THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND (1865) by Prendergast, John P. (1808-1893) - 1865

London: Constable & Co, Ltd., 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good Hardcover In A Near Fine Dust Jacket. Gift Inscription And Previous Owner's Name On Free End Pages. Price Clipped.304 Pages Including Multiple Appendices And Subject Index .In The Grim History Of The Persecutions Inflicted By Victorious Nations On Their Defeated Enemies, The Cromwellian Settlement Of Ireland After The Long Warfare Of The 1640S Must Rank High. By The Settlement Act Of 1653, The English Government Seized Three-Quarters Of All Ireland, To Be Parcelled Out In Lots To Its Unpaid Soldiery, And Every Irishman Was Banished Beyond The Shannon. This Was A Savage Episode In Irish History. Commissioners Were Faced With An Impossible Task As They Struggled To Put A Valuation On Almost All The Land And Property In Ireland. The Irish Suffered Appalling Hardships And Humiliations And Were Forced To Make The Winter Journey With Their Entire Household And Stock To… Read More

Trafalgar Square, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Texts free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

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Heritage Books, Inc.. New. The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland [1652-1660], Third Edition - John P Prendergast “The term ‘Settlement’…means nothing else than the settlement of the balance of land according to the will of the strongest; for force, not reason, is the source of law” “The Cromwellian Settlement is…the history of the dealings of the Commonwealth of England with the lands and habitations of the people of Ireland after their conquest of the country in the year 1652 As their object was rather to extinguish a nation than to suppress a religion, they seized the lands of the Irish, and transferred them (and with them all the power of the state) to an overwhelming flood of new English settlers, filled with the intensest national and religious hatred of the Irish” Chapter One begins with a history of the plantation of Ireland, from the first invasion of the English, under Henry II, to the Cromwellian Settlement Chapter Two details the Irish Rebellion of October 23, 1641… Read More

Published by Constable, London, 1996, facsimile reprint of 1865 original. Blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine under blue dustwrapper with white lettering. 8.75ins x 5.5ins, lxxiv, 304pp plus frontis map. Book F, Dw VG.

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Mercier Press, 1985. Used-Good. Paperback

M. H. Gill & Son Ltd, Dublin, 1957. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/G+. 620pp. 33 Impression. Reprint of the 1800s novel. Dust jacket some dirt. KB3R Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Culture; Ireland; Farming & Rural Life. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3960. .

MacMillan Co., 1926. Used. Hard Bound

22, [2] pages.
Paper wrapper and pages age-toned. Text clean and unmarked.
Sets out key points in the 20th century history of Ireland to argue that the end of partition in Ireland would be a guarantee of peace and security towards Britain in the face of German invasion.
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More

Original 1941 Dublin Talbot Press First Irish Edition Thus With Una Hyde B/W Cover Illustration of the Three Sons Of Tuireann. Clean Very Good Clean Tight Condition. Some light sunning on board edges only. Hint of foxing on last two pages. NOT a library copy. NO inscriptions NO writing Wrap around Green Card stock cover.. 58 pp+ Glossary. Known in Irish Shanachie circles as, "One of the Three Sorrowful Tales of Storytelling" Tells of the Tuatha De Dannan having to perform impossible tasks before the battle against the monstrous Fomor. Here retold by one of the Fathers of the Gaelic revival, Douglas Hyde translated into English. One task is to retrieve a murderous spear that drips blood (Later Grail Spear and Spear of Destiny) from Persia. See Three Geese In Flight Celtic Book Scans

Scarce First Edition. MacMillan, London 1899.
Written by Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), who was a one time Irish Nationalist MP for Galway, the book is a type of travel guide for the Ulster counties of Donegal and Antrim.
The book contains a total of 87 lovely illustrations by the noted Irish illustrator Hugh Thomson (1860-1920).
Book is is in very good condition. Green coloured boards with gilt lettering. Top edge of text block gilt, others rough cut. Some fading to boards particularly spine with head and tail rubbed. Binding good. Internally clean with no foxing, markings or inscriptions.
There is a pull out map of the counties in very good condition.
Front pastedown has the bookplate of previous owner, Matthew Mackey, a Newcastle upon Tyne collector. There is also a tiny label of Newcastle upon Tyne bookshop (Mawson, Swan & Morgan). A lovely copy in collectible condition.More images can be provided.

* Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new, slight crease near bottom end cap. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Book cover like new,, slight edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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Photographs show the grounds, outbuildings, and rooms of an eighteenth-century Irish manor house.

London: Richard Bentley. Good. 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly faded green cloth with gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Rubbed spine ends & front corners. Volume 2 only. Text tight, clean & intact. Prior owners book plate & signature. Rare ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages .