Search Results: Authors starting with M from Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

2007. München, F.A. Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2007. 22 x 29 cm. 256 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Terra Magica]. Enthält u.a.: Die Geschichte der Kreuzfahrt / Legendäre Schiffe: Sea Cloud, Carnival, Queen Elizabeth 2 / Faszinierende Routen: Die Karibik / Galapagos - Inseln / Antarktika / Französisch Polynesien etc. etc.

2017. First Edition [Bilingual in Gaeilge - English]. Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, Gallery Press, 2017. 22 cm. 67 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Gallery Books (Loughcrew, Ireland)].

2008. Ráth Cairn, Baile Átha Buí, GLOR agus Glór na nGael, 2008. 21 cm. ix, 86 pages with illustrations, map, portraits. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2006. Cork, Mercier Press, 2006. 24 cm. 234, [22] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes extracts from Tomás Mac Curtain's Diary and also these chapters: The Early Years / Trouble in the Volunteers / Danger of Exile / Municipal Elections in Cork / Poem by Tomas Mac Curtain to Eilis / etc. Tomás Mac Curtain (20 March 1884 – 20 March 1920) was a Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland. He was elected in January 1920. Thomas Curtin was born at Ballyknockane, Mourne Abbey, County Cork, on 20 March 1884, the son of Patrick Curtin, a farmer, and Julia Sheehan. He attended Burnfort National School. In 1897 the family moved to Cork City, where he attended the North Monastery School. Mac Curtain, as he would later be known, was active in a number of cultural and political movements beginning around the turn of the 20th century. He joined the Blackpool, Cork branch of Conradh na… Read More

1925. Glasgow, Alasdair Mac Labhruinn agus a Mhic, no year (c.1925). 21cm x 13.8cm. 21 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover slightly torn.

1959. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1959. 8°. 125 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Leabhar Scoile (School Book)/ Mac Giolla Cheara was born in Tirconnell in 1888/ he wrote many books and essays in Gaelic.

1996. Dublin, Survey and Research Unit, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1996. 24cm. xv,521 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (corners slightly bumped). Includes chapters on Racialism in Ireland / Social Distance in Ireland / Religious Practice in Ireland / Religious Attitudes and Perceptions / Sexism, Feminism and Family Life / Underclass, Unemployment and Social Mobility / General Measures of Prejudice in Ireland etc.

2000. First edition. Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2000. 13 cm x 21 cm. 57 pages. With 3 drawings by Barrie Cooke. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. Occasional markings and annotations in the text. Contains among others the following poems: Interview; Open Door; Vertigo; Beauty Spot; Guess; Fabulous; The Cry; Fingertips; Promenade; Daughter; The Carpenter's Daughter; Mom Speaking; Billet-doux; Waiting; Bronze Fennel; Hold-all; Immersion; Blaze; Portrait; Accommodation; L'Aubergine; The Orange etc.

1977. London, Thames and Hudson, 1977. 16 cm x 24 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: A dream of childhood, London reality, Spanish interlude, Irish Awakening, The Hill of Howth, and Return to the Theatre.

1956. Baile Átha Cliath, Sáirséal & Dill, 1956. (8º). 203 pages. [With plates, including portraits.]. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1971. USA, Columbia Masterworks, c. 1971. Original, Vintage Vinyl in original sleeve - SIGNED and inscribed by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover. OL 5690 / Very good- condition of Sleeve and Record with signs signs of wear to the sleeve / Sleeve VG -(with some bumping) / Record NM - (Near Mint minus). Rare signed and inscribed record by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover. Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork. With his partner, Hilton Edwards, Mac Liammóir founded the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and became one of the most recognisable figures in the arts in twentieth-century Ireland. As well… Read More

1946. London, Methuen & Co., 1946. Octavo. Portrait Frontispiece, 390 pages. With 16 illustrations. Illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Some minor repair to the beautiful dustjacket. Excellent overall condition with only minor signs of foxing and some external wear. Including an interesting original newspaper clipping with an extensive obituary on Mac Liammóir by his friend and partner Hilton Edwards. Rare ! Alfred Willmore (25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978), known as Micheál Mac Liammóir, was a British actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. Mac Liammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green district of London. As Alfred Willmore, he was one of the leading child actors on the English stage, in the company of Noël Coward. He appeared for several seasons in Peter Pan. He studied painting at London's Slade School of Art, continuing to paint throughout his lifetime. In the… Read More

1955. Baile Átha Cliath, Sairseal agus Dill, 1955. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with some fraying. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2003. Indreabhán, Conamara, Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2003. 23 cm. 416 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa;born 27 June 1951) is an Irish Fianna Fáil and Independent politician who served as the eighth President of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. She was the second female president of Ireland. She was first elected in 1997, succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was reelected unopposed for a second term in office in 2004. McAleese is the first president of Ireland to have come from either Northern Ireland or Ulster. McAleese graduated in Law from Queen's University Belfast. In 1975, she was appointed Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College, Dublin and in 1987, she returned to her alma mater, Queen's, to become director of… Read More

1926. Second Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaeilge, 1926. 8°. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for Example: Reamhradh/ Bodac an Chota Lachtna/ Ainmeneacha Dilre/ Focloir etc. Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraic or Pádraig Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen other leaders, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion. (Wikipedia)

1926. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaeilge, No year [c. 1926]. 8°. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. (Adventure of the Churl of the Grey Coat). A 28 page short story from Patrick Pearse including a 6 page focloir. Published by Connrad na Gaedilge in 1936. Bound in card covers the book is ink stained on the cover as shown in the image ant the stain extends onto the edges of the pages but none of the text is intruded upon. There are a few handwritten notations and the previous owners name is on the front page. Otherwise the book is in good condition. Original books by Pearse are quite scarce and remain collectible. (St. John's Bookshop online).

1966. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Octavo. IX, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Only in good condition with stronger signs of wear and some minor staining to pastedown and endpaper. The book still firm and a good reading-copy. Rare ! Loosely inserted is an interesting newspaper-clipping about the author. Dónall Peadar Mac Amhlaigh (10 December 1926 – 27 January 1989) was an Irish writer. He was born on the Cappagh Road between Galway and the nearby village of Bearna and in 1940 moved with his family to Kilkenny. He left school at 15 to go out to work in a woollen mill and later on farms and in hotels in the West of Ireland. In 1947 he joined the Irish-speaking regiment of the Irish Army. When he left it in 1951 he faced the prospect of unemployment in Ireland. He travelled to England to work as an unskilled labourer. He later became a writer, producing a number of novels and short stories as well as social history. His first book was Dialann Deoraí, an account of his life as a building… Read More

1951. Fourth Edition. Dublin, Irish Press Ltd., 1951. 22cm x 14.3cm. 1045 pages. With 2 folding maps. Frontispiece photograph of de Valera. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Jacket slightly worn and torn. Includes for example the following chapters: The Existence of the Republic/ To 1800/ The Union/ Robert Emmet/ Daniel O'Connell/ Gamine/ Evictions/ Young ireland/ Irish Republican Brotherhood/ Fenians/ Coercion Acts/ The Land League/ Parnell/ Castle Government/ Gladstone/ Division and Defeat/ Land Puchase/ After Parnell/ The Gaelic League/ Separatists/ James Connolly/ Tom Clarke/ Arthur Griffith/ Sinn Fein/ The I.R.B./ Sectarianism/ Redmond and Asquith/ The Promise of Home Rule/ The Veto of the Lords/ Ulster Unionists/ Asquith's Home Rule Bill/ The Ulster Covenant/ Carson's Volunteers/ Home Rule Delayed/ Partition Proposed/ Parades in Ulster/ Trouble in Dublin/ The Irish Citizen Army/ The National Volunteers/ Eoin Mac Neill/… Read More

1888. London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge's Pocket Library (No.7 of 27)]. Includes the following poems: Horatius / Battle of Lake Regillis / Virginia / The Prophesy of Capys / Ivry / The Armada.

1930. Third Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1930. 22cm x 17.5cm. viii, 62 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. The illustrated binding of this work with an ugly dampstain to both boards. Some signs of foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition. Very rare and special work with beautiful illustrations. Includes for example: Baby's shoes, buttons, Punching, Edging, Binding and seaming, Bootee, Slipper, Moccasins, A Bobbin Case, A Folding work-box, A Four Sectioned hat, Needleweaving as decoration for leather, An embroidered Hat, a Hat with a wide brim, a baby;s bonnet, a motor bonnet, tassels and Rosettes, A tea cosy, A two sided cosy, A strappeed seat for a stool or chair, A glove case, A handkerchief sachet, A nightdress sachet, a brush and comb bag, a little bag or hanging pocket, cords, serbian cord, a four sided bag, a shopping bag with pockets, a bag with hinged clasp a case for treasury notes, a hand bag with inside pockets, a square cushion, a… Read More