Ireland As I Saw It: The Character, Conditions and Prospects by Balch, William S - 1850

Near Whitehall: T Egerton, Military Library, 1803. Book. Poor. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is Volume I only of two and consists of 630 pages of text plus a 373 page appendix plus an 18 page index which goes only to U making me believe the last leaf is missing. This is a binding copy as the boards are missing. The binding is tight with the leaves quite clean and have foxing mostly at the front end There is a library stamp on the title page..

Philadelpha: R. P. Desilver, 1837 IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. viii, 474pp, bound in original decorative cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Cloth tape backstrip, corner wear, damp marks, ownership on ffp. Includes List of Subscribers. Title continues: In the Histories of May, Temple, Whitelock, Borlace, Rushworth, Clarendon, Cox, Carte, Leland, Warner, Macauley, Hume and Others: Particularly in the Legendary Tales of the Pretended Conspiracy and Massacre of 1641. Third Edition.

Ireland: Baile Atha Cliath, 1906 IN GOOD + CONDITION. vii, [1], 100pp, bound in purple cloth, with binding tight. Text in English and Gaelic. Covers show upper/lower backstrip edge wear, cracked hinges, pages age darkened, foxing, occasional closed tear. SCARCE.

Geography Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0906602513 . Book has some light bumping to corners of covers and small bump to bottom edge of front cover, front cover has very slightest of bows, pages 1 & 3 have tiny crease to fore-edge; DJ has some light wrinkling along edges, tiny tear to bottom edge of front fold; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 337 pages .

Dublin: Academy House, 1898. Paperback. Very Good -. Sold also by Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Dublin, and Williams & Norgate, London. [4], xiv, 12, [2] p., 12 leaves of photogravure plates: in-text illustrations and 1 full page of illustrations; 44 cm. Grey cloth spine; card covers printed in black. In Ireland, the High Crosses marked sanctuaries, under the invocation of certain saints, and offered protection to a fugitive who sought shelter there. This publication focuses on those crosses at Castledermot Monastery and at Durrow. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; shadow on front cover; chipping along cover edges; lacking upper corner of back cover; front cover is partially detached from tail; minor chipping along fore-edge of several plates; pages and plates are clean and bright.

Near Whitehall: T Egerton, Military Library, 1803. Book. Poor. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is Volume I only of two and consists of 630 pages of text plus a 373 page appendix plus an 18 page index which goes only to U making me believe the last leaf is missing. This is a binding copy as the boards are missing. The binding is tight with the leaves quite clean and have foxing mostly at the front end There is a library stamp on the title page..

Geography Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0906602513 . Book has some light bumping to corners of covers and small bump to bottom edge of front cover, front cover has very slightest of bows, pages 1 & 3 have tiny crease to fore-edge; DJ has some light wrinkling along edges, tiny tear to bottom edge of front fold; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 337 pages .

Dublin: Academy House, 1898. Paperback. Very Good -. Sold also by Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Dublin, and Williams & Norgate, London. [4], xiv, 12, [2] p., 12 leaves of photogravure plates: in-text illustrations and 1 full page of illustrations; 44 cm. Grey cloth spine; card covers printed in black. In Ireland, the High Crosses marked sanctuaries, under the invocation of certain saints, and offered protection to a fugitive who sought shelter there. This publication focuses on those crosses at Castledermot Monastery and at Durrow. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; shadow on front cover; chipping along cover edges; lacking upper corner of back cover; front cover is partially detached from tail; minor chipping along fore-edge of several plates; pages and plates are clean and bright.

Dublin: Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1748., 1748. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo. Volume 4 only (of 4). Full calf, spine titled in gilt. Engraved folding frontispiece. Name penned on title, some rubbing to joints, a clean very good copy generally..

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair.. Association copy with fabulous owner's inscription on front flyleaf in bold black ink. ""Dublin Ireland 1918-1923 Memories of the days in Ireland and of the months I spent in Mountjoy Jail with Peter O'Donnell. Peter Kelleher, 2nd Batt. 1st Brigade 1st Southern Division Irish Republican Army."" Kelleher's grandson, a member of the current Irish Defence Forces, read the proclamation from 1916 at the centenary of the Easter Rising. Scarce book in rare dust jacket with a unique inscription, together making an unusual piece of Irish independence history. Peadar O'Donnell, 1893-1986, was a writer, politician and social activist and served in the Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War, and later the Spanish Civil War. This book is an historical novel of the Irish Rebellion, drawing on his own experiences. O'Donnell was held in Dublin's Mountjoy Gaol during the civil war from 1922 until his 1924 escape. He was… Read More