Collection by prolific but forgotten Bandon novelist LT Meade represents a lifetime of careful collecting

LT Meade penned over 300 books in a long career, writes Des O’Sullivan.

A collection of works by a prolific but forgotten Bandon-born Irish novelist of the 19th century, LT Meade, is being offered for sale privately by Fonsie Mealy auctioneers for €25,000.

Elizabeth Thomasina Meade (1844-1914) was daughter of the Rev RT Meade and his wife Sarah, nee Lane.