1. [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].

2. Cusack, George / Goss, Sarah Judith.

Hungry words – Images of Famine in the Irish Canon. Edited by George Cusack, Sarah Goss.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2006. 24 cm. ix, 342 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Kennedy, J.P. [Secretary John Pitt Kennedy] / [House of Commons].

Instructions to Committees of Relief Districts – Extracted from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Commissioners appointed in reference to the apprehended Scarcity.

[Dublin Castle], 28th February, 1846. Octavo. 4 Pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Historical publication of great scarcity and importance. With manuscript notification to front and one annotation within the text. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: From the private collection of Irish cardiologist and clinical scientist, Eoin O’Brien

4. Silverman, Marilyn.

Approaching the Past – Historical anthropology through Irish case studies. Edited by Marilyn Silverman, P.H. Gulliver.

New York, N.Y., Columbia University Press, [1992]. 24 cm. vi, 428 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.