1812 Bill exempting Irish tenants from paying tithes on growing potatoes for personal consumption
Approximately 13 x 8 inches, single sheet, probably excised from a volume of such bills and acts.
Ireland, Scotland & Wales
1880s large leather folio SOUVENIR OF SCOTLAND with 32 original photos
Hardcover. Large half leather album measures 16 x 13.5 inches, very good, some fading and uneven sunning to front cover, photos in excellent condition. Includes: photo of a painting of Burns, Avon River and Bridge (11.5 x 7.5 inches), Auld Alldy Kirk and Burial Place of the Burns Family, Ayr.....
Ca. 1930 album of large swatches of Scottish tartan cloths for kilts, etc.
Housed in a repurposed cloth binder that originally was a printed journal for a St. Barnabas Menin Gate pilgrimage of 1927 with all contents but the endpapers removed, housing 22 original samples, each uniquely different, of woolen tartan cloth for kilts and trews, each with a stapled typed note identifying.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. I, Third Series, January & April, 1879
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1864. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, no other marks, pages very good, light toning. Founded as a Catholic magazine.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. III, New Series, July & October 1864
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1864. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. IV, New Series, January & April, 1865
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1865. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. IX, New Series, July & October, 1867
London: Burnes, Oates & Co., 1867. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. V, New Series, July & October, 1865
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1865. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. VI, New Series, January & April, 1866
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1866. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. VII, New Series, July & October, 1866
London: Burns, Lambert & Oates, 1866. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
The Dublin Review, Vol. VIII, New Series, January & April, 1867
London: Burnes, Oates & Co., 1867. Hardcover. Bound volume in half green pebbled morocco and marbled boards, very good, some scuffing to leather, bookplate of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny PA and pencil numbers on flyleaf, small ink note and stamp on first page of the table of contents.....
Historical and Descriptive Account of the Cathedral Church, Glasgow, Necropolis &c., with descriptive catalogue of the painted glass windows
Glasgow: A. Bower, 1904. Paperback. 6.25 inches tall, pale green printed wraps, very good, light wear and soil, light foxing to text and rear cover. 36 pp, illustrated. Uncommon.
The Irish Register: or a List of the Duchess Dowagers, Countesses, Widow Ladies, Maiden Ladies, Widows, and Misses of large Fortunes in England, as register'd by the Dublin Society
London: T. Cooper at the Globe, 1742. Hardcover. 8vo, bound in modern calf over marbled boards, title page in very nice facsimile (on old laid paper), first page with light silking (restoration to edges and corners), 56 pp. A list of eligible Irish women...an 18th century Irish equivalent of a......
The Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612
Morristown, NJ: Eagle Press, 1983. First printing. Pamphlet, 36pp.
Stow Monthly Visitor, October 1846 & April 1847: The Orphan / The Contrast in Death
Edinburgh: R. Marshall Printer, W. Innes, Bookseller, 1846-47. 8.25 inches tall, single sheets folded once to make 4 pp. -- 2 narratives with religious themes. Both unrecorded in OCLC, COPAC, etc. Part of the Tract Movement in Scotland and England, designed to appeal to the purses of the wealthy, to.....
The Cross and the Shamrock: or, How to Defend the Faith
Boston, MA: Thomas B. Noonan & Co. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint. ca.1880. Hardcover. green cloth, gilt titles, chocolate endpapers. 8vo. 265pp. Very Good. Spine and boards darkened, moderate soiling, spine-ends and corners worn, light age toning to contents.
"Suggestions of a Measure by which the Chief Dependencies of Great Britain and Ireland may be made Profitable to the State, and useful to the World at Large" Anonymous pamphlet ca. 1827
Dublin: Michael Goodwin, 29 Denmark St. (1827). Hardcover. 16 pp, bound in modern calf and marbled boards, attributed in the Kress Collection catalog to Joseph Capel: the author urges the government of England to parcel out for sale land in the British Colonies at 10 shillings per acre, which would.....
Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto, cloth hardbound in dust jacket, 352 pp., illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, light rubbing or bumping to the tips of the cloth covers, dust jacket with some soil/discoloration, light rubbing.....
Papers on Peter May, Land Surveyor, 1749-1793; Scottish History Society, Fourth Series, Volume 15
Edinburgh: Scottish History Society / T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1979. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1979. Cloth hardcover, clean unmarked text, 314 pp., Near Fine copy, previous owner's blind-stamp on the front flyleaf, no dust jacket.
The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ireland, 1700-1900
Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, 1987. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 218pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows mild rubbing to boards, binding tight, previous owner's blindstamp to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has sticker remnant to spine foot, mild scuff near it...
Education and Enmity: The Control of Schooling in Northern Ireland, 1920-50
Devon: David & Charles, 1973. First edition thus. Hardcover. First edition thus, 1973, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 287pp., no illustrations. Book and DJ are in Very Good condition. DJ has a sticker on the spine, price-clipped flap and some rubbing and overall wear. Book has.....
The Dean's Friend, Anthony Raymond, 1675-1726, Jonathan Swift and The Irish Language
Dublin: Edmund Burke Publisher, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 1999. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 175pp. illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Sermons (Chiefly on Particular Occasions), in 2 volumes
Edinburgh: D. Willison, 1820, 1825. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set, both later editions, published 1820 and 1825. Volume 1 is inscribed by Margaret Alison, likely a relative (possibly the daughter) of the author, but we can not confirm this. Hardcover 8vos., in full mid-19th century leather with title labels.....
Report of American Committee for Relief in Ireland and Irish White Cross
New York: American Committee for Relief in Ireland, ca. 1921. First edition. Hardcover. ca. 1921. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in green cloth with gilt titles. 102pp. illustrated with plates. Ex-library, with deaccession stamps from Newton Theological Institute, otherwise very good. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Contents and plates.....
Mullingar (Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 5)
Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1992. First edition. Folio. in pictorial printed folder. 16pp. with 10 plates, including one folding map. Very good. Light edge wear and toning, else clean and complete. Large item will require extra postage.