Discovering Britain and Ireland.
442 color illus., 28 maps. 448pp. oblong 4to, cloth, (Washington, 1985). More
IRELAND
A Farther Shore: Ireland's Long Road to Peace
New York: Random House, 2003. Illustrated with black and white photographs. xxxiii, 412 pages. 8vo, black and tan boards, d.w. (small tear at rear). New York: Random House, (2003). Inscribed by Adams on the half-title page. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Sportsman in Ireland, with his Summer Tour Through the Highlands of Scotland, By A Cosmopolite.
London: Colburn, 1840. 2 Frontispieces + 18 vignette illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, 20th century 3/4 leather over marbled boards; no spine titles. London: Henry Colburn, 1840. First Edition. More
Ireland and the Irish: Portrait of a Changing Society
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1994. xiii + 466 pages, 8vo, green cloth, d.w. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1994). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Edward Bruce's Invasion of Ireland
1 map. 179 pages, short 4to, printed wrappers with clear plastic outer wrapping. Photocopy facsimile reproduction of the London: John Murray, 1923 edition. More
The Irish and Highland Harps
New York: Praeger, 1969. Introduction by Seoirse Bodley. Black & white illustrations. 4to, green cloth, d.w (price clipped and slightly soiled). New York: Praeger, (1969). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
The Scandal of Ulysses: The Sensational Life of a Twentieth-Century Masterpiece.
New York: St. Martin's, 1992. xiv + 273 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1992). First American edition. Fine. More
Lecky: A Biographical and Critical Essay.
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1945. Frontis. 134pp., 12mo, cloth-backed boards; bookplate inside front cover. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1945. A very good copy. More
Hilarion's Asse: Laurence Sterne and Humour
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2013. xiii, 137 pages. 8vo, black cloth, pictorial d.w. (damaged from removal of sticker). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2013). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Six Weeks at Long's
London: Privately Printed, 1817. 3 volumes. Small slim 8vo, attractively bound in older 3/4 polished burgundy calf over marbled boards; gilt spines with green leather labels (lightly worn), t.e.g. London: Privately Printed for the author, 1817. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this exceedingly scarce title. More
Signed Card in Gaelic
1922. 3.5 x 4.25 inches, no place, no date, circa 1922, in Gaelic [translated: Glendalough House Annamoe [?] County Wicklow Eire / Ireland Yours very sincerely Robert Barton] and his full signature in Gaelic and English -- a very early and important item. Fine condition. Irish Nationalist and politician who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature on the Anglo-Irish Treaty. As an officer in World War I, he was stationed in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Uprising..... More
The Importance of Being Irish.
New York: Morrow, 1969. 199 pages. 8vo, white boards with black cloth spine, white printed d.w. (a bit rough at edges and with some discoloration). New York: William Morrow, (1969). Very good in very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Irish Song Tradition.
Canada: Maclean Hunter, 1976. Illustrated. 93 pages. Small slim 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (spine soiled and somewhat faded). Canada: Maclean Hunter Press, (1976). Fine in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Contemporary Irish Writing
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983. 174 pages. 8vo, green boards, lacking a dust wrapper. Boston: Twayne Publishers, (1983). Owners inscription on front free end paper, else a near fine copy. More
Autograph Letter Signed
1826. Exceptional content A.L.S. 8vo. 4 pages (two separate leaves), April 15th 1826, in part: "...It is my intention to incorporate the Irish and Scottish Baronets in the next year's edition of the Peerage - and they are not to be found in Delbert's or any other works. I have procured Playfairs Baronetage, which give an account of their families up to 1810. After that period the necessary information must be had from the individuals themselves..." *Prior to 1827 Irish..... More
Bonnettstown: A House in Ireland.
New York: Abrams, 1989. Foreword by Mark Haworth-Booth. Color frontispiece and 45 other full-color photographs. 13 page preface. Slim oblong 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1989). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Sheridan: A Ghost Story
New York: Richard R. Smith, 1931. 312 pages, blue cloth; quite soiled, but internally clean. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1931. First American Edition. A good copy. Previous seller's small label on back attached endpaper. More
The Innocent Eye.
1963. The Life of Robert J. Flaherty. Numerous illus. Cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1963). More
Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together With the Adjacent Islands.
London: Mary Matthews, 1722. 51 black & white double page and folded copper engraved maps by Robert Morden, engraved frontispiece portrait of William Camden by R. White, 10 plates and numerous text illustrations. 2 volumes, rubricated titles, folio, rebacked original calf boards (quite rubbed and chipped), small ex-libris plate in each volume. London: Mary Matthews, 1722. Second Edition. Although the binding is worn the maps are amazingly clean with full borders. Camden's "Britannia" translated and edited by Edmund Gibson [1669-1748]..... More
Willie Doherty: Partial View
Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery, 1993. Illustrated in black and white and color. Unpaginated, slim short 4to, pictorial wrappers. Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery, (1993). A fine copy. More
The Road to Haworth
New York: Viking, 1981. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 tan cloth, d.w., cloth spine lightly soiled. New York: Viking, (1981). Biography of Patrick Bronte and his Irish ancestors. More
The Irish: A Treasury of Art and Literature.
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1995. Illustrated with b/w and color plates throughout. 368 pages. Folio, glossy pictorial wrappers. (New York): Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, (1993). A very good(+) copy with just a touch of edgewear. More
Carte du Gouvernement Civil et Militaire avec l'Etat des Officiers du Royaume d'Irlande
1719. Map. Engraving Image 13 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches 16 3/4 x 20 inches. Some foxing and overall toning otherwise in good condition. Irish civil and military government is featured with a pair of maps of Ireland, one in each corner, representing the kingdom as a whole and broken into its four Provinces. Next to these are the Arms of the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain. In the bottom corners, two vignettes show the..... More
Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Profusely illustrated, colored frontispieces, 2 vols., 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Cambridge University Press, 1970. Near Fine. Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. More
Three Courses and a Dessert With Fifty-One Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
London: Vizetelly, 1830. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 432 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. 8vo, black morocco-backed plum cloth boards; faded and stained at edges and spine somewhat worn at extremities. London: Vizetelly, Branston, 1830. First Edition. Overall a very good copy, internally clean. Early inscription on fly-leaf. More