171. Spenser, Edmund / Renwick, W.L. [editor].

A View of the Present State of Ireland. [With loosely inserted softcover-pamphlet of the original publication: ‘A True Relation of the Present State of Ireland’ originally published by Benjamin Allen of London in 1641].

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1970. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 230 pages. Illustrated. Includes a Map of Ireland. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Some occasional, fine markings in text with pencil.

172. [St.Columba].

St. Columba’s / Record of the League of St.Columba – St.Patrick’s College in Maynooth – 1901 – 1906 [6 Volumes in 3 Volumes]. Printed for private circulation only. Issued by The League of St.Columba, Maynooth College. With many photographs and illustrations, poems and essays in english and gaelic (Gaeilge).

Six Volumes in Three. Dublin, O’Brien & Ards, 1902 – 1906. Octavo. Volume I:(includes Fourth Year 1901 – 1902) – 123 pages and 111 pages / Volume II: (includes Fifth Year – 1902 – 1903) 136 pages and 138 pages / Volume III: (includes Sixth Year – 1905 – 1906) 128 pages and 137 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth in protective Mylar). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the rarest publications of Irish Local History. With several important essays.

173. [Stafford, Thomas] Carew, Sir George / O’Grady, Standish.

Pacata Hibernia. Or A History of the Wars in Ireland during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Especially within the Province of Munster under the Government of Sir George Carew and compiled by his Direction and Appointment. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Standish O’Grady. With Portraits, Maps and Plans. [This late 19th century version of the Pacata Hibernia is the so-called Fourth Edition, with a new impression of the titlepage of the first edition from 1633 and excellent reproductions of the original plates].

Limited Edition: No.252 of only five hundred copies printed. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece – Portrait of Sir George Carew, XXII, 302 pages with 14 illustrations (maps etc.) / Volume II – Volume II: Frontispiece – Portrait of Donnell O’Sulevan Beare [O’Sullivan Bere], XI, 357 pages with 8 illustrations (maps etc.). Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both bindings firm and all illustrations in excellent condition.

174. Stanhope, Earl Philip Henry.

Miscellanies. With some supplementary letters.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. 144 pages. Original Hardcover (full brown calf with gilt lettering to spine). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

175. Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

176. Swift, Jonathan.

The Tale Of A Tub And Other Pieces: “The Battle Of The Books” and “A Discourse concerning Mechanical Operations of the Spirit”.

London, Charles Daly, 1837. Miniature Book: (7 cm wide x 10.7 cm high). Frontispiece, Engraved Title, LIV, 200 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Besides some minor staining to cover, pastedown and endpaper, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear (a very minor lesion to lower spine).

177. [Synge, J.M.] Shaw, Ruth Wills.

J.M.Synge’s Guide to the Aran Islands. Edited by Ruth Wills Shaw. With Photographs and Suggestions for Lodging.

Old Greenwich (Connecticut), The Devin-Adair Company, 1975. 19.7cm x 12.8cm. 123 pages plus Appendix. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition. Unusual and rare publication, using Synge’s Aran Island guide and adding local lodging to the Aran Islands in 1960s Ireland for the american tourist-market.

178. Thackeray, William Makepeace.

The Irish Sketchbook of 1842.

Dublin, Nonsuch, 2005. 23 cm. 319 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

179. The National Library.

Daniel O’ Connell. Facsimile Documents.

Dublin, Committee for Educational Services Based on the Institutions of Science and Art. 1978. 23.7 cm x 34.8 cm. 22 Facsimile Documents. With many black and white illustrations. Original Folder. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Folder is slightly worn. Leaf of folder no longer glued. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

180. [Townsend, Henry – County Inspector of Armagh – 1840].

Manuscript Notebook for Inspection of the Armed Forces in Armagh – “The County Inspector – Armagh”. – With 15 pages filled with evaluations of State of Arms, State of Discipline, Fixed Strength of Party, State of AMmunition, Examined the Men’s Kits and found them: / Condition of the Public Horse / State in which the Barrack was found / No.of married Women in the Barracks / Rent of Barrack / No. of Children and their ages / Name of Chief Constable / Also mentioned are Barracks in Sub-Districts like Portadown or Newtown Hamilton or Market Hill or Richhill County.

Armagh, 11th May, 1840. Octavo. c. 200 pages for manuscript entries by the County Inspector. Original Leather. Binding shaky and with loosened pages. Endpapers detached. Interior absolutely clean. Very Rare !