51. McCarthy, Patrick & Hawkes, Richard.

Northside of the Mizen. Tales, Customs & History from the south-west of County Cork in Ireland. Recorded, edited and written by Patick McCarthy and Richard Hawkes. Story illustrations by Thelma Ede.

Third edition. Goleen, Mizen Productions, 2003. 15 cm x 21 cm. 224 pages. With numerous illustration, photographs and a map of the area. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Signed by Patrick McCarthy on the title page. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

52. McCarthy, Patrick/ Hawkes, Richard.

Northside of the Mizen. Tales, Customs & History from the South-West of County Cork in Ireland. Recorded, edited and written by Patrick McCarthy and Richard Hawkes. Story illustrations by Thelma Ede.

Barleycove, Mizen Productions, 1999. 15 x 20,5 cm. 224 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

53. 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.

54. 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]

55. Mulcahy, Michael, B.E.

A Short History of Kinsale.

Kiinsale, Michael Mulcahy, 1968. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. 68 pages. With the large fold-out-map of the Battle of Kinsale and several illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

56. 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 !

57. Nolan, Pat.

When we were Young – Life in West Cork.

Ballycastle, Pat Nolan, 1997. 8°. 94 pages. Softcover. Original Softcover in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

58. Ó Síocháin (Ó Síothcháin, Sheehan), Conchúr / (Conchubhar, Cornelius) (1866-1941).

The Man from Cape Clear [First English Translation of “Seanchas Chléire. Conchobhar Ó Síothcháin a dheachtuigh. Ciarán Ó Síothcháin is Mícheál Ó Síothcháin do chuir i scríbhinn]. Translated from the Irish by Riobard P. Breatnach. [With a map of Cape Clear Island on both pastedowns].

First English-Language Edition. Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1975. Octavo. XVI, 171 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some fraying to the rare dustjacket.

59. [O’Connor, Arthur / United Irishmen] Hayter-Hames, Jane.

Arthur O’Connor, United Irishman.

Cork, Collins Press, 2001. 24 cm. xi, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

60. 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.

61. O’Donoghue, Denis J.

History of Bandon.

Cork, Cork Historical Guides Committee, 1970. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. 100 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

62. O’Halloran, W. (Rev.).

Early Irish History and Antiquities and The History of West Cork.

First Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1916. Octavo (13 cm wide x 19 cm high). (3), 182 pages with a folded Map in colour of “Ireland Before the Anglo-Norman Invasion”, bound behind the Contents-Page. Hardcover / Original cloth with lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the binding only. Extremely rare publication with an extensive History of West Cork.

63. O’Kelly, Seumas.

Wet Clay.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / T.Fisher Unwin, 1922. Octavo. 377 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Gift-Inscription on endpaper.

64. O’Leary, Daniel.

Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish, (County Cork) – [With a Chapter on The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan ]. (This publication was sponsored personally by Jerry Beechinor).

Castlewhite House (Waterfall, near Cork), J.Beechinor, 1975. Quarto. V, 136 pages with map and illustrations throughout the pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper. Extremely rare / scarce publication. Including an ephemeral advertising leaflet: “Calling all Natives and Friends of Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish at Home and Overseas: You cannot afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read the history of this great Parish”.

65. O’Leary, Eileen.

Framed in Time….The Sheep’s Head Peninsula. Edited by Eileen O’Leary.

A Sheep’s Head Photography Group Publication, 2006. Oblong Quarto (30 cm wide x 21 cm high). 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. A very rare book now !

66. O’Sullivan, Ted.

Bere Island: A Short History.

Cork, Inisgragy Books, 2002. 20.5 cm x 14.5 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight curling of corners on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

67. Palmer, Brooke.

Roaring Water Bay.

Epoxy resigned, circular Wood Panel. Toronto, 2024. Dimensions of Wood Panel: 44” (112 cm in Diameter, on 5 cm thick panel). “Roaring Water Bay” is one of the latest works of Canadian artist Brooke Palmer. Roaring Water Bay is one of the most picturesque and stunning Bays of Western Europe. If you are coming over the Hill from Bantry you are met with a fantastic View over the Bay, towards Sherkin Island and Cape Clear. Brooke Palmer’s painting invites you to dream in the abstract whirlpool of the waters he has captured in a maelstrom of white and blue. The Resin applied to finish the painting is indicative of a Day out on the Ocean with the Wind standing still and the splendour of restless maritime nature happening under the surface. “Roaring Water Bay” is one of the paintings Brooke painted in the series of Art he has dedicated for the collaboration with ‘Inanna Modern’ and it can be viewed in one of the two outlets for Brooke Palmer Art in Skibbereen, County Cork [Visit either “Inanna Modern” or “The Masonic Hall”, where Brooke Palmer’s Art is showcased among the setting of a Library].

68. [Pike, Mary] Groeger, Kieran.

The much-maligned Mary Pike – The Rebel County and ‘98.

Kieran Groeger, 2019. 8°. 193 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition.

69. Power, Aidan.

Rock Island, Crookhaven – A coastal Townland’s History since 1800.

Skibbereen, Inspire, 2006. 8°. 234 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition.

70. [Provenance: Manch House – Daniel Conner & Henry Langfield Conner Library] – [Spenser, Edmund / Campion, Edmund / Hanmer, Meredith / Marlborough, Henry of].

Ancient Irish Histories – The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrovgh [sic] – In Two Volumes. Volume I: Containing Spencer’s View of the State of Ireland and Campion’s Historie of Ireland / Volume II: Containing Doctor Meredith Hanmer’s and Henry Marlebvrrough’s ‘Chronicles of Ireland’.

First Hibernia Press Edition in the year 1809 of the original 1633-Edition. Two Volumes [complete set]. Dublin, Printed by the Society of Stationers / Reprinted at the Hibernia Press, for the Proprietors, by John Morrison, 1809. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: [2], 22, [4] pages, including the rare, engraved dedication-leaf with allegorical vignette for the “Dublin Society” [showing the Irish Harp etc.], [10], 266, [8], 204 pages plus one errata-leaf / Volume II: [4], 410, [II], 32 pages. Hardcover / Original, 19th century publisher’s binding. Now professionally restored by a professional bookbinder. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding with some staining. Deckled edges. Name of pre-owner, H.L.Conner. to both title-pages.

71. Roberts, Jack.

Exploring West Cork – The Guide to Discovering the Ancient, Sacred and Historic Sites.

Skibbereen, Key Books, 1989. 21cm x 27.5cm. 147 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. Scott, Patrick / [Pearce, Eric (Publisher)].

PATRICK SCOTT – COLOUR [Fantastic Catalogue and Reference-Work – Published by Eric Pearce on the Occasion of the Exhibition “PATRICK SCOTT – COLOUR” at the Doswell Gallery, Rosscarbery, Co.Cork, 24 August – 24 September 2018]. Text by Eric Pearce – Introduction by Christina Kennedy, Senior Curator Head of Collections IMMA. Graphic Design by edit+ (Stuart Coughlan).

First Edition. [Rosscarbery], Doswell Gallery / Impress, 2018. Quarto (20.2 cm wide x 29 cm high). 119 pages, illustrated throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Absolutely stunning, near mint condition with only minor signs of wear. Loosely inserted is the original invitation to the preview-opening of the exhibition by curator Róisín [Foley], with a personal note from her to preowner of this catalogue. Extremely rare publication.

75. Scott, Patrick / [Pearce, Eric (Publisher)].

PATRICK SCOTT – COLOUR [Signed and Inscribed by Eric Pearce] / [Fantastic Catalogue and Reference-Work – Published by Eric Pearce on the Occasion of the Exhibition “PATRICK SCOTT – COLOUR” at the Doswell Gallery, Rosscarbery, Co.Cork, 24 August – 24 September 2018]. Text by Eric Pearce – Introduction by Christina Kennedy, Senior Curator Head of Collections IMMA. Graphic Design by edit+ (Stuart Coughlan).

First Edition. [Rosscarbery], Doswell Gallery / Impress, 2018. Quarto (20.2 cm wide x 29 cm high). 119 pages, illustrated throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Absolutely stunning, near mint condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by Eric Pearce on the titlepage. Extremely rare publication !

76. 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 !

77. Sheehan, Sean.

Jack’s World. Farming on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, 1920-2003. Photographs by Danny Gralton and Ciaran Watson. Additional photography by Danny Levy Sheehan.

Cork, Atrium, 2007. 23.6cm x 23.6cm. XI, 228 pages. Illustrated in colour with specially commissioned photographs. Illustrated with maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

78. Shepherd, Ernie.

Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway.

Hinckley, Midland Publishing, 2005. Quarto (22 cm wide x 29 cm high). 159 pages with many old photographs. Illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

79. [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 !

80. Somerville, E. OE. / Ross, Martin (Edith Somerville and Violet Martin).

The Big House of Inver.

London / Melbourne / New York, Quartet Books, 1978. 11 x 20cm. 312 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on half-title page.

81. 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.

82. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin [Violet Martin].

A Patrick’s Day Hunt. [Engraved & Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans].

Westminster [London], Archibald Constable & Co., no year [c.1902]. Oblong Folio. 47 pages with eight (8) plates in colour and several illustrations in black-and-white. Original, illustrated Hardcover, now in professional colloctor’s Mylar. Some of the plates with some minor staining, one plate cleanly detached. But all plates in wonderful and vibrant condition overall (see photographs).

83. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin (that is Violet Martin).

Notions in Garrison. [SIGNED by Edith Somerville]. Illustrated Edith Œ. S[omerville].

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1941. Octavo (17.8 cm wide x 21.3 cm high). IX, 134 pages with ten illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The very rare dustjacket with some fraying and staining. Beautifully signed by Edith Somerville on the titlepage.

84. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin (that is Violet Martin).

Through Connemara in a Governess Cart. [Inscribed / Signed by Violet Martin] Illustrated by W.W. Russell, from ‘Sketches by Edith Œ. Somerville’.

London, W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 1893. 19.8cm x 13cm. vii, 200 (33) pages with several illustrations. Original publisher’s binding (the red cloth variant),decoratively illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Good condition still with the binding shaky and the cover stroonger rubbed. Front free endpaper sellotaped. One of the very rare occasions in which Violet Martin signed with her full name, a few months prior to the books official publication in November 1892. Very rare, early Edith Somerville and Martin Ross (Violet Martin) title !

85. Stratten & Stratten.

Dublin, Cork and the South of Ireland.

London, Stratten and Stratten, 1892. 22 cm x 27 cm. 326 pages. Illustrations (including frontispiece) in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good condition 1892 edition with very rare commercial directory with minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing to the spine and front cover, some foxing on inner pages and pages 13 & 225 are torn.

86. Street, Evelyn.

Beara Hills / Caha Mountains with Hungry Hill and Sugarloaf [West Cork].

Oil on Canvas. Bantry (West Cork), 1971. Framed: 159 cm wide x 129 cm high. Canvas: 152 cm wide x 122 cm high. Unusually excellent condition of this striking XXL – Painting with only minor signs of wear. Signed and dated verso by Evelyn Street in June, 1971. Provenance: Naylor Collection. Price includes boxed shipping worldwide per Courier. The painting is now beautifully framed.

87. Street, Evelyn.

Sugarloaf Mountain (Gabhal Mhór) – Part of Caha Mountains, southwest of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland.

Oil on Canvas. Bantry (West Cork), 1972. Unusually excellent condition of this painting with only minor signs of wear. Signed and dated verso by Evelyn Street in June, 1971. Provenance: Naylor Collection. Price includes boxed shipping worldwide per Courier. The painting is now beautifully framed.

88. The Kilbrittain Historical Society.

Kilbrittain Historical Society. Articles and Records from the Past. 2015/16. Volume I.

Skibbereen, Southern Star Creative, 2015. 15 x 21 cm. 112 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

89. [The Rare Volume One] – O’Brien, Fitz-James.

The Diamond Lens [14 pages in: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume I – January, 1858 – No. III] – Here on Offer is a the original bound inaugural Volume I of “The Atlantic Monthly”, signed and inscribed, possibly by a distant family-member of Fitz-James O’Brien: “D.D.O’Brien, Mallow” – “Presented by D.D.O’Brien to L. O’Kelly”. A later, 19th century ownership-signature is: “John L. Williams”. The entire Volume includes the following numbers: Volume I – November 1857 – No.I. / Volume I – December 1857 – No. II. / Volume I – January 1858 – No. III. / Volume I – February 1858 – No. IV. / Volume I – March 1858 – No. V. / Volume I – April 1858 – No. VI //

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1858. Octavo. IV, 768 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in poor but still good + condition with some stronger signs of wear, spine starting, mild foxing throughout and some faded damp-staining to the outer paper-margins inside only. Endpaper, Half-title and titlepage slightly detached. This is the very rare inaugural Atlantic Volume with a wonderful irish provenance, possibly even a relation to Fitz-James O’Brien.

90. 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.

91. 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.

92. [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.

93. Whyte, Louis.

The Wild Heather Glen: The Kilmichael Story of Grief and Glory.

Co. Cork, The Kilmichael/Crossbarry Commemoration Committee, 1995. 15 cm x 21 cm. 171 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition ! Rare !

94. Willoughby, Bob. (1927 – 2009)

Elga Andersen – Bonjour Tristesse – Paris 1957. [Signed by Bob Willoughby / Comes with recent Book of Willoughby’s Jazz Photography in slipcase]

Photographic Print (Poster Reproduction). London, Music of Mind, c. 1980. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with signed Poster: 51 cm x 70.5 cm. Very good condition. Framed. Glass with very minor split in one corner. Signed in now slightly faded crayon by Jazz – photographer Bob Willoughby. The print comes with a wonderful publication of Bob Willoughby’s Jazz Photography (″Photographs & Recollections” – Jazz – Body and Soul – with a Foreword by Dave Brubeck). From the personal collection and former residence of Bob Willoughby, Coolmain Castle in West Cork, Ireland (near Kilbrittain).