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Original Pen & Ink Sketches

Natural History: Seaby (A.W.)Artist. An
extensive series of pen and ink drawings of
birds, flowers, animals and the countryside
executed to illustrate The English Year, by Sir
W. Beach Thomas and A.K. Collett, approx. 370
individual drawings in all, various sizes, a few
signed with initials. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
* The book was published by T.C. and E.C. Jack,
and appeared in three volumes, 1913-1914.

€700 - 1000

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Auction Sale Catalogues: English: Sotheby
& Co. - Catalogue of The Remaining Contents of
Chesterfield House, Mayfair, Sold by Order of Rt.
Hon. the Earl of Harewood, Thursday 7th April
1932, 4to 9 full page plts., orig. pict. wrappers;
Hampton & Sons Catalogue of Important Sale
by Auction of Furniture, Silver, Pictures, China
and Library of Books at Elvetham Hall, Hartley
Wintney Hants on June 9th 1952 & following days,
roy 8vo partly priced; Eggar & Co. Bramshill 472

Park, Hartley Wintney, Hants, [Catalogue]
The Remaining Contents of the Mansion, on
instructions of Rt. Hon. Lord Brocket, 4to Tuesday 471
Co. Dublin: Battersby & Co. Shanganagh
22 July, 1952. Illus. & partly priced, pict. Castle, Shankill, Co. Dublin - By Direction
wrappers; & 6 others, mostly of English interest,
473 a few later. As a lot, w.a.f. (8) €120 - 180 of Wentworth Allen, Esq. Catalogue of the

Furnishings & Appointments to be Sold ... 10th
August 1936 & 3 following days. 8vo D. 1936, 8
470 full page plts., orig. pict. boards; & 3 other sales
464 Co. Kildare - Green Bros. & Duthie Large, catalogues for Co. Dublin, c. 1964. As a lot, v.
Longley (Michael) Out Here, Original m/ss Catalogue of The Entire Contents of Kilkea
Poem, Signed; Ceilidh, a broadside, Kentucky Castle, nr. Athy Co. Kildare; ... by Order of The good. (4) €200 - 300
Executors - Public Auction at the Castle, 5th -
(The King Library Press) 2003, Signed Ltd. Edn. 8th Dec. 1945. 4to Naas 1945. Illus. on 2 plts., 472
195 (250) copies, * issued to celebrate the 44th partially priced, orig. pict. wrappers; Allen &
W.B. Yeats Summer School, Sligo; The Pattern, Townsend - By Direction of his Grace the Duke Co. Carlow: John D. Palmer, Dunleckney
of Leinster - Furniture and Fine Art of the Manor, Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow, Catalogue
oblong broadside, Quebec 2005, Signed Ltd. Utmost Importance ... at Carton, Maynooth Co. of the Valuable Antique Furnishings &
Edn. (lettered) U(3), illus. by Carolyn O’Neill, all Kildare on 16th May 1949 & twelve following
clean copies. (3) €550 - 650 days. 8vo D. 1949, orig. ptd. wrappers; James Appointments of this Historic Mansion, to be
Adam & Son, Catalogue of Sale at Baronrath Sold... by Instructions of Mrs. B.E. Vesey, ... on 23rd
Straffan, Co. Kildare By Direction of Mr. & Mrs. March, & four following days, 1942. 8vo D. 1942.
465 Robert Kennedy To be Sold on 18th & 19th 5 full page plts., orig. pict. wrappers. V. good.
Original Signed Manuscript Poem April 1963, 8vo orig. ptd. wrappers; also An Scarce. (1) €225 - 350
Interesting Sale by Auction of the Residue 18th
Muldoon (Paul) The Sonogram, an original & 19th & 20th Century Furniture at Castletown
three paragraph M/ss Poem Signed; Ireland House, Celbridge, Sale 20th, 21st & 22nd April
broadside D. (Graphic Studio) n.d. Signed 1966, sm. folio D. 1966, some prices, orig. pict. 473
wrappers. As a lot, V. good. Scarce. (4) Co. Kildare - Bennett & Son - A Catalogue of
Ltd. Edn. 2 (20), approx. 43cms x 44cms; From the Antique Furniture, China, Eastern Carpets
the Mud Room, broadside, Massachusetts €220 - 350
(Deerfield Press) 1997, Signed Ltd. Edn. 150 and other Appointments at Bert House, Athy, ..
by Direction of Mrs. Geoghegan. 8vo D. n.d. c.
Copies, all clean copies. (3) €500 - 600 1940, mostly priced, orig. ptd. wrappers; Allen

466 & Townsend - Catalogue of Highly Important
Longley (M.) The Pattern, a broadside, Fine Art and Furniture Auction ... at Bert House,
Montreal 2005, Signed Ltd. Edn. 17 (50); Athy,... 4th & 5th November 1958, illus., orig. ptd.
Durcan (Paul) She Mends an Ancient Wireless, wrappers. (2) €180 - 230
a broadside, Signed Ltd. Edn. 8 (20) Copies;
O’Donoghue (Bernard) Accent of Ben Bulben, 474
broadside, Lexington (The King Library Press) N. Ireland: John Ross & Co., Croagh
2009, Signed Ltd. Edn. 16 (325) Copies, written Patrick, Millisle, Donaghadee, Co. Down, Jan.
to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the W.B. 1969; Moneyshanere House, Tobermore, Co.
Yeats Summer School, Sligo. Clean Copies. (3) Londonderry, May 1969; & Knocknatten, Whinny
Hill, Cultra, Co. Down, Sept. 1974, 3 vols., 4to,
€300 - 400 some illus., all orig. wrappers. As a lot. (3)
€150 - 200
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Printed in Dugart, Achill, Co. Mayo 475
Co. Kildare - Battersby & Co. Moore Abbey,
Egan (Desmond) & Becker (Margaret) Short Monasterevan, Co. Kildare, By Direction of Count
Circuits, oblong folio Dugart (Redfox Press John Mc Cormack, Catalogue of the Furnishings
Studios) 2008. Sole Limited Edition, No. 41 & Appointments, To be Sold ... 15th February
of 75 Copies Only. Illus. by Margaret Becker. 1937 & four following days. Roy 8vo D. 1937. 7
Signed by Author & Artist. With attractive hand full page illus., orig. pict. boards. Scarce. (1)
silkscreen prints, hand made paper, decor.
front cover. (1) €200 - 300 €300 - 400

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Co. Kildare - Jackson, Stops & Joyce Murphy (Colin) & Hegarty (R.) Stackallan
- Catalogue of the Valuable Contents of House, 4to Privately Printed, c. 2012, illus.,
Kilmoroney, Athy, Co. Kildare ... for Sir Anthony gilt lettered d.j.; [Ryan (T.)] Lyons Demesne, A
Weldon, For Sale by Auction ... 16th October Georgian Treasure Restored to the Nation, large
& two following days, 4to D. 1934., 6 full page 8vo Privately Printed Belfast 1999, illustrated,
illus., mostly priced, orig. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. gilt lettered cloth. Both Scarce. (2) €100 - 140
(1) €200 - 300

478 Historical &
Co. Kildare etc: P.J. Hume, Catalogue of Republican Items
Valuable and Rare Collection of Antique
Furniture, Porcelain, China, Silver Plate, Paintings 485
and Prints at Barrettstown House, Newbridge, Charter of Elizabeth I
Co. Kildare ... on 26th & 27th November 1970,
by Direction, of John Mansfield, 4to Portlaoise The Foundation of the Town of
1970, mostly priced, orig. ptd. wrappers; Ballyshannon
Catalogue of the Valuable Contents of Killeen
Castle, Dunsany, the Property of the Earl of dCaot.eDdo5nDegecael:mCbhearrtienr,tihneL4a5titnh oyneavreollfuQmu, een
Fingal ... For Sale July 20th & five following days Elizabeth (1602), appointing Sir Henry Folyot
1953, illus., somewhat soiled; also Catalogue of Governor of Ballyshannon “in the countrie
477 ... Sale at Castletown House, Celbridge ... on April or countie of Farmanagh called Mac Gwyers
20th 1966 & following days. Folio D. 1966, orig.
illus. ptd. wrappers. As a lot. (3) €175 - 250 countrie”. [See Lot 490].
Ballyshannon (now in Co. Donegal) is
strategically situated at the mouth of the Erne
479 Signed Limited Edition and played an important role in the wars of the

Dolmen Press: O’Meara (John J.) The Voyage 1590s against O’Neill and O’Donnell. Folliott,
of Saint Brendan: Journey to The Promised
Land. 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1976. Signed Limited who had been active in the suppression of
rebellion in Ulster, is here commissioned to
Edition No. 99 of 750 Copies, printed in colour, develop a township at Ballyshannon “as well
with wd. cut illus., uncut, orig. cloth. Good.
Miller 235. (1) €180 - 250 for the punishment and reformation of evell
subiects as alsoe for the defence and safetie of
our good subiects”. He later acquired extensive
480 lands and salmon fisheries and in 1620 was
Three Candles Press: Grojean (P.) & rewarded with a peerage (it became extinct on
O’Connell (D.) S.J., A Catalogue of Incunabula the death of his grandson in 1716).
in the Library of Milltown Park, Dublin, roy 8vo D. Ballyshannon became a borough in 1613. This
1932. Lim. Edn. 175 Copies, uncut, orig. cloth. charter marks the foundation of the town and
Bookplate of Wilfred Merton. (1) €125 - 175 is an important document in the history of the

481 17th century settlement of Ulster. As a m/ss,
w.a.f. Unique. (1) €1000 - 1500
487 Three Candles Press: Dix (E.R. McC.) Printing

in Dublin Prior to 1601, roy 8vo D. 1932. 486
Second, Limited Edn. 200 Copies, illus., uncut, 17th Century Charter
476 unopened, orig. cloth backed boards, & d.w. V. - Re Lands in Co. Dublin
Co. Kilkenny - Battersby & Co. Kilkenny Castle,
Kilkenny, Ireland - Catalogue of the Valuable good. (1) €130 - 180 Manuscript: Charter on vellum, dated 23
January 1632 (1633 new style), in which
Antique and Interesting contents of this Historic 482 Maurice Eustace of Harriston in Co. Kildare
Mansion, To be Sold by Auction, commencing Esquire declares that he has granted to
18th November 1935, & seven following days. Kilkenny Castle: Battersby & Co. - Catalogue Robert Dixon of Dublin Esquire all his rights in
of the Valuable Antique, and Interesting Contents Barrettston and Bishopshill in Co. Dublin. (1)
By Direction of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ossory of ...’Kilkenny Castle’ Kilkenny, Ireland, 4to D.
- 4to D. 1935. 7 full page illus., partially priced, €200 - 300
orig. illus. ptd. wrappers. (1) €250 - 350 1935. Third Issue, illustrated & orig. illus. & ptd.
wrappers. Good. (1) €100 - 150

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17th Century Co. Carlow Manuscript
Manuscript: [Co. Carlow] Colonel Henry
Prittie, Cromwellian Army. A large single page
m/ss document, Signed by Thomas Nowlan,
sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm.
Goode & John Church dated 2 Oct.1655, as a
m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
* Colonel Henry Prittie of Cromwell’s New
Model Army had his Kentish Regiment of Horse
stationed in Carlow. While based in Carlow he
lived in Marble Hill House (situated opposite
the entrance to the present-day Courthouse
building). In 1650 he served as High Sheriff
of Carlow and in 1652 he was appointed
Governor of Carlow. Two children,William and
Elizabeth, from Henry’s marriage to Honor
Foley are buried in the Crocan burial ground
at Castle Hill, Carlow. In 1666 he was granted
Dunalley Castle and 6,000 acre estate in
Tipperary by King Charles II. His descendants
are the present-day Baron’s of Dunalley.

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Two ALS Letters Ex. Rare Irish Broadsheet

Re The 17th Century Iron Mines at Enniscorthy An Irish Perspective on the Execution of Louis XVI, 1793

Co. Wexford Manuscript: Ironworks were established at Enniscorthy in 1661. Broadsheet (50 x 39 cm), with engraving of the event, headed: “Massacre of
The first letter, dated 27 September of that year, is written by Bartholomew the French King. View of the Guillotine or the modern Beheading Machine
Hussey to John Morris in London. He has apparently been instructed aotnPtahreisSbcyafwfohldic,hJathneuaurnyf2o1rtsutn1a7t9e3L. oTuhise XVI (late King of France) suffered
to “seize on the sow and pigge iron Mr Low claimes for the Lord’s rent”, and letterpress gives the text of the
requests specific authorisation to do so, for “without it they will undoubtedly Decree, Report and Orders for the Day, followed by a detailed and moving
put a baffle upon me”. account of the execution. “Published at the Dublin Museum, No. 9, Mary-
The second and much longer letter, dated 23 August 1669, is written by Street, where may be seen [with a variety of other Exhibitions] a MODEL of the
James Morley, also to John Morris in London. He reports that the Mayor above machine, - admittance 1s.1d.
of Wexford has seized iron from the mines in lieu of payment of a debt of The execution on the guillotine of Louis XVI was one of the most dramatic
£11,000 by Morris, and has refused the writer’s offer to go bail for the debt. events of the Reign of Terror into which the French Revolution was
There is also an enigmatic reference to the tenancy of the manor: “There beginning to degenerate; it was followed eleven days later by the National
are very strange Reports how that Mr Stampe & the Lords have agreed … to Convention’s declaration of war against Britain and the Netherlands.
be Tenant of ye manner of Enniscorthy, but hope it proceeds from noe better Initially, the Revolution had been greeted with enthusiasm by British and
ground than other the tales of Stampe & his Creatures, which is their father the Irish liberals - “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive” - but the King’s execution
devill the author of all their lying & villanyes.” As m/ss, w.a.f. caused general revulsion. The proprietors of the Dublin Museum were
These letters provide interesting sidelights on the development of the evidently quick to use the change in public opinion to commercial
17th-century ironworks in Co. Wexford. (2) €350 - 500 advantage! Extremely Rare. Probably Unique. (1) €500 - 700

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Late 17th Century Letter - Re Lands in Galway An Irish Protestant Bishop Unburdens
Himself to a Clerical Student, 1842
Manuscript: An ALs. Letter dated 5 August 1684 from William Strong,
Dublin, to Nathaniel Hawes, London, reporting on lands in Galway: “When Maunscript: An ALs. Letter dated 15 January 1842 written by Charles
I was att Galway I took some notice of the Hospitalls concern there. All the (Lindsay), Bishop of Kildare and Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, to a clerical
houses on ye North suburbs at least 200 are on yr land & more likely to be with student (name uncertain) in Limavady.
little garden plots. I mean Irish Houses of ye better sort … not less worth than Most of the letter is concerned with the documentation the student is to
20s per Acre being soe neer the town & the Country about itt covered with present to the Bishop of Tuam before he can be ordained. However, he
Rocks.” As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €250 - 350 continues: “I am well pleased to be informed of your real opinion of the Home
Mission” - an association founded in 1828 with the purpose of reviving
490 the Church of Ireland according to evangelical values. He insists that he
Letters Patent of Charles II has nothing but admiration for the zeal of the individuals involved, “but
when I speak officially … the only term to be used against them collectively is
Granting Lands in Kilkenny and Carlow to Sir John Ponsonby schismatics”, and he has refused to ordain any of them. As a m/ss, w.a.f.
A curious insight into mid-19th century Irish ecclesiastical affairs. €250 - 350
Charter on vellum, in English, with 2p1risnttCedharroleyas lIIp(o1r6t6ra9i)t., arms and
emblems at the top, dated 20 May 2 membranes,
measuring 70 x 75 and 54 x 75 cm. Portion of the great seal attached.
Sir John Ponsonby (1608-1678), a native of Haile in Cumberland, 493
commanded a regiment of foot during Cromwell’s subjugation of Ireland A Mother’s Letter Begging for a Last Reunion with Her Son, 1848

and was rewarded with a substantial grant of land. Adapting with ease Manuscript: An ALs. Petition of Elizabeth (?) Molloy, “Furniture
to the Restoration, he was appointed one of the Commissioners for Establishment,” 33 South King St., Dublin, 24 August 1848, to Lt. Gen. Sir
executing the Act of Settlement, and was MP for Kilkenny. This charter is a Edward Blakeney, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.
confirmation by Charles II of his grant from Cromwell. The letter explains that Mrs Molloy is the widow of a sergeant in the 18th
Ponsonby took as his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Lord Royal Irish and has three sons serving in the 58th Regiment. Two are in
Folliott (see charter of 1602 in this sale), and settled at Kildalton, which New Zealand (where the regiment took part in the wars between the
he renamed Bessborough in her honour. From them descend the Earls Government and the Maori); the third is a guard on a ship escorting convicts
of Bessborough, who played a distinguished role in English and Irish and now at Kingstown. She asks that he be given 48 hours leave so that she
life in the 18th and 19th centuries. As a m/ss, w.a.f. A rare and important may meet him, as “it is Improbable that I will ever see again the subject of my
document. (1) €550 - 750 affections”. An endorsement (torn) indicates that her request was granted.
An unusual and moving document, illustrative of the role of a wife and
mother in the 19th century British army. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €200 - 300

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The Missing Log of the H.M.S. Liffey Valuation of Morristown Lattin, 1889

Manuscript Journal: Naval Interest - “Log of HMS Liffey commanded by Co. Kildare: Valuation of Morristown Lattin and Castlekeely, Co Kildare, by
Capt J.O. Johnson, kept by Conyers Lang, 1867.” Covers the dates 31 July Robert J. Goff, Auctioneer & Co, Newbridge, for the representatives of the
1867 to 10 Nov 1868. Illustrated title page. 28 views (water colours and late George P.L. Mansfield Esq., D.L., 22 January 1889. Lists the furniture etc
pencil sketches throughout) and 4 coloured maps showing the ship’s room by room, followed by the silver, glass etc, and outdoor effects. Total
routes. Bound in calf with gold tooling, later spine, marbled endpapers. £1,385.9.1. As a m/ss, w.a.f.
145 pp. 33 x 22 cm. An interesting summary of the contents of an Irish Country House in the
This is the detailed and beautifully illustrated record of a Royal Naval late 19th century. (1) €280 - 350
frigate over a fifteen-month period. HMS Liffey was launched in 1856;
she was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing ship with auxiliary steam 496
power (screw-propelled), weighed 2654 tons, and carried an armament of Labourers’ Accounts of a late 19th Century Tipperary Farmer
51 guns and a crew of 545. She was the second of five ships in her class,
the first being HMS Shannon. Initially she served in the Mediterranean but Manuscript: Account Book of Edward Wallace Cuthbert, Demone House,
Clonoulty, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. 85 pp. 28.5 x 22.5 cm.
in 1867 she was on the home station. The log begins with her departure Gives details of labourers’ accounts - their names, days worked, pay, and
from Plymouth, and for the next few months she cruised off the south-
west coast of Ireland, proceeding from Queenstown (Cobh) to Berehaven description of work, from February 1882 to July 1887. (1) €180 - 250

and Foynes and then back. After her return to England she formed part 497
of an expedition that brought a new British Ambassador to Copenhagen [Co. Carlow] Coroners Reports, [1800 - 1823], A Collection of approx.
and then continued to Kronstadt. In July 1868 she was employed as guard 60 m/ss documents of reports and witness statements on deaths in the
of honour to Queen Victoria at Cowes in the Isle of Wight. In October she Carlow area by murder, accident, infanticide, suicide, etc., mostly signed by
proceeded to Madeira and thence to Colon in Panama. James Byrne (County Coroner) and signed by witnesses as m/ss, as a lot,
The log records details of provisions taken on board, of changes in the w.a.f. (1)
crew, of drills and repairs, and the names of other ships encountered on
the voyage. One especially poignant feature is the recording of deaths of * An interesting reference or research collection on Georgian period legal
system in Ireland. €150 - 200
seamen, for instance: “10 Oct 1867: Richard Smith found dead in hammock
and was buried in Castletownbere” and “10 June 1868: Seaman Denis Shea
fell overboard and drowned when coming in to Cronstadt.” 498
1798 Interest: [Co. Carlow / Wexford / Kilkenny] A collection of 8 original
Between June 1869 and November 1870 Liffey was a member of “The m/ss Documents pertaining to:
Flying Squadron”, consisting of four frigates and two corvettes, which
was dispatched by the Admiralty on a world tour designed to promote (a) Michael Cummins of Monibeg, and his voluntary information sworn
before Walter Kavanagh at Borris, Carlow [*] other statements inlcude
British naval prestige. In 1877 she was converted to a store hulk and her those by Thomas Little of Kilkenny, Thomas Sinnot of Wexford, and others,
machinery was removed, but in the following year she performed her most
spectacular achievement, rescuing the crew of the Anita, a German barque as m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
* Michael states he bought a horse in February 1800 for one and a half
full of combustible materials which had caught fire after leaving Madeira. guineas from John Hendrick of Ferns, Co. Wexford, later John Murphy
She spent the remainder of her life at Coquimbo in Chile, where she was
sold and hulked in 1903. and another man called to Michael’s house “with loads of Herrings” they
informed him that the man he bought the horse from was an Orangeman
The online Naval Database gives no information about Liffey between 1864 and the horse was a “croppy mare taken from the Rebels in the confusion
and 1868, which includes the months covered by the log now offered for
sale. Perhaps this is because the record-keeper, Conyers Lang - who is not of the late Rebellion of which he knew there was a public traffic in his
neighbourhood”. Signed by Michael Cummins and Walter Kavanagh on
listed among the ship’s officers on the cruise of The Flying Squadron - held 17th June 1800. €120 - 140
onto it when he left the ship?
In addition to the log itself, the lot includes background research on HMS
Liffey and a print-out of the online narrative of the cruise of The Flying
Squadron written by Liffey midshipman Marcus McCausland. As a m/ss,
w.a.f. (1) €1500 - 2000

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Clarendon (George William Frederick Early Welsh Printing: Psalmau Dewisedig 1940’s Travel Permits for Irish Migrants
Villiers,) 4th Earl, A group of 12 autograph OGyfierthiad Yr arch - Diacon Prys, sm. 8vo,
Letters and notes signed “Clarendon,” mostly to Caernarfon (T. Roberts) 1809, First Edn., 48pps., West of Ireland: Twenty-seven Permits for
Migratory Workers travelling to Britain
Gerald Ponsonby (his Private Secretary), and to fold. music sheet, contemp. full calf, some from Galway and Mayo (also a Meathman
Sir Charles Trevelyan and “Ld. John,” including wear. Scarce. (1) €180 - 200
one letter (trimmed at foot) from the Vice Regal described as a motor driver), issued
in the late 1940s. Details given of birth
Lodge (Dublin) in June 1849, mostly discussing and residence, with passport-style photos
minor matters, appointments, newspaper 504
reports, Irish affairs, “The flax experiments,” Remembering The Battle of Fontenoy, 1907 attached. Most of the workers were young
men, born in the 1920s, but two, born in 1896
errands in Dublin (“it is a present from her in A file of 8 items marking the unveiling and 1897, were in their early fifties. Some were
return for this Polkas...”). preferment in the Irish
Church etc., 21pp in good condition. Mostly in 1907 near Tournai in Belgium of a taking up employment with the British Sugar
Celtic cross designed by Anthony Scott Corporation; their work would have involved
from The Grove [Herfordshire] and Grosvenor commemorating the Battle of Fontenoy. the harsh labour of pulling beet by hand.
Crescent, 1849 - 1852.
The 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 70), Includes several picture postcards sent A poignant reminder of hard times in the
to the Behan family in Dublin, a mounted West of Ireland, when emigration was the lot
statesman, Viceroy of Ireland (1847 - 1852). photograph (13 x 24 cm) of the ceremony, and of many. Also a pictorial record of men who
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1853.
As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €180 - 220 the menu for the “Banquet commémoratif”. may have disappeared into the Irish diaspore
At the battle of Fontenoy, fought on 11 May leaving few other memorials. €350 - 450
1745, a French army commanded by the
veteran Marshal Saxe was attacked while 506
500 besieging Tournai by a British and Dutch force Lord Rosse’s Observatory
[Co. Kilkenny] Legal Cases, A collection of commanded by the young Prince William,
approx. 80 m/ss Letters & Documents dealing Duke of Cumberland. At a crucial stage in Co. Offaly:Boeddicker (Otto) The Milky Way
with cattle rustling, evictions, forgery, child from The North Pole to 10 of South Declination,
abandonment, and more, all relating to the the fighting Saxe called in the Irish Brigade, drawn at the Earl of Rosse’s Observatory at Birr
County of Kilkenny over a period of 100 years, commanded by Lord Clare, who turned the
dating from 1756 – 1850. As a m/ss, as a tide in favour of the French. Castle, folio L. (Longmens, Green & Co.) 1892,
collection, w.a.f. (1) First Edn., portfolio, t.p. with black and white
* An important collection of first hand material In later years the victory of Fontenoy was engraving of Birr Castle, Offaly, four loose litho
dealing with a cross range of legal cases in regarded with fierce pride by Irish nationalists,
County Kilkenny, at an important time. generations of whom were inspired by Thomas plts after W.H. Wesley, together with the six
part plts., fold. plt. & loose plts. in the off print
€150 - 200 Davis’s poem portraying it as revenge for of Lord Oxmantown on the Great Nebula in
Ireland’s defeat in the Jacobite war and for the
broken Treaty of Limerick: Orion, also the original ptd. prospectus, all
housed in original blue cloth folder, ptd. label.
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, hark to that fierce Scarce. (1) €350 - 500
huzza!
501 “Revenge! remember Limerick! dash down the
Co. Carlow: Carlow Gaol [1870’s] A Collection Sassenagh!” 507
of approximately 100 signed receipts for the As an Archive, w.a.f. (1) €200 - 300 Killarney Estate: A hand-coloured Map,
Jail dating from 1877 including the months “Plan of The Earl of Kenmare’s Killarney Estate,
September to December, all authorised and Southern Ireland,” London c. 1880, approx.
stamped by the inland revenue, all relating to 28cms x 18cms (11” x 7”), hogarth frame. (1)
wages for governor, matron, turnkey, police
etc., also receipts for expenses for a coat for a €100 - 150
“Poor Prisoner,” boots, printing, food, etc. As a
collection, w.a.f. (1)

* An interesting source of first hand material
relating to the day to day running of an Irish
Prison in the Victoria Era. €150 - 200

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Journal of a Young Drogheda Lawyer
& Member of The Rowing Club

Manuscript: A Notebook, 21 x 17 cm, headed:
“The Journal Scribblings of Laurence J. Branigan,
youngest son of a far better man of the same
innasmcreib, eodf 1th8iSsh2o4pthSdtraeyeto,fDMroagyh1e9d1a4,.”CoC.oLnotuinthu,es
to 16 Sept 1922, with postscript dated 18 Dec
1939. 80 pp, the rest blank.
In 1914 Branigan was an 18-year-old law
student; he subsequently graduated as a
solicitor (there is still a law firm of Phelan
Branigan in Drogheda). The journal contains
some family news, verses are interspersed
from time to time, and there is much about the
Drogheda Rowing Club, including a picture
postcard showing the club’s crew, stroked by
the author, winning the Regatta of 1914. (1)

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[Irish Map] Ortelius (Abraham) Hibernia Eryn Hiberniae Britannicae Insula Mac Bride (Sean) [1904-88] A very interesting typescript report to the
Nova descriptio - Irlandt, hd. cold. engd. map, [issued in Ortelius Theatrum IRA Chief of Staff, 16.4.25, signed initials SmacB, ‘Comdt., Officer i/c finance
Ordis Terrarum] * dated 1572, approx. 44cms x 55cms (17” x 21½”) overall, & Accounts,’ concerning a mission to investigate options for arms purchase
contemp. hd. colouring, unframed. Clean Copy. (1) in Germany and Belgium, on headed paper paper of Oglaigh na hEireann
* Ireland first appeared in Ortelius Theatrum in 1573 as an additamentum. GHA, 5pp, with 2pp specifications from an arms supplier, Sean Mac Bride, a
son of Major John Mac Bride and Maud Gonne Mac Bride, was a Na Fianna
€700 - 1000 and the IRA from an early age. He opposed the Treaty, and after escaping
from Mountjoy Jail late in 1923 he joined IRA GHQ, and took charge of
509 the IRA’s finances, producing regular monthly balance sheets (see other
Maps: [Speed (John)] Ireland, “Maps of the Four Provinces, to include documents in this archive.) He spoke French fluently, and evidently he
Leinster, Ulster, Munster & Connaught,” c. 1610, English text verso, hand made journeys to continental Europe to source arms purchases.
coloured in outline, each approx. 40cms x 53cms (16” x 21”) framed. (4)
Provenance : The Aske, Shankill, Co. Dublin. €600 - 800
The present report describes a journey to London, Paris, Hamburg,
Stuttgart, Berlin, Antwerp, Liege and back through Liverpool, meeting
512 two arms suppliers from Germany, Grotstuck and Becker, and in Belgium.
Arrested and Detained In Easter Week: He says Grotstuck had proved unreliable previously in relation to supplies
The Ordeal of The Marquis MacSwiney left in their care. In relation to Becker, ‘In some respects I would rather deal

[Mac Swiney (V.E.P.)] An 8pp typed Letter signed “P. MacSwiney of with this man as his dealings in arms would be illegal from the Reparations
Mashanaglass”, on headed notepaper “National Volunteers, Inspecting Officer Commission’s point of view, and therefore, he would take greater care than if it
for Co. Kerry, Brooklands, Killarney”, dated 18 May 1916 and addressed to were an ordinary business transaction. On the other hand, I am convinced that
Major J. Crean, Acting Inspecting Officer, National Volunteers. (1) if he got the lightest opportunity for swindling us, he would probably avail of
it.’ However, Mac Bride suggests dealing mainly with the Belgian supplier
The writer gives a vivid and detailed account of his arrest in Dublin and as his prices are lower and he is prepared to ship supplies close to the Irish
detention by security forces during the Rising of Easter Week 1916. coast. As a typescript, w.a.f. (1) €600 - 800
While being removed from his house in Waterloo Road to the Castle the
party came under heavy fire from the insurgents. After interrogation he 515
was imprisoned, together with Count Plunkett (father of Proclamation Raids on City Doctors
signatory Joseph Plunkett), in a cell with some twenty other prisoners in
cramped conditions. The following day they were removed for internment, I.R.A. Medical Service: A file containing about 65 documents dealing
except MacSwiney, who was released after further interrogation. with the I.R.A.’s medical service and the medical problems of particular
Volunteers, January 1923 - June 1925, also two documents dealing with
MacSwiney describes with a mixture of horror and humour the courtesy the Irish Republican Prisoner’s Dependent Fund.
of the officers who had arrested him and their courage under fire; the The file includes much detailed information about particular volunteers
appalling conditions in which he was held overnight (they were fed “very and their medical problems (including somewhere the examining doctor
much in the manner as food is thrown to the bears and other wild beasts at could find no evidence of illness!), also more general material including
the zoo”); and the kindness of his fellow-prisoners. a typescript report of poor conditions in the (Free State Run) Curragh

Through his mother, MacSwiney was first cousin of Vernon Kell, a Hospital), 17.2.1923; with details of the treatment of named prisoners; report
founder of the British Secret Service Bureau. Kell would have known that on the organisation of the Republican Medical Service, 4 Sept. 1924; a similar
MacSwiney was opposed to the Rising - hence perhaps his prompt release? report, 3.4.1925; letter from Director of the Service stating White Cross has

A fascinating first-hand account of the experience of a well-known decided to stop funding treatment of persons injured in action, 2.3.1925;
Irishman during the Easter Rising. €600 - 700
accounts for the service, 5.2.1925; and other interesting documents. A few
early documents (Feb. 1923) are signed A. de S(taic); there are also some
513 interesting letters in January 1923 concerning ‘raids on city doctors’ (by both
I.R.A. Army Council Minutes: An important file containing typescript sides, apparently), etc. etc. As an Archive, w.a.f. (1) €600 - 800
agenda and minutes of meetings of the IRA Army Council, March 1929 -
July 1931, with a few supporting documents, as follows:
5th March 1929, minutes; 14 March 1929, agenda; 18 March 1929, agenda
and minutes; 2 May 1929, agenda; 26 July 1929, agenda & minutes; 3
Sept. 1929, agenda and statement of ‘policy and main objectives’; in all 22
meetings of the IRA Army Council represented and by agenda or minutes or
both, over a period of 30 months, with some supporting documents, while
this may be some distance short of a complete record, it is a very useful file.
* These documents are extremely rare: Circulation was confined to
members of the Council. The minutes are typescript, and are generally short
and to the point; recording attendances and decisions taken. A few are
signed with initials, most are unsigned. As an Archive, w.a.f (1) €600 - 800

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Co. Wexford: 1912 Feise Charman (Under “Be Sure That They Will Leave You Sinn Fein: A Sterling silver circular
Control of Coiste Ceanntair Chairman) Whit to Your Fate” Commemorative Coin, for “Sinn Fein 100
Sunday, Monday & Tuesday May 26, 27, 28 (Cead), in original case; together with enamel
in Enniscorthy, Official Clar, 8vo, Wexford Oglaigh na hEireann: Special Memorandum badge “Combhail be Cumann na Firnne
(Free Press) 1912, 208pps, illus. & adverts - 31.Oct. 1921, by Order Chief of Staff - That Catoligaite - Tuaim 1936” with pin, as a lot. (2)
throughout, ptd. corps. Scarce. (1) During the period of Truce no Attempt shall
* A valuable reference document for political, be made to import munitions into Ireland, €80 - 100
social & business information during the early This agreement... shall be very strictly and
1900’s in Ireland and Wexford in particular. honourably addressed to, single cyclostyled 527
page; together with an Anti-Treaty Propoganda Emmett Humphreys
€200 - 300 Flyer, double sided titled “To the Irish Republican
Army,” unsigned. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) €120 - 180 Fianna Eireann Costume

517 [Fianna Eireann & St. Endas] A rare and
De Markievicz (Constance) A Call to the 521 unsual Celtic type Uniform, comprising of
Women of Ireland, 8vo D. (Fergus O’Connor) The Kings Visit to Ieland 1903 a kilt, shawl and waistcoat, worn by Emmet
1918, 16pps, ptd. wrappers; What Irish Humphreys who was a member of the Fianna
Republicans Stand For, 8vo Glasgow (Civic Royalty: An Official Programme of the Royal Force 1916. By tradition the above uniform was
Procession of their most gracious Majesties worn by Emmett Humphreys during the 1916
Press) c. 1918, 8pps, ptd. wrappers. Both King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, City of Rising when his group went on a march in the
Scarce. (2) €180 - 220 Dublin mountains, as they were too young to
Dublin 21, July, 1903, 8vo D. (W.A. Quirk) 1903, take part. As a costume, w.a.f. (1)
2pps; together with an Admission Ticket for
518 Row B No. 12 Leeson St. Bridge Grand Covered Provenance: The Humphreys Family, by direct
[Mac Bride (Sean)] A group of five Munster Stand, as ephemera, w.a.f. (2) €80 - 100 descent. €600 - 800
& Leinster Bank Cheques from 1923 to 1927
(issued to Frank Kerlin, Michal Kilroy T.D., 522
John Jos. Sheey, & himself ), each signed and “The People’s Princess”
signature on reverse; together with a m/ss
letter and envelope addressed to Sean Mac Royalty - [Princess Diana] Spencer (Earl)
Bride dated 29/9/1932, indistinctly signed Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales - Westminster
for Reobuch Keane; [Markievicz (Constance)] Abbey, September 6, 1997, 8vo, 25pps,
a real photographic postcard of Liberty Hall, dedicated “To Lillian, Charles Spencer, 14th July
depicting the ruins, inscribed on reverse in 2000,” each pp. royal coat of arms, gilt decor.
pencil “Constance de Markievicz; also two cloth, custom box. Scarce. (1) €150 - 200
W.W.1 Army Discharge Documents for “Arthur
Richmond, Army Service Corps,” as a lot, w.a.f. 523
(1) €200 - 300 [Co. Cork] Cumann na mBan, a good quality
silver gilt Cumann na mBan Lapel Badge, by
519 Long, Cork, approx. 5cms long. Scarce. (1)
[Pearse (Padraig)] A collection of manuscript
and ptd. material relating to Pearse and The €250 - 320
Mac Carthy Brothers, to include:
524
* A m/ss Page signed and dated 11 August [Co. Louth] Cumann na mBan, a sterling silver
1909 Report “Scoil Eanna” for Diarmuid and good quality Cumann na mBan Lapel Badge,
Domhnaill Mac Carthy - report of progress by mark silver, Dundalk; together with another
P.H. Pearse describing them as “very bright, similar metal Lapel Badge, unmarked. Scarce.
affectionate and loveable boys”. (2) €300 - 400

* A Travel Pass for Dermott Mac Carthy signed 525
by Austin Stack.
* Photographs Cumann na mBan: A very fine quality 9ct
gold, Cumann na mBann Lapel Badge,
* A copy of “Scribhinn” by Pearse; approx. 5cms, approx. 6 gms, Scarce. (1)
* and a Padraig Pearse Medal, as a collection,
w.a.f. (1) €600 - 800 See illustration on page 54 €600 - 800

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536
Don Conroy (Irish School)

Patrick Kavanagh,; W.B. Yeats’; Brendan Behan;
Flann O’Brien, a set of four pen & watercolour
drawings, each inscribed with quotation, all
signed, each approx. 30cms x 25cms (12” x 10”),
uniformly framed. (4) €300 - 400

528 537
Di Di

Irish Writers: A pair of attractive oils on canvas
of John Millington Synge, and Patrick Kavanagh,
528 532 each approx. 40cms x 40cms (16” x 16”),
A Boy of Just Eighteen Summers O’Donovan Rossa Funeral unframed. (2) €150 - 200

Republican: Barry (Kevin) A clay moulded Photograph: Portrait of Members of the 538
Death Mask for Kevin Barry (Irish Patriot), O’Donovan Rossa Funeral Committee, taken by Michael Hawthorne
inscribed on reverse “Death Mask of Kevin Barry Keogh Bros., approx. 28.5cms x 36.5cms (11¼”
- Hanged in 1920 by the English,” and Signed S. x 16½”). In original oak frame, with key to the A set of 6 attractive Profile Paintings of Irish
(Sean) McKeown. (1) members present on reverse. The Funeral took Writers to include “Oscar Wilde,” “Sean O’Casey,”
place on 1st Aug. 1915. Extremely Rare. (1)
* A poignant memento of a Young Irish Patriot. “George Bernard Shaw,” “Frank O’Connor,” “John
€400 - 600 B. Keane,” “Seamus Heaney,” O.O.B., each approx.
Provenance: The Kathleen Napoli McKenna / 533 46cms x 30cms (18” x 12”), each with quotation
Sean McKeown Collection. €600 - 800
“The First Dail” from author, Signed and dated, uniformely
Photograph: Group Photograph, Members of framed. (6) €350 - 500
529 Dail Eireann, Dublin 10th April, 1919, includes See illustrations on page 57
The Original Door Knocker from Galway Gaol De Valera, Griffith, Collins, E. MacNeill, Count
[Mayo’s Flying Column], A heavy cast Plunkett, Terence MacSwiney, Risteard 539
iron door Knocker modelled as a hand Mulcahy, etc., etc., approx. 17.5cms x 37.5cms Wilhelm Fockersperger
grabbing a wreath with lions mounted by (7” x 14¾”) in later frame. Scarce. (1) €200 - 300
Kerricks & Son on a mahogany frame, by 534 [Beckett] A fine pen and watercolour Portrait
tradition reputed to have been removed as Coloured Cartoon Prints: O’Nuallain of Samuel Beckett, Signed and dated 1999,
a memento from Galway Goal whilst being (Michael) A large Cartoon Print - Flann O’Brien, approx. 7” x 5”, wooden frame. (1) €130 - 180
released from detention by Brian Corrigan, of Map of Ireland - Hung, Drawn & Quartered, by
Owenduff, Achill, West Mayo, with associated Michael O’Nuallain; approx. 71cms x 60cms 540
documentation, as a collection. (1) (28” x 24”) framed; together with a Cartoon Wilhelm Fockersperger
Provenance: Brian Corrigan, 2nd Battalion, Print of Brendan Behan - Dublin Millenium,
West Mayo Brigade, by family descent. approx. 40cms x 32cms (16” x 12½”), framed. [Kavanagh] A good pencil Sketch of Patrick
(2) €150 - 200 Kavanagh, Signed and dated 2014, approx.
€300 - 400 535 11½” x 8”, silver frame. (1) €100 - 150

530 Michael O’Nuallain (1928 - 2016) 541
Irish Republican: Co. Tipperary - Third Irish Authors: O’Nuallain (Michael) - Artist’s Harry Kernoff
Proof, a group of four cold. Portrait Prints of
Tipperary Brigade, [Thomas Coughlan, 67 Main Patrick Kavanagh, Brian O’Nuallain, Micheal Mc [Yeats (W.B.)] A fine black and white Portrait of
Liammoir and Brendan Behan, each approx. W.B. Yeats, approx. 5½” x 3½”, signed by Harry
Street, Midleton, Co. Cork] A Civil War Period 50cms x 38cms (20” x 15”), framed. (4) Kernoff, in black frame. (1) €200 - 300
leather Sam Brown Belt and Holster, with brass
links and clasp, worn; together with typescript €200 - 300
file for the above Th. Coughlan, detailing his
activities from 1919 - 22., and his application 532
to the Military Pensions Board, 3pps, a 2pp m/ 56
ss letter dated 26.1.1923, signed by W.P. Walshe
(secretary) re: Third Tipperary Brigade, as a
collection, w.a.f. (4) €200 - 300

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The Irish House of Commons, 1790

[After Baurraud & Hayter] The Irish House of
Commons - A.D. 1790, College Green, Dublin,
a large autotype sepiograph print, approx.
84cms x 80cms (33” x 31½”) in oak frame;
togerther with a printed fold-out “Key to
the National Picture of The Irish House of
Commons,” published by R. Turner. Scarce. (2)

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Photograph: Minihan (John) Photographer John Sparrow’s Copy
& [O’Brien (Edna)] Original black and white 544
Photograph of Edna O’Brien sitting in a Peter Deighan (b. 1941) [Johnson (Lionel)] The Book of Rhymers’ Club,
12mo, L. (Elkin Mathews at the Sign of the
window, in a white dress with pearl necklace, “Peadar O’Donnell,” Author, Republican, Bodley Head) 1892, First Edn., hf. title, Ltd. Edn.
approx. 31cms x 26cms, stamped “Photo by Socialist. Oils on canvas, approx. 49.5cms x
John Minihan,” good. (1) €120 - 150 39.5cms (19½” x 15½”), signed and dated ‘84, 450 Copies, with a three pp m/ss poem “Walter
framed. (1) Pater” by Lionel Johnson (his last poem) on
* O’Donnell was in his 91st year when he f.e.p. and another 2pps m/ss poem on end
543 had sittings for this portrait, which was papers “In Memory of Lionel Johnson” each
[Heaney (Seamus)] Bowen (Jane) commissioned by Charles J. Haughey. possibly by John Sparrow”, Signed and dated
Photographer. A fine large original black and 11 Oct, 1902, uncut, cream coloured cloth, ptd.
white Photograph of Seamus Heaney seated, €250 - 350 label.
with hand on head in pensive mode, c. 1970’s, * Ex. Libris John Sparrow
approx. 35cms x 52cms, mounted and framed. 545 * Lionel Johnson was a senior member of The
(1) €200 - 300 Oscar Wilde’s First Separate Publication Rhymers Club, which included W.B. Yeats, G.A.

Wilde (Oscar) Newdigate Prize Poem - Ravenna Greene, & others. (1) €500 - 600
- Recited In the The Theatre, Oxford, June 26,
1878, sm. 8vo Oxford (Thos. Shrimpton & 547
Son) 1878, First Edn., coat of arms for Oxford Sheehan (Canon Patrick Augustine) The Cry
University on t.p., 16pps, end wrappers of The Curlews, an original m/ss two page, 8
repaired, recent leather backed marble boards, paragraph poem, Signed “P.A. Sheehan,”
ptd. label. Scarce. [Mason 301]. (1) €400 - 600 as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

* Sheehan was an essayist, philosopher,
poet and priest, born in Mallow, studied in
Maynooth. The above m/ss poem appeard in
“Literary Life: Essays: Poems.” €350 - 450

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548 550 553
Joyce (Robert Dwyer) Song from Blanid, an The Author's Second Book Lady Gregory’s Copy
original m/ss three Verse Poem, Signed, Signed by W.B. Yeats
as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) Yeats (W.B.) The Wanderings of Oisin and other
* Joyce was a Limerick born poet, writer and Poems. L. 1889, First Edition of his Second Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Poems Written in
collector of traditional Irish music (many which Book and First Trade Collection, preceded only Discouragement, sm. square 8vo Dundrum
were included in the Petrie Collection of the by the privately printed Mosada. Orig. cloth 1913. Limited to 50 Copies Only. Sewn, 8pp,
Ancient Music of Ireland 1855). He is most gilt, black e.p. lined in white, an excellent copy, unopened orig. printed grey wrappers. Signed &
famous for the works The Boys of Wexford, and clean and firm, in the original glassine dust- inscribed on front cover, “Privately Printed, W.B.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley. €150 - 200 wrapper, torn at back but about 75% complete. Yeats. With Lady Gregory’s distinctive bookplate
John Dowden’s copy (Bishop of Edinburgh, inside front cover. An exquisite Copy. (1)

brother of Edward), with his neat signature on Provenance: From the Library of Mrs. Catherine
t.p. Wade 2. (1)
549 According to Wade only 500 copies were Kennedy, ‘Nu,’ grand-daughter of Lady Gregory,
Historically Important Literary Magazine daughter of Robert Gregory, the subject of W.B.
printed, of which very few can have survived Yeat’s Poem ‘An Irish Airman foresees his death’.
A Complete File in anything like this condition. Given that
See illustration on page 59 €2500 - 4000
Periodical: To-Morrow, Vol. I Nos. 1 & 2, [All Mosada is completely unobtainable, this must
Published], folio D. August - September be the foundation stone of any major Yeats
1924. Two issues only, Sole Editions, 8pp & collection. €3500 - 5000 554
6pp, illustrations by Cecil Salkeld, orig. ptd. V. Rare Hugh Lane Association Item
wrappers. Now preserved in a cloth backed
blue boards portfolio, with mor. label on upper 551 Abbey Theatre: A printed Linen Handkerchief,
cover. A particularly fine set of those flimsy [Yeats (W.B.)] Poems and Ballads of Young inscribed Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00
issues. Rare. (1) Ireland 1888. Dublin, Gill 1888. Sm 8vo white towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane’s Great
cloth (soiled), black e.p. (Wade 289, First Issue). Gift of Pictures for Ireland, April 1913. approx.
* Contributors include W.B. Yeats, Lennox Includes four poems by Yeats, notably the first 47cms square, with 8 single portraits, and large
Robinson, Francis Stuart, Joseph Campbell, appearance of The Stolen Child, also items by group study of The Abbey Players, signed by
F.R. Higgins, & Liam O’Flaherty, whose Hyde, Todhunter, Rolleston etc. Inscribed in W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory. Folded and in
contributions incurred the wrath of the pencil on verso of f.f.e.p., ‘Pan-Celtic Society’. original envelope. In fine condition. (1)
An important book. (1)
Catholic Church, & hastened the magazine’s Provenance: From the Collections of the late
early demise. €300 - 400 Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, grand daughter of
It is believed that the book was edited by John Lady Gregory. €400 - 600
O’Leary in consultation with Yeats, Katharine
Tynan and others. This first issue is extremely
scarce. €400 - 600

552
First Published Edition of Mosada

Yeats (W.B.). The Dublin University Review,
Issue for, June 1886, containing the first
printing of Yeats’ poem Mosada at pp. 473-
483. A little spotting at edges, part of last leaf
torn (adverts) away with loss (not affecting
Mosada), o.w. a fine copy as published. An
offprint of 100 copies from this setting,
with a portrait, was W.B. Yeats’ first separate
publication. A great rarity in either version,
and a milestone in Irish literature. (1)
Yeats later wrote in a copy, ‘I wrote it when I was
twenty-one & think rather sadly that when young
men of that age send in like work I am not able to
foresee his future or his talent.’ €1500 - 2500

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The Author’s First Book Synge (John M.) The Well of the Saints, A Play Yeats (W.B.) The Hour-Glass Cathleen Ni
in Three Acts. Vol. I of the Abbey Theatre Series. Houlihan, The Pot of Broth... Being Volume IV
Synge (John M.) The Shadow of the Glen, and 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1905. First Edn., pp (IV): 92, of The Abbey Theatre Series, 8vo D. (Maunsel)
Riders to the Sea, 16mo L. (Elkin Mathews) 1905. 1905. First Irish Edn., title & [84]pp, orig. pict.
First Edn., orig. decor. pict. green wrappers, orig. ptd. pict. d.w., frayed at edges, and spine purple d.w., upr. cover loose. Wade 54. Scarce.
worn. V. Scarce. (1) €120 - 180 (1) €150 - 200
spine rubbed & edges frayed, but a good copy
of this rarity. (1) €300 - 400

558
Synge (John M.) The Playboy of the Western
World, A comedy in Three Acts,... being Vol. X
of the Abbey Theatre Series. 8vo D. (Maunsel)
1907. First Edn., pp(IV) [88], & advert. leaf at
end, orig. pict. ptd. green wrappers, covers
loose. (1) €150 - 200

555 560 559
Gore-Booth (Eva) The Egyptian Pillar, Being
Number Three of Tower Press Booklets - Second
Series. Sm. sq. 12mo D. (Maunsel) 1907. First
Edn., unopened, orig. ptd. pink wrappers; The
Sword of Justice A Play, sm. 8vo L. 1918. First Edn.,
advert. leaf at end, orig. grey wrappers with ptd.
label; Broken Glory, 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1918. First
Edn., wrappers. All v. good. V. Scarce. (3)
* The poems in the last item relate almost
entirely to the Easter Rebellion and its heroes.

€200 - 300

560
Mac Colum [Colum] (Pádraig). An Talamh.
Dráma Trí Ghníomh .. Ar n-a chur i nGaedhilg,
do Thórna. Maunsel, D. 1906, orig,. wrappers.,
spine worn, clean copy. Translation of Colum’s
play The Land. Extremely Scarce. (1)

€300 - 400

561
The Author’s First Book, Signed

Kavanagh (Patrick) Ploughman and Other
Poems (Macmillan’s Contemporary Poets, L.
1936), orig. wrappers, internally a little spotted,
with Author’s Contemporary Signature in
red ink on t.p. One of 300 copies, his first
collection, an auspicious debut. Very rare with
the signature.
‘O cut for me life’s bread, for me pour wine!’ (1)

€1200 - 1700

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One of 25 Copies Only Rare First Issue

Kavanagh (Patrick) Recent Poems. 1958, sm quarto limp green buckram Kavanagh (Patrick) Self Portrait (Dolmen 1963). The very rare First Issue,
(untitled), 28pp, with many misprints corrected in ink in the Author’s with wrapper and f/p photograph by Philip Pocock showing Kavanagh
hand, No. 5 of 25 copies only, hand set in 12 pt Egmont type and printed in a flat cap and stained shirt, generally somewhat unkempt. Kavanagh
on a hand press [at the Peter Kavanagh Hand Press, New York]. Inscribed objected to the photograph, and the edition was pulped. With a copy of
by Patrick Kavanagh ‘For Dr. C.S. Andrews, December 1958’, and with a the Second Issue (1964), still described as ‘First Edition’, containing new
covering A.L.S. to Dr. Andrews (an occasional patron of the poet), from 14 photographs by the publisher Liam Miller, showing a tidier poet. Both
Raglan Road, 14.12.1958, pointing out his brother’s lack of experience as a issues with very good wrappers. Also with the Second Edition (1975, reset,
printer, and wishing Dr. Andrews a happy Christmas. in wrappers), with the photographs in sepia. The first issue was never
A fine collection of late poems, including his celebrated poem In Memory distributed, and only a handful of copies survived. A rare and attractive trio.
of my Mother. The text is from a television programme broadcast by RTE in 1962. (3)
‘I do not see you lying in the wet clay / Of a Monaghan graveyard ..’
A fine copy of a great rarity. (1) €4000 - 6000 €1000 - 1500

563 566
Rare Private Account

Kavanagh (Patrick) ed. Kavanagh’s Weekly. A Journal of Literature and Manuscript: [Kavanagh (Patrick)] A Manuscript Account, 11 pages,
Politics. Vol. 1 no. 1 (April 12, 1952) and nine further issues, Nos. 2, 4, 5, dated 20/9/1989, apparently by Mary O’Halpin, elder sister of Patrick
6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, ten issues in all, each stapled, an excellent clean set in Kavanagh’s widow Katherine (nee Moloney), describing Katherine’s
a handmade plastic binder. Lacking only three issues (nos. 3, 8, 13), an unexpected death, the decision to bury her with her late husband in
excellent foundation for a set. Mostly written by Kavanagh himself. Even Inniskeen as requested in her will, a phone call to Kavanagh’s brother Peter
single issues in good condition are now very scarce. €800 - 1200 in New York, his opposition to the plan (allegedly describing the reopening
See illustration on page 69 of the grave as ‘a desecration’), followed by events at the graveyard in
Inniskeen, where the wrong grave was initially opened. Katherine’s family
564 stood firm, with support from various poets including John Montague and
[Kavanagh (Patrick)] Broadsheet Three (ed. Hayden Murphy), Lim. Edn. Anthony Cronin, and eventually Katherine’s body was laid to rest with her
husband as she had requested. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

1,000 copies, issue dedicated to the memory of Patrick Kavanagh. Quarto, A very interesting document. With a cutting of a newspaper interview with
Peter Kavanagh. €500 - 700
five sheets tied with a ribbon, contribs. include the editor, Kavanagh
himself, Kinsella, Pearse Hutchinson, Paul Durcan, Macdara Woods, James
Liddy, etc. Good. Scarce. (1) €250 - 400
567
Signed Presentation Copy 567

Kavanagh (Peter) Inniskeen Circa
1939, A Map (Peter Kavanagh Hand
Press, New York 1978), First Edition,
tall narrow wrappers with folded map
tipped in, No. 205 of 470 numbered
Copies, Inscribed by Peter Kavanagh
for Grattan Freyer, ‘corrected N.Y. 22
Ap. 78’. Essential for Kavanagh lovers,
identifying various fields, roads and
homesteads relevant to the poet and
his work. A very fine Copy. Very scarce.
(1) €400 - 600

568
[Kavanagh (Patrick)] A Collection
including an invitation to the
unveiling of the Memorial Seat
at Baggot Street Bridge 1968; a
Programme for an Abbey Theatre
Tribute to Kavanagh, December
1967; two programmes for Centenary
Celebrations 2004; and four other
items.
An unusual collection, w.a.f. (1)

€150 - 200

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The Author’s First Book

Joyce (James) Chamber Music. L., Elkin
Mathews 1907, light green cloth gilt, a bright
copy. First Edition of his First Book, First
Issue (thick e.p., height 16.2 cms). Slocum &
Cahoon 3, preceded only by The Holy Office
(broadside) and the supposed broadside Et Tu
Healy, of which no copy has ever been found.
S&C, quoting Gorman, say 509 copies were
published including all three issues; there may
have been no more than 200 copies in the first
issue. Newspaper cutting laid down on front
pastedown, name (Vincent Clarke) on f.f.e.p., a
little spotting on e.p.’s but, A Very Good Clean
Square Copy. Rare. (1)
Published mainly by the exertions of Arthur
Symons, who took the manuscript around
to the London publishers until he found
one willing to take a chance on an unknown
author. Slocum & Cahoon A3 €1500 - 2000

570 571 574 The Scarce Second Edition
Joyce (James) Chamber Music. L., Elkin
569 571 Mathews 1918, Second Edition, orig. printed
Periodical: Pye (Patrick)ed., also R. Kyne James Joyce’s School Days wrappers. Dolly Lynd’s copy with her signature
dated April 1918. Slocum & Cahoon? (1)

€400 - 600

& Eliz. Healy Introspect - A Annual Review of Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young 575
the Visual Arts, atlas folio Nos 1 - 3. Together “There’s No Friends Like the Old Friends”
3 Numbers, Dec. 1975, 1976 & 1977. Sole Man, 8vo New York (B.W. Heubich) 1916, hf.
title, First Edn., First Printing, blind stamped
Editions, illus. thro-out, orig. ptd. wrappers, front cover and gilt spine, some fading to top & Joyce (James) Dubliners, 8vo, L. (Grant
some dis-colouration. As a periodical, w.a.f.
Scarce. (3) €150 - 200 bottom of spine, overall clean copy. [Slocum & Richards) 1914, First Edn., hf. title, add portrait
fronts (tipped in later), original gilt letter
Cahoon A11]. (1) €3000 - 4000 maroon cloth, in a custom made hf. mor. &

570 572 marble box. Clean copy. Scarce . [Slocum &
Rare Joycean Pamphlet Cahoon A8]. (1) €2000 - 3000
Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach. Shakespeare
& Co., Paris 1927, First Edition, light green
Joyce (James) & Skeffington (F.J.C.) Two boards printed in dark green, 24mo, errata
Essays - A Forgotten Aspect of the University
Question & The Day of the Rabblement, 8vo D. leaf tipped in at rear. Covers a little dusty but
a very good copy of a fragile item. Slocum &
(Gerrard Bros) (Oct. 15th [1901]), 8pps, original Cahoon 24. (1) €700 - 1000
pink wrappers., housed in custom made hf.
leather clam box. Clean Copy. [Slocum and
Cahoon B1]. (1) €1500 - 2000

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576 582 585
One of 50 Signed Copies Joyce (James) Haveth Childers Everywhere, 8vo All Signed Copies of
L. (Faber & Faber) 1931, (Criterian Miscellany -
Joyce (James) Collected Poems of James Joyce, No. 26] First Thus, 36pps, ptd. wrappers (yellow Heaney’s First Appearance in Print
- red text) lacks glassine cover. Clean Copy. (1)
12mo, New York (The Black Sun Press) 1936, First Heaney (Seamus), ‘Incertus’. Gorgon (A
Collected Edn., Deluxe Issue, No. 31 (50), Signed, €200 - 300 Publication of the English Society, Q.U.B.). Four
printed on Japan vellum, hf. title, frontispiece Numbers, various sizes, good copies, all with
after Augustus John, original gilt decorated 583 Heaney contributions, viz. No. 3 (Nov. 1959),
cream boards, blue silk bookmark, glassine Limited Edition Signed by the Author includes Nostalgia in the Afternoon by Incertus
wrapper, and gold paper slip case, some wear to (Heaney’s pseudonym), Signed in m/ss. with
glassine, otherwise clean copy. Scarce. [Slocum Joyce (James) Tales Told of Shem and Shaun his name; No. 4 (Feb. 1960), includes Aran by
& Cahoon A44]. (1) €4000 - 5000 Three Fragments from Work in Progress, 4to Paris Seamus J. Heaney, Signed in m/ss.; no. 5 (Dec.
(The Black Sun Press) 1929, Ltd. Edn., Signed by 1960), includes Lines to Myself by Seamus
the Author on hf. title, 88 (100) Copies, illus ptd. Heaney, Signed in m/ss; Hilary Term 1961
577 – 580: See pages 64 & 65 wrappers, original green velvet slip case, silver (unnumbered), includes The Seductive Muse
border, clean copy. [Slocum & Cahoon A36]. (1) [editorial] by Seamus J. Heaney, Signed in m/ss,
Song of my Man-Alive by Incertus, and ‘There’s
581 €1500 - 1800 Rosemary - - - - ‘ (short story) by Incertus, Signed
[Joyce (James)] A Lecture delivered in Milan in m/ss. Seamus Heaney. Other contributors
in 1927 by his friend Italo Svevo, and now 584 include Seamus Deane. (1)
translated by Stanislaus Joyce for James An Expert's Copy Much sought after, these early student
Laughlin as a keepsake .. New Directions periodicals are undoubtedly the rarest of
Christmas 1950, Limited Edition. No. 616 of Joyce (James) Ulysses. Shakespeare & Co. Heaney’s publications, especially with his (later)
1500 copies, wrappers, a tiny book. Scarce. (1) Paris 1930, 11th Printing, quarto, untrimmed, signature as here. Unique €3500 - 5000
orig. blue wrs titled in white, a little rubbed
€100 - 200 and creased. Profusely inscribed by a previous 586
owner, who has neatly copied on f.f.e.p. Stuart Heaney (Seamus). Phoenix (Poetry Magazine),
Gilbert’s well-known analysis of the sections, ed. Harry Chambers, sm qto wrs, New Quarterly
symbols and meanings of Ulysses, and with Series Nos. 1 (March 1967) & 3 (Spring 1968). No.
neat marginal notes throughout the text in 1, A Special Arts In Ulster Edition, includes three
the same hand in blue ink and pencil, also poems by Heaney, with a portrait, also work
reflecting Gilbert’s analysis. There are also a by Derek Mahon, Michael Longley and others.
few notes in red ink in a different hand, very No. 3 includes one Heaney poem, also work by
similar to Gilbert’s (e.g. p. 19, 544, 576); possibly Michael Longley, James Simmons and others.
the previous owner was able to consult Gilbert * Scarce and important publications. (2)
in person. (1)
A remarkable copy, of particular interest to €300 - 500
obsessive students of Joyce’s masterpiece.

€800 - 1200

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587 592

587 589 593
The Author’s First Separate Collection Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Signed by Each Poet

Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. Festival Heaney (Seamus). A Lough Neagh Sequence. Heaney (Seamus) & John Montague. Poetry
Publications, Queen’s University of Belfast Phoenix Pamphlets Poets Press 1969, wrappers Ireland 50/60. Programme for a reading to mark
[1965], wrappers with light purple nine-point (spotted), Inscribed on h.t. ‘To Katherine / the 60th birthday of John Montague and the
star device on upper cover, FIRST ISSUE of his Love / Seamus / 9th March 1969’. 50th birthday of Seamus Heaney, with music
first separate collection, a key title for Irish With two others from the Phoenix series, by Liam O’Flynn. Gate Theatre, Dublin, 11 June
poetry. A very little spotting on upper and Michael Longley’s Secret Marriages, Dec. 1968, 1989. Includes a Signed Poem by each Poet
lower cover, faint price-stamp on rear cover and Harold Massingham’s The Magician, dedicated to the Other. Attractive item, clean
(6?), otherwise An Excellent Copy of this Great March 1969. (3) €300 - 400 copy. (1) €300 - 500
Rarity, which opened a new era in modern Irish
literature. It features four or five poems which 590 594
have become modern classics, including the Seamus Heaney / Felim Egan. Towards a Heaney (Seamus) The Makings of a Music:
title poem of his first commercial publication Collaboration, October 1986 (Brochure, 4pp). reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and
Death of a Naturalist [1966]. With a poem and a note by Heaney and a Yeats. No. 1 Kenneth Allott Lectures. 8vo
There are at least three separate issues, but this coloured illustration by Egan. Signed by Liverpool 1978. First Edn. Signed by Author;
is undoubtedly the first. A fragile item, rarely Heaney. Scarce. (1) €200 - 250 From the Republic of Conscience, Illustrtated by
found in decent condition. (1) €1000 - 1500 John Behan, sq. 8vo Gallery 1985. Lim. to 2000

588 591 Copies. Signed by Author & Peter Fallon; An
One of Only 60 Copies Numbered & Signed Signed Limited Edition by Peter Fallon Upstairs Outlook, An Evening of Poetry with
Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley. 8vo
Heaney (Seamus) A Transgression, Lg. Belfast 1989. First Edn.; and Joy or Night: Last
Heaney (Seamus) Clearances, 4to, Cornomona 8vo single grey card folded, 4pp. Privately Things in The Poetry of W.B. Yeats and Philip
Press 1986, First Edn., Limited 19 (60), Signed Printed in an Edition of 125 Copies Only by
on hf. title, unopened, ptd. wrappers. Good Peter Fallon, at Gallery Press, Loughcrew. Larkin, 8vo Swansea 1993. First Edn., all orig.
Signed by Poet & by Printer. V. good copy. (1) ptd. wrappers. V. good. (4) €280 - 350
clean copy. Scarce. (1) €500 - 700

* One of the author’s Christmas Cards. V.
Scarce. €200 - 300

592
Original Manuscript Poem

Heaney (Seamus) The Schoolbag. In
Memoriam John Hewitt. A manuscript
fair copy in brown ink, Signed and dated
November 8 1991, single sheet, and a
typescript draft with manuscript corrections in
Heaney’s hand showing some variances from
the published version. A poem in the making.
Each with a single fold mark, else v.g. As a m/
ss, w.a.f. (2) €1000 - 1500

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Signed Limited Edition

Joyce (James) Anna Livia Plurabelle, 8vo, N.Y. (Crosby Gaige) 1928, Signed Ltd. Edn. 625 (800), hf. title. Preface by
Padraic Colmn, gilt lettered and decorated buckram. Ex. Libris Albert Lee Singer (bookplate). Good clean Copy.
[Slocum & Cahoon A32]. (1) €1000 - 1500

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Joyce Reading Anna Livia Plurabelle Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1939, First Edn.
(First Impression), hf. title, uncut, orig. red cloth, gilt lettered spine,
Joyce (James) An original recording of Joyce reading the last four pages of “Anna orig. dust jacket, some wear and tears, otherwise clean copy. (1)
Livia Plurabelle,” (extract from Finnegans Wake) recorded at The Orthological
Institute of Kings Parade with original printed publicity label. The 12” double * Some 3,400 copies of this Edition were printed, of which 950 copies
sided bakelite record with original label. The First Pressing, Now Extremely Rare. were destroyed. €700 - 900
[Slocum & Cahoon p. 173 (1953 Edn)]
* One of only two recordings of Joyce (only the above issue).
Provenance: Thomas Koehler, to the family of the present vendor. €400 - 600

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Original Manuscript Page from Finnegan’s Wake

Joyce (James) A Manuscript Page of text from Finnegan’s Wake, the opening of
the Anna Livia Plurabelle section, 16 lines in Joyce’s hand beginning ‘Well; you
know or don’t you kennert ..’, evidently a fair copy, on a single quarto sheet
of grey-brown paper, signed at head ‘Paris / 6.iv.1930 / James Joyce’. In fine
condition. (1)
In a custom made green cloth perspex lined binder’s folder.
For the collector who has (almost) everything. €7500 - 10000

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595 599 604
Heaney (Seamus) Room to Rhyme, An Allingham (William) Ashby Manor, A Play, Scarce Dublin Printing Press
Anthology of Poems by Seamus Heaney and 12mo L. (David Scott) 1882. First Edition, red & One of 45 Copies
Michael Longley and of Ballads collected by bl. title, advert. slip tipped in, Inscribed on hf.
David Hammond. Lg. sq. 8vo Belfast (Arts title, ‘Bill Friel from Edie Allingham,’ unopened, Sheepshanks (Beatrice) The Hat and the
Council of Northern Ireland) [1968]. First Edn. original red & black ptd. wrappers, with Buffalo, sm. 8vo D. (The Selerna Press) 1953.
Photo illus. & decor. orig. decor. red wrappers, decoration. V. Scarce. (1) €200 - 300 Lim Edn. 32 (45), orig. ptd. wrappers, with two
lower cover with age discolouration, otherwise related postcards loosely inserted. Ex. Rare. (1)
a very good copy of this booklet. Excessively 600
Scarce. (1) With The Author’s Original Passport €100 - 150

* Five of Heaney’s Poems were unpublished Ryan (John) Remembering How We Stood, 605
previously. €300 - 400 8vo D. 1975. First Edn., and with Signed O’Flaherty (Liam). Blue Moon Booklets. No. 1.
Presentation Inscription, cloth & d.w.; Together Joseph Conrad, An Appreciation. E. Lahr, L. n.d.,
596 With, the Original Passport of John Peter Ryan, blue wrappers, some spotting to text; No. 8. A
Signed by Author & Artist with photograph, issued in February 1957. Cure for Unemployment. E. Lahr, L. 1931, yellow
* John Ryan, manager of The Bailey, one of wrappers, signature stamp to prelim. (2)
Heaney (Seamus) From Vitruviana, Dublin’s most celebrated taverns was host to
most of Ireland’s Litterati during the ‘literary €100 - 150
renaissance,’ of mid-20th Century Dublin. (2)
Watercolour by Felim Egan. 8vo Dublin 606
(Hieroglyph Editions) 2003. First Edn., 4pp €200 - 300
(colour printed card folded) Lim. Edn. 1026 Beckett (Samuel). Murphy. Bordas 1947, First
Edition in French, wrappers (upper wrapper
Copies. Signed by Author and Artist. V. good.l V. loose, backstrip worn, some corners turned
Scarce. (1) €200 - 300
601 towards end). Inscribed and Signed on h.t. ‘For
The Author’s Second & Third Books Frank .. with love, Sam, / Paris October 1951’.
597 The original English version was published in
Heaney (Seamus) Gravities. A Collection of O’Sullivan (Seumas) Verses: Sacred and
Poems and Drawings Seamus Heaney, Noel Profane, sm. sq. 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1908. First 1938. Translation by the author.
Edn. (No. 5, Tower Press Booklets - Second Needs binding, but rare. €400 - 600
Connor, Oblong 8vo Newcastle upon Tyne Series]. Uncut, orig. ptd. wrappers; also The
(Charlotte Press) 1979 First Edn., Signed & Earth Lover and Other Poems, Sm. 4to D. (The
Dated by Author, decor. wrappers; Soundings New Nation Press) 1909. First Edn., Limited 607
‘72, ed. by S. Heaney. An Annual Anthology Of to 500 Copies, unopened, orig. printed green ‘Myles na Gopaleen’ [O’Nolan (Brian)] A
New Irish Poetry. 4to Belfast (Blackstaff ) 1972. wrappers. V. good copies. Rare. (2) €180 - 250 folio Ledger (originally an account book) in
First Edn., cold. wrappers; In Their Element, a which is neatly pasted a collection of about
Selection of Poems by Seamus Heaney & Derek 200 original cuttings of the Cruiskeen Lawn
Mahon. 4to Belfast (Arts Council of N. Ireland) column from the Irish Times, mostly two to a
1977. First Edn., decor. silver wrappers. All 602 page, circa 1951 and later, with a few other
Scarce. (3) €200 - 300 The Author’s First Book items towards end. Subjects include ‘Brendan
Being’ (i.e. Behan), Semantics, Sciolism,
Deane (Seamus) While Jewels Rot, 8vo Belfast The Hearse Show, Boardom, Coole Breezes,
(Q.U.B.) Festival Publications, 1966. First Edn., Drunken Deriving [sic], etc. etc. The cuttings
598 12pp. orig. ptd. wrappers (somewhat soiled) V. are mostly undated, but clearly a very good
Heaney (Seamus) A Tribute to Michael selection. As an album, w.a.f. (1) €300 - 400
McLaverty. Linenhall Library 2005, No. 34 of Scarce. (1) €150 - 200

250 Signed Copies, stiff wrappers, hand bound 603
by Sydney Aiken in hand marbled paper. A fine Dolmen Press: Murphy (Richard) The Woman
copy, superbly presented in a binder’s folder of the House, 8vo D. 1959. Lim. Edition 250
within a cloth folding case. (1) €400 - 600 Copies, title & end leaf with red decoration,
orig. ptd. Review Slip from Dolmen loosely
inserted, orig. wrappers printed in black & red,
edges somewhat browned, otherwise a very
good copy. Scarce Miller 34. (1) €200 - 300

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609 Flann's Archive
(see also front cover)
O’Nolan (Brian) (pseudo. Flann O’Brien, Myles na Gopaleen)
610 [1911-66]. An important archive of texts and documents relating
to his life and work, in five large folders, as follows:
– His birth certificate, 1911, Strabane, copy dated 24.7.1997; his
marriage certificate to Evelyn McDonnell, 1948, copy dated
24.2.1997; his original death certificate dated 4.4.1966, giving
his profession as ‘writer’ and the cause of death as metastatic
carcinoma of pharynx.
– A large collection of typescripts in a folder titled SECTION 10,
mostly carbon copies, including The Detectional Fastidiosities
of Sergeant Fottrell (apparently a proposal for a television
series); The Handsome Carvers. A Tragedy in Two Acts by Myles
na Gopaleen; The Dead Spit of Kelly. A Play in Four Parts.
By Brian O’Nolan, 17 pp; another copy of same; an untitled
playscript featuring a Keeper and a Visitor, 19 pp; 21 pp in
Irish, numbered 109-139, probably a section of his celebrated
novel An Béal Bocht; about 100 pp cyclostyled typescript in
two sections, apparently a playscript or broadcasting script
based on Cruiskeen Lawn and featuring Myles, one section
with attribution to Fergus Linehan; and a photocopy of a
production copy of The Insect Play by the Capek Brothers,
translated and adapted by Myles na gCopaleen, 69 pages, 3
acts complete (in envelope).
– Frank Hollings, literary agents, and their representatives
A. Miller and (the Dublin born writer) Leslie Daiken, a folio
numbered Two, containing correspondence with Brian O’Nolan
about sale of his manuscripts, including five carbon copy
letters from Brian, one (23 March 1965) describing how many
of his ms. were stolen by a person who came to visit him
while he was immobilised with a broken leg; also a letter
dated 14 October 1965 when he was about to go into hospital,
‘where I think the buggers there are going to cut the guts out
of me’, etc.; and about 15 letters from Miller and Daiken, many
with interesting information about the American interest in
Brian’s manuscripts. A very interesting correspondence, which
casts much light on Brian O’Nolan’s affairs in his later years.
– A folio numbered Three containing important correspondence
between Brian O’Nolan’s widow Evelyn and his literary agent
A.M. Heath from 1967 (the year after Brian’s death) to 1991,
including publication agreements for The Third Policeman and
other works, about 50 original letters to Evelyn O’Nolan from
agents, researchers and others, and about 30 carbon copies of
her letters, containing much information about his works and
her circumstances.
A Highly Important and Unique Collection, which includes
intriguing examples of Brian O’Nolan’s later work, much of it
unpublished and unperformed; and information about the
sometimes distressing circumstances of his later years, after
he was required to resign from the Civil Service, and so to had
make his living as a writer.
As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €6000 - 8000

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Flann O’Brien’s Bookcase / Desk

A large William IV period Irish mahogany Secretaire
Bookcase, the moulded cornice over two glazed doors, and a
pull out writing drawer with drop front and moveable writing
slope, and with two panel doors underneath, 84” high, 46”wide;
together with a watercolour painting of the same bookcase by
his late brother, Michael O’Nuallain, and two black and white
photographs of Brian O’Nolan & the other of his mother with
three children of the family. (4) €700 - 1000

610
“An Cois Bocht”

O’Nualainn (B.) aka Flann O’Brien, a group of three original
black and white Photographs to include two studio shots, and
one with glass in hand, together with the authors “blackthron”
Walking Stick.
Provenance: The O’Nuallain Family, to the present vendor.

€350 - 450

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Liam O’Flaherty’s Novels Short Stories by O’Flaherty With Original Sketch by the Author

O’Flaherty (Liam) Thy Neighbour’s Wife, L. 1923. O’Flaherty (Liam) Spring Sowing, L. 1924. Russell (George) ‘AE’ Collected Poems, L.
First Edn. of the Author’s First Book; The Informer, First Edn; The Tent, L. 1926. First Edn.; The Short (MacMillan & Co.) 1928. The title with orig. pen
L. 1925. First Edn; The House of Gold, L. 1929. First Stories of Liam O’Flaherty, L. (Cape) 1937. First & chalk drawing of mountainous landscape
Edn.; Return of the Brute, L. 1929. First Edn., The Edn., d.w. (dam.); & Two Lovely Beasts and Other with wooden fence in foreground, Signed
Puritan, L. 1932. First Edn.; Sherrett, L. 1932. First Stories, L. 1948. First English Edn., cloth & d.w. George Russell ‘AE’, orig. cloth. (1) €250 - 350
Edn., all orig. cloth. Scarce. (6) €220 - 350 (dam.) (4) €150 - 200
624
612 617 Signed by Author
Signed Limited Edition Signed by The Author
O’Flaherty (Liam) The Life of Tim Healy, roy
[O’Flaherty (Liam)] O’Flaithearta (Liam) Duil, O’Flaherty (Liam) Famine, L. 1937. First 8vo L. 1927. First Edn., Signed and Inscribed
8vo D. (Sairseal agus Dill) 1953. Limited Edn. No. English Edn., cloth & orig. d.w. good; also First f.f.end ‘Liam O’Flaherty Hazelbrook, Kimmage
373 of 500 Special Copies, Signed by Author, U.S. Edition of same work, Inscribed copy, Road, August 1927,’ cloth; together with a good
uncut, orig. pink cloth. V. good. (1) €180 - 250 “To Paddy Freyer with best wishes from Liam portrait photograph of O’Flaherty as a middle
O’Flaherty,” in original decor. d.w. spine faded; aged man, approx. 9 1.2” x 7½”. As a lot. (1)
613 also Land, L. 1946. First Edn., Signed by Author
Signed & With Variant Dust Wrapper on t.p., orig. ptd. yellow d.w. All good. (3) €130 - 200

O’Flaherty (Liam) Insurrection, L. (Victor €220 - 350 625
Gollancz) 1950. First Edn., orig. green cloth & MacDonagh (Donagh) Veterans and Other
orig. red & black printed d.w.; also Insurrection, 618 Poems, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1941. Lim. Edn. No.
L. (Victor Gollancz) 1950 First Edn., inscribed Yeats (W.B.) The Celtic Twilight, Sm. 8vo L. 164 (270) Copies, orig. cloth backed boards.
Pres. Copy, ‘To Paddy Freyer with best wishes (Lawrence and Bullen) 1893. First Edn., Advert V. good; also Happy as Larry, 8vo D. (Maurice
from Liam O’Flaherty,’ green cloth, with red & leaf, hf. title, frontis by John Butler Yeats, uncut, Fridberg) 1946. First Edn., illus. by Francis Rose,
black ptd. variant dust wrapper, ‘The Gollancz - orig. green cloth, gilt lettered on spine, second orig. cloth & decor. d.w. With 3 Programmes
2/6 - Cheap Editions.’ Both very good. Ex. Scarce. issue binding. Very good copy. Wade 8. (1) for Productions of same at The Abbey Theatre,
(2) €300 - 400 with wd-cut illus. by H. Kernoff, 1947, for the
€300 - 400 Olympia 1955, & The Mercury Theatre, London,

614 619 & another item; also A Warning to Conquerors,
Very Good Signed Copies Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ The Renewal of roy 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1968. First Edn., cloth &
Youth, No. VII, ‘The Orpheus Series,’ sm. 4to L. pict. d.w. (3) €200 - 300
O’Flaherty (Liam) The Fairy Goose and Other (Orpheus Press) 1911. First Edn., wrappers;
Stories, 12mo N.Y. (Crosby Gaige) 1927.
Lim. Edn. No. 525 (1190), Signed by Author, The Interpretors, L. 1922. First Edn., Signed by 626
Author with two line quotation, blue cloth Inscribed Copies
unopened, orig. cloth backed decor. boards, & & d.w.; ‘A.E.’ Dark Weeping, with Designs by
orig. d.w.; also A Tourist Guide to Ireland, 12mo West of Ireland: Mullen (Pat) Hero Breed,
L. (Mandrake Press) n.d. First Edn. Presentation Paul Nash, No. 19 of The Ariel Poems, 8vo L. 1936. First Edn., Signed Presentation
L. (Faber & Faber) 1929. Lim. Edn. No. 349 Inscription, ‘To Dr. Anderson... Oct. 7, 1936,’
inscription on f.l.fly ‘To Jack Lyon ... from Liam of 400 Large Paper Copies, Signed by A.E., cloth; also Irish Tales, L. 1938. First Edn.,
O’Flaherty.’ Orig. cloth backed decor. boards, & Signed Presentation Inscription, ‘To Tomas
d.w. Both v. good. (2) €280 - 350 boards; Enchantment and Other Poems, 8vo O’Muirahertaig [Photographer etc]... August
N.Y. (Fountains Press) 1930. Lim. Edn. No. 437 16, 1939; cloth & orig. d.w.; Mac Giollarnath
of 542, unopened, orig. cloth backed decor. (Shean) Peadar chois Fhairrge... D. 1937. First
615 boards. All v. good. (4) €200 - 300 Edn., illus., cloth backed boards; Griffith
Autobiographies by O’Flaherty (Richard) The World of Robert Flaherty, L. 1953.
620 First Edn., illus, d.w.; & 1 other on Aran Islands.
O’Flaherty (Liam) Two Lives, L. 1930. First Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ The Mask of Apollo and (5) €120 - 160
English Edn., port. frontis, orig. pict. d.w. frayed Other Stories, D. (Whaley & Co.) n.d. Signed
at edges, also First U.S. Edn. of same work, “George Russell ‘A.E.’, orig. cloth backed boards;
cloth; I Went to Russia, L. 1932. First Edn., port. Homeward Songs by the Way, sm. sq. 12mo L.
frontis, decor. cloth; and Shame the Devil, L. & N.Y. (J. Lane) 1908; and The Earth Breath and
1934, First Edn., port. frontis. Inscribed on hf. Other Poems, sm. sq. 12 L. & N.Y. (J. Lane) n.d.,
title, ‘To Peggy Freyer [wife of Paddy Freyer) with both decor. boards. All v. good. (3) €140 - 200
best wishes from Liam O’Flaherty,’ orig. cloth,
with red label on front cover. (4) €200 - 300

621
Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ The Irish Home-Rule
Convention, sm. 8vo N.Y. (Mac Mullan) 1917.
First Edn., with articles by A.E., Rt. Hon.
Horace Plunkett, & John Quinn, decor. boards;
Thoughts for a Convention, 8vo D. 1917. First
Edn; Ireland and The Empire at the Court of
Conscience, D. 1921; The Inner and the Outer
Ireland, D. 1921; The Government of Ireland, by
Mrs. J.R. Green, Foreword by A.E., 8vo L. 1921,
all orig. ptd. wrappers. A lot. (1) €100 - 150

613 622 623
Presentation copy to Maud Joynt

[Russell (Geo.)] ‘A.E.’ - The Divine Vision and
other Poems, 8vo L. (MacMillan) 1904. First Edn.,
in orig. blue cloth with gilt fillet border & gilt
lettering. (1)
* Signed by Maud Joynt and with single page
A.L.s. with Irish Stateman letterhead to her
from the author, mentioning W.B Yeats.

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627 634 640
With Illustrations by Willy Pogany O’Donnell (Peadar) Whack, A Play in Six Scarce Signed Copies
Scenes. L. 1933. First Lim. Edn. No. 354 (1050),
Colum (Padraic) The Adventures of Odysseus uncut, cloth, & orig. ptd. wrappers; Proud Plunkett (James) The Trusting and the Maimed
and The Tale of Troy, sm. 4to L. 1920 First Edn.; and other Irish Stories. 8vo N.Y. 1955. First
also American Edition of same, N. York 1926. Island, D. 1975. First Edn., cloth & pict. d.w.; also Edn., Signed by Mary Lavin, 1956, decor. cloth
Signed by Author; also The King of Ireland’s Son, Mc Inerney (Michael) Peadar O’Donnell Irish
sm. 4to L. 1920 First Illustrated Edn., all with Social Rebel, D. 1974. First Edn., port. frontis & backed boards & pict. d.w.; also First English
cold. plts. & bl. & white decor. by Willy Pogany, Edn. of same work, L. 1959. d.w.; The Gems
orig. pict. cloth & decor. suede binding. Good. pict. d.w. (3) €120 - 170 She Wore, roy 8vo L. 1972. First Edn. Signed
(3) €180 - 250
635 Presenation copy, d.w.; Farewell Companions, L.
Ninth Book from Dolmen Press 1977. First Edn., Signed by Author, d.w.; & The
Circus Animals, roy 8vo L. 1990, First Edn., pict.
Dolmen Press: Milne (Ewart) Galion. Drawings d.w. All v. good. (5) €200 - 300
628 by Mia Cranwill. Roy 8vo D. 1953. Lim. Edn.
[Disraeli (Benj. Earl of Beaconsfield)] No. 174 of 200 Copies, fine illus., with 4pp. 641
Endymon, 3 vols. L. 1880. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, Prospectus for above volume loosely inserted. The Author’s Extremely Rare First Book
2pp. adverts end of Vol. 3, orig. crimson cloth, orig. cloth backed boards, with ptd. d.w. V.
silver lettered spines, some minor stains, spines good. Rare. Miller 9. (1) €250 - 350 Boland (Eavan) 23 Poems Eavan Boland, sm.
8vo D. (Gallagher Press) Oct. 1962. Lim. Edn.
faded. (3) €125 - 175 250 Copies Only, orig. ptd. wrappers. Ex. Rare;

636 Now Territory, D. 1968. Second Impression,
Rare Signed Limited Edition d.w.; The War Horse, 8vo L. 1975. Uncorrected
629 Proof Copy, with m/ss note re same inserted,
Mac Mahon (Bryan) Children of the Rainbow, L. Dolmen Press: Raine (Kathleen) The Lost white cloth & d.w.; In Her Own Image, roy
1952. First English Edition, also First American Country, roy 8vo D. 1971. Signed, Lim. Edn, No. 8vo D. (Arlen House) 1980. First Edn. Signed
Edn. of same work N.Y. 1952, both orig. pict. 48 of 100 Copies, specially bound, Miller 181a; Presentation Inscription, & with illus. by
d.w.’s; The Red Petticoat and other Stories, L. also The Oval Portrait and Other Poems, roy 8vo Constance Short; Night Feed, D. (Arlen) 1982,
1955. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy, L. (Enitharmon Press) 1977. First Edn., cloth & First; The Journey and other Poems, 8vo D.
orig. pict. d.w.; The Honey Spike, L. 1967, First d.w. V. good. (2) (Arlen) 1987. First, & 1 other, all orig. wrappers.
Edn., pict. d.w. A scarce collection. V. good. (5) A Scarce Collection. (7) €200 - 300
* The first item was issued to commemorate
€160 - 220 the W.H. Smith Award 1972. €125 - 175
642
630 Yeats (Jack B.) The Charmed Life, 8vo L. (G.
First English & American Editions Routledge & Sons) 1938. First Edn., orig. green
637 cloth & decor. d.w.; also The Careless Flower,
The Blaskets: O’Sullivan (Maurice) Twenty With Illustrations by Michael Mac Liammoir L. (Pilot Press) 1947. First Edn., crimson cloth,
Years A Growing, roy 8vo L. 1933. First English
Edn., also First American Edition N.Y. 1933. Both O’Conaire (Padraic) Field and Fair. Travels & orig. unclipped decor. d.w. Two very fine
orig. decor. d.w.s. Good. Also Thomas (Dylan) with a Donkey in Ireland, roy 8vo D. 1929. First
A File Script of Twenty Years A Growing, L. 1964. English Edn., trans by C. Breathnach, port. copies. (2) €200 - 300
First Edn., V. Rare. Film never made. (3)
frontis & 13 illus by M. Mac Liammoir, uncut, 643
€130 - 180 blue cloth & pict. d.w. V. good; also The Woman All Illustrated by the Author
at the Window, and other Stories. 8vo D. n.d.
New Edn. trans by Eamonn O’Neill, illus. [Yeats (Jack B.)] Masefield (John) A Mainsail
Haul, L. (Elkin Mathews) 1905 First Edn., illus.
631 decorations & plts. by M. Mac Liammoir, uncut, frontis by Jack B. Yeats, orig. cloth, upper cover
blue cloth, & orig. pict. d.w. Very good copies.
The Blaskets, etc: O’Crohan (Tomas) The V. Scarce. (2) €250 - 350 printed, & decor. in white; Reynolds (J.H.) The
Islandman, roy 8vo D. 1934. First English
Edn., cloth & d.w.; O’Donnell (Peadar) Fancy, L. (Elkin Mathews) n.d. [1905] 13 illus.
by Jack B. Yeats, orig. crimson cloth printed in
Muinntir an Oileain, [‘Islanders’), D. 1935, white; also Apparitions, 8vo L. (Cape) 1933. First
orig. cloth, v. good; O’Criomhthain (Tomas) 638
O’Donnell (Peadar). Three Pamphlets. Edn., illus. by Yeats, blue cloth & orig. decor.
Dinnsheanchas na mBlascaodai, D. 1935. d.w. nicked at base of spine, otherwise good
First Edn., limp boards; Sayers (Peig) An old The Bothy Fire and All That, Irish People
Publications, D. [1937], 23 pp (a few pp lot. (3) €220 - 320
Woman’s Reflections, L. 1962. First English Edn.,
pict. d.w.; and Mac Mahon (Bryan) Peig - The unopened near end). Very Scarce; with For Or
Against the Ranchers? Irish Working Farmers in 644
Autobiography of Peig Sayers, D. 1973. First Edn., the Economic War. wrappers, 8 pp, Westport Colum (Padraic) Old Pastures (Poems). NY
Signed Presentation Copy, orig. pict. d.w. A 1930, d.w. Inscribed on f.f.e.p., ‘To Mary
very good lot. (5) €180 - 250 n.d. (c. 1950?); also: The Role of Industrial Phillips from her obliged Padraic Colum / Go
Workers in the Problems of the West. Tralee n.d. Maire Nic Philib / Padraig Mac Coluim’. (1)
(c. 1966), Inscribed to Grattan Freyer, Signed.
All scarce. The first item, concerning the Padraic Colum lived mainly in New York from
632 Donegal seasonal workers who died in a fire in 1912. €125 - 200
Fine in Dust Wrappers Scotland, ex. rare. (3) €150 - 200
645
O’Donnell (Peadar) The Gates Flow Open, L. Colum (Padraic). Wild Earth and Other Poems.
1932. First Edn.; On the Edge of the Stream, L. 639 N.Y. 1927, Revised Edition. Cloth, spine faded.
1934. First Edn; The Big Windows, L. 1955. First With Long Inscription by the Author Signed on f.f.e.p., with a verse in his hand, ‘But
Edn., all V. good in orig. decor. dust wrappers. ‘tis my grief that I will not hear / When the cuckoo
(3) €150 - 200 O’Donnell (Peadar). Adrigoole. Cape, L. 1929,

633 First, in the fine illustrated d.w., His Second cries in Glenart ..’ Laid in is an ALS to the writer
The Author's First Book and broadcaster Francis MacManus, 1 pp,
With Signed Inscription Novel. With a very good inscription on f.f.e.p., concerning various arrangements, with a good
‘Bridie Agnes a Stóir, Literature without an
ultimate sense of tears is a barren waste; but signature. (1) €120 - 180
O’Donnell (Peadar) Storm (A Story of the
Irish War,) 8vo D. [1925] First Edn., hf. title, gilt often a sense of tears without rage is a puddle 646
lettered blue cloth. (1) in a bog. I shall be sorry I wrote Adrigoole if it Colum (Padraic) Three Men, L. 1930. Lim. Edn.
merely makes a puddle of that big grave where NO. 369 of 530 Copies, Signed, decor. boards
* Inscribed, “To Norah Hayes. Take a sip of this the O’Sullivan woman & her children sleep. & d.w.; Ten Poems, D. (Dolmen) 1957. Lim.
occasionally to keep the Irish fringe to your heart Peadar O’Donnell, 28.2.30.’ Edn. No. 287 (500), cloth & d.w.; Irish Elegies,
vibrating in the land of the cold stranger. Peadar With a proof copy of the same edition in plain D. (Dolmen) 1961, cloth backed boards, d.w.;
O’Donnell, 18.12.25,” Rare. €180 - 250 wrappers. (2) €250 - 350 Images of Departure, 4to D. (Dolmen) 1969. First
Edn., cloth & d.w. All v. good. (4) €130 - 180

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651
647 Cuala Press: Flower (Robin) Love’s Bitter- 653
With ALs from Author Sweet: Translations from the Irish Poets of the Gibbon (Monk) The Branch of Hawthorn
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 8vo D. Tree, roy 8vo L. (Greyhound Press) 1927. Lim.
Strong (Rupert) Jonathan of Birkenhead and 1925. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies, orig. cloth backed Edn. No. 302 of 460 Copies With 49 attractive
other Poems, 8vo D. (Runa Press) 1953. First blue boards; also Eire and Other Poems, sm. cold. designs by Picart le Doux, uncut, decor.
Edn. Signed Presenation Copy, cloth & d.w.; 8vo L. 1910. First Edn., uncut, orig. ptd. blue wrappers; For Daws to Peck At, 8vo L. 1929. First
From Inner Fires, Runa Press 1962. First Edn., wrappers, spine repaired; and Poems and Edn., cloth & d.w.; and The Seals, L. 1935. First
Signed Presentation Copy, cloth & d.w.; The Translations, L. 1931. First Edn. Thus, frontis, Edn., hf. title, cloth. All Scarce. (3)
Challenger, A Choric Ode , Runa 1968, First, orig. cloth, v. good. All Scarce. (3) €200 - 300
wrappers; Selected Poems, Runa 1974; Come 652 €130 - 200
When You Can, 1981; and Pre-Requiem for a
Clown, Runa 1983. With a 2pp ALs from author Signed Copies, 654
loosely inserted. All wrappers & First Edns. (6) with Additional Items Inserted The Gore-Booth Sisters
Eden (Helen Perry) Bread and Circuses, L.
€140 - 200 (J. Lane) 1914, First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy; Gore-Booth (Eva)author, & Gore-Booth (C.)
Whistles of Silver and other Stories, roy 8vo illus. The Death of Fionavar from The Triumph
648 Milwaukee 1933. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy; of Maeve, 8vo L. (Erskine Mac Donald) 1916, hf.
Signed by the Author Whistles of Silver and other Stories, roy 8vo title, illus., dedit, 6pps of adverts at end, orig.
Milwaukee 1933. First Edn., with illus. by Denis green cloth, gilt decor. leather label on front
Yeats (Jack B.) Sligo, L. 1931. Second Eden, Signed Pres. Copy, ‘For ... Emma .. from cover. Clean Copy. Scarce. (1) €200 - 300
Impression, Signed by Author and dated 1949., Helen & Denis, H.P.E. 1946’; also Poems & Verses,
orig. buckram. V. good copy. (1) €250 - 350 Milwaukee 1943. First Edn., port. frontis. Signed 655
Pres. Copy, ‘For Norah .. from Simon, Denis & With Illustrations by Margaret Gregory
649 Helen Parry Eden, Christmas 1946,’ with an orig.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, 8vo, L. (Johnathan 3 verse poem in manuscript, The Black Shawl, Gregory (Lady A.) The Golden Apple - A Play for
Cape) 1953, First Edn., (with hf. title from later signed and inscribed, Helen Perry Eden 3 Kiltartan Children, 4to, N.Y. (The Knickerboker
edition), orig. cloth with heart design on front Novara Terrace, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 2pp loosely Press) 1916, First Edn., cold. frontis & 7 cold.
cover and red text on spine, lacks d.j., internally inserted, together with photographs of Helen plts., decor. oatmeal cloth, clean copy. Scarce.
clean bar some stains (ie pps. 22/23). (1) & Denis, also with orig. music sheet, Signed, of (1) €250 - 350
‘The Carol of the Star,’ As a lot. Scarce. (3)
€400 - 500 656
€150 - 200 Gregory (Lady Augusta) The Kiltartan History
650 Book, sm. 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1909. First
The Author’s First Book 655 Edn., Signed by Author on f.f.end, 4 cold. illus.
plts. by author’s son Robert, adverts at end,
Cousins (James H.) Ben Madigan and other orig. cloth backed boards. V. good. (1)
Poems, sm. 8vo Belfast, Marcus Ward [1894]
First Edn. of Author’s First Book, intro. by John €250 - 350
Vinycomb, port. frontis & illus., orig. cloth;
The Legend of the Blemished King and other
Poems, D. (Bernard Doyle) 1897. First Edn., Vol. 657
2 of Little Library. Ed. by M.J. Keats, adverts., The Author’s First Book

uncut, lacks wrappers. V. Rare; The Voice of Gore-Booth (Eve) Poems, L. (Longmans) 1898.
One, L. 1900. First Edn., cloth; The Bell-Branch, First Edition hf. title, uncut, orig. cloth, gilt
12mo D. 1908. First Edn., cloth backed boards; lettered spine, v. good copy; The One and The
The Awakening, and other Sonnets. Sm. sq. Many, L. (Longmans) 1904. First Edn., hf. title,
8vo D. (Maunsel) n.d. [1907]. First Edn., decor. orig. cloth, gilt decor; The Shepherd of Eternity
thro-out; Etain The Beloved and other Poems, and Other Poems, L. 1925. First Edn., advert.
D. 1912. First Edn., frontis cloth; and Straight leaf at end, orig. cloth back orange boards;
and Crooked, 12mo L. 1915. First Edn., hf. The House of Three Windows, L. 1926. First Edn.,
title, uncut, orig. ptd. wrappers. A very Scarce photo frontis, hf. title, cloth backed boards;
Collection. (7) €250 - 350 also Poems of Eva Gore Booth, L. 1929. First
Edns., port. photos orig. gilt decor. cloth. A
Scarce Collection. (5) €300 - 400

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Scarce Collection of Catalogues Trevor (William) The Boarding House, L. 1965.
First Edn.; The Love Department, L. 1966. First
Irish Art: Irish, Exhibition of Living Art, 1943 - Edn.; Mrs. Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel, L. 1969. First
1975, (incomplete) together 30 issues, 8vo & Edn., all orig. pcit. d.w.’;s. V. good copies. (3)
oblong folio, illus. thro-out, orig. ptd. wrappers.
As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) €140 - 200
* A substantial run of these scarce catalogues.
667
€180 - 250 From Lady Gregory’s Library

661 [Gregory (Lady A.)] Novinson (Henry A.)
Signed by Editor & the Printer Changes and Chances, L. 1923. First Edn., With
Ld. Gregory’s bookplate, & inscribed on f.f.end,
Dolmen Press: Simms (G.O.) The Book of ‘For Iseult - with love A. Gregory June 1926,’
Kells, sm. 8vo D. 1961. First Edn. Thus, Signed cloth; Allen (J.L.) A Kentucky Cardinal A Story,
by George O. Simms, & Liam Miller, illus. orig. sm. 8vo N.Y. 1912. Inscribed on f.fend, ‘To Lady
vellum backed veneered boards; also New Edn. Gregory from ...,’ Signed by six Americans, pict.
of same 1968; and Simms (G.O.) Leaves from cloth; two other volumes with Lady Gregory’s
The Book of Kells, 8vo D. (A.P.C.K.) 1962. First bookplate. As a lot. Scarce. (4)
Edn. Signed by Author, decor. boards. (3)
657 * Iseult is the daughter of Maude Gonne &
€120 - 180 Major John MacBride.

662 Provenance: From the collection of Mrs.
Catherine Kennedy, ‘Nu’ the grand-daughter
658 [De Blacam, Aodh] Roddy the Rover and his of Lady Gregory. Her father Robert, was the
Signed Presentation Copy Aunt Louisa. By Roddy [pseud. of Aodh de
Blacam], short pieces mostly reprinted from his subject of W.B. Yeats’s poem, “An Irish Airman
Gore-Booth (Eva) The Three Resurections and Forsees His Death.” €180 - 240
The Triumph of Maeve, 8vo L. (Longmans etc) Irish Press column for young people. D. 1933,
worn d.w. Signed by Author on t.p., inscribed
1915 First Edn., Signed Dedit Copy, illus. frontis, on f.f.e.p. to Maelbheannachta Ó Dálaigh, 668
gilt decor. cloth, some fading, otherwise good. With Illustrations by Maud Gonne
Scarce. (1) €200 - 300 AL.s. from author to Maelbheannachta (14.
vi.37) taped in, acknowledging criticism of his Young (Ella) Celtic Wonder-Tales, 8vo D.
book Holy Romans. ‘The passage you disliked (Maunsel & Co.) 1910, First Edn., hf. title, cold.
659 is a piece of broad drollery (from life) which I frontis & 3 cold. plts., m/ss dedit on f.e.p.
Fine Uncut Copy, ought not to have written in a way that could “Helena Wright from the Author,” orig. decor.
be misunderstood, and there is a good deal of blue cloth, worn. (1) €180 - 220
in Original Printed Wrappers bitterness in the book which is much worse.’
[Yeats (W.B.)] ‘Ganconagh’ John Sherman and ‘Maelbheannachta’ may be one of Cearbhall Ó 669
Dhoya,sm. narrow 8vo L. (Fisher Unwin) 1891 Dalaigh’s siblings, several of whom worked at O’Flaherty (Liam) The Wild Swan and Other
Pseudonym Library. First Edn., hf. title, uncut, the Irish Press. €100 - 150 Stories, 8vo, L. (Furnireal Books - Joiner &
orig. ptd. lime green wrappers, top cover Steele) 1932, Signed Ltd. Edn. 501 (550), hf.
inscribed “P. Schteller”. In a recent hf. green 663 title, woodcut frontis, oatmeal gilt lettered
mor. fold-over box with marble sides. A very Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats cloth; O’Connor (Frank) The Stories of Frank
good and attractive copy. Wade 4. Ex. Rare. (1) O’Connor, 8vo, L. 1957, Signed by the Author on
[Yeats (Jack B.)] Reynolds (John Hamilton) f.e.p, cloth worn. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) €150 - 220
€700 - 1000

The Fancy, With a Prefatory Memoir and Notes
by John Masefield and thirteen illustrations
by Jack B. Yeats. 12mo L. (Elkin Mathews) n.d. 670
[1905] orig. ptd. grey wrappers, in later green The Genesis of Strumpet City

cloth backed boards. (1) €180 - 250 Plunkett (James) Big Jim, A Play for Radio. 8vo

664 D. 1955 First Edn., cloth & pict. d.w. (torn with
some loss); Strumpet city, L. 1969. First Edn.,
Yeats (W.B.)ed. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Signed and dated by Author 28/4/69, pict. d.w.,
Peasantry: Edited and Selected by W.B. Yeats.
London Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, New some stains; also Play Programme for The Risen
People at The Gaiety, Oct. 1994, and P.J. Carroll
York: 3 East 14th Street. Small 8vo n.d., no hf. & Co. Ltd., A Retrospect by James Plunkett, 4to
title, with tipped-in slip with instruction, &
with 16pp of adverts at end, 1974. Illus. wrappers. (4) €150 - 200

a.e.g., in attractive floral blue
green cloth, with gilt decor.
green cloth corners, & spine.
Attractive copy. Wade 212. See
p. 218. (1) €180 - 240

665
Field Day Pamphlets: Heaney
(S.), Paulin (T.), Deane (S.),
Kearney (R.), Kiberd (D.) &
others Field Day Pamphlets,
No’s 1 -15, unbroken together
15 Nos., Derry 1983 - 1988,
orig. ptd. wrappers, with ptd.
ties. All v. good. Scarce. (15)

€180 - 260

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671 677 683
With Orignal Sales Receipt from Cuala Press Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Michael The Author’s First Book
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Four Years, Dundrum Robartes and His Friends, An Extract from a
1921. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies, with orig. sales Record Made by his Pupils: and a Play in Prose. O’Grady (Desmond) Chords & Orchestrations
receipt for the above volume from the Cuala D. 1931. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies. On plate, title Poems, 8vo Limerick (Mc Kerns Printing
Press, made out to Cecil Harmsworth, London, somewhat browned, printed cloth backed Works) 1956. First Edn. Author’s First Book.
dated 14 Dec. 1921, loosely inserted, loose blue boards; also If I were Four-and-Twenty, D. Orig. coloured wrappers; A Reading of New
blue ends darkened, orig. cloth backed blue 1940. Lim. Edition No. 117, of 450 Copies, orig. Poems by Garrett, O’Gorman, Bagg, Creagh,
boards, lettered in black & with orig. paper cloth backed blue boards, paper label. V. good O’Criadain, O’Grady. Roy 8vo Rome (American
label on spine. V. good. Miller 31: Wade 131. (1) copies. Miller 47: Wade 167 and Miller 65: Wade Academy) 1959. Sole Edn., with note Signed
205. (2) €300 - 400 by Desmond O’Grady loosely inserted, ptd. red
€200 - 300 wrappers; Hellas, roy 8vo D. (New Writers Press)
1971. First Edn., orig. decor. blue wrappers; A
672 678 Limerick Rake, Gallery 1978. First Edn., orig. pict.
Yeats (W.B.) Four Plays for Dancers, 4to L. 1921. wrappers. A scarce collection. (4) €150 - 200
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Two Plays for First Edn., frontis & illus. by Ed. Dulac, orig. grey
Dancers, Dundrum 1919. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies
Only, decor. title, orig. cloth backed blue & black decor. boards after T. Sturge Moore, 684
cloth backed & with orig. ptd. d.w. A very good Presentation Copies to
boards, lettered in black, & upper label, fore- copy. Wade 129. (1) €200 - 300
edges faded, otherwise v. good copy. Miller 28: Patrick & Katherine Kavanagh
Wade 123. (1) €180 - 250 O’Grady (Desmond) Separazioni, roy 8vo
679 Rome 1965. First Edn. Poems with Italian
Yeats (W.B.) A Full Moon in March, L. 1935. translations, Inscribed, orig. wrappers; The
673 First Edn., green cloth & orig. ptd. d.w. Wade Dying Gaul, 8vo L. 1968. First Edn. Inscribed on
Cuala Press: Masefield (John) Some Memories f.f.e. ‘For Katherine & Patrick Kavanagh after the
of W.B. Yeats, D. 1940. Lim. Edn. No. 48 of 370 182; also The Herne’s Egg, A Stage Play. With Siege of Limerick, O’Grady 1969’ boards & pict.
newscutting, Portrait of Author, tipped to verso d.w.; Off Licence, Translations from Irish, Italian &
Copies, frontis., orig. cloth backed blue boards, of hf. title, red cloth, & orig. ptd. d.w. Wade 195. Armenian Poetry, D. (Dolmen) 1968. First Edn.,
lettered in black, paper label on spine & glassine Inscribed, cloth & & d.w.; & one other item, not
d.w. (pastedowns with 2 cellotape marks), Miller With ptd. Programme for The Herne’s Egg at inscribed, wrappers. Scarce. (4) €200 - 300
the Abbey for 29th Oct. & 5th Nov. 1950 loosely
66; Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats, inserted. (2) €200 - 300
Edited by Clifford Bax. D. 1941. Lim. Edn. No. 147
of 500 Copies, orig. cloth backed blue boards,
lettered in black, & with paper label. Miller 68: 680
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) A Selection from the 685
Wade 327. Both v. good. (2) €200 - 300 Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats, Dundrum Signed by Author in Irish & English

674 1913. Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only, partly [Russell (George)] Figgis (Darrell) ‘A.E.’
Signed Presentation Copy from F.R. Higgins unopened, orig. cloth backed grey boards, (George W. Russell) A Study of a Man and
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Dramatis Personae, black lettering & paper label on spine. Good. a Nation, 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1916. First Edn.,
D. 1935. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies. Pres. Copy from Miller 18: Wade 106. (1) €200 - 300 Signed by Author in Irish & English on title, ptd.
F.R. Higgins ‘To Victor [Brown] my friend .. Xmas d.w. & blue cloth; Clyde (W.M.) A.E., 8vo Edin.
‘35’ signed on title, orig. cloth backed blue 681 (Moray Press) 1935. First Edn., d.w.; Gibbon
boards, lettered in black, paper label on spine. Heaney (Seamus) Opened Ground. Poems (Monk)ed. The Living Torch, A.E., 8vo L. 1937.
V. good. Miller 54: Wade 183. (1) €180 - 250 1966 - 1996, 8vo L. 1998. Lim. Edn. No. 282 of First Edn., vignette title, cloth. (3) €140 - 200
300 copies, = Signed by Author, cloth backed
675 brown boards & orig. slipcase. V. good. (1) 686
Dun Emer Press: Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Red Pamphlets: Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ The United
Hanrahan, Dundrum 1904. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies, €250 - 350 Irishwomen. Their Place Work and Ideals, with
one wd.-cut illus., ptd. in black & red, orig. cloth
backed blue boards, paper labels on front cover 682 articles by Horace Plunkett, Ellice Pilkington
& spine. Good. Miller 4: Wade 59. (1) €220 - 350 Signed by both Heaney and Hughes & A.E. 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1911. First Edn.,; Co-
Operation & Nationality, A Guide for Rural
Heaney (Seamus) & Hughes (Ted) The School Reformers.., D. 1912. First Edn.; The National
Boy, L. 1997. Lim. Edn. No. 173 of 300 Copies.
Signed by both Editors, orig. cloth backed Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity, D. 1918;
676 The Economics of Ireland and the Policy of the
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Last Poems and Two yellow boards, glassine cover, & orig. slipcase. British Government, 8vo N.Y. 1921. First Edn., all
Plays, D. 1939. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies Only, orig. V. good copy. (1) €300 - 400
cloth backed boards lettered in black & with orig. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (4) €100 - 150
paper label down spine. Miller 61: Wade 200.
(1) €180 - 250

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Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, roy 8vo Yeats (W.B.) The Tables of the Law; & The Yeats (W.B.) The Land of Heart’s Desire. L., Fisher
L. 1969. First Edn., cloth, & orig. d.w. A very fine Adoration of the Magi, sm. 8vo Stratford-upon- Unwin 1894, First Edition, orig. wrappers with
clean copy. Scarce. (1) €220 - 350 Avon (Shakespeare Head) 1914. Lim. Edn. No. design by Beardsley, printed slip laid down on
215 of 510 Copies, hf. title, green cloth with f.f.e.p., the publisher’s copy with his bookplate.
688 lettered in black. Wade 26. (1) €180 - 250 Upper hinge fragile, but a good copy. Wade 10.
Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo L. (1) €300 - 400
1973. Signed Presentation Copy; North, L. 1975 694
First Edn; Field Work, L. 1979 First Edn; also Field Theatre Editions 699
Work, L. 1980. Signed & dated; Station Island, L. Yeats (W.B.) and others. Literary Ideals in
1984. First Edn; Crediting Poetry, Gallery Press Yeats (W.B.) The Green Helmet, Stratford- Ireland [Essays]. By John Eglinton; W.B. Yeats;
1996 Signed & dated. All orig. ptd. wrappers. upon-Avon (Shakespeare Head Press) 1911, A.E.; W. Larminie. L. & D. 1899, tall 8vo printed
(6) €220 - 350 First Theatre Edn; also Deirdre, Stratford, 1914; wrappers. Inscribed on h.t., ‘Most Rev. Dr.
Cathleen ni Houlihan, Stratford 1911, both Healy from A. Gill ‘99’; profusely inscribed in
689 Second Theatre Edns.; also The Hour-Glass, A pencil on reverse of t.p. and first two pages
Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray A Version Morality, and The Pot of Broth, L. [1905] and with what appear to be notes about the
from the Irish. roy 8vo Derry (Field Day) 1983. 1911, all orig. ptd. wrappers. A good lot. (5) topography of Slane. (1)
First Edn., cloth & decor. green d.w.; Hailstones, W.B. Yeats contributes three of the essays,
€120 - 170

Gallery 1984. Lim. Edn. 250 (1000) Copies 695 which first appeared in the columns of the
Signed, cloth & d.w.; and The Midnight Verdict; Dublin Daily Express. €100 - 150
Gallery 1993. Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies, cloth & Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, Acting
Edition, 8vo L. 1907. First Theatre Edn., with
decor. d.w. All v. good. (3) €225 - 300 pencil annotations & rough sketches thro-out, 700
Yeats (W.B.) Poems / Poesie [Selected poems
690 orig. ptd. wrappers. Wade 66; The Countess in English with Italian translations]. Cederna,
All First Editions Cathleen, Vol. I of Dublin Plays, 8vo L. 1912.
With 2 pp, typescript re play loosely inserted, Milano, 1949, wrappers, First Italian Edition,
Wade p. 365. (1) €80 - 120
Heaney (Seamus) The Government of the orig. ptd. boards; Sophocles King Oedipus, sm.
Tongue, The 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures... 8vo L. 1928, First Edn., adverts. at end, orig.
8vo L. 1988. First Edn = Signed Presenation white wrappers painted in green. Wade 160; & 701
Inscription, dated 15.X.88. Red cloth & d.w.; 1 other. As a lot. (4) €120 - 180 W.B. Yeats in Irish

The Haw Lantern L. 1987. First Edn., orig. d.w.; Yeats (W.B.) Caitlín Ní Uallacháin. Dráma
Seeing Things, L. 1991. First Edition, orig. d.w. 696 Náisiúnta. An t-Athair Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
All v. good. (3) €200 - 300 Oliver St. J. Gogarty’s Copy, d’aistrigh ó’n mBearla. A Play translated from
Signed by Yeats the English of W.B. Yeats by the Rev. Thos.
691 O’Kelly, B.D. D., Gill 1905. Wrappers, 16mo,
Yeats (W.B.) Wheels and Butterflies, L. 1934. Cuala Press: Yeats (William Butler). Michael stapled, a good copy but extensively marked
First Edn., hf. title, orig. gilt decor. bright green Robartes and the Dancer. Cuala Press, (mostly in pencil) for a performance, deleting
cloth, with ptd. d.w. Wade 175; also Last Poems Dundrum 1920, One of 400 copies, orig. linen or amending lines, etc. Wade p405.
& Plays, L. 1940. First Edn., hf. title, orig. green backed boards, label. Signed and dated in m/
cloth, with blind decoration in front cover and ss. on t.p., ‘W.B. Yeats, Sept 20 1921’, Oliver * Yeats’ works have been translated into many
blocked in gilt on spine after designs by T. St. John Gogarty’s copy with his bookplate languages, but this work appears to be the
Sturge Moore, & with orig. decor. d.w. (some inside front cover. only one separately translated into Irish.
repairs) Wade 203; Poems, L. 1927, orig. cloth Wade 127. Includes the First Book Publication Exceptionally Rare. (1) €450 - 650
gilt decor. spine. All v. good. (3) €200 - 300 of The Second Coming. €400 - 600
702
692 697 Limited to 95 Copies
Yeats (W.B.) Ideas of Good and Evil, L. 1903. The Author’s First Book
First Edn., hf. title, orig. cloth backed green [Yeats (W.B.)] O’Connor (Frank) A Gambler’s
boards, with ptd. paper label on spine. Wade O’Sullivan (Seumas) (pseudo. of James Throw, Memories of W.B. Yeats, roy 8vo
46; also Responsibilities and Other Poems, L. Sullivan Starkey). The Twilight People (Poems). Edinburgh (The Tragara Press) 1975. Lim. Edn.
1916. First Edn., hf. title, orig. blue cloth, with D. & L. Whaley 1905, orig. purple wrappers No. 28 of 95 Copies, port. frontis after Augustus
gilt decoration on spine and upper cover after (lightly stained), Signed on h.t., childish John, uncut, brown wrappers with paper label.
T. Sturge Moore. Wade 115. Both v. good. (2) scribbles erased from p. 6, generally a good V. Scarce. (1) €200 - 300
copy of his First Book. (1) €225 - 350
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Cuala Press: Flower (Robin)trans. Love’s
Bitter-Sweet: Translations from The Irish Poets
of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, D.
1925. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies; also Rossi (Marie)
Pilgrimage in the West, Trans. by J.M. Hone. D.
1933 Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only, both orig.
cloth backed blue boards, lettered in black upr-
covers & paper labels on spines. Miller 50. (2)

€200 - 300

709
Cuala Press: Yeats (John B.) Passages from
the Letters of John Butler Yeats: Selected by Ezra
Pound. Dundrum 1917. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies;
Miller 25; also Further Letters of John Butler
Yeats: Selected by Lennox Robinson, Dundrum
1920. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies. stamp on title,
both orig. cloth backed blue boards, lettered in
black, paper labels (some staining). Miller 29.
(2) €200 - 300

707 710 714
Hyde (Dr. Douglas)
703 714
100 Copies Only, Signed [First President of Ireland] Hyde (Douglas) Abhrain Gradh Chuige
An Sgeulaidhe Gaodhalach [The Gaelic Story- Connacht or Love Songs of Connacht, sm. 8vo D.
O’Flaherty (Liam) Darkness A Tragedy in Three teller]. Cuid I [-II-III]. Oberthur, Rennes ‘ann san 1893. First Edn., VIII, 158pp, later attractive hf.
Acts, 4to L. (e. Archer) 1926. No. 67 of 100 bhFrainc’, 1895-97-1901, three parts complete, vellum / green mor. V. good. Rare. (1)€200 - 300
Copies, Signed, port. frontis, marble paper pp. 264, recent green cloth preserving orig.
wrappers. (1) €180 - 250 grey printed wrappers, wrapper of first part
inscribed ‘William Larmini / le mór mheas ó’n 715
704 gCraoibhín Aoibhinn / Lughnas 4 mdccclxlv Signed by An gCraoibhin
Cuala Press: Higgins (F.R.) Arable Holdings: [1895], the date in red ink. (1)
Poems, D. (Cuala Press) 1933. Limited Edition An Important Presentation Copy of Hyde’s Hyde (Douglas) & others, The Revival of Irish
300 Copies Only, unopened, orig. cloth backed most substantial collection of Irish folk-tales, Literature and Other Addresses, sm. sq. 8vo L.
blue boards. V. good. Scarce. Miller 51. (1) presented as he heard them at the firesides of 1894. First Edn., hf. title, adverts. etc. Inscribed
Connacht. William Larminie, from Castlebar, Pres. Copy, ‘Conchubhair O’Ceallaigh on
€160 - 220 was the editor of a well-known collection of gCraoibhin Aoibhin, Casg MDCCCLXLV,’ sm. sq
West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances [1893].
705 8vo L. & D. 1895. First Edn. hf. title Signed on
With Original Pencil Sketch of the Author €400 - 500 front loose blank, ‘Douglas Hyde (An Craoibhin)’,
cloth. Scarce. (2) €200 - 300

Cuala Press: Tagore (Rabindranath) The 711 716
Post Office: A Play... Translated by Devabrata All First Editions Presentation Copies from
Mukerjea. Dundrum 1914. Lim. Edn. No. 248 of
400 Copies, unopened, & with an orig. pencil ‘An Craibhin’ to Neili ni Bhriain
sketch of the author loosely inserted, orig. Gibbon (Monk) Swiss Enchantment, L. 1950, Pamphlets: [Hyde (Douglas)] Ubhla de n
illus & pict. d.w.; This Insubstantial Pageant, L. Chraoibh, sm. 8vo D. n.d. First Edn., [VI] [55]
cloth backed blue boards, no paper label. 1951, illus & d.w.; Western Germany, L. 1955, pp. Inscribed on title ‘Neili ni Bhriain o n a
Miller 21: Wade 267: also Dowden (Ed.)ed. A casaid an Ghraoibhin,’ bound with An Posadh
Woman’s Reliquary, Dundrum 1913. Lim. Edn. illus. & pict. d.w.; Netta, L. 1960, illus. & d.w.; The Drama Ein Gnimh, D. n.d., inscribed ‘Neili ni
Brahms Waltz, L. 1970, port. frontis, d.w.; The Bhriain’ 64pp; with The Last Three Centuries of
300 Copies, orig. cloth backed boards (stained). Velvet Bow and Other Poems, L. 1972, d.w. All Gaelic Literature, inscribed ‘Neili ni Bhriain on
Miller 19. (2) €200 - 300 gCraoibhin, Domhn. Casga 0g,’ with Maistin
First Edns. Good. (6) €100 - 150 an Bhearla, 12mo inscribed ‘Neili ni Bhriain,’ 4
works in one vol., later cloth. (1)
706 712 * With correction and manuscript notes by
Illustration by Eliz Rivers Muldoon (Paul) Wayside Shrines, 4to Gallery Hyde in pencil. Nelly O’Brian was also a leading
2009. Signed Limited Edition, No. 188 of 350 figure in the Irish Language Movement. (1)
Cuala Press: O’Connor (Frank) A Picture Book Copies, illus. by Keith Wilson, orig. stamped
By Frank O’Connor Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. cloth; Selected Poems 1968 - 1983, L. 1986. €250 - 350
D. 1943. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies (Out of Series). First Edition, with Signed Presentation, pict.
Illus. plts. & decor., also 8pp adverts at end, d.w.; General Admission, Gallery 2006. Signed
orig. cloth backed decor. boards, no label on Limited Edition No. 84 of 100 Copies, cloth &
spine. V. good copy. Miller 73. (1) €180 - 250 pict. d.w.; Maggot, L. 2010. First Edn., pict. d.w.

707 All v. good. (4) €160 - 240 717
Presented by Michael and Grainne Yeats Signed Presentation Copies
713
Cuala Press: Rivers (Elizabeth) Stranger in The Author’s First Novel Hyde (Douglas) The Three Sorrows or Pities of
Aran, Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth with The Proof Copy Story-Telling, Deirdre, The Children of Lir, and
Rivers. D. 1946. Lim. Edn. 280 Copies, with hand The Children of Tuireann, 3 vols. D. (Talbot
coloured illustrations, unopened, orig. decor. Yeats (Jack B.) The Amaranthers, L. Press) 1939, 40 & 1941. First Edns., Inscribed
cloth backed boards, paper label, glassine (Heinemann) 1936. First Edn., orig. blue cloth, Pres. Copies to ‘Most Rev. Pascal Robinson,
cover. V. good. Miller 77. (1) & decorated and coloured d.w.; Proof Copy The Nuncio Apolostic, from Douglas Hyde...
of same work, L. 1936, in orig. ptd. wrappers, President of Ireland 1940 & 1941,’ orig. decor.
* With Presentation inscription from Grainne good pair; also In Sand, A Play with The Green boards; also Songs of St. Columcille, D. 1942,
and Michael [Yeats] on f.f.end. €200 - 300 inscribed ‘O’Dhuiblos de h-Ide, President of
Wave. 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1964. First Edn., vellum Ireland, Nodlaig 1942,’; and Danta Eagsamhla
backed boards, & d.w. (3) €200 - 300 (miscellaneous Poems) 8vo D. (Three Candles)
1943, all orig. boards. V. good. (5) €180 - 250

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Hyde (Douglas) The Three Sorrows of Story- First English & U.S. Editions Ulster Genealogy: Savage-Armstrong
telling and Ballads of St. Columkille, sm. 8vo L. (George F.) A Genealogical History of the Savage
1895. First Edn., hf. title, cont. full dark blue [Yeats (Jack B.)] Birmingham (Geo. A.) Family in Ulster, 4to, L. (Chiswich Press) 1906.
Irishmen All, 8vo L. & Edin. (T.N. Foulis) 1913. First Edn., hf. title, hf. leather, red cloth boards,
mor. mor. label; also Taidhbhse an chrainn, First English Edn., 12 tipped in cold. plts. stained, otherwise good reference. (1)
with Complete Vocabulary. 8vo D. 1902. First
Edn., inscribed on front loose blank, ‘Neilidh ni 6pp adverts at end, orig. gilt blocked green €120 - 180
buckram; also First U.S. Edition, N.Y. (Fred. A.
Bhriain o na casaid An Craoibhin,’ cloth; Naoi Stokes) 1913, 12 cold. illus, green blocked
nDanta leis an Reachtabhrach, 8vo D. 1907. First 726
Edn. Thus, cloth backed boards; Sgealuidhe fior cloth, & orig. ptd. wrappers, with onlaid cold. Preston (Wm.) Essay on The Natural
illus. V. good copies. (2) €180 - 250 Advantages of Ireland, The Manufactures to
Seachtmhaine, sm. 8vo D. 1909. First Edn., orig. which they are adapted and the best means of
ptd. wrappers, bound in later cloth. A good improving those Manufactures, 4to D. (R.I.A.)
clean lot. Scarce. (4) €180 - 240 723 1796, First Edn., 258pps, full calf., worn. (1)
With Westall Illustrations
€180 - 220
719 Binding: The Book of Common Prayer, lg. 4to
L. 1815. Fine engd. frontis & 11 full page plts.
Hyde (Douglas) Beside the Fire, A Collection after Richard Westall, cont. full mor. with blind
of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories... with Additional 727
Notes by Alfred Nutt. 8vo L. 1890. First Edn. hf. & gilt tooled borders, & gilt lettered front cover. Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) A Brief Account .. In
Good. (1) €175 - 250
title, cont. hf. calf, Maynooth Prize binding, gilt Dingle and the West County of Kerry, Ireland, 8vo
decor. mor. label. V. good. (1) €180 - 250 L. (Seeley...) 1846. First Edn., fold. map frontis,
724 green cloth; Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the
Numismastics: Lindsay (John) A View of
720 The Coinage of Ireland, 4to Cork (Luke H. Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding County,
Hyde (Douglas) Abhrain ata Leagtha ar An 4to, L. 1802, 19 maps & plts (complete) hf. mor.,
Reachtuire or Songs Ascribed to Raftery, 8vo D. Bolster) 1839, First Edn., 8 tables & 9 plts. ( & worn. (2) €250 - 350
5 supplementary) cloth backed boards. Good
1903. First Edn., port. frontis, uncut, unopened, copy. (1) €100 - 150
orig. cloth backed boards, v. good. Rare; 728
Abhrain agus Danta an Reachtabhraigh, 8vo Lecky (Wm. Ed. H.) A History of Ireland in the
D. 1933, cold. port. frontis, hf. title, orig. cloth; Eighteenth Century, 5 vols. 8vo, L. (Longmans)
also An Sgeuluidhe Gaedhealach (Sgealta as 1896 - 1898, New Edn., maroon cloth. Fine. (5)
Connachta), D. 1933, orig. cloth. Very good
copies. Scarce. (3) €150 - 200 €80 - 120

729
721 Moore (George) Heloise and Abelard, 2 vols.
Hyde (Douglas) Abhrain Ghradha Chuige roy 8vo L. (Cuinann Sean-Eolais na h-Eireann)
Chonnacht, D. 1931; and Amhrain Chuighe 1921. Privately Printed, in a Signed Limited
Chonnacht - An Leath - Rann, 8vo D. n.d., both Edition No. 155 of 1500 Copies, uncut, orig.
orig. boards; Mise agus An Connrach (go dti vellum backed boards; also Heloise and Abelard,
1905) D. [1931], port. frontis, text underlined 8vo L. 1926. Signed Presentation Inscription,,
thro-out, orig. pict. d.w.; and Mo Thurus go cloth backed boards. (3) €120 - 180
hAmerice, no Imeasg na nGaedheal ins An
Oilean Ur. D. 1937. First Edn., port. frontis of 730
John Quinn, cloth, orig. pict. d.w. All Scarce. (4) “Hello Clarice”

€150 - 220 Harris (Thomas) The Silence of the Lambs, 8vo,

L. (Wm. Henneman) 1989, First Edn., cloth,
decor. d.j., clean copy. (1) €80 - 120

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731 735 738
O’Grady (Standish) The Coming of Cuculain, A Yeats (Jack B.)illus. A Lament for Art O’Leary: Signed Presentation Copy
Romance of the Heroic Age of Ireland. L. 1894. Translated from the Irish by Frank O’Connor.
First Edn., frontis & illus. by D. Murray Smith, Sm. folio Shannon (I.U.P.) 1971 Reprint, cold. Republican Interest: Daiken (Leslie H.) Good-
32pp. Cat. at end, orig. silver decor. green illus., cloth backed boards. (1) €100 - 150 Bye Twilight, Songs of the Struggle in Ireland,
cloth; In the Wake of King James or Dun-Randal roy 8vo L. 1936. First Edn., Signed Presentation
on the Sea, L. 1896. First Edn., 8pp Cat at end, 736 Copy, ‘To Sean-Prince of Teachers if a poor
orig. wine cold. buckram, gilt, both v. good; With Hand-Painted Illustrations ‘shochet,’! ... Illus. by Harry Kernoff, uncut, cont.
Sunset Town and Others Poems, by Paul Gregan. hf. mor. (1)
Published at Kilkenny by Standish O’Grady New Cuala Press: Yeats (Jack B.) Broadside * Contributors include, Bryan M. Mc Mahon,
and .. The Hermetic Society. 8vo Kilkenny nd., Characters-Drawings by Jack B. Yeats, folio D. Patrick J. Fleming, Ben O’Hickey & others.
orig. wrappers; The Departure of Dermot, D. 1971. Lim. Edn. No. 249 of 300 Copies, with
(Talbot) 1917. First Edn., wrappers; The Bog of fine hand colourd illus., unopened; also A Little €175 - 250
Stars, 12mo L. & D. 1893. First Edns., wrappers; Book of Drawings, 8vo D. 1971. Lim. Edn. No.
O’Grady (Hugh Art) Standish O’Grady The Man 94 of 200 Copies, with hand coloured illus., 739
& The Writer, 8vo D. (Talbot) 1929. First Edn., unopened, both orig. blue cloth with hand Signed by The Translator
port. frontis, unopened, cloth & d.w. A lot. (6) coloured paper labels. A very good clean pair.
(2) €250 - 350 Longford (Earl of)trans. The School for Wives,
€160 - 220 [L’Ecole des Femme] from French of Moliere.
4to D. (Hodges Figgis & Co.) 1948. Sole Edn.,
732 737 decor. title, Signed by Longford, full page &
Stout (Rex) Triple Jeopardy, 8vo N.Y. (Viking Signed Limited Edition other illus., orig. decor. boards. Scarce, good.
(1) €125 - 175
Kernoff (Harry) Thirty-Six Woodcuts, 4to D.
Press) 1952, First Edn., decor. yellow cloth, & 1951. Privately Published: No. 108 of Limited
d.j.; Three Witnesses, 8vo N.Y. (Viking Press) 740
1956, First Edn., grey cloth, decor. dj.; Too Many Edition, Signed 36 illus., orig. blue printed Illustrations by William Conor R.H.A.
cloth. V. good copy. (1) €450 - 650
Women, 8vo, L. 1948, cloth & pict. d.j.; Three Irvine (John) By Winding Roads, 4to Belfast
Men Out, 8vo L. 1955, cloth & decor. d.j.; Please (H.R. Carter Publications, Ltd.) 1950 Sole
Pass the Guilt, 8vo, L. 1974, cloth & d.j.; A Family Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis & 4 bl. 7 white plts.,
Affair, 8vo L. 1976, cloth & d.j.; Some Buried cloth & V. good cold. pict. d.w. Excellent copy.
Caeser, 8vo, N.Y. (Triangle Books) 1941, cloth & (1)
d.j., as a collection,w.a.f. (7) €250 - 300
€120 - 180

733 741
Signed by the Author Illustrated by George Campbell R.H.A.

Stout (Rex) Death of a Doxy, 8vo N.Y. 1966, Hogan (William J.) Out of Season, imp. 8vo
Second Edn., Signed dedit by the Author Galway (Kennys Bookshop) 1978. First Edn.,
to “Rhoda (Koenig) on hf. title, yellow cloth illus. thro.-out by George Campbell, cloth, &
backed boards, decor. d.j. with circular hole pict. d.w. V. good. (1)
(international). Good copy. Scarce. (1)
* Signed Books by this author are elusive. * Inscribed Presentation Copy to Sean [J.]
White, Author, ‘... Fond Regards From Galway,
€120 - 150 Bill Hogan, April ‘78’, €150 - 200

734 742
Gore-Booth (Eva)illus. The Buried Life of First Definitive Edition
Deirdre, large 4to, L. (Longmans etc.) 1930, First
Edn. illus. with 12 drawings by Eva Gore-Booth, Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. roy
8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Lim. Edn. No.
Ltd. Edn 159 (256), copies, cloth back boards, 212 of 375 Copies - Signed by Author, 2 port.
ptd. labels, Ex. Libris Copy, otherwise good
copy. (1) €200 - 300 frontis, unopened, with orig. ptd. Prospectus,
4pp laid in, olive-green buckram with gilt
initials in circle on front covers, spines slightly
spotted, otherwise a very fine copy, in brown
slipcase. (2) €1000 - 1500
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743 751
Russell (George) The Divine Vision A Complete File
and Other Poems, L. 1903. First Edn.
Presentation Copy, Signed by Robert of this Important Journal
Lynd; Imaginations and Reveries, D. 1915. Periodical: Heaney (Seamus) & others,
First Edn. Review Copy, unopened, & with editors. Everyman, An Annual Religio -
Publishers Sales Sample of Binding; The Cultural Review, Number 1, 1968 - No. 3,
Candle of Vision, L. 1918. First Edn., dedit 1970, Continued as, Aquarius, Number 4,
to James Stephens, all orig. gilt lettered 1971 - Number [7] 1974. together 7 Nos. 4to
blue cloth. (4) €130 - 180 Benburb (Servite Priory) 1968 - 1974. Sole
Editions, illus. & orig. ptd. wrappers. V.G. (7)
744 * A complete file of this short lived journal,
Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ Voices of the with early contributions by S. Heaney,
Stones, L. 1925, First Edn., unopened; B. Friel, M. Longley, J. Montague, John B.
Vale and other Poems, L. 1931. First Edn., Keane, B. Mac Mahon, D. Mahon, M. Mac
Limited to 1500 Copies; Song and its Liammoir, Tyrone Guthrie etc etc.
Fountains, L. 1932 First Edn., orig. ptd.
d.w.; The Avatars, A Futurist Fantasy. L. €220 - 350
1933. Dedit to W.B. Yeats. First Edn., orig. ptd.
d.w. All orig. gilt lettered blue cloth. V. good. (4) 748 752

€130 - 180 Dublin Printing: The Book of Common Prayer,
folio D. (Geo. Grierson) 1750. Engd. frontis,
748 red & bl. title, cont. full sprinkled calf, with gilt
Some Scarce Signed Offprints tooled green mor. labels, on each cover, ‘Sir
745 Edward Crofton Bart. Mote,’ decor. with bees
A Superb Copy Moore (George) Euphorian in Texas, original and leaves. Good. (1) €350 - 500
offprint from ‘The English Review,’ pp. 439 - 455,
Moore (George) Celibates, 8vo L. (Walter Scott) roy 8vo c. 1921, With an A.L. Signed by the
1895. First Edition, pp [8] + 559, + [1] + cat. 8pp, Author, & with a Signed Presentation from
t.e.g., orig. red cloth, gilt lettered upr. cover & author to Mr. P.T.R. Gillett dated Oct. 27th, 753
1921; and Peronnik the Fool, original offprint Shaw-Sparrow (Walter) John Lavery and His
spine copy with later cloth wrap & qtr. mor. from The London Mercury, pp. 468 - 481, & 586 Work, folio, L. 1911, Ltd. Edn. 26 (160) Copies,
slipcase. A pristine copy. (1) €200 - 300 - 601, roy 8vo c. 1927, with Signed Presenation
Inscription from author to Mr. P.T.R. Gillett, frontis & 19 photogravue plts, vellum backed
dated Oct. 13, 1927, both in hand bound decor. boards. Good copy. (1) €200 - 300
746 paper boards; also with A Letter to the Editor
Moore (George) Ulick and Soracha, roy 8vo L. of the Times, by George Moore, 8vo L. (Times
(Nonesuch Press) 1926. Lim. Edn. No. 560 of Literary Supple.) 10th Dec. 1925, a re-print, 754
Limited to 50 Copies Only, orig. ptd. wrappers. Waddington (Victor) Twelve Irish Artists, folio,
1250 Copies, Signed by Author, japon vellum, (3) €150 - 200 d. (Sign of The Three Candles) 1940, 12 cold.
engd. plt. by Stephen Gooden, uncut, orig.
buckram, pict. vellum d.w. (1) €120 - 180 plts., cloth backed boards. (1) €100 - 150

747 755
Moore (George) Aphrodite in Aulis, roy 8vo L. Beckett (Samuel) Hayter (Stanley Wm.)illus.
1930. First Edition, Limited to 1825 Copies, This 749 Still Con tre Acqueforti, folio, Milano (M’Arte
No. 242, Signed by Author, hand made paper, All Signed by the Author Edizioni) 1974, Ltd. Edn. 20 (133) copies, illus,
uncut, full gilt decor. vellum. V. fine copy. (1)
Moore (George) Avowals, roy 8vo L. (Cumann with 3 cold. lithograph prints Signed by Hayter,
€100 - 150 housed in green cloth folder (loose) & slip case.
Sean-Eolais na h’Eireann) 1919. Privately Clean Copy. Scarce. (1) €350 - 450
Printed, & Limited to 1000 Copies, Signed
by Author, uncut vellum backed boards; The
Apostal, L. 1923. Signed Edition, Limited to 756
[Crime Club Editions] Stout (Rex) A collection
1030 Copies, uncut, vellum backed boards; of 18 hardback novels, various titles, all
Goodwin (Geraint) Conversations with George
Moore, L. 1929. Limited Edition No. 74 of 110 Crime Club, Choice, all cloth, decor. d.j., as a
collection, w.a.f. (18) €180 - 200
Copies. Signed by G. Moore and the Author, hf.
mor. (worn.) (3) €150 - 200

750
Signed by The Author

[Gogarty (O.St. J.)] O’Connor
(Ulick) Oliver St. John Gogarty. A
Poet and His Time, 8vo L. 1964.
First Edn., Signed & dated June
1964 on title, port. frontis, cloth
& pict. d.w.; Carens (James
F.) Surpassing Wit, Oliver St.
John Gogarty. His Poetry & His
Prose. D. 1979 First Edn., pict.
d.w.; Lyons (J.B.) Oliver St. John
Gogarty - The Man of Many
Talents, A Biography. D. 1980.
First Edn., cloth & d.w. With
a large quantity of relevant
newscutting loosely inserted.
All v. good. (3) €160 - 240

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John Coll, Irish 21st Century Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, By C.3.3. Roy
8vo L. (L. Smithers) 1898. Fourth Edn., orig. white &
“Heaney The Messenger,” a steel model depicting yellow cloth; Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, Sm. sq. 8vo
Seamus Heaney as a winged figure, approx. 70cms x
60cms on a granite plinth base. (1) €1500 - 2000 L. (John Lane) 1911, the front decorated cover after
Aubrey Bearsley; the Happy Prince and Other Tales,
12mo Leipzig (B. Tauchnitz) 1909, embroidered cloth
758 cover; & 1 other sim. (4) €100 - 150
John Coll, Irish 21st Century
762
“John Montague,” a heavy bronze model of the author Presented by Mr. George Alexander
and poet, on a plinth base, approx. 60cm x 20cm. (1)
Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, sm.
€1500 - 2000 8vo L. 1910. Lim. Edition 1200 Copies Only, For
Presentation and Signed by George Alexander, uncut,
759 orig. gilt decor cloth, with gilt inscription on front
All First Editions in Original Wrappers cover stating, ‘Presented by Mr. George Alexander as a
Souvenir of His Twentieth Year of Management of the St.
Gogarty (O. St. J.) Going Native, L. 1941, First Edn., James’s Theatre February 1st 1910,’ V. good. (1)
green cloth & purple d.w.; Mad Grandeur, A Novel.
Philadelphia & N.Y. (J.B. Lippincott) 1941. First €180 - 240
American Edn. cloth & pict. d.w.; Mr. Petunia, L. 1946,
First, blue cloth & pict. d.w.; Intimations, N.Y. (Abelard
Press) 1950. First American Edn., dark blue cloth & 762
pict. d.w.; A Week End in the Middle of the Week, N.Y. 763 763
(Doubleday) 1958. First American Edn., yellow cloth & The Author’s First Book

d.w. All scarce and good. (5) €250 - 350 Carbery (Ethna) The Four Winds of Eirinn, 12mo D.
(M.H. Gill & Son) 1902. First Edn., Ed. by Seumas Mac
Manus, port. frontis, orig. Celtic decorated cloth; The
760 Passionate Hearts, sm. 8vo L. 1903. First Edn., orig.
All First Editions cloth backed decorated boards with design by AE;

Mac Namara (Brinsley) The Valley of the Squinting In the Celtic Past, 8vo D. 1904. First Edn., decorative
Windows, 8vo L. [1918] First English Edn., cloth, spine
loose; The Clanking of Chains, D. (Maunsel) 1920, text, orig. Celtic designed green boards. A scarce
collection. Good. (3) €150 - 200
brown cloth; The Mirror in the Dust, D. (Maunsel) 1921,
red cloth; The Various Lives of Marcus Igoe, L. 1929,
black cloth; The Smiling Faces and Other Stories, sm. 764
8vo L. (Mandrake Press) 1929, orig. cloth backed Fine Copies of the Author’s First Two Books

decor. boards, & d.w.; Some Curious People, D. 1945, O’Connor (Frank) Guests of the Nation, 8vo L. 1931.
First Edn., full green cloth & with very good original
cloth backed boards & d.w.; The Whole Story of X.Y.Z., unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, laid down; The Saint
sm. 8vo Belfast (H.R. Carter) 1951, cloth & d.w. All First
Editions. V. Good Collection. (7) €160 - 220 and Mary Kate, 8vo L. 1932. First Edition, Advance
Review Copy, with notices tipped-in, green cloth with
small stain, in original pictorial dust wrapper, price
clipped, but very good. (2) €220 - 350

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765 771
Signed by The Author and Louis le Brocquy All First English Editions Complete File of ‘The Bell’
Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre, 4 vols.
O’Connor (Frank) The Art of the Theatre, (ex. 5), Periodical: O’Faolain (Sean), O’Connor
Frontispiece by Louis le Brocquy 8vo D. 1. Where There is Nothing, Vol. I, 8vo L. (Bullen) (Frank) Editors, & others, The Bell, A Survey
(Maurice Fridberg) 1947. First Edition. The title of Irish Life. Vol. I No. 1, October 1940 - Vol. XIX,
Signed by the Author & the Artist, original 1903, Wade 44; NO. 11, December 1954, together 131 nos.,
coloured boards; also the Midnight Court, 2. The Hour Glass; Cathleen ni Houlihan; & The Pot 8vo D. 1940 - 1954, orig. ptd. wrappers. An
8vo D. (Maurice Fridberg) 1945. First Edn., exceptionally fine Set. (131)
the f.f.end Inscribed ‘Not to be taken’ Frank of Broth, Vol. II, 8vo L. (Bullen) 1904. Wade 53.
O’Connor 8/10/45, cloth backed boards, & 3. The Kings Threshold; and On Baile’s Strand, * The contributors include the cream of Irish
literary talent. €750 - 1250
decor. pink d.w. V. good. (2) €200 - 300 Vol. III, 8vo L. (Bullen) 1904. Wade 56.
4. Deirdre, Vol. IV, L. (Bullen) 1907. Wade 69.
766 Together 4 vols., 8vo L. (Bullen) 1903 - 1907. All 772
O’Connor (Frank) Dutch Interior, 8vo First First Edns., orig. green cloth backed blue grey Hewitt (John) Collected Poems 1932 - 1967,
Edition, cloth; The Common Child - Stories & boards, paper labels. V. Scarce Set. (4) L. (Macgibbon & Kee) 1968. First Edn. Signed
Tales. First Edition, cloth; The Road to Stratford, With Signed Pres. Inscription ‘For Sophie, Jim
L. 1948. First Edition, cloth; and An Only Child, L. €300 - 400 and the girls (see p. 107) with affection from John
1961. First Edition, and Signed by Author, cloth. 770 17.VII.68’ the poem on p. 107 The Response, is
all very good in original decor. & pictorial d.w.’s. written for Jill & Brenda, ‘The Girls,’also with
(4) €180 - 260 With Bookplate of Dolly Lynd m/ss postcard to Sophie Stewart, loosely
Yeats (W.B.) Poems: Second Series, 8vo L. inserted; Ormsby (Frank) ed. The Collected
767 (Bullen) 1909. First Edn., port. frontis, orig. blue Poems of John Hewitt, Belfast 1991. First Edn.,
O’Connor (Frank) Bones of Contention, 8vo L. cloth with gilt decor. spine after design by orig. marbled d.w.; with other items laid in,
1936. First Edn. orig. pict. d.w.; Crab Apple Jelly, Althea Gyles. Good. (1) programmes & newscuttings etc. (2)
L. 1944. First Edn. torn decor. d.w.; Irish Miles, L. * Signed by Dolly Lynd & with her distinctive
1947. First Edn., with Signed Pres.Inscription, bookplate designed by Michael Mac Liammoir. €120 - 180
cloth; Travellers’ Samples, Stories and Tales. L.
1951. First Edn., also with First U.S. Edition, of €150 - 200 773
same work, N.Y. 1951, both cloth & decor. d.w.s. Hartnett (Michael) Tao A Version of the
(5) €140 - 200 772 Chinese Classic. ... Roy 8vo D. (New Writers
79 Press) 1971. First Limited Edn., 500 Copies.
Signed by Author, decor. d.w.; Poems in English,
D. (Dolmen Press) 1977. First Edn., port. frontis,
768 cloth & d.w.; Collected Poems. Volume 2, 8vo D.
All First Editions & Manchester 1986 / 87. First Edn., wrappers;
A Necklace of Wrens, Poems in Irish & English.
Donaghy (John Lyle) The Flute over the Valley: Gallery 1987. First Edn. d.w.; Poems to Younger
Antrim Song, 8vo Larne (Inver Press) 1931. First Women, Gallery 1988. First Edn., Signed by
Edn., green wrappers; The Blackbird Songs of Author, d.w.; The Killing of Dreams, Gallery 1992.
Innisfail, 8vo Larne (Inver Press) 1933. First First Edn., wrappers; Selected and New Poems,
Edn., orange wrappers; Selected Poems, Being Gallery 1994. First Edn., orig. pict. wrappers. A
Number Six of Tower Press Booklets, 8vo D. good collection. (7) €220 - 320
(Orwell Press) 1939. First Edn., blue wrappers;
Wilderness Sings, sm. 8vo D. (Wood Printing 774
Works) 1942; & Wild Sun and Moon, Poems Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats
1941 - 1945, D. (Wood Printing Works) 1949,
both First Edns., similar white boards. (5) O’Kelly (Seumas) The Weavers Grave, A Tale
8vo D. (Talbot Press) [1922] With decor. text
€160 - 220 in green thro-out, cold. frontis & 7 black and
white illus. by Jack B. Yeats, uncut, orig. grey
blue cloth with gilt & red decor., & orig. pict.
cold. d.w. A very good copy. (1) €250 - 350

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779
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Words for Music
775 Perhaps and Other Poems, D. 1932. Lim. Edn. 782
450 Copies Only; and The Words Upon the
Window Pane: A Play in One Act. D. 1934. Lim.
Edn. 350 Copies Only, partly unopened, both
works, cloth backed blue boards, upper covers 784
775 Moore (George) Parnell and his Island, 8vo L.
Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats lettered in black, printed paper labels on 1887. First Edn., orig. cloth, gilt lettered spine;
spines, & with glassine covers. Miller 49: Wade
Synge (John M.) In Wicklow, West Kerry and 168, and Miller 52: Wade 174. Both very good also The Untilled Field, L. 1903. First Edn., hf.
title, t.e.g., orig. blind decor. red cloth. V. good
Connemara, 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1911. pp (VIII) copies. (2) €300 - 400 copy. (2) €100 - 150
245, pict. frontis & 7 bl. & white illus. by Jack B.
Yeats, uncut, orig. green buckram, spine faded,
otherwise v. good. (1) €120 - 180 785
780 The Author’s First Collection of Poems
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Synge and the
Ireland of His Time,... Dundrum 1911. Lim. Edn. Presentation Copies to Katherine Kavanagh

776 350 Copies Only; also The Death of Synge and Fallon (Peter) Among the Walls, Rathgar (Tara
Illustrations by Michael MacLiammoir Telephone Publications) 1971. First Edn. The
Other Passages from an Old Diary, D. 1928.
O’Conaire (Padraic ) Field and Fair Travels with Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only, orig. cloth backed Author’s First Collection; The First Affair, Gallery
1974. First Edn., Signed Pres. to Katherine
a Donkey in Ireland, D. 1930. Port. frontis & 13 grey boards, lettered in black, one paper label Kavanagh; The Speaking Stones, Gallery 1978.
bl. & white illus. by Mac Liammoir, uncut cloth
& d.w.; also The Woman at the Window and lacking. Miller 16: Wade 88. Also Miller 41: First Edn.; Winter Work, Gallery 1983. First Edn.;
Wade 162. (2) €280 - 350
Other Stories, D. n.d. 7 bl. & white illus. & other The News and Weather, Gallery 1987. First Edn.,
Signed Pres. Copy to Katherine; Eye to Eye,
decor., cloth. (2) €125 - 175 Gallery 1992, First Edn., all orig. ptd. wrappers.

781 Good. (6) €220 - 350
O’Faolain (Sean) A Nest of Simple Folk, L. 1963.
777 First Edn., orig. pict. d.w.; A Purse of Coppers, L. 786
Montague (John) November A Choice of 1937. First Edition, d.w.; Come Back to Erin, L. Signed Presentation Copy
Translations from Andre Frenaud by John 1940. First Edn., decor. d.w.; Teresa and other
Montague and Evelyn Robson. With an original Stories, L. 1947, First Edn., d.w. (4) €100 - 150 Gogarty (Oliver St. J.) Others to Adorn, Poems
woodcut by Raoul Ubac. 8vo Cork Golden Stone Preface by W.B. Yeats 8vo L. (Rich & Cowan)
1977. First Edn., frontis, orig. cold. wrappers. 1938. First Edn., Signed Pres. Inscription, ‘To my
Signed by Both Authors; The Rough Field, roy friend, St. George Smith from Oliver St. J. Gogarty
8vo D. (Dolmen) 1972. First Edn; The Great Cloak, 782 Dublin 14:VI:1938’ blue cloth & d.w.; Perennial,
Dolmen & Oxford 1978. First Edn., wrappers; Presentation Copies to Norah Robinson L. 1946 First Edn., cloth backed boards, d.w.;
Mount Eagle, Gallery / Bloodaxe Books 1989; and also Collected Poems, tall 8vo L. 1951. First Edn.,
two others sim. vols., all wrappers. (7) Robinson (Lennox) The Far-Off Hills, L. 1931. cloth backed marble boards, & orig. d.w. V.
First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, decor. boards & good lot. (3) €220 - 320
€160 - 220 pict. d.w.; Is Life Worth Living? An Exaggeration
in Three Acts. L. 1933. First Edition, with long
778 Presentation Inscription, Signed, cloth & d.w.; 787
Pictures in a Theatre, D. (Abbey Theatre) n.d., Gregory (Lady A.) The Full Moon. A Comedy in
Montague (John) Poisoned Lands & other with long Signed Pres. Inscription, wrappers. One Act, Published by the Author at The Abbey
Poems, 8vo L.1961 First Edn., cloth & d.w.; Tides, (3) €150 - 200
Theatre. 8vo D. 1911. First Edn., original ptd.
D. (Dolmen) 1970. First Edn., Signed by Author, decor. yellow wrappers. Scarce; also The Story
also First American Edn. of same work, 8vo 783
Robinson (Lennox) A Young Man from the Brought by Brigit: A Passion Play in Three Acts, L.
Chicago (Swallow Press) 1971, both cloth & & N.Y. (Putnan) 1924. First Edn., uncut, orig. gilt
matching d.w.s; Mount Eagle, Gallery 1988. First South, D. 1917. First Edn. Signed Pres. Copy,
cloth; Eight Short Stories, D. [1919] First Edn. lettered blue cloth. Good. (2) €100 - 150
Edn., Signed by the Author, cloth & decor. d.w.
All v. good. (4) €180 - 250 orig. pict. d.w. With a Signed Postcard to Mrs.
J.H. Thomas, loosely inserted; A Golden Treasury 788
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) The King of the Great
of Irish Verse, ed. by L.R., L. 1925. First Edn., Clock Tower, Commentaries and Poems, D. 1934.
cloth & with a Signed Note from Author loosely
inserted. A lot. (3) €120 - 180 Lim. Edn. 400 Copies., orig. cloth backed blue
boards, black lettered top board, & paper label
on spine, glassine wrapper. V. good. Miller 53:
Wade 179. (1) €180 - 250

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789 795
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) New Poems, D. 1938. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies Only, Inscribed by the Author
unopened thro-out, orig. cloth backed blue boards, glassine cover. V.
good copy. Miller 59: Wade 197; also Pages from a Diary written in Nineteen Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (M.) French Leave, Boston 7 New York 1928.
Hundred and Thirty, D. 1944. Lim. Edn. No. 87 of 280 Copies. Orig. cloth First American Ed., hf. title [6], [288]pp. saxe - blue heavy cloth, spine faded.
backed yellow boards, lettered in black on upper cover, paper label. Miller Scarce. (1)

76; Wade 205. (2) €300 - 400 * Signed by Author, & dated August 17, 1928, also inscribed “(From Mr. Dale
Warren Houghton Mifflin Co.)”, also a T.L.s. tipped in, from Houghton Mifflin,
Publishers to Harry Worcester Smith, Massachusetts, dated July 19, 1928,
790 re publication of the above. H.W. Smith wrote the Forward to the Collected
O’Kelly (Seumas) The Shuiler’s Child, A Tragedy in Three Acts. 8vo D.
(Maunsel) 1909. First Edn., Signed by Mary Frances Mc Hugh; Poet, orig. Works of Sommerville & Ross, published N. York 1927. €180 - 220

decor. wrappers; The Bribe, A Play in Three Acts. D. (Maunsel) 1914. First 796
Edn. Ranns & Ballads, 8vo D. (Candle Press) 1918. First Edn. Limited to 450
Copies, Frontis by Jack B. Yeats, orig. cloth backed boards, paper label; Gregory (Lady A.) Our Irish Theatre, A Chapter of Autobiography, 8vo N.Y.
(Putnam) 1913. First Edn., portrait frontis & 3 others plts., orig. cloth backed
Meadowsweet, A Comedy in One Act. 8vo Naas (Leinster Leader) [1919]. blue boards, paper label. V. good. (1) €125 - 175
First Edn.; and The Parnellite, A Play in Three Acts. Naas [1919]. First Edn. all
in orig. ptd. wrappers. Good copies. Scarce. (5) €180 - 250
797
791 Signed by the Author

Bramsback (Birgit) James Stephens, A Literary and Bibliographical Study, Gregory (Lady A.) A Book of Saints and Wonders. Put down here by Lady
8vo Copenhagen (Upsala) c. 1956, photo frontis, annotations, ptd. Gregory according to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of
wrappers. Scarce. (1) €80 - 100 Ireland, 8vo L. (Murray) 1907 - First Edn. Signed in Pencil on title page, and
with rubber stamp of Moyne Park Ballyglunin, Co. Galway. Orig. grey cloth
792 Signed by the Author backed boards, paper label, & orig. grey printed wrappers., top of spine
Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (M.) The Smile and The Tear, 4to L. (Methuen & nicked, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce. (1)
Co.) 1933. Second Edn., hf. title, frontis & 23 illus. & plts. by the author, [VIII],
[152]pp, orig. green cloth, white label on spine, & with decorated green Provenance: Moyne Park, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway. €220 - 350
and white dust jacket, black lettering. (1)
* Signed on t.p. by Author & dated April 1935, & with some corrections to 798
text. €280 - 350 Gregory (Lady A.) Seven Short Plays, D. (Maunsel) 1909. First Collected
Edn., port. frontis, listing of ‘First Productions of the Plays’ at the end, orig.
cloth backed blue boards, paper label on spine; New Comedies, N.Y. & L.
(Knickerbocker Press) 1919. First Edn., port. frontis, fine buckram backed
793 Inscribed Presentation Copy blue boards, paper label. Both v. good. (2) €160 - 240

Somerville (Edith O.E.) & Ross (Martin) Notions in Garrison, 4to L. 799
(Methuen & Co.) 1941. First Edn., hf. title, 10 illus., IX, [134]pp, orange cloth, Signed Presentation Copy to Robert Barton
black lettered spine, & in orig. orange & white d.w. V. good. (1)
Gregory (Lady A.) Three Wonder Plays, 8vo L. (Putnam) n.d. First Collected
* Inscribed on front free end, “Hildegarde with love from Edith / Oct. 29, Edn., orig. blue cloth. Inscribed on f.f.e. ‘For Robert Childers with love from A.
1941,”; also Signed by Edith in full on title. €180 - 220 Gregory - Oct. 1923,’ also The Image and Other Plays, L. (Putnam) 1922. First
Edn., Inscribed on f.f.e. ‘Michael Shawe-Taylor / June 1927,’ orig. blue cloth,
794 paper wrappers. (2)
“... Hitler Permitting.” – Signed & Corrected Advance Proof Copy
* Michael Shawe-Taylor, a relation of Lady Gregory, was the son of Frank,
Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) Notions in Garrison, sm. 4to L. Shawe-Taylor of Castle Taylor, nr. Ardrahan, Barony of Kiltartan, Co. Galway.
(Methuen & Co.) n.d. [1941] Illus., IX, [134]pp orig. ptd. boards. Ex. Rare. (1) He was the High-Sheriff of Co. Galway and was shot 3 March 1920, during
* Signed with initials & dated August 5, 41 on front cover; the printed list the War of Independence. Michael was the last of the family to live in the
of authors work on verso of hf. title amended in red pen; the title Signed ancestral home.
by Author, also inscribed - ‘To Paddy, with love from his Godmother. E.O.E. Provenance: From the collection of Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, ‘Nu’ the grand-
August 7, 1941,’ and further inscribed ‘(Advance proof copy - To be published daughter of Lady Gregory. Her father Robert, was the subject of W.B. Yeats’s
in September - Hitler permitting)’Together with a printed flyer from the poem, “An Irish Airman Forsees His Death.” €300 - 400
Publishers re the above volume, inscribed by Edith, ‘To be published about
the End of September,’ & Signed with initials, loosely inserted. €300 - 400

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800 804 The Author’s First Books 808
Gregory (Lady A.) Irish Folk-History Plays, 200 Copies Only, Signed
First & Second Series. 2 vols. 8vo N.Y. & L. (G.P.
Putnam’s sons) 1912. First Collected Editions, Woods (Macdara) Decimal D. Sec. Drinks in Cuala Press: Donaghy (Lyle) Into the Light and
uncut, orig. cloth backed blue boards, paper a Bar in Marrakesch, roy 8vo D. (New Writer’s Other Poems, 8vo D. 1934. Limited Edition 200
labels on spine. V. good copies. (2) €200 - 300 Press) 1970. First Limited Edition of 200 Copies, Copies Only. Signed Copy, orig. cloth backed
orig. decorated colour wrappers; Early Morning brown boards. (1) €150 - 200
Matins, 8vo Gallery 1972. Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies,
801 cloth & pict. d.w.; Stopping the Lights in Ranelagh, 809
Faller (Kevin) Island Lyrics, 4to D. (Three D. (Dedalus) 1987. First Edn., pict. wrappers. (3)

Candles) 1963. First Lim. Edn. No. 112 of 150 * All three volumes with Signed Presenation Gogarty (Oliver St. J.) As I was Going Down
Sackville Street, 8vo L. (Rich & Cowan) 1937.
Copies, uncut, orig. red cloth, v. good; Lament Inscriptions to Katherine Kavanagh, widow of First Edn., port. frontis, attractive qtr. mor.
poet Patrick Kavanagh. €160 - 220
for The Bull Island & Other Poems, roy 8vo D. marble boards; I Follow Saint Patrick, L. (Rich
(Goldsmith Press) 1973. First Edn., Signed Pres.
Copy, buckram; The Lilac Tree & other Poems, 805 All Signed Presentation Copies & Cowan) 1938. First Edn., illus., fold. maps &
decor. ends, blue cloth & pict. d.w.; Start from
D. (St. Beuno’s Press) 1979. Signed First Edn. Somewhere Else, N.Y. 1955. First Edn., orig.
Limited, No. 143 of 150 Copies, wrappers; Iremonger (Valentin) Reservations, 8vo D.
(Envoy) 1950 First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, ‘For cloth. (3) €130 - 180
Memoirs, Mornington Co. Meath (Tracks) 1983.
Lim Edn. 500 Copies, wrappers; Lyric and Script, Maurice James Craig, 31 Dec. 1950’ orig. cloth,
d.w., & ptd. wrap stating this book received the
8vo D. (H.O. Loescher) n.d. First Edn., cloth & AE Memorial Award 1945; Sandymount, Dublin 810
d.w. A scarce collection. (5) €150 - 200 All First Editions
Poems, 8vo D. (Dedalus Press) 1988, First Edn.,
Signed Pres. Copy, cloth; On the Barricades, Gogarty (Oliver St. J.) Tumbling in the Hay,
Poems by Robert Greacen, Bruce Williamson, 8vo L. 1939. First Edn., blue cloth & decor. d.w.;
802 Valentin Iremonger, 8vo D. (New Frontiers) Rolling Down the Lea, L. 1950. First Edn., blue
All First Editions 1944. First Edn., Signed Pres. Inscription ‘for cloth & decor. cold. d.w.; It Isn’t This Time of Year
Maurice James Craig from Bruce Williamson, May at All! An Unpremediated Autobiography. N.Y.
Durcan (Paul) Jesus, Break His Fall, D. (Raven 1944’ orig. wrappers. (3) €160 - 220 (Doubleday & Co.) Spring 1954. First Edition,
Arts) 1980; Ark of the North, For Francis oatmeal cloth & decor. d.w.; also First English
Stuart on his Eighteenth Birthday D. 1982. 806 Edition of same work, L. Autumn 1954, red
Signed Presentation Inscription to Katherine O’Sullivan (Seumas) The Rosses and Other cloth & pict. d.w. All v. good. (4) €200 - 300
[Kavanagh]; Going Home to Russia, Belfast Poems, sm. 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1918. First
(Blackstaff ) 1987, Signed by Author; Jesus Edn., Signed Copy, cloth backed boards; An
and Angela, Blackstaff 1988; Daddy Daddy, Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems,
Blackstaff 1990; Crazy about Women, 4to Nat. D. (Maunsel) 1914. First Edn., orig. boards; Mud 811
Gallery of Ireland, 1991. Signed by Author, all and Purple, Pages from the Diary of a Dublin The Author’s First Collection
First Edns., in orig. pict. d.w. V. good. (6) man. 8vo L. 1917. First Edn., Pres. Copy to J.G.
Signed Presentation to the Memory
€180 - 240 of Patrick Kavanagh

Stoney, Signed, frontis & decorations by Estella Durcan (Paul) O Westport in the Light of Asia
Solomons, orig. cloth backed decor. boards. All Minor, 8vo D. (Dublin Magazine Press) 1975.
803 v. good. (3) €200 - 300 First Edition, orig. pict. wrappers. Very fine. (1)
The Author’s First Books
807 The Author’s Very Rare * Paul Durcan won the Patrick Kavanagh Award
Bardwell (Leland) The Mad Cyclist, roy 8vo D. Second Published Book in 1974. This copy inscribed,
(New Writers Press) 1970. First Edn., Limited ‘Maybe Mary might call round....
to 300 Copies, orig. decor. blue wrappers by [Gogarty (Oliver St. John) & O’Connor (Jos.)] and then I came to the haggard gate,
Michael Smith; Girl on a Bicycle, A Novel, 8vo ‘Alpha and Omega,’ - Blight. The Tragedy of And I knew as I entered that I had come
D. 1977. First Edn. Signed by H. Moloney on Dublin, An Exposition in 3 Acts. 8vo (Talbot Press) through fields that were part of no earthly estate
title, orig. pict. wrappers; The London Winter, 1917. First (Sole) Edition, some lines underlined ‘To the memory of Patrick
D. 1981. First Edn., Signed & Inscribed Helen in pencil, the title with earlier owner’s name and to Katherine Barry Moloney Kavanagh, dear
[Moloney] on title, pict. wrappers. All Scarce. (3) ‘Douglas Louis Bligh’ in pen, 74pp complete, kindest friend,
in orig. printed grey wrappers, spine browned from Paul Durcan, 14 June 1975.’
€120 - 180 somewhat, but a delightful copy of this rarity. (1)
* This is Gogarty’s second book, preceeded
only by ‘Hyperthuleana,’ which was privately A truly unique Copy. €400 - 600
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Signed Presentation Copy Robinson (Lennox) Towards An Appreciation
to George Russell of the Theatre, 8vo D. (Metropolitan Published
Co.) 1945. First, also res. Copy to ‘T.J. Bradley,
Gogarty (Oliver St. John) An Offering of Pain-giver - Pain healer / Pain-maker, Pain-
Swans, and Other Poems. Roy 8vo L. (Eyre &
Spottiswoode) n.d. [1924]. First Trade Edition. breaker is better, Lennox Robinson April 1946,’
orig. pict. d.w.; Killycreggs in Twilight and other
Port. frontis, orig. blue buckram. V. good copy. Plays, L. & D. 1939. First Edn., cloth & d.w. (torn)
(1)
* Inscribed ‘to George Russell.... from Oliver S.T. also Advance Copy of same work, L. 1939,
wrappers; The Palette and Plough, D. 1948.
Gogarty 5.VIII.24.’ €250 - 350 First Edn., illus. cloth & d.w. (torn), with a 3pp

813 typescript of a Broadcast Made by Robinson in
All Signed Presentation Copies 1945 about his subject, & some newscuttings
loosely inserted. A lot. (4) €120 - 180
O’Sullivan (Seumas) At Christmas Verse, D.
Privately Printed 1934. Lim. Edn. 50 Copies 822
Only, Signed Pres. copy; Personal Talke: A Book O’Faolain (Sean) The Silver Branch, An
of Verse, tall 8vo D. Privately Printed, 1936, Lim. Anthology. 8vo L. 1938. First Edn. d.w.; The
Edn. No. 5 of 100 Copies, signed Presentation; Short Story, N.Y. 1951. First U.S. Edn., d.w.; I
Factiae et Curiosa, Being a Selection from Remember! I Remember!, L. 1962. First Edn.,
the Note Books of the late J.H. Orwell. 8vo d.w.; Foreign Affairs and other Stories, L. 1976.
D. Privately printed, 1937. No. 14 of Lim. Edn. First Edn., cold. d.w.; An Irish Journey, With
100 copies. Signed Presentation to Brinsley Illustrations by Paul Henry. 8vo L. 1947. Illus.
Mc Namara: Poems by Seamus O’Sullivan 1930 817 & pict. d.w. also With a manuscript note from
- 1938, No. 4 of Tower Press Booklets, roy 8vo
D. (Orwell Press) 1938. Signed Pres. Copy, all in Paul Henry, dated Dec. 1943, re volume ‘The
orig. ptd. wrapeprs. A rare collection. (4) Story of Ireland.’ As a lot. (5) €100 - 150

€300 - 400 817 823
Signed Presenation Copies for Mary Lavin All Limited Editions
814 O’Sullivan (Seumas) This is the House and
Rare Collection other Verses, 8vo D. Privately Printed 1942. Sole Moore (George) A Flood, sm. 8vo N.Y. (G.C. at
Edn. Signed Pres. ‘To the Author of ‘Tales from The Harbor Press) 1930. Signed by Author &
O’Sullivan (Seumas) Common Adventures: Bective Bridge,’ wrappers; The Rose and Bottle No. 80 of 185 Copies, orig. cloth; Peronnik the
A Book of Prose and Verse. Nicolas Flamel: A and other Essays, 8vo D. 1946. First Edn., Signed
Play in Four Acts, from the French of Gerard Pres. ‘To Mary Lavin... from SO’S (& E.f.S.) ‘Dec. Fool, 8vo N.Y. 1926, Lim. Edition 785 Copies,
1946’ cloth backed boards, & d.w.; also Editor’s designed by Bruce Rogers, printed in red and
de Nerval. Imp. 8vo D. (Orwell Press) 1926. Choice. A Little Anthology of Poems Selected black, orig. decor. boards; The Making of an
Signed, Limited Edn. NO. 38 of 200 Copies, from The Dublin Magazine, 8vo D. (Orwell Press)
uncut, orig. boards; The Lamplighter and Other 1944. First Edn., Signed Pres., unopened, cloth Immortal, N.Y. 1927. No. 356 of 1240 Copies,
backed boards, d.w. All fine copies. Scarce. (3) Signed by Author, boards; Letters from George
Poems, roy 8vo D. (Powell Press) 1929. Signed, Moore to Ed. Dujardin 1886 - 1922, 8vo N.Y.
Limited Edition, No. 7 of 100 Copies, orig. ptd. €200 - 300
wrappers; Translation and Transcriptions, 8vo 1929. No. 319 of 680 Copies, Signed by Author,
boards. A good collection. (4) €180 - 240
Belfast (Carter) 1950. Signed, Lim. Edition No.
56 of 250 Copies, orig. limp dark blue mor., gilt
lettering. All Scarce. (3) €250 - 350 818 824
[Pollock (J.H.)] ‘An Philibin,’ Hills of Dublin, Cuala Press: Allingham (William) Sixteen
D. 1917; Grass of Parnassus, D. (Three Candles) Poems, Selected by William Butler Yeats.
815 1936. Lim. Edn. No. 54 (250), cloth; The Valley Dundrum 1905. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only,
The Author’s First Book of the Wild Swans, D. 1932. Signed Copy cloth; unopened, orig. blue grey cloth backed boards
Signed Presentation to The Moth and The Star, A Surmise. D. 1937; Irish lettered in black, paper label. A very good
Mrs. Katherine Kavanagh Ironies, A Collection of Short Stories. L. 1930, copy. Miller 7: Wade 234. (1) €200 - 300
cloth; Autumn Crocus, 4to Tralee 1947, cloth
Jordan (John) Patrician Stations, 8vo D. (New & d.w. All First Edns., & 8 others, mostly Lim. 825
Writers Press) 1971. First Edn. of Author’s First Edns., orig. wrappers. As a lot. (15) €180 - 250 Cuala Press: Mac Donagh (Donagh) Veterans
Book, decor. wrappers; A Raft from Flotsam, and other Poems, D. 1941. Lim. Edn. No. 75
Versifications 1948 - 1974. 8vo Gallery 1975. 819 of 270 Copies. Orig. cloth backed blue cloth,
Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies, cloth & d.w.; Blood and Presentation Copy to M.J. Mac Manus lettered in black, paper label, glassine d.w. V.
Stations, Gallery 1976. First Edn., cloth & pict. good copy Miller 67; also Bowen (Elizabeth)
d.w.; (3) O’Faolain (Sean) The Great O’Neill A Biography, Seven Winters, D. 1942. Lim. Edn. No. 175 of 450
* The Author was a personal friend of Patrick 8vo N.Y. 1942. First U.S. Edition, Signed Copies, orig. cloth backed boards, lettered in
Kavanagh, and the three items above have Presenation Copy, & with m/ss note from black, stained, paper label. Miller 71. (2)
presentation inscriptions to his wife Katherine. author re errors in the text, cloth & orig. pict.
d.w.; also an English Edition of same work, L. €220 - 320
€150 - 200 1947, d.w.; The Talking Trees and other Stories,
Boston 1970. First U.S. Edition, and First UK
816 Edition of same work, L. 1971, both pict. d.w.; 826
The Irish - A Character Study, N.Y. 1956, d.w. (5) Muldoon (Paul) Medley for Morin Khur, 8vo
O’Sullivan (Seumas) Poems, 8vo D. (Maunsel) Enitharmon Press 2005, Signed Ltd. Edn., 14
1912. First Edn., port. frontis. Signed Copy, €120 - 180
uncut, blue cloth; Poems, By William Starkey, (175) copies, marbled wrappers, ptd. label,
clean copy. (1) €180 - 200
M.D. Selected by His Son.. Seumas O’Sullivan.
D. 1938. Privately Printed. Port. frontis, blue
cloth; Collected Poems, D. (Orwell Press) 1940 820 827
Cuala Press: Robinson (Lennox) A Little Carson (Ciaran) Letters from The Alphabet, 4to
Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only, blue cloth, ptd. d.w.; Anthology of Modern Irish Verse, 8vo D. 1938. Gallery 1995. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies, Signed
Essays and Recollections, D. 1944 First Edn., Presentation Copy cloth & d.w.; also The Star
cloth backed boards; Dublin Poems, 8vo N.Y. Limited Edition 300 Copies, orig. cloth backed Factory, 8vo L. 1997. First Edn., pict. d.w. (2)
blue boards. (1) €140 - 200
1946. First Edn., decor. title, later cloth backed €120 - 160
boards. (5) €180 - 250

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828 833 837
Signed Presentation Copy Heaney (Seamus) The Cure at Troy, A Version Muldoon (Paul) Mules, L. 1982. Signed by
to Charles Mac Arthur of Sophocles Philoctetes 8vo Derry (Field Day) Author; Meeting the British, L. 1987. Signed
1990. First Edn., pict. d.w.; The Redress of Poetry, First Edition; Madoc, L. 1990. Signed First Edn.;
Famed Playwright & Screenwriter Oxford Lectures. 8vo L. 1995. First Edn., pict. Shining Brow, L. 1993. Signed First Edn., The
d.w.; and The Spirit Level, L. 1996. First Edn., Annals of Chile, L. 1994. Signed First Edn., all
Gogarty (O. St. John) As I was Going Down decor. d.w. All v. good copies. (3) €200 - 300 orig. wrappers; Moy Sand and Gravel, L. 2002.
Sackville Street, A Phantasy in Fact. Tall 8vo First Edn., d.w.; and Horse Latitudes, L. 2006.
N.Y. (Reynal & Hitchcock) 1939. Frontis & other 834 First Edn., pict. d.w. all v. good. (7) €150 - 200
illus. plts., etc., orig. red cloth & fine pict. d.w. V. Robinson (Lennox) The Dreamers. A Play in
good. (1)

* Inscribed ‘To his most Excellent friend Charles Three Acts, D. (Maunsel) 1915. First Edition -
Mac Arthur from Oliver St. J. Gogarty ... (quotation
in Greek) 26:VIII: 1939, London.’ €200 - 300 Signed, cloth backed boards; Oxford Poetry 838
1917, Ed. by W.R.C., T.W.E., & D.L.S. 8vo Oxford Signed Presenation Copy
1917, wrappers. Signed by Lennox, Christmas
829 1917; The White Headed Boy, L. (Putnam) 1925; Murphy (Richard) The Battle of Aughrim, L.
Signed First Editions The Big House. Four Scenes in its Life, L. 1928; 1968. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy,
Bryan Cooper, L. 1931, wrappers; The Far-Off ‘To Liam Ryan at the Project, 14th March 1976,’
Murphy (Tom) The Sanctuary Lamp, 8vo d. Hills, L. 1946, cloth; Dark Days, 12mo D. 1918, the occasion of the poet’s reading at the Project.
1976. First Edn., pict. wrappers; Famine, Gallery wrappers; & 1 other. (8) €120 - 180 Signed also by Liam Ryan, green cloth, & orig.
1977. First Edn., green wrappers; Conversations d.w. in red & black. V. good copy. (1) €160 - 240
on a Homecoming, Gallery 1986. First Edn.
Signed by Author, cloth & d.w.; also The 835
Seduction of Morality, roy 8vo L. 1994. First Edn., Tower Press Booklets: The Tower Press
cloth & pict. d.w. The Author’s First Novel. (4) Booklets - Series One, 839
1. Some Irish Essays, by A.E., 12mo D. 1906 Signed by the Survivors of
€100 - 150 The Cleggan Disaster

830 2. Songs of A Devotee, by Thomas Koehler, D. Murphy (Richard) Sailing to an Island, roy
All Signed Presentation Copies 1906
3. Reminiscences of the Impressionist Painters, by 8vo L. 1963. Third Impression. Signed by Pat
Mc Greevy (Thomas) Thomas Stearns Eliot, Concannon, William Gavelli, & Pat Schofield,
A Study, L. 1931. First Edn.; Richard Aldington, Geo. Moore, D. 1906, survivors of The Cleggan Disaster off the West
An Englishman, L. 1931. First Edn; Poems, L. 4. Poems, by Ella Young, D. 1906,
1934. First Edn., all orig. ptd. d.w.’s; also Nicolas 5. Bards and Saints, by John Eglington, D. 1906 Coast of Ireland in 1927, the subject of one
Poussin, 4to D. (Dolmen Press) 1960. Lim. of the most famous poems in this collection,
Edn. 500 Copies, illus. wrappers. All Signed 6. Criticism and Courage and other Essays by green cloth, & orig. ptd. d.w; also Sailing to An
Presentation Copies. Good. (4) €120 - 180 Fred. Ryan, D. 1906
Together 6 nos [complete], all orig. ptd. & Island, L. 1963. Advance Copy, Signed by the
Author, orig. brown wrappers. Both very good.
decor. wrappers. Scarce. (6) €200 - 300 Rare. (2) €220 - 350

831 836 840
Durcan (Paul) Theresa’s Bar, Gallery Books Tower Press Booklets: The Tower Press Booklets Murphy (Richard) Collected Poems, roy 8vo
1986 [Revised Edn.], cloth; Christmas Day, L. - Second Series, 6 Nos, sm. 4to: Gallery 2000. First Edn. Presentation Inscription
1996. First Edn., cloth; Greetings to Our Friends 1. About Women - Verses, by Charles Weekes, ‘for Christine & George [Hetherington] with
in Brazil, 8vo L. 1999. Signed First Edition, best wishes 11th October 2000 Buswells Hotel,’
cloth; The Art of Life, L. 2004. First Edn., boards; sm. 4to D. (Maunsel) 1907. Signed by the Author, cloth & d.w.; also The
The Laughter of Mothers, L. 2007. Signed First 2. Studies, by Padraic Colum, D. 1907 Price of Stone & Earlier Poems, roy 8vo Wake
Edition, boards, all orig. decor. d.w.’s. V. good. 3. The Egyptian Pillar, by Eva Gore-Booth, D. Forest University Press 1985. With lengthy
(5) €150 - 200 Presentation Inscription, ‘For Trix..,’ Signed by
1907 Author, orig. decor. wrappers; & Irish University
832 4. Deirdre: A Drama in Three Acts, by A.E., D. Review - Richard Murphy Special Issue, roy 8vo D.
Heaney (Seamus) The Haw Lantern, L. 1987 Spring 1977, orig. wrappers. (3) €160 - 220
First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, 2-III-95,; Electric 1907
Light, L. 2001 Uncorrected Proof Copy; Beowolf, 5. Verses: Sacred and Profane, by Seumas
roy 8vo N.Y. 2000 Bilingual Edition, cloth
backed boards, d.w.; Finders Keepers, Selected O’Sullivan. D. 1908
Prose 1971 - 2001, roy 8vo N.Y. 2002. First 6. The Living Chalice and Other Poems, by Susan

L. Mitchel, D. 1908.
Together 6 nos [complete] all First Editions, all
orig. decor. & ptd. wrappers. V. good. Scarce. (6)

€200 - 300

American Edn, d.w.; District and Circle, L. 2006.
First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, Jan. 2007, orig.
wrappers. (5) €220 - 300

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844 847 & detail 848 & detail

841 844 850
Hartnett (Michael) Selected Poems, D. (New Dolmen Press: Murphy (Richard) The Last Bowe (Nicola G.) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art,
Writers Press) 1970. Frist Edn. Signed on title; Galway Hooker, roy 8vo D. 1961. Limited Edn. sm. folio, The Dolmen Press 1983, Signed Ltd.
Gipsy Ballads, Goldsmith Press 1973. First Edn. 200 Hardbound Copies, out of total edition Edn. 4 (125) Copies, illus., gilt decor. cloth, slip
port. frontis; A Farewell to English, Gallery 1975. of 500. Signed by Author, orig. vellum backed case. Good copy. (1) €150 - 200
First Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies; The Retreat of Ita green cloth with design. V. good copy. Miller
Cagney - Culu Ide, roy 8vo Goldsmith Press 1975. 42. (1) €250 - 350 851
First Edn., illus.; Adharca Broic, Gallery 1978. First Signed by the Artist
Edn., An Phurgoid, Coisceim 1982, First; De Nuala 845
Foidhne Chrainn, Coisceim 1984, First; and An The Extremely Rare Author’s First Book Synge (J.M.) & Le Brocquy (L.)illus.
Limited to 35 Copies The Playboy of the Western World, lg. 4to,
Lia Nocht, Coisceim 1985, First. All in orig. decor. Massachusetts (Imprint Society) 1970, Signed
wrappers. Good & Scarce. (8) €180 - 260
Dolmen Press: Murphy (Richard) Sailing to by the Illus. & Editor (Le Brocquy & Stanley
An Island, roy 8vo D. (Dolmen) August 1955. Sultan) 1587 (1950) Copies, gilt decor. yellow
842 Lim. Edn. No. 3 of 35 Copies. 8pp single sheet cloth, slip case. (1) €160 - 220
Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre, roy 8vo L. folded, orig. printed yellow wrappers. some
(A.H.Bullen) 1911. First Edn., with illustrations slight dust staining, & fading at top edge, with 852
by Gordon Craig, uncut, orig. cream coloured a small nick. A very fine copy of this rarity. Not Coloured Plates: The Englishwoman’s Domestic
brown boards, spine lettered in black. Bookplate in Miller. (1) €550 - 750 Magazine, 8vols. L. (S.O. Beeton) 1860 - 1865,
of R.J. Writh. A pristine copy. (1) €200 - 300 New Series, 51 cold. plts., original blind & gilt
decor green cloth, as plts., w.a.f. (8) €280 - 320
843 846
The Two Parts Complete The Author’s Second Book 853
Limited to 125 Copies
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Reveries over Dolmen Press: Murphy (Richard) The
Childhood and Youth, 8vo Dundrum 1915. First Archaeology of Love, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1955. With Hand-Coloured Illustration
Edn. Number 236 of 450 Copies Only. Uncut, Limited Edition 200 copies Only, wd.-cut device
orig. pale linen backed grey boards, lettered on title, orig. ptd. wrap stating ‘AE Memorial Dolmen Press:Montague (John) The Rough
in black on upr. cover. Together with:- Plates to Award Winner 1951’ loosely inserted, orig. Field, roy 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1972. Lim. Edn.
Accompany Reveries over Childhood and Youth..., cloth backed board with printed device, and No. 88 of 125 Copies, with hand coloured
containing 2 engd. portraits, & cold. plate & sheet remains of glassine d.w. Miller 19. V. good. (1) illustrations. Signed by the Author, uncut, &
of letterpress, as issued, in linen backed blue unopened, orig. calf backed decor. boards. A
boards, lettered in black on upr. cover. Both very €300 - 400 very fine copy. Miller 197. (1) €220 - 350
fine copies. Miller 23. Wade 111. (2) €350 - 500
847
Lipscomb (George) The History and Antiquities
of the County of Buckingham, 4 vols. lg. 4to L.
(J. & W. Robins) 1847 First Edn. 47 engraved
and lithographed maps & plts. & 1 fac-simile,
complete, wd.-cut illus., cont. hf. mor. backed
boards, some spotting. Good. (4) €300 - 400

848
[Joyce (James)] Flanagan (Th.) & Ballagh(R.)
illus. Dubliners, sm. folio, Ltd. Edn., Club 1986,
Signed Ltd. Edn., 311 (1000) Copies, illus. with
photogravure plts., mor. backed cloth, slip
case. Clean Copy. (1) €300 - 400

849
Heaney (Seamus) Poems and A Memoir Intro.
by Thos. Flanagan. sm. folio N.Y. (Limited
Editions Club) 1982. Lim. Edn. No. 1717 of
2000 Copies, = Signed by S. Heaney, Thomas
Flanagan & Henry Pearson, illustrator, uncut,
orig. calf, with Celtic decoration, & slipcase. 853 &detail
849 Brandes & Durkan A32. (1) €300 - 400
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854
857 860
Mary Lavin’s Copy The Organ of the Irish Literary Theatre Montague (John) A New Siege, folio D.
Dolmen Edition II: Montague (John) All (Dolmen) 1970. First Edn., orig. decor.
Legendary Obstacles, roy 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1966. Periodical: Yeats (W.B.)ed. Beltaine, An wrappers. Signed by the Author; Irish
Lim. Edn. 350 Copies, Signed by Author and Occasional Publication. The Organ of the Univeristy Review - John Montague Special
Mary Lavin March 1966, full page illus., boards Irish Literary Theatre. Numbers 1 - 3, together Issue, 8vo D. Spring 1989; The Planter and The
& decor. d.w. after Barrie Cooke (stained). Miller 3 Nos., bound as one, 4to L. (At the Sign of Gael, An Anthology of Poems of John Hewitt
9 (1) €180 - 250 the Unicorn) May 1899 - April 1900, uncut, and John Montague, 4to Belfast (Arts Council
855 unopened, with orig. wrappers bound in orig. of N. Ireland) 1970, First Edn., illus & decor.
Dolmen Press Editions X: Gregory (Lady) brown boards with paper label. An excellent wrappers; A Ball of Fire - Collected Stories, D.
Coole, Completed from the Manuscript. Sm. copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) (Liberty Press) 2008 First Edn., pict. d.w.; & 2
folio D. 1971. Lim. Edn. 1050 Copies, decor. end
papers, cloth backed boards & red & bl. d.w. (1) * With a predominance of articles by W.B. Yeats, other items on Montague. (6) €130 - 180
it also includes essays by Geo. Moore, Edw.
€100 - 150 Martyn & Lady Gregory. €325 - 450
856
Periodical: The Dome A Quarterly containing 858 861
Examples of All the Arts, Nos. 1 - V, First Series. Highly Important Literary Periodical Cuala Press: Montague (John) A Fair House:
4to L. (At The Unicorn Press) 1897 - 1898. Versions of Irish Poetry, 8vo D. 1972. Limited
Profusely illustrated, coloured & bl. & white Periodical: The Shanachie, An Illustrated Edn. No. 285 of 350 Copies, unopened, orig.
plts., uncut, orig. buckram; also The Dome, An Irish Miscellany, Vols. 1 - 2, together 2 vols. cloth backed boards, & orig. wrappers; also
Illustrated Magazine and Review of Literature, containing 6 numbers [All Published] Dublin The Lost Notebook, With Illustrations by John
Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Art, Vols. Maunsel 1906 - 1907. First Edn. Bk. Form, 25 Verling. 4to Cork (Mercier Press) 1987 Special
1 - V11, together 7 vols. 4to L. (The Sign of The illus. plts. uncut, orig. pict. buckram. A very Limited Edition No. 222 of 250 Copies, Signed
Unicorn) October 1898 - July 1900. Profusely good set. (2) by Author & Artist, orig. pict. wrappers. (2)
illustrated, cold. plts., etc., uncut, in uniform gilt * Regarded as the most important of the
lettered cloth. as a periodical, w.a.f. V. good set. periodicals associated with the Irish Literary €160 - 220
(8) €200 - 300 Revival. The literary contributions are by W.B.
Yeats (many first printings of his work), the first 862
865 printing of J.M. Synge’s articles on Wicklow The Author’s First Collection
IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED and West Kerry, others by Lady Gregory, A.E.,
P. Colum, S. O’Sullivan, Geo. Birmingham, Egan (Desmond) Midland, roy 8vo D.
Lord Dunsany etc; the artists includes John & (Goldsmith Press) 1973. Frist Edn., with illus.
Jack B. Yeats, W. Osborne, Wm. Orpen, Joseph by Brian Bourke, Signed, orig. cloth; Leaves,
Campbell, Hugh Thompson & others. (2) 4to Goldmsith Press 1975. First Edn., Signed,
illus. by Charlie Cullen; Woodcutter, Goldsmith
€700 - 1000 1978, First Edn., illus.; Collected Poems, Maine
1983, First Edn., Signed; Poems for Peace, 1986,
859 Signed; 5 others by Egan, all signed. A Scarce
Periodical: Carroll (D.) Arnold (Bruce) & John Collection. (10) €180 - 250
Ryan, etc, Editors, The Dubliner, Vol. I No. 1 -
vol. 3 No. 4, together 12 Nos, Nov. - Dec. 1961 863
- Winter 1964, 8vo, but including the larger [Michael Collins] Beaslai (Piaras) Michael
format First Number in 4to; continued as The Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols.
Dublin Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 1 - Vol. 10 No. 4, roy 8vo D. (de Burca) 2008. Third Limited No.
together 25 nos, 8vo D. Spring 1965 - Spring / 134 of 175 Copies, illus. cloth, & slipcase. V.
Summer 1974, the two titles together 37 nos in good. (2) €120 - 180
original ptd. wrappers. A Complete File. (37)
864
€300 - 400 Mitchel (Flora) Vanishing Dublin, lg. 4to D.

1966. Sole Edn., 50 fine cold. plts., cloth, pict.
d.w. V. good. (1) €250 - 350

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872
The Postponed Grand National

Horse Racing: Aintree Official Race-Card, The
Martell Grand National, Aintree, Saturday April
5th, 1997, 8vo illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers.
Good. (1)

* The race was postponed till Monday 7th after
an IRA bomb threat forced the evacuation of
the course. The race was eventually won by
871 & detail New-Zealand bred Lord Gyllene at odds of

865 14/1, ridden by Tony Dobbin, and trained by
Staunton (Geo.) An Authentic Account of an Steve Brookshaw. €120 - 150
Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the 870
Emperor of China, 2 vols. 4to L. 1797 - 98. First The Day Munster Conquered the All-Blacks 873
Edn. 2 engd. frontis, engd. vignettes, [Folio Vol. The Day Nazi Germany Played Ireland
lacking] cont. calf, tooled gilt decor. (2) Programme: Rugby: Munster R.F.C., Official
George MacCartney, an Irishman, was Match Programme. Munster v. New Zealand, Soccer Programme: Cumann Peile Saorstat
appointed first envoy of Britain to China. Thomond Park, Limerick, 31st October, 1978, Eireann, International Match: Ireland
8vo Limerick 1978, 28pps, illus. & advert, ptd. versus Germany, Dalymount Park, Saturday,
wrappers, indistinct signature on front cover. 17th October 1936, Official Programme, 8vo,
* Ex Libris O’Grady, Kilballyowen, with Scarce; together with a double sided Victory D. 1936, 30pps., illus. & adverts, decor. ptd.
bookplate. €300 - 400 wrappers. Good clean copy. Scarce. (1)
Poster for Munster & other Poster of the New
Zealand Team, with printed signatures. As a €200 - 300
collection, w.a.f. (3) €350 - 450

871 874
Grand-Slam Glory, 1948 The Faith of Matt Busby

Rugby: I.R.F.U. 1948, an Official issue oval Soccer: Manchester United: Busby (Sir
Matt) A typed Autograph Letter signed to Mrs.
leather Rugby Ball reputed to have been used Doyle, dated 29th May 1958, on Team Headed
at Ravenhill where Ireland beat Wales in 1948
to claim their First Grand-Slam. The ball with Notepaper, thanking her for her “Prayers and
Scapular,” stating that they “turned the scales in
original stitching and inside lining, some my favour” and also referring to the rebuilding
wear and fading, otherwise a truly desirable
memento of this historic event in Irish Rugby of the team, after the Munich Air Disaster, as a
letter, w.a.f. (1) €700 - 900
History. (1) €700 - 900

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875 878 882
U2, Aslan & Hot House Flowers Postcards & Labels: Irish [Co. Tipperary] A Co. Cork, Queenstown Golf Club, 1897

Irish Rock: A large collection of Memorabilia large bundle of approx. 48 real photo & print Medal: Golf, Cork. A shaped silver Medal, the
relating to Irish Rock Music in the 1980’s & obverse inscribed “Queenstown Golf Club 1897
1990’s including U2 (posters, magazines, cards, mostly Thurles, Main Street, Cathedral, - Ladies Medal,” the reverse inscribed “Miss Geo.
St. Patrick’s College, etc., together with another Breton, J. Townsend, Williamson, B. Waggett, &
tickets for Croke Park & Pairc Ui Chaoimh 1987), bundle of general Irish, and a folder of drinks Ger. Breton,” hallmarked. Scarce. (1) €200 - 300
some signatures, also Aslan (members material
- photos etc) & Hot House Flowers, also rare bottle labels, Guinness, Bulmers, etc., as a
collection, w.a.f. (1) €80 - 120
promotional posters, tour magazines etc., as a
collection. (1) €180 - 220 883
879 1905 G.A.A. Challenge Match
876 Irish Railwayana: A thick Album of Irish
Comprehensive Collection of Irish Call Cards Railway Company Postage Stamps, Medal: G.A.A., 1905 An attractive and
Call Cards: A collection of over 320 Cards shareholder & dividend certs, legislative unusual cross shaped and pierced silver Medal,
including examples of the earliest series, documents, correspondence, accident the obverse with Provincial Arms or Crest with
Dublin Trial Cards, (5) 5 to 100 units; Limerick documents, commercial voucher, fraudulent heavy central harp overlay, surmounted by a
Otelca Trial Cards, 5 to 100 units; Landis & items etc. approx. 200 items, as a collection, football, the reverse inscribed “G.A.A. - Wexford
Gyr Galway Trial Cards, 5, 10, 20, 50 & 100 w.a.f. (1) V. Cork, June 1905, won by Lees”, hallmarked
units; numerous special commemorative Egan of Cork. Extremely Rare. (1) €300 - 400
cards celebrating events throughout the * Covering almost all of the Irish Railway
country, music, movies, artists, sport, food and Companies from 1836 - 1922. €450 - 600
beverages, Irish history, full series of Eircom Call 884 - see page 89
Card World Cup 2002 Collection, Global Chipcard
Alliance, etc., etc., almost all in orig. plastic 880 885
packages, and with finest condition together Postal History [Stamps] Gibbons (Stanley) G.A.A. [“Bloody Sunday”] An Official Match
with some reference books and catalogues. A The New Ideal Album - Postage Stamps of the Ticket “Cumann na gCleas Luith nGaedhealach
unique collection, as a lot, w.a.f. (1) World ptd. Album, illustrated (Vol. 3) Foreign - Great Challenge Match (Football) Tipperary
countries, includes many hundreds from V. Dublin at Croke Park on Sunday November
€800 - 1200 various states, generally fine, also attached at 21st, 1920, match at 2.45p.m., admission 1/-,”
back, Bank of Ireland cheques, and other fiscal ptd., pink or salmon coloured, worn & stained.
and postal items, as a lot, w.a.f. (1) €300 - 400 As is, w.a.f. (1)

877 881 * With a m/ss Note from Sean McKeown
Postcards: Irish Political, 1916 - 22, A regarding the Ticket.
collection of 42 original Postcards relating Postal History: [Irish & English] Two large * A poignant momento of a horrific day in both
to “The Dublin Riots” in 1913, The Sinn Fein Volumes of G.B. Stamps dating from 1840 -
Rebellion (Valentine, Daily Sketch, Franco 2008 in specialised printed Albums, to include Irish & G.A.A. History. €600 - 700
Studios) Pictures of Republican Leaders to
include Clarke, Ceannt, Connolly, The O’Rahilly a “Penny Black” (4 margins), also a selection
etc. (Powell Press) and The Military Operations of “Penny Reds and Blues,” a substantial and
1922. (Eason & Sons), as a collection, w.a.f. (1) contrasting collection; together with a folder of
G.B. Postage items used in Ireland (up to 1912),
€200 - 300 mostly covers, cards, etc., Banknotes etc., as a
lot, w.a.f. (3) €700 - 900

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Louth G.A.A. Medal Collection Awarded to Johnny Brennan 1905 - 1915

An important G.A.A. Football Medal Collection of Twelve silver and gold Brennan was leading scorer in many of the 34 matches he played for Louth
Medals Awarded to Johnny Brennan. (Dundalk Rangers & Louth G.A.A.) between 1902 & 1916. Brennan was one of Louth's nominated players in
The collection includes the following: their team of the Century. Brennan played in five Leinster Finals and three
1. 1905 Junior Football Championship silver Medal Dundalk Rangers All-Ireland Finals. He also played in four other National Tournament Finals ie.
Croke Memorial Cup & Wolfe Tone Memorial Tournament.
won by beating Newtown Blues 1-6 to 0-4. Winning the Junior Brennan played during an era of major change in the G.A.A. County teams
Championship meant automatic elevation to Senior level. were to be henceforth picked by County Committee instead of the current
2. 1907 Senior League silver Medal Dundalk Rangers won by beating winners of the county championship. County colours were adapted, Louth
Dundalk Geraldines 1-7 to 0-6. being the first All-Ireland winners to wear county colours in the All-Ireland
3. 1907 Senior Championship silver Medal Dundalk Rangers won by win of 1912… in 1913 teams were limited to 15 players per team.. in 1914
beating Dundalk John Dillons 0-12 to 0-6 in a replay. Sundays in September were decided upon for the playing of the All-Ireland
4. 1908 Senior Championship 9ct gold Medal Dundalk Rangers won by Finals.
beating Dundalk Young Irelands 2-8 to 0-5. By the time of Brennan's retirement in 1916, the playing structure of the
5. 1909 Louth First Leinster Senior Football Title 9ct gold Medal. They GAA as we know it today was decided upon. Apparently Louth in this period
beat Kilkenny at Jones's Road on October 24th before a crowd of 6,000 were one of the finest exponents of the GAA game. Louth at this time
by 2-9 to 0-4. Johnny Brennan scored 0-6. Louth were represented by played many exhibition matches, teaching the many skills of the game such
Tredaghs. Louth were beaten in the All-Ireland final by Kerry on a score- as dribbling, free taking etc to other counties. Club-wise Johnny Brennan
line of 1-9 to 0-6, before a record crowd of 15,000. played for Dundalk Rangers, winning a Junior Final in 1905 and Senior in
6. 1910 Louth Second Leinster Championship 9ct gold Medal. They 1907 & 1908. €15,000 - 20,000
beat Dublin 0-3 to 0-0 at Jones's Road on October 16th. Johnny Brennan See illustration also on inside back cover
scored 0-2.
7. 1910 Louth First All-Ireland Football Final 9ct gold Medal. The
final was scheduled for Jones's Road on November 13th against Kerry.
Louth won by a walk-over as Kerry refused to travel following a dispute
between the Kerry county committee and the Great Southern Railway
Company over travel arrangements.
8. 1912 Louth Third Leinster Championship 9ct gold Medal. They beat
Dublin at Navan on October 20th, 1912. They won on a score line of 1-2
to 1-1.
9. 1912 Louth Second All-Ireland Football 9ct gold Medal. Louth beat
Antrim in the All-Ireland football final at Jones's Road on November 3rd,
1912. The attendance was close to 20,000 a record for any game played
under G.A.A. rules at the time. Louth won by 1-7 to 1-2.
10. 1913 Louth Dr. Croke Cup Competition 9ct gold Medal.
11. 1913 Louth Football (National) silver Medal.
12. 1915 Wolfe Tone Memorial 9ct gold Medal
A truly magnificent Collection from the Rudimentary Stages of the
G.A.A., as Medals, w.a.f.

886
A silver miniature Methyr Cup, replica of the Liam
McCarthy, inscribed and hall marked. (1) €150 - 180

886A
G.A.A.: Football Trophy: A good quality silver Replica
miniature Sam Maguire Cup, by Weir & Son of Dublin,
the two handled cup, profusely decorated with Celtic
design, hallmarked. (1) €180 - 200

887
All-Ireland Hurling Junior Medal,
1929 Won by Offaly

Medal: Hurling, 1929 A 9ct gold Medal, the
obverse with Celtic Cross design, inscribed “Cuman
na gCleath - Luith Gaedhealach,” and “Eire” across
centre, the reverse inscribed “Craobh na hEireann San
Iomaindeacht 1929 - Soisear - Ua bhfailghe, A Bhuaidh,”
hallmarked J.M. (John Millar).

* The competition saw Offaly claim their second title 886 886A
beating Cork 6.1 to 2.3. €600 - 700

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Galway’s First All-Ireland Junior Title, 1939

Medal G.A.A.: Hurling, Galway 1939, an 888
attractive Celtic Cross design 9ct gold
Medal, the obverse with pierced centre and
decorated in typical style, inscribed “Eire”
across the centre and “Cumann Luith Chleas
Gaedhael” around the surround, the reverse
inscribed “Craobh Iomana na hEireann Soisear
1939 - Gallimh a Buaidh,” hallmarked J.M.
(John Miller); together with a Connaught
Provisional 9ct gold Winners Medal, the shield
shaped design with a pierced centre depicting
the Provincial coat of arms and inscribed on
obverse “Craobh Connact,” the reverse “Iomana
Soisear 1939 - Gaillimh” hallmarked J.M. (John
Miller) good condition, a rare set. (2)

* This was Galway’s first of two titles in this
competition. €1000 - 1500

889
The Paddy O'Brien G.A.A. Collection (Cork)

Medals: G.A.A., Co. Cork; Nils Desperandum G.P.O. F.C. & G.A.A., [Paddy
O'Brien] a collection of five silver Medals & Cap to include:

1. G.A.A. "Wm. O'Brien F.C. Championship Tournament," 1901, the star 891 (see illustration on Back Cover)
shaped medal inscribed "won by Nills - P. O'Brien," hallmarked - Egan,
Cork;

2. G.A.G. "Cork National Monument Tournament 1902-03," the pierced
design with engraved national monument, hallmarked - Egan, Cork;

3. G.A.A. "Coachford Tournament 1903 - won by Nils F.C.," the engraved and
pierced designs hallmarked - Egan, cork;

4. G.A.A. "Nils - Blackrock Tournament 1904 - won by Nils, the pierced
design with typical Celtic motifs harp, high cross, round tower, etc.,
hallmarked O'C & Co. (O'Callaghan & Co.);

5. G.A.A. "Cork, Junior cup - won by G.P.O., F.C., 1903-04, the pierced design
with Celtic motifs, hallmarked - Egan, Cork; together with the associated
red velvet, and gold thread embroidered Cap.

As a collection, w.a.f. (1) 889A

* Nils Desperandum F.C. was a sporting club in Cork, Ireland. When it was Medal, G.A.A., Co. Cork Hurling 1971. An attractive circular and pierced
founded it was mainly a rugby club. In 1888, after "some years" of playing silver medal, in the Celtic design with crossed hurls, surmounted by a
rugby "Nils," as they were known, played their first Gaelic football game. sliothar, the bottom inscribed Musgraide, the reverse Iomaint Fe 21, 1971, by
W. Egan, Cork. Fine. (1) €70 - 90
Within a few years Nils was one of the strongest Gaelic Athletic Association
clubs in Cork. It had a headquarters on Marlboro Street and was largely 890
represented by West Cork men who had come to the city to work. Medals: General, a 9ct gold circular medal, the obverse with pierced
design and harp overlay, the reverse inscribed “Senior C’ships 1932, won
After winning the Cork Senior Football Championship in 1894, Nils went by P. Berry,” hallmarked; a 9ct gold pierced Medal with shamrock design,
on to represent Cork in the controversial All-Ireland Senior Football inscribed “Meath Drama Festival 1957 - Producers Award,” hallmarked; a
Championship of 1894. €400 - 600 silver shield shaped Medal with engraved design and football overlay,
inscribed “A.U.L. Subsidiary Cup, 1948/49 won by Baldoyle,” as a lot, w.a.f. (3)

€150 - 220
891

Laois First All-Ireland Title
1915 All-Ireland Hurling Medal

Medal: G.A.A. Hurling 1915 An attractive 9ct gold medal of Celtic Cross
design, the obverse with pierced centre and harp overlay, inscribed
around “Cumann na gCleas - Luith Gaedhealach” and “Eire,” across, the
reverse inscribed “All-Ireland C’Ship won by Leix, 1915”, hallmarked H. & H.
(Hopkins & Hopkins). Scarce. (1)

* The 1915 championship was the 29th year of the competition. Having
been beaten by Clare the previous year on a scoreline of 5-1 to 1.0, the
Laois men gathered their thoughts and regrouped to reach another final.
Under the Captaincy of Jack Finlay, they beat the Lee-siders on October
24th, 1915 claiming their first and only Title, winning 6.2 to 4.1.
See illustration on back cover €7000 - 10000

892
County Galway Football Champions 1952 & 1956

Medals: G.A.A., Football Galway 1950’s Two similar silver Medals, the
obverse of both with Galway County emblem enamel design and engraved
Celtic design, the reverse inscribed “Craobh Sinsear na Gaillimhe 1952 &
1956,” each hallmarked, J M (John Miller). (2) €180 - 200
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893 894
The “Ned” (Edward) Ryan
G.A.A. Medal Collection The Dr. Tommy Campbell Medal Collection, Tyrone

1. The All-Ireland Medal Group: (Two In a Row) Medals: G.A.A., Football, Co. Tyrone, a collection of 28 gold and silver
Medals awarded to Dr. Tommy Campbell of Dungannon Charles and Tyrone.
(a) A 1950 All-Ireland Medal, the obverse depicting a Celtic Cross and
Harp overlay, and “Eire” across the centre, the reverse inscribed “Craobh The collection includes:
Iomana na hEireann 1950 -T’Arann,” hallmarked 9ct J.M. (John Miller); (A) Ulster Championship
1957: A 9ct gold cross
(b) A 1951 All-Ireland Medal, the obverse depicting a Celtic Cross and shaped Medal, the obverse
Harp overlay and “Eire” across the centre, the reverse inscribed “Craobh designed with enamel and
Iomana na hEireann 1951 T’Arann,”, hallmarked 9ct, J.M. (John Miller); Ulster Provincial Arms,
(scored a goal against Wexford). the reverse inscribed “Tir

2. Two in a Row Munster Titles Eoghan 1957”, hallmarked.
* This was Tyrone’s second
(a) A 1950 Munster Senior Title, the obverse with Celtic design, pierced only Ulster title.
centre crossed hurls, and shield shaped enamel Coat of Arms, the (B) Two 9ct gold “Dr. Logan”
reverse inscribed “Iomana Sinnsear 1950 - T’Arann,” hallmarked 9ct gold, winners Medals of variant
J.M. (John Miller); designs for 1956 & 1957
won by Tyrone, both
(b) A 1951 Munster Senior Title, the obverse with Celtic design, pierced hallmarked.
centre crossed hurls, and shield shaped enamel Coat of Arms, the (C) A 9ct “Comortas” Medal, 894
reverse inscribed “Iomana Sinnsear 1951, T’Arann,” hallmarked J.M.
(John Miller). the obverse decorated

3. National Hurling League with footballer and cross

(a) A 1949 / 50 League Title, the obverse with pierced Celtic Cross centre leaves, the surround inscribed “An Nuaiocht Ghaelach - Comortas,” the
design, engraved circular centre with wolfhound, high cross and round reverse “Tir Eoghain 1957”, hallmarked.
tower, surrounded by colourful enamel decorated Provincial Coats of (D) Two silver “Feis Tir Eoghain” Medals, both similar design (uninscribed)
Arms, the reverse inscribed “An Connradh Naisiunta Iomana 1949 / 50,” won by Dungannon Charles.
hallmarked J.M. (John Miller). (E) Tyrone County Championship (Senior) a group of four County
Championship Medals (silver) awarded 1947, 1951, & 1956 won by
(b) A 1951 / 52 League Title, similar design as above.

4. Club Medals Dungannon Charles; & one other similar.
(F) A silver winners Medal “Colheran Cup” 1954; an athletics Medal 220
(1) Two County Tipperary Senior Championship Winner Medals 1949 & yards (open) Kilwarlin 1949;
1950 for Borrisoleigh, both silver gilt design medals in the shape of the (G) Two silver shield shaped winners Medals U.F.L. (Ulster Football League)
Bishopric Arms, inscribed on reverse. 1946 / 47 & 1947 / 48 won by T..J.C. (Tommy Campbell) & one other
similar 1948;
(2) Five North County Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Medals for (H) A large silver Celtic cross shaped Winners Medal, the obverse with
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, all silver, various shapes and design, all central enamel design red hand of Ulster and inscribed: C.L.C.G. - Tir
inscribed. Eoghan, the reverse I.F.C. - 1963, hallmarked.
(I) A pierced 9ct gold Medal for Football “Toome” uninscribed, hallmarked.
(3) An “Inter-factory” League Winners Medal, and three other uninscribed
Medals.

As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €4000 - 6000 (J) The remainder of the collection comprising various shaped silver

Sporting Medals from the Campbell Collection, all hallmarked.
As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €1000 - 1500

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895 900 903
[Croke Park] 1924, Dublin’s Rodeo, Direct 1946 All-Ireland Hurling Final Laois V. Tipperary, 1949
from Wembley Stadium, London, Croke Park
August 18th - 24th, 1924, Official Programme G.A.A.: Hurling 1946, Craobh Iomana na G.A.A.: Hurling 1949, Craobh Iomana na
& Souvenir,” 8vo D. (Gaelic Press) 1924, 32pps, hEireann, Programme Kilkenny V. Cork, 8vo D. hEireann, Laois V. Tiobrad Arann, Croke Park
illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, worn. Scarce. (1) 1946, 24pps, illus. & adverts throughout, ptd. 4.9.49, 8vo D. 1949, ilus., ptd. wrappers. Good
wrappers. Good. (1) €300 - 400 copy. (1)
€70 - 90 * Tipperary achieved their 15th All-Ireland title
896 901 with a handsome score line of 3.11 to 0.3.
G.A.A. Programmes, Hurling and Football Kilkenny V. Cork, 1947
1950’s, a group of four various Official €100 - 150
Programmes to include: G.A.A.: Hurling 1947, Craobh Iomana na
* All-Ireland Junior Football (Home) Final, Derry h-Eireann, All-Ireland Hurling Final 7.9.1947, 904
Kilkenny V. Cork, at Croke Park, 8vo D. 1947, Kilkenny V. Tipperary, 1950
V. Mayo 10.9.50; 24pps., illus. & adverts, m/ss marked results.
* All-Ireland Junior Hurling Semi-Final, Dublin Good clean copy. (1) G.A.A.: Hurling, 1950, Craobh Iomana na
hEireann, Cill Chainnigh V. Tiobrad Arann,
V. Limerick 24.8.52; * The Cats narrowly defeated the Rebels on a Croke Park, 3.9.50, 8vo, D. 1950, illus., 24pps,
* Sraith Comortaisi an hEireann, Waterford V. score line of 14 points to 2.7. €180 - 220 ptd. wrappers, minor wear. (1)
* In a hard fought contest, Tipperary beat the
Tipperary 3.5.59; 902 Cats 1.9 to 1.8 in front of a crowd of 67,629.
* Official Opening, New Hogan Stand, 7 June Dublin V. Waterford, 1948
€80 - 120
1959, Railway Cup Hurling Final, Connaught G.A.A., Hurling 1948, Craobh Iomana na
V. Munster - ‘Blath’, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €80 - 100 hEireann, Ath Cliath V. Port Lairge, Croke Park, 905
897 5.9.48, 8vo D. 1948, illus., 24pps, ptd. wrappers. Wexford’s First All-Ireland Title
Good copy. (1)
All-Ireland Semi-Finals 1950’s * This was the Deise Men’s first All-Ireland title, G.A.A. - Hurling 1955, Official Programme,
G.A.A. Programmes, Hurling & Football they beat the boys in blue 6.7 to 4.2. All-Ireland Hurling Final, Galway v. Wexford, at
1950’s [All-Ireland Semi-Finals] to include Croke Park, 4/9/55, 8vo, D. 1955, 20pps., illus. &
four Official Programmes: €150 - 200 adverts throughout, ptd. wrappers, good.
* (H) Cork V. Galway 27.7.52;
* (H) Wexford V. Limerick 7.8.55; * This was Wexford’s 7th attempt at the title,
* (H) Kilkenny V. Tipperary 10.8.58; and proved successful as they triumphed over
* Replays - Cavan V. Kerry & Dublin V. Mayo the Tribesmen 3.13 to 2.8. €120 - 150

11.9.55, all at Croke Park, all 8vo, D. 1952 - 58, 906
ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €150 - 200 Christy Ring’s Final All-Ireland Appearance
898
G.A.A.: Hurling, 1956: Official Programme, All-
All-Ireland Glory for Laois Ireland Hurling Final, Cork v. Wexford at Croke
G.A.A.: Hurling 1915, Souvenir Programme Park, 23/9/1956, 8vo D. 1956, 20pps., illus. &
All-Ireland Hurling Final 1915, Cork V. Leix, adverts through out, ptd. wrappers. Good. (1)
at Croke Park, Jones Road, Dublin, 24.10.1915, * Described as an epic, in front of an
2pps, Reprint Copy, as a copy, w.a.f. (1) attendance of over 83,000. €120 - 150
* Laois beat Cork on a Scoreline of 6.2 to 4.1 to
win their first and only title to date. €30 - 50 907
899 The Breffini Boys’ First All-Ireland
Cavan Versus Galway, 1933
Kilkenny V. Limerick, 1940
G.A.A., Hurling 1940, Craobh Iomana na G.A.A.: Football, 1933, Clar Oifigeamhaul,
hEireann, Kilkenny V. Limerick, Croke Park, Cavan V. Galway, 24.9.1933, [Antrim V. Kerry
1.9.40, 8vo, D. 1940, 8pps, ptd. wrappers. (minors)], 8vo, D. (Wood Printers) 1933, 2pps,
Scarce. (1) ptd. wrappers. Ex. Scarce. (1)
* Limerick beat Kilkenny 3.7 to 1.7 to claim
their 6th title in front of a crowd of 39,260. * In the 47th year of the competition, Cavan
won their First All-Ireland title beating Galway
€280 - 320 2.5 to 1.4 at Croke Park in front of a crowd of
45,188 spectators. €800 - 1000
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Kerry V. Galway, 1938 (Replay) 909
908 911
910 G.A.A.: Football, 1938 (Replay), Craobh Peile
na hEireann, Ciarraighe V. Gaillimh, Croke Park,
23.10.38, 8vo, D. 1938, 8ps. ptd. wrappers.
Scarce. (1)

* The Tribesmen claimed the replay to win their
third All-Ireland Football Title, beating Kerry 2.4
to 0.7. €300 - 400

909
Cork V. Cavan, 1945

G.A.A. Football, 1945, Craobh Peile na
hEireann, Corcaigh V. Cabhain, Croke Park,
23.9.45, 8vo D. 1945, illus, 20pps. ptd.
wrappers. Good. (1)
The Rebels beat Cavan 2.5 to 0.7 to claim their
3rd Sam Maguire title in front of 67,329.

€250 - 320

910
All-Ireland Football Final Replay, 1946

G.A.A., Football, 1946, Craobh Peile, na
h-Eireann i bPairc an Chrocaigh, 27.10.46,
Kerry V. Roscommon & (Down V. Warwickshire
Junior), 8vo, D. 1946, illus. & adverts, 9pps, ptd.
wrappers. Scarce. (1)

* The 59th year of the championship saw
Kerry versus Roscommon ending in a draw,
on a score line of 2.4 to 1.7, after firstly being
delayed due to "Save The Harvest" Campaign.
and the replay saw Kerry prevail at Croke Park
2.8 to 0.10, in front of a crow of 65,661, winning
their 16th title. €220 - 280

911
Meath V. Cavan, 1949

G.A.A.: Football 1949, Craobh Peile na
hEireann, An Mhidhe V. Cabhann, Croke
Park 25.9.49, 8vo D. 1949, 24pps, illus., ptd.
wrappers. Good. (1)

* The Royal County men beat Cavan on a
scoreline of 1.10 to 1.6 to claim their first ever
All-Ireland Title. €120 - 160

912
The Tipperary Triple Winners, 1930

G.A.A.: Photograph 1930, [O’Reilly
(J.J. - Dublin], Tipperary All-Ireland Hurling
Championship Winners, 1930, including Seniors,
Juniors and Minors, a mounted black and
white group photograph with key of names at
bottom 32cms x 42cms (12½” x 16½”) framed.
(1) €150 - 180

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Index

Abbey Theatre 412, 413, 414, 415, 420, 425, Cuala Press 131, 133, 184, 228, 231, 232, 442, Golf 882
428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 449, 651, 671, 672, 674, 676, 677, Gonne (Maud) 668
434, 554 680, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, Gordon-Bowe (Nicola) 850
736, 779, 780, 788, 789, 808, 820, Gore-Booth (Eva) 396, 559, 654, 657, 658, 734,
Adams (Richard) 310 824, 825, 843, 861
Adams (Tate) 371 836
Algren (Nelson) 8, 19, 73 Cumann na mBan 523, 524, 525 Gore-Booth (C.) 654
Allingham (William) 599, 824 Daiken (L.H.) 738 Greacen (Rob.) 281, 437
Amis (Kingsley) 26 Daly (Leo) 190 Greene (Graham) 56, 273, 274, 275, 276
Amis (Martin) 23 Davis (Gerald) 64 Gregory (Anne) 146
Arnold (Bruce) 859 Deane (S.) 645, 602, 665 Gregory (Lady Augusta) 46, 233, 348, 349, 373,
Auction Catalogues 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, De Bernieres (Louis) 176, 177, 178
De Blacam (Aodh) 392, 662 375, 386, 428, 553,
474, 475, 476, 477, 478, De Burca (Seamus) 419 554, 655, 656, 667,
482, 660 De Cervantes Saavedra (M.) 197 787, 796, 797, 798,
Audubon (John James) 333 De Markievicz (Constance) 517 799, 800, 855, 857, 858
Ballagh (Robert) 287 Deighan (Peter) 544 Grey (Zane) 60
Bardwell (Leland) 803 Dickens (Charles) 61 Grierson (George) 752
Barton (Richard) 75 Disraeli (Benj.) 628 Griffith (Richard) 626
Barton (Robert) 391 Dix (E.R. McC.) 481 Grigson (Geoffrey) 210
Barry (Kevin) 528 Dolmen Press 113, 174, 180, 198, 199, 203, Grojean (P.) & O’Connell (D.) S.J. 480
Baxter (W.) 326 Grove (A.) 337
Beaslai (Piaras) 863 204, 234, 239, 249, 250, 260, Guinness (Bryan) 158, 221, 222
Beach (S.) 130 261, 262, 263, 264, 277, 323, Gwynn (John) 83
Beckett (Samuel) 57, 58, 68, 85, 91, 92, 93, 355, 358, 360, 361, 362, 363, Hackett (J.P.) 454
165, 167, 168, 174, 539, 606, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, Harmon (Maurice) 260
755 370, 371, 372, 456, 457, 479, Harris (Thomas) 730
Behan (Brendan) 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 603, 635, 636, 646, 661, 844, Hartnett (Michael) 773, 841
321, 536 845, 846, 853, 854, 855, 860 Hawthorne (Michael) 538
Bellow (Saul) 11 Donaghy (John Lyle) 230, 768, 808 Hayter (Stanley Wm.) 755
Bell (Sam Hanna) 30, 31 Donleavy (J.P.) 89 Hayward (Richard) 49
Berryman (John) 22 Dowden (Edward) 46 Heaney (Seamus) 41, 45, 65, 67, 252, 253, 254,
Betjeman (John) 32, 34, 35 Doyle (Roddy) 195 265, 266, 267, 268, 322, 324,
Birmingham (Geo. A.) 722, 858 Dudourdieu (Rev. J.) 38, 39 460, 538, 543, 585, 586, 587,
Blunt (Wilfred Scawen) 210, 330, 348 Dugdale (Norman) 354 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593,
Boeddicker (Otto) 506 Du Maurier (Daphne) 18 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 665,
Boland (Eavan) 306, 641 Duncan (G.A.) 414 681, 682, 687, 688, 689, 690,
Borthwick (Norma) 450 Dunsany (Lord) 387, 858 751, 757, 832, 833, 849
Bourke (Brian) 462 Durcan (Paul) 229, 288, 294, 466, 802, 811, Hearn (Lafcaelio) 6
Bowen (Elizabeth) 825 831 Hegarty (R.) 483
Boyne (John) 44 Dowden (Ed.) 705 Hemingway (Ernest) 13, 14, 15
Boyle (Wm.) 428 Eden (Helen Parry) 652 Henthorn Todd (J.) 79
Bramsback (Birgit) 791 Edgeworth (Maria) 237, 394 Henry (Paul) 822
Britton (Coburn) 360 Edwards 325 Hewitt (John) 25, 354, 376, 772
Brown (Christy) 118, 119, 120 121, 122, 123 Edwards (Hilton) 382 Higgins (F.R.) 162, 436, 704
Brown (Terence) 64 Egan (Desmond) 78, 84, 461, 467, 862 Hinkson (Katharine Tynan) 397
Brownlow (Timothy) 147 Eglington (John) 835 Hogan (William J.) 741
Buchanan (H.) 331 Ellman (R.) 130 Holinshed (Raphael) 76
Buckle (George Earle) 80 Elliott (Robert) 152 Holzapfel (Rudi) 307
Buller (Norman) 354 Evans (Mary Anne) 59 Hone (J.) 130
Butler (Rev. R.) 79 Faller (Kevin) 801 Horse Racing 872
Byrne (Donn) 88 Fallon (Peter) 785 Howe (P.P.) 412
Call Cards Collection 876 Farr (Florence) 149 Hughes (Ted) 265, 283, 289, 682
Campbell (Joseph) 858 Farrell (James T.) 17 Hughes (J.) 40
Carbery (Ethna) 763 Ferlinghetti (Lawrence) 72, 556 Hurkey (Rooan) 368
Carens (James F.) 750 Fielding (Helen) 278 Hutchinson (Pearse) 279
Carew (Rivers) 147 Figgis (Darrell) 685 Huxley (Aldous) 18
Carpenter (Andrew) 356 Finnerty (Noel) 78 Hyde (Dr. Douglas) 400, 401, 402, 403, 404,
Carroll (D.) 859 Fisher (James) 331 405, 406, 407, 408, 409,
Carroll (Lewis) 96 Fitzgerald (F. Scott) 29 410, 411, 710, 714, 715,
Carson (Ciaran) 827 Fitzurse (R.) 153 716, 717, 718, 719, 720,
Charters, Valuations, Letters Patent, Legal Cases Fleming (Ian) 649 721
etc. 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, Flower (Robin) 374, 651, 708 Irish Rock 875
493, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, Fockersperger (Wilhelm) 539, 540 Iremonger (Valentin) 805
502, 503, 504, 505 Foley (Marie) 302 Ishiguro (Kazuo) 175
Christie (Agatha) 18, 28 Francis (Dick) 50 Irvine (John) 145, 740
Clarke (Austin) 384 French (W. Percy) 438 Jekyll (Gertrude) 335
Clarke (Harry) 339, Freyer (Dermot) 282 Johnson (Lionel) 345, 546
Clifford (Sigerson) 361, 366 Frost (Robert) 33 Johnston (Denis) 36, 51, 421
Colman Smith (Pamela) 443 G.A.A. 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, Johnstone (G.H.) 218
Coghill (Rhoda) 369 889A, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, Jordan (John) 815
Coll (John) 757, 758 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, Jordon (Neil) 314
Collier (J. Payne) 196 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912 Joyce (James) 64, 69, 114, 117, 185, 186, 187,
Colum (Padraic) 225, 627, 644, 645, 646, 836, Gate Theatre, Dublin 311, 417, 425 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 243,
858 Gaiety Theatre Dublin 418, 425 309, 312, 570, 571, 572, 573,
Connolly (James) 350 Gainsborough 338, 345 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579,
Connor (Noel) 268 Gallagher (Paddy) 140 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 848
Conroy (Don) 536 Garcia Marquez (Gabriel) 125 Joyce (Robert Dwyer) 548
Corkery (Daniel) 248 Gibb (Wm.) 334 Kane (Michael) 454
Cousins (James H.) 650 Gibbon (Monk) 653, 711 Kavanagh (Katherine) 785, 802, 804, 815
Cronin (Anthony) 285 Gogarty (Oliver St. John) 231, 232, 750, 759,
Cross (Eric) 141
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Kavanagh (Patrick) 112, 179, 181, 183, 184, Moore (George) 90, 126, 129, 729, 745, 746, Russell (George) A.E. 139, 223, 398, 619, 620,
242,244, 245, 246, 247, 269, 747,748,749,784, 823, 835, 857 621, 622, 623, 685, 686,
272, 294, 295, 536, 537, 743, 744, 812, 835, 836,
540, 561, 562, 563, 564, Moreton (C. Oscar) 209 858
565, 566, 568, 684, 811 Muldoon (Paul) 287, 465, 712, 826, 837
Mullen (Pat) 9, 626 Ryan (T.) 483
Kavanagh (Peter) 413, 567 Munro (Donald) 3 Ryan (John) 600, 859
Keane (John B.) 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 538 Murphy (Colin) 483 Ryan (Fred) 835
Kearney (Colbert) 317 Murphy (Richard) 235, 240, 291, 459, 603, 838, Salkeld (Blanaid) 257
Kearney (R.) 665 Savage Armstrong (George F.) 725
Kearns (G.P.) 327 839, 840, 844, 845, 846 Sayers (B.) 336
Kelleher (D.L.) 420 Murphy (Tom) 829 Sayers (Peig) 631
Kennedy (Maurice) 362 Nelson (E.C.) 212, 213, 214 Scale (Bernard) 37
Kennelly (Brendan) 306, 307 Ni Chuilleanain (Eilean) 304 Seaby (A.W.) 468
Kernoff (Harry) 541, 737, 738 Ni Dhomhnaill (Nuala) 308 Sendah (Maurice) 194
Kerouac (Jack) 11 Nevinson (Henry A.) 667 Sex (Susan) 336
Kiberd (D.) 665 O’Brien (Edna) 49, 542 Shaw (George Bernard) 538
Kinsella (Thomas) 180, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, O’Brien (Flann) 98, 99, 100, 104,105, 106, 107, Shaw-Sparrow (Walter) 753
Sheehan (Canon) 547
203, 204, 205, 259, 260, 108, 109, 110, 111, 536, 609, 610 Sheepshanks (Beatrice) 604
261, 262, 263, 264, 323, 458 O’Brien (Nelly) 716 Shelton (Robin) 372
Kipling (R.) 182 O’Byrne (Robert) 328 Sheridan (Niall) 353
Koehler (Thomas) 835 O’Casey (Sean) 538 Simmons (James) 24
Koestler (Arthur) 10 O’Conaire (Padraic) 637, 776 Simms (G.O.) 661
Krause (Georg) 216 O’Connor (Frank) 227, 228, 255, 277, 424, 538, Sitwell (Sacheverell) 330, 331, 332
Lane (Hugh) 554 Skeffington (F.J.C.) 570
Lavin (Mary) 817, 854 669, 702, 706, 764, 765, 766, Skelton (Robin) 372
Le Brocquy (L.) 68, 192, 238, 355, 765, 851 767, 771 Smith (Michael) 455
Le Carre (John) 52, 70 O’Connor (Jos.) 807 Soccer 873, 874
Lecky (Wm. Ed. H.) 728 O’Connor (Ulick) 143, 750 Solomons (Estella F.) 453, 806
Lee (Laurie) 21 O’Criomhthain (Tomas) 631 Somerville (E.OE) 395, 792, 793, 794, 795
Leonard (Hugh) 142 O’Donnell (Peadar) 226, 544, 631, 632, 633, Sowerby (J. Ed.) 206, 329
Lerner (Laurence) 354 Stanihurst (Richard) 367
Lewis (Samuel) 74 634, 638, 639 Staunton (Geo.) 865
Liddy (James) 272 O’Donoghue (Bernard) 466 Stein (Gertrude) 305
Liffey H.M.S. Log Book 494 O’Donovan (J.) 79 Steinbeck (John) 12, 27, 124
Lindley (John) 325 O’Duffy (Eimar) 241, 351 Stephens (James) 16, 380
Lindsay (John) 724 O’Faolain (Sean) 48, 771, 781, 819, 822 Sterne (Laurence) 237
Lindisfarne Gospels 82 O’Farachain (Roibeard) 160 Stevenson (Patric) 347
Lipscomb (George) 847 O’Flaherty (Liam) 155, 224, 605, 611, 612, 613, Strickland (W.G.) 81
Longford (Earl of) 739 Stout (Rex) 732, 733, 756
Longley (Michael) 270, 271, 293, 306, 464, 466 614, 615, 616, 617, 624, 669, Strong (Rupert) 647
Lyons (J.B.) 750 703 Stuart (Francis) 150, 280
Mac Arthur (Charles) 828 O’Flaherty (R.) 79 Synge (John M.) 113, 116, 428, 537, 555, 556,
Mac Bride (Sean) 514, 518 O’Grady (Desmond) 166, 683, 684
Mac Colum (Padraig) 560 O’Grady (Hugh Art) 154, 731 558, 775, 780, 851, 858
Mac Donagh (Donagh) 353, 355, 381, 382, O’Grady (Standish) 134, 731 Tagore (Rabindranath) 705
O’Hara (J.) 1 Taylor (George) 2
383, 388, 625, 825 O’Kelly (Seumas) 256, 774, 790 Terry (Arthur) 354
Mac Donagh (Patrick) 284 O’Meara (John J.) 479, Theatre Royal, Dublin 423
Mac Giollarnath (Sheán) 626 O’Nolan (Brian) 102, 103, 452, 607, 608, 610, Thomas (Dylan) 313
Mac Greevy (Thomas) 236 O’Nuallain (Michael) 534, 535, Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) 727
Mac Liammoir (Michael) 637, 776 O’Sullivan (Maurice) 630, Thompson (Hugh) 858
Mac Mahon (Bryan) 101, 629, 631 O’Sullivan (Seumas) 385, 601, 697, 806, 813, Thornburn (A.) 219
Mac Manus (M.J.) 819 Thorne (B.) 67
Mac Namara (Brinsley) 760 814, 816, 817, 836, 858, Toibin (Colm) 290
Mac Nie (Isa) 359 Ormsby (Frank) 258, 772, Tower Press 835, 836
MacSwiney (V.E.P.) 512 Orpen (Wm.) 858, Trevor (William) 43, 48, 666
Macklin (Th.) 87 Osborne (W.) 858, Turrill (W.R.) 337
Madol (Roger) 332 Oxlade (Diana) 211, Ulster Poetry 346
Macken (Walter) 48 Paulin (T.) 665, Ussher (Arland) 157, 159, 365, 370
Macauley (Thurston) 88 Patterson (W.H.F.) 144, Von Metzradt (Carl) 157
Maguire (P.) 327 Pearse (Padraig) 519, Waddington (Victor) 754
Mahon (Derek) 286, 296, 463 Periodical 549, 569, 751, 771, 856, 857, 858, 859 Walsh (W.) 213, 214, 215
Mankowitz (Wolf) 42, 161 Pincher (Chapman) 42, Weekes (Charles) 836
Mannering (Eva) 209 Plunkett (James) 640, 670, Westall (Richard) 723
Maps 507, 508, 509 Pogany (Willy) 627, Whelan (K.) 54
Marriott (Ernest) 445 Pollock (J.H.) 818, White (Sean J.) 260
Martyn (Edward) 128, 151, 426, 857 Postal History 4, 879, 880, 881, Wilde (Oscar) 55, 86, 127, 538, 545, 761, 762
Masefield (John) 643, 663, 673 Postcards 877, 878, Wingfield (Sheila) 20
Mc Almon (Robert) 47 Potter (Beatrix) 97, Woods (Macdara) 804
Mc Cormack (John) 461 Peston (Wm.) 726, Wylie (Donovan) 193
Mc Fadden (Roy) 437 Pye (Patrick) 569, Yeats (Jack B.) 134, 236, 352, 399, 416, 440,
Mc Inerney (Michael) 634 Pyle (Hilary) 66,
McGreevy (Thomas) 830 Queen Royal Theatre, Dublin 419, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446,
Meehan (Paula) 302 Railwayiana 879, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 642,
Millais (J.G.) 217, 220 Raine (Kathleen) 49, 636, 643, 648, 663, 709, 713, 722,
Miller (Liam) 76 Republican 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 735, 736, 774, 775, 775, 858
Miller (Philip) 207 Yeats (W.B.) 62, 63, 77, 115, 130, 131, 132, 133,
Milne (Ewart) 169, 170, 173, 635 519, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 135, 136, 137, 138, 156, 171, 172,
Minihan (John) 542 528, 529, 530, 532, 533, 738, 863, 233, 377, 379, 426, 427, 428, 439,
Mitchel (Susan L.) 836 877 449, 536, 541, 550, 551, 552, 553,
Mitchell (Flora) 864 Reynolds (John Hamilton) 663 554, 557, 618, 659, 664, 671, 672,
M’Kittrick (Amanda) 148, 303 Rivers (E.) 358, 363, 707 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679,
Montague (John) 234, 238, 239, 249, 250, 292, Robinson (Lennox) 164, 389, 782, 783, 820, 680, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696,
698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 742, 769,
306, 354, 456, 457, 593, 758, 821, 834 770, 779, 780, 786,788, 789, 842,
777, 778, 853, 854, 860, 861 Robinson (Wm.) 208, 212 843, 857, 858
Mooney (Bel) 130 Roe (D.) 69 Young (Ella) 251, 393, 668, 835
Ross (Martin) 793, 794, 795
Rossi (Marie) 708
Rowley (Richard) 163
Rowling (J.K.) 53, 94, 95
Royalty – British 521, 522
Rugby 870, 871, 876

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