Coakley, John; Rafter, Kevin:

The Irish Presidency – Power, Ceremony and Politics. Editors, John Coakley, Kevin Rafter ; foreword by President Michael D. Higgins.

Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland, Irish Academic Press, 2014. 24 cm. xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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.

Turrell, James / Wick, Oliver.

The Irish Sky Garden. With an essay by Günter Metken.

Skibbereen, Liss Ard Foundation, 1992. 29.7cm x 25.3cm. 111 pages. With 64 original illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. The price includes Worldwide free shipping per Courier UPS !

The Stationery Office.

The Irish Uprising – Papers from the British parliamentary archive.

London, The Stationery Office, 2000. 19 cm. 216 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Uncovered editions].

Leland, Mary.

The Lie of the Land: Journeys through Literary Cork.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1999. 21,2 cm x 13,7 cm. VII, 264 pages. Whit maps and illustrations Original Illustrated softcover. Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

Hanley, Brian / Millar, Scott.

The Lost Revolution – The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers’ Party.

Dublin, Penguin Ireland, 2009. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. XIII, 658 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. This now out-of-print copy is in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Murphy, Brian P.

The Origins & Organisation of British Propaganda in Ireland 1920.

Aubane, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2006. 21 cm. VIII, 92 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Kiely, Benedict.

The Penguin Book of Irish Short Stories. Edited by Benedict Kiely.

London, Penguin Books, 1981. 20 cm. 544 pages. Softcover. Some foxing and browning to paper edges. Otherwise in good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Sweeney, Paul.

The Politics of Public Enterprise and Privatisation [Including a chapter: The Origins of Irish Public Enterprise].

Dublin, Tomar, 1990. 21 cm. 244 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Front hinge broken at the border to the endpaper. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Gallagher, Michael.

The referendum Experience in Europe [including a newspaper-clipping: “Do Referenda have the vote of the people ?” by Theresa Reidy] Edited by Michael Gallagher and Pier Vincenzo Uleri.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996. 23cm. IX,263 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man.

[Costello, John A.] McCullagh, David:

The reluctant Taoiseach – A biography of John A. Costello. [With two lossely inserted newspaper-clippings with very interesting articles about Costello]

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2010. 24 cm. viii, 530 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ayearst, Morley.

The Republic of Ireland – Its Government and Politics – Collection of 215 books on Irish Politics, Irish Government, Irish local planning and Local government, Irelands connection to the EU, History of Irish Elections, books on Governmental policy (general and irish related), books on the history of Ireland’s connection to the UK etc. Also included are several publications on the history of the irish political parties. The comprehensive collection comes from the library of a former council man and university lecturer and includes many of the minor and major publications needed to understand the forming of the irish state from 1940 onwards. The collection includes publications like: 1. John McG. Smyth – The Theory and Practice of the Irish Senate / 2. John Coakley and Michael Gallagher – Politics in the Republic of Ireland / 3. Desmond Roche – Local Government in Ireland / 4. Patrick Keatinge – Maastricht and Ireland – What the Treaty means / 5. Stephen Collins – The Power Game – Fianna Fail since Lemass / 6. Cornelius O’Leary – Irish Elections (1918 – 1977) – Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation / 7. Bruce Arnold – What Kind of Country – Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 / 8. Michael Flannery – Sanitation – Conservation and Recreation Services in Ireland / 9. Peter Mair – The Changing Irish Party System / 10. R.C.Geary – and F.S.O Muircheartaigh – Equalization of Opportunity in Ireland – Statistical Aspects / 11. Mary Minihan – A Deal with the Devil – The Green Party in Government / 12. Donal de Buitleir – Problems of Irish Local Finance / 13. Communications and Community in Ireland (Brian Farrell) / etc. etc.

London, University of London Press, 1971. 24 cm. vii,241 pages with 8 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The collection of 215 books (of which only c.60 are listed here) is in very good condition (only a few volumes with stronger wear).

Larkin, Emmet J.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Fall of Parnell 1888-1891.

Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1979. 24cm. xxi,316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

Bell, J. Bowyer.

The secret army – The IRA 1916-1979.

Third Edition. Dublin, Poolbeg, 1990. 22 cm. x, 481 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

McArdle, Patsy.

The Secret War – An account of the sinister activities along the border involving Gardai, RUC, British Army and the SAS.

Dublin, Mercier, 1984. 21 cm. 104 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Make up your mind series].

Ó Drisceoil, Con / O’Donnell, Édain.

The spoons murder and other mysteries. Illustrated by Édain O’Donnell.

Dublin, Craft Recordings, 2006. 25 cm. xii, 82 pages. Illustrated with a CD included. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Wilson, Peter / Martin, Benjamin].

The Universal Gazetteer [Very Rare Dublin Edition] : or a Description of the several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Countries, Cities, Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Volcanos &c. in the Known World. Together with an Account of The Extent, produce, Revenue, Forces, Trade, Manufacturer, Religions &c. of the several Countries and of the Battles, Sieges and other Transactions that have sendered them remarkable. To which is prefixed a copious Introduction to Geography. The whole calculated to explain the Occurences in Modern History. Illustrated with four large and accurate Maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America (only the Map of Asia is present: “New & Correct Map of Asia – Drawn from the latest and best Authorities by J. Gibson”). The Second Edition, in which several necessary Corrections and Material Additions have been made; the Geography of Ireland has been revised and enlarged; about four hundred entire new Articles have been added, chiefly relative to North America and Ireland, none of which are contained in the London Impression, and comprising in the whole, many thousand Places more than any other Gazzetteer; Whereby it is rendered the largest, cheapest, and most compleat Work of the Kind extant.

Dublin, Printed for Peter Wilson in Dame-Street, 1759. Small Octavo. XXXVIII, (1), 512 unnumbered pages (collation complete) with only the folded Map on Asia present and the other three maps missing. Including 6 pages of “Books, printed for and sold by Peter Wilson, in Dame-Street”. Original Hardcover (full calf on five raised bands with original spinelabel intact). Half a page in chapter “M” torn out. Faint dampstain throughout. Otherwise in very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped on the corners but absolutely firm and tight. Minor traces of foxing and staining only. Name of preowner in 17th or 18th century ink on endpaper: “Daniel Eugene MacNamara”. Very rare Dublin Edition of this publication with a full-page recommendation of the famous Lexicographer Benjamin Martin.

Akeroyd, John (Editor) / Wolstenholme, Leander / Poole, Jenna / Atkinson, Wendy / Flynn, Paul / Janouchova, Marketa / Plant, Caroline / Fisher, Jenny.

The Wild Plants of Bere, Dursey, Whiddy and other Islands in Bantry Bay. Photography by Robbie Murphy.

Cork, Sherkin Island Marine Station, 2013. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Several hundred colour photographs throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by editor.

[O’Flanagan, Michael] Carroll, Denis.

They have fooled you again. Michael O’Flanagan (1876-1942), priest, republican, social critic.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Columba Press, 1993. 22cm. 271 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Johnson, Thomas] Gaughan, J. Anthony.

Thomas Johnson, 1872-1963 – First leader of the Labour Party in Dáil Éireann.

Mount Merrion, County Dublin, Kingdom Books, 1980. 22 cm. 513 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Very rare publication !

Ó Glaisne, Risteárd.

To Irish protestants. Risteárd Ó Glaisne.

Baile Átha Cliath, Ara, 1991. 21cm. [2],110 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Meigs, Samantha A.:

Tradition and confessionalism, 1400-1690.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1997. 23 cm. XI, 209 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A fantastic, exceptional publication on this topic. [Early modern history series].

Ó Sé, Caoimhín.

Traidisiún na scéalaíochta i gCorca Dhuibhne.

Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, [2001]. 21 cm. x, 158 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

Brady, Ciaran / O’Dowd, Mary / Walker, Brian (Editors).

Ulster – An Illustrated History. Foreword by J.C. Beckett.

London, B.T. Batsford ltd., 1989. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 256 pages. 64 black and white photographs and 10 maps. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition. As new.

[Gifford Girls] Clare, Anne.

Unlikely rebels – The Gifford girls.

Cork, Mercier, 2011. 22 cm. 319 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One page dogeared.

Britain and Ireland – [Anonymous].

Views of Picturesque Locations in the British and Irish Isles – The Giant’s Causeway, Pistyll Rhaeadr, Staffa’s Fingal’s Cave and the Bullers of Buchan

Original engraving. Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, 1750. Plate Size: 13.5 x 9.5 cm – 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Sheet Size: 20 cm x 11.7 cm – 19.5 cm x 24.3 cm. Original engravings. In good- condition. Some browning evident. One sheet has significant tear with section of margin missing.

Moloney, Ed.

Voices from the Grave – Two men’s war in Ireland.

London, Faber, 2010. 20 cm. xiii, 512 pages, with 8 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Lynch, Jack] Ó Tuama, Liam:

Where he sported and played – Jack Lynch : a sporting celebration.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 2000. 26 cm. xii, 211 pages with photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The Story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the rear cover. Fantastic, thorough publication.

Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Harte, Paddy.

Young tigers and mongrel foxes – A Life in Politics.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 2005. 24 cm. 351 pages with 8 pages of plates with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.