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Disbound. [Habaes Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act (Waterford Gaol). Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 19 March 1866;- for, Returns ‘Of the Number and Name (by Initials of Prisoners confined in the Gaol of Waterford under the Habaes Corpus Suspension Act, with the Date of the Committal of each up to the 17th day of March.’ ‘Of particulars of any Verbal or Written Order given to the Governor of the Gaol as to the Treatment of any or All Prisoners different from the Treatment of Untried Prisoners, and by whom given, and whether carried into effect.’ ‘Of the Number of Hours during Twenty-four that each Prisoner has been in Separate Confinement, and the Number of Hours allowed to Exercise each Day, with the cause for diminishing the Minimum Quantity of Exercise prescribed by the Prison Regulations, whenever such occurred.’ ‘Of the Number of Sundays each Prisoner has been Absent from Divine Service, and the cause of such Absence, whether arising from Illness, or being prevented by the Prison Authorities from Attending.’ ‘Showing whether any Prisoner has been precluded from the Privilege of seeing Members of his Family, or consulting with his Legal Adviser, subject to the usual Prison Regulations; and if so, owing to what cause.’ ‘And, Showing whether any Prisoner has been prevented from receiving or sending Verbal or Written Communications, subject to Prison Regulations; and if so, the reason of such Prevention.’] 4pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Prisons, Local History – County Waterford, Law, Legal Administration. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1866
SKU
KON0825140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Disbound. [Theological Professors (Belfast), &c. Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 7 April 1862;- for, Returns, ‘from the 31st day of March 1860 to the 31st day of March 1861, of the Names of the Theological and other Professors and Pensioners at Belfast (Subscribing and Not Subscribing) receiving Money from Parliamentary Grants; and of the Number and Names of Students attending all the Professors, and how many attend each Professor, distinguishing such as attend the Non Subscribing Professors; stating whether they respectively intend for the Ministry of Ireland or as Missionaries Abroad; and also distinguishing those that attend all the session from those that attend part of it only; and of the Time that such Session continued for actual and exclusive service and Instruction; also of the Number of Hours per Week given by each Professor to his Class and the Days in each week so given; also the Amount of Salary received from the Government, by each Professor or Pensioner, from his Professorship or Pension; together with the Amount he receives from the Regium Donum, his Congregational Income, and Pension, whether from the Sum granted in 1860, or Otherwise, and what Amount he receives for Distributing Regium Donum, or other services, and on what Scale of Remuneration, in addition to his Allowance as a Professor, or otherwise; also whether any and which of the said Professors and Pensioners receive any and what other Pension from any Source, and whether the Congregational Income or Salary of any of the said Professors be appropriated to any other and what purpose than his or their own Private Use because of any Professional or Other Income received from the Government.’ ‘Of the Congregational Income of the Ministers of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and any class or Denomination of Nonconformists in Ireland, who received Portions of the Parliamentary Grant of 1860, with the Number of Families belonging to such Congregation, particularising, in each case, the Congregation, Minister’s Name, Date of Ordination or Installation, Number of Families, Stipend paid by each Congregation, Aid from Home Mission, Value of Glebe Houses, Chaplaincies, Poor Law, Gaol of Military Bequests, Donations, &c., and Total; Also whether the Proceeds of any Endowment constitute any Part of the Contributions from Congregations or other Persons, required by Government to be made as a Condition for obtaining Grants.’ ‘Of the several Sums received by or paid to the Ministers before mentioned or referred to, or by or to the several Funds for the Benefit of Widows of Ministers from the Parliamentary or Government Grant of 1860, and of the Expenses of Distributing the said Sum, and to Whom paid, and the Amount of each Payment, and fro what Services, and on what Scale, and also the Amount paid to the Clerks of the Synod, and the Names of such Clerks, and whether fro any and what services, or for Pensions or Grants, and the Particulars of all Expenses of the Assembly, and otherwise, which are defrayed by the Government; and the Number of Public Services at each Place of Worship, receiving Government Aid, on Census Sunday 1861, and the Number of Attendants at each Service, exclusive of Sunday School Children.’ ‘And, of the what Sects or Denominations of Protestant Nonconformists in Ireland, whether they are of any Class of Presbyterians, or of the Sect or Denomination usually called Congregational, Wesleyan, Baptist, or otherwise, which do not receive any Grant of Money for their Professors, Ministers, the Widows of Ministers, or otherwise, howsoever.’] 34pp. Contains a wealth of information including Names, Locations and Dates. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Church in Ireland, Church and State, Public Finances, Local History – County Antrim. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1862
SKU
KON0825154
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

Disbound. [Tithes, Ireland. (1.) Copies of the Correspondence between Gerald Dease esq., a Magistrate of the County of Westmeath, and Sir William Gosset, relative to the Levying, with the Assistance of the Police and Military, certain Tithes which only became due on 1st May last; and also as to the Costs charged on that occasion. (2.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to the Rev. W. Ryder, dated 23 March 1833, objecting to the Billeting of Soldiers for the Purpose of gaining an Entrance into Houses to Distrain for Tithes. (3.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to Major Miller, dated 6 May 1833, relative to the Assistance required by the Incumbent of the Union of Kiltallagh to enforce the May Gale of Tithes. (4.) Copy of a Letter from Sir William Gosset to the Rev. P. M. Cummins, at Reynold’s Hotel, Sackville-street, Dublin, dated 25 May 1833, relative to the Collection of his Tithes.] 8pp. 13 Letters relative to the Employment of Police and Military in Levying Tithes. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Tithes, Policing and Justice, Riots, Civil Order, Local History – County Westmeath. Edges browned, small tear to the right-hand edge of pages. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
Publication date
1833
SKU
KON0825121
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 135.00

Disbound. [Returns Showing the Number of Agricultural Holdings in Ireland, and the Tenure by which they are held by the Occupier. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.] 20pp. Extensive tables of information relative to Agricultural Land in Ireland Counties named in the paper are: Armagh, Antrim, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Down, Drogheda, Fermanagh, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Offaly, Leitrim, Limerick, Londonderry, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Laois, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Local History, Land Reform, Land Law, Agriculture. Disbound, housed in a protective file
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Printed by Alexander Thom for Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publication date
1870
SKU
KON0825098
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 165.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666603
ISBN
9780940666603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174463
ISBN
9781590174463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.89

Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive look at the satiric humor that flourished in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book reminds us that the postwar era saw varieties of comic expression that were more challenging and nonconformist than we commonly remember. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ASZH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226431642
ISBN
9780226431642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.15

Paperback. Examines gender relations in East Germany from 1945 to the 1970s, focusing especially on the relationship between ordinary women, the Communist Party, and the state created by the Communists, the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. 24 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059303
ISBN
9780691059303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040528
ISBN
9780252040528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252081996
ISBN
9780252081996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Tracing the history of the Sicilian mafia to its 19th-century roots, this text examines its late-20th-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, the book suggests lessons regarding secretive organized crime. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236097
ISBN
9780520236097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Hardback. The variety of medieval translation among the English, and among those translators working in the greater empires of Cnut, the Normans, and the Angevins, is remarkable. Reversing Babel charts a course through the evidence and tries to answer the fundamental questions medieval historians should ask when their sources are medieval translations. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
362
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490527
ISBN
9781611490527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.91

Paperback. First edition - 4to. Very good copy - KAW0095 - 30pp. - Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Australian Government Publishing Service Canberra Australia
Number of pages
30
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
SKU
KCK0002029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

An insightful history of book reviewing as a genre and a detailed study of its role in Italian literary culture, Reviewing Mario Pratesi opens up a new area for investigation within Italian literary studies. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648715
ISBN
9781442648715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.10

hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920122
ISBN
9780813920122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.72

Hardcover.
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846821974
ISBN
9781846821974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.00
€ 46.19

Paperback. V. scarce. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age. Previous owner's name to half title, otherwise like new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Field Day
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028390
ISBN
9780946755257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Hardcover. This volume offers eleven essays on colonial British North America and the American Revolution. Part I of the collection includes essays on aspects of the Revolution that reflect Gipson's interests, while the essays in Part II deal with social history. Editor(s): Shade, William G. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Lehigh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223577
ISBN
9780934223577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.45

Paperback. How does film construct a historical world? What are the rules, codes, and strategies by which it brings the past to life? What does that historical construction mean to us? This book grapples with these questions, and looks at an example of New History cinema. Editor(s): Rosenstone, Robert A. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025346
ISBN
9780691025346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary. Num Pages: 423 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627271
ISBN
9780816627271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. This collection revisits Ray Pahl's 1984 sociology classic, combining excerpts from the original with assessments by leading researchers of how and why the book has stood the test of time as a study that fundamentally re-thinks our understanding of 'work'. Editor(s): Crow, Graham; Ellis, Jaimie. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 maps, 19 B&W illustrations, 3 graphs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLW; JHBL; JP; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526107442
ISBN
9781526107442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.31

Hardback. This collection revisits Ray Pahl's 1984 sociology classic, combining excerpts from the original with assessments by leading researchers of how and why the book has stood the test of time as a study that fundamentally re-thinks our understanding of 'work'. Editor(s): Crow, Graham; Ellis, Jaimie. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 maps, 19 B&W illustrations, 3 graphs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLW; JHBL; JP; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526107435
ISBN
9781526107435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.95

Hardback. This volume explores post-2000s artistic engagements with Holocaust memory arguing that imagination plays an increasingly important role in keeping the memory of the Holocaust vivid for contemporary and future audiences. Editor(s): Popescu, Diana I.; Schult, Tanja. Series: The Holocaust and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 black & white halftones, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137530417
ISBN
9781137530417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.11

Hardcover. New collection of essays promising to re-energize the debate on Nazism's occult roots and legacies and thus our understanding of German cultural and intellectual history over the past century. Editor(s): Black, Monica; Kurlander, Eric. Series: German History in Context. Num Pages: 306 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HRQX; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139061
ISBN
9781571139061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

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