This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0NC.2ACE/403 Message Board Post: I am selling a collection of rare Irish genealogical reference books. If any are interested, kindly review the collection below. Prices are current market prices, plus shipping. All in U.S. dollars. Email immediate response to me at: Beau Chapman 235 Van Winkle Dr. San Anselmo, CA 94960 Tel. No. 415-456-0607 Beau7777@comcast.net Rare Irish and Scotch-Irish Books for Sale [All books in excellent condition unless stated otherwise] 1. Dormant and Extinct Peerages by Sir Bernard Burke, hardbound, reprinted 1985. Includes dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire. The original publication of this work appeared in 1883. Since then nearly 2000 Peerages had succumbed to extinction. Descendants of these Noble Houses, whether in the female line or a collateral line, must total in the tens of thousands today. 642 p., Price: $86 U.S., plus shipping. 2. Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq., hardbound, reprinted as second edition, 1985. King James I instituted the order of the Baronet in 1611. In the 230 years between that date and 1841 nearly 1000 Baronetcies succumbed to extinction or dormancy. Those who enjoyed the honors of this distinguished order, however, left numerous connections. This work set in alphabetical sequence the lineage of each of these nearly 1000 holders of the order of Baronet at the time or extinction. 644 p. Price $80 U.S., plus shipping. 3. Visitation of Ireland by Crisp – Howard, Six Volumes in One, hardbound, reprinted 1973, 872 p. Price $106 U.S, plus shipping. 4. Irish Landed Gentry by O’Hart, hardbound, reprinted 1969. Includes the Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, 773 p. Price $105 U.S., plus shipping. 5. Irish And Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research, Volumes 1 and 2 (a set) by Falley, hardbound with dust cover, originally published 1961. This is a massive compilation of source records pertaining to the Scots who settled in the north of Ireland and their descendants in America. It is, thus, the bedrock on which all Scotch-Irish genealogical research must build. Price $120 U.S., plus shipping. 6. Irish Pedigrees by O’Hart, Volumes I and II (a set), hardbound, 5th Edition reprinted 1976, 945p and 896 p. Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation – John O’Hart, Associate in Arts, Queen’s University in Ireland; Fellow of the Royal Historical and Archæological Association of Ireland; member of the Harleian Society, London. “The two Volumes contain all the Irish Genealogies and any other interesting matter bearing on ancient Irish history which we have met with in our life-long research.” This set is a MUST HAVE for historians or anyone researching Irish roots. Volume I (in 2 parts) is comprised of “the genealogies of the families which branched from that ancient stem; together with the territories possessed by the ancient Irish families in the twelfth century; a Chapter on the “English Invasion,” and another on the “Cromwellian Devastation” of Ireland.� 9D The lineal descent of the Irish royal family; families descended from H! eber, Ithe, Ir, and Heremon; the principal families of Munster, Ulster, Meath, Leinster, and Connaught; and much more are covered. Volume II (in 2 parts) is devoted to families in Ireland from the 11th to the end of the 16th century with the counties in which they were located; Anglo-Irish and other genealogies; and sections on the Huguenots, the Palatines, and the Ulster Plantation. The Hy-Niall Septs of Uster, Meath, and Connaught; the O’Melaghlin family; the Clan Colla; and much more are included. Extensive appendices augment this massive work, and both volumes conclude with a surname index. Volume II also contains a general index. Price$120 U.S., plus shipping. 7. Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Lewis, Volumes I and II (a set), hardbound, reprinted 1984, 675 p. and 730 p. This esteemed work contains every fact of importance tending to illustrate the local history of Ireland. Arranged alphabetically by place (village, parish, town, etc.), it provides a faithful description of all Irish localities as they existed at the time of publication (1837), showing, for example, exactly where a particular civil parish was located in relation to the nearest town or towns, the barony, county, and province in which it was situated, its principal landowners, the diocese in which it was situated, and--of great importance--the Roman Catholic district in which the parish was located and the names of corresponding Catholic parishes. In addition, Lewis's gazetteer is augmented with engravings of the arms and seals of the various towns and boroughs in Ireland, an appendix showing the boundaries of the cities and boroughs, and a list of nearly 10,! 000 subscribers to the original publication, in effect a list of the Irish gentry of 1837. Price $135 U.S., plus shipping. 8. On an Irish Jaunting Car by Samuel G. Bayne, original publishing 1902, hardbound, 138 p., with some black and white photos. Subject involves author who left New York June 26, 1902 on the SS Columbia to Londonderry, Ireland. From Londonderry he took a jaunting car through Ireland down to Cork, including the Aran Islands, and describes his travels and the places and people visited. Price $50 U.S., plus shipping. [Good condition]