1. [Barry, James] Pressly, William L.

James Barry’s Murals at The Royal Society of Arts – Envisioning a New Public Art.

Cork, CUP (Cork University Press), 2014. Folio (24.5 cm wide x 33.4 cm). Frontispiece, XVIII, 395 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

2. [Connor, Jerome] Ó Murchú, Giollamuire.

Jerome Connor – Irish-American Sculptor (1874-1943). Edited by Fionnuala Croke.

[Dublin], National Gallery of Ireland, 1993. Quarto. 86 pages with llustrations of Coonor’s work throughout. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some minor damage to spine and frontcover only. A very rare book now !

3. [John Minihan Collection] – [Heaney, Seamus] Minihan, John.

First Day Cover of the commemorative stamp for Seamus Heaney. Signed by irish photographer John Minihan, whose portrait of Heaney was used for the stamp. The first day cover is illustrated with a quote from Heaney’s “Bogland”: “We have no prairies – To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to – Encroaching horizon…”

Dublin, Anpost, 2014. 19 cm x 13 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed and dated by John Minihan on August 28th, 2014.

4. [Heaney, Seamus / Flanagan, T.P.] Kennedy, S. B.

T.P. Flanagan, RHA, PPRUA. [Signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan] Foreword by Seamus Heaney / Catalogue by Martyn Anglesea / An appreciation by John Belmore with notes on selected pictures by T.P. Flanagan and J.K. Jamison. A special edition of this book is limited to one hundred signed copies of which seventy-five are offered for sale. This is one of the 25 copies which were not for sale. It is signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan on the front free endpaper and its provenance is an eminent irish art collection.

Dublin, Four Courts Press in association with the Ulster Museum, 1995. Folio (24 cm x 28 cm). 96 pages with many illustrations in colour and photographs. Softcover. Some staining to endpaper and edge, leading into the outer margins of some pages. Text and illustrations not affected. While the staining is not pretty, this is one of the rare occasions to acquire one of the scarcer signed items from Seamus Heaney (1 of 25 copies from an edition of only 100 signed copies).

5. [McKenna, Stephen] García, Ángel González.

Stephen McKenna – Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours – a selection 1969-2004 Curated by Patrick T. Murphy.

Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, 2005. 24,5 cm x 30,5 cm. 191 pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

6. [Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !

7. [Yeats, Jack B.] Rosenthal, T.G.

The Art of Jack B.Yeats. Chronology, List of Exhibitions, Bibliography and Notes on the Plates by Hilary Pyle.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1993. Folio. Frontispiece, XI, 308 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Small giftinscription to endpaper.

8. Dungiven / Banagher Glen – Anonymous.

Near Dungiven with Banagher Glen.

Original, late 18th century, early 19th century Watercolour of scenery near Dungiven (County Londonderry). [Dungiven], c.1790-1810. 24 cm x 16.3 cm. Besides some darkening to one part of the image in very good condition.

9. Barber, Fionna.

Art in Ireland since 1910.

London, Reaktion Books, 2013. 26 cm. 318 pages illlustrations (chiefly color). Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

10. Crespo, Ulrike.

Ulrike Crespo – Cold Landscape.

Heidelberg / Berlin, Kehrer-Verlag, 2013. 27 cm. 143 Seiten mit zahlreichen Photographien. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

12. Gibbings, Robert.

Sweet Cork of Thee. With engravings by the author.

First edition. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1951. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Green Cloth with gilt lettering and decor. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings in the text.

13. Harbison, Peter.

Cooper’s Ireland – Drawings and Notes from an Eighteenth-Century Gentleman.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 2000. 23.s cm x 23.5 cm. 288 pages. 132 black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Hunt, John.

Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 to 1600. – John Hunt Centenary Exhibition.

Limerick, The Hunt Museum, 2000. Slim Quarto. 64 unnumbered pages with illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

15. Lyndsay, Roy.

The Character of Ireland. [Signed by the Artist]

Mullingar, R.K.L. Publication, 2019. Oblong – Quarto. 160 pages with wonderful illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition. Signed. [We ship per UPS Express Courier worldwide]

16. Maguire, Brian.

REMAINS [The Arizona Series] / [Signed by the artist Brian Maguire in Cork, 2021].

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, 2021. Quarto (28.5 cm wide x 28 cm high). 48 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.Signed by the artist !

17. Murray, Peter (ed.).

Irish Art 1770 – 1995. History and Society. Works from the Collection of the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork.

Cork, City of Cork VEC, 1995. 30 x 30 cm. 96 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

18. O’Dwyer, Frederick.

Irish Hospital Architecture – A Pictorial History.

Dublin, Ireland, Dept. of Health and Children, 1997. 30 cm. 119 pages with illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, like new condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare book ! From the library of irish cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

19. O’Kane, Finola.

Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland – Mixing Foreign Trees with the Natives.

Cork, Cork University Press, 2004. Quarto. XI, 211 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

20. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

21. Potterton, Homan.

Illustrated Summary Catalogue of Paintings. Introduction by Homan Potterton, Director.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1981. 24.2cm x 18.7cm. xxxxii, 363 pages. With 2,200 illustrations. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

22. Scott, Dr Yvonne / Parlon, Tom.

Art in State Buildings 1995-2005.

Dublin, Stationery Office, 2006. 23 cm x 30 cm. XXII, 192 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. Somerville, E. Œ. [Edith].

Slipper’s ABC of Fox Hunting. By E.OE. Somerville, M.F.H. Joint Author of “Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.”, “A Patrick’s Day Hunt”, &c. [With the printed dedication: “Dedicated in token of ancient friendship to The West Carbery Hounds”].

London / New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. Folio (31 cm wide x 39.4 cm high). 85 pages with opposing full-page plates in colour. Original Hardcover with illustrated cover in protective Mylar. Binding a little shaky but overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One page detached. A rare and complete set of this wonderful work of caricature of West Cork Hunts and Local People, familiar to Edith Somerville.

24. Winkles, B. [Engraver] / Petrie, George [Artist / After a Drawing by George Petrie].

Bank of Ireland, Dublin (South Portico) – “The Original Parliament House”.

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 23 cm x 18 cm. Very good condition.

25. Youngs, Susan (Editor).

‘The Work of Angels’ – Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD. With contributions by Paul T. Craddock, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Michael Ryan and Leslie Webster.

London, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1990. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 223 pages. 185 black and white and 56 colour illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.