gill company dublin (16 results)

Condition: Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a pictorial creamy white dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with creases and chips along the top edge. 336 pages, with black & white illustrations by Charles Carroll. Near fine in a very good dw. First edition.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. 207 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners eb 72.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp xix, 345. 'This is a study of economic growth in Ireland since 1947. In particular, it seeks to explain the markedly higher rate of growth in the 1960s compared with the 1950s.'.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Crown4to, 192 p. Profusely illustrated in colour with original photographs by Tom Kelly. Original black boards, gilt. An as new copy in an as new dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. pp xxxviii, 380. 'The Roman Catholic Church has been the most significant social institution in modern Ireland. This . historical study, which combines chronological and thematic approaches, traces the fortunes of Irish Catholicism from its apogee in the 1950s to tis current condition of self-doubt and decline.' Some edge-wear to dust-jacket - otherwise very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing soft cover. Internally clean bright and tight. No pen marks or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. Externally some edge wear to bottom front edge, otherwise very good. Please examine all seller photos.

In-16°, viii, 86pp, numerose fotografie nel testo e illustrazioni, tavole ripiegate. legatura in brossura editoriale, titolo al piatto anteriore in nero, e titolo in oro al dorso. Ex libris of Sir Thomas North Dick-Lauder of Fountainhall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition soft cover in pictorial wraps with light edge wear. Inscribed on ffep to Ann (Senator Ann Ormonde) who assisted him with the research for this book, see page 140. No other pen marks or inscriptions. Other than slightly tanned endpapers the book is internally clean and bright with tight binding. Please examine all seller photos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. First edition, paperback issue. A clean unmarked copy in wraps, covers browned and a bit scuffed at the edges, some spotting to the pages, worst on the title page. Scarce.

In wraps. Very Good- (front cover, with portrait, is stained).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Dublin: O Donoghue & Company and M.H. Gill & Son, 1905. John Mitchel (1815-1875) the nationalist writer who founded the "United Irishman" newspaper, suffered criminal transport to Tasmania, from which he escaped and made his way to America. His "Jail Journal" is one of the most famous books in the Irish canon of prison narratives. This is a Very Good copy of an obscure Mitchel work, originally published in 1860. Quite rare; copies held by the British Library and Trinity College Dublin; no copies in USA. Green pebbled cloth with white lettering. The text is clean and bright, if a bit stiff; 90 pages, with six pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. The covers are worn, with some bubbling, and there is a chip to the lowere front edge of the spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2606 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over brown boards. From the library of J W Rimington Wilson Volume V. (Betts: 7-13) First edition. Volume one has the title The Westminster Chess Club Papers and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was The Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, The City of London Chess Magazine, writing, ".our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the Westminster Papers, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess." The [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, The Westminster Chess Club Papers to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith. James Wilson Rimington Wilson (1822-1877) developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale. Condition: J W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Boards hinges cracked held by tape to the exterior, Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends chipped else a good copy internally very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 264 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over marbled boards. Volume X. (Betts: 7-13) First edition. Volume one has the title The Westminster Chess Club Papers and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was The Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, The City of London Chess Magazine, writing, ".our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the Westminster Papers, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess." The [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, The Westminster Chess Club Papers to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith. Condition: Boards inner hinges taped and held by tape to the exterior, corners bumped and rubbed, spine head chipped away else a good copy, internally very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 258 pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams, drawings, tables, illustrations and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over marbled boards. Volume X. From the library of J W Rimington Wilson Volume XI. (Betts: 7-13) First edition. Volume one has the title The Westminster Chess Club Papers and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was The Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, The City of London Chess Magazine, writing, ".our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the Westminster Papers, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess." The [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, The Westminster Chess Club Papers to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith. ames Wilson Rimington Wilson (1822-1877) developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale. Condition: J W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Boards inner hinges taped and held by tape to the exterior, corners bumped and rubbed, spine heal chipped away else a good copy, internally very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 264 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over brown boards. From the library of J W Rimington Wilson Volume XI. (Betts: 7-13) First edition. Volume one has the title The Westminster Chess Club Papers and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was The Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, The City of London Chess Magazine, writing, ".our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the Westminster Papers, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess." The [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, The Westminster Chess Club Papers to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith. James Wilson Rimington Wilson (1822-1877) developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale. Condition: J W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Boards hinges cracked and detached but held by tape to the exterior, Corners bumped and rubbed else a good copy internally very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 224 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over brown boards. From the library of J W Rimington Wilson. Volume IV. (Betts: 7-13) First edition. Volume one has the title The Westminster Chess Club Papers and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was The Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, The City of London Chess Magazine, writing, ".our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the Westminster Papers, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess." The [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, The Westminster Chess Club Papers to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith. James Wilson Rimington Wilson (1822-1877) developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale. Condition: J W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Inner hinges tape reinforced, Corners bumped and rubbed, spine exterior taped, spine ends rubbed else a good copy.