201. Meehan, Denis.

Window on Maynooth. With Drawings by Donal Murphy.

First Edition. Dublin, Clonmore and Reynolds, 1949. Octavo. 182 pages with illustrations and drawings throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on dustjacket. Extremely Rare Publication !

202. Milliken, Richard Alfred / [Provenance: Hugh Hendrick, Cork, 1850] / [connection to ‘Lady Jeffreys’ (the pro-rightboy Arabella Jeffereyes, once proprietor of Blarney castle)].

The River Side / The River’s Side – A Poem by R A Millikin. [With an original Watercolour as Frontispice, possibly by Millikin himself, who was, among many other things, also a Watercolour-Artist]. Book I – Book II – Book III.

First and only Edition. [Cork], [1807]. Quarto. Frontispice – Watercolour, 147 pages with several of the pages misbound but complete. Private Half-Leather. Binding and Volume overall in very poor condition. Wide margins, formerly stitched. The Volume has all the trademarks of a working-copy, which could explain the stunning Watercolour as Frontispice (or even as titlepage). Faded dampstain to upper margins. While the Volume is rough, it has the typical charme of an underestimated, very rare publication by a local Cork poet [which is manifested by Milliken dedicating the work to the members of the Cork Library Society at the time]. This Volume is of utmost rarity.

203. [Mirror Club, The] / Henry Mackenzie / William Craig / Alexander Abercromby / Alexander Fraser Tytler.

The Mirror – A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 [″Veluti in Specula”].

Fourth Edition overall [First Dublin Edition]. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by T.Henshall for T.Walker, 1782. Small Octavo (10 cm x 18 cm). VI, 288, VIII, 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with new spinelabels, made to style. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Some minor wormhole-damage to the last 20 pages of Volume Two.Minor lesions to some pages only. Faded dampstain to both Volumes. Still, both Volumes firm and complete. Important scottish enlightenment publication. From the library of one “John Courtenay”, with his name in ink on the titlepages of both Volumes. This is possibly John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816), who was an Irish officer in the British Army, later becing a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. (Wikipedia)

204. Mitchel, John.

Jail Journal – Irishleabhar Priosuin No Cuig Bliaona I Bpriosunaid Na breataine. Translated Into Irish By Eoghan O Neachtain.

Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, 1936. 8°. III, 238, VI, 334 pages. Original Hardcover with black lettering on spine and boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare gaelic edition of this important book.

205. Mitchel, John.

The History of Ireland – From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time: Being a Continuation of the History of the Abbe MacGeoghegan. Compiled by John Mitchel.

(Cameron & Ferguson’s Edition). Two Volumes in one volume (complete). London, R & T Washbourne, no year (c.1890). Octavo. XII, 304, 265 pages including Appendix No. I: “The Articles of Union” and Appendix No.II: “An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland”. Original Hardcover (Cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

206. Mizen Archaeological and Historical Society [Mackey, Mary / O’Donovan, Michael / O’Leary, Paddy and others].

Complete Set of the very rare Mizen Journal. 13 Volumes together (All which was published). Present are Volumes 1 (1993)-13 (2007).

13 Volumes (complete set) Skibbereen, 1993-2007. 8°. Volume 1 (1993) / Volume 2 (1994) / Volume 3 (1995) / Volume 4 (1996) / Volume 5 (1997) / Volume 6 (1998) / Volume 7 (1999) / Volume 8 (2000) / Volume 9 (2001) / Volume 10 (2002) / Volume 11 (2003) / Volume 12 (2004) / Volume 13 (2007) // Original Softcover. Excellent condition of all Volumes, with only very minor signs of wear. None of the Volumes with entries or text-markings. Extremely rare run of these very sought after, original magazines. The best, unrivalled source of understanding the History of West Cork and the Mizen Peninsula.

207. Mizen Archeological and Historical Society.

Mizen Journal, No. 9.

First Edition. Skibbereen, Mizen Archeological and Historical Society, 2001. 14,5 x 20,5 cm. 180 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. [Mizen Journal]

208. [Monaghan] Brindley, Anna L.

Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan. Compiled by Anna L. Brindley.

Dublin, Published by the Stationery Office, 1986. Folio (22 cm x 31 cm). X, 131 pages with diagrams and illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

209. Moore, John.

A Journal During a Residence in France, From the Beginning of August, To the Middle of December, 1792. To Which is Added an Account of the Most Remarkable Events That Happened at Paris from That Time to the Death of the Late King of France. [Including the Hand-coloured Map].

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Byrne, J.Moore, B.Dugdale, W.Jones, Colbert and J.Rice, 1793. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 303, 570 pages plus a Hand-coloured “Map of General Dumourier’s Campaign on the Meuse” (showing the area between Metz and Reims as well as Sedan and Nancy). Hardcover / Modern half-leather bound to the style of the 18th-century with spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I. Excellent condition !

210. [Moore, John] / [Anonymous: “By the Author of Zeluco”].

Edward. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken From Life and Manners, Chiefly in England.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, W.Watson and Son, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1797. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 331, 376 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

211. [Moore, John] / [Anonymous: “By the Author of Zeluco and Edward”].

Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, and Manners, in Various Countries; Including the Memoirs of A French Lady of Quality. By the Author of Zeluco and Edward.

First Irish Edition. Three Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W. Watson and Son, G. Burnet, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1800. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 17 cm). II, 239, 276, 283 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th/19th-century leather with original spinelabels. All three Volumes in protective Mylar. The labels and spoine slightly damaged only. All Volumes firm and in overall very good condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his bookplate to the pastedown of Volume I. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

212. Morahan, Leo.

Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo. Archaeology, Landscape and People.

Co. Mayo, Croagh Patrick Archaeological Committee, 2001. 29.7cm x 21cm. 164 pages with photographs and maps. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

213. Murphy, John A.

Where Finbarr Played: A Concise History of Sport in University College Cork, 1911-2011.

Cork, Office of the Vice President for the Student Experience, 2011. 19.5cm x 25.5cm. XV, 254 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare. Signed and inscribed by the author.

214. Murray, Laurence P.

History of the Parish of Creggan in the 17th and 18th centuries. With numerous Ancient Maps and Illustrations.

Dundalk, The Dundalgan Press, 1940. 92 pages. Original Softcover. Repaired and frayed but overall still in good condition with signs of external wear. Several annotations in the maps and within the text.

215. [Nagle, Nano] O’Farrell, Sr Mary Pius.

Nano Nagle – Woman of the Gospel.

Cork, Cork Publishing Limited, 1996. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XII. 305 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Very Rare. Signed and inscribed by the author.

216. [Neale, John William] Willis, Anne.

A Critical Edition of Neal’s Celebrated Irish Tunes [that is: “John William Neale”].

[c.1972]. Large Quarto. 158 pages with scores and analysis of tunes. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Stunning, very comprehensive and specialized publication. Extremely rare work on this seminal irish musician. From the library of Tadgh O Murchu, with his name and date (1972).

217. Neeson, Eoin.

Myths from Easter 1916. [Inscribed and signed by the author]

Millstreet, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2007. 21 cm. 222 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

218. Noyes, Alfred.

The Accusing Ghost or Justice for Casement.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1957. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 191 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Cover is slightly torn in places especially at the top of spine. Some dogears and some foxing to the pages. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

219. Ó Broin, Leon.

Na Sasanaigh agus Éirí Amach na Cásca [The English and the Easter Rising]. Scéal Nathan [Nathan’s Story].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1967. Octavo. 263 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

220. Ó Conluain, Proinsias / Ó Ceallaigh, Seán Thomas.

Seán T. Scéal a bheatha á insint ag Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, arna chur in eagar ag Prionsias Ó Conluain [The life-story of Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, as told by himself. Edited by Prionsias Ó Conluain.]

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta., 1963. 8°. 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

221. Ó Fearghail, Sean Óg.

Law (?) and Orders – The Belfast “curfew” of 3-5 July, 1970.

[Dundalk], Central Citizens’ Defence Committee, 1970. 25 cm. IV, 45 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

222. O Mahony, Colman.

Mansions and Monuments – People and Places of bygone Passage West and Monkstown.

Limited Collector’s Edition: No.279 of only 300 copies printed. Monkstown, Rosmathun Press, 2011. Quarto. XI, 420 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

223. Ó Tuama, Seán Óg.

An Chóisir Cheoil. [The Music Party] – Volume IX.

Baile Átha Cliath, Comhlucht Oideachais na hEireann, 1965. 8°. 16 pages with notations (songs set to music). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

224. O’Brien, Brendan.

The Long War – The IRA and Sinn Fein 1985 to TODAY.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1993. 25 cm. 320 pages. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

225. O’Brien, Niall.

Blackwater and Bride – Navigation and Trade, 7000 BC to 2007 [This book is dedicated to the landowners, merchants and sailors who made navigation and trade possible on the Blackwater and Bride Rivers].

Niall O’Brien Publishing, 2008. Octavo. XII, 562 pages with plenty of illustrations throughout the volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolutely mint condition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the endpaper. Extremely Rare Book !!

226. O’Callaghan, Sean.

The Easter Lily – The Story of the I.R.A. (IRA).

First Edition. London, Allan Wingate, 1956. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Jimmy O’Callaghan and Sean O’Callaghan, 219 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name on endpaper.

227. [O’Connell, Daniel] /Ventura, P. Joachim.

Trauerrede auf Daniel O’Connell gehalten in St.Andrea della Valle zu Rom [Translates: “Eulogy or Funeral Oration on Daniel O’Connell, held at St.Andrea della Valle in Rome by P. Joachim Ventura [Fr. Gioacchino Ventura]” / Mit der Vorrede und den Anmerkungen des Verfassers deutsch von Julius Müleisen.

Tübingen, Buchhandlung zu-Guttenberg, 1847. Octavo. XIV, 96 pages. Original Softcover Pamphlet. Extremely scarce !! / Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Mathilde Gräfin von Jenison-Walworth [signiert: “Mathilde Speth – Zwifalten” (Zwiefaltendorf)].

228. [O’Connell, Daniel] Levy, John / [John O’Connell].

A Full and Revised Report of the Three Days’ Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, With Dedication to Cornelius Mac Loghlin, Esq., and an Address to the People of Ireland – By Daniel O’Connell, M.P. To which are added, A Valuable Appendix, and the Petition from the Corporation to the Imperial Parliament, for the Restoration of Ireland’s Domestic Legislature. Edited by John Levy, Esq. [Bound with a relevant publication by Daniel O’Connell’s son, John O’Connell (1810 – 1858): “John O’Connell – An Argument for Ireland” – Dublin, 1844. III, 391 pages].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1843. Octavo. VIII, 391 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the 19th century. This is NOT an ex-library-copy how so often is the case for this book, but an excellent condition First Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

229. [O’Connor, Roger] Captain Rock.

Letters to His Majesty, King George the Fourth. [This is the Volume owned by the Conner – Family of Manch House and it bears the Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner].

London, Published by B. Steill, 1828. Small Octavo. 372 (of 378 pages with six pages missing from the Postscript). Hardcover / Private half – leather-binding. From the library of Daniel Conner & Henry Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner to pastedown. Two additional names written inside the book. The rarest publication by Roger O’Conner, who wrote under the pseudonym “Captain Rock”, in which much of his families history and its connection to Irish History is revealed. The publication is full of autobiographical detail on Roger O’Connor and his family and Biographical History of Nobility and minor Nobility during O’Connor’s time. Roger O’Connor explains in a form of a biographical Dictionary within the book the many different functions and historical details of Earls, Marquis’, Viscounts and other men of merit in Ireland at the time.

230. [O’Connor, T.P.] Fyfe, Hamilton.

T.P. O’Connor.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1934. 14.5 x 22.5cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Some signs of wear to boards and spine, otherwise in very good condition.

231. O’Donnell, F.Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar [including a chapter: “The Priestly Boycott and the Irish Language” and with an Appendix: “The Mind of the Jesuit Order To-Day on the Killing of Heretics and the Liberty of Peoples”].

London, David Nutt, 1902. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23 cm). XXIII, 202 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

232. O’Donnell, F.Hugh [Major George Bernard O’Connor / IRA].

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar [including a chapter: “The Priestly Boycott and the Irish Language” and with an Appendix: “The Mind of the Jesuit Order To-Day on the Killing of Heretics and the Liberty of Peoples”].

London, David Nutt, 1902. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23 cm). XXIII, 202 pages. Hardcover / Recently professionally restored. Modern half-leather-binding with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some pages with some minor browning. From the library of Major George Bernard O’Connor, with his name “O’Connor” on titlepage and his Rochestown address (″Illane Roe, Rochestown, Co.Cork”, to endpaper). O’Connor, of the 6th Dragoons, was identified as spy and executed by the IRA on July 10th, 1921.

233. O’Donnell, Peadar.

The Gates Flew Open [An Irish Civil War Prison Diary].

Cork, The Mercier Press, 1966. Octavo (11.2 cm x 17.9 cm). 106 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !!

234. O’Donoghue, Bruno.

Parish Histories and Place Names of West Cork.

Kerry, The Kerryman Ltd., no year (c. 1960). 21.3cm x 14.2cm. 345 (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One of the rarest publications on the History of West Cork. A Dictionary with name-explanations and lots of lost historical wordings.

235. O’Driscoll, Diarmuid / O Drisceoil, Diarmuid.

Douglas Golf Club – Centenary History 1909 – 2009.

Cork, Douglas Golf Club, 2009. Large – Octavo. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

236. O’Hanlon, Feargal / South, Seán [Feargal Ó hAnnluain & Seán Sabhat].

Two vintage Memorial Plaques for the two IRA Volunteers Fergal O’Hanlon and Seán South, commemorating their deaths during a raid against a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on New Year’s Day, 1957.

Ireland, c.1957. 21 cm x 28 cm. Two plaques with lettering and story in gaelic ! Green and yellow plaques with ribbons in the colours of the irish flag. The plaque of Fergal O’Hanlon with some rubbing and slight damage. The plaque showing Seán South in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

237. O’Hanlon, John Canon.

Irish – American History of the United States. [=With a chapter: Transportation of Irish Slaves to the American Colonies]. Including American Civil War Maps (25), Portraits (16 plates with numerous portraits) etc.

Dublin / London, Sealy, Bryers and Walker / The Gresham Publishing Co., [1902]. Quarto (23,5 cm x 28,5 cm). Frontispiece Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, XIX, (5), 677 pages plus LXXXIV pages Index and the Large Fold-Out-Map of the USA in the rear. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor dampstaining to the endpaper and frontispiece. Interior otherwise very clean. Binding firm. The large fold-out-map with some tears. Important and rare publication.

238. O’Laughlin, Michael.

The Families of County Cork, Ireland. Original First Edition – With over one thousand entries from the Archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation.

Kansas City, Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1996. Octavo. XVI, 224 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, nearly new condition with only minor signs of wear.

239. O’Neill, Tom.

The Battle of Clonmult – The IRA’s worst defeat.

Dublin, Nonsuch Press, 2006. 20 cm. 120 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print ! Very scarce !

240. [O’Nolan Family History] Nolan, Rev. John / Kavanagh, Art.

O’Nolan – The History of A People. By Rev. John Nolan and Art Kavanagh. With extended notices of other great Gaelic, Anglo Norman and English families of South East Leinster.

Bunclody (Coounty Wexford), Published by “Irish Family Names”, 2000. Large Octavo. VI, 360 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Art Kavanagh.

241. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Money. With a Foreword by Prof. John Busteed.

Dublin / Cork, Cork University Press, 1941. Octavo. XXX, 441 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. The rare dustjacket a little dusty but unclipped and in very good condition. The Volume itself in Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of spotting and foxing only. SIGNED by Alfred O’Rahilly on the endpaper ! Signed editions of this book are very scarce !

242. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Our Daily Bread. How to Deal with the Foreign Invasion. [including a Memorandum of the Cork Millers and Merchants, 1917]

Dublin, Eason and Son, Ltd., 1930. 22 cm x 14.2 cm. 88 pages. Original softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Corners bumped and slightly damaged. Staples rusted. Interior still in very good condition. Very rare !

243. O’Regan, Paula.

Healing Herbs in Ireland [Herbs in Ireland with images of the Herbs and their Medicinal Uses].

Blackrock, Primrose Press, (c. 1997). Octavo. 140 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare now !

244. [O’Reilly, John Boyle] Kenneally, Ian.

From the earth, a cry – The story of John Boyle O’Reilly.

Cork, Collins Press, 2011. 22 cm. VI, 374 pages. With 16 pages of plates. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print. Very Rare now !

245. O’Riordan, C.E.

A Catalogue of the Collection of Irish Marine Crustacea in the National Museum of Ireland.

Dublin, Stationery Office, no year (c. 1969). Quarto. XII, 98 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

246. O’Riordan, Thomas.

The Price of Freedom – The Life Story of Mick Fitzgerald (Commandant) O/C 1st Battalion Cork No.2 Brigade. – This Story contains an accurate and detailed account of the Early Life, Volunteer-Activities, Arrest, Trial, Imprisonment, Hunger-Strike and Death of one of Irelands bravest Sons.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Fermoy, Barry’s, no year [c.1970]. Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 95 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication with only one version of this publication listed internationally (in the National Library of Ireland).

247. O’Shea, Rev. Kieran.

Castleisland – Church and People.

The Kerryman Ltd., 1981. Octavo. 68 pages with fold-out-map showing the “Parish of Castleisland” inside the rear of the publication. With photographic illustrations throughout the book. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication. Signed by the author.

248. O’Sullivan, Philip / Shepherd, Katharine.

A Sourcebook on Planning Law in Ireland together with the rare 1987 Supplement.

Abingdon, Professional Books Limited, 1984 – 1987. Octavo. XXXVIII, 568 pages plus supplement: XXI, 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. (The supplement in softcover). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

249. Palm House Conservatory Belfast – Anonymus.

Palm House Conservatory – Botanical Garden in Belfast.

Original 19th century Gouache painting with title in ink mounted separately. Belfast, c. 1880. Beautifully framed. The frame with the Gouache measures: 36 cm x 38.5 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 15 cm high x 19 cm wide. Excellent condition of this beautiful original artwork showing the spectacular 19th century Palm House with surroundings.

250. [Parnell, Charles Stewart] Kee, Robert.

The Laurel and the Ivy: The Story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1993. 16cm x 24cm. 659 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, as new condition. Signed / Inscribed by the author Robert Kee !