121. [Luckombe, Philip].

The Chapel of Cormac – King of Munster A.D. 901.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 21 cm wide x 14,5 cm high. Sheet Size: 27 cm wide x 20,4 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

122. Roche Ardill, John.

The Closing of the Irish Parliament.

Dublin/ London, Hodges, Figgis & Co./ Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1907. 18.4cm x 12.4cm. 146 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare in any condition but scarce in this excellent condition !

123. Jourdain, Lt. Colonel H. F. N. / Fraser, Edward.

The Connaught Rangers [Including Autograph / Signed Letter by Jourdain] – Volume I: 1st Battalion – formerly 88th Foot / Volume II: 2nd Battalion – formerly 94th Foot / Volume III: 5th & 6th Battalions in the Great War.

Original Edition. Three Volumes (complete set). London, Royal United Service Institution, 1924-1928 Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: XXVIII, 616 pages / Volume II: XXIII,545 pages / Volume III: XVI,596 pages. With 153 plates and 82 maps. Original Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some very minor tears to upper hinges. The bindings in firm and wonderful overall condition. Rare with the letter.

124. Illustration of 19th century Fishery and Nets – Brabazon, Wallop [Rath House, Drogheda] / Cooper, William / [Provenance: William Le Fanu]

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. Illustrated by William Cooper. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [With 21 Plates]

Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby, James McGlashan / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons, 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece, X, 111 pages with 21 plates (original Lithographs often large folding). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth, embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu, with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp “Board of Public Works” to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition.

125. 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.

126. 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.

127. Stokes, William.

The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta.

First American Edition. Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1854. Large Octavo. XVI, 710 pages. Hardcover / Spectacular recent full calf binding english master bookbinder “George Bayntun”, in Bath. With gilt lettering and ornament on spine and a beautifully gilted spinelabel this should be in every cardiologist’s library. Excellent condition. Name of preowner ‘Lornison’ on titlepage. Extremely Rare in this condition.

128. 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.

129. Murphy, John A.

The French are in the Bay – The expedition to Bantry Bay, 1796.

Cork, Mercier Press, 1997. 20 cm. 199 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Very Rare !

130. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.