The History of Ireland. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. The Complete Edition In Eight Volumes. London: Gresham, 1910-25. Publisher’s green cloth boards, with Celtic knot motif blocked in gilt to upper covers and ornate gilt to spines. Some covers lightly scuffed and faded, scattered spotting to text but contents generally clean & bright throughout.

Profusely illustrated with maps & plates. 

A long-running project by Rev. D’Alton (1860–1941) this extensive work covering Irish history from AD 1210 was original issued in six volumes, concluding in the year 1908. Volumes 7 & 8 were published later and continued the history to the establishment of independence in 1923. 

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