On this page you will browse throught the 22 titles we have on Ireland, and Irish related subjects as of July 27, 2011. Enjoy browsing, and feel free to place an order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire.
1. Dangerfield, George, THE DAMNABLE QUESTION - A STUDY IN ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1976) 1st ed, 400pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316172006 A humane, masterful exploration of the political and social relations between Ireland and England during the period 1800-1922., (Order No: 49137 ), $4.00
2. Darby, John (edited by), NORTHERN IRELAND: THE BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, (1983) 3rd ptg, 272pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0815624174, (Order No: 48943 ), $6.00
3. Duff, Charles, IRELAND AND THE IRISH, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1953), B&W illustrations, 288pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book is divided into two parts: the first sketches history, folklore and traditions, while the second is an informative supplement to conventional guide books., (Order No: 55669 ), $10.00
4. Eagle, Dorothy and Carnell, Hilary (compiled and edited by) (revised by Dorothy Eagle), THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED LITERARY GUIDE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Crescent Books, New York, (1985), B&W and color ill., maps, 316pp, maps, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND LANDMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT WRITERS AND THEIR WORKS. Altogether there are over 1,200 entries on places associated with 913 authors., (Order No: 21384 ), $7.50
5. FitzGerald, Brian, THE ANGLO-IRISH: THREE REPRESENTATIVE TYPES, CORK, ORMONDE, SWIFT, 1602-1745, Staples Press, London, (1952), B&W illustrations, 369pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), These three figures illustrate three phases of the rise of the Anglo-Irish and, taken together, they compose the man of the Ascendancy., (Order No: 45063 ), $15.00
6. George, Henry, THE LAND QUESTION AND RELATED WRITINGS: VIEWPOINT AND COUNTERVIEWPOINT ON THE NEED FOR LAND REFORM, Robert Schalkenbach Foundati, New York, 1982, B&W frontis, 151pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0911312595 Henry George left a three-fold economic legacy: political, intellectual, and moral. This is perhaps clearest in this volume which brings together three famous George works: THE LAND QUESTION, PROPERTY IN LAND, and AN OPEN LETTER TO POPE LEO XIII., (Order No: 54118 ), $12.50
7. Girouard, Mark, TOWN AND COUNTRY, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1992, 200 B&W ill., 50 colorplates, 274pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300051859 Author writes of places he has visited in town and country. Mixing erudition with anecdote, he offers fascinating insights into both buildings and their inhabitants., (Order No: 8070 ), $10.00
8. Kiernan, Thomas J. (newly told and with commentaries by), THE WHITE HOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN; AND OTHER IRISH FOLK TALES, The Devin-Adair Company, New York, 1962, ill. by Elizabeth Rivers, 172pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 10373 ), $7.50
9. Kinealy, Christine, THIS GREAT CALAMITY: THE IRISH FAMINE 1845-52, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Boulder, CO, (1995), 450pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1570980349 The Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. With fascinating insight, Dr. Kinealy unravels fact from opinion, confronts the role of ethnic stereotypes, and examines the ruling Anglo-Irish government's response to the disaster while analyzing its motives., (Order No: 9517 ), $12.50
10. Menendez, Albert J., THE BITTER HARVEST - CHURCH AND STATE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Robert B. Luce, Inc., Washington, NY, (1973), 228pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0883310651, (Order No: 50592 ), $5.00
11. Moody, T. W., and Martin, F. X. (edited by), THE COURSE OF IRISH HISTORY - REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION, The Mercier Press, Cork, (1989), B&W illustrations, 479pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) - previous owner's name, ISBN 0853427100 First published in 1967., (Order No: 46497 ), $6.00
12. Norman, E. R., and St. Joseph, J. K. S., THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF IRISH SOCIETY: THE EVIDENCE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1969, B&W illustrations, 126pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521074711 The technique of aerial photography is of immense value to archaeologists. The survey shown in this book shows many ancient earthenworks revealed by differences in soil-colour or crop-growth, and the natural and man-made environments of these and other prehistoric and early Christian settlements., (Order No: 55151 ), $35.00
13. O'Connor, Kevin, IRISH HISTORIC HOUSES, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, (1997), color illustrations, 130pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0717123952 Ireland's historic houses are a glorious part of her history and heritage. This guide includes a selection of around 80 of the best-known locations open to the public., (Order No: 57189 ), $15.00
14. O'Dwyer, Frederick, THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEANE AND WOODWARD, Cork University Press, Cork, Ireland, (1997), B&W illustrations, 650pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0902561855 This study chronicles the development of one of the nineteeth century's most influential architectural practices in Ireland and England., (Order No: 61087 ), $100.00
15. Piehler, H. A., IRELAND FOR EVERYMAN, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1938) 1st ed, 241pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A Practical & Historical Guide with Twenty Sectional Maps in Colour., (Order No: 59500 ), $7.50
16. Porter, Arthur Kingsley, THE CROSSES AND CULTURE OF IRELAND, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1931, 276 B&W plates follow text, 143pp of text, good, green cloth w/edgewear (EX-LIB w/usual markings), Five Lectures Delivered at the Metroplitan Museum of Art, February and March 1930. "The mysterious and enigmatic Irish crosses form the subject of this fascinating volume by Arthur Kingsley Porter. With the aid of nearly three hundred illustrations he discusses the problems presented by the crosses, and shows the extraordinary and almost embarrassing wealth of material which they present. He brings out the fact that the Irish are perhaps the oldest of all European races, still racially what they have been since the La Tene period, and that what really separates the history of Ireland into two periods is not any foreign conquest by the arrival of Christianity.", (Order No: 28378 ), $150.00
17. Pringle, Peter and Jacobson, Philip, THOSE ARE REAL BULLETS - BLOODY SUNDAY, DERRY, 1972, Grove Press, New York, (2000) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 310pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802116809 Reconstructs the escalation of the Northern Irish conflict from nonviolent demonstrations to rubber bullets and tear gas to live, high-velocity rounds., (Order No: 57456 ), $7.50
18. Slattery, Tom (edited by), IRISH WISDOM: A BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (2004) 1st ptg, 88pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0760761086 This little volume gathers together more than 250 quotations--there are age-old proverbs, selections of poetry and verse, quotations about Irish history, Irish- Americans, Irish music and dance, and of course, a wee bit of the Irish wit as well., (Order No: 48569 ), $15.00
19. Smithson, Annie M. P., HER IRISH HERITAGE, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, 1920, 270pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) edgewear to cloth, (Order No: 59961 ), $40.00
20. Staunton, Michael, THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF CHRISTIAN IRELAND FROM ST PATRICK TO THE PEACE PROCESS, Emerald Press, Dublin, Ireland, (2001), B&W and color illustrations, 204pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 1903582059 Religious beliefs and traditions have moulded Ireland's past and present in spectacular ways. From pagan times through to the 21st century this book brings to life the people whose faith changed Ireland's history., (Order No: 56591 ), $14.50
21. Stephens, James (with an introduction and afterword by John A. Murphy), THE INSURRECTION IN DUBLIN, Colin Smythe Ltd., Buckinghamshire, UK, 1978, 116pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0901072850, (Order No: 46127 ), $7.50
22. Walsh, John Edward, RAKES AND RUFFIANS: THE UNDERWORLD OF GEORGIAN DUBLIN -- [IRELAND SIXTY YEARS AGO], Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, NJ, (1979), 119pp, fine, blue buckram cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0847662330 First published in 1847 under the title IRELAND SIXTY YEARS AGO., (Order No: 61033 ), $15.00