41. Griffin, Gerald.

The Collegians or The Colleen Bawn – A Tale of Garryowen.

London and Felling-on-Tyne, The Walter Scott Publishing Co., no year (c.1890). Octavo. Frontispiece, VII, 369 pages. Original publisher’s cloth / Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Late 19th century edition of this irish classic. [The Evergreen Library]

42. Dunne, Sean [ed.].

The Cork Antology.

First edition. Cork, Cork University Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. XIII, 434 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

43. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Internal pages fine. Manuscript letter from the author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

44. Wilde, Oscar.

The Duchess of Padua – A Play.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

45. [Swift, Jonathan] Irving, David.

The Elements of English Composition [With an essay on ‘Critical examinations of a passage in the writings of [Jonathan] Swift’].

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1816. Octavo. X, 318 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s interimsbinding. Binding slightly rubbed. Endpaper with small abrasion (minor tear). Bookseller-sign on pastedown: “Sold by J.Bolster, Bookseller, No.7, Patrick Street, Cork”. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle) / Name of preowner John Meade in ink on titlepage.

46. MacMahon, Bryan.

The End of the World and other stories.

Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1977. 12cm x 18.5cm. 156 pages. Original softcover. Text itself in good condition, some signs of external wear.

47. Moore, Brian.

The Feast of Lupercal.

Second Impression of the First Edition. London, Deutsch, 1975. Octavo. 240 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket with some strange, severe staining to the rear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare !

48. Irish Republican Association.

The Irish in South Africa 1920-1921.

First Edition. Cape Town, Die Nasionale Pers Beperk, [1921]. Octavo. 183 pages. Original Hardcover (green publisher’s cloth with dark lettering and ornament). Upper and lower spine slightly damaged. Binding slightly stained only. Rare !

49. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Leaves on Grey.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 13 cm x 20 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript Postcard from author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

50. Byrne, Donn [Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne].

The Power of the Dog.

No.103 of a Limited Edition of only 516 copies. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no year [1929]. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 473 pages. Hardcover / Original quarter vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on endpaper from 1929: “Eva M. Clarke from O.W.L. – Christmas 1929”. Donn Byrne was owner of Coolmain Castle (near Kilbrittain) until his death in a car accident in 1929.