[Rarebooks] F/S Irish Collection

[Garry R Austin]

"Let's Talk A Little Treason"   A List of Irish Material Offered As A Lot Postpaid @$450.00

McCarthy, D. F. Editor. The Book of Irish Ballads. New York: Felix E. O'Rouke, 1873.  									               
First Edition. 16mo; pp; 252; green cloth, gilt, decorated in blind; Bookplate of the Holy Cross College Library with no other markings what so ever. Bookplate states that volume has been released; Very good. Hardcover.  
Signed thrice by Anthony Ludden; Patrick Anthony Ludden (1836 – 1912) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Syracuse, New York (1887–1912). On December 14, 1886, Ludden was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Syracuse by Pope Leo XIII. During his 25-year-long tenure, he presided over a period of great growth in the young diocese.

Burke, Rev. Thomas M. Ireland And The Irish; Lectures On Irish History And Biography, With An Appendix. New York: Lynch, Cole & Meehan, (Stereotyped at the Woman's Printing House), 1873.  	
First Edition. Duodecimo; pp; (5), 6-336, Notes; Frontispiece portrait of Daniel O'Connell; decorated green cloth, gilt, yellow coated endpapers; Very good. 
Volume II of the Irish American Library.

Bourke, Rev. Ulick J. Easy Lessons: Or Self-Instruction In Irish; A Key Is Annexed To The End Of Each Part. Dublin: John Mullany, 1867.  	
Fifth Edition. 16mo; pp; vi, 390; pebbled brown cloth, no lettering on boards or spine; Very good. 

MacManus, Seumas. Ireland's Case. New York: Irish Publishing Company, 1918.  Second Edition. 16mo; pp; (iv), ads, (5), 7-236, (ii), Ads; decorated green cloth, gilt; Very good.  A nice copy.

Pellew, George. In Castle And Cabin or Talks In Ireland In 1887. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1888.  									                 First Edition. Octavo; pp; vii, (i), 309; Folding color map as a frontispiece; two toned green cloth, gilt, patterned endpapers; Bookplate of the Holy Cross College Library with no other markings with the exception of a single call number.  Spine is clean. Bookplate states that volume has been released; Very good. 
Irish Politics, the Land Act and much more.

McGee, Thomas D. Historical Sketches Of O'Connell And His Friends....With A Glance At The Future Destiny Of Ireland. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1854.  
Fourth edition; Duodecimo; pp; (5), 6-208; brown cloth, gilt lettered spine faded, decorated in blind; A good or better copy, spine ends chipped; Includes Cobbett, Moore, Lawless, Emmet and others.

Mac Carthy, John George. Henry Grattan: A Historical Study. Dublin; E. Ponsonby, 1876.
First edition; octavo; pp; (vii), 81, (1), ad; original green bevel-edge cloth, gilt title and double rule around the upper cover, all edges gilt, yellow coated endpapers; Previous owner's name and the date, 1889 on a preliminary; a 1" x 3.25" piece at the top right of the title page excised, no doubt, a signature; otherwise moderate wear, a good or better copy.

Sheil, Richard Lalor. Sketches of the Irish Bar, With Memoir And Notes By R. Shelton Mackenzie, in Two Volumes. New York: W. J. Widdleton, (1854).
Reprint, published by Widdleton, successor to Redfield, the original American publisher; Duodecimo; pp; I; (3), 4-388; II; (3), 4- 380, index; brown cloth, gilt lettered spines faded, brown coated endpapers; Very good; Irish Oratory.

Sullivan, T.D. and A. M. Sullivan, and D. B. Sullivan. Guilty Or Not Guilty; Part I. Speeches From The Dock Or Protests Of Irish Patriotism; Speeches Delivered After Conviction; Part II. The Dock And The Scaffold; The Manchester Tragedy And The Cruise Of The Jackel; Part III. The Wearing Of The Green; Or, The Prosecuted Funeral Procession. New York: P. J. Kennedy, 1897.
Later printing, first edition was issued in 1885; Octavo; pp; 407, (x), publisher's catalogue; double frontispiece portraits of Michael Davitt and Miss Fanny Parnell; additional full page illustrations and portraits in the text; decorated blue cloth, gilt title box on front board lettered in black, gilt lettered spine with a prisoner in the dock, lightly faded, patterned endpapers; Overall very good; Irish Oratory.

O'Mahoney, Katherine A. O'Keefe. Famous Irishwomen. Lawrence: Lawrence Publishing Co., 1907. .
First edition; octavo; pp;  (6), 7-209; illustrated with seven black and white plates; decorated green cloth, gilt; Very good; Scota, St. Bridget, Nano Nagle and others.

O'Callaghan, John Cornelius The Green Book or Gleanings From The Writing-Desk of A Literary Agitator. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1849.  			
Second American Edition, first issued in Philadelphia in 1842. Duodecimo; pp; (4), 5-375; green cloth, gilt, brown coated endpapers; Bookplate of the Holy Cross College Library with no other markings what so ever. Bookplate states that volume has been released; Very good. Hardcover.  
Signed twice by Anthony Ludden; Patrick Anthony Ludden (1836 – 1912) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Syracuse, New York (1887–1912). On December 14, 1886, Ludden was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Syracuse by Pope Leo XIII. During his 25-year-long tenure, he presided over a period of great growth in the young diocese.

Curran, M. P. Life Of Patrick A. Collins With Some Of His Most Notable Addresses. Norwood Ma.,: The Norwood Press, 1906.  
First edition; Octavo; pp; xx, 276, index; frontispiece portrait, facsimiles, plates, portraits; publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt;  Very good or better; Patrick Andrew Collins was an Irish immigrant, who rose to serve in Congress and as mayor of Boston.

Cavanagh, Michael. Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher Comprising The Leading Events Of His Career... Worcester: The Messenger Press, 1892.  
First edition; Octavo; pp; iv, (i), 6-496, 38, appendix, index; frontispiece portrait, plus four black and white plates; publisher's pictorial green buckram, lettered  in gilt and black; A good or better copy; Bookplate of the Holy Cross College Library with no other markings what so ever. Bookplate states that volume has been released, spine call numbers present; Thomas Francis Meagher (1823 – 1867) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death, but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land in Australia. In 1852 he escaped and made his way to the United States, where he settled in New York City. There Meagher studied law, worked as a journalist, and traveled to present lectures on the Irish cause and married for a second time. At the beginning of the American Civil War, Meagher joined the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He was most notable for recruiting and leading the Irish Brigade, and encouraging support among Irish immigrants for the Union. He had one surviving son, from his first wife.
Following the Civil War, Meagher was appointed acting governor of the Montana Territory. In 1867, Meagher drowned in the swift-running Missouri River after falling accidentally from a steamboat at Fort Benton.

The Metropolitan Catholic Almanac And laity Directory For 1848. Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr., 1848.  	
First Edition; 16mo; pp; (3), 4-312; illustrated; quarter black leather and marbled boards, gilt, lettering on spine, original front wrapper bound in; Bookplate of the Essex Institute with rules; Previous owner's name, "Martin Connell, Salem Mass"; Very good. edge wear

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