John O'connell Esq Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 456 pages. This is Volume 1 only. The cover is a little worn. The book is quite foxed on the inside back and front covers, on the pages, and the page edges. The back cover is almost completely separated from the spine at the hinge. There is also a previous owner's name stampamp on the inside front cover and on the first page. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (Plus). No Jacket. First Edition. Dublin: James Duffy, 1868. These are Very Good (Plus) copies of the First Edition. Two volumes, bound in green cloth, with decorative blindstamping on the covers identifying it as "The Orators of Ireland." Gilt titling on the spine. Not common. Clean texts; vii, continues 8-456 pages; and v, continues 6-472 pages. Both have a previous-owner Period label on the front paste-down. Both are lightly bumped and rubbed at the margins. The gutters have cracked, but are holding well. Despite these issues, they remain a very attractive set. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Dublin: James Duffy, 1862. This is one leaf only of the First Edition, containing the Title Page. On the reverse side a SIGNATURE by Daniel O'Connell has been tipped in. O'Connell (1775-1847) was the most prominent leader of Roman Catholic Ireland during the first half of the 19th century, and he is known as "The Liberator." With the passage of the Emancipation Act in 1829, he became the first Catholic member of Parliament since 1688. Whatever his faults, A child of the Enlightenment, O'Connell was an Abolitionist and a friend to the Jews. After a "successful" duel resulted in the death of his opponent, he foreswore such violence. . First Edition. Unbound. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…