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AN OXONIAN [S. Reynolds Hole] A Little Tour in Ireland. AN OXONIAN [S. Reynolds Hole] A Little Tour in Ireland. Being a Visit to Dublin, Galway, Connamara, Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengarriff, Cork, etc. Illustrated with large coloured frontispiece and numerous other illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury, n.d. Small quarto. pp. vi, 203. Maroon decorated cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and on spine. […] €175.00 |
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Baker, C.A. Souvenir of Ninety-Four (Australian and Malayan). Gift Battle-Planes which helped us to Victory, August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918 London: The Field Press, 1920. 4to. pp. [x], 148. Limited edition printed for private circulation only. The titlepage drawn and illuminated by Fred Leist. Signed and inscribed by the author. Original full vellum, title in gilt on upper cover and spine, […] €675.00 |
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CARR, John Esq. The Stranger in Ireland. CARR, John Esq. The Stranger in Ireland A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the year 1805. With 16 folding hand-coloured aquatints and engraved map of the Lakes of Killarney. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 6, Bridge-Street, 1806. Quarto. pp. xv, [2], 530, 16 (plates). Contemporary full tree calf. Flat spine […] €2,350.00 |
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COULTER, Henry. The West of Ireland: its Existing Condition, and Prospects. Illustrated with thirty-four lithographic plates (some coloured) and one folding map. Dublin: Hodges & Smith, 1862. pp. xii, 372, 20 (adverts). Pebbled green cloth, title in gilt on spine, Hibernia and Britannia in gilt on upper cover and in blind on lower. Previous owner’s signature on half title. Recased. A very good copy. Scarce. This […] €475.00 |
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GWYNN, Stephen. A Holiday in Connemara GWYNN, Stephen. A Holiday in Connemara. With sixteen illustrations. London, Methuen, 1909. pp. vii, 320, 40 (Methuen catalogue). Fine and Scarce. L4BC3 €185.00 |
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HOUSTON, Mrs. Twenty Years in The Wild West. Twenty Years in The Wild West; or, Life in Connaught. London: John Murray, 1879. pp. xii, 288, 32 (publisher’s list). Pictorial cloth. Signature of Isaac Latimer, dated Feb. 1880 on half title. A fine copy. Rare. No copy located on COPAC or WorldCat. An Englishwoman’s recollections of her twenty-two years of residence at Delphi, near […] €875.00 |
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KNOTT, Mary John. Two Months at Kilkee. Two Months at Kilkee, a Watering Place in the County Clare, near the mouth of the Shannon, with an Account of a Voyage down that river from Limerick to Kilrush, and Sketches of objects of interest in the neighbourhood, which will serve as a guide to the coast scenery. Added engraved titlepage, folding map, and […] €285.00 |
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MILL, Hugh Robert: The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton MILL, Hugh Robert. The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Illustrated. London: William Heinemann, 1923. Demy octavo. pp. xv, 312. Black cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and on spine. Light foxing to prelims. A very good copy. Scarce. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), explorer, was born in Kilkea, County Kildare. After private education in […] €125.00 |
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PEACHAM, Henry. Coach and Sedan (Limited edition of 625 copies of which this is No.328) PEACHAM, Henry. Coach and Sedan. Reprinted from the Edition of 1636. The Haslewood Books. London: by Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh MacDonald at 1a Kensington Place W.8., 1925. Royal octavo. pp. [60]. Limited edition of 625 copies of which this is No.328. Bound in naive full morocco binding with coloured onlays of red, yellow, […] €385.00 |
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RONEY, Sir P. Cusack. How to Spend a Month in Ireland. RONEY, Sir P. Cusack. How to Spend a Month in Ireland. Illustrated. Third edition, with a large folding map of Ireland. London & Dublin: W.H. Smith, and at all Booksellers and Railway Stations, 1866. pp. vii, 180, [24 (advertisements)]. Printed green wrappers. A very good copy. Scarce. The author in his introduction encourages his English […] €375.00 |
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The Omagh Almanac and County Tyrone Directory for 1888. [OMAGH ALMANAC] The Omagh Almanac and County Tyrone Directory for 1888. Illustrated. Omagh: The Constitution Office, High Street, 1888. pp. 162, plus adverts (unnumbered). Original printed wrappers, repair to spine. A little frayed. Exceedingly rare. €375.00 |
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The Post Chaise Companion: or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland. [LEWIS, R.] The Post Chaise Companion: or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland. Containing a new and accurate Description of the Direct and principal Cross Roads, with particulars of the Noblemen & Gentlemen’s Seats, Cities, Towns, Parks, Natural Curiosities, Antiquities, Castles, Ruins, Manufactures, Locks, Glens, Harbours, &c. &c. Forming an Historical & Descriptive Account of the Kingdom. […] €475.00 |
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YOUNG, Arthur. Travels during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789, undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France YOUNG, Arthur. Travels during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789, undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France. To which is added, the Register of a tour into Spain. With three folding maps, one coloured. Dublin: Printed for Messers. R. Cross P. Wogan […] €475.00 |