Search Results: Ireland from Minotavros Books

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" Paperback. ix, 271 pp. B&W maps. Covers are age toned and rubbed, spine creased, rubbing to head of rear joint.

Newcastle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland: Mourne Observer Ltd. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. N.d., [ca. 1968?]. Green textured paper boards. xv, 191 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine tilted, light rubbing to spine ends. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends, bumped to edges, spot of wear to upper front cover. The reprinting of "Betsy Gray or Hearts of Down" will be welcomed by those who have been seeking this thrilling story of events in Counties Antrim and Down in the troublous days of the 1798 Rebellion. The central figure is a beautiful Co. Down lass who inspired the Insurgents and fought side by side with her brother and lover at the Battle of Ballynahinch. 0.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper boards. xviii, 239 pp. No jacket as issued. Fine condition and clean to interior. Seamus Heaney is a unique phenomenon in contemporary literature, as a poet whose words (such as his Beowulf translation and volumes of poems) have been high in the bestseller lists for decades. Especially since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he has come to be considered one of the most important English-language poets in the world. This Companion gives an up-to-date overview of his career thus far, and of his reception in Ireland, England, and around the world.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Brown paper boards. xv, 199 pp. Some light bumping to edges of dust jacket, else fine. Owner inscription of Cedric Ramshall, Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London, to title page. With email transcript between Andrew Patrick Withy MacLellan, Keeper of the Jewel House, and Raven Master John Wilmington. Ramshall was a member of the Royal Regiment Artillery from 1972-1992.

Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo (small). Sixth Print.xi, 180 pp. Slightly cracked inner edges. Light stain to inner rear cover and facing page.

London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (imperial). 136 p.p., plus 4 p.p. index and bibliography. Several archaelogical photographs, and in-text illustrations. Previous bookseller label on rear jacket cover. Small tear to head of spine jacket, and wear to edges. Light rubbing to boards, superficial markings. Some yellowing to pages, but otherwise in fine condition.

New York: Exeter Books, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (imperial). Glossy pictorial paper boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. 205 pp. Several full-page colour illustrations + B&W illustration in text. Fine overall. Here is a collection of the most unusual folk and fairy tales. The Irish stories go back to the great Sagas, and there are also Celtic tales from Scotland, Wales, and Brittany.

Ireland: Ward River Press, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. Hyman, Trina. 8vo. xvii, 349 p.p. Paperback. Slight rubbing to extremities. Offset to pages. Otherwise, a fine copy of book.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xv, 429 p.p. Cloth. Light wear along dust-jacket extremities. Slight foxing along top of pages. Some rubbing to corners and spine ends of boards. A fine copy of book.

Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First paperback edition. Soft cover. 232 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in B&W. Covers slightly edge toned, creased to front cover.

Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland: Mourne Observer Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (square). 86 p.p. First published in the North Down Herald and later published in book from around 1890; re-published with appendix 1979. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, unlettered spine. Spine is tilted, bumping to spine ends and corners, slight rubbing to edges. Illustrated dust jacket has sunning to edges, a few spots of staining, small chips to spine ends, 1" tear to front joint, bumping to edges, and a few short tears to head of rear cover. Ownership sticker to front pastedown. B&W photos throughout. "Daft Eddie, or the Smugglers of Strangford Lough" tells the story of the incredible activities of a wild band of smugglers who conducted a reign of terror around the shores of Strangford Lough in the early years of the 19th century.

Dublin: The Mercier Press, 1991. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo. 217 p.p. Paperback. No jacket. Rubbing to extremities, worse to edges of spine. Interior clean. near fine copy of book.

New York: Metro Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8" x 10.5" 192 p.p. Fully illustrated throughout. Green endpapers illustrated with celtic symbolism. Light rubbing and scuffs to jacket covers. Boards clean, tight. Light bruising to spine along top and bottom joints, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. First paperback edition. 76 pp. Fine.

London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full green paper boards. 76 pp. Fine in fine jacket. Laid-in poem from the Times Literary Supplement, November 2004.

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 42 pp. Fine condition. A collection of poetry (originally published in 1969) by Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Vreeland, Will. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. green buckram, gilt titling, Celtic knot device. Pictorial endpapers. Deckled edges. 321 pp. Spine sunned. Minor chafing to extremities. Front hinge cracked. Interior age toned. Presentation bookplate to ffep, owner inscription to verso.

London: Faber & Faber, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black cloth boards. 81 pp. Very slight age toning to edges of pages, else a fine copy. Seamus Heaney's new collection travels widely in time and space, visiting the sites of the classical world, revisiting the poet's childhood: rural electrification and the light of ancient evenings are reconciled within the orbit of a single lifetime. Electric Light ranges from short takes to conversation poems whose cunning passagework gives rein to the 'the must and drift of talk.'.

Maigh Nuad: An Sagart, 1981. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Gaelic. 238 p.p. Paperback. Colourful covers. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Overall, a near fine copy of book.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. teal cloth. xii, 510 pp., [16] pp. B&W illustrations. Spine sunned, damp stains to boards and corners of text block. Rear board slightly bowed. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, age toned to flaps, damp stained to lower covers (mostly visible to reverse). The story of the famine of the 1840s which killed a million Irish peasants, sent hundreds of thousands to the New World, and influenced history down to the present day. Nine years of research in England, Ireland, the United States, and Canada have made possible the writing of The Great Hunger. It is not only a distinguished and scholarly contribution to nineteenth century history, but an enthralling record of suffering, courage, blundering stupidity, good intentions, tragedy, and hope; as readable in every respect as Mrs. Woodham-Smith's earlier works.