201. De Fina, Gabriella / Leonardi, Walter.

Sicilia – [Stupor Mundi – Wonder of the World]. Photographs by Walter Leonardi. Concept and text by Gabriella De Fina. Introduction by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

Milan, Genius Loci, 2011. Oblong Octavo (23 cm wide x 16.5 cm high). 417 pages with numerous photographs. Hardcover / Original cloth in slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Stunning publication !

202. Liberace.

LIBERACE – An autobiography.

First Edition. London and New York, W.H.Allen, 1973. Octavo. XII, 312 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original (price-clipped) dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare in this condition !

203. [Sinn Fein] O’Hegarty, P.S.

The Victory of Sinn Fein – How it won it and how it used it.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1924. Octavo. VIII, 218 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Modern Ireland in the Making]

204. [Emmet] Bodkin, M.McD.

True Man and Traitor or The Rising of Emmet.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1921. Small Octavo. VII, 315 pages. Original Hardcover with illustration and ornament to cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Paper fragile as usual with this publication. But this copy intact and without any damage to the bookblock !

205. Mitchell Henry, Robert.

The Evolution of Sinn Fein.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1920. Octavo. 284 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The author was the brother of irish artist Paul Henry. He was a friend of Countess Markievicz, Arthur Griffith and Douglas Hyde].

206. de Blacam, Hugh [Canon Sheehan / Daniel Corkery].

Gentle Ireland – An Account of a Christian Culture in History and Modern Life.

Second Printing of the First Edition. Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1935. Octavo. XI,181, [2] pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

207. Henley, Pauline.

Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland, 1928. Octavo. Frontispiece-Fold-Out-Map of Ireland, 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Pauline Henley on the endpaper: “With every good wish to a devoted lover of Ireland, Mlle. Etiennette Beuque. Pauline Henley – July 21st, 1928”. In his book: A ‘Manly Study’?: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949, N. Smith writes that Pauline Henley had previously corresponded with Etienne Beuque in the same year when Mlle. Beuque, a french writer on contemporary irish history, had asked her about Terence MacSwiney. This book must have travelled with her response to France. Excellent association copy !

208. Byrne, Donn.

Ireland – The Rock whence I was Heaven. Foreword by the Right Hon. T.P.O’Connor.

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1929. Octavo. Frontispiece Map of Ireland, 104 pages plus several historical photographs of Irelandand a section with advertising to the rear. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed on endpaper: “A Small Souvenir – In remembrance of your visit to Park Villas from G. McMahon”.

209. 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]

210. [Davitt, Michael] Cashman, D.B.

The Life of Michael Davitt – Founder of the National Land League – To which is added: “The Secret History of the Land League” by Michael Davitt.

Cameron & Ferguson Edition. London, R. & T. Washbourne, no year (c. 1920). Octavo. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.