A Unique Memento WILDE (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills), 1854-1900, playwright, aesthete and wit. A lock of Wilde’s Hair, presented by his son Vyvyan Holland to the distinguished Irish actor Mícheál MacLiammóir, after the first London performance in 1960 of MacLiammóir’s pioneering one-man show ‘The Importance of Being Oscar’, compiled by him from Wilde’s writings. Among those present on the first night was Vyvyan Holland, then aged 74. He came backstage after the performance, said he had been deeply moved, and presented MacLiammóir with a lock of his father’s hair [the present item]. Provenance: Sold as Lot 474 in Mealy’s auction in Dublin, 4 December 2007. Purchased there by the present vendor, unopened since purchase. With a TLS from Mealy’s dated 8.2.08 confirming the item came from MacLiammoir’s estate, and was in unbroken family possession since the death of MacLiammóir and his partner Hilton Edwards. Presented in Mealy’s sealed custom made box, also containing a manuscript note reading ‘Piece of Oscar Wilde’s hair: / Very important’, in MacLiammoir’s hand. Offered with this lot is - a copy of MacLiammóir’s published script, 1963; - a selection of eight publicity photographs of MacLiammóir in various roles, from his own collection, some inscribed to rear in his hand; - Where Stars Walk. Typescript (carbon copy) of MacLiammóir’s unpublished play , pp. 130, ribbon bound in card covers, Edwards-MacLiammóir card attached, Gate Theatre stamp rear, a few inscriptions probably in MacLiammóir’s hand; - A page torn from a notebook bearing a manuscript goodwill message in MacLiammóir’s hand to performers in a late 1970s Gate Theatre production, ‘Love and prayers for triumph for you all from morbid bedridden jealous MacLiammóir’, with a pencilled message on rear complaining about lack of advance publicity for the production. Possibly his last message to the theatre he loved so well. Mícheál Mac Liammóir and Hilton Edwards were for many years Ireland’s best-known gay couple, at a time when active homosexuality was a breach of the law. They observed the proprieties, and were received at all levels of Irish society. MacLiammóir apparently was born in England in 1899 as Alfred Willmore, to an Irish mother. An actor from childhood, and a member of the London Gaelic League, he came to Ireland about 1927 and became henceforth Mícheál MacLiammóir. He toured with Anew McMaster, whose wife was MacLiammóir’s sister Marjorie, and met another English actor, Hilton Edwards. They shared similar ideas on life and theatre, and launched the Dublin Gate Theatre together in 1928, bringing ‘a great sense of style and a demanding professionalism to each production’ (Boylan, Dict. I. Biog.). They had many successes and honours, in Ireland and abroad, and were made Freemen of Dublin in 1973. In 1960, MacLiammóir’s one-man performance on the life and works of Oscar Wilde was one of the earliest essays in that genre. The first performance in Dublin was very warmly reviewed; Michael Redgrave, reading the reviews in London, phoned to arrange a West End transfer: hence the present item. MacLiammóir continued to act for a further 17 years. He became seriously ill in 1977, and died in 1978. Edwards died in 1982.
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![O'Nuallain (B.) 'Myles na gCopaleen,' An Beal Bocht, 8vo Dublin (An Press Naisiunta) n.d. [1941]. First Edn.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46a59df0-c6ec-4f30-b087-b0ba00c5188a/82647e29-9db9-43a2-bfd3-b0c100f4e258/468x382.jpg)
Gardens: Lutyens (E.L.) Houses and Gardens, described by L. Weaver. Folio Lond. (Country Life) 1914. Second Edn., illus. thro.-out, Includes Chapter on Lambay, Ireland, 1908-1912; Tipping (H. Avray) English Gardens, lg. folio Lond. (Country Life) 1925. First Edn.,; Elgood (Geo. S.) Italian Gardens, folio Lond. 1907. Signed Presentation Copy, cold. illus., & 1 other. All cloth. (4)
Michael Angelo Hayes (1820-1877) A View of Sackville Street (1854), watercolour and ink on paper, approx. 49cms high x 67cms wide (19" x 26"), heightened with gouache, framed. (1) In 1854, Michael Angelo Hayes painted A View of Sackville Street, showing the Post Office, Nelson’s Pillar, and the palatial Mart of the Messrs. McSwiney and Co. The view shows Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) with, on the right, the new department store ‘McSwiney, Delaney & Co’, due to open in May the following year. A business venture by George Delaney and Peter Paul McSwiney, some thirty years later it was re-named Clery & Co., but continued in business. In the mid 1860’s, when McSwiney was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hayes, who was his brother-in-law, worked for him as secretary. He evidently regarded this watercolour as one of his finest and in 1888, a highly-finished watercolour entitled Sackville Street, Twenty-Five Years Ago, was shown at the Irish Exhibition in London--that painting is likely the version now in the National Gallery of Ireland. The present painting appears to be an earlier work by Hayes, and is full of the incidental detail he observed in the busy street, including a man in the foreground holding a sign, “Summer Goods - McSwiney Delaney & Co’. The pavements are crowded with people, dressed in the latest fashions, the men in top hats and the women wearing crinoline dresses. Horse-drawn omnibuses, carriages, jaunting cars and drays traverse the cobblestones. The painting is an important record of Dublin’s main thoroughfare in the mid-nineteenth century; today Nelson’s Pillar is no longer there, while Clery’s Department Store was destroyed in 1916 and rebuilt six years later. While it closed its doors in recent years, there are plans to renovate the building as offices and a hotel. Born in Waterford in 1820, Michael Angelo Hayes was given his first lessons in art by his father Edward Hayes (1797-1864), a portrait and equestrian painter. Around 1831, the family moved to Dublin, and having begun to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Academy, aged seventeen, Hayes went on to specialise in equestrian and military subjects. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations Car-Driving in the South of Ireland in the Year 1836 which were published as aquatint prints by Ackerman. He painted many scenes of horse racing and hunting, including The Race for the Corinthian Cup at Punchestown (1854). In 1842 he was appointed “Military Painter-in-ordinary” to the Lord Lieutenant, and painted a watercolour of troops parading at Dublin Castle. He also depicted the Yorkshire Hussars in 1840, and The Charge of the 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons at Moodkee, an engagement in 1845 during the First Sikh War. In 1846 he painted 16th Lancers Breaking the Square at Aliwal and nine years later, The Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava. Hayes’s paintings were based on direct observation and he made a detailed study of equestrian anatomy, writing a paper in 1876 entitled The Delineation of Animals in Rapid Motion. He also painted early animations, called ‘phenakistoscopes’ of people dancing. In the late 1840’s Hayes was in London, where he became an Associate Member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colour. However most of his career was spent in Dublin; he became a member of the RHA in 1854, and was elected Secretary two years later, when George Petrie was President. The two men quarrelled and over the years following the Academy’s activities were marred by bitter disputes. Many of Hayes’s works were published as engravings and lithographs, including a series illustrating the ballad “Savourneen Deelish” (his sweet love). He died in 1877, having fallen into a water tank on the roof of his house and drowned. Dr. Peter Murray, 2023
Wolfe Tone Memorial Tournament Presentation G.A.A.: Griffith (Arthur)ed. Meagher of the Sword, 8vo, D. (M.H. Gill) 1916, First Edn., frontis & illus, inset on f.e.p. printed noting that the intention was to present members of the winning team Tipperary with 'Wolfe Tone's Autobiography,' [and have chosen substitutes including the above title] for match at Croke Park, Dublin, Aug. 13th, 1916,' Signed of by Rev. O'Houlihan, J.J. Kennedy and Frank McGrath, green cloth. Nice Association. (1)
![[Austin (Jane)] Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady. Vol. III Only, London (Printed for The Auth](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46a59df0-c6ec-4f30-b087-b0ba00c5188a/c315b68a-2eb1-43f3-abba-b0c100f5ecdd/468x382.jpg)
[Austin (Jane)] Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady. Vol. III Only, London (Printed for The Author) 1811. First Edn., hf. title, some finger & dust marks, lacks front loose blank, cont. calf backed, lacking marble sides, w.a.f. (1) * Extremely rare, there was less than one thousand copies printed of this work.
Vallancey (Gen. Chas.) An Essay on the Primitive Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1807. First Edn., 3 engd. plts. 2 fold.; Bound with, Webb (Wm.) An Analysis of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, .. Review of the General History of the Celtic Nations. 8vo Dublin 1791. Cont.. tree calf. John Knox Grogan's copy, Signed by him. Emf. (1)
![Galway's First National Hurling Title, 1931 Medal: G.A.A. [Hurling 1931] An attractive 9ct gold Celtic Cross design and pier](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46a59df0-c6ec-4f30-b087-b0ba00c5188a/80bf256f-2365-4a6c-8377-b0c100f7763a/468x382.jpg)
Galway's First National Hurling Title, 1931 Medal: G.A.A. [Hurling 1931] An attractive 9ct gold Celtic Cross design and pierced Medal, the obverse with circular etched overlay depicting round tower, wolfhound and cross, adorned with enamel Coats of Arms, the reverse inscribed "Connradh Naisiunta Iomana 1931, Fuireann na Gaillimhe a Buaidh," hallmarked John Miller, Dublin. (1) * Galway, under the captaincy of Ignatius Harvey, beat Tipperary at Portumna to claim their First National League Title by one point 4.5 to 4.4
Betjeman (John) Summoned by Bells, roy 8vo Lond. 1960 Signed Lim. Edn. 125 Copies Port. frontis orig. gilt decor. green mor. v. good; Morley - A Musing Morley, The Selected Writing of Robert Morley, roy 8vo Lond. 1974. First Edn., illus. a.e.g., in special full mor. gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. V. good. (2)
Two Rare Dublin Variants Johnson (Dr. Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 12mo Dublin (for J. Williams) 1775; also A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 12mo Dublin (Printed by Thomas Walker) 1775. Both First Dublin Editions, both orig. full calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels (1 lacking) some wear. Rare pair. (2)
Lennox Robinson's Copy Yeats (Wm. Butler) Per Amica Silentia Lunae, 8vo Lond. 1918. First Edn., hf. title, orig. blue cloth with gilt decor. after Sturge Moore. Wade 120. (1) * With attractive bookplate designed by Jack B. Yeats for Eleanor and Fred Reid, dated Nov. 1953. V. interesting association copy. V. good condition.
Macpherson (James) Fingal, An Ancient Epic Poem, In Six Books; together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Lg. 4to Lond. (for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt) 1762. First Edn., red & bl. title with engd. vignette [16], [1] - XVI, 'advertisement' leaf, 270pp uncut, orig. boards, later mor. re-back. V. clean copy. (1)
Early Dublin Printing Ussher (James) Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiqiutates, sm. 4to Dublin (Ex. Officina Typographica Societatis Bibliopolarum) 1639. First Edn., wd.-cut device on title, [20]1196pp, lacks front loose blank, orig. full calf, raised bands, gilt in panels, mor. label. Emf. Sweeney 5351. Good. (1)
![Rare Work by Charles Dickens [Dickens (Charles)] The Living Ballad of Lord Bateman, 16mo Lond. (Charles Tilt) 1839.&nbs](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46a59df0-c6ec-4f30-b087-b0ba00c5188a/9330b5e6-3f4c-4330-808f-b0c100f69ff3/468x382.jpg)
Rare Work by Charles Dickens [Dickens (Charles)] The Living Ballad of Lord Bateman, 16mo Lond. (Charles Tilt) 1839. First Edn., First Issue ("wine" for "vine" on p. 13). Hf. title, engd. frontis & 10 engd. plts. by George Cruikshank, & plate of music, 40pp., in orig. gilt decor. pict. cloth. Ex. Scarce. (1)
Irish Travel: Corrigan (Dr. Dominic) Ten Days in Athens with Notes by the Way, Summer of 1861, 8vo Lond. 1862. First Edn., Hf. title, fold. map frontis cold. in outline, text wd.-cut illus. cont. blue cloth strengthened at joints, gilt decor. & lettering faded. V. Scarce. (1) * Corrigan was President of the College of Physicians of Ireland.
Thomas Moore's Works - Mostly First Editions Moore (Thomas) The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., sm. 8vo Dublin (for Richard Milliken) 1810. First Edn., cont. diced calf, gilt roll border, gilt spine; Odes of Anacron, translated into English Verse, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1802. Second Edn., port. frontis, cont. mottled calf; also First Dublin Edition of same work, sm. 8vo D. (by Robert Dapper for Wm. M'Kenzie) 1803. Port. frontis. cont. hf. calf; Fables for The Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road, etc, By Thomas Brown, The Younger. 12mo Lond. 1823. First Edn., hf. title, cont. hf. mor.; and, Odes upon Cash, Corn, Catholics and other Matters, 12mo Lond. 1828. First Edn., hf. title, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt decor. A Scarce Collection. (6)
Ex Libris, Mr. Horace Walpole Fine Clean Copies of Both Works Walker (Joseph C.) An Historical Essay on the Dress of the Ancient and Modern Irish, To which is subjoined. A Memoir on the Armour and Weapons of the Irish. 4to Dublin (Geo. Grierson) 1788. First Edn., Hf. title, engd. frontis 13 full page plts. (1 hand coloured) 1 text illus. & a few m/ss annotations. With bookplate of Mr. Horace Walpole on hf. title; Bound with, Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, 4to Dublin (Luke White) 1786. First Edn., Engd. heads & tails, engd. ports. engd. vignette illus., fold. plt. & 4pp of music. In cont. marble boards, recently recased in hf. green mor. A delightful association copy. Fine. (1)
With Approx. 385 Wood-Cut Illustrations, 1650 Jonston (John) Historiae Naturalis, - De Quadrupetibus - De Audibus, - De Picibus et Cetis - De Exanguibus Aquaticis, - de Insectis - de Serpentibus, Libri Duo. Lg. thick folio Francofurti ad Moenum (Haeredium Math. Meriani) 1650-1653. engd. titles, and two with wd. cut vignettes, 80, 62, 47, 20, 29 & 13 engd. plts. in the 6 works, together 251 full page plts., a few small straight tears, some finger marks or other stains, text plts. generally clean, first engd. title loose. (1)
Irish Poetry & Plays: Kavanagh (Patrick) Come Dance with Kitty Stobling and Other Poems, 8vo Lond. 1960. First Edn., orig. brown cloth; O'Connor (Frank) The Midnight Court, 8vo Lond / Dublin (Maurice Fridberg) 1945, First Edn., pict. d.w.; Colum (Padraic) Wild Earth and Other Poems, Dublin 1916. First Edn., others by J. Stephens, Sean O'Casey, J.Mary Plunkett, etc. As a lot. (11)
Ussher (Percy Arland) The Midnight Court and The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow, 8vo Lond. 1926. First Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cloth; Merryman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche, 8vo D. 1912. Frontis port.; O'Connor (F.) The Midnight Court, New Trans. by Cosslett O'Cuinn, with illus.by John Verling. Lim. Edn. No. 13 of 500. Signed by Translator & Artist, d.w.; & 4 other sim. (7)
Weale (B.L. Putnam) The Conflict of Colour, Being a Detailed Examination of Racial Problems throughout the World with Special Reference to the English Speaking Peoples. 8vo Lond. 1910. First Edn., hf. title, one loose blank lacking at front, otherwise a v. good copy in orig. full crimson mor., gilt spine, v. slight fading on lower fore-edges of both covers. (1)
O'Conor (C.C.) The Ogygia Vindicated, 8vo, D. (G. Faulkner) 1775, First Edn., list of subs., contemporary full calf, later mor. label; Hely (Rev. James)trans. Ogygia or a Chronological Account of Irish Events, 2 vols. 8vo, D. (M'Kenzie) 1793, First Edn., contemporary calf (rebacked), Ex. Libris Copy and cloth (Variant bindings), as a lot, w.a.f. (3)
Yeats (W.B.) Later Poems, L. 1922, cloth; The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats, Lond. 1933, cloth; Plays in Prose and Verse, Lond. 1931, d.w.; Selected Poems, Lyrical and Narrative, Lond. 1938, d.w.; Letters on Poetry from W.B. Yeats to Dorothy Wellesley, Lond. (Oxford Uni. Press) 1940. First Edn., d.w. (5)
Yeats (W.B.) The Celtic Twilight, 8vo Lond. (A.H. Bullen) 1902. Second Edn., Hf. title, port. frontis, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, decor. spine; also The Cutting of the Agate, N. York (Macmillan Co.) 1912. First American Edn., orig. boards, with ptd. label; and Plays for An Irish Theatre, Vols. I & V, together 2 vols. Lond. (A.H. Bullen) 1903 & 1907, orig. cloth backed boards. (4)
Byron (Lord), & Rogers (Samuel) Lara, A Tale, and Jacqueline, A Tale, Sm. 8vo Lond.(for J. Murray) 1814. First Edn., First Issue, hf. title, 4pp. Catalogue at end, [VIII] 128pp uncut, orig. boards, spine dam. but with orig. label, now in cloth holder, & mor. backed slipcase. V. good; also, Mazeppa, A Poem, 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1819. First Edn., hf. title, & leaf at end with advertisements, 8pp catalogue for Murray, [IV], 71pp, recent full mor. rebind, gilt line decor., red mor. label down spine, & in cloth slipcase. Clean copies. (2)
Sporting. Fishing etc: Carpenter (Capt. A.) & Wilson-Barker (Capt. D.) Nature Notes for Ocean Voyagers, Lond. 1915. First Edn., fold. map, plts., etc; Dewar (G.A.B.) The Book of the Dry Fly, Lond. 1910. Cold. illus.; [Allan] The Sportsman in Ireland, Lond. 1897, illus. hf. vellum; Forsyth (Lt. J.) The Sporting Rifle, Lond. 1867. Second Edn., fold. plts. cloth; & 1 other sim. (5)
Famous Co. Louth Explorer M'Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, 8vo L. 1859. First Edn., frontis, fold. map in pocket at end, & all plts. & illus., previous owners names on title, orig. cloth, gilt recent professional re-back. V. good copy. (1) * The author, Sir Francis Leopold Mc Clintock 1819-1907, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth.
South America: Vergara (Jose Ignacio) Observationes Meteorolojicas Observatorio Astronomico de Santiago, roy 8vo Chile 1885. Vignette title, tables etc., cloth backed boards, damp dam. at spine; Parsons (Hon. R. Clere) The Sanitary Works of Buenos Ayres: Sewage, Drainage and Water-Supply, Ed. by James Forrest. 8vo Lond. 1896. First Edn., Presentation Copy to the Hon. The Earl of Rosse, inscribed. With 3 lg. fold. plts., sewn. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate.
Bookplates: Labouchere (Norna) Ladies Book-Plates. An illustrated handbook for Collectors and Book-lovers, 8vo Lond. 1895. First Edn., illus. thro.-out; also Castle (Egerton) English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern, 8vo Lond. 1894. Third Edn. cold. frontis & numerous other illus., both uniform green cloth, gilt lettered spines. Scarce. (2)
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, 8vo Lond. 1894. Second Edn., also The Second Jungle Book, 8vo Lond. 1895. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, plts. & illustrations, cont. m/ss. owners name on hf. title of second volume, some dust marks, a.e.g. gilt deco. blue cloth, first volume brightest of the two. (2)
Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by C.3.3. roy 8vo Lond. (L. Smithers) 1899. Later issue of First Edn., two coloured cloth; Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, 8vo Boston (John W. Luce & Co.) 1906. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley, gilt decor. black cloth; also London Edn. (John Lane) 1906 of same work, decor. boards; Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions, 2 vols. N. York 1918. Ports., orig. cloth backed boards. (5)
With Attractive Coloured Plates Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abby, lg. 4to London 1823. Published by Author. First & Only Edition. lg. fold. cold. map of the Estate, & 12 full page plts. of which 3 are hand coloured, & wd. cut illus. vignettes thro-out text, plus plate South West View, which is lacking in most copies, a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt tooled spine, & gilt Gothic design on front cover. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate.
19th Century Irish School Portrait of Archbishop Thomas G. Croke 1824-1902. O.O.C., 92cms x 76cms (36" x 30") (1) Set against a grey background, Archbishop Thomas William Croke is depicted dressed in clerical ‘choir dress’— a black wool cassock, trimmed with purple silk. Grey-haired, his expression is severe but not unkindly. The identity of the artist is not known, but this portrait probably dates from the 1880’s, when Croke was Archbishop of Cashel and Emly. Born in Castlecor, near Kanturk in County Cork, Thomas William Croke was the son of William Croke, agent for the Freeman Estate, and Isabella Plummer. Although William was Catholic, his wife Plummer was Protestant, a descendant of the Knights of Glin, and in 1817 when she married Croke, her parents disowned her. When William died, his brother Thomas took on responsibility for educating the couple’s eight children. Three of the boys entered the priesthood, while two of the girls became nuns. After attending school at Charleville, Thomas William went to Paris to further his studies, and then to the Irish College in Rome, where he was awarded a Doctorate of Divinity. In 1847 he was ordained at Cloyne, Co. Cork, and shortly afterwards was appointed a professor at Carlow College. Eleven years later Croke was made President of St. Colman’s College in Fermoy, and he also served as parish priest of Doneraile. He attended the First Vatican Council in 1870 and that same year was appointed Catholic Bishop of Auckland in New Zealand. Four years later Croke was back in Ireland, serving as Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, and becoming an ardent supporter of the Irish Nationalist movement. However, he was summoned to Rome to be given a dressing-down for his support for Charles Stewart Parnell, and thereafter became less directly involved in politics. He died at the Archbishop’s Palace at Thurles in 1902. A keen supporter of the Gaelic Athletic Association from the outset, Croke Park is named after him.Dr. Peter Murray, 2023
Langley (Ed. Archer) Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer Ali Moorad; with Wild Sport in the Valley of The Indus. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Hurst and Blackett) 1860. First Edn., Two frontis, 2 port. vignettes on each title, 16pp adverts end of Vol. II, orig. purple cloth with gilt image of an animal on both upper covers. Covers slightly stained and spines faded, otherwise a good copy. (2)
Neville Roberts (H.) 'Y.E.S.' A Free State in Fetters, 8vo D. (Fodhla Printing Co.) 1933; The Fruits ... A New Ireland through Economic Nationalism, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) n.d.; The Breaking of the Bonds, .. Plenty for All, Poverty for None. 8vo D. (Talbot Press) n.d.; Gauntlet, Being a Series of Open Letters Challenging Certain Eminent persons to Mortal Combat with Realities, 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1934. First Edns., together 4 pamphlets, all orig. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (4)
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