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Paperback. Revolutionary Ireland. 284pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781856357203
ISBN
9781856357203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.78

Paperback. 352pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781856356329
ISBN
9781856356329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.99

Hardcover. The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. Num Pages: 288 pages, 66 Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749905
ISBN
9780198749905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 25.66

Paperback. As Titanic sank, a 'mystery' ship was spotted some distance away. Rockets were fired but the ship ignored them. The Californian was blamed but was the mystery ship really the Mount Temple? Num Pages: 320 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649481
ISBN
9781445649481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.30

Paperback. Why is so much heroism attached to the sinking of the Titanic? Why do we accord impossible glory to the miserable, misbegotten drowning of the equivalent of a small town? What did society - and the press - do with an overriding need for blame? This book focuses on Titanic, history's most famous shipwreck. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752445700
ISBN
9780752445700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. Did Captain Smith really ignore the ice warnings, or was there some fabled treasure on board when she went down? Perhaps the most famous ship ever built, there has always been a fascination with Titanic. This book looks at the evidence and makes the case for Lord's innocence, his only crime to be in the vicinity of Titanic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752437439
ISBN
9780752437439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.47

Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Constable
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000025
ISBN
9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A vivid account of events during the War on Independence all across County Galway based on a comprehensive collection of primary sources Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 286.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781170465
ISBN
9781781170465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. The only in-depth account of the build-up to and the events and aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Co. Galway. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Signed by the author. Very good clean copy, showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028920
ISBN
9781781174036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0002769
ISBN
9781439123300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KSS0009176
ISBN
9781439123300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. [The Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Carlow County Election Petition] Minutes of the Evidence at the Trial of the Petition against the Election of Mr. Vigors. Members of the Committee: Thomas Thornely, Hon. Pierce Butler, Richard Walker, Henry Wilson, Thomas Balfour, Thomas Martin, Henry George Boldero, Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham, Philip Henry Howard, Sir Charles Adam and Francis Thornhill Baring, in the Chair. Witnesses called: Alexander John Humphries, Alexander Humphries snr., Edmund Hayes, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Walmisley, Joseph M. Reide, Joseph Fishbourne, Thomas Crawford Butler, Mr. Baker, George Keogh, William Elliott, George Elliott, James Young, Joseph M. Read and Henry Malcomson. 106pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1837
SKU
KON0822964
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 195.00

Hardback. Down County Election. Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 21 June 1880; -For, [Copy of the Shorthand Writer’s Notes of the Judgement and Evidence on the Trial of the Down County Election Petition] The petition, Judgem ent and Evidence in relation to the Petition of Blakely McCartney complaining of the undue election and Return of Charles Stewart Vane Tempest Charles Stewart Vane Tempest Viscount Castlereagh, claiming that he or his agents were involved in corrupt practices before and during the Election held on the 7th day of April, 1880. He also claims that a greater number of valid and lawful votes were recorded at the said Election for John Sharman Crawford than for the said Viscount Castlereagh and therefore ought to have been returned. 266pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1880
SKU
KON0822977
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 295.00

Hardback. [Registration of Electors (Ireland). Return to an order of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 19 March 1841] A return of the total number of Parliamentary Electors appearing, by the Lists or Books of the Clerks of the Peace, registered for each county, city, town and borough in Ireland, on the first day of February in each of the following years, viz. 1835, 1837 and 1841; including in the return for 1941 those who only had been registered subsequently to the first day of February 1833; distinguishing, in separate columns, the numbers registered under different qualifications; and showing the increase or decrease exhibited by the numbers so appearing registered on the first day of February 1841, compared with those appearing registered at each of the previous said periods. Counties, towns and boroughs in the report: Antrim, Armagh, Athlone, Bandon Bridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Carlow, Cashel, Cavan, Clare, Clonmel, Coleraine, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Downpatrick, Drogheda, Dublin, Dundalk, Dungannon, Dungarvan, Ennis, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Laois (Queens County), Leitrim, Limerick, Lisburn, Londonderry, Longford, Louth, Mallow, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Newry, New Ross, Offaly (King’s County), Portarlington, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tralee, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, Youghal. 28pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1841
SKU
KON0822944
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 95.00

Paperback. A revealing study of Lebanese sectarianism drawn from extensive fieldwork Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334134
ISBN
9780745334134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. [Pensions (Ireland). Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 28 June 1842;- for, A Return of the Names of all Persons to whom Pensions were granted as Compensation for any Office held in Ireland, at or previous to the Act of Union, with the Amount granted in each Case;- And of the Names of Persons now receiving such Pensions, with the Amount now payable to each Person.] 8pp. Extensive tables of information detailed under the following headings: Persons’ Names; Nature of Office; Gross Amount of Compensation Granted; Authority; Net Amount payable at the Date of this Return. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Civil Service, Public Finance, Parliament. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1842
SKU
KON0825159
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

Hardback. [Habaes Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act (Waterford Gaol). Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 19 March 1866;- for, Returns ‘Of the Number and Name (by Initials of Prisoners confined in the Gaol of Waterford under the Habaes Corpus Suspension Act, with the Date of the Committal of each up to the 17th day of March.’ ‘Of particulars of any Verbal or Written Order given to the Governor of the Gaol as to the Treatment of any or All Prisoners different from the Treatment of Untried Prisoners, and by whom given, and whether carried into effect.’ ‘Of the Number of Hours during Twenty-four that each Prisoner has been in Separate Confinement, and the Number of Hours allowed to Exercise each Day, with the cause for diminishing the Minimum Quantity of Exercise prescribed by the Prison Regulations, whenever such occurred.’ ‘Of the Number of Sundays each Prisoner has been Absent from Divine Service, and the cause of such Absence, whether arising from Illness, or being prevented by the Prison Authorities from Attending.’ ‘Showing whether any Prisoner has been precluded from the Privilege of seeing Members of his Family, or consulting with his Legal Adviser, subject to the usual Prison Regulations; and if so, owing to what cause.’ ‘And, Showing whether any Prisoner has been prevented from receiving or sending Verbal or Written Communications, subject to Prison Regulations; and if so, the reason of such Prevention.’] 4pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Prisons, Local History – County Waterford, Law, Legal Administration. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1866
SKU
KON0825140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. [Habaes Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act (Waterford Gaol). Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 20 March 1866;- for, ‘Copies of any Letters addressed by the Stipendiary Magistrate and Local Inspector of Prisons at Waterford, to the Inspectors-General of Prisons on any one connected with the Executive Government in Ireland, as to the Treatment of Prisoners confined in the Gaol of Waterford under the Habaes Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act.’ ‘And, of the Replies to the Same.’] 6pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Prisons, Local History – County Waterford, Law, Legal Administration. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1866
SKU
KON0825141
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. [Barnahown, Tipperary. Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 13 April 1877;- for, Copies ‘Of a Memorial presented to His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Year 1876, by or on behalf of the Lands of Barnahown, in the County of Tipperary, praying to be relieved from the Assessment imposed upon them for the Cost of an Extra Police Force, together with the Signatures to such Memorial.’ ‘Of any Orders or Warrants of the Lord Lieutenant Authorising or Directing the Levy of the Assessment referred to in such Memorial – of the Annual Valuation of the Districts on which such Assessment was imposed, and of the Poundage Rate on such Valuation Imposed by each of such Orders or Warrants.’ ‘And, of any Presentments made by the Grand Jury of Cork, in the Years 1876 of 1876, for Compensation to Patten S. Bridge, under the Provisions of the Peace Preservation Acts, of the Annual Valuation of the Districts on which such Compensation was to be levied under such Presentments; and of the Poundage Rate upon such Valuation Imposed by such Presentments respectively.’] 8pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Police, Local History – County Tipperary, Law, Legal Administration. Small tears affect bottom right corner of the first two pages. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1877
SKU
KON0825146
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. [Tithes, Ireland. (1.) Copies of the Correspondence between Gerald Dease esq., a Magistrate of the County of Westmeath, and Sir William Gosset, relative to the Levying, with the Assistance of the Police and Military, certain Tithes which only became due on 1st May last; and also as to the Costs charged on that occasion. (2.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to the Rev. W. Ryder, dated 23 March 1833, objecting to the Billeting of Soldiers for the Purpose of gaining an Entrance into Houses to Distrain for Tithes. (3.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to Major Miller, dated 6 May 1833, relative to the Assistance required by the Incumbent of the Union of Kiltallagh to enforce the May Gale of Tithes. (4.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to the Rev. P. M. Cummins, at Reynold’s Hotel, Sackville-street, Dublin, dated 25 May 1833, relative to the Collection of his Tithes.] 8pp. 13 Letters relative to the Employment of Police and Military in Levying Tithes. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Tithes, Policing and Justice, Riots, Civil Order, Local History – County Westmeath. Edges browned, small tear to the right-hand edge of pages. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1833
SKU
KON0825121
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 135.00

Hardback. [Curragh of Kildare. Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 9 June 1868;- for, Copy ‘of the Report of the Commissioners appointed by the Treasury in 1866 to hold a Local Inquiry with a view to Legislation on the subject of the Curragh of Kildare.’] 13pp. Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into whether it would be expedient that any, and if any, what legislation should take place for the better management and more beneficial user of the Curragh in Kildare. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Local History – County Kildare, Land Law, Land Reform, Congested Districts. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1868
SKU
KON0825139
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Hardback. Return to an address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 11 May 1855;- for, Return of all electoral auditors appointed under the prevention of bribery act (1854) showing in tabular form, for England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, their names, date of appointment, what other places or offices held by each at the time of their appointment or subsequently, whether electors or not in the particular county, riding, district, town, borough, burgh or burghs for which they are appointed to act. . Cities, Towns and Boroughs in the report: Antrim, Armagh, Athlone, Bandon Bridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Carlow, Cashel, Cavan, Clare, Clonmel, Coleraine, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Downpatrick, Drogheda, Dublin, Dundalk, Dungannon, Dungarvan, Ennis, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Laois (Queens County), Leitrim, Limerick, Lisburn, Londonderry, Longford, Louth, Mallow, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Newry, New Ross, Offaly (King’s County), Portarlington, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tralee, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, Youghal. 10pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1856
SKU
KON0822948
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 95.00

Hardback. [General Election, Ireland. A Return of all Monies deposited with Sheriffs or other Returning Officers throughout Ireland, at the late General Election by Candidates or their Agents, or by Electors on their behalf: -Also, an exact Account of the Expenditure of the same; specifying minutely each item, and the names of the persons to whom it was paid, and showing the Number of Booths erected, and whether the same were mere Wooden Constructions, or reared within Houses or other Buildings; and if so, stating in what Houses or Buildings, with the cost of erecting each Booth, and the number of Voters polled therein: -Also a Statement of the Proportion in which the said Expenses were charged to Candidate or his Agent, or to Electors on his behalf; Together with a Copy of the Account furnished of the same, and a Specification of the Sum returned to each Depositor after defraying the said Expenses.] Counties, Cities and Boroughs from which Accounts were received: Antrim county, Belfast Borough, Armagh County and Borough, Carlow County, Carrickfergus County and Town, Cavan County, Clare, Cork, Cork City, Donegal County, Down, Dublin City, Drogheda Town, Fermanagh County, Galway Town, Kerry County, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kilkenny City, Limerick County, Limerick City, Leitrim County, Londonderry County, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Queen’s (Laois), Roscommon, Sligo, Sligo Borough, Tipperary County, Tyrone, Waterford, Waterford City, Wexford County, Wicklow. 34pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Alexander Thom & Sons Dublin
Publication date
1833
SKU
KON0822965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 195.00

Hardback. [Saving Banks (Ireland). Minutes of Evidence Taken before the Select Committee on Savings Banks (Ireland, Appointed at the Last Session] 126pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Banks and Banking, Financial Institutions, Monetary Policy, Local History: County Kerry, County Dublin. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1849
SKU
KON0825093
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 195.00

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