111. [Hansard, Luke].

The Imperial Review ; or London and Dublin Literary Journal [From 1805 on called “The Imperial Review or London, Edinburgh and Dublin Literary Journal”].

First and only Edition. Five Volumes. London, Printed by Luke Hansard, for T.Cadell and W. Davies, in The Strand, also for J.Archer, J. Cooke (Ormond Quay); and M.N.Mahon (Grafton Street, Dublin); A. Edwards (Cork Printer); J. Barry (Limerick) and W. Magee (Belfast), 1804 – 1805. Octavo. Two Annuals (complete for the Year 1804 and 1805) of this Rare Periodical, bound in five Volumes. Year 1804: Volume the First: (January to April, 1804) XII, 654 pages including Index / Volume the Second: (May to August, 1804) VIII, 639 pages including Index / Volume the Third: (September to December, 1804) VIII, 628 pages including Index // Year 1805: Volume the Fourth [Titlepage missing] (January to June, 1805): VII, 733 pages including Index / Volume the Fifth (July to December, 1805): VII, 706 pages including Index. Original Hardcover with new spinelabels. All Volumes in collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Minor browning only. Titlepage of Volume four missing, otherwise complete and the interior in excellent condition. A very rare find, this is one of the more elusive periodicals of the early 19th century, printed just after the Act of Union in 1800 was established and printed by english printer Luke Hansard for publishers and printers in London, Dublin and Cork.

112. Harrison, Henry.

Ulster and the British Empire, 1939 – Help or hindrance ? – A sequel to “Ireland and the British Empire, 1937”.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1939. Octavo. Frontispiece map, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly frayed. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

113. Hawthorne, James.

Two Centuries of Irish History. Based on a BBC Radio Series. Edited by James Hawthorne.

London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1969. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 136 pages, 27 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

114. Headlam, Maurice / [Arland Ussher].

Irish Reminiscences [Association – copy between Maurice Headlam and Arland Ussher, not only signed and inscribed in length by Maurice Headlam but also including two 4-page-manuscript letters by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher, reflecting on Ussher’s publication “The Face and Mind of Ireland”].

First edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1949. Octavo. Frontispiece – Photograph, 244 pages. Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed on endpaper. Two manuscript letters loosely inserted. Manuscript entry, correction/explanation/annotations by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher on page 166 and page 175.

115. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.

116. Herbert, Maire (editor) / Murray, Kevin (editor).

Retrospect and Prospect in Celtic Studies. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Celtic Studies held in University College, Cork, 25-31 July 1999.

Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. 128 pages. Original hardcover with silver lettering on cover and spine. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight yellowing of page edges. Signed by two of the contributors: Caoimhin O Muirigh and Maire Herbert.

117. Hickey, Patrick.

Famine in West Cork. The Mizen Peninsula, Land and People, 1800-1852. A local study of pre-famine and famine Ireland.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2002. 16 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, 424 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket with signs of wear. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare, out-of-print-title. The ultimate copy, signed and with a gift-inscription from Patrick Hickey to Rosscarbery Bookdealer Cal [Hyland] and with two original, very rare and controversial newspaper-clippings which constituted a dispute about facts in the book between Patrick Hickey and irish journalist Eoghan Harris.

118. Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Half-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Half-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, as well as the marbled-paper-covered boards, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 350 copies of the Half-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

119. Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Full-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Full-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 150 copies of the Full-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

120. Hutton, Mary A.

The Táin – An Irish Epic Told in English Verse by Mary A. Hutton.

Dublin, Maunsel & Co., 1907. Small Quarto (18 cm x 22 cm). XII, 495 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Top edge gilt. The Volume now in collector’s Mylar. Binding with some fraying and rubbing to spine. As usual, the text deckled edges with some foxing. Last page of the Appendix unopened with a small tear. A very rare and important book with all the History and insight into “The Táin”.