[The first ten issues of periodical.] The Irish Book Lover. No. I [No. X]. [With Autograph Note by the editor, E. R. McC. Dix.]

8vo. The ten issues are consecutively paginated from 1-140, not including the printed wraps, which carry advertisements including individual wants of parties ranging from the Irish scholar F. J. Biggar to the London booksellers Maggs Bros. The ten items are all complete and unbound. The first six issues are printed on high-acidity paper, and are in frail condition, with loose leaves and chipping; the last four are in better condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Tipped in onto the loose cover leaf of the first issue is the Autograph Note (1p., 12mo) from Dix: '17 Kildare St | Dublin | 24/2/10 | For the Library with Mr Dix's complts | Future Nos for the 1st year will be sent as issued'. The contents lists of two of the issues gives a taste of the subject matter. No.8: 'The Bonmahon Press. | Henry R. Montgomery. | A guide to books on Ireland. | Magazines of the Month. | Derry Journal in 18th Century. | Gossip. | Reviews. | Forthcoming Works. | Notes, Queries, Replies. | Book Auction Notes. | Irish Literary Society. | Wants and Sales.' No.9: 'The Ferguson Centenary. | Singleton's Secret Press. | Smith O'Brien's Pamphlets. | Forthcoming Works. | Gossip. | Bonmahon. | Irish Pseudonyms. | Notes, Queries, Replies. | Book Auction Notes. | Irish Literary Society. | Wants and Sales.' Contributors include: Francis Joseph Bigger, James Hayes, James Coleman, R. S. Maffett, D. J. O'Donoghue, Stephen J. Brown, R. A. Peddie, W. H. Grattan-Flood, A. Albert Campbell, J. J. Marshall, Henry R. Plomer, John S. Crone, W. B. Doyle.