4801. Mayes, Mary.

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

Third Edition. London, Ballière, Tindall and Cox, 1946. 19 cm x 12,5 cm. 495 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Prize award sticker on front pastedown.

4802. [Maynooth / Colehill – County Longford] – Handcock, Reverend William / Handcock, Robert Ball.

Two Manuscript Notebooks of Reverend William Handcock and his son, Robert Ball Handcock. The Notebook of William Handcock is titled: “Letters & Addresses on various subjects by Revd. William Handcock” and are of special interest since he had the habit of transcribing in it complete letters he sent and received from noteworthy people in Ireland during the Famine – years 1842 (February) – 1854. These letters are often meaningful appeals to newspapers, church administrators or clergymen like William Baillie Kirkpatrick (1802 – 1882), Irish Peers (e.g. William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty) etc./ The Manuscript Notebook of William’s son, Robert Ball Handscock, was started in June of 1846 (in Maynooth) and is simply a manuscript scrapbook with poetry and stories of favourite poets of the time (including an Index).

Maynooth / Radanstown (Meath) / Cole Hill (Longford) etc., 1841-1854. Octavo. 181 pages [Diary of William Handcock] / 140 pages plus 4 pages of Index [Diary of Robert Ball Handcock]. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with paper-covered boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4803. Mc Cormaic, Tomas.

1798 ! – Rebel Cork in Insurrection – The United Irishmen of Cork City and County.

Midleton, Litho Press, 1998. Octavo (14.7 cm wide x 20.8 cm high). 131 pages. Illustrated. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author. Very rare !

4804. Mc Gough, Roger / Sweeney, Matthew / Cope, Wendy / Armitage, Simon / Raine, Craig / Fanthorpe, U.A.

Prospero Poets. Volume I: Painter & Poet – Three Poems by U.A.Fanthorpe with Wood-Engravings by Simon Brett / Volume II: Wendy Cope – The Squirrel & the Crow with line drawings by John Vernon Lord / Volume III: The Anaesthesist – a new poem by Simon Armitage with lithographs by Valerii Mishim / Volume IV: The Ble Taps – Three Poems by Matthew Sweeney with Illustrations by John Ross / Volume V – Pen Pals – a new poem by Roger McGough with Illustrations by Annie Newnham / Volume VI – Change – a new poem by Craig Raine with illustrations by George Hardie // All volumes published by Trevor Weston, edited by Simon Rae and designed by Dennis Hall.

Alton, Clarion Publishing, 1994 / 1995. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 16 pages each including illustrations. Original softcover pamphlets in slipcase. 6 Volumes. One set of only 500 of a Limited Edition. Fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4805. Mc Gowan, Joe.

A Bitter Wind.

Sligo, Aeolus Publications, 2009. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 284 pages. Several colour photographs throughout. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Now Out-of-Print !

4806. [McAfee, Mildred Helen] de la Mare, Walter.

Ding Dong Bell.

London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924. 13 cm x 19 cm. IX, 76 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and fully signed by de La Mare to American academic Mildred Helen McAfee Horton on front free endpaper: “Helen McAfee with all good wishes from Walter de la Mare – June 1924”.

4807. McAlpine, Helen & William.

Japanese Tales and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1979. 13.8 cm x 22.3 cm. 212 pages. Black and white illustrations within text. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

4808. McArdle, Jack.

It’s Really Very Simple – Uncomplicating the Message.

Dublin, The Columba Press, 1994. 11 cm x 18 cm. 144 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some evidience of dogears. A few annotations in ink pen throughout.

4809. McBride, Lawrence W.

The Greening of Dublin Castle – The Transformation of Bureaucratic and Judicial Personnel in Ireland, 1892-1922.

Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 1991. 23 cm. xii, 337 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4810. McCann, Charles.

Trees of India. A Popular Handbook.

First Edition. Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1947. 25cm x 15cm. viii, 63, 156 pages. With 78 coloured plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece photograph: The Stem of a young Baobab. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine separating from block. Endpaper signed by preowner.