. Field & Tuer. No date given (late 19th century). 12mo. 170pp. Ex-Lib in Library binding of maroon cloth with matching leather spine. Good+. £10.00

122 O’Shea, Rev. Joseph: The Life of Father Luke Wadding, founder of St. Isidore’s College, Rome. Dublin. Gill. First Edition, 1885. 8vo. 200pp. Original brown cloth which is mottle-faded on both boards but not on spine. Lacks portrait, else firm and overall Fairly Good reading copy. £8.00

123 O’Sullivan, Ann & Sheehan, John: The Iveragh Peninsula. An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry. Suirbhe Seandalaiochta Uibh Rathaigh. Cork University Press. First Edition, 1996. Folio. 461pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Printed on Art paper. Navy cloth. Ex-Lib with “withdrawn” stamp on front free endpaper. Very Good in Fine dustwrapper. £30.00

124 Page, H.A: Thoreau - His Life and Aims: A Study. London. Chatto. 1878. 12mo. 271pp. Frontis portrait. Ex-Lib with attractive pictorial Library plate inside front cover. Rebound in library buckram. Very Good. American essayist, poet and philosopher, Thoreau is best known for his book “Walden”, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, “Civil Disobedience”, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. £9.00

125 Pearse, Padraic H: The Story of a Success, edited by Desmond Ryan. And The Man Called Pearse, by Desmond Ryan. A volume from the Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. Dublin. Phoenix. No date given (1924). 8vo. 260pp. Frontis portrait. Original green cloth with Celtic knot pattern embossed on front board. Spine lettering a little faded. Some foxing to final few text pages. Very Good. £20.00

126 Pearse, Padraic H: Plays, Stories, Poems. A volume from The Collected Works of Padraic H.Pearse. Dublin. Phoenix. No date given (1924). 8vo. 341, viii pp. Frontis portrait. Original green cloth with Celtic knot pattern embossed on front board. Covers mottle-faded all over (though the spine is slightly more presentable) and there is a little wear to the tail of spine. Overall a reading copy, but the book is firm and the contents are very good. £12.00

127 Pearse, Padraic H: Political Writings and Speeches. A volume from the Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. Dublin. Phoenix. No date given (1924). 8vo. 372pp. Frontis portrait. Original green cloth with Celtic knot pattern embossed on front board. A little faded to spine and there are a couple of tiny faded areas on back board. Minor wear to spine ends. Good+ £18.00

128 Pearse,Padraic H: Songs of the Irish Rebels and Specimens from an Irish Anthology. Some Aspects of Irish Literature. Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics. A Volume from The Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. Dublin. Phoenix. No date given (1924). 8vo. 236pp. Original green cloth, with Celtic knot pattern embossed on front board. Spine lettering a little faded and there is also minor fading to back board. Some foxing to preliminary pages, and edges. Good+ £20.00

129 Periodical: University Review Volume III, Number 4. (No date given (1950s ?). 8vo. 64pp+ads. Card covers, which are now a little age-tanned. Good+. Contents include:- The Art of Writing, by Kate O’Brien; A Defect in Irish Education, by G.A. Hayes-McCoy; The Howth Gun Running (Chapter VIII), by Geraldine Dillon; etc. £12.00

130 Periodical: Threshold. No. 22. Summer 1969. Edited by Seamus Heaney. 8vo. 79pp. Decorated stiff wraps, which are lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. Contributors include:- Paul Muldoon; John Montague; Michael Longley; Mary Lavin; Thomas Kinsella; Tom McGurk; ( plus) a four-page article on the poetry of John Hewitt, by Heaney; etc. £20.00

131 Periodical: Wolfe Tone Annual. 1958. Dublin. Published by Brian O’Higgins. 8vo. 128pp. Original card covers. Very Good. Theme:- What was the I.R.B.; Who were the Fenians? £20.00

132 Poe, Edgar Allan: The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe , of America. With a Notice of his Life and Genius, by James Hannay; and twenty illustrations by E.H. Wehnert, James Godwin, F.W. Hulme, and Harrison Weir. London. Addey & Co. Second Edition, 1851. 16mo. 192pp. All page edges gilt. Engraved illustrations. Original green, blind-decor cloth. Foxing to endpapers at front and back.

Water-staining to back endpapers. A nice copy of a scarce work. £75.00 133 Pope, Rev. Richard T.P. & Maguire, Rev. Thomas: Authenticated Report of the Discussion which

took place between The Rev. Richard T.P. Pope and the Rev. Thomas Maguire in the Lecture Room of the Dublin Institution on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 23d, 24th, and 25th of April, 1827. Dublin. Coyne. First Edition, 1827. 8vo. 374pp. Contemporary full maroon morocco decorated in gilt and blind. All page edges gilt. A lovely copy . £250.00

134 Raheny: Raheny Footprints. Researched, written and published by members of Raheny Heritage Society in conjunction with Original Writing. 2009. 8vo. 103pp. Illustrated throughout. Pictorial card covers. As new. £8.00

135 Reeves, William (Sometime Bishop of Down & Connor & Dromore): On the Townland Distribution of Ireland. A Paper (1861), reprinted by permission, 151 years after his succession to the curacy of Kinconriola (Ballymena) to mark the centenary of his death (12th January 1892) while President of the Royal Irish Academy. Published by Braid Books & Moyola Books, 1992. Being No. 6 in the Ascona Series. 8vo. 21pp. Map. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £12.00

136 Rogers, Edward: Topographical Sketches of Armagh and Tyrone. Armagh. M’Watters. Fourth Edition, 1926. 12mo. 54pp. Illustrated from photographs. Original decorated stiff wraps. Minor wear to spine ends, and front cover is a little faded. Scholarly notes in pencil on back cover. Good. Scarce. £30.00

137 Ros, Amanda M: Delina Delaney. Belfast. Aickin. First Edition. No date given. (1895)8vo. 260pp. Original blue cloth, gilt. Covers faded though gilt lettering is bright. Spine slightly aslant. A 2-inch piece has been neatly clipped from head of Preface page with the loss (presumably) of the word ‘Preface’. Defective copy of a scarce work. £30.00

138 Rostand, Edmond: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedie heroique en cinq actes. Paris. Charpentier. Trois cent vingtieme mille. 1907. 8vo. 215pp. Original blue cloth, gilt. Very Good, fresh copy. £8.00

139 Rostand, Edmond: Les Romanesques. Comedie en trois actes en vers. Paris. Charpentier. 1905. 8vo. 156pp. Original navy cloth, gilt. Pages lightly age-tanned, else a lovely bright copy in Very Good condition. (Both Rostand items in the original French). £6.00

140 Russell, Bertrand: On Education Especially in Early Childhood. London. Allen. First Edition, 1926. 8vo. 254pp. Original red-ruled blue cloth. Very Good, bright copy. £25.00

141 Russell, John (Compiler): ‘Where are the Boys of the village tonight?’ Faces & Places around Bansha. Published in Bansha by the Canon Hayes Commemoration Committee. First Edition, 2007. Folio. 216pp. A book of photographs from the early 1900s to modern times. Shiny pictorial laminated paper boards. Short scrape to lower back board, else Very Good.. “Where are the lads of the village tonight?/ Where are the pals we knew?/Where are the men who sat on the bridge? /Or strolled down Lismacue?” - Dan Bresnan. £25.00

142 Searle, Ronald: Souls in Torment. With a Preface and a Short Dirge by C. Day Lewis. London. Perpetua. First Edition, 1953. 4to. 96pp. Illustrated throughout. Gilt-decor grey cloth. Lacking two illustrations. Sold as a defective copy in only slightly chipped dustwrapper. £4.00

143 Seoighe, Mainchin: Sean Chill Mocheallog. Old Kilmallock. Cumann na Maighe. An Chead Chlo, 1975. 8vo. 25pp. Illustrated from photographs. Map. Stiff wraps. Very Good. £7.00

144 Service, Robert: Songs of a Sourdough. London. Benn. 1962. 12mo. 125pp. Pictorial card covers. Minor wear to spine, else very good .Contains the famous The Shooting of Dan McGrew. £7.00

145 Sexton, Anna (Editor): The Heart of Breifne. I gCeartlar Breifne. Traditions, ballads, legends and folklore from mid-Cavan. Cumann Staire Leathratha. First Edition, 1979. 8vo. 102pp + ads. Illustrated. Decorated card covers. Very Good. £12.00

146 Shaw, Bernard: Cashel Byron’s Profession. London. Constable. Reprint 1924. 8vo. 336pp. Blue cloth. Some foxing to preliminaries and to last couple of pages, else Very Good in striking colour-pictorial dustwrapper. “...has a boxer for its hero...The great fight described in Chapter X ...is one of the most thrilling in English Literature.” - blurb. £12.00

147 Sheehan, Most Rev. M: Sean-Chaint na nDeise. The Idiom of Living Irish. Dublin Institute for Advanced studies. Second Edition, 1944. 8vo. 231pp. Cloth-backed paper boards. A few tiny marks

to boards, else Good+. £12.00 148 Sidgwick, Mrs. Alfred: Home Life in Germany. London. Methuen. Second Edition, 1908. Tall 8vo.

327pp + ads. With sixteen illustrations mainly from photographs. Original gilt-decor blue cloth. Very Good. £20.00

149 Soccer: Dublin Bus Football Club - A Decade of Football 1988-1998. Published by the Club. Folio. 45pp. Illustrated from photos. Gilt-decor card covers. Very Good. £7.00

150 Somerville, E. OE. & Ross, Martin: The Silver Fox. London. Nelson. No date given (1920s?). 16mo (6 inches by 4). 286pp. Original red cloth. Spine slightly aslant, else Very Good. £9.00

151 Stack, Tom: No Earthly Estate. God and Patrick Kavanagh: An Anthology selected and introduced by Tom Stack. Revised edition, in paperback, 2004. 8vo. 239pp. Pictorial card covers. Fine. £10.00

152 Starkie, Enid: A Lady’s Child. London. Faber. First Edition, 1941. 8vo. 341pp. Illustrated from photographs. Green cloth. One illustration affixed with sellotape, else the book is in very good condition. Enid Starkie (1897-1970) was an Irish literary critic known for her biographical works on French poets. £10.00

153 Stitt, George: A Prince of Arabia. The Emir Shereef Ali Haider. London. Allen & Unwin. First edition, 1948. 8vo. 314pp. Illustrated from photographs. Map. Original red cloth, now a little faded on spine which has minor wear to head. Contents very good, and overall firm and Good. £35.00

154 Sturgis, W.B. in collaboration with Taverner, Eric: New Lines for Fly-Fishers. London. Seeley. First GB Edition. No date given (1940s?). 8vo. 207pp. Illustrated. Original green cloth, now age-tanned on spine though gilt lettering is bright and clear. Good+ £12.00

155 Swift, Jonathan: Irish Tracts 1728-1733. Edited by Herbert Davis. Oxford. Blackwell. 1955. 8vo. 357pp. Frontis. Turquoise cloth. Very Good in only slightly edge-chipped dustwrapper. £12.00

156 Troup, J. Rose: With Stanley’s Rear Column. London. Chapman. First Edition, 1890. Tall 8vo. 361pp + 40-page book catalogue. Illustrated from photographs. Folding map of the Congo River and surrounding area. Original green cloth. Ex-Lib with “Deleted” stamp on attractive pictorial library plate inside front cover. Paper over inner hinges cracked but hinges but holding firm. A very nice copy with only minor fading to mid-spine. Scarce. £40.00

157 Ui Bheirn, Una M: Cnuasach Focal as Teileann. Baile Atha Cliath. Acadamh Rioga na hEireann. 1989. 4to. 213pp. Card covers. Very Good. *Presentation copy inscribed by the author. With the signature also of Irish Folklorist Sean O hEochaidh. £40.00

158 Ulster: Ulster Annual 1974. Folio. 96pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs, etc., in colour & black and white. Colour-pictorial card covers. Fine. Contents include:- The World’s greatest keeper - Pat Jennings; Harps made in Belfast; Escape from Colditz; The Model village of Bessbrook; 100 mph car - the DW B6; Road Bowls in Co. Armagh; Pioneering days of aviation; etc. £10.00

159 Ulster: Ulster For The Motorist. Belfast. Published by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Ulster Tourist Association. No date given (ca. 1949). 12mo. 104pp + pictorial ads. Illustrated from photographs. Maps, including one folding. Colour-pictorial stiff wraps. Printed on art Paper. Near Fine. A lovely copy. £12.00

160 Vins, George (A leader of the Reform Baptists in the Soviet Union): Three Generations of Suffering. An Autobiography. 12vo paperback. London. Hodder. 1976. 219pp. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. £7.00

162 Webster, Denise (Compiler): A Whiff of Ulster from Old Cigarette Cards. Belfast. Appletree Press. First Edition, 1975. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Colour-pictorial card covers. Fine. “See and read what it was like to tour Ulster at the turn of the century”. £10.00

163 Welsh Language: Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language. Vol. II - Part II. Plas Llan Stephan; Free Library, Cardiff. London. Historical Manuscripts Commission. HMSO. 1903. Tall 8vo. 419-809pp. Lacking wraps. Begins with title-page which is dusty, and chipped at edges. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. [Among the contents ] “The Cornish Mystery Plays are very precious as they embody practically the last utterances of a dialect in which it is claimed that Arthur, the King of Chivalry, taught his knights the high ideals of the Table Round, and Tristan won the fairest daughter of the British isles.” £25.00

164 Wilde, Oscar: The Sayings of Oscar Wilde. Edited by Henry Russell. With an Introduction by John Bayley. London. Duckworth. Seventh Impression, 1994. 64pp. Pictorial card covers. Frontis. Fine. £4.

165 Worsaae, J.J.A.: An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland. London. Murray. 1852. 8vo. 359pp. Woodcut illustrations. Ex-Lib in two-tone library cloth. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Good +. Scarce. £30.00

166 Wright, Walter P: The Perfect Garden. How to Keep it Beautiful and Fruitful. With practical hints on economical management and the culture of all the principal flowers, fruits and vegetables. London. Grant Richards. First Edition, 1908. 8vo. 407pp. Illustrated with coloured plates, engravings, and plans. Patterned endpapers. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Very Good. £8.00 ADDENDA

167. Agnew, Dick: Dungannon Golf Club - Centenary 1890-1990. Published 1990. 4to. 96pp.

Illustrated in colour and black & white. Blue cloth, gilt. Fine. £25.00

168. Parliamentary Debates: Parliament of Northern Ireland. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)

Volume 53: The Senate - Official Report. Session 1969-70. Comprising the period from 3rd March

1969 - 5th February 1970. Belfast. HMSO. 1970. Tall 8vo. 2519, 19pp. Red cloth, gilt. Fine. £25

169. Stone, R.C.J: James Dilworth. Auckland. Dilworth Trust Board. First Edition, 1995. 4to. 269pp.

Illustrated from photographs in colour and in black & white. Maps. Pictorial endpapers. Green cloth

decorated in silver. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. The story of a 19th-century emigrant from the

townland of Mullaghcreevy, near Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, who went on to found a famous boarding

school in Auckland, New Zealand. £20.00

170. Yeats, W.B: The Collected Plays of W.B. Yeats. London. Macmillan. 1953. 8vo. 705pp. Frontis

portrait. Red cloth. Very Good. £10.00

171. Gallagher, J.P: The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican. Fontana Books Paperback. First Edition

thus, 1969. 12mo. 160pp. Illustrated from photographs. Pictorial card covers. Pages lightly age-

tanned else firm and Good+. “To thousands of people escaping - Allied prisoners, refugees, Jews

and others wanted for various reasons by the Nazis - one of the greatest heroes of the Second World

War was a tall, jolly Irish priest, Monsignor Hugh Joseph O’Flaherty.” - blurb. £7.00

172. Carlyle, Thomas: Carlyle’s Works. Nineteen-volume set. London. Published by Chapman &

Hall, circa 1875. Contemporary half-calf, each spine divided into 6 gilt-tooled compartments by

raised gilt-tooled bands. All title-labels, etc, present and intact - upper label in red and the lower in

black. Marbled paper boards with matching endpapers and page edges. Dimensions: 7 inches by 4.5

(approx.). A firm, bright, handsome set , with only the slightest of wear to the top edge of six spines.

£600.00

173. Yeats, W.B: The Cutting of an Agate. London. Macmillan. First Edition, 1919. 8vo. 223pp.

Original navy cloth with gilt decoration by T. Sturge Moore. Lacks front free endpaper and half-title is

age-tanned. Gilt lettering and design on spine is somewhat dulled, else the book is in Good

condition. Contents (all prose essays): Certain Noble Plays of Japan; The Tragic Theatre; Poetry and

Tradition; Discoveries; Preface to the First Edition of the Well of the Saints; Preface to the First Edition

of John M. Synge’s Poems and Translations; J.M. Synge and the Ireland of his Time; John Shawe-

Taylor; Edmund Spenser. £60.00

174. Gaster, M: Children’s Stories From Rumanian Legends and Fairy Tales. London. Raphael Tuck.

No date given (ca. 1923).. 4to. 133pp + 10-page publisher’s book catalogue. Illustrations by C.E.

Brock, R.I. include 12 full-page colour plates. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards. Some

£40.00

175. Macalister, R.A. Stewart: The Secret Languages of Ireland. With Special Reference to the

Shelta Language, partly based on the Collections and Manuscripts of the late John Sampson.

Armagh. Craobh Rua Books. 1997 reprint of a work which originally appeared in 1937. 8vo. 284pp.

Navy cloth. As New in like dustwrapper. *Signed by the publisher. £25.00

176. Hyers, M. Conrad: Zen and the Comic Spirit. London. Rider. First edition, 1974. 8vo. 192pp.

Illustrated. Black cloth. Very Good in Good dustwrapper. £20.00

177. O Criomhthain, Tomas: Allagar na hInise. Blogha as cinnlae do scriobh Tomas O Criomhthain.

An Seabhac do chuir i n-eagar. Muinntir O Fallamhain. An Chead Chlo, 1928. 8vo. 186pp. Cloth-

backed paper boards. Very Good. £40.00

178. Bolster, Evelyn: A History of the Diocese of Cork From the Reformation to the Penal Era.

Cork. Tower Books. First Edition, 1982. Tall 8vo. 355pp. Frontis portrait. Map endpapers. Navy cloth.

Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. “...throughout it all the epic story of Catholics in Cork unfolds

in fascinating detail.” £35.00

179. Bolster, Evelyn: A History of the Diocese of Cork. The Episcopate of William Delany, 1847-

1886. Tower Books. First Edition, 1993. Tall 8vo. 352pp. Frontis portrait. Green cloth. Fine in Very

Good dustwrapper. £35.00

180. Archivium Hibernicum: Archivium Hibernicum; or, Irish Historical Records. Volume IV.

Published by the Record Society at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth and M.H. Gill. 1916. Tall 8vo. 196;

96pp. Original stiff wraps, now worn on spine (top two inches of backstrip missing), else firm and

Contents Very Good. Contents include:- The Diocese of Derry in 1631, by Rev. W.P. Burke; Irish

Manners and Customs in the Sixteenth Century, by Rev. Reginald Walsh; Three Documents

concerning the Deanery of Dundalk during the Eighteenth Century, by Rev. L. Murray; etc. £20.00

181. Archivium Hibernicum: Archivium Hibernicum. Vol. XV. 1950. Tall 8vo. 160pp. Stiff wraps. Very

Good. Contents include:- Miscellaneous Documents III (1602-1715), edited by Rev. Brendan

Jennings; Some Records of the Irish College at Bordeaux, by Rev. T.J. Walsh; etc. £15.00

182. O’Malley, Ernie: The Singing Flame. Dublin. Anvil Books Paperback. Reprint, 1979. 12mo.

312pp. Pictorial card covers. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. £7.00

183. Lord, Walter: A Night to Remember. London. Longmans. First Edition, 1956. 8vo. 188pp.

Illustrated from photographs. Pictorial endpapers showing the layout of the decks on RMS Titanic.

Blue cloth, now with tea ring on back board. Good+ in only slightly edge-chipped dustwrapper.

“...the full, astonishing story of the packed nine-hour drama that took place as the “unsinkable”

Titanic died in the freezing North Atlantic of 1912.” £18.00

184. Sweeney, Frank: The Murder of Conell Boyle, County Donegal, 1898. Four Courts Press. No. 46

in the Maynooth Studies in Local History Series. First Edition, 2002. 8vo. 64pp. Pictorial card covers.

Ex-Lib with “Withdrawn” stamp inside front cover, else Very Good. £7.00

185. Larkin, Emmet: James Larkin 1876-1947. Irish Labour Leader. London. Routledge. Reprint,

1977. 8vo. 334pp. Illustrated from photographs. Black cloth. Very Good in like dustwrapper. £15.00

186. Ulster Folklife: Ulster Folklife. Volume 17: 1971. 4to. 124pp. Illustrated. Maps. Pictorial card

covers. Faint tea-stain on front, else Very Good. Contents include:- The Origins of the Linen Industry,

by W.H. Crawford; A Demographic Study of Tory Island and Rathlin Island, 1841-1964, by J.H.

Elwood; Population changes in the Lower Roe Valley, 1831-1861, by J.A. Hunter; Some Songs and

Ballads in user in the Province of Ulster...1845, by H. Shields; etc. £8.00

187. Ulster Folklife: Ulster Folklife. Volume 27: 1981. 4to. 91pp. Illustrated. Maps. 86pp. Pictorial

card covers. Very Good. Contents include:- Tenant Housing in the Londonderry Plantation, by S.

Brooke Blades; Farmyard Forms and their Distribution in Ireland, by Caoimhin O Danachair; History

and Origins of the Lambeg Drum , by Fionnuala Scullion; A Singer of Poems: Jimmy McCurry of

Myroe, by Hugh Shields; etc. £8.00

188. Ulster Folklife: Ulster Folklife. Volume 31: 1985. 4to. 86pp. Illustrated. Maps. Pictorial card

covers. Very Good. Contents include:- ‘Just whatever they had handy’ - Aspects of Childbirth and

Early Child-Care in Northern Ireland, prior to 1948, by Linda-May Ballard; Farm Servants in Ulster, by

Jonathan Bell; Life in Glangevlin, County Cavan, 1900-1920, by Kathleen Sheehan; etc. £8.00

189. Ulster Folklife: Ulster Folklife. Volume 45: 1999. 4to. 132pp. Maps. Pictorial card covers. Ex-Lib

with “withdrawn” stamps. Lacks title-page, else Good. Contents Include:- Language in Prehistoric

Ireland, by J.P. Mallory; Literature in Ireland from the Earliest Texts to Modern Times, by Robbie

Hannan; Language Contact and Language Shift in County Armagh 1178-1659, by Karen P. Corrigan;

Irish English and the Ulster Scots controversy , by Jeffery L. Kallen; etc. £8.00

190. MacKenzie, Norman: The Escape from Elba. The Fall & Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815. Oxford

Univ. Press. First edition, 1982. 8vo. 299pp. Illustrated. Navy cloth. Fine in Price-clipped

dustwrapper. £7.00

191. Healy, Dermot: Fighting With Shadows. London. Allison & Busby. Paperback. 1986. 8vo.

286pp.Pictorial card covers. Pages lightly age-tanned, else Very Good. £7.00

192. Chesterton, G.K: The Man Who was Thursday. A Nightmare. Bristol. Arrowsmith. 1947. 8vo.

192pp. Cloth-backed patterned paper boards. Good+ in edge-chipped dustwrapper. £8.00

193. Morton, Robin (Compiler): Folksongs Sung in Ulster. Cork. Mercier Papeback. First Edition,

1970. 12mo. 95pp. Includes music. Pictorial card covers. Very Good. £8.00

194. Steel, Tom: The Life and Death of St. Kilda. The moving story of a vanished island community.

1990. 8vo paperback. 297pp. Illustrated from photographs. Pictorial card covers. Good+. “ It is the

story of a way of life unlike any other, told here in words and pictures, and of how the impact of

twentieth-century civilization led to its death.” - blurb. £7.00

195. Kingsmill, Hugh: An Anthology of Invective and Abuse. Compiled and Edited with Critical and

Historical Comments. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode. First Edition, 1929. 8vo. 221pp. Navy cloth.

Very Good in edge-chipped dustwrapper which is lacking a one-inch piece at base of spine. Included

among others are Henry Grattan’s Philippic against Flood and Daniel O’Connell’s Disraeli.” £12.00

196. Praeger, Robert Lloyd: The Way that I Went. An Irishman in Ireland. Dublin. Hodges, Figgis.

1939. 8vo. 394pp.Illustrated. Large folding map of Ireland. Blue cloth. Very Good. £25.00

197. Jameson, Mrs: Shakspeare’s Heroines. Characteristics of Women. Moral, Poetical, &

Historical. London. Newnes. 1897. 8vo. 331pp. Original green cloth with both boards decorated with

an embossed floral pattern. The spine is dull , with the lettering now all but disappeared. Ex-Lib

with “deleted” stamp on attractive pictorial library plate. Prize plate of “The Lodge”, Cliftonville on

front free endpaper. Good. £8.00

198. Mochrie, Elsie: Simple Weaving. Leicester. Dryad Press. Third Edition, Revised & Enlarged,

1934. 8vo. 56pp. Illustrated. Decorated paper boards. Good. £7.00

199. Glassie, Henry: Irish Folk History Folktales from the North. Dublin. O’Brien Press. First Edition,

1982. 8vo. 161pp. Illustrated. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. Two-tone grey cloth. Very Good in Fine

dustwrapper. £7.00

200. Scott, Florence M.S. & Hodge, Alma: The Round Tower. A Story of the Irish Rebellion in ’98.

London. Nelson. 1906. 8vo. 229pp. Frontis and vignette title-page. Original rust-coloured cloth

pictorially blocked in white and black on spine and on front board. Front inner hinge pulled, but

strengthened with archival tape. Good +. £7.00

201. Crofts, Freeman Wills: Enemy Unseen. An Inspector French Story. London. H & S. First

Printing, 1945. 8vo. 256pp. Maroon cloth. Spine aslant, else Good+. With Sabbath School Prize label

on front free endpaper. Dublin-born author. £12.00

202. Yeats, William Butler: Discoveries: A Volume of Essays. Reprinted in 1970 [from the Dun Emer

Press original of 1907] by photo-lithography for the Irish Univ. Press, Shannon, in a Limited Edition

of only 200 copies. 8vo. 43pp. Linen-backed blue paper boards. Fine in Very Good ‘onion skin’

dustwrapper. £12.00

203. Yeats, W.B. and Johnson, Lionel: Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W.B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson.

Reprinted in 1970 [from the Cuala Press original of 1908] by photo-lithography for the Irish Univ.

Press, Shannon. 8vo. 54pp. Linen-backed paper boards. Near Fine in lightly age-tanned and slightly

crinkled ‘onion skin’ dustwrapper. £10.00

204. MacNamara, Brinsley: The Clanking of Chains. Tralee. Anvil Books. First Paperback Edition,

1965 (of a work which appeared originally in 1920). 12mo. 173pp. Light foxing to preliminary pages,

else Good+. £7.00

205. O’Donnell, Peadar: Islanders. With an Introduction by Robert Lynd. Cork. Mercier Paperback.

Reprint, 1965. 12mo. 124pp. Pictorial card covers. Pge margins lightly age-tanned, else Very Good.

£7.00

206. Laitenberger, Klaus: Vegetables for the Polytunnel and Greenhouse. Renvyle House. Published

by Joanna Laitenberger. First Edition, 2012. Tall 8vo. 263pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white.

Pictorial card covers. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. £12.00

207. Edwards, R. Dudley: Daniel O’Connell and his World. London. Thames & Hudson. 1975. 4to.

112pp. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Green cloth, gilt. Ex-Lib with minimal markings. Good

+ in only slightly age-tanned dustwrapper. £7.00

208. McCutcheon, W.A: The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. New Jersey. Associated

University Presses. First American Edition, 1984. Folio. 395pp. Illustrated throughout. Blue cloth.

Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. *Signed by the author on title-page [ at the renowned Belfast

Book Fair !] in 2014 . £85.00

209. McHugh, Roger J.: Henry Grattan. Noted Irish Lives Series.Dublin. Talbot Press. First edition,

1936. Small 8vo. 1902pp. Maroon cloth. Very Good in chipped dustwrapper. £9.00

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