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IRISH
Under-Rated?
Donn-Byrne, [Brian Oswald]. Messer Marco Polo. New York: The Century Co., (copyright 1921). 12mo. [4 (3 blank)], frontis., [4 (1 blank)], 147, [5 (blank)] pp.; 4 plts.
• Publisher's brown-orange cloth. Very good. (5734)
“That Ireland Should be Oppressed & Aggrieved,Doyle, James Warren. Letters on the state of Ireland; addressed by J.K.L. to a friend in England. Dublin: Richard Coyne, 1825. 8vo (21.5 cm, 8.5"). 364 pp.• Goldsmiths'-Kress 24397; NSTC 2D18483. Period-style quarter tan cloth and light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label. Last page institutionally rubber-stamped, no other markings. Occasional faint shadows of early pencilled bracketing and marks of emphasis; pages otherwise clean. All edges speckled red, with additional treatment producing an unusual polka-dot effect! (27731)
A
Famous Irish Work
on Irish Speechways —
Two Charming
Engravings
Edgeworth,
Richard Lovell, & Maria Edgeworth.
Essay on Irish bulls. London: J. Johnson, 1802. 8vo. [4], 316 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • NSTC E263. 20th-century plain green cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; spine sunned, binding otherwise unworn. Title-page with early pencilled ownership inscription, one other page inscribed “John Robinson”; one page with pencilled calculation. Title-page dust-soiled with margins slightly ragged; first two leaves each with a repaired tear from inner margin. One leaf with lower outer corner torn away, not touching text. Scattered light spots of foxing. (30021)
Lannigan & O'Shay at Sea
“Decorative Designers” Binding Fernald, Chester Bailey. Under the jack-staff. New York: Century Co., 1903. 8vo. [6], 262 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Signed binding: Publisher's dark blue cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped stylized double fish design, signed with the double D monogram of Decorative Designers; spine with gilt-stamped title and scallop shell. Top edge gilt.
• Binding as above, corners and spine a bit rubbed. Front pastedown with private owner's bookplate. A clean, attractive copy. (28862)
A Popular &
THEN-Pioneering History Gillies, John.
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies and conquests; from the earliest
accounts, till the division of the Macedonian empire in the east. Including
the history of literature, philosophy, and the fine arts. Dublin:
Burnet, Colles, Moncrieffe, et al., 1786. 8vo (21.5 cm, 8.5"). 3 vols. I: xii,
596 pp.; 1 fold. map. II: [2], viii, 588 pp.; 1 fold. map. III: vii, [1], 540,
[64 (index )] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • ESTC N7592; Allibone 672; Brunet, II, 1599. On Gillies, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Contemporary calf, spines with nice gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels; joints cracked or open, corners/edges rubbed, spine with tips chipped and leather cracked. Ex–social club library: old shelving labels at spine heads extending onto sides, 19th-century bookplates, call numbers on endpapers, title-pages pressure-stamped. Vols. I and III with front free endpaper lacking; vol. I map with short tear along one fold and slightly longer tear from inner margin, extending into image. Intermittent light spotting; a few leaves age-toned. Vol. II with a few small, early ink blotches. All volumes with typical offsetting to early and late leaves from binding's turn-ins. Indeed a set nicer to contemplate, outside and inside, than our description must suggest. (27644)
FIRST
EDITION
Gough,
John. A history of the people called
Quakers. From their first rise to the present time. Dublin: Robert Jackson,
1789. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). 3 (of 4) vols. I: x, [2], 546, [10 (index)] pp. (pagination
skipping 294 to 297, text complete and uninterrupted). II: [2], 557, [11] pp.
III: 526, [10] pp.
Irish
Quakers. This three-volume set in matching contemporary
bindings is composed of the original three books projected; a fourth volume,
published in 1790, is not present here. Each book has an index at the back.
Provenance: Vol. I title-page with inscription dated 1790, reading “Joseph Russells cost 10s a Vollume [sic]”.
• ESTC T102429. Contemporary treed calf, spines with gilt-stamped leather title labels; worn and one cover off. Ex–defunct library with bookplates, a stamp to each title-page and last leaf, old (interestingly make-shift) card pockets. Some instances of offsetting and foxing, generally no more than moderate, with pages otherwise clean. (8655)
Second
Edition (?) —
“New” Fourth
Volume Present
Gough,
John. A history of the people called
Quakers. From their first rise to the present time. Dublin: Robert Jackson,
1790. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). 4 vols. I: x, [2], 542, [10 (index)] pp. II: [2],
557, [11] pp. III: 526, [10] pp. IV: 573, [7] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Each volume's front fly-leaf (facing title-page) with inscription dated 1791, reading “John Humphrey, his book 1791 Price 10s”; each volume's pastedown with small bookplate of Richard McIlvain.
• ESTC N2800. Contemporary treed calf, spines with gilt-stamped leather title labels; worn, with all front covers and free endpaper of vol. IV detached. Some instances of light offsetting and foxing, with pages generally clean; some leaves chipped or with marginal tears, one tear causing loss of a few letters from a heading. (14671)
Irish
Trade BalancesGreat
Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Accounts, presented to the House of Commons, respecting the importation of flax
seed, the exportation of linen, and the importation and exportation of corn, grain,
meal, &c. into and from Ireland, at certain periods. [London, 1804]. Folio
(32.5 cm, 12.75"). 7, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page stamped by a now-defunct institution, with small area of offsetting to inner upper margin. Pages with small edge chips.
Balance
= £
39,329 s. 18 d.
8 1/2Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Accounts, presented to the House of Commons, respecting the issue of money from the treasury of Ireland. [London, 1802]. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). 5, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page with area of offsetting to upper inner margin, else clean.
Bank of Ireland Accounts — The National DebtGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Account of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, of all sums which have been paid to the Bank of Ireland on their account, and of all debentures or stock which have been redeemed or purchased by them. [London, 1803]. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). 17, [1] pp. 
Click the image for an enlargement. • Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. One page (not the title) stamped by a now-defunct institution, else clean.
Rewards
& ReimbursementsGreat
Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Papers presented to the House of Commons respecting payments made by the
government of Ireland, at Par, to all persons in and from Ireland, since the union.
[London, 1804]. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). 14 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page and last page each with area of offsetting in upper inner margin; last page with offsetting from a rubber-stamp to outer margin.
Sadness
& Screw-UpsGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Papers, presented to the House of Commons, respecting arrears of duties transferred t o the insolvent list; the recovery of surcharges on excise duties; the taxes on hearths, carriages, servants, and windows, not being collected in due time; balances of dismissed and deceased collectors; &c. of Ireland. [London, 1804]. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). 18 pp. 
Click the image for an enlargement. • Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Moderate foxing to first and last few leaves.
Book of Armagh — Limited Edition — Signed Binding Gwynn, John. Liber Ardmachanus / The book of Armagh. Dublin: Pub. for the Royal Irish Academy by Hodges Figgis & Co.; London: Williams & Norgate, 1913. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). [4], ccxc, [2], 503, [1] pp.; 6 plts.
Click any image where the hand appears on 
Binding: Publisher's brown suede, front cover with embossed Celtic designs, signed by Galwey & Co. of Dublin (with their ticket on the front pastedown).
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