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VIKING KINGS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: THE DYNASTY OF IVARR TO A.D. 1014
Written by Clare Downham.
Stock no. 1828346
Published by Dunedin Academic Press Ltd.. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s. A paricularly successful viking leader named Ivarr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s. This book provides a political analysis of the deeds of Ivarr's family from their first appearance in Insular records down to the year 1014. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781903765890. Reprint with corrections. Light rubbing to corner of lower edge of text block. Previous owner's initials to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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THE ISLAND OF HORSES
Written by Eilis Dillon.
Stock no. 1328007
Published by Paperview Uk Ltd. 1st thus 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Great Children's Books series no. 18 (Irish Independent). Blue boards, black title to spine. 155 pages.

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IRISH MEGALITHIC TOMBS
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1828270
Published by Shire Publications. 2nd 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Shire Archaeology Book. Second Edition. A concise and easily accessibly summary of archaeological research on meglithic monuments. White cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747805989. A lovely copy.

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THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND VOLUME 7 PART I
Written by A. Maitland Emmet; John Heath. Illustrated by Richard Lewington; Timothy Freed.
Stock no. 1828184
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w illustrations. A comprehensive illustrated handbook to fascinate the naturalist and butterfly lover. Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae The Butterflies. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 370 pages. ISBN: 0946589259. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper (of well-known naturalist Brian R. Sawford). Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased.

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SEAHORSES: CONNEMARA AND ITS PONIES
Written by Stephanie Brooks; Karen Mannion.
Stock no. 1828148
Published by Meredith Praed. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

An anthology of stories and poems, and a history of Connemara, Ireland, and its ponies. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 095439920X. SIGNED by the authors to front endpaper (no dedication). A lovely copy.

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A HISTORY OF IRISH FARMING 1750-1950
Written by Jonathan Bell; Mervyn Watson.
Stock no. 1828146
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Changing methods of crop and livestock production during the 'Age of Improvement' in Ireland, and some of the ways in which they shaped rural society and the landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout and a few colour photos. ISBN: 9781846822087. Lower edge of text block has a minor knock. Name & date in ink to half-title page else contents clean.

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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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LICHENS OF IRELAND
Written by Paul Whelan.
Stock no. 1327670
Published by The Collins Press. 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to over 250 species. Limp, pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781848891371. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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NINETEEN ACRES
Written by John Healy.
Stock no. 1827787
Published by Kennys Bookshops & Art Galleries Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the author's mother's family and how they lived, lvoed, fought and worked on, and for, nineteen acres of mixed land in Mayo, the battlefields of France, the Republican movement at home, or amid the sick of Brooklyn, New York. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0906312108. Spine faded, top & tail of spine more-so. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few minor marks and foxspots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn at edges with loss to top of spine, and a few small closed tears.

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GROWING UP ON THE CURRAGH
Written by Patricia O'Sullivan.
Stock no. 1327472
Published by Original Writing Ltd. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memories of childhood in the Curragh Military Camp (Ireland) before and during the Second World War. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781908024244. Spine and corners bumped, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed.

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POLICE CASUALTIES IN IRELAND 1919-1922
Written by Richard Abbott.
Stock no. 1327453
Published by Mercier Press. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

The history of the RIC and the nationalist groups that rose to oppose them. Cardwraps. 340 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 1856353141. Rubbing to cover edges. Light vertical crease to centre of rear cover. Foxing to textblock.

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KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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