Interestig and quite detailed Guide to St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. 47pp, photo illustrated, local advertising. Light blue covers with black ink printing. Very clean internally, unmarked. Sound stapled binding. Coivers are also clean and unmarked. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail, or USPS within North America. From $3.50 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations! View More...
A pioneering study which aims to increase understanding and appreciation for the landscape as an important element of Irish national heritage, and to provide a much needed basis for an understanding of landscape conservation and planning. '"Chosen as one of the Times Literary Supplement's (1997) International Books of the Year" 'Lavish in form and erudite in content'. 352 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm. An 'as new' copy except for a little wear to gthe foot of the dustjacket o n the front panel - minor creasing. An extremely heavy book which will require additional postage to that quoted by ABE. Un... View More...
Trinity College Dublin of the 1960s was an unusual, even unique institution, where students from Ireland, England and farther afield came together at a fascinating time in post-war Europe. TCD then was a small, mainly Protestant university, founded in 1592 curiously cut off from but also a part of an old Catholic city with her 'seedy elegance... 387pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. Almost 'as new' condition. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Pos... View More...
A complete guide to tracing your English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish ancestors. xiv, 304 p. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean interior. Owner's details to top margin of the ffep, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows minor wear to the extremities of the dustjacket. Weight, 611g. View More...
A guide for visitors to Ireland to assist them in exploring their family origins in Ireland. 32pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, almost 'as new'. Weight, 60g. View More...
A gripping chronicle of the ferocious twenty-year struggle between the English monarch Elizabeth I and the feudal lords of Ireland. xv, 316 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. Bright, clean copy, about 'as new'. Similar dustjacket professionally laminated. Weight, 668g. View More...
Antique, Real Photo Postcard of the Main Street in Limavady, a market town in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Shows a large number of people and a horse/cart on the unpaved main street. Sharp clear image. Undated, c1910, certainly pre-WWI. Unused and unmarked. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail View More...
Foreword by the Right Hon. T.P. O'Connor. 2nd printing, 12mo, 5"x7.5", xxi, 104pp, 8pp book catalog, photo illustrated. Hardcover in black cloth with gilt titles on spine, without dustjacket. Tight and clean, VG. Weight, 362g. View More...
Selection from the old legends of Ireland. Illustrated by Louis le Brocquy. First edition, first printing. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked, inside and outside. Tight. square binding, sound hinges. No appreciable wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket, in brodart, shows som3e edge wear and light soiling. Weight, 510g. View More...
Biography of Maud Gonne [1866-1953], English-born, Irish Revolutionary and passionate lover of Ireland. 468 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean copy with a still-fresh interior. Tiny name/date to the ffep otherwise unmarked. Nearly similar, uncliupped dustjacket, shows slight wear to some edges. Weight, 785g. View More...
Engraving of the great Irish patriot and political leader, Daniel O'Connell [1775-1847]. Taken from the 'Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women with Biographies, by E. A. Duyckinck, New York, 1874'. Mint copy, with biography. Black & White. No foxing, generous margins. Weight, 30g. View More...
First published in 1964, a commanding narrative of the 1916, 'Easter Rebellion' in Ireland. 313pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fesh, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding with no creasing to the spine. About 'as new'. Weight, 648g. View More...
History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland written for a North American audience. 300pp. Very bright, clean interior, unmarked. Endpapers showing lght, even foxing. Binding is very tight and square. Blue cloth shows virtually no wear, just a trace at the tips of corners, and very slight soiling to cloth. Gilt titles etc, to spine, are very bright and without fading, as is the decoration in gilt at the centre of the front board. Scarce. Weight, 400g. View More...
Lifeboatmen, fishermen and their families are interviewed to present a complex portrait of communities dependent on the sea. True accounts of Lifeboat rescues by the men of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) aound the coasts of Britain and Ireland. x, 198 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm. Signed by the author on the title page. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 467g. View More...
A Celebration of the Irish in America with contributions from Irish-American writers, historians & personalities. 1st ed, 4to, 272pp, profusely photo illustrated. Hardcover in half black cloth with dustjacket. Beautiful fresh copy, as new, Fine/Fine. Heavy book weighing 1.522kg. View More...
A Celebration of the Irish in America with contributions from Irish-American writers, historians & personalities. 1st ed, 4to, 272pp, profusely photo illustrated. Hardcover in half black cloth with dustjacket. Beautiful fresh copy, as new, Fine/Fine. Very heavy, oversized book, 3lb 5oz. View More...
An account of Irish immigrants who eventually settled in the Mt Lehman area, near Abbotsford, B. C. 94 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 29 cm. Clean, unmarked interior, bright white pages. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Pictorial front board. View More...
A study of the Catholic Irish peasantry. The author states - 'My Irish Year, is representative of a great part of Ireland. The life described may stand for the life of the Catholic Peasantry who are merely the bulk of the Irish Population; they are, roughly speaking, the historic Irish Nation'. xiii, 286pp, 15 illustrations, [30pp] publisher's catalogue at rear. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to both front and spine. 'MB' Monogram blind stamped to front cover, lower fore-corner. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages very slightly and evenly browned. All illustrations present. Tight, square bind... View More...
Charting Ireland's progression from a poor society on the periphery of Europe, dominated by the conflicts of competing warlords, to a centralized political unit with a rapidly developing market economy, Contested Island is the story of the people who became the modern Irish. x, 426pp, maps ; 24 cm. A volume in the series, 'Oxford history of early modern Europe'. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages white and fresh. Binding is tight and square, no spine creasing. Wrappers are also bright and clean with some slight wear to the corner tips. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United... View More...
