Search Results: Ireland from Parker's Rare Books

London: B. T. Batsford, 1956. First Edition. hb. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 271 pp. Fading to top and bottom of spine, owners name ffep. Dust jacket edge worn, considerable chipping, several tears. Not price clipped. Illustrated. Book condition Good+ in Fair DJ.

Boston: Pilot Publishing Company, 1890. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. gilt sword on front cover, 8vo, xviii, 358, 20 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor wear top and bottom of spine, backstrip somewhat faded, corners bumped. Book condition VG.

NP, ND. HB. Gray cloth, gilt lettering and stamping on front cover and spine, small 8vo, pages 243-347 plus 20 pages reviews for some of O'Reilly's works bound ar rear, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Excerpt from "Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sports". Rebound by Legatoria Pacchiotti of Torino. Describes O'Reilly's canoeing trips on the Connecticut, the Susquehanna, and down the Delaware Rivers. Book condition VG.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1870. HB. Brown blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, small 8vo., 125 pp. + 12 pp. ads at rear. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers clean, corners moderately bumped, wear, with 1/2" loss to backstrip. Second edition, reprinted from "Principles of Political Economy". Book condition VG-.

Boston: James F. Cotter & Co., Printers, [1876]. HB. Green blindstamped, pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 12 mo., 142 pp. Presentation copy from Thomas J. Gargan, a member of the committee that revised the constitution, signed by him on the front paste-down. Presented to Walter Adams, with his bookplate on front paste-down. Frontis illustration with tissue guard plus other illustrations within text. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very light edge wear. Book condition VG+.

Dublin: James Duffy, 1866. HB. A New Edition, with Introduction and Notes, by Michael Banim". Half leather over green marbled boards, gilt lettering and elaborate designs on spine with 5 raised bands, 12 mo, viii, 444 pp. Marbled endpapers, TEG. Clean, unmarked book but for a small number written on the ffep, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear. Uncommon novel of the Irish peasantry, originally published in 1830. Book condition VG. A handsome copy.

Pall Mall: J. J. Stockdale, 1818. Ninth Edition. HB. Half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering and harp designs on spine, four raised bands, 8vo, 228 pp. Marbled end papers. Frontis portrait of Brian Borhoime, King of Ireland. Minor foxing to text, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show edge and shelf wear, joints cracking, corners worn through to boards. Book condition VG-.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. 13th Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 355 pp. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers show some edge wear, TEG. Book condition VG-.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1962. First American Edition. HB. Green cloth, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 207 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Minor edge wear to covers, top edge of text block somewhat soiled, in slightly soiled, chipped dust jacket, not price clipped ($3.50). Scuffing where sticker was removed on top front of dust jacket. First American edition, published in the same year as English edition. On rear flap of dust jacket, the publisher has stated that the author's books are banned in Ireland. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

New York: J. A. McGee, 1873. First Edition. HB. Green beveled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, brown end papers, 12 mo., 330 pp. Brown endpapers. Frontis portrait of Gerald Griffin. Selections from the writings of Griffin, Samuel Lover, William Carleton and Charles Lever. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light rubbing at front joint. Book condition VG. Uncommon title.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1918. First American Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., xii, 391pp. Frontis photograph of The Four Courts, Dublin. 24 other full-page plates throughout text. Soiling to endpapers, no marks in text but there is minor foxing. Rear hinge cracked but binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear, spine lettering rubbed. Book condition VG-.

Dublin: Published at the Offices, 1900. First Edition. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo., 235 pp, fold-out map of Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, 27pp appendix. Some shelf wear to covers, small red mark front cover, pp7-8 torn with approximately 50% missing (text supplied in fascimile). Profusely illustrated with full-page photos. Book condition Good+ (Because of torn page).

London: Printed for J. White, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1801. HB. Volume I (No more published), first English edition, translated by John Macaulay, from the French edition published in 1785. xlvii, 414 pp.,1 leaf ads at rear, 8vo, full brown leather, gilt lettering on red border and gilt designs on spine. With presentation on ffep "The Rev. D. Kearney Provost of Trin. Coll. Dublin, with the best Respects of the Translator". Covers show some scuffing and edge wear, front joint starting to crack, binding solid. Owner's bookplate front paste-down, no marks in book. Book condition VG-.

Boston: The Pilot Publishing Co, 1886. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 97, 6, 20 pp., TEG. Poetry by the Irish rebel who was transported to Australia, and dramatically escaped to America. No marks in book, binding tight. Rear endpaper creased. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG. Later printing, without the frontis portrait of the author.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 148 pp plus 6 pages publisher's ads at rear. Published, October 1916 stated on copyright page. No marks in book, pages clean and binding tight. Covers are clean with gilt bright. History of the Irish Easter Rebellion in April, 1916, by the noted author Stephens, an eyewitness and personal friend of Thomas MacDonagh, one of the leaders who was executed by the British afterwards. Book condition VG.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1939. Stated First Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 16 mo., 226pp., map endpaper. Frontis illustration plus others in text. Part of the Fifty Dollar Series. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Light soiling top edge of text block. Book condition VG+.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1918. 2nd Printing, Revised. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 410 pp. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG.

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier , 1901. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 552 pp + index. Illustrated. With a supplementary chapter of recent events by John Habberton. No marks in book, binding tight. Slight wear top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG-.

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888. HB. Green cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 132 pp. + 4 pages ads at rear. X-Library (Convent), with stamp on front paste-down and title page, number on spine, no ther markings in book. No marks in text, binding tight. Covers show minor soiling, edge wear top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG-. Uncommon title by this Irish nationalist novelist and historian.

Chicago: Joyce and Smith, 1936. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 220 pp. Ffep missing, edges of text block soiled, several small white spots on front cover. No marks in book, binding solid. Book condition VG-.