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"Home Rule Notes." A Year's Record of the Home Rule Movement. Volume I. December, 1911, to November, 1912.
1st Ed. in volume form containing 12 monthly issues of Home Rule Notes, approx. 700pp. in all (bound without the orig. wraps. & advertising matter). Westminster: The Home Rule Council
1912
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Much detail on the issue of Irish Home Rule, the state of the Irish nation (with much on religion), comments of various figures, accounts of disturbances in Ulster, &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., little stained & worn, generally VG with bookplate of the Peter Symonds' Memorial Library. See illustration on our website.
£85
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59th Division 1915-1919.
1st Ed., 186pp., 9 photos., 2 plans. Chesterfield: Wilfred Edmunds Ltd.
1928
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Collaborative effort mostly by officers of the Division. Served Ireland (sent to quell the Easter Rising) & then F&F from Feb. 1917 & fought at Passchendaele, Bourlon Wood, March Offensive &c. Orig. cloth, sp. chipped with sl. loss at head, rubbed & lightly dampstained o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website
£100
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The 26th Squadron RE: A History of the Squadron from its Formation in 1855 to the Present.
2nd Ed., corrected & brought up to date, orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [vi]+40pp., oblong 4to, 29 illus., (mostly photos.), 3 maps. The Regt.
1988
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Fist published in 1958 & this edition corrected & revised to date of publication. Includes useful illustrated account of, inter al, Nile Expedition 1884-85, Boer War, WW1 Western Front, WW2 BEF 1940 & NW Europe 1944-45, post war Northern Ireland tours in 1972 & 1974. Orig. laminated card wraps., VG & scarce in any edition. See illustration on our website.
£50
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The Ulster Year Book: The Official Year Book of Northern Ireland, 1947.
Published by Authority of the Minister of Finance. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., li+321pp., 7 diagrams, fldg. map. Belfast: HMSO.
1947
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The first edition to be issued since 1938, including a special feature covering the period 1939-45: " This is an authoritative & permanent record of Northern Ireland's war effort, ably written by Dr. D.A. Chart, Deputy Keeper of the Records of Northern Ireland." This piece includes details of the wartime activities of local units including 5th Dragoon Guards, battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles, Royal Irish Fusiliers, North Irish Horse, 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment, 9th (Londonderry) HAA Regiment, 3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment &c., as well as Civil Defence & Home Guard, Air Raids &c., followed by detailed statements on population, industry & trade, education, Justice & Police, transport, &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG with smal withdrwn stamp of RCS Lib. & loosely inserted circular letter explaining the reasons for no issues appearing since 1938, &c. See illustration on our website.
£25
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BANK OF IRELAND: HENNESSY (T.F.) Comp.
The Great War 1914-1918 Bank of Ireland Staff Service Record.
1st Ed., xii+90pp., frontis., approx. 33 portraits. Dublin: Thom & Co.
1920
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Details of 190 who served inc. obits. & fine quality portraits of 33 who died. Orig. blue & white cloth, gilt to front, little marking to front o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£100
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BENNETT (Richard)
The Black & Tans.
Reprint., 228pp., 48 illus. VG in dw. NY: Metrobooks.
2002
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The hated 'Auxiliaries' of the Royal Irish Constabulary & the Anglo-Irish war of 1920-21. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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BROCKBANK (Robin)
A Short History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) 1960-1985.
1st Ed., 139pp., 3 col.plates, 50 b/w photos., 2 maps. Leicester: RHQ.
1990
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Includes South Arabia & several tours in Ulster. Various rolls of officers &c. Orig. rexine covd. boards, gilt, VG. Rare. See illustration on our website.
£65
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CORE (Qrmr. John)
Historical Record of the 2nd (Now 80th) or Royal Tyrone Regiment of Militia, From the Embodiment in 1793 to the Present Time.
1st Ed., viii+102pp. Printed by Alexander Scarlett, Omagh.
1872
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History plus periodic lists of the officers &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, cloth heavily dampstained, yet sound & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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DUNGAN (M.)
They Shall Not Grow Old: Irish Soldiers & the Great War.
1st Ed., 218pp. VG in dw. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
1997
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The personal experience of Irish volunteer soldiers in the war. See illustration on our website.
£20
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FERGUSSON (Sir James)
The Curragh Incident.
1st Ed., 236pp., 11 of 12 illus. VG in chipped dw. Faber.
1964
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The near-mutiny over prospect of active operations in Ulster, by the son of the then commander of 5th Division (stationed in Ireland, in whose Brigade Hubert Gough commanded 16th Lancers) utilising his private papers. This copy lacks the frontis. but includes a loosely inserted letter from the author in which he mentions his Father's speeches to the troops under his command during the Curragh Incident, & to the officers of the cavalry in Ireland. Interesting copy. See illustration on our website.
£20
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