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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. 1829037
Published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. 1st IRELAND 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1924 edition. 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. 16 in full colour plates. Dusky pink cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 318 pages. Top edge maroon. ISBN: 0717109526. Lower edges of boards rubbed. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, remains of 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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IRISH MEGALITHIC TOMBS
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1828270
Published by Shire Publications. 2nd 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Shire Archaeology Book. Second Edition. A concise and easily accessibly summary of archaeological research on meglithic monuments. White cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747805989. A lovely copy.

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THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND VOLUME 7 PART I
Written by A. Maitland Emmet; John Heath. Illustrated by Richard Lewington; Timothy Freed.
Stock no. 1828184
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. A comprehensive illustrated handbook to fascinate the naturalist and butterfly lover. Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae The Butterflies. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 370 pages. ISBN: 0946589259. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper (of well-known naturalist Brian R. Sawford). Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased.

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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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