IRELAND
IRISH[IMPRINTS INCLUDED]
IRISH
An
Irish-AMERICAN'S
Service
& Claims
United States. Congress.
House. Committee of Claims. Report of the Committee of Claims
to whom was referred, on the twenty-second ultimo, the petition of Oliver Pollock,
of the state of Pennsylvania. January 23, 1807. Read, and referred to a committee
of the whole House, on Monday next. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers,
1807. 8vo. 30 pp.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 14058. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. Stray brown spots. Very good. (18017)
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Granted AGAINWaterford (Ireland). The great charter of the liberties of the city of Waterford, with explanatory notes. To which is added a list of the mayors, bailiffs, & sheriffs of the city of Waterford, from the year 1377, to the year 1803, inclusive. Kilkenny: J. Reynolds, 1806 [but 1831?]. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.4"). 110, [14 (1 blank)] pp.
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trade issues including the making and selling of usquebagh. The list of city officials extends to 1831 rather than the 1803 described by the title, but these leaves were almost certainly added later to remainder copies, as the paper is different. According to RLIN and OCLC, this rare item is 
held by only one institution outside of Ireland; no holdings are listed by NUC Pre-1956.
• NSTC C4545. Period-style calf, framed and panelled in gilt rolls, panels with gilt-stamped corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather label and gilt-stamped shamrock devices in compartments. Title-page mounted; one leaf with paper flaw with absence of a few letters, one lower outer corner torn away; previous sewing holes visible. Pages with edges untrimmed, and margins/corners variously spotted/soiled for what seem to be various reasons; some leaves chipped or dog-earred, especially in last section, and one leaf in that part pulled away from sewing.
Manuscript notes extending the roster of sheriffs added to the bottom of two pages.
BEFORE
His Falling-Out withthe
Wesleys — Travels
in Georgia
Whitefield, George. A journal of a voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia. In two parts. Part I. From London to Gibraltar. Part II. From Gibraltar to Savannah. [bound with the same author's] A continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's journal from his arrival at Savannah, to his return to London. London: Pr. for James Hutton, 1739. 8vo. [2] ff., 38 pp., [1] f.London: Pr. for James Hutton, 1739. 8vo. 55, [1 (blank)] pp.
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spent in Ireland.
Fifth edition of the Voyage from London and second edition of the Continuation.
• Voyage from London: Sabin 103534; Alden & Landis 739/343; ESTC T29204. Continuation: Sabin 103535 & 103538; Alden & Landis 739/340; ESTC T34033 & T34025. Recent full calf antique-style with gilt concentric panels on covers and gilt corner-devices on same; round spine with raised bands, each accented by gilt rules. 19th-century wood-engraved portrait of Whitefield added as a frontispiece. A very pleasing volume. (21775)
Hatred
& “Horace”[Wolcot,
John]. A poetical epistle to a falling minister; also, an imitation of
the twelfth ode of Horace. By Peter Pindar.
Dublin: P. Byrne, 1789. 8vo (20.7
cm, 8.1"). [2], 22 pp.
• ESTC T121646; NCBEL, II, 695. Removed from a nonce volume and now in a Mylar folder. One corner creased; first and last page lightly spotted, otherwise clean.
ThisKillarney
Tour for a ReaderWright, G[eorge] N[ewenham]. A guide to the lakes of Killarney. London: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy (pr. by T.C. Hansard), 1822. 12mo (17.5 cm, 6.9"). viii, 97, [3] pp.; 1 plt. (of 6).
• NSTC 2W33589. Recent plain paper-covered boards, front cover with printed paper label. Frontispiece, title-page, and several other pages stamped by a now-defunct institution. Lacking all but one plate (the frontispiece). Page edges untrimmed.
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