The History Sale - 26th April 2017

Greenville Collins (1653-1693)A Chart of Carlingford Lough from his Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. This is the second state. 325 x 430

LETTER FROM JAMES O'DONNELL, resident at Plodstown near Mullingar, agent for Powerscourt Estate at Toureen, Co. Clare, to Wingfield, dated '6th De...

LETTER FROM BOYLE ALDWORTH, to his daughter Susy Aldworth, dated 'Bath, December 1, 1750, postage charge verso, 10d, ink on paper, in very clear h...

WELLESLEY, HENRY (1773 - 1897) Irish MP and Diplomat.Two autograph letters signed. Henry Wellesley was born into one of the most famous Irish fami...

HUDDARTChart of the North Coast of IrelandThe title is a scalloped frame in the bottom centre and reads A New Hydrographical Survey of the West Co...

THE POLICE GAZETTE, Dublin: Thom, Tabloid, 6 issues dating from September 20, 27 1861; September 13, 1870; January 17, March 3 & 31, 1871.

WILLIAM COURTNEY 10TH EARL OF DEVON ET. AL. Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of the Law and Practice in Respect o...

***PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS LISTED INCORRECTLY IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION SHOULD READ; ESTIMATE SHOULD READ €100-200***A PLASTER CAST DEA...

CENSUS OF IRELAND, 1841, facsimile reproduction by Irish University Press, 1968, Shannon, original documents reprinted by photo-lithography, compl...

***PLEASE NOTE THE DESCRIPTION IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ***CARLOW RIFLES:An Irish cast iron curb fender, c.1904, pierced and decorated ...

GRIFFITH, RICHARDA collection of General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland, Dublin 1855-1857, Alex. Thom & Sons, comprising counties Galwa...

ACCOUNT BOOK OF RENTAL OF THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH ESTATE, co. Roscommon 1848, comprising details of parishes in Kilmore and Kilglass, two leaves ...

PETTIGREW AND DOULTON, The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 1837, bound in red calf with gilt detailing to spine, marbled pages. Go...

***PLEASE NOTE THE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €100-200***WESTMEATH FAMINE, 1847Petition, stamped and posted at Kilbeggan, Febru...

FENIAN CONSPIRACYReport of The Proceedings at the first sitting of the Special Commission for the County and City of Dublin, Held at Green-Street,...

DANIEL O'CONNELL, THE LIBERATOR A letter addressed to William Byrne, Castle Street, Belfast, dated December 14th 1836, written in the hand of Dani...

BOOTERSTOWN, POLICE MAGISTRATE AND VAGABOND SON, 1847-58, an interesting but incomplete archive comprising c. 50 letters, mostly regarding the you...

KNOTT, MARY JOHNTwo Months at Kilkee, Dublin 1836, William Curry Jun. & Co., complete with plates one folding, in original cloth with paper label ...

WILLIAM O'BRIEN (1852 - 1928)Irish Ideas, signed & inscribed by author as a presentation copy, Inscribed in black ink on half title page: To David...

IRISH BOTANICAL ALBUMA large folio album, hardbound, late 19th/early 20th century, formerly a ledger, containing about 120 pages of carefully moun...

MICHAEL DAVITT, Land League founder [1846-1906].Two books from his library, comprising; - George Hope of Fenton Barns. A Sketch of his Life compi...

***PLEASE NOTE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €300-500***A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO IRISH HISTORY AND CULTURE, comprising:- ...

DAVITT, MICHAELThe Boer Fight For Freedom: From The Beginning Of Hostilities To The Peace Of Pretoria3rd Edition, revised and completed, New York,...

WOODS, J,Annals of Westmeath, 1st Edition, Dublin, 1907, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, illustrated, tooled hardback, with gilt details to spine.

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS : A JOURNEY THROUGH NEW YORK , LATE 19TH CENTURY captured in a collection of 92 photographs, including a ferry journey with i...

'REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA'A large printed poster, in red and black text, with heading 'Remember the Lusitania' and footer 'Enlist Today' in bold red...

'COLD-BLOODED MURDER' A printed poster with heading 'Cold-Blooded Murder' in red text interspersed with 'Remember the Luistania' in blue and foot...

'REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA, THE JURY'S VERDICT'A large printed poster with heading and footer 'Avenge This Devil's Work, Enlist Today' in red and acc...

R.M.S. LUSITANIAThe original menu from The R.M.S. Lusitania Sunday 13th September, 1914, Cunard Line, colour menu with decorative ornamentation on...

IT'S A LONG LONG WAY TO TIPPERARYBritish Army Recruiting Song Judge (Jack) & Williams (H.) Authors & Composers, The Immortal, Its a Long Long Way ...

THIRTY FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WAR ISSUES OF SPHERE AND ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS MAGAZINE, 1918 & 1940s

***PLEASE NOTE THE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €300-500***TIMOTHY F CLERYCharlemont House, DublinDetail of half elevation, pen a...

NATIONALITY NEWSPAPER, Ed. ARTHUR GRIFFITH,A bound volume of original numbers, 9 June 1917 to 20 Sep. 1919 lacking the issues for 16 June-25 Aug. ...

EIRE OG/YOUNG IRELAND 1919-1922A bound volume of original numbers, vol. 4 no. 35 (27 Sep. 1919) to Vol. VI no. 52 (21 Jan. 1922), various sizes, s...

FREEMAN’S JOURNAL BOUND VOL, 1916, relating to the Easter Rising and aftermath, circa 160+ newspapers. w. a. f

***PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS INCORRECTLY ILLUSTRATED IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE***GRIFFITH, ARTHUR Leabhar na hEireann. The Irish Year Book. 1909, iss...

ARTHUR GRIFFITH,An important collection of documents relating mainly to Griffith’s newspaper ‘Nationality’ and its management during his imprisonm...

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PADRAIG PEARSE,5 vols in green cloth: Plays, Poems and Stories; St. Enda's and its Founder; Songs of the Irish Rebels...; Po...

The Complete Works of Pádraic H. Pearse, 4 vols in green cloth: 'Plays, Poems and Stories'; 'St. Enda's and its Founder'; 'Songs of the Irish Rebe...

PEARSE, PADRAIC Et.al.,Irish War News the Irish Republic Vol. 1. No.1. April 25, 1916. First Edition. 4to, early facsimile of the insurgent newsp...

PEARSE, PADRAIGA good ALS, on headed Sgoil Eanna [St. Enda’s] notepaper, dated 10.2.[19]09, to an unnamed recipient, thanking him fulsomely for w...

THE PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC SIGNED BY THE PRINTER, CHRISTOPHER BRADYPrinted in Dublin, 23rd April 1916 by Christopher B...

A COLLECTION OF FOUR TYPESCRIPT LAST LETTERS OF IRISH REBELS, comprising Eamonn Ceannt, Padraig Pearse, Sean Heuston and Sean Mac Diarmada at Kilm...

BEASLAI, PIARAS,Michael Collins And The Making Of A New Ireland, Dublin, 2008, De Burca, in two volumes, illustrated, fine hardback in matching sl...

COLLINS, MICHAEL,The Path to Freedom , Dublin, 1922., Talbot Press. First Edition. 8vo, hard cover, frontis photo. F.f.e.p.lacking & front hinge c...

A REPUBLICAN AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1923, a small leatherbound autograph book containing passages and quotations written by prisoners of the 1923 rebelli...

BALLYKINLAR CAMP DOCUMENTS (CO. DOWN) AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, concerning the operation of the British Army’s Ballykinlar In...

O'Neill (Tomas) and O'Fiannachta (Padraig)De Valera I, 1st edition of Vol. 1 SIGNED by both authors and Eamon de Valera, red cloth boards with gil...

REPUBLICAN PRISONERS MOUNTJOY JAIL., The Mountjoy Hell Attempt to Break Prisoners' Morale September 14th, 1923 Circular Handbill . Dublin: 1923. 1...

THREE IRISH ARMY MAGAZINES

MURDOCH MACKENZIE XXXII. Chart of the North East Coast of IrelandThis chart was printed in a left and right half, which are separate in the B.L. v...

***PLEASE NOTE THE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €700-1,000***A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO EARLY CHRISTIAN, MEDIEVAL AND ANCI...

***PLEASE NOTE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €300-500***A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO IRELAND, including:- 'Murroe and Boher: ...

STARFORTH, J., 'THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PARK. A series of designs comprising plans, elevations, perspective views and details for buildings';toget...

***PLEASE NOTE ESTIMATE IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ €100-200***A COLLECTION OF THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, including:Vol 54; Jan-June. 1...

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, comprising:- 'A History of English Brickwork', by Nathaniel LLoyd- 'Modern Buildings:...

IRISH PRESS NEWSPAPER, Vol. 1 no. 1, Saturday Sept. 5 1931. A clean copy of the first issue, with 2 page TLS from the news editor Robert Egan invi...

A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPERS; including ten Irish Independent newspapers dating from February 1923- June 1927; Seven Dublin Newspapers, September-No...

ORPEN, SIR WILLIAM , RA RHA Stories of Old Ireland and Myself, 1st Edition, London 1924, William & Norgate, Ltd, bound in original green cloth, il...

KIPLING, RUDYARD (1865- 1936)The Irish Guards in the Great War (2 Vols)Ist Edition, London, 1923, Macmillian & Co., in original red cloth binding...