11. [Castlemartyr Library – Supple’s Court] Churchill, Charles.

Poems by Charles Churchill in Three Volumes with Large Corrections and Additions. To which is added, the Life of the Author. Adorned with Cuts.

The Sixth Edition. Three Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J.Wilkes, 1767. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16.7 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Charles Churchill, XII, 184 pages / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait of John Wilkes, 179 pages / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait of William Hogarth, 208 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and spinelabels. Excellent condition with minor tear to the corner of one of the contents-pages. Interior bright and clean on excellent paper. Provenance: From the library of Edward Supple [Supple’s Court near Castlemartyr, County Cork], with the name “Ed Supple” in ink to the titlepages of each Volume. / Subsequently from the library of Daniel Conner.

12. Collins, Wilkie / [Dustjacket – Design by Austin Molloy].

An Ré-Sheod – “The Moonstone” [Gaelic Edition with the rare dustjacket]. Ar n-a thionntódh go Gaedhilg do Mhícheál O Gríobhtha.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1933. Octavo. 591 pages. Original Hardcover with the very scarce original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying and two closed tears but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare with the dustjacket !

13. [Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

The Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of the Picturesque – A Poem [plus: “Volume Second”: “The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of Consolation – A Poem”].

Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 – 1820. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition !

14. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

15. [Cullen, Stephen] Anonymus.

The Haunted Priory: or, The Fortunes of The House of Rayo. A Romance founded partly on historical Facts.

The Second Edition / [Original Edition – This is NOT a reprint]. London, Printed for J. Bell, 1794. Small Octavo. 256 pages. Hardcover / Modern half-leather with gilt lettering on spine and paper-covered boards. In bespoke made clamshell-box / solander-box. Beautifully restored and bound by a master bookbinder. Including the original endpapers and the original half-title. Front free endpaper and halftitle with dampstain to lower corner only. Dampstain in lower corner of the titlepage only faintly present. One of the rarest titles of Irish Literature and one of the rarest, early gothic-novels / horror-novels. Absolutely scarce and in excellent condition after the beautiful restoration.

16. [Cumberland, Richard] Anonymous.

Henry. By the Author of “Arundel”. In Two Volumes.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P. Byrne, W.Jones etc., 1795. Small Octavo (12 cm x 17 cm). IX, 440, VIII, 411 pages. Hardcover / Modern half-leather, bound to style of the 18th-century with spine-labels. Housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume Two. Name of Richard Meade to both titlepages.

17. De Bernières, Louis.

Corelli’s Mandolin. [Captain Corelli’s Mandolin].

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 14.5 x 22cm. 437 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of shelfwear.

18. [De Foe, Daniel] Chadwick, William.

The Life and Time of Daniel De Foe with Remarks Digressive and Discursive.

New York, Burt Franklin, 1968. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, (8), 464 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition, as new other than some very mild spotting to top edges. [Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series 328, Essays in Literature and Criticism, 19].

19. Defoe, Daniel.

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jack.

Reprint from the First Edition [Limited Edition of only 775 copies]. London / Bombay / Sydney, Constable & Company, 1923. Large Octavo. IX, 389 pages. Hardcover / Original full morocco on four raised bands with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Excellent, remarkable binding in wonderful condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor browning and foxing to the paper only. From the library of Hans Christian Andersen-translator, Erik Haugaard, with his bookplate to pastedown. A rare book !!

20. Deluxe Illustrated Children’s Book – Kipling, Rudyard.

All the Puck Stories. With Illustrations by H.R.Millar and Charles E.Brock.

First Deluxe Edition (Published simultaneously with the trade edition). London, MacMillan and Co., 1935. Octavo. Frontispiece-Illustration, X, 670, [2] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover / Decorative full red leather with gilt lettering and gilt illustration of Puck on the front board. In its original, rare dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed with some loss. The Volume itself in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to upper and lower hinge only.