[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

“Irish Antiquities and Artefacts: Danish Trumpets / An Ancient Irish Weapon / The Form of the Cells at Ross-Carbery [Rosscarbery] / An Antique Spur / An Urn found near Castlesaffron”.

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: 25 cm wide x 20 cm high. Sheet Size: 31 cm wide x 36 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

Cobh / Queenstown – Brandard, John [Engraver].

“The Cove of Cork”.

Early 19th-century Lithograph by John Brandard. Coloured. London, M. & N. Hanhart [Michael Hanhart & Nicholas Hanhart], [c. 1841]. 24.3 cm x 28.7 cm. Very unusual, early lithograph of Queenstown / Cobh. Very good condition with some minor darkening and mild foxing only.

[Cork – Cobh – Queenstown] Coleman, James.

[History of Queenstown] – History of the Great Island, Ancient Cove and Modern Queenstown. Being the substance of a lecture by the Late Venerable Archdeacon Dennehy, formerly curate and administrator of Queenstown Parish.

Revised, annotated and supplemented (Second Impression). Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1923. Octavo. Frontispice-Portrait, IX, 110 pages. With photographic illustrations. Original publisher’s Hardcover. Unusually excellent condition. Very Rare in any condition but extremely scarce in this condition ! Important: This rare original edition from 1923, comes together with the ultimate edition of this book, published by Tower Books in Cork in 1990. The “New Illustrated Edition”, which has also added a “Pictorial Section” with “original photographs, taken by Mr.Luke Cassidy and the late Mr.James Jasper Wilson” [these photographs were in neither, the first or second edition present].

Wright, Rev. G.N.

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a Large Map of the County [the large map is missing].

Original, true first edition from 1822. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, [1],159, [7] pages. With 4 [of 5] illustrations, including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover of the early 19th century. Binding in poor condition. Illustrations slightly stained only. First layer of the bookblock slightly detached. Even though the large folding map and one of the iillustrations is missing , a rare and important, early tourguide through Wicklow with romantic descriptions of Bray, Glendalough,Luggelaw etc.

[Luckombe, Philip].

A View of the Lighthouse in Dublin Harbour.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 27,6 cm wide x 20 cm high. Sheet Size: 20 cm wide x 27 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

Lalor, Brian. (1941 – )

A Vision of Glendalough in the thirteenth century.

Excellent, original Etching. Artist Proof No. I (AP I), signed and titled in pencil. West Cork, 2008. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with etching: 56 cm x 86 cm. Size of the actual etching: 49 cm x 79 cm. Excellent, strong and fresh etching in wonderful framing.

[Luckombe, Philip].

Abbey of Saint John in Kilkenny.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 21,1 cm wide x 13,8 cm high. Sheet Size: 27,3 cm wide x 19,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

Grose, Daniel.

Antiquities of Ireland – A supplement to Francis Grose. Edited and introduced by Roger Stalley.

Dublin, Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Private Giftinscription to endpaper.

Smith, Dennis.

Aran Islands. A Personal Journey. Photographs by Bill Powers.

First edition. Garden City, Doubleday and Co., 1980. 27 cm x 21 cm. 143 pages. Includes numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Former library copy.

Winkles, B. [Engraver] / Petrie, George [Artist / After a Drawing by George Petrie].

Bank of Ireland, Dublin (South Portico) – “The Original Parliament House”.

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 23 cm x 18 cm. Very good condition.

[Luckombe, Philip].

Clark’s Skeleton.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 14,5 cm wide x 21,3 cm high. Sheet Size: 20,8 cm wide x 27,2 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

Vallancey, Charles / Piers, Sir Henry [Provenance: Abraham Abell (Cork City)].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis – Five-Volume-Set with thirteen (13) Numbers (I – XIII) plus “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” and “Anecdotes of Chess in Ireland”. [See full list of Numbers, Chapters and Illustrations below and detailed images on our website].

Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1770 – 1790. Octavo (13,5 cm wide x 21,5 cm high). Pagination: Volume I (contains Numbers I, II, III, IV): Frontispiece-Portrait, XIV, [6 unnumbered pages of “Contents”], 636 pages, [2] pages with the contents-page misbound [2], and 24 pages on “The Brehon Laws of Ireland” to the rear of the Volume. Volume I includes three illustrations (including the Large Folding-Map of Meath)/ Volume II (contains Numbers V, VI, VII, VIII, IX): 562 pages and 10 illustrations (including the Large Folding-Plan of the City of Kilkenny) / Volume III (contains Numbers X, XI, XII): LXX, 682 pages with one illustration (being the Large Fold-Out-Map of “Antient Ireland” by William Beauford) and VI Tables on two large sheets in the rear of the Volume (containing Orthography/Names of Numbers in different Languages, Names of Numbers of some of the Indians of America etc. etc. compared to the antient Irish) / Volume IV (contains Number XIII of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis and “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” by Charles Vallancey”): LX, 161 pages (being the end of Number XIII), plus Pagination for “The Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland”: Frontispiece-Map of Europe and Asia, XLVIII, 551 pages, followed by 16 unnumbered pages of an Index for “The Ancient History of Ireland”, followed by X (10) Plates (mainly fold-out plates with numerous illustrations for the “Ancient History of Ireland”, aslo included is a text-illustration “Inscription in the Cave of New Grange (page 212). / Volume V of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: 368 pages plus Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Spine of Volume Three is coming apart. From the library of Cork Antiquarian Abraham Abell, with an inscription and original manuscript letter by his friend and “Brother Antiquarian”, John Bennett, 9 Academy St., 18th September, 1841.

Harbison, Peter.

Cooper’s Ireland – Drawings and Notes from an Eighteenth-Century Gentleman.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 2000. 23.s cm x 23.5 cm. 288 pages. 132 black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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].

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] / [Half-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 / Half-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, as well as the marbled-paper-covered boards, 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 350 copies of the Half-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].

[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles / Paul Sandby / William Walker.

Dromona [sic] [correctly ‘Dromana’]– the Seat of Lord Grandison on the River Blackwater.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Paul Sandby and William Walker for G.Kearsly 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: 21 cm wide x 17 cm high. Sheet Size: 27 cm wide x 23 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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.

Villars, P.

England, Scotland & Ireland – A Picturesque Survey of the United Kingdom and its Institutions. Translated By Henry Frith.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Large Quarto (21 cm x 30 cm). Frontispiece, XIV, 154, [6] pages with many wonderful illustrations throughout the Volume. Original, illustrated Hardcover. The binding a little shaky but holding.

Rynne, Colin / Wigham, Billy.

Forgotten Cork – Photographs from the Robert Day Collection.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2004. Oblong Quarto. 131 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent,close to new condition. Very rare now and usually never in this close to new condition !

Finden, E. [Engraver] / Westall, William [Artist / After a Painting from William Westall].

Glenmire Bridge – Near Cork [Glanmire].

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 21 cm x 12 cm. Good condition with minor signs of wear to outer margins.