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Alex M. Thompson - Towards Conscription : Jubilee Patriotism - Its meaning , Cause and Effects - 1898

Published by The Clarion Newspaper, London, 1898 ( as one of the intermittent Clarion Pamphlets , 1898, this is an anti Imperialist document, 16 pages , rebound professionally in hardcovers, with decorated cloth covers.  Alexander Mattock...

Capuchin Annual 1959 - 26th Year of publication - Features on Irish Missions - History, Religion & Irish Society

Closed tear to lower edge of spine, Light edgewear only, solid in slightly oversize covers, as issued. There is a previous owner's name to the blank front endpaper.   The Capuchin Annual was published in Dublin from 1930 through 1977. Although...

J.K Rowling - Harry Potter et la Chambre Des Secrets - PB French langauge Edition PB 1999

Peu avant la rentrée, Harry Potter reçoit l'elfe Dobby, qui lui conseille étrangement de ne pas retourner à l'école des sorciers Poudlard. Le jeune héro ignore l'avertissement... Et une étrange...

The Capuchin Annual 1972 - Articles on the Treaty 50th Anniversary 1922-72 PB - History & Commentary

This is the 1972 edition of the Capuchin annual, with the usual wide range of articles, history, poetry and commentary.  A particular feature of this issue is a number of articles commemorating the 50th anniversary of teh foundation of the free...

George Morrison - An Irish Camera PB - 19th Century Photography - Pan, PB 1979

Including a number of images of Dublin and Cork from the earliest days of photography - daguerreotypes and calotype images from the 1840's , as well as a 65 other images of 19th century and early 20th century Ireland , arranged thematically - country...

Capuchin Annual 1968 - 35th Year - Features on Irish Election 1918 - & Religion, Politics , Culture & History

The 1968 issue of the Capuchin Annual - with a selection of features on the anniversary of the 1918 election, the last election held nationally under British rule, and the impact of events of that year. Also has a sectin of essays and dedications to...

Colm Lincoln & Alan O'Connor - Dublin as a Work of Art - HB - Architecture -Urban History 1992

Dublin as a Work of Art by Colm Lincoln, with photography by Alan O'Connor , published by O'Brien Press, 224 pages. Illustrations. Colm Lincoln brings together the past and present in this topographical odyssey which takes the reader west to east along...

Capuchin Annual 1965 - 32nd Year of Publication - Art Religion History

Very Good. 1965. Paperback. 512 pp.  Good copy in a good cover - the covers show edgewear , and dustmarking.  The Capuchin Annual was published in Dublin from 1930 through 1977. Although its readership was by and large Irish, its circulation...

Capuchin Annual 1963 - PB Illustrated Ireland Art History Religion

The Capuchin is a journal unique in Irish publishing-although its ethos always remained the promotion of and education in Christianity and a Catholic way of life, it found many unique ways of exploring these subjects. From its conception, successive...

Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage - Vintage Airmont Classic Novel - US Civil War

A 1962 Airmont classics edition, complete and unabridged , a slim 160pp paperback, and a classic of US, and war literature.  Henry Fleming dreams of the thrill of battle and performing heroic deeds in the American Civil War. But his illusions are...

Capuchin Annual - 1977 - 44th Year of Publication

The final published issue - a wide range of articles, many by leading historians - including Dermot Keogh on the 1913 Lockout, , Breandán ó Cathaoir on John O'Mahony , and an essay on the artist Sarah Purser.  416 pages, internally...

Capuchin Annual - 1964 - 31st Year of Publication Kennedy in Ireland

1964. Paperback. 512pp. A solid copy in a good cover - the covers show edgewear , and dustmarking. Includes a photographic feature on Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June of that year, as well as an article by Brinsley MacNamara, article by Mainchín...

Charles Townshend - Easter 1916 - The Irish Rebellion -HB 2015 ( Signed by Ronan Fanning)

First published in 2005, this is the revised and updated edition published in 2015 in time for the anniversary of the 1916 Rising the following year.  This copy is from the library of the noted late historian Ronan Fanning, and signed by him ( it is...

Seosamh Mac Grianna - An Druma Mór - HB Novel As Gaeilge Donegal

An Druma Mor, Seosamh Mac Grianna's famous novel, is set in a small Donegal village and explores the clash of local pride with nationalist politics, through the story of the demise of the local pipe and drum band, whose most prized possession is a drum...