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FOUR YEARS IN GREAT BRITAIN 1831-1835 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Calvin Colton.
Stock no. 2135878
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1835. Good condition.

Brown blind decorated cloth with gilt titles to spines. An American's impressions of Great Britain in Victorian times. Volume 1 is probably nearer very good - Bumping and a bit of chipping to corners, some browning and foxing; binding is nice and tight. Volume 2 - is chipped with splits to edges; tear in cloth on rear, but top cloth still present; damp stained; half of title page is MISSING - some heavy foxing and damp marking throughout. Please note, this appears to be a MIXED set with slightly different cloths - possibly bought at different times.

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TALES, TRADITIONS AND FOLKLORE OF IRELAND'S TREES
Written by Ben Simon.
Stock no. 2135316
Published by The Forest Of Belfast. 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black boards with silver titles. B/w and colour illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780955158353. Some bumping/knocks to spine and corners. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and has remains of two sticky labels to rear panel.

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THE CAVAN & LEITRIM RAILWAY
Written by Patrick Flanagan.
Stock no. 2135210
Published by Pan Books Ltd. 1972. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Originally published in 1966 by David & Charles. This is an unabridged edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0330029428. Spine has some vertical creasing and fading. Page browning.

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SHAMROCK AND SPEAR TALES AND LEGENDS FROM IRELAND
Written by F.M. Pilkington. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 2132483
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covered boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A few knocks to cover edges. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing.

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A BOOK OF IRELAND
Written by Frank O'Connor.
Stock no. 2132475
Published by Collins. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. Small format. 52 b/w photos. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; some foxing.

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THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Peter Somerville-Large.
Stock no. 1818676
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd.. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Social History. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour photos. ISBN: 1856192377. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at front spine edge.

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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.

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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.

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WAR BY THE IRISH
Written by John McCann.
Stock no. 1818562
Published by The Kerryman. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Bringing to life many stirring incidents in Ireland's Fight for Independence during the years following the lighting of the Easter Fires of 1916. Black cloth spine with blue title. Blue paper boards. B/w photos. Front board completely faded, rear board faded at top. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. A few marks to endpapers and browning to text block.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BURREN
Written by Gordon D'Arcy; John Hayward.
Stock no. 1818236
Published by Immel. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The limestone Karst landscape of the Burren, (Ireland), its Clints and Grykes, home to an enormous variety of plants and animals. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1898162514. Spine lightly faded.

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THE FASCINATION OF IRELAND
Written by L. Edna Walter.
Stock no. 2125948
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1913. Very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with gilt titles. B/w photographs by the author. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. B/w frontis has 1" closed margin tear.

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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.

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