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DONAHOE'S MAGAZINE. A Monthly, Composed Of Tales, The Drama, Biography, Episodes In Irish And American History, Poetry, Music, Miscellany, Etc. Vol. I. January To July, 1879-[Vol. VI No. 5 November 1881].
Boston: T.B.Noonan And Company, 1879-81..
6 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 576; 576; iv, [129]-620, [2]; iv, 576; 96, viii, [97]-488; [489]-584, [2], [199]-484. Vols. II-VI without separate titles. Vol. II without pp. 1-128 & Vol. VI without pp. 1-198. text in double columns. text illus. (some full-page). contemporary half roan (not quite uniform, rubbed).
$923 USD Book Number: INADONAH4 Order / Enquire
IRISH WIT AND HUMOR. Anecdote Biography Of Swift, Curran, O'Leary And O'Connell. Twenty-Fifth Thousand.
New York & Boston: D.O'Loughlin, Irish National Publishing House, [c1877]..
16mo. pp. viii, [9]-239. original black & gilt-stamped cloth.
$103 USD Book Number: IISIRISH3 Order / Enquire
The Irish Magazine, Or Monthly Asylum For Neglected Biography [Drop Title].
[Dublin]: January-December 1815..
8vo. pp. 574. lacking some text at end of last issue. 9 (of 10) engraved or etched plates. text in double columns. disbound (6 plates slightly shaved at outer margin, some foxing).
$256 USD Book Number: ABE-142266 Order / Enquire
THE TREASURY Of Irish Eloquence, Being A Compendium Of Irish Oratory and Literature Compiled With Annotations From Thomas Davis, Dr. McNevin, Dr. Madden, And Others. Embracing The Most Brilliant And Stirring Speeches Of Edmund Burke, Henry Grattan.Richa
New York: Murphy & McCarthy, [1887]..
8vo. pp. xii, 910. with half-title. 12 portraits. original cloth (bit spotted & extremities trifle frayed).
$205 USD Book Number: IETHE TR68 Order / Enquire
ANDERSON, John.
History Of The Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge, Commonly Known As The Linen Hall Library, Chiefly taken from the Minutes of the Society And Published In Connection With The Centenary Celebration in 1888.
Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, 1888..
tall 8vo. pp. vi, [2], 128. title in red & black. 5 plates (incl. 2 portraits), 1 plate of autographs, & 4 maps (3 double-page, 1 folding). decorative head & tailpieces. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. First Edition. The plates include views of Linen Hall, High Street, Belfast in 1786, and Belfast from Paper Mill Bridge (double-page), and double-page maps of Belfast in 1685, 1757, 1791, and a large folding map of Belfast in 1888.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5550 Order / Enquire
ANDERSON, R.A.
With Horace Plunkett In Ireland.
London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, 1935..
8vo. pp. x, 293, [1]. with half-title. 4 portraits (incl. frontis.). A fine copy in original cloth. First Edition.
$77 USD Book Number: IDEthAND46 Order / Enquire
ARGYLL, [George Douglas CAMPBELL], Duke of [1823-1900].
Irish Nationalism: An Appeal To History.
London: John Murray, 1893..
8vo. pp. vii, 267, [1] + 32(ads). with half-title. original cloth (spine spotted, a few pencil notes). First Edition.
$75 USD Book Number: elala3898 Order / Enquire
BARRINGTON, Sir Jonah [1760-1834].
Rise And Fall Of The Irish Nation.
New York: D. & J.Sadlier, 1845..
12mo. pp. xxi, [1], [23]-472. 5 engraved portrait plates (incl. frontis.). contemporary calf (worn, spine ends chipped, some foxing, 1 gathering sprung, dampstaining to title & frontis.).
$128 USD Book Number: IRRseBAR68 Order / Enquire
BARTLETT, W[illiam] H[enry] [1809-1854] (Illus.) & COYNE, J[oseph] Stirling [1803-1868], WILLIS, N[athaniel] P[arker] [1806-1867] Et Al. (Text).
The Scenery And Antiquities Of Ireland...
London: Virtue And Co., [1841]..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 124; 2 p.l., 108. engraved map, 2 additional engraved titles & 118 engraved plates. contemporary half calf (rubbed, corners worn, scattered light foxing).
$1400 USD Book Number: elala5117 Order / Enquire
BECKETT, Samuel Et Al.
Our Exagmination Round His Factification For Incamination Of Work In Progress.with Letters of Protest By G.V.L.Slingsby And Vladimir Dixon.
Paris: Shakespeare And Company, Sylvia Beach, 1929..
12mo. pp. 3 p.l., 194, [2]. (extremities of wrs. bit chipped & outer edge of front wr. backed). "Made in Great Britain" stamp to title page, as often. folding clamshell box. First Edition, Regular Paper Issue. A collection of critical essays and two letters written on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, then in the process of being discretely published in sections as Work in Progress. Some of the quoted text was never incorporated into the finished novel, which finally appeared in 1939. Contributors included Samuel Beckett, Marcel Brion, Frank Budgen, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Victor Llona, Robert McAlmon, Thomas McGreevy, Elliot Paul, John Rodker, Robert Sage, and William Carlos Williams. Beckett's essay is his first appearance in print. For some time Joyce was suspected as the author of the two letters.
$500 USD Book Number: elala3618 Order / Enquire
BELFAST LITERARY SOCIETY.
Belfast Literary Society 1801-1901: Historical Sketch With Memoirs of some Distinguished Memoirs.
Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., 1902..
4to. pp. 5 p.l., 190. with half-title. 9 tipped-in portraits. original bds. (edges, joints & lower spine worn & chipped, scattered light foxing). First Edition, Limited to 300 numbered copies. Loosely laid in is 16mo. 12-page pamphlet: 'Belfast Literary Society Founded 1801: Record of Members Elected after 23rd October, 1901 and before 31st December, 1940'.
$350 USD Book Number: elala5520 Order / Enquire
BENN, George [1801-1882].
The History of The Town Of Belfast From The Earliest Times To The Close Of The Eighteenth Century.
London: Marcus Ward & Co. & Belfast: Royal Ulster Works, 1877..
8vo. pp. vi, [1]blank, [2], 770. with half-title. 2 tinted portraits, folding pedigree, 1 diagram, & 6 (of 8) folding plans (2 in photocopy). contemporary half calf (some dampstaining to leather, foxing to endpapers & outer leaves). bookplate of Belfast bibliophile William Swanston. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. A small supplementary volume, not present here, was published in 1880. The plates include folding plans of Belfast in 1660, 1685, 1790 (facsimile), Sir William Petty's map of the Barony of Belfast (facsimile), plan of the harbour of Belfast with a sketch of the proposed improvements in 1785, and a plan of the volunteer attack and defence of Belfast in July, 1781. The pedigree is of the Chichester family.
$500 USD Book Number: elala5552 Order / Enquire
[BENN, George] [1801-1882].
The History of The Town Of Belfast, With An accurate Account of its Former & Present State: To which are added A Statistical Survey Of The Parish Of Belfast, and A Description Of Some Remarkable Antiquities In Its Neighbourhood.
Belfast: Printed by A.MacKay Junr., 1823..
8vo. pp. 296. with half-title. engraved title, 1 engraved plan, 1 folding engraved map, & 19 engraved plates (1 folding). half calf by McCulloch & Sons (spine rubbed & faded, new endpapers, plates heavily foxed, some scattered soiling, folding map & folding plate backed repairing 3 small holes & tears in folding plate without loss of image, small piece wanting from upper blank margin of folding map, outer edge of engraved title repaired). First Edition. Scarce: 1 copy cited in Worldcat. A greatly expanded version of the author's account of the parish of Belfast which won a faculty prize at the Belfast Academical Institution in 1819. It was issued anonymously when Benn was only 22 years of age. "For so young a writer it was a work of uncommon judgment and research, exceedingly well written, with an eye for scenery and a taste for economics as well as for antiquities. It is not superseded by Benn's later and larger labours." (DNB)
$1200 USD Book Number: elala5551 Order / Enquire
BIBLE. IRISH.
An Biobla Naomhtha; Ann A Bhfuilid An Tsean Tiomnadh; Ar Na Tharruing Go Firinneach As A Neabhra Ughdarach. Ris An Tathair Ro Onorach A Ndia Uilliam Bhedel, Easpug Chille Moire; Agus An Tiomna Nuadh; Ar Na Tharruing Go Firinneach As A Ngreigis Ughdarach.
London: Printed by J.Moyes, For The British And Foreign Bible Society, 1817..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 1119, [1]. text in roman type in double columns. original elaborately blind-stamped calf (rubbed, extremities worn, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition of the Irish Bible printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society. "This edition.was edited by James McQuige, who was authorized 'to adopt the textual corrections of the English version, in places manifestly erroneous, such textual corrections being rendered into Irish and previously submitted to Mr. Pratt and Dr. Clarke.'.The glossary was also revised. An edition of 5,000 copies." (Darlow & Moule) Darlow & Moule 5543.
$615 USD Book Number: IBLBBIBL43 Order / Enquire
BORROW, George [1803-1881].
Celtic Bards, Chiefs And Kings.Edited From The Manuscript By Herbert G.Wright.
London: John Murray, [1928]..
8vo. pp. xii, 367, [4]ads. with half-title. original cloth. First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: IRRltBOR7 Order / Enquire
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