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Spectacular Ireland by: Harbison, Pete Editor: Carola, Leslie C.
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Spectacular Ireland by: Harbison, Pete Editor: Carola, Leslie C.

Hardcover. NY, Beaux Arts Editions, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 136 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has price sticker residue on the front, and a few closed tears. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This handsome volume celebrates Ireland, a small island country of extraordinary beauty, fascinating history, and evocative myths and legends where the old and the new thrive together in an interesting mix. Witness the unbreakable spirit of the people of Ireland. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Multiple inscriptions by previous owners are present throughout, in pen. Record # 33941
Price: $15.00 

The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas
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The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, SeumasThe Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas

The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas

Hardcover. NY, The Devin-Adair Company, Revised Edition Reprint, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 737 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a couple of small open tears at the corners, as well as the top and bottom of the spine. Gray cloth covers are in good condition overall, despite the bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book attempts to sketch a rough and ready picture of the more prominent peaks that rise out of Ireland's past - the high spots in the story of the Milesian race. Previous owner's inscription is present on the dedication page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34007
Price: $12.00 

 

Ireland - A Social and Cultural History - 1922 to the Present


Brown, Terence

Hardcover. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1st Thus, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 302 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of title page. Book has damp odor. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612357


Price: $15.00 

 

Social History of Ancient Ireland, A (Two Volume Set)


Joyce, P. W.

Hardcover. Dublin, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd, Second Edition, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover two volume set. Green cloth boards with embossed celtic decoration & gilt printed titles to cover & spine. Vol. 1 - Light foxing to preliminary page & endpages. Black & white illustrations & light toning throughout. Small tears to spine edge, small scuff mark to corners. Otherwise clean, unmarked. Vol. 2 - Small tear to top spine edge. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages & endpaper. Elsewhere, light toning. Decorative illustrations in bw. Clean, crisp copy. A very nice set.

Record # 750833


Price: $125.00 

 

History of the Reformation in England and Ireland, in a Series of Letters, A


Cobbett, William

Hardcover. Baltimore, J. Murphy, na, 1851, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's signatures on endpapers. Foxing to edges of pages. Front hinge cracked. Corners bumped and worn. Fraying at spine.

Record # 803324


Price: $22.00 

 

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland


O'Toole, Fintan

Hardcover. New York, Liveright, 1st US, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Some minor wear to dust jacket. Book is clean and unmarked inside. Tight copy.

Record # 2230415


Price: $25.00 

Holy War in Belfast: A History of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Boyd, Andrew
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Holy War in Belfast: A History of the Troubles in Northern Ireland


Boyd, Andrew

Softcover. New York, Grove Press, Inc., 2nd, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Softcover, with streaks of wear marks along cover and spine, fading and slight chipping to spine, scuffing to back cover and some foxing to text block. Water marking damage inside covers, but copy seems tight. Former owner's name inside front cover and remainder mark punched hole through cover.

Record # 2230817


Price: $31.00 

 

Ireland - A History


Kee, Robert

Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, black & white illust. 258 pages. Spine slightly cocked.

Record # 62579


Price: $15.00 

Rebels of Ireland, The : The Dublin Saga by: Rutherfurd, Edward
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Rebels of Ireland, The : The Dublin Saga by: Rutherfurd, Edward

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 2006-02-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 863 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, and slight soil to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462388
Price: $12.00 

Ireland a Terrible Beauty by: Uris, Jill
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Ireland a Terrible Beauty by: Uris, Jill

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Toronto , Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w and color photographs throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469396
Price: $12.00 

 

Ireland since the rising


Coogan, Timothy Patrick

Hardcover. Westport, Greenwood Press, Reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of title page. Book has strong damp odor. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612355


Price: $31.00 

Ireland in the 20th Century Coogan, Tim Pat
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Ireland in the 20th Century


Coogan, Tim Pat

Hardcover. New York , Palgrave Macmillan, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 862 pages with index. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 857152


Price: $19.00 

 

Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland


Fairbairn, James

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E Tuttle Inc, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 644 pages. 144 b&w plates. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857376


Price: $50.00 

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony
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No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

Hardcover. London, U.K., Grafton Books, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with some B&W photography. This book is a biography which presents the life and career of the Irish novelist O'Nolan, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days. It is rich in background, anecdote, and social history, informing the reader not only about O'Nolan, but also about the country of Ireland in which his lot was cast. Clean copy. Record # 34324
Price: $12.00 

 

Great Hunger, The - Ireland 1845-9


Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 3rd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust.

Record # 53640


Price: $15.00 

 

J. P. Donleavy's Ireland - In All Her Sins and In Some of Her Graces


Donleavy, J. P.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 223 pages. Previous owner's inscription on title-page otherwise VG/VG.

Record # 63008


Price: $20.00 

 

Painters of Ireland c. 1620-1920, The


Crookshank, Anne

Hardcover. United Kingdom, Barrie & Jenkins, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. Extensive color and b&w illustrations. Gilt titles on spine. Includes two appendices and bibliography. Small cut to middle of dust jacket repaired with tape, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466591


Price: $25.00 

 

Sir Walter Scott As a Judge: His Decisions in the Sheriff Court of Selkirk


Chisholm, K.C., John

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Ireland, W. Green & Son, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Wear to edges, lower edges bumped, spine lightly rubbed. Interior very good.

Record # 607666


Price: $25.00 

 

Reminiscences (2 Volume Set)


McCarthy, Justin

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages (Vol. 1), 424 pages (Vol. 2), hardcover. Two volumes of the reminiscences of Justin McCarthy, M.P. and advocate of home rule for Ireland. Illustrated frontispiece intact. Previous owner's inscription to title page. (Volume 1) Light bumping, edgewear, and light rubbing to both volumes, as well as light age toning to text blocks. Gilted top edges. Tight and clean copies.

Record # 951510


Price: $31.00 

 

Historian's History of the World : Vol. XXI - Scotland, Ireland, England Since 1792


Williams (Ed.), Henry Smith

Hardcover. New York , Outlook Co., 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 670 pages, light green cloth with dark green lettering on spine, top edge gilt, illustrated in b&w, color map in rear. Vol. 21 only of a 25 volume set. Very clean, tight copy.

Record # 406206


Price: $44.00 

 

history of Britain Volume Two, A


Schama, Simon

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 544 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photographs and maps throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Silver gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469233


Price: $15.00 

IRA, The: A History Coogan, Tim Pat
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IRA, The: A History


Coogan, Tim Pat

Softcover. Niwot CO , Roberts Rinehart Pub, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 526 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Some shelf wear to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469395


Price: $13.00 

 

Irish People, The: An Illustrated History


Neill, Kenneth

Hardcover. New York, NY, Mayflower Books Inc., First US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers, light foxing to right edge. Profusely illustrated with over 450 photographs and 8 pages in full color. Dust jacket in full color with light toning to edges & spots of foxing to inside, reverse side of dj. Light toning to pages and in very good condition, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670005


Price: $15.00 

Callahan's Irish Quarterly: Number 2 (Spring 1982) by: Editor: Callahan, Bob
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Callahan's Irish Quarterly: Number 2 (Spring 1982) by: Editor: Callahan, Bob

Softcover. Berkeley, CA, Callahan's Irish Quarterly, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages, soft cover. Covers have some edge wear, with one short open tear on the bottom edge of the rear cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This vintage magazine contains content on Minstrel shows, comics, short stories, news, and an article on the IRA. Clean copy. Record # 34241
Price: $30.00