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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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BARRINGTON, Daines. & BEAUFOY, Colonel. The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted BARRINGTON, Daines. & BEAUFOY, Colonel. The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition, with an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on a North West Passage. Folding map as frontispiece. London: Printed for Charles Wood for T. and J. Allman, 1818. Medium octavo. pp. xxiv, [1], 258, [4 (Advertisements)]. With […] €475.00 |
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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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CROKER, Thomas Crofton. A Walk from London to Fulham. CROKER, Thomas Crofton. A Walk from London to Fulham. By the late Thomas Crofton Croker. Revised and edited by his son, T.F. Dillon Croker. With additional illustrations by F.W. Fairholt. 141 London: William Tegg, 1860. pp. xx, [1], 22-256. Contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised […] €475.00 |
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CROWE, E.E. To-Day in Ireland. [CROWE, E.E.] To-Day in Ireland. Three volumes. London: Printed for Charles Knight, 1825. First edition. pp. (1) [ii], 291, (2) [ii], 319, (3) [ii], 305. Bound in contemporary half calf on marbled boards, title and volume number in gilt on double maroon morocco labels on elaborate gilt decorated spine. With the armorial bookplates of Richard […] €575.00 |
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FELTHAM John: A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places FELTHAM John. A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places; with a Description of the Lakes; and Itineraries. Illustrated with Maps and Views. A new and improved edition. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, n.d. [1812]. pp. iv, 528, [8 (publisher’s list)], [58 (plates, maps and table)]. Contemporary half calf over marbled […] €150.00 |
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FERRAR, John. A Tour from Dublin to London, in 1795 FERRAR, John. A Tour from Dublin to London, in 1795, through the Isle of Anglesea, Bangor, Conway, Llangollen, Shrewsbury, Stratford on Avon, Blenheim, Oxford, Windsor, Hampton Court, Twickenham and Kensington. Dublin: 1796. pp. iv, 136, 2 (plates). Modern full antique style calf, title in gilt on black morocco label on gilt decorated spine. A very […] €475.00 |
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FISHER, Jonathan. A Picturesque Tour of Killarney. FISHER, Jonathan. A Picturesque Tour of Killarney: describing, in twenty views, the most pleasing scenes of that celebrated lake, accompanied by some general observations and necessary instructions for the use of those who may visit it; together with a map of the lake and its environs, engraved in aquatinta by Jonathan Fisher, and inscribed to […] €2,500.00 |
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FRENCH, Henry W. Our Boys in Ireland FRENCH, Henry W. Our Boys in Ireland. Illustrated. New York: Worthington, 1891. Royal octavo. pp. x, 331. Pictorial cloth, title in gilt on spine. Light wear to extremities. A very good copy. Henry Willard French, American author of fiction for juveniles and newspaper correspondent was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut. The story opens in Boston […] €235.00 |
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GEHRIG, Johann Martin. Gott ist die Reinste Liebe WITH FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING – EARLY FINE VIEW OF HOBART WITH FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING – EARLY FINE VIEW OF HOBART GEHRIG, Johann Martin. Gott ist die Reinste Liebe. Wursburg: 1825. 12mo. pp. 236, [4]. With half-title, frontispiece and one plate. Contemporary full green morocco, covers framed by a single gilt fillet and gilt draped curtain border. Flat spine divided into six panels, title in gilt […] €3,250.00 |
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GREENDRAKE, Gregory [H. B. Code] The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq. in the Counties of Wicklow, Meath, Westmeath, Longford, and Cavan, with additions, by Geoffrey Greydrake, Esq. Dedicated to ‘all honest brothers of the angle’. Engraved frontispiece of fishermen on Lough Dan and map of Lough Gowna. Fourth edition. Dublin: Grant & Bolton, and London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1832. Crown octavo. pp. [iv], vi, 313, + erratum. Later brown half calf on rust red pebble grain cloth. Spine divided into six […] €585.00 |
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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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HI-REGAN How and Where to Fish in Ireland. [HI-REGAN] How and Where to Fish in Ireland. A hand-guide for anglers. With illustrations and folding coloured map of Ireland. London: Sampson, 1892. Crown octavo. Fifth edition. pp. viii, 175. Publisher’s green, white and orange cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Stamp of Foyle’s Booksellers on front pastedown. A very good copy. […] €95.00 |
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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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HUNTER, Robert: The Racing Calendar for the Year 1864 BOUND BY GALWEY FOR THE EARL OF HOWTH IN FINE BINDING WITH FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE CURRAGH Dublin: Printed for the Proprietor by Robert Carrick, and Sold at the Publisher’s Office, No. 2, Margaret Place (Mountjoy Square), 1864. 12mo. pp. lxxi, [1], 374. Bound by Galwey Binder, Dublin (name in gilt on upper turn-in) in […] €1,250.00 |
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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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O’MADDEN, Patrick L. Cruach Phádraic St. Patrick’s Holy Mountain O’MADDEN, Patrick L. Cruach Phádraic St. Patrick’s Holy Mountain. Illustrated. 143 Dublin: Printed for the Author at the Sign of the Three Candles in Fleet Street, [1929]. First and only edition. 185 x 125mm., pp. 48. Pictorial wrappers. Covers a little dusty and edges frayed as usual. A very good copy. “”From Aghagower Patrick went […] €30.00 |
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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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RAWSON, Thomas James, Esq. Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare RAWSON, Thomas James, Esq. Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare, with Observations on the Means of Improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and by direction of The Dublin Society. With large folding map of the county, folding table, single-page map, and other plates. By T.J. Rawson. Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell for the Dublin […] €675.00 |
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RITCHIE, Leitch. Ireland Picturesque and Romantic. A Superb Set in Fine Bindings Heath’s Picturesque Annuals RITCHIE, Leitch. Ireland Picturesque and Romantic. With twenty hand-coloured engravings and engraved half title from drawings by D. McClise and T. Creswick. Two volumes. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, et al. First edition, 1837/1838. Large octavo. pp. (1) vi, [2], 264, 20 (2) vi, [2], 264, 19. […] €1,250.00 |
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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 Land of Lakes: Sporting and Touring Grounds of County Donegal. SHRUBSOLE, Edgar S. The Land of Lakes: Being the Midland Railway Company’s Illustrated Guide to the Sporting and Touring Grounds of County Donegal. With six large folding maps. London: William Cate, 1906. pp. vii, 170, lv (adverts). Green pictorial cloth, title in gilt and black on upper cover and along spine. Signature of Fred. Dixon […] €275.00 |
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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. […] €1,250.00 |
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TRAVELLERS NEW GUIDE. The Traveller’s New Guide Through Ireland. [TRAVELLERS NEW GUIDE] The Traveller’s New Guide Through Ireland. Containing, A New and Accurate Description of the Roads, with Particulars of all the different Towns – Villages – Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Seats – Churches – Monastic Buildings – Antiquities and Natural Curiosities:- Also, The Present State of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce; With a Complete List […] €475.00 |
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WELD, Isaac. Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country WELD, Isaac. Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country. With frontispiece, map, engraved title, one engraved folding plate and eighteen full page engravings. 142 A FINE COPY London: Longman, Hurst, 1812. Second edition. Royal octavo. pp. vii, [1], 293, [1], 18 (plates), 2 (maps). Modern quarter calf on marbled boards, title in […] €275.00 |
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YOUNG, Arthur. A Tour in Ireland. YOUNG, Arthur. A Tour in Ireland; with General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom: made in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778. And brought down to the end of 1779. 139 London: Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; and J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1780. Quarto. pp. [3], ii-xi, [1], [7 (list of subscribers)], 384, 168, […] €750.00 |
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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 |
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