1. Cadogan, Tim (ed.).

Cork County Council 1899-1999. [With a chapter on Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa and the Cork County Council Clerkship]. A Centenary Souvenir.

Cork, Cork County Council, 1999. 17 x 24,5 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition.

2. [Cork – Cork City] Cronin, Maura.

Country, Class or Craft ? – The Politicisation of the Skilled Artisan in Nineteenth-Century Cork.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1994. 22,5 cm x 14,5 cm. VII, 294 pages. With several tables. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. Rare book, out of print.

3. Coughlan, Christopher.

Olde Cork – Historical – Theatrical – Commercial. Illustrated [The best Concise History of Cork City].

Cork, Feehan & Co., 1975. Small Octavo. 48, (4 unnumbered) pages. Illustrated Softcover. The spine of this small publication is usually broken, not this one ! Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

4. Cronin, Tom.

Cork Then and Now.

Dublin, The History Press Ireland, 2012. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 95 pages. Several black and white, sepia and colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New.

5. d’Alton, Ian.

Protestant Society and Politics in Cork: 1812-1844.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1980. 15.5 cm x 22 cm. XIV, 264 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The dustjacket with some stronger wear and some fraying but otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Extremely important and scarce book !

6. 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.

7. 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. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

8. [Eason & Son Ltd.].

Souvenir of Cork & Killarney. With 19 [tipped in] Illustrations [early photographs], complete with Letterpress.

Dublin / Belfast, Eason & Son, Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 28,5 cm x 22 cm. 13 pages with tipped in photographic postcard illustrations in different sizes. Original, illustrated softcover. Breathtaking publication in unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This very rare publication is a true gem for all collectors of local Cork and Kerry photography. The photographs are all accompanied by a very informative text. Very Rare !

9. Gibbings, Robert.

Sweet Cork of Thee. With engravings by the author.

First edition. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1951. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Green Cloth with gilt lettering and decor. 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. Occasional markings in the text.

10. [Haliburton, Thomas Chandler] Anonymous.

The Season-Ticket.

New Edition. London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). 330 pages including Advertisement bound in front of the Volume for W.H.Smith & Son’s. Original Hardcover (Printed, paper-covered-boards. The original Volume now housed in a bespoke, recent Solander-Box. The binding a little shaky. The interior in excellent, extremely clean condition. Of utmost rarity. Already in the first chapter, Haliburton uses the technique of literary fiction in order to speak about the ability to travel everywhere (in mid 19th century)….″The Grand Tour now means a voyage round the Globe…” / Haliburton, known to have been “eager to promote immigration to the colonies of British North America” tries to entice to Travel. The Chapter “An Evening in Cork” talks about the narrator to “accompany my old college friend Cary to Monkstown in Ireland…..unlike my gruff and inhospitable countrymen, I advise you, when at Cork, to remain there, till you have ‘done’ the city and its environs and then to sail down the River…”.

11. Henchion, R.

Henchion’s Cork Centenary Remembrancer 1887 – 1987. A digest of much that was lurid and languid, laughable and lamentable in the City and County of Cork in 1887.

Cork, Dahadore Publications. 1986. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 194 pages including several photographs and illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

12. Knowles, James Sheridan / Willan Smith, Robert.

Virginius – A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. (First Edition, 1820) / Bound together with: The Hunchback – A Play in Five Acts (Fourth Edition, 1832). [Presentation copy / Signed copy]

Two Volumes in One. London, Printed for James Ridgway, 1820. Octavo. Pagination: Virginius – 85, (3) pages / Hunchback – VIII, (2), 118 pages. Hardcover / Original, contemporary green cloth with original red morocco label to spine. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Stronger signs of foxing to “Virginius” but still in very good condition. Inscribed by James Sheridan Knowles to one Robert Willan Smith on the titlepage:″To Mr. Willan with the affectionate Respect + Gratitude of the Author”. Sheridan Knowles had a chance to be Willan’s successor but decided for a literary and acting career. / “The Hunchback” in excellent condition, also with inscription and signature of Knowles on the titlepage and with the ownership-inscription of Robert Willan Smith. Rare Cork related !

13. Lindsay, The Rev. John.

[A New and Correct Chart of Cork Harbour (This is the rare 18th century Map of Cork Harbour which also shows Haulbowline Island, which is the original location of “The Royal Cork Yacht Club”, later “The Water Club of the Harbour of Cork”, the Map shows also the Old Head of Kinsale, Crosshaven Harbour, Haulbowline Island, Curraghbinny, Spike Island, Ringaskiddy etc.)] – Correct Title of the Map: “A New and Correct Chart of the Harbour of Corke by the Revd. J. Lindsay, Late of His Majesty’s Ship Fougueux”. There is an inset Map showing “A Continuation of Corke Harbour from a smaller Scale”. The scale of this reads “A Scale of three English”. Below the chart is a coastal profile entitled “A View of the Land from the Old Head of Kinsale to Hawks Rock, the Old Head W b S 7 Miles. Cork Harbour mark’d *. ″

Original, hand-coloured copper engraving on extra thick paper / Better paper – edition [differing from all other versions of this map we ever handled, this is only the second version of this high-quality version of this Map we encountered], possibly an admiralty issue since it was dedicated to the Office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. London, Sold by W. & I. Mount, T. & T. Page on Tower Hill, [c. 1759]. Beautifully mounted and framed. Size of the actual map: c. 62 cm wide x 52 cm high. Spectacular, unusually excellent condition of this rare, hand-coloured seachart of Cork Harbour with the Old Head and clear geography of Little Island, Poor Head, Ringaskiddy, Cork’s Natural Harbour, Crosshaven, Haulbowline, Spike Island, Cloyne, etc. / Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier !

14. [Luckombe, Philip / Smith, Charles].

Luxury Reprint of “The Compleat Irish Traveller” [With high quality Reproductions of the 31 original Plates of detailed Maps of County Cork in the 18th century, County Kerry in the 18th century and Waterford in the 18th century, as well as some of the earliest engravings of Irish Towns here for the first time reproduced as beautiful Artworks for framing and housed in a special, handmade Folder. The publication was just recently enlarged with a detailed, Topographical Index (July 2023)]. Complete Title: “The Compleat Irish Traveller, containing A general Description of the most Noted Cities, Towns, Seats, Buildings, Loughs &c. in the Kingdom of Ireland, Interspersed with Observations on the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Curiosities and Natural History of that Country. With Elegant Copper Plates”. [With 31 original Plates after Charles Smith, including Frontispiece, this Reprint / Facsimile is the result of 10 years of research and purchase of three (3) original versions of the First Edition from the year 1788. The first Editions known to Inanna Rare Books all had different quantities of Plates and Maps included. This Reprint by Inanna Rare Books has been produced from an extremely clean version of the original and shows the most complete set of illustrations and XL-Size Maps and Artworks we could find in any of the original editions. The publication shows not only Maps of County Cork, County Kerry and County Waterford but also Views of Irish Cities and Towns in these Counties of the Province of Munster and besides the wonderful Historical Plan of Cork City this set also includes the very rare Plan of the “Grand Canal from Dublin to the River Shannon” (see detailed list of all the illustrations present at the end of this description)].

Luxury Limited-Edition-Reprint of the First Edition by Luckombe in 1788. Two Volumes plus extra Folder with 31 Plates reprinted as Artworks for framing. Skibbereen (County Cork), Inanna Rare Books Publishing, 1788. Octavo (13.5 cm x 21 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved Titlepage, XXX, 189 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023) / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage, 263 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023). Plus large, bespoke made Folder with thirtyone (31) Reproductions of the Maps, Plans and Illustrations which usually were folded inside this publication and now for the first time have been liberated from the book and were published as the beautiful works of art they are. Textvolume: Volume I and II of the text bound in one beautiful half-leather-volume with gilt lettering on spine, bound in the style of the 18th century / Illustrations-Folder with 31 reprinted illustrations of Towns and Maps of Ireland but mainly of Munster, bound in bespoke made half-cloth with paper-covered boards and pasted Reprint of the original titlepage. Excellent, new condition. One of only 300 printed. [Inanna Rare Books – Reprint & Facsimile – Series].

15. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Illustration of “The Exchange” [Meeting-Place and General Place of Commerce for Tradesmen, Booksellers and Merchants in Cork City in the 18th century (between the years 1705 and 1811) [Built between 1705 and 1710 by Architect Twiss Jones and demolished in 1837].

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 33 cm wide x 22,3 cm high. Sheet Size: 39 cm wide x 28 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

16. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Illustration [Panoramic Engraving] of Cork City with Shandon in the 18th century: “To the Right worshipful the Mayor, Sheriff’s and Common Council of the City of Cork, this View of that City from the North is Inscribed by their most devoted humble servant, Ch. Smith”.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 64,7 cm wide x 21,7 cm high. Sheet Size: 70,5 cm wide x 27 cm high. Excellent condition of this very decorative View of Cork City. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

17. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map / Illustration of “A New Plan of the City of Cork” [Bird’s Eye Plan of Cork City in the mid-18th century, with the Parishes of St. Finbarr, Christ Church, St. Peter’s, St. Mary – Shandon, St. Anne’s, St. Paul’s]: “To the Gentlemen of the Common Council of this City, this Map is inscribed by their most Humble Servant, Charles Smith”.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 60,6 cm wide x 44,5 cm high. Sheet Size: 66,5 cm wide x 50,5 cm high. Excellent condition of this very important Map / City-Plan of 18th century Cork City. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

18. [Mac Curtain, Tomás] Mac Curtain, Fionnuala.

Remember … it’s for Ireland – A family memoir of Tomás Mac Curtain.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2006. 24 cm. 234, [22] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

19. MacSwiney, Terence.

Principles of Freedom.

Reprint of the original edition. New York / London, Kennikat Press, 1970. Octavo. X, 244 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including an interesting newspaper-clipping with an article on MacSwiney. [Kennikat Press scholarly reprints, series in Irish history and culture].

20. Magnier, Noel.

Is that you boy ! – Humourous short stories of growing up in Cork in the 1940s and 50s. [Signed by the author]

Cork, Springfield Press, 2005. 21 cm. 74 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including the often missing sheet with explanations of local exclamations (Ten Bob, Fag Boxes etc.). Signed by Noel Magnier.