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Click here to subscribeBehan (Brendan) Brendan Behan's Island, An Irish Sketch-book, illus. by Paul Hogarth, Lond. 1962; Hold Your Hour and Have Another, illus. by Beatrice Behan, Lond. 1963; Confessions of an Irish Rebel, Lond. 1965; Brendan Behan's New York, illus. by Paul Hogarth, All First Edns. & d.w.'s; also Borstal Boy, Lond. 1958, First Edn., & 1 other. (6)
Irish Travel: Stark (Archibald G.) The South of Ireland in 1850, being The Journal of a Tour in Leinster and Munster, 8vo Dublin 1850. First Edn., Hf. title, text illus. by Michael Angelo Hayes, orig. cloth, v. good; Three Months in Ireland, By An English Protestant. 8vo Lond. 1827. First Edn., Hf. title, in verse throughout, orig. cloth. V. good. Both V. Scarce. (2)
Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1980, Inscribed on f.e.p., Seamus Heaney for Sean Clerkin, ptd. wrappers; Sweeney Astray, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., signed on hf. title 'Seamus Heaney, 23/11/85 in Carrickmacross,' ptd. wrappers; Seeing Things, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, First Edn., inscribed on title page 'Seamus Heaney for Sean (Clerkin) 26-XI-04, ptd. wrappers. As a lot. (3)
Very Early Provincial Printing Co. Louth: Alvary's Prosody Construed for the Use of the School of Drogheda, 12mo Drogheda (John Fleming at the Two-Bibles, West Street) 1778. Sole Edition 15pp sewn, in orig. marbled wrappers. Extremely Scarce. (1) * John Fleming is accepted as one of the first, if not the first printer in Drogheda.
Home (Robert) Select Views in Mysore the Country of Tippoo Sultan, Lg. 4to Lond. (Published by Mr. Bowyer) 1794. First Edn., 29 full page engd. plts., lg. fold. hd. cold. map & 3 lg. fold. plans or maps, a.e.g., full straight grained green mor., v. clean. (1) * Mount Congreve copy, with bookplate of John Congreve.
American Travel: Smith (J. Calvin) The Illustrated Hand-Book A New Guide for Travellers through the United States of America, Sm. 8vo New York (Sherman & Smith) 1849. First Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. map, refolded & repaired, text illus. orig. cloth, gilt; Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Travel, by T. Addison Richards, 8vo N. York 1860. Lg. fold. hd. cold. maps frontis, vignette title, 16 fold. map, 2 City Plans, text illus. etc. a.e.g., orig. limp crimson mor. V. good. (2)
One of 20 Signed Copies with Holograph Poem Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock. Linenhall Library, Belfast 1990, First Edn., No. 9 of the super-limited edition of 20 copies each with a holograph poem, inscribed on t.p. to Jorunn, dated 20.ix.’90, signed at rear by Heaney and by the binder Sydney Aiken, finely hand-bound in half linen on marbled boards, marbled e.p., titled in gilt on upper cover, matching marbled slipcase, a most attractive production. The holograph poem inscribed by Heaney is The Point (20 lines).
Presentation Copy Wilde (Sir Wm. R.) Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands: with Notices on Lough Mask, 8vo Dublin 1867. First Edn., Lg. fold. map at end, text illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good copy. (1) * Inscribed 'Sir John Lubbock Bart, with the Authors Kind regards,' Lubbock was an M.P. author & scientist, etc.
R.D.S.: Coote (Sir Chas.) General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the Kings County, with Observations... under the direction of The Dublin Society, 8vo D. 1801. First Edn.,hf. title, fold. map of County & 5 wd.-cut plts. (1 fold.) cont. tree calf, mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1)
Military: Hanna (Henry) The Pals at Suvla Bay, .. Record of 'D' Company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Roy 8vo Dublin 1916. First Edn., illus; also Mackay (Scobie (Capt. I.H.) An Old Highland Fencible Corps,... with an Account of its Services in Ireland during the Rebellion in 1798, 4to Edin. 1914. First Edn., illus. both cloth. (2)
Medical interest: Ormsby (L. Hepenstal) Medical History of the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, Dublin 1888, First Edn., fold. plt. & photos; Kirkpatrick (T. Percy) The History of Dr. Steeven's Hospital, 4to Dublin 1924. First Edn., illus., boards; also History of the Medical Teaching in T.C.D., Dubin 1912, First Edn., d.w. (3)
Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated in a Series of Seventy-three Engravings. Lg. folio Lond. (Wm. Bulmer for Wm. Miller) 1804. First Edn., Text in English & French, 73 full page hd. cold. plts. (includ. frontis), a.e.g. cont. full blind & gilt tooled crimson mor. (1)
An Tailteann, 1928: Aonach Tailteann - Tailteann Games, Dublin August 11th to 20th, 1928. Handbook & Syllabus, 8vo Dublin 1928. First Edn., thus, illustrated adverts., decorated Celtic style covers by Victor Brown; also Souvenir Program - Aonach Tailteann 1928, 8vo Dublin 1928. Profusely illustrated, portraits etc., illus. adverts.orig. decor.blue boards. (2)
Very Fine Unopened Copy Yeats (William Butler) The Celtic Twilight, Men and Women, Dhouls and Faeries. Sm. 8vo London 1893. First Edn., Second Issue. (publisher's name in lower case at bottom of spine). Frontis by J.B. Yeats with tissue guard, hf. title, advert. leaf at front, XII, 212pp, entirely unopened thro-out, orig. green cloth, with blind publisher's device on the back cover gilt lettered spine, and orig. glassine cover. Wade 8. V. good copy. (1)
[Yeats (J.B.)] Ni Chriagain (M.) Sean Eoin, 4to, D. (Oifig an tSolathair) 1974, cold. frontis., and other illus. by Jack B. Yeats, green cloth, d.j.; Nic Mhaicin (M.) Asal Fhear na Monadh, 8vo D. (Oifig an tSolathair) 1944, First Edn., illus. frontis and end paper illus. by Jack B. Yeats, boards; Yeats (J.B.) In Sand, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1964, cloth & d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (3)
Interprovincial League Championship Winners Medal, 1925 Medal: G.A.A. (Co. Louth) 1925, a 9ct gold circular and pierced Medal, the obverse with etched design and central shield and enameled provincial arms of Leinster and Ulster and inscribed "won by Louth" the reverse inscribed 'Interprovincial League C'ship, 1925,' hallmarked 'H. & H. (Hopkins & Hopkins). (1) Note: This was the 8th staging of this format and was Louth's first win, beating Mayo on a score line of 2-06 to 2-05
Martin (R. Montgomery) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, Lond. 1843. First Edn., fold. map frontis, fold. & other tables, orig. cloth; Barrington (Sir J.) Personal Sketches of His Own Times, 2 vols. Lond. 1827. First Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, attractive hf. calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. labels. (3)
Association Copy Wilson (Woodrow) A History of the American People, 5vols. roy 8vo New York & L. 1902. First Edn., Profusely illustrated, orig. gilt crimson buckram. V. good set. (5) * Formerly the property of William C. Bullitt, who was First American Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1933 to 1936, with his bookplates.
In Original Boards Wright (G.N.) Tours in Ireland; or Guides to the Lakes of Killarney; The County of Wicklow; and The Giants Causeway, 8vo Lond. 1823. L.P. Copy. First Edn., Two fold. maps & 15 engd. plts. on India paper, uncut orig. boards, paper label, joints worn. In custom made cloth box. Scarce. (1)
Fine Collection Montague (John) The Rough Field, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1972, First Edn., signed, ptd. wrappers; The French Clock, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1978, First Edn., signed, ptd. wrappers; Tides, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1970, First Edn., signed with inscription 'Of Love that lifts us UP, of Death that Hurls us Down, John for Sean (Clerkin), ptd. wrappers; Speech Lessons, 8vo, (Gallery Press) 2011, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; Mount Eagle, 8vo (Gallery Press) 1989, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; New Selected Poems, 8vo (Gallery Press) 1998, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; The Lost Notebook, 4to C. (Mercier Press) 1987, First Edn., signed, ptd. wrappers; The Dead Kingdom, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1984, First Edn., inscribed Moving UP and Down the Central Spine, with Affection John (Montague), ptd. wrappers; Drunken Soldier, 8vo (Gallery Books) 2004, First Edn., signed, ptd. wrappers; The Pear is Ripe, A Memoir, 8vo, D. (Liberties) 2007, First Edn., signed, cloth & d.j.; Chosen Lights, 8vo First Edn., (Gallery Press) ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (1)
Fine Association Copy Shaw (Geo. Bernard) The Author's Apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, Thin 8vo New York (Brentano's) 1905. Introd. by John Corbin. First Edn., hf. title, 66pp partly unopened (a couple of pages with small tears at fore-edge) orig. boards with printed title, & black ties, in blue cloth wrappers & matching slipcase. V. good. (1) * Half title inscribed by author to John Corbin, who wrote the introduction, 'Inscribed for John Corbin Surely a critic[?], but not yet tyrannical. Thanks G. Bernard Shaw / 23 Nov. 1905.' This is Shaw's apology referencing his controversial play "Mrs. Warrens Profession," which debates the topic of prostitution.
Irish Travel: Knott (Mary John) Two Months in Kilkee, sm. 8vo Dublin 1836. First Edn., engd. add. title, frontis & 5 other maps & illus., recent calf backed, raised bands, mor. label; Smith (G.N.) Killarney and the Surrounding Scenery, 8vo Dublin 1822. First Edn., wd. cut title vignette, 2 fold. Maps, frontis & 5 plts. & text illus. recent hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine, raised bands; Wright (G.N.) Scenes in Ireland, decor. title, 12 engd. plts. multiple views, cont. hf. mor. Nice lot. (3)
Letters of a 17th-Century Ulster Gaelic Lord Manuscripts: Three Holograph Letters – two written from Dunluce Castle - from Randall MacSorley MacDonnell, Earl of Antrim (d 1636), to Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath in Stirlingshire, with photocopies of transcripts published in HMC Report on MSS in Various Collections, vol. V (1909). In the first (12 Oct. 1636), MacDonnell warns Edmonstone not to attempt to dispossess of her lands his niece, the wife of “Ever Moquileene” (MacQuillan). In the second (10 April 1631) he writes on behalf of tenants summoned to appear before Edmonstone, and concludes by urging him to “looke well unto my plott of a gardeene at Glenarme, for I have paid the money and there is noe performance on the gardiner’s behalfe yet, for which yow are bound”. In the third (18 May 1631) he complains that tenants on land Edmonstone had made over to him have refused to pay their rents. As manuscripts, w.a.f. (3)
From the Library at Emo Park Harris (Walter) The Whole Work of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland Revised and Improved, 2 vols., lg. 4to, D. (Robert Bell) 1764, First Edn., portrait frontis (both volumes) 16 fold. plts. (volume one) 17 (ex. 21) plate (volume two), contemp. full calf, mor. labels, worn. (2)
Signed & Inscribed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Comedie et actes divers 8vo Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1966. First French Edition. Orig. cream wrappers lettered in blue and black and with publisher's device on both covers, glassine jacket. (1) * Half title inscribed by author to the writer Andre Marissel, dated July? 1966. Six short plays translated by author from English. V. good copy.
Kennedy (Patrick) The Bardic Stories of Ireland, sm. 8vo Dublin 1871 First Edn.,; also Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, Lond. 1866. First Edn., frontis & illus. title; also The Book of Modern Irish Anecdotes, Dublin, New Edn.,; O'Suilleabhain (Sean) A Handbook of Irish Folklore, Dublin 1942 First Edn., Shearman (Fr. J.F.) Loca Patriciana, Dublin 1882, fold. tables, all cloth. Good. (5)
Vicar of Dundalk [Steven (Robert)] An Inquiry into the Abuses of The Chartered Schools in Ireland, With Remarks upon the Education of the Lower Classes in that Country. 8vo Lond. 1818. First Edn., hf. title; Bound with, Thackeeray (Rev. Elias) Vicar of Dundalk, General Report of the Charter Schools of Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1818. First Edn., cont. hf. calf. V. Scarce. (1)
Bibliography: Kavanagh(M.) A Bibliography of County Galway, 1965 & Maher (Helen) Roscommon Authors, 1976; Cullen (Sara) Books and Authors of Co. Cavan, Cavan 1959; Maher (Helen) Roscommon Authors, Roscommon 1978; O'Suilleabhain (S.) Longford Authors, Mullingar 1978; O'Hanrahan (Brenda) Donegal Authors, Dublin 1982, All First Edns., & d.w.s. (6)
Parnell (Charles Stewart) A good signature, Chas. S. Parnell, dated Feby 6 /[18]86, on a plain card. Signed when Parnell was at the height of his political eminence, in the month when Capt. O’Shea was elected in a Co. Galway bye-election, and two months before Gladstone introduced his first Home Rule Bill.
Quaker interest: A Memorial to William Penn in Ireland at Newtown School, in the Province of Munster 1798-1948, Lg. 4to Dublin 1946. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only. Illus., map, ptd. boards, & orig. d.w.; Wigham (Hannah Maria) A Christian Philanthropist in Dublin - A Memoir of Richard Allen, Lond. 1886. First Edn., orig. photo frontis., orig. cloth, gilt. (2)
Irish Travel: The Pleasure Tours in Ireland, With a Map, An Itinerary on a New Plan. 8vo Edin. 1825 First Edn., hf. title, fold. end. map, cont. hf. mor.; also The Traveler's New Guide through Ireland, Containing a New and Accurate Description of the Roads. 8vo Dub. 1815. First Edn., lg. fold. map (with straight tear,) fold. Map of Killarney, other maps & a plt., cont. hf. mor. Clean copies. (2)
With Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats O'Kelly (Seamus) The Weaver's Grave, 8vo D. (The Talbot Press) [1922], First Edn., coloured frontis and black and white illustrations, green cloth with purple and gilt design; Colum (Padraic) The Big Tree of Bunlahy, 4to N.Y. (The Macmillan Co.) 1933, First Edn., coloured frontis and text and other illustrations, green cloth. Very good. (2)
Inglish (Sir Rob. Harry) On the Catholic Question - Substance of Two Speeches delivered in The House of Commons on May 10th, 1825 & May 9th, 1828, 8vo Lond. 1828. First Edn., uncut, orig. cloth, paper label. V. good. Scarce. (1) * The author was elected M.P. for Dundalk, in 1824, and disagreed with almost everything brought before the Parliament.
Binding: [Political [Mathew Johnson] A Collection of the Several Statues and Parts of Statutes, now in Force, relating to High Treason, and Misprison of High Treason, 12mo., L. (Charles Bill) 1709, First Edn., with licence page hf. title, in contemporary gilt decorated full leather royal cypher on both covers. Good copy. (1)
Irish Travel: Anom: L'Hermite en Irlande, ou Observations sur les noeurs et usages des Irlandais au commencement du XIX Siele. 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1826. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis. lg. fold. map with engd. vignette views, wd. cut illus. & decor. thro.-out, some spotting, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (2)
Tree Planting at Calverstown, Co. Kildare Manuscripts: Indenture on vellum dated 10 June 1782 whereby Richard Levinge of Calverstown leases to George Long, woolcomer [sic] 14 acres for the lives of said George Long, Richard son of Thomas Bently of Kilcullinbridge, postmaster, and Henry son of James Cooper of Ballymany, groom, at a rent of £19.1.0. MS map by Charles Callaghan drawn on deed. · Large indenture on vellum dated 16 April 1814 whereby Robert Borrowes of Dublin esq. leases to Patrick Doyle the Deerpark of Calverstown, containing 85 acres (sketch map annexed), to hold for the life of John Keightley of Calverstown, Patrick Doyle’s nephew, now aged 16, or for 31 years. Within the first five years, tenant is to plant 20,000 “good and healthy two-years-old trees of oak, ash, elm, fir, larch or sycamore”, 4,000 per year, and also young trees for fencing. Further detailed provisions are given. He is also to build “a good and substantial dwelling house made of lime and sand”, 18 ft high, 35 ft long, and 16 ft wide, “roofed with foreign timber” and slated. As manuscripts, w.a.f. (2)
Corporation of Dublin: Morgan (Francis) Agent, Rental of The Estates of the Rt. Hon. Aldermen, & Burgesses of Dublin, Lg. folio Dublin 1868. First Edn., lg. fold. cold. map of estates (weak at joints) repaired many pages repaired or dam. at edges, later hf. buckram, with large gilt lettered mor. label on front cover. Scarce. (1)
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