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THE LAST SECRETARY GENERAL: SEAN LESTER AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Written by Douglas Gageby.
Stock no. 1818673
Published by Town House. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Based on Sean Lester's diaries, telling for the first time the story of a unique Irishman, who came to hold the highest office in the League of Nations. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860591086. Foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of minor grubby marks.

AVOCA: A HISTORY OF THE VALE
Written by P. Dempsey.
Stock no. 1818563
Published by Browne and Nolan Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A small village in Ireland. Small format. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos. 71 pages plus adverts to rear. A few marks to boards. Endpapers browned and foxing throughout.

BARONET IN AN EARTH LODGE
Written by Barry C. Johnson.
Stock no. 1815727
Published by The English Westerners' Society. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

The Life of Sir St. George Gore and his "Singular Adventures" in the Great West. English Westerners' Special Publication 8B. Brown pictorial cardwraps, b/w illustrations. 96 pages.

THE HEN HARRIER - IN THE SHADOW OF SLEMISH
Written by Don Scott.
Stock no. 1815134
Published by Whittles Publishing. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The untold story of the hen harriers' struggle for survival in their former stronghold, the Glens of Antrim, N. Ireland. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. xix and 159 pages. ISBN: 9781904445937. Bowing to contents.

NEW ATLAS OF THE BRITISH & IRISH FLORA
Written by C.D. Preston; D.A. Pearman; T.D. Dines.
Stock no. 1609627
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Distribution maps and accompanying text for 2412 flowering plants in Great Britain and Ireland. All the native species and all the commoner hybrids and ointroduced species are covered together with a wide range of subspecies. Large format. 910 pages. ISBN: 0198510675. A little wear to cloth at corners. Acetate overlay is present. CD-Rom present in sleeve at rear (NOT TESTED). Light stain affecting edge of last few pages. Contents otherwise are generally clean and bright. Acetate overlay is present. Wrapper is edge creased, with a small tear, and creased across the lower part of the rear panel.

THROUGH IRISH EYES
Written by Malachy McCourt.
Stock no. 1609033
Published by The O'Brien Press Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A visual companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland. B/w photos. ISBN: 086278591X.

IRISH PASSENGER STEAMSHIP SERVICES VOLUME 2 SOUTH OF IRELAND
Written by D.B. McNeill.
Stock no. 1607888
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0715352482. Some fading to spine. Wrapper is faded to spine and grubby to rear panel, with creasing and small edge tear.

CENSUS CATALOGUE OF THE FLORA OF IRELAND
Written by Mary J.P. Scannell; Donal M. Synnott.
Stock no. 1606794
Published by National Botanic Gardens. 2nd 1987. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Large folding map to rear. 2nd edition. Text in English and Irish.

IRISH PASSENGER STEAMSHIP SERVICES VOLUME 1 NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by D.B. McNeill.
Stock no. 2115722
Published by Augustus M. Kelley. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. American edition. A few marks to covers. Small indentation mark to rear cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks; scuff/dent to rear panel.

A FLORA OF THE NORTH-EAST OF IRELAND
Written by Samuel Alexander Stewart; Thomas Hughes Corry; Robert Lloyd Praeger; William Rutledge Megaw.
Stock no. 1809283
Published by Quota Press, Belfast. 2nd 1938. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Flowering Plants, Vascular Cryptogams and Charophytes by Praeger; Mosses and Liverworts by Megaw. lix and 472 pages including index. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block else contents clean.

THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY VOLUME 24 (1945-48)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1605208
Published by Royal Dublin Society. c. 1948. Very good condition.

New Series. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. iv and 358 pages including index. Spine bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown and title page. Note in ink to front endpaper explains that jump in pagination from p.229 to 291 is due to a printers' error.

THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY VOLUME 23 (1942-44)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1605205
Published by Royal Dublin Society. 1944. Very good condition.

New Series. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. iv and 483 pages including index. Grubby finger prints to boards. Joints strengthened with book tape. Contents generally clean and bright. Rear hinge pulled but binding tight.