IRISH BOOKS
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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
0901036 A History of Julianstown, edited by Ena Delaney. Published by Julianstown Guild I. C. A. in 1985. Illus., photos (b&w and color), maps, softcover (covers creased), 8vo., 88 pp. Interior VG condition. The Parish of Julianstown is located in the Barony of Lower Duleek, County Meath, Ireland. Includes a list of place names, a list of family names, and a register of Infants in Whitecross National School in 1873-1875. $32.50
602020 Killybegs Then and Now, by Donald Martin. Published by Anvil Books, Dublin, 1998. Indexes, biblio., 92 full-page captioned photos, softcover, oblong 8vo., 168 pp. VG condition. Killeybegs has undergone more changes over the past few years than other town of its size in Ireland. Located on Donegal Bay, it was once a small fishing village, but it is now a busy port and fishing community. The author illustrates the changes through before and after photos. $15.00
209007 A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd edition, by Henry Boyland. Published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Niwot, CO, 1998. 1st printing. Biblio., photos, cloth, dj., 8vo., 462 pp. VG condition. An essential reference, containing brief biographies of nearly 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men and women. Arranged alphabetically. $25.00
209003 Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia, Brian de Breffny, editor. Published by Facts on File, New York, 1983. 1st US edition. Map, 328 illustrations (20 in color), cloth, dj. (light scuffing), 4to., 256 pp. VG condition. Over 600 entries on every aspect of the culture, literature, arts, and crafts of Ireland from antiquity to the present, arranged alphabetically. $25.00
910011 Irish Anglicanism 1969-1969. Essays on the Role of Anglicanism in Irish Life . . ., by Michael S. J.Hurley. Published by Allen Figgis, Ltd., Dublin, 1970. 1st edition. Index, cloth, dj., tall 8vo., 236 pp. VG condition. Essays treating various aspects of the role of the Church of Ireland on Irish life since the Disestablishment. $27.50
911051 Dublin under the Georges 1714-1830, by Constantia Maxwell. Published by Faber and Faber, Limited, London, 1956. Revised 2nd edition. Index, biblio., illus., photos, folding map, cloth, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 350 pp. VG condition. This classic history of the Irish capital is still one of the best portraits of the Irish Georgian period. $35.00
906297
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Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for
Liberty, by Michael J. O'Brien.
New York, 1919, 533 pp., 8vo., index, illus., cloth, VG; some
exterior binding wear, The history of the Irish in the American Revolution.
Appendices contain list of Irish officers, soldiers with common Irish surnames
$50.00
906298 A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for Liberty, by Michael J. O'Brien. New York, 1919, 533 pp., 8vo., index, illus., cloth, a worn copy; inner hinge cracked; a few ink stains on edge, The history of the Irish in the American Revolution. Appendices contain list of Irish officers, soldiers with common Irish surnames. $37.50
906315 The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait, by William V. Shannon. Macmillan, New York, 1963, 458 pp., later printing, 8vo., index, illus., photos, cloth, dj. (worn), VG condition. This book has become one of the classics of Irish American history. $22.50
906222 The Irish in America, by Carl Wittke. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1956, 319 pp., 8vo., index, biblio., Cloth, VG condition. The classic study by one of the master historians of immigration. $13.00
209001 Irish Hunger: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of the Famine, by Tom Hayden (editor). Published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers in Boulder, 1997. 1st edition. Illus., biblio., cloth, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 303 pp. VG condition. Actors and activists, poets and journalists, politicians and historians - renowned Irish and Irish-American contributors - offer moving commentaries and modern perspectives on the events and aftermath of the 19th century Irish famine. $20.00
209009 The Tree of Liberty: Radicalism, Catholicism and the Construction of Irish Identity 1760-1830, by Kevin Whelan. Published by University of Notre Dame Press in Notre Dame, IN, 1996. Index, biblio., notes, softcover, 8vo., 236 pp. VG condition. The history of The United Irishmen, the Rebellion of 1798, and the cultural conditions from which 18th century Irish radicalism sprung. $20.00
209017 Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America, by Kerby Miller and Paul Wagner. Published by Elliott & Clark Publishing in Washington, DC, 1996. Later printing. Index, illus., photos., cloth, dj. (minor chipping), 4to., 132 pp. VG condition. This heavily illustrated volume was published to accompany the PBS television series of the same name. $22.50
910035 The Irish in America: Emigration, Assimilation and Impact, by P. J. Drudy. Cambridge University Press, London, 1985, 359 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., index, biblio., tables, charts, cloth, Dj. (worn), VG condition. The fourth volume of the interdisciplinary Irish Studies series. Several chapters on 19th century emigration research will be of interest to genealogists and historians. $37.50
911012 The American Irish Revival, Kevin M. Cahill (editor). Associated Faculty Press, Port Washington, 1984, 807 pp., 1st edition, 4to., cloth, Dj., VG condition. A collection of essays - historical, literary, political and personal - edited by President-General of the American-Irish Historical Society. A massive compilation $25.00
911024 Green Dreams: Essays under the Influence of the Irish, by Michael Stephens. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1994, 210 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., cloth, Dj., as-new condition. Essays and observations in the great Irish-American literary tradition. This work has been called a significant contribution to the contemporary personal essay. $15.00
407065 Erin's Blood Royal: The Gaelic Noble Dynasties of Ireland, by Peter Berresford Ellis. Published by Palgrave, New York, 2002. Revised edition of 1999 publication. Index, biblio., notes, photos, gray cloth, dj., 8vo., 384 pp. As-new condition. The revised edition that chronicles the history of Ireland's Gaelic chieftain families. Provides histories of each of the "Chief of the Name" families from medieval times to the present. A new chapter in this revised edition discusses the disputed and likely fabricated claims of the McCarthy Mor. This revelation, after the first publication of this book, touched off a formal investigation in Ireland's Dail. $25.00
307038 Black '47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory, by Cormac O'Grada. Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, tables, charts, cloth, dj., 8vo., 302 pp. VG condition. An important study that is destined to become a classic. Required reading for anyone wanting to understand "An Ghorta Mhoir". $30.00
307039 The Ireland of Sir Jonah Barrington: Selections from "His Personal Sketches", by Hugh B. Staples (editor). Published by University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, 1967. Index, biblio., illus., cloth, dj. (light soil), 8vo., 328 pp. VG condition. Part diary, part travelogue, and part "tall tale" in the Munchausen tradition, these selections from Barrington's early 19th century accounts are a vivid portrayal of life at the end of the 18th century. $27.50
209012 United Irishmen, United States: Immigrant Radicals in the Early Republic, by David A. Wilson. Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1998. 1st edition. Index, notes, cloth, dj., 8vo., 223 pp. VG condition. An important study of the radical revolutionaries who came to North America in the 1790's as political refugees. $25.00
906675 Irish-American Trade 1660-1783, by Thomas M. Truxes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988, 448 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., Index, biblio., tables, map, Brown cloth., VG condition. Includes chapters on Irish, West Indian, and American merchants, as well as the emigrant trade. $35.00
906239 Chieftain to Knight, Tibbott-ne-Long Bourke (1567-1629), by Anne Chambers. Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1983, 207 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., index, tables, illus, photos, cloth, dj., VG condition. $35.00
906262 Oceans of Consolation, Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia, by David Fitzpatrick. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, 649 pp., 8vo., index, photos, illus, softcover, VG condition. $20.00
906334 The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-9, by Cecil Woodham-Smith. Harper & Row, New York, 1962, xii + 510, 1st American, 8vo., illus., folding map, dj. (chipped), VG condition. Still the classic source book for background on mid-19th century Irish emigration. Index, notes. $22.50
209014 Ireland and Irish-Australia: Studies in Cultural and Political History, by Oliver MacDonagh and W.F. Mandle (editors). Published by Croom Helm in London, 1986. Index, notes, cloth, dj., 8vo., 293 pp. VG condition. Essays on a variety of topics of Irish interest presented at a conference on Ireland and Irish Australia in Canberra in 1985. Includes essays on Irish Emigration to Australia, the Irish in the British Army, etc. $27.50
209015 Hubert de Burgh: A Study in Constancy, by Clarence Ellis. Published by Phoenix House, Ltd. in London, 1952. 1st edition. Index, biblio., illus., maps, 8vo., cloth, dj (chipped), 240 pp. VG condition. De Burgh, likely part of the Anglo-Norman family that produced the Lords of Connaught and the Burke family of Ireland, was Earl of Kent and Justiciar of England from 1216-1232. $25.00
911037 Irish Folk Ways, by Evans, E. Estyn. Published by The Devin-Adair Company in New York, 1957. 1st edition. Index, biblio., illus., photos, cloth, dj. (torn), 8vo., 324 pp. VG condition. Description and origins of rural customs, handcrafts, artifacts, and tools. $25.00
207032 Corporation Book of Ennis [County Clare], by Brian O’Dalaigh, editor. Irish Academic Press, 1990. Indexes, photos, maps, dj., hard covers, 455 pp. Inscription on title page. Transcriptions of the city records. $50.00
207037 Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America, by Charles Knowles Bolton. Bacon and Brown, 1910. Index, illus., maps, hard covers (front cover spotted, spine a bit faded), 8vo., 398 pp. One of the cornerstone histories of Ulster migration to America, now hard to find in this edition. $125.00