1. Poirteir, Cathal.

The Great Irish Famine.

Cork, Mercier Press, 1995. 19.7cm x 12.8cm. 283 (5) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. [The Thomas Davis Lecture Series].

2. Cusack, George / Goss, Sarah Judith.

Hungry words – Images of Famine in the Irish Canon. Edited by George Cusack, Sarah Goss.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2006. 24 cm. ix, 342 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Carleton, William.

An Fáidh Dubh. Seamus O Ceallaigh a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

[Gaelic Edition of “The Black Prophet – A Tale of Irish Famine”]. Baile Atha Cliat, Oifig an tSolathair, 1940. 22 p. 569 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

4. [Cork – West Cork / County Kerry History Pre-Famine] Nicholson, Asenath.

Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger or An Excursion through Ireland in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor.

First Edition. New York, Baker and Scribner, 1847. Small Octavo. XV, 456 pages plus 22 pages of a catalogue for the publisher Baker and Scribner in the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament to covers. Recently, professionally restored. Very good condition with the usual signs of some browning and foxing to this publication. From the library of Lathrop Josiah Tracy, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (1825-1897). With his name to the halftitle. A very rare and important book !

5. Kennedy, J.P. [Secretary John Pitt Kennedy] / [House of Commons].

Instructions to Committees of Relief Districts – Extracted from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Commissioners appointed in reference to the apprehended Scarcity.

[Dublin Castle], 28th February, 1846. Octavo. 4 Pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Historical publication of great scarcity and importance. With manuscript notification to front and one annotation within the text. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: From the private collection of Irish cardiologist and clinical scientist, Eoin O’Brien