The Story of The Irish Society. Being a Brief Historical Account of the Foundation and Work of The Honourable The Irish Society of London. London; Irish Chambers, 1913. First Edition. Pp 90. Contemporary full crushed red morocco boards, title & coat-of-arms to upper cover. Edges of boards scuffed & faded, cracked along outer hinges. Ex library copy with stamps. Contents pages in good condition.

Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates in the text along with several text drawings. With bookplate and signature of Sir Alfred James Bart, former Lord Mayor of London and Governor of the Irish Society in 1906.

Printed for the Honourable the Irish society in celebration of the tercentenary of the granting of the Society’s charter in 1613. The Honourable Irish Society is a consortium of livery companies of the City of London established during the Plantation of Ulster to colonise County Derry. It was created in 1609 within the City of London Corporation, and incorporated in 1613 by royal charter of James I.