1. [Carbery, Mary] Kartoffel, Baron von.

The Germans in Cork – Being the Letters of His Excellency “The Baron von Kartoffel” (Military Governor of Cork in the Year 1918) and others.

First and only Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1918. Small Octavo. 112 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, the spine intact. Extremely rare publication written by Mary Carbery under the pseudonym “Baron von Kartoffel (Potatoe)”. An extraordinary spoof, long undetected as Mary Carbery’s invention and proven by a mention in an advertisement of her works in another of her books (The Farm by Lough Gur).

2. [Freke, Henry (Evolution / Evolutionist)] / [Freke Family Provenance] / Castle Freke / Castlefreke / “Algy” Freke [Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Lord Carbery and his wife Mary Carbery] / Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Poitevin, M.P.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française – Glossaire Raisonné de la langue écrite et parlée [Personal copy of evolutionist Henry Freke, with his signature to the titlepage, dated 1851 in Paris, possibly obtained during his studies at Trinity College Dublin, between getting his M.B. in 1845 and his M.D. in 1855].

Paris, Librairie de F. Chamerot, 1851. Quarto (18 cm x 25,5 cm). XVI, 1040 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. Excellent, firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. Special edition: Signed by the editor M.P.Poitevin and publisher F.Chamerot. Provenance: Originally owned by early evolutionist Henry Freke [H.Freke], Paris, 1851 and passed on to extended family. From the library of Daniel Conner and Henry Longfield Conner (Connerville / Manch House who owned several Volumes of the Freke Family – Library, many with Armorial Bindings from Trinity College Dublin). With an important, further historical gift-inscription: “A.G.Freke, Kingstown, Nov. 1903 – given to me by aunt Mary [Carbery].” [this is Mary Carbery and Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery from the family of Castle Freke, West Cork].

3. Carbery, Mary / Grey, Edwin.

Hertfordshire Heritage – Ourselves and our Words.

First Edition. London, John Green & Co., 1948. Small Octavo. 158 pages. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

4. Carbery, Mary.

The Farm by Lough Gur – The Story of Mary Fogarty (Sissy O’Brien). With an Introduction by Shane Leslie and Decorations by Elizabeth Corsellis.

New Impression of the First Edition. London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co., 1942. Large Octavo. XIX, 282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Evans-Freke, John [Lord Carbery] / Castle Freke [Rathbarry] / Castlefreke Library Bookplate.

Collection of Books and Art with a relation to Castle Freke. Some of the books being from the historical library of Castle Freke with the original Exlibris / Bookplate / Some of the books from the libraries and private collections of relatives to the Freke Family / Some of the books by famous writer Mary Carbery, wife of Algernon [″Algy”] William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery of Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland, until his death in 1898. At least one book with direct connections to “Algy” Evans-Freke and Mary Carbery.

Ireland, 1811 – c. 1950 Octavo. Hardcover Editions. Find detailed descriptions and many photographs on all these titles on our website under “Library & Collections” [Castle Freke Collection”].