Search Results: History -- Ireland from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

James Duffy, Dublin, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor/No Dust Jacket. VIII, 416pp., preface by author. Pink cloth boards with gilt decoration on the front and back panel and gilt writing on the spine. Yellow coloured endpapers. The boards are very rubbed, heavily stained and faded. Bumping, with fraying, to the head and to the heel of the spine. Heavy bumping into the corners of the book and the cloth is frayed and underlying board is visible. The gilt on the spine has almost faded completely and the book in its previous life has had gilt all-round the edges which has now faded. Previous owner's name on the free front endpaper and also on the verso of the title page. Marks to the endpapers along with slight browning. Both the front and back hinges have split and underlying webbing of the book can be seen. Heavy foxing and browning to the pages. Basically the book is very much showing its age. Cardinal Wisemans' book on his journey to Ireland in the… Read More

Colm o Lochlainn, Dublin, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 128 pages, with eight illustrations within the text being full-page, and cover illustration by Margaret O'Keeffe. Minor handling marks. Sewn binding. The eight essays which make up this work, were broadcast by radio and Eireann between 14 February and 4 April 1955, as a series of Thomas Davis lectures. They do not attempt to provide a comprehensive survey of this Kylie complex era. Instead, by selecting some interesting and significant aspects of the period, they make it possible for the reader to approach it from several very different angles, and so gain at least a general impression of the vigour and variety of social life in Ireland at this time." -- page 11 Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; History -- Ireland;… Read More