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Lot 316
Medical: Cotton (R.P.) The Nature, Symptoms and Treatment of Consumption, L. 1852. First; Bright (James) A Practical Synopsis of Diseases of the Chest and Air Passages, L. 1854. Second; Bird (James) Vegetable Charcoal; Its Medicinal and Economic Properties, L. 1857. Second, all L.S.s. cloth. (3)
Lot 715
Bibliography: Collins (Victor) Attempt at a Catalogue of the Library of the Late Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, thick 4to L. 1894. First Edn. Pres. Copy from The Author, hf. title, L.S.s., wrappers; Catalogue des Livres Francais, Italians, Espagnols etc., Tant Anciens que Modernes qui se Trouvent chez Bossange, Barthes et Lowell, roy 8vo L. 1843. Over 14600 items, all priced. orig. cloth, spine lacking. (2)
Lot 360
Scarce Collection by the Brother of the NovelistÓ Flaitheartaigh (Tomás) An important folio copy-book containing what appear to be original manuscript Stories and Poems, mostly in Gaelic script, with some loose pages, including: Mallacht na Baintridhe [The Widow's Curse], 6 pp, pages loose;An Capall Bán [The White Horse], 6 pp, signed at end;Bó 7 Sgailp [A Cow and a Cliff], 5 pp;Bás An Ghainéid [The Death of the Gannet], 6 pp, signed at end;An Préachán Mór [The Big Crow], 11 p;and two loose pages with what appear to be notes in English for stories;Written from the other end are poems including:An Deoraidhe [The Emigrant], 3 verses;Tomás Ó Gríobhtha [Thomas Griffith], 5 verses;Teanga na hÉireann [The Language of Ireland], 12 verses, signed at end Caitlín ní Fhlaithbheartaigh, with a printed cutting of the same poem (with same signature), evidently from a newspaper or magazine;Trial of John N. Payton for the wilful murder of Cumann Liteardha na Gaedhilge, 23 March 1914 [play in English], 22pp. (1)A unique collection, mostly by Liam O'Flaherty's elder brother Tomás, who went to Boston as a young man. The comparison with Liam's work is interesting, in view of the similar subject matter of some of the stories. English versions of some of these stories (Bó i Sgailp, The White Horse) are included in Tom O'Flaherty's collection Cliffmen of the West [London 1935]. To the best of our knowledge, apart from Caitlín's poem, most of these works are unpublished in their original versions. Caitlín ní Fhlaitheartaigh is presumably a sister of Tomás and Liam. It is said that Tomás was the first person to urge Liam to write (see Hogan, Dict. of Irish Literature). As a m/ss, w.a.f.
Lot 503
Fine Emblem Book illustrated by Boetium a BolswertBourghesium (John) (Malbodiensem)? Vitae Passionis et Mortis Jesu Christi, Domini nostri Mysteria,... Sm. 8vo Antwerp (H. Aertssium) 1622. First Edn., hf. title, engd. title, & 74 (ex 76 lacks plts. 8 & 10) engd. plts., wd. cut illus. at end, [16], 392, [10]pp orig. full vellum. V. good copy. Inscribed on title 'E. librio Jac. Butler.' (1)
![Molyneux (Wm.) The Case of Ireland's Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated, Sm. 8vo D. 1698. First Edn., [16],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/60141ef9-7b68-4042-e358-93417e1d64fd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 6
Northern Ireland: Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster: A Handbook of The Antiquities and Scenery... sm. 8vo D. 1854. First Edn, fold. map, decor. title, fold. plan, litho frontis & 16 litho plts., text illus. etc.; A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay, 12mo 1846, First Edn., 2 fold. & other maps, illus. cloth; Ward Lock - Guide to the Giant's Causeway and Co. Antrim, L. n.d. fold. maps, illus., new cloth; Guide to Belfast and the Adjacent Counties, Belfast 1874, maps & illus. Good lot. (4)
Lot 827
Signed by Author, With CorrectionsSomerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) Stray-aways, roy 8vo L. (Longmans) 1920. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 33 plts. & illus. (complete) XIV, 280pp. Signed by Author on front free end, & with notes & corrections, orig. blue cloth black & white lettering, & with pictorial front of d.w., pasted to verso of front cover. Scarce. (1)
![[Dunleavy] An Teagasg Criosduidhe de Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha, The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/691f2223-66d6-49cd-8612-b6f6ee75af75/468x382.jpg)
![With Fine Hand Coloured PlatesPerry (George) Conchology, or The Natural History of Shells, lg. folio L. [1811]. First Edn., h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/a81a21e0-de66-45f1-c113-f382e9cd117e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 799
Presentation From the Author to her Mother, Dec. 1889Somerville (Edith Oenone) The Kerry Recruit, An Old Irish Song. oblong sm. folio L. [1889] Sole Edition, 30pp in all, illus. throughout & with 8 cold. plts. include frontis & front cover, back cover with music on inside, & advert on verso, covers worn & repaired at joints. Extremely Rare in any condition. (1)* The author's first fully illustrated book presented by her to her mother, inscribed Dec. 16, '89.
Lot 387
Very Rare 1922 Proclamation - Probably UnrecordedRIALTAS SEALADACH NA hÉIREANN. IRISH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.In the Matter of the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland signed at London on the 6th day of December 1921 .. A PROCLAMATION declaring the Calling of a Parliament in Ireland .. to meet at the City of Dublin on the First day of July next.Published at Dublin this 27th day of May, 1922.(Signed) MÍCHEÁL Ó COILEÁIN (Chairman of the Provisional Government) DIARMUID Ó hÉIGCEARTUIGH (Secretary to the Provisional Government).Broadside poster, 17 ¼ x 22 ¼ ins [44 x 27 cms], on lightish paper, verso blank.Printed by A.T. [Thoms] & Co., 5/22. Fold marks, other minor marks and abrasions, traces of adhesive to rear, generally a clean copy of a very rare item.· On 7 January 1922 the Dail voted by a slender majority to approve the Treaty with Britain. Under the Treaty terms the Parliament of Southern Ireland, set up under the (British) Government of Ireland Act, met for the only time on 14 January in Dublin. It voted to approve the Treaty, and to form a Provisional Government headed by Collins (the anti-Treaty members did not attend). Thereafter the Provisional Government continued in parallel with the Dail cabinet headed by Arthur Griffith. The intention was that an agreed election would be held, which would lead to the amalgamation of the two governments (the so-called 'Pact' election).These plans were quickly overtaken by the drift towards Civil War. The election was duly held on 16 June, but the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson and the attack on the Four Courts followed quickly. The Parliament called for 1 July did not meet until September, when Collins and Griffith were both dead.The present document appears to be extremely rare, possibly unique. We have not seen it before, and cannot find any published reference to it. It was evidently posted, probably in a police station (hence the adhesive residue to rear), but presumably was withdrawn when the Parliament was postponed; most copies would then have been dumped.The present copy is faintly inscribed to rear, in pencil 'Castletownshend'.Provenance: Estate of Edith Somerville.
Lot 440
Zulu WarsA Scrapbook of Obituaries of Members of the Coghill FamilyNews cuttings of the deaths of members of the Coghill family and their relations, ending in 1909. Several pages are devoted to the Battle of Isandlwana in the Zulu War of 1879, with narratives, maps and drawings. Lieutenant Nevill Coghill, who was killed in the aftermath of the battle while attempting to save the life of a brother officer, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. There is also much material on the Abergele rail disaster of 20 August 1868, in which the Euston-Holyhead train collided with some runaway wagons loaded with paraffin oil, which caught fire in the collision; all passengers in the first four carriages were burned to death. The fatalities included John Harrison Aylmer of Walworth Castle, Durham, his wife Rosanna Louisa (née Coghill), and their eldest son Arthur, aged 18. Pasted into the scrapbook is a telegram from Mrs Coghill's brother-in-law Allen Windle to another brother-in-law Thomas Greene, stating: "Cannot say whether they are there, remains so charred unrecognisable save ladies box marked A. Lee". On the following page are two poignant mementoes of the tragedy: the charred remnant of a watercolour by Rosalie Franks of the Aylmers' youngest son Edmund (then aged 9), and a fragment of Mrs Aylmer's dress, as a Scrap Album, w.a.f. (1)Provenance: The Coghill Family.
Lot 824
Presentation Copy from The AuthorsSomerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (M.) Irish Memories, roy 8vo L. (Longmans) 1917. First Edn., hf. title, frontis port. & 22 photos & other illus., X, [340]pp, orig. cloth backed boards, red 7 black lettering, paper label on spine. (1)* Inscribed "Hildegarde with love from The Authors./ Nov. 19 1917".
Lot 365
'Stuffy old Aunt Lily ..'Susan Mary (Lily) Yeats: Two ALS to her relation Olive P. Jackson in Sligo, from Dundrum, 1936 (4 pp) and 1943 (2 pp), with the envelopes, the first mostly about gravestones, family history, the Pollexfens and Stephens, an inheritance, and some family news - 'Willy is better but he has to go slow - he is working away - but not going about beyond the garden. He went one night to the Abbey, the house was full & he was spotted & clapped & cheered by the house, he thought the curtain had gone up at first, it was nice of the people ..'The second letter also mentions W.B.Y.'s daughter Anne [Yeats], 'she is as you say very unaffected & nice - everyone likes her - she has very pleasant friendly ways - & often looks a handsome girl - but I would like her to take more care of her appearance - Michael [her brother] is very much against her "slacks" - she always calls on me in a skirt, stuffy old Aunt Lily she probably thinks ..' As a m/ss, w.a.f. (2)
![Moore (George) [1852-1933] Two short ALS, the first to Lady March, June 30 (no year), 1 pp, from 121 Ebury St., discussin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/dd89a33d-c0d6-4e49-eba3-1811799bd874/468x382.jpg)
Lot 363
Moore (George) [1852-1933] Two short ALS, the first to Lady March, June 30 (no year), 1 pp, from 121 Ebury St., discussing the binding of the 'de luxe' edition of his new book. 'The edition de luxe is sent out in boards, it being supposed that the buyers would like to have it bound to harmonise with their other books. If you have no special binding in your mind, I think you would do well to order your copy to be bound similar to the ordinary edition -- a very pretty binding it is; you are sure to like it.'With a good signature.The second ALS, to 'My dear Clinton', dated 16.9.07, 2 pp (single folded sheet), responds to a request for poetry for 'V.F.' [Vanity Fair]. He says this is difficult, as 'many of my published pieces would be recognised. I send you however a prose-poem ..'. With a good signature. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (2)
Lot 493
Dermod O'Brien P.R.H.A. (1865 - 1945)"Fr. Jeremiah O'Donovan," a very fine oval half length Portrait, O.O.C., approx. 72cms x 64cms (28 1/2" x 25 1/4"), in original gilt frame. (1)Provenance: By direct family descent, to the present owner.Note: Jeremiah O'Donovan (1871-1942), priest and novelist, was a native of Kilkeel in Co. Down.Ordained for Clonfert diocese, he was appointed administrator of St Brendan's Cathedral,Loughrea. An enthusiastic advocate of temperance, self-help, and the Irish revival, he promoted his views in articles and lectures. With financial help from Edward Martyn, he set about redecorating Loughrea Cathedral with works by Irish artists such as Sarah Purser, John Hughes, and the Yeats sisters Elizabeth and Susan.Embittered by clashes with a new bishop, O'Donovan left Loughrea and eventually the priesthood, settling in London where he became Vice-Warden of Toynbee Hall, a Christian socialist educational centre in the East End. He changed his first name to Gerald, married and became the father of three children; in later years he had a long-lasting relationship with the novelist Rose Macaulay.O'Donovan's literary reputation rests on his novels, especially Father Ralph (1913), which deal trenchantly with the conflict between individual freedom and the narrowness of Irish Catholic life in his time.Dermod O'Brien (1865-1945) was born at Mount Trenchard House near Foynes in Co. Limerick; both his grandfathers - William Smith O'Brien and the first Lord Monteagle - are prominent figures in Irish national history. He is chiefly remembered for his landscapes and portraits, of which this depiction of a courageous if controversial Irishman is a fine example.
Lot 564
Economic Pamphlets: Woodfall (Wm.) An Impartial Sketch of the Debate in the House of Commons of Ireland, on a Motion made ... 1785 .. by the Rev. Thomas Orde, .. for leave to bring in a Bill for Effectuating the Intercourse and Commerce between Great Britain and Ireland, on permanent and equitable Principles, for the mutual Benefit of both Countries. 8vo D. n.d. [1785]. First Edn., [2], 200, [24]; Bound with Free Thoughts upon the Present Crisis, in which are stated The Fundamental Principles upon which alone Ireland can, or ought to agree to any Final Settlement with Great Britain, In a Letter from a Country Gentleman... 8vo D. 1785. First Edn., 69pp, calf, worn. (1)
Lot 826
Inscribed Presentation Copy to Authors GodsonSomerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (M.) 'Happy Days!' Essays of Sorts. 8vo L. (Longmans) 1946. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & other plts. & illus. by the author, VIII, 160pp, green cloth, & cold. d.w. Inscribed on front free end, "To A Godson from a God Mother - (With Cover) June 4, 1946," also signed in full on title page. Together with, "Maria and Some Other Dogs," L. (Methuen & Co.) 1949. First Edn., hf. title, illus. by Author, [VIII], 9-[128]pp, yellow cloth, & pict. d.w. (2)
Lot 416
Dublin Brewer Leases Lands in Rathfarnham, 1785Co. Dublin: Two indentures, both dated 26 April 1785, from Thomas Franks, gent, to Edmond Byrne, Brewer, both of Dublin. The first is a lease for £100 of part of "Cammage" in the parish of Rathfarnham, containing some 20 acres. The second is a lease of two fields, giving details of the bounds. Both are leases for three lives, renewable for ever, the lives being different in each case. A m/ss., w.a.f. (1)
Lot 167
All Signed CopiesMc Cabe (Patrick) The Butcher Boy, L. 1992. First Edn. (Second Impression) Signed, d.w.; also Winterwood, L. 2006, First Edn. Signed, d.w.; O'Brien (Edna) Country Girl, Lim. Edn. NO. 90, Signed, unopened; Barry (Sabastian) On Canarn's Side, L. 2011. First Edn. Signed, d.w.; de Valera (Sinead) The Stolen Child and Other Fairy Tales, D. 1969. Signed by Author & Eamon de Valera, d.w.; Jewitt (W.H.) The Nativity in Art and Song, L. 1898. Bears Signature of 'Douglas Hyde, Xmas 1904'; & 1 other signed item. (7)
![[YEATS, Jack B., 1871-1957] The Fancy, by John Hamilton Reynolds, with a preparatory Memoir by John Masefield and Thirteen Il](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/9cb24223-fe95-416e-c674-d830b3201de3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 482
[YEATS, Jack B., 1871-1957] The Fancy, by John Hamilton Reynolds, with a preparatory Memoir by John Masefield and Thirteen Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats. Elkin Mathews, London, n.d. [1905], apparently the first issue in grey card, yapp edges, 16mo, uncut and unopened; with what appears to be a later issue in lighter coloured card, Satchel Series, pages cut flush, otherwise apparently the same, with the Masefield Memoir and the Yeats illustrations. (2)
Lot 85
Collins (Arthur) Letters and Memorials of State in the Reigns of Queen Mary .. and Oliver's Usurpation, written and collected by Sir Henry Sydney. 2 vols. folio L. 1746. First Edn. engd. port. frontis Vol. I, list of subs., engd. bookplates, Tervoe etc., cont. mottled calf, joints cracked, tooled gilt spines, worn. (2)
Lot 51
Stone (J. Harris) Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest, L. 1906. First Edn., illus. map etc.; O'Sullivan (M.D.) Old Galway - The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, Cambridge 1942, First, illus.; The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland, In Three Parts L. 1738. Port frontis all recent hf. mor. (3)
Lot 600
Complete First SeriesPeriodical: The Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vols. 1 - 9, complete, 4to Belfast (Archer & Sons) 1853 - 1862. First Edn., some litho titles, numerous litho plts., & other full page illus. coloured maps, text illus. etc. cont. hf. green mor. gilt lettered spines. As a periodical, w.a.f. V. good set of complete First Series. (9)
![Co. Down: An Historical Account of the late Election of Knights of the Shire for the County of Down, 8vo [Belfast?] 1784. Fir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/2f24ca9a-e478-4ed3-e586-0be33f67b3d2/468x382.jpg)
![Armstrong (Sir Walter) [Director National Gallery, Ireland] Sir Joshua Reynolds First President of the Royal Academy, sm. fol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/edc181f7-3df7-453f-8afd-83d7b3d2769a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 575
Eastern Travels: Crawford (Adair) Journal of a Deputation Sent to the East by The Committee of The Malta Protestant College in 1849, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1855. Second Edn., 2 litho frontis & 1 other plt., also 4 maps & plans (1 lg. fold.), unopened thro-out, orig. cloth; also St. Michon (Abbe de.) Narrative of a Religious Journey in the East in 1850 and 1851, L. 1853. First, hf. title, cloth. Good. (3)
Lot 431
M/ss Book of 18th-century French Lessons in AnatomyManuscripts: Comprises notes on a course of Lectures in Paris University. The first two sections cover problems associated with "women's matters" - sexual intercourse, venereal disease, pregnancy, through to post-natal infections; the third (dated 8 September 1765) is a general guide to anatomy. 244 + 267 + 176 pp., cont. full calf.The author, Antoine Petit (1722-1794) was a celebrated, innovative and highly successful professor of anatomy and an authority on surgery and childbirth, who devoted much of his substantial wealth to the provision of medical facilities for the poor. His most famous student was Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, proponent of the method of execution that bears his name, as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
![Bacon (Sir Francis) The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a double Tract, 4to L. 1630. First Edn., [22]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/66cdeac2-5839-4996-86f8-c2ca4589bbb9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 734
With All the Maps & PlatesBogs in Ireland: Griffith (R.) & others, The First-Fourth Report of the Commissioners Appointed to enquire into the Nature and Extents of the Several Bogs in Ireland, In 3 Vols. Folio L. 1810-1814. Sole Editions, Complete Set, with 66 fold. & other maps plates etc. (complete), cont. hf. calf, marble sides, all joints loose.* A very good complete set, with all the maps very clean. unusual to get in this condition. (3)
![With Hand-Coloured Plates[Kinglake (A.W.)] Eothen, or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East, 8vo L. 1844. First Edn., l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/9262c8f6-5f8e-4783-9db3-8bfbe4ad41bf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 164
All Signed CopiesHeaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, L. 1972. First Edn., Signed, boards; also District and Circle, L. 2006, First, Signed, d.w.; also O'Driscoll (Dennis) Stepping Stones, Interviews with Seamus Heaney. L. 2008. First, Signed by Both, d.w.; Mc Gahern (John) That they May Face the Rising Sun, L. 2002 First Edn., Signed and Memoir L. 2005. First, Signed, d.w.'s; Durcan (Paul) The Laughter of Mothers, L. 2007, First, Signed, d.w. V. clean copies. (6)
Lot 478
Illustrated items: Maenie (J.M.) The Celebrity Zoo (First Visit), 4to D. 1925. Signed Lim. Edn. 22 (200), hand coloured illus., decor. boards; Lynch (P.), Staunton (H.), & Deevy (T.) Lisheen at the Valley Farm, & other Stories, 4to D. (Gayfield Press) 1945. Sole Edn., illus., pict. boards. (2)
![With Original Pencil SketchClarke (Harry) RHA [1889-1931] The Year's At The Spring An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/c1292cfd-7ef9-48c0-f8d1-726641eb481c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 498
With Original Pencil SketchClarke (Harry) RHA [1889-1931] The Year's At The Spring An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by L. D'O. Walters and Illustrated by Harry Clarke, with 24 plates (12 in colour). Brentano's, New York, 1920, quarto, first edition, one of the limited edition of 250 copies signed by Clarke, in a fine decorated vellum binding, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. A superb copy virtually in original condition.With an original pencil sketch by Clarke for one of the plates in the book (Alice Meynell's 'The Shepherdess'), showing the lady with her sheep, a line of poplars in background, 9 ½ ins x 7 ins, framed and glazed. The drawing is not identical with the finished plate (in which the poplars are replaced with a stream), but is clearly a preparatory study. (2)
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