101. Robinson, Lennox.

Eight Short Stories.

London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, no year [c.1919]. Small Octavo. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket carries a portrait of Lennox Robinson on the cover. The rare dustjacket with some fraying and two corners missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a private entry of the preowner to the endpaper.

102. Ryan, Tim / Jurek Kirakowski.

Ballinspittle – Moving statues and faith.

Cork, Mercier, 1985. 21cm. 89 pages. With illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

103. Schull.

Collection of eleven (11) pamphlets with information about Schull and its environment, including Roaringwater Bay, Cape Clear etc.:

Schull, Schull Development Association etc., 1985 – 2011. Octavo. c. 500 pages in total. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

104. Sexton, John.

70 Years A-Growing: A History of Timoleague Ploughing and Ancillary Events.

Timoleague, Ploughing Association, 2005. Octavo. 208 pages with photographs throughout the Volume. Illustrated Softcover Binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare, out-of-print publication !

105. [Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !

106. Somerville, E. Œ. [Edith].

Slipper’s ABC of Fox Hunting. By E.OE. Somerville, M.F.H. Joint Author of “Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.”, “A Patrick’s Day Hunt”, &c. [With the printed dedication: “Dedicated in token of ancient friendship to The West Carbery Hounds”].

London / New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. Folio (31 cm wide x 39.4 cm high). 85 pages with opposing full-page plates in colour. Original Hardcover with illustrated cover in protective Mylar. Binding a little shaky but overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One page detached. A rare and complete set of this wonderful work of caricature of West Cork Hunts and Local People, familiar to Edith Somerville.

107. [Synge, J.M.] Shaw, Ruth Wills.

J.M.Synge’s Guide to the Aran Islands. Edited by Ruth Wills Shaw. With Photographs and Suggestions for Lodging.

Old Greenwich (Connecticut), The Devin-Adair Company, 1975. 19.7cm x 12.8cm. 123 pages plus Appendix. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition. Unusual and rare publication, using Synge’s Aran Island guide and adding local lodging to the Aran Islands in 1960s Ireland for the american tourist-market.

108. [Thom, Alexander] / [Famine Year / Famine Year Almanac].

Thom`s Irish Almanac & Official Directory for the Year 1845 [including “Peerage of Ireland with alphabetical Index”].

First Edition. Dublin, Alexander Thoma, 1845. Octavo (13 cm x 18.5 cm). VIII, 906 pages. Original Hardcover (Publisher’s blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine). Very good and firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. This is one of the most important and rarest sources for Statistics in Ireland in 1845 and one year prior of The Great Famine [Gorta Mór / Irish Potato Famine].

109. [Tipperary] Maher, Denise.

Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary, 1200 – 1600 A.D.

Oxford, John and Erica Hedges, 1997. 21 cm x 30 cm. VIII, 103 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author. [BAR British Series 262]

110. Twohig, Patrick J.

Green Tears For Hecuba. Ireland’s Fight for Freedom.

Cork, Tower Books, 1994. 12,5 x 20,5 cm. 422 pages with many illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of wear.

111. [Ulster] Mallory, J.P. / McNeill, T.E / Hartwell, B.N. (illustrations).

The Archaeology of Ulster from Colonization to Plantation.

Belfast, The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1995. 16 cm x 24 cm. X, 367 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

112. [United Irishman].

“British Troops must Go” – “Throughout the towns, villages and countryside of our six occupied counties British Crown Forces move and operate. They are there to maintain a military bridgehead in Britain’s Imperial interests. But they are there contrary to the wishes of the Irish people. To-day, as in past generations, the men and women of the Irish Republican Movement are striving to end British occupation and enthrone the Irish Republic”.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Dublin (1 Gardiner Row), United Irishman [″Voice of the Republican Movement”], no year [c.1957]. Octavo. 20 pages with many photographs. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition and commemoration-pamphlet, celebrating three men who died for Ireland: “Oliver Craven, Newry” / “Patrick MacManus, Kinawley” / Paul Smith, Bessbrook” /.

113. [Waterford] Moore, Michael [Ed].

Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford.

Dublin, Office of Public Works, 1996. 21.5 x 31cm. 316 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. [Archaeological Survey of Ireland series].

114. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Cork. With [18] Illustrations.

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1920. 15.5 cm x 23.3 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 420 pages. 18 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece cleanly detached and loosely inserted. Cracks to valley of index pages near rear of textblock. Binding still good and firm and text block is solid and square. Some untrimmed pages. Foxing to edges and to endpapers and very occasionally to interior. An extremely scarce publication.

115. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Ross – Its Bishops, Clergy and Parishes. With Illustrations and Map of the Diocese [Together with an earlier publication [Pamphlet] on the topic by Charles Webster: “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches”].

Cork / Dublin, Guy & Co. Ltd./Hodges & Figgis, 1932 – 1936. Octavo. Pagination of the book: XXXIV, 127 pages / Pagination of the Pamphlet: 40 pages plus photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. The book is inscribed by the author ! With some strong staining to the covers only. Otherwise in very good condition. Very Rare ! / The pamphlet “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches” was published within the “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acadaemy” and is in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

116. [West Cork] O’Donovan, Anita / O’Farrell, Sheila / O’Regan, Marilyn / Crowley, Eileen.

The Days of the Old Half Crown [Dunmanway]

West Cork, 2002. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

117. Winkles, B. [Engraver] / Petrie, George [Artist / After a Drawing by George Petrie].

Bank of Ireland, Dublin (South Portico) – “The Original Parliament House”.

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 23 cm x 18 cm. Very good condition.