11. Mizen Archaeological and Historical Society [Mackey, Mary / O’Donovan, Michael / O’Leary, Paddy and others].

Nearly complete Set of the very rare Mizen Journal (only Volume 6 missing). 12 Volumes together. Present are Volumes 1 (1993) – 5 and Volumes 7-13 (2007).

12 Volumes. Skibbereen, 1993-2007. 8°. Volume 1 (1993) / Volume 2 (1994) / Volume 3 (1995) / Volume 4 (1996) / Volume 5 (1997) / 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.

12. Bolton, Sir Richard / Travers, Michael [Richard Meade’s copy].

A Justice of Peace for Ireland: Consisting of Two Books. The First, declaring the Exercise of that Office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions; The Second, setting forth the Form of Proceeding in Sessions and the Matter to be enquired of and handled therein. Composed by Sir Richard Bolton, Knt. – Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. To which are now added, In an Alphabetical Order, All the Statutes now in Force in England and Ireland, (since Sir Richard Bolton published his said Treatise) which concern the Office of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, both in and out of Sessions. Here are likewise added, three Tables: The First shews the several Titles in Sir Richard Bolton’s Treatise to which additions have been made. The Second shews the several New Titles added; and the Third is designed for the more easy finding several Particular Matters contained under the General Titles. With a compleat Index to the whole. Also some Precedents of Committals, Convictions, Summonses and Warrants, are added, as a Help to Justices of the Peace in the Execution of their Office. With a Table of the Precedents. By Michael Travers, Esq.; Barrister at Law.

Two Volumes in one (complete). Dublin, Printed for J.Leathley and T.Moore in Dame-street and O.Nelson in Skinner-row, Booksellers, 1750. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). XIV, 586, XII, 292 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a minor crack to upper spine. Faded dampstain. Interior and binding firm and overall in very good condition. Bookplate of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown. Richard Meade’s full name in ink to endpaper.

13. [St.Columba].

St. Columba’s / Record of the League of St.Columba – St.Patrick’s College in Maynooth – 1901 – 1906 [6 Volumes in 3 Volumes]. Printed for private circulation only. Issued by The League of St.Columba, Maynooth College. With many photographs and illustrations, poems and essays in english and gaelic (Gaeilge).

Six Volumes in Three. Dublin, O’Brien & Ards, 1902 – 1906. Octavo. Volume I:(includes Fourth Year 1901 – 1902) – 123 pages and 111 pages / Volume II: (includes Fifth Year – 1902 – 1903) 136 pages and 138 pages / Volume III: (includes Sixth Year – 1905 – 1906) 128 pages and 137 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth in protective Mylar). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the rarest publications of Irish Local History. With several important essays.

14. [Cork Print – 18th century] Robertson, William.

The History of America.

Volume I (of II) of the First Cork Edition [which had two Volumes in total]. Cork, Printed by Thomas White, opposite the Exchange, 1778. Octavo. XIX, [1], [6], 492 pages including 6 unnumbered pages of a List of Subscribers including the previous owner of the book: “Rev. John Meade”. Original Hardcover / Original full 18th-century-calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Name of John Meade on titlepage. Only Volume One of this very rare Cork print !

15. King, Linda / Sisson, Elaine.

Ireland, Design and Visual Culture: Negotiating Modernity, 1922-1992. Edited by Linda King and Elaine Sassoon.

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / School of Creative Arts IADT, 2011. Octavo (17 cm wide x 24 cm high). 312 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Unusually excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the most remarkable and one of the rarest books on Irish Design and Visual Culture.

16. Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Full-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Full-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 150 copies of the Full-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

17. Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

18. Stephen, Henry John / [Sir John Chute Neligan].

New Commentaries on the Laws of England (Partly Founded on Blackstone).

First Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller, 1841-1845. Octavo. XXV, 588, XII, 622, XI, 744, X, 572 pages with a large fold-out-plate (Table of Paternal and Maternal Descent). Original Hardcover / Contemporary half leather with original spinelabels with gilt lettering. Upper hinges of Volume I and III slightly damaged. Otherwise slightly rubbed and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

19. [O’Connell, Daniel / Grattan Prosecution] Anonymous.

The Law Recorder [Defaced with satirical alteration of the Frontispiece]: Containing Reports of Cases and Proceedings in the Courts of Law and Equity, &c. &c. &c. at Dublin and elsewhere, from Michaelmas Term, 1827 to Trinity Term, 1828, (both inclusive) with Essays, Communications &c. &c. on Legal Subjects.

Original First Edition. Volume I only. Dublin, Printed for the Proprietor, 1828. Large Quarto. Engraved portrait-frontispiece of Sir Anthony Hart, Knight, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland [with a few caricatural corrections in contemporary ink (see image)], XXIV, 586 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the early 19th century with original spinelabel. Slightly dusty and and the binding a little stronger rubbed. Interior still very good with some browning to corners of the bookblock and some occasional foxing. Very rare, original edition with several appearances of Daniel O’Connell as defender and speaker !

20. Leland, Mary.

Port of Cork – That Endless Adventure – A History of the Cork Harbour Commissions.

Cork, City Print Limited, 2001. Oblong – Quarto (22 cm x 30.5 cm). 272 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The dustjacket with some minor staining. Otherwise in axcellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare book !