Leabhar Breac - The Speckled Book Otherwise Styled Leabhar Mor Duna Doighre -

London: Robert Clavell 1691, 1st edition. (Hardcover) [28], 408, [2], also [18] erroneously numbered internal pp.. Very good. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled boards and new endpapers. The pages have occasional toning and spotting, the binding is in excellent condition. Locale: Ireland. (History--Ireland, History--Ireland).

Chicago: Clark & Edwards, Publishers., 1882 First edition in hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and gilt device on front board. 240 pp. Explanatory footnotes. Spine has minor lean and very light sunning. Clean and unmarked. Very Good.

1740. together 6 titles in 1 book. Dublin, 1740-1747.. together 6 titles in 1 book. Dublin, 1740-1747. A Collection of Scarce Dublin Pamphlets in a Contemporary Binding [Great Britain]. [A Trial Bound with Five Pamphlets on Social and Political Topics]. Dublin, 1740-1747. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Together 6 titles. Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Some minor nicks and light scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, tiny chip to front joint near head of spine, front hinge cracked, front free endpaper partially detached. Light toning to text, light edgewear and creases to plates, which are in the third pamphlet, minor stains and smudges to a few leaves, light soiling to title pages, early owner signature (of William Acton) to title page of first pamphlet. An interesting collection. $4,500. * The imprint locations and appearance of the binding suggest these pamphlets were bound together around 1750 in Ireland. The first… Read More

1868 1ed IRELAND History Irish Colonial AMERICA & SLAVERY Catholics Illustrated

James MacGeoghegan was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and historian. His 'History of Ireland' was written in French and published at Parish in 1758. John Mitchel's 1868 'History of Ireland' professes to be merely a continuation of MacGeoghegan, though Mitchel is throughout much more of a partisan than MacGeoghegan.

This 1868 edition includes numerous full-page illustrations throughout including a color frontispiece! It is notable, not only for its impressive illustrations, but for the contents including
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Treaty of Limerick
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William II
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Battle of Landen
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Queen Anne
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Influence of the English Parliament
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Important early American affairs, correspondence between Ireland and the British Colonies – discussions on American slavery and English alliances concerning slaves
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And much, much more
Item number: #14047
Price: $550
MAC-GOEGHEGAN, Abbey; MITCHEL, John
The… Read More

Chapman and Hall, 1891. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND WITH GREAT PROVENANCE. From the Irish Library of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, William Humble Ward, Second Early of Dudley. This is one of a 124-volume collection of Irish-related titles, uniformly bound by Hatchards for the Earl, in 3/4 dark green morocco over green cloth, spine with raised bands, and six gilt-ruled compartments, enclosing titling and two each of lyre and shamrock designs, covers paneled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (spine faded to brown, minor wear). PROVENANCE: Bookplate of William Humble Ward, Second Early of Dudley, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, later Governor-General of Australia; bookplate of Robert W. O'Meara.

London: Robert Clavell 1691, 1st edition. (Hardcover) [28], 408, [2], also [18] erroneously numbered internal pp.. Very good. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled boards and new endpapers. The pages have occasional toning and spotting, the binding is in excellent condition. Locale: Ireland. (History--Ireland, History--Ireland).

1868 1ed IRELAND History Irish Colonial AMERICA & SLAVERY Catholics Illustrated

James MacGeoghegan was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and historian. His 'History of Ireland' was written in French and published at Parish in 1758. John Mitchel's 1868 'History of Ireland' professes to be merely a continuation of MacGeoghegan, though Mitchel is throughout much more of a partisan than MacGeoghegan.

This 1868 edition includes numerous full-page illustrations throughout including a color frontispiece! It is notable, not only for its impressive illustrations, but for the contents including
·
Treaty of Limerick
·
William II
·
Battle of Landen
·
Queen Anne
·
Influence of the English Parliament
·
Important early American affairs, correspondence between Ireland and the British Colonies – discussions on American slavery and English alliances concerning slaves
·
And much, much more
Item number: #14047
Price: $550
MAC-GOEGHEGAN, Abbey; MITCHEL, John
The… Read More

1922. Keep This List for Reference" [Broadside]. [Irish Civil War]. The Murder Members: The Following are the Names of the Members of the Partition Parliament Who Voted for the Murder Bill:-...Keep This List for Reference. [N.p.: S.n., 1922]. 13" x 8" broadside, main text in two columns. Light toning and edgewear, horizontal and vertical fold lines, a few with tears, two repaired on verso with cellotape, "Con's Doctor" in contemporary hand near center. $1,250. * Known to its opponents as the "Murder Bill," the Public Safety Act of 1922 was enacted by the recently-established Irish Free to suppress the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which rejected the legitimacy of the Free State because it did include the counties of Northern Ireland. It was one of the key events of the Irish Civil War. The act imposed death sentences on any IRA member or supporter captured with a firearm or ammunition. Our pro-IRA broadside lists the members of the "Irish Partition Parliament" who voted for this bill. It clearly… Read More

Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA: Dormer Agency Publishers, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize oblong green cloth hardcover with gilt to spine and front; no jacket; 409 pages; b&w photos. Very good condition: spine tips slightly pushed in; gift inscription, oversize bookplate, and ownership stamp to endpapers. A heavy book that might cost extra for shipping..

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1872 - 74. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Previous owner armorial bookplate (Isaac Holden, politician and inventor of a wool-combing machine, who received a Baronetcy in 1893) and also ink name and address stamped to the front blank free endpapers. Some foxing to the blank endpapers otherwise a very good bright and clean set throughout. All three volumes in fine nineteenth century bindings of full tan calf. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Boards with double gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Some minor rubbing to edges but generally a very good copy in attractive nineteenth century bindings. The bindings are unsigned but very high quality work.