Special St. Patty's Sale - Select Irish Titles
Dublin: The Parkside Press Limited, 1952. Softcover. Black wraps with color image and green lettering. 137 pp. with one color plate and bw illus. throughout. A small magagine of what's on in Dublin: museums and galleries, the speedway, various sections of th city, theatres, various clubs, hotels, restaurants, etc. With..... More
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1836. Hardcover. Three-quarter bound light brown leather boards with marbled covers; xi, 379, 38 pp.; richly illustrated. "AS IS" COPY. More
Dublin: J. Potts and J. Williams, 1769. ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Leather bound. Brown leather/boards. Five raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Tooled edging all around. xvi, 174 pp. with 1 bw illustrations and 3 folding bw plates of a plan of the Lake of Kilarny in the..... More
Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000 (c1989). Reprint. Softbound. light green mottled wraps with green printing, [xii] 210 pp, unillustrated. From the publisher: this book combines genealogical, historical and anthropological informations on Irish and Scottish clan-families in one volume. Excellent work has been done on the origins and character of..... More
Baltimore / London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1988. Hardcover. salmon cloth boards. book viii, 149 pgs. yellow dustjacket w/ red & blue printing. From a college library. Due date card has only one removal stamp. A nice, a still tightly bound copy. More
Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards with mylar covers. Both volumes have a bw map illustrated frontispiece. Volume 1 is xliii, 515 pp with bw illustrations throughout. Volume 2 516-1084 pp, bw illustrations throughout. v. 1. A-O -- v. 2. P-Z, Primary documents, index. Contains..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1998. Hardcover. Green quarter-cloth binding with green paper-wrapped boards, gilt lettering and decoration, and blind debossed border. xiv, 153 pp. Illustrated in B&W. The account of Grolier Club members who travelled to Ireland on behalf of the club. More
Philadelphia: William McCarty, 181? From the Dublin copy, with additions and corrections. Hardcover. Blue library buckram. 419 pp. More
South Newberlin, NY: Levi Harris, 1834. Hardcover. Brown leather boards. 216 pages (present). More
London: T. Lowndes, 1780. Hardcover. Brown calf marbled boards, five raised band spine with gilt title block. Marbled bookblock. xxiv, [25] - 362, [17 - index] p. More
1993. Softcover. White wraps. 104 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Organized by Russell Panczenko, with an essay by Jan van der Marck. More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver spine lettering; yellow dj with black lettering and illustration, mylar cover; xii, 363 pp. "The liquor industy in nineteenth-century Ireland was a powerful political interest group which early developed a vigorous and effective lobbying technique. In this it..... More
Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Softcover. Glossy color-illustrated softcover with gilt and white lettering. 80 pp. with 11 bw illustrations and 38 color plates. Introduction by Donald R. McClelland. Essay on the Dutch Painting Collection of The Irish National Gallery by Homan Potterton. 38 works ar featured. More
London: Allen & Unwin, 1983. Hardcover. Grey cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Blue illustrated dj, clear mylar cover. x, 330 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index. More
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Century Services, Ltd., 1976. Softbound. White with blue pictorial wraps, [vi]187 pp, 19 illustrations. Covers town history, including chapters on some early Coleraine families and the Beresford-Jackson feud, along with illustrations. More
Dublin: Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, 1979. Softcover. White and brown wraps with color illustration, white lettering, 235 (12) pp, illustrated in bw and color. Contents include: The Natural and Cultural Background; The Historical Background; Plants and Animals in Irish Gardens; Commercial Horticulture and Aboriculture; and The Future. Also includes..... More
Belfast, Northern Ireland: North of Ireland Family History Society, 1996. Softcover. Light blue wraps, staple-bound, 56 pp, some BW illustrations. "The Cromies of Portsmouth," "Murphy's Law: Bonnon, Bonham, Bonnane, Bannon - Caverine," "Names being researched," and other articles. More
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spines; 508 pp., 494 pp.; 8 bw plates, 9 bw plates. Volume I: Butt and Parnell: Nationhood and Anarchy, the Curse of the American Money; Volume II: Parnell and the Lieutenants Complicity and Betrayal with..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt spine lettering; white dust jacket, green and black illustration, mylar cover; xv, 454 pp, bw illustrations including a large fold out map. Includes an introduction by Kathllen Huges, bibliographical references (pages 409-410) and index. "An authorative work..... More
Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2012. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & illus. dust jacket, 258 pp., 124 BW figures, 27 color plates. "Explores the spatiality of reliquaries [containersor shrines that house sacred relics] in early Ireland, and the intersections of devotional loca sancta with the territories of secular..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. Hardcover. grey cloth w/ gilt printing. 275 pgs & illustrations. green top edge tint. pictorial paper dustjacket. Pages 38 & 39 tanned from magazine article placed between pages. Pages 260 & 261 have red marks to lower page edges. Otherwise, pages clean &..... More
1987. Softcover. White wraps. 43 pp. Several bw plates. Essay by Richard Pinegar and views of the gallery installation. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Hardcover. Red boards, color illustrated with white lettering; xv, 241 pp; bw illustrations. Contents include: The land, people, and history -- Religion and thought -- Marriage, gender, family, and education -- Cuisine, holidays, and leisure activities -- Literature -- Media and cinema -- Performing arts..... More
Dublin: National Gallery of Ireland, 2004. Hardbound. Midnight blue cloth with gold lettering on spine; gold dj with photo of the library; 477 pp. with several bw and color illustrations throughout text. A thorough and inviting look at Ireland's national gallery. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1909. Hardcover. Green library buckram. 320 pp + 38 pp ads. Illustrated with bw photographs. More
