Books and Ephemera largely consisting of its history, culture, music, literature, poetry, politics, travel accounts, folklore. Also included are many books illustrated by Hugh Thomson, and other well known Irish illustrators, guides, and some maps.
London, England: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, poutlry; and J. Archer; R. Dugdale; M.N. Mahon; M. Keene; C. Legrange; and L. Tuggis; Dublin, 1808. Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 6.9 in. x 4..3 in., pp. xxii, 228. Illustrated with fold-out frontis and four additional engravings. Half calf, ruled in gilt, over marbled..... More
Belfast, Ireland: Hugh Adair, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.3 in. x 5 in., xvi, [4], 434, 78 (advertising). Rebound in burgundy cloth boards with gilt title and head and tail bandlines to spine. Publisher's red to edges. New endpapers. Unmarked interior. The guide to the "who and what" in..... More
London, England: Richard Bentley, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 1/4 in. x 5 3/4 in., pp. xix, [1], 406, [6]. Illustrated with fold-out map of Ireland. Green cloth boards with double frame in blind to front and back and gilt clover emblem to front. Gilt title and fleurons with..... More
Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1918. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.25 in. x 4.8 in., pp. 143. Navy blue boards with title embossed in a frame in blind to front. Title embossed in blind to spine. Light rubbing to extremities; shelfwear to top-bottom of spine. Age-toning to pages, especially endpapers. Previous owner's signature..... More
Belfast, Ireland: Henry Lanktree, 1830. Leather-bound. Rebound brown half-leather with gilt tooling, raised bands on spine with gilt tooling/lettering. RARE with all five plates (5 plus frontis), including large folding plate "Denvir's Hotel" Downpatrick. A few stray blue pencil placeholding marks. Previous owner's name (John Henry Blaney) and address (1135..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: Oliver and Boyd, 1830. Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 7.7 x 4.5 in., pp. 358, [1] (advertising). Contemporary pale blue publisher's boards over cream paper spine. Black title on tan paper panel affixed to spine. Untrimmed fore-edge and bottom-edge. Rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged. Spine label cracked and chipped..... More
London, England: Elliot Stock, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.75 in., pp. xiii, [3], 121. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, eleven additional plates, and two drawings. Dark red-brown cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners bumped. Slight spine lean. Previous owner's..... More
London, England: Richard Phillips, 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.2 x 8.4 in., pp. 32 + 2(Index), Printed by Barnard and Seltzer, Water Lane, Fleet Street. Illustrated wth engraving of Grant's Causeway and map of The Lakes of Killarney. Rebound in smooth black three-quarter calf with marble boards. Gilt title..... More
London, England: Cassell and Company, Limited, c. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 9.5 x 12.25 in., pp. viii, 192. Contemporary green pebble-grain cloth with embossed gilt title and black floral design to bevelled boards. Gilt title and black design to spine. Embossed floral design in blind to rear board. Gilt..... More
London, England: Printed for William Mears at the Lamb without Temble-bar, 1722. First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Contemporary calf, double ruled in gilt, with large gilt designs along all borders. Possibly, an early rebacking with original spine laid down. Marbled endpapers. Red and black title page, with three lines of manuscript..... More
London, England: J. Robins and Co., Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, 1824. George Cruikshank. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavos. 6 3/4 in. x 4 1/4. Appear to be original boards with paper labels[11] ii-iv, [1], 2-242, [4] (publisher's advertisements) pp.; (Vol. II:) [7], 2-249, [5] (publisher's advertisements). Six black and white..... More
London, England: Longman and Co., 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. NOTE: Lacks title page. Half title present. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Review, No. CLXXV, January, 1848. Small Quarto. 9 1/2 in. x 6 in. Original silk boards, green "water"- patterned. Irish harp draped in a brocade of flowers, in gilt, to..... More
London, England: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823. First Edition. Leather-bound. Matching set: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 5.5 in. Rebound in modern dark half calf with tooling in blind over marbled boards. Gilt title to black panel on spines; four raised bands to spines. New endpapers. Untrimmed fore- and bottom edges..... More
London, England: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1833. Leather-bound. Octavo. Half calf over (stone) marbled boards. Rubbing to extremities. Probable original boards, rebacked with a fairly recent calf spine laid down. Stain to fore-edge. Pages supple and bright. Author would no doubt be labeled a "socialist" these days, given his championing..... More
Dublin, Ireland: Printed for the author by Thomas Courtney, 1815. Leather-bound. Imperial octavo hardcover, measuring 9 in. x 5 3/4 in. Rebound in marbled paper over boards, brown ruled half-calf, gilt ruling and title over black cloth Four raised bands. New headbands and endpapers. Title page (originally unbound?), chipped and..... More
Dundonald, Northern Ireland: The Blackstaff Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.4 in. x 8.2 in., pp. 322. LImited edition #187/200, signed by the author on the copyright page. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Half calf over tan linen boards. GIlt title to black panel, and gilt..... More
London, England: Mathuen and Co., 1894. Francis D. Bedford. Hardcover. Wide Octavo, 8.8 in. x 6.9 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with ink drawings. Tan cloth boards with burgundyt title and dark green mouse and frog design to front and spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Many top-edges are uncut. Rubbing to extremities;..... More
London, England: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814. First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.4 in. Vol I: pp. xvi, 476; Vol II: pp. 524. Vol I illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Henry Gatton, decorated half title page, and fold-out line drawing of Dublin. Vol II illustrated with frontispiece portrait..... More
London, England: G. Robinson, 1809. First Edition. Leather-bound. Folio, 13.75 in. x 11 in., pp. xlii, 302, [9] (tipped-in errata, three fascimile letters), [64] (thirty-two engraved portraits). Illustrated with frontis of Jonah Barrington. Printercolophon: J. Moyes to bottom margin on page i). Title page is 9 in. x 6.75 in..... More
London, England: For Henry Colburn, by Richard Bentley, 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 12.8 in. x 10 in., Volume I: pp. xlii, 358; Volume II: ix, [3], 464. Illustrated with forty-one full-page engraved portraits, and many facsimile manuscript letters of the correspondence discussed in the text. Contemporary half calf with..... More
London, England: John Murray, 1836. D. Maclise, and others. Leather-bound. 8vo. 7.5 x 4.75 in., pp. xi, [1], 379, [1], 38 (appendix). Rebound in dark brown three-quarter tooled calf over brown stone-marbled boards. Four raised bands to spine with gilt roll and gilt rule bordering each band, and bright gilt..... More
PRONI, 1978. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.8 in. x 8.5 in., pp. xlix, [1], 404. "Printed in Northern Ireland by W. & G. Baird Limited at Greystone Press Antrim". Illustrated with frontis of George Macartney. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. Sunning to top of boards and top/bottom of spine..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7 x 9.8 in., ppp. xxv + 565. Illlustrated with dozens of black and white drawings, photographs, and maps. Red cloth boards with black panel and gilt title in double-frame to spine. Dark green endpapers. From the dustjacket: "This is..... More
Belfast, Ireland: Printed by W. & G. Baird, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.5 in., pp. 130. Illustrated with two foldout maps. Gray publisher's stiff cardboard boards with brown decorative frame and title in dark brown. Pen signature at top of cover in margin, illegible ("with author's respects"??)..... More
Belfast, Ireland: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 668, [2], 669-770. Illustrated with two engravings. MISSING TEN ENGRAVINGS. (A copy of a note laid in explains: "The Plates (Complete) were removed and Presented in a full maroon morocco map folder for Professor Hodges..... More
