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THE RIDDLE OF ERSKINE CHILDERS
Written by Andrew Boyle.
Stock no. 1829818
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Erskine Childers was the author of the novel The Riddle of the Sands. He was a product of Haileybury and Cambridge, became a Clerk to the House of Commons, fought in the Boer War, joined the navy as a lieutenant in the Volunteer Reserve in 1914 and was awarded the DSC in the Royal Naval Air Service. How did it come about that this typical product of the English upper class was condemned to death by the newly formed Irish Governement, not as an agent of the English but as a republican rebel, a member of the outlawed IRA? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0091284902. Lower edge of rear board knocked. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Name in red ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, lightly scuffed to rear panel, minor closed tear to top front edge.

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OUR HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829650
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mons to the Somme August 1914 - July 1916. This book contains photographs with biographical notes of Officers of Irish Regiments and of Irish Officers of British Regiments who have fallen in action, or who have been mentioned for distinguished conduct from August 1914 to July 1916. Originally published in 1916. This is a facsimile, undated. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 243 pages. ISBN: 0948130113. A few scuff marks to boards. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Previous owner's address label to fly leaf. Else contents clean.

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EOIN O'DUFFY: A SELF-MADE HERO
Written by Fearghal McGarry.
Stock no. 1829599
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Eoin O'Duffy who was an Irish revolutionary, soldier, police commissioner and politician. He was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 442 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199276554. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards bumped, lower rear edge has a small knock. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is scuffed and is rubbed at corners.

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THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS OF IRELAND
Written by H. Fayle.
Stock no. 1829457
Published by Greenlake Publications. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of all the 19 separate systems which have been built and operated in Ireland, including that oddity, the Listowel and Ballybunion monorail system. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Folding gradient profiles to rear of book and loosely inserted crests and seals. 204 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners of boards lightly worn. Text block ligthly browned with minor foxing. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little grubby and worn, closed tears and creases repaired to verso with white paper glued down.

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
Written by W.B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon. Illustrated by Linda Farquharson.
Stock no. 1829094
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited, with an introduction by Yeats. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. Black, red & silver pictorial boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxvi and 336 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).

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THE WEST CLARE RAILWAY
Written by Patrick Taylor.
Stock no. 1829066
Published by Plateway Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The West Clare Railway was one of a network of 3ft gauge lines which mushroomed across rural Ireland in the wake of the 1883 Tramways Act. This is a definitive history of the Railway, giving its entire story from the first parliamentary proposals of 1845, to the controversial closure in 1961. Large format. Olive green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 187198016X. Narrow band of fading to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial green dustwrapper is also faded along the lower edge, lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson. Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.

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THE BOTANIST IN IRELAND
Written by Robert Lloyd Praeger.
Stock no. 1828933
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1934, this is a re-issue. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 0854099557. Reprint. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Light browning and grubby marks to endpapers. Some underlining and marking of references in orange pen. Price-cut dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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FLORA OF CONNEMARA AND THE BURREN
Written by D.A. Webb; Mary J.P. Scannell.
Stock no. 1828885
Published by Royal Dublin Society; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Connemara and the Burren are two adjacent but strongly contrasted regions of the west of Ireland which have long been famous among botanists for their wealth of rare and interesting plants. Designed to be used in conjunction with a systematic Flora, but contains many hints on identification which will be appreciated by the less experienced botanist. Olive green cloth boards, navy title block with gilt title to spine. A few b/w and colour photos. xlv and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 052123395X. Base of spine shelf-worn, light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapperis faded to spine with some fading to rear panel, wear to top of spine.

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RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by Alan Gailey.
Stock no. 1828444
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study of Irish traditional houses to set the field evidence in the context of historical documentation over a major part of Ireland. Discusses constructional and typological aspects as well as exploration of the social-historical background and semiotic interpretations. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0859760987. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on the history of architecture. Includes letter for permission to review from the Ancient Monuments Society and handwritten two sided review sheet. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Small patch of slight discolouration to front board. A little foxing to text block. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little creased and lightly scuffed.

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THE ISLAND OF HORSES
Written by Eilis Dillon.
Stock no. 1328007
Published by Paperview Uk Ltd. 1st thus 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Great Children's Books series no. 18 (Irish Independent). Blue boards, black title to spine. 155 pages.

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