The History of Kinsale. Dublin: James Duffy, 1916. First Edition. Pp x, 240. Green cloth, title lettered in gilt to upper cover & on spine, with gilt motif to front cover, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper. Covers lightly worn, contents pages bright & clean.

Illustrated with eight plates & two folding maps.

The scarce first edition of this detailed study of this historic port in west Cork. 

Flor O’Sullivan was a native of Skibbereen. A Kinsale solicitor he was the co-founder of ‘The Southern Star’ newspaper in 1889.