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Broholm (H.C.), Larsen (W.P.) & Skjerne (G.) The Lures of the Bronze Age, An Archaeological, Technical and Musicological Investigation. Folio Copenhagen [1949] Sole Edn., profusely illustrated, orig. pict. boards. In fine modern hf. mor. box. Scarce. (1)

Fine Copy of the True First EditionStafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Or, A History of the Late Warres of Ireland,... Folio L. (A. Mathewes for Robert Milbourne) 1633. First Edn., 2 engd. full page ports, lg. fold. engd. map The Province of Mounster, by Hondius, 1610, & 16 other engd. map & plans, mostly folding, in fine full calf, with two rows of triple fillets, the spine similarly decorated in panels, mor. label, by Charles Lewis. * An exceptionally fine copy. (1)* From the family of the late Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, grand daughter of Lady Augusta Gregory. Bookplates of C. Kennedy, Bishops Court [Co. Kildare] and Edward George Hibbert.

Book of DurrowLimited Facsimile EditionEvangeliorum Quattuor Codex Durmachensis, folio, 2 vols., Oltn., Lausen & Friesburg (Urs Graf-Verlag) 1960, Ltd. Edn. No. 15 (650) volume of plts. & text, Vol. 1 (full mor - Celtic design), Vol. 2 (mor. backed boards) clean set. (2)

With very fine Coloured PlatesLepage - Medvey, French Costumes, .. English translation by Mary Chamot. Folio L. Paris N. York (Hyperion Press) 1939. With 40 fine attractive full page coloured plts., orig. cold. pict. wrappers. (1)

Blue Book: Agriculture: Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland [Gill (T.P.)ed.] Report of the Departmental Committee on Agricultural Credit in Ireland, folio L. 1914. Sole Edition, fold. table, & 2 large fold. cold. map in pocket at end, 407pp recent full green cloth. (1)

Brown (Wm. Robinson) The Horse of the Desert, folio N. York (The Derrydale Pres) 1929. Lim. Edn. 750 Copies cold. & other plts., uncut, unopened, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth & pict. d.w. Scarce. (1)

Middle Eastern ViewsPhotographs: Bon Fils etc - Album containing 15 lg. Views of Jerusalem & Surrounding Area, each approx. 10 1/2" x 8" also 10 lg. Views in Rome, Florence etc, 10 1/2" x 8" plus approx. 52 other smaller views, and works of art, and some larger photo of works of art. Good album oblong folio c. 1870-80, full mor., v. good. As photo album, w.a.f. (1)

Rothenstein (Wm.) Twelve Portraits, lg. folio L. 1929. First Edn., 12 ports. include. Geo. Bern. Shaw, etc. cloth & d.w. (torn). (1)

Welsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium & An Irish Florilegium II; 2 vols., folio L. (Thames & Hudson) 1983 - 1987, First Edns. illus., cloth, decor. wrappers. (2)

I.M.C.: Colgan (Fr. John) Acta Sanctorum Veteris et Maioris Scotiae seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae... Lg. folio D. (Irish M/ss Comm) 1948 Reprint. Frontis, orig. hf. blue mor. (1)

Caulfield (Dr. R.)etc. The Pipe Roll of Cloyne, sm folio Cork (C.H. and H. Soc.) 1918. First Edn. thus, frontis orig. cloth, gilt. Scarce. V. good. (1)

Taylor (Jer.) The Great Exemplar of the Sanctity and Holy Life... Life and Death of the Ever Blessed Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World, Folio L. 1667. Fourth, red & bl. title, & add. engd. title, many fine full page & quarter page engd. illus. thro-out, some oval ports etc. bind worn, upr. cover lacking. S.N.S.R. (1)

Signed Limited EditionStephens (James) The Crock of Gold, sm. folio L.P., Lond. (Macmillan & Co.) 1926. Special Edition Limited to 525 Copies on hand-made paper, Signed by Author, with full page cold. illus. by Thos. Mackenzie, uncut, unopened, vellum backed blue boards, & orig. ptd. d.w. A very good copy. (1)

With Hand-Coloured PlatesGoldsmith (Oliver) A History of The Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vols. sm. folio L. Edin. & D., 1851. Port. frontis Vol. I, 2 engd. vignette titles hand coloured, & 71 fine hd. cold. plts., cont. block panel calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Good. (2)

Architecture: McParland (Ed.) James Gandon Vitruvius Hibernicus, folio L. 1985. First Edn. Signed; also Public Architecture in Ireland 1680 - 1760, folio Yale University 2001, Signed by Author; Curran (C.P.) Dublin Decorative Plasterwork, sm. folio L. 1967; Harris (J.) The Palladian Revival, lg. 4to Yale 1994; Stalley (R.) The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland, folio Yale 1987, Signed by Author. (5)

Illustrated by the AuthorPraeger (S. Rosamond) The Olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O'Linn, sm. folio L. 1901. First Edn., hf. title, illus. thro-out, orig. cloth backed decor. boards. Good. (1)

With Attractive Coloured PlatesO'Neill (Henry) The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland, folio L. 1863. First Edn., cold. frontis & 6 cold. plts. (some fold.), plus bl. & white illus. thro-out, orig. cloth blind & gilt Celtic decoration. V. good. (1)

Binding: Treasures of Early Irish Art, sm. folio N.Y. 1977. Fine cold. illus. thro-out, in full green mor. single fillet borders, with overlaid Celtic decoration at corners in red mor., executed by Paddy Kavanagh, Bookbinder, Museum Book Bindings, Dublin. Rare. (1)

Binding: Shepherd (Rob.) Lost on the Titanic, folio L. (Sangorski & Sutcliffe etc.) 2001. Lim. Edn. 750 Copies. Fine cold. plts., in full dark blue mor. tooled gilt fillet borders & corner decorations, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels by Cotswold Bindery. Fine. (1)

Hockney (David) My Yorkshire, Conversations with Marco Livingstone. Oblong folio L. (Enitharmon Editions) 2011. First Lim. Edn., fine cold. illus., cloth backed decor. boards. Fine Scarce. (1)

Special Edition: Pinter (Harold) The Disappeared and other Poems, images by Tony Bevan. Folio London (Enitharmon Editions) 2002. Lim. Edition No. 172 Signed by Author & Illustrator, mtd. cold. plts. uncut, orig. decor. orange cloth. V. good. (1)

The Lindisfarne GospelsKendrick (T.D.), Brown (T.J.) & Bruce-Mitford (R.L.S.) Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Lindisfarnesis Murei Britannici Codex Cottonicaus Nero D. IV [Lindisfarne Gospels], 2 vols., folio, Ltd. Edn. 609 (647) Copies, (In Aedibus Urs Gref) 1956 / 1960, Volume 1 full blind decor. vellum, lettered spine, commentary vol. vellum backed boards, clean set. (2)

Annesley Trial: The Trial in Ejectment (At Large) between Campbell Craig, Lesser of James Annesley Esq. and Others Plaintiff; and the Rt. Hon. Richard Earl of Anglesey, Defendant, Before the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland... 1743. Folio L. 1744. First Edn., [IV] 259pp., recent hf. crushed green mor. raised bands. V. good. (1)

Welsh Music: Williams (M. Jane) of Aberpergwm. Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morganwy; Being a Collection of Original Welsh Melodies. Tall folio Llandovery 1844. First Edn., 84pp. with Subscribers List at end, a.e.g., orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. Rare. (1)* Lissadell copy, inscribed by G. Gore Booth on title.

Crime in Ireland: Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords Appointed to enquire into The State of Ireland in Respect of Crime;.. with The Minutes of Evidence.. and An Appendix and Index. 4 vols. folio L. 1839. First Edn., cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines, tops of two spines dam. Scarce. (4)

Photographs: English & Scottish Scenery & some Continental, c. 1870 - 90, including views in N. Berwick, Thurse, Delgally, Balmoral, also views in Nice, The Alps etc., 100 photos mostly approx. 5 1.2" x 8", also some bigger and smaller, in a large folio hf. mor. album. as a coll. of photos, w.a.f. (1)

Silver: Jones (E. Alfred) The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, folio Letchworth (Arden Press) 1911. Lim. Edn. No. 220 of 285 Copies buckram; Starkie Gardner (J.) Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, folio L. 1903, buckram; Jackson (C. James) An Illustrated History of English Plate, 2 vols. folio L. 1911. First Edn., cold. frontis, cloth. All fully illustrated. As a lot. (4)

Goodyear (Wm. H.) The Grammar of the Lotus A New History of Classic Ornaments as a Development of Sun Worship. Folio L. 1891. First Edn., 57 plts. (numerous illus.) orig. cloth backed boards. (1)

Lowest Point in the History of The British Monarchy, 1820A printed volume with title on spine, Queen's Trial No. 1 to 15, Folio, approx. 483pp, orig. boards, joints cracked. (1)Contains verbatim reports of the first fifteen days (19 August to 7 September 1820) of the reading before the House of Lords of the "Pains and Penalty Bill". This had been introduced at the behest of King George IV and sought to deprive his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick, of the title of Queen and to dissolve their marriage. Witnesses were called who gave accounts of the Queen's intimate couplings with low-born Italians during her exile.The trial caused enormous public interest; was the subject of a famous painting by Sir George Hayter, some lewd cartoons, and much ribald comment. George (himself no saint) had recently become king and was extremely unpopular; the Queen's cause was taken up by radical politicians and was championed by the ordinary people. The bill was passed by a narrow majority but the government wisely withdrew it. The Queen's victory was celebrated with exuberance. However, The King spitefully barred her from attending his coronation the following July, and she died three weeks later.This sensational event marked the lowest point in the history of the British monarchy. As Queen Caroline remarked, "A government cannot stop the march of intellect any more than they can arrest the motion of the tides or the course of the planets."

Signed by BeckettBeckett (Samuel) The North, folio Lond. (Enitharmon Press) 1972. with Three Original Etchings by Avigdor Arikha Limited Edition No. 13 of 137 Copies Only, Signed by Author. 3 orig. etchings signed by Artist, cloth bound portfolio, in matching cloth slip case. Excellent Copy. Rare. (1)

Periodical: The Kerry Magazine, Nos 1 - 26, lacking only Nos 4 & 25. Together 24 No's folio 1989-2016. Profusely illustrated, orig. pictorial boards. As a periodical, w.a.f. V. good. (1)Provenance: The late Mrs. Valerie Bary, Kerry Historian

Public Records of Ireland: Reports from the Commissioners Appointed by His Majesty to Execute the Measures Recommended.. Respecting The Public Records of Ireland, 3 vols. lg. atlas folio Lond. 1810 - 1815, 1816 - 1820, and 1821 - 1825. 25 full page & fold. plts., maps, plans & fac-similes, some hd. cold. complete, in cont. uniform hf. calf,mor. labels. Good. Carton Copy with monogram on spines. (3)Provenance: The late Mrs. Valerie Bary, Kerry Historian

Signed Limited Edition of 10 Copies OnlyMontague (John) The Rough Field, With 18 lithographs by Marco Del Re. Maeght, Paris 2005, folio hand made paper, quires loose in a folding green cloth case, 100 Copies Only, Signed by Artist and Author, this no. 8 of 10 special copies containing a signed monotype and an extra suite of four signed lithographs. The text is drawn from the Gallery Press Edition. Rare. (1)

Weyman (David). Melodia Sacra, or The Psalms of David. The Music selected from the most celebrated Authors, as used in the United Churches of England and Ireland. With Hymns, Anthems and Chorusses, the whole carefully arranged by David Weyman .. Printed & published by George Allen, 39 Fishamble St., Dublin, 1811. Folio boards, morocco spine, engraved t.p. and f.p., engraved music throughout, pp. 168 and Index. Some pages worn with minor loss.

Patrons Copy Limited to 50 CopiesWith Portfolio of Signed Coloured PlatesSex (Susan) Ireland's Wild Orchids, described by Brendan Sayers. Folio Limited to 50 Copies, This is NO. 7, Signed by both, and with Portfolio of 34 Signed coloured plates, both volumes in fine strongly bound half crimson morocco. In fine condition. (2)

Superb Livre D'ArtisteDeane (John F.) The Old Grey House (poems), with eight striking silkscreen prints in full colour by John Behan. Redfoxpress (Dugort, Achill, Co. Mayo) 2006, No. 37 of 75 Copies only, on Arches Vellum paper, signed at rear by Poet and Artist. Folio double sheets loose in an illustrated heavy paper portfolio, secured in a stiff plastic open binder, a superb production. Probably the finest book yet published in Co. Mayo, and the best Irish livre d'artiste since the days of Liam Miller. A rare, fine and important item. (1)

An Exceptional RarityPeriodical: [Gonne, Maud]. L'Irlande Libre. Organe de la Colonie Irlandaise a Paris. Paris, No. 1 [1 Mai 1897] to No. 8 [Dec. 1897, two copies], Vol. 2 No. 1 [Janvier 1898] to No. 6 [Juin 1898], continuous thus far, also two copies of No. 10 [Oct. 1898]. Altogether 15 separate issues each of 4pp folio (single folded sheet), with two duplicates. A very good run of this exceedingly rare and fragile news-sheet. Text in French throughout. Some pages frayed and worn, with minor marginal loss. First issue with contemporary franked French postage stamps.Maud Gonne writes in most issues; other contributors include Lord Dufferin, William Redmond, the Fenian John Daly, Michael Davitt, Gonne's lover L[ucien] Millevoye, W.B. Yeats ['Le Mouverment Celtique' in Vol. 2 no. 4] and even James Connolly ]'La Famine' in Vol. 2 no. 5].An exceptional rarity in any condition. NLI appears to have only a microfilm copy. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Doyle (J.F.)ed. The Celtic Review, A manuscript 'occasional journal of interesting literature,' dated 14/5/[18]86 Vol. 1, No. 1 ed. John F. Doyle, 8pp folio, entirely in copper plate manuscript (except for a section in shorthand). Evidently compiled for circulation among a group of friends, to include 'all matters of any importance relating to the Celtic Club,' and at the service of all who intend entering the field of 'Amateur [sic] Journalism.' Apparently the only issue, [all published] cloth backed boards. (1)

Periodical: An Gaedheal (The Gael) A Weekly Journal of Stories, Sketches etc. Vol. 1 No. 1 (29 Jan. 1916) to Vol. 1 No. 8 (New Series) March 18 1916, 4to and folio (four issues in each format) in a home made binding, scarce. (1)

Periodical: Fainne an Lae. A weekly bilingual newspaper for the advancement of the Irish Language. 8 January 1898 [Vol. 1 no. 1] to 28 July 1900 [no. 134 Vol. 5], 134 consecutive numbers, folio, strongly bound by Dollard in dark green buckram gilt, an excellent clean set.A very important periodical, the first weekly dedicated to the Revival of Irish., published on his own account by a self-employed Dublin printer, Bernard Doyle. It opened the road for the Gaelic League's An Claidheamh Soluis, which gradually superseded it from March 1899, due partly to Doyle's differences with the League. In his final number, Doyle says he has transferred the copyright of Fainne an Lae to the Executive of the Gaelic League, in order to remove 'even the semblance of disunion from the movement.' Contributors include virtually all those principally active in the Revival at the time. Rarely found complete, a fine set. (1)

Periodical: An Claidheamh Soluis Weekly bilingual newspaper of the Gaelic League, a paper which helped to change Ireland. 18 March 1899 (Vol. 1 no. 1) to 7 March 1903 (Vol. no. 52), 208 numbers complete to date, incorporating Fainne an Lae from 4 August 1900. Building on the example of Fainne an Lae, 'it sought to foster the ideal of a distinctively Irish culture for a progressive readership' (Hickey & Doherty). Four vols. folio, strongly bound by Dollard of Dublin in dark green buckram gilt, uniform with previous lot. Edited initially by Eoin Mac Neill; Patrick Pearse became editor later in 1903. Contributors include virtually all those active in the Gaelic League and the Irish Revival movement.An excellent set of the first four volumes, indexed in manuscript in each volume. The binding of the fourth volume is misdated 1902 - 93 (1902 - 03).

Was 17th Century Ireland bound by Statues Passed in England?An Important Contemporary Legal ManuscriptManuscript: Bolton (Sir Richard) A large folio volume bound in white vellum, containing in a neat mid-17th-century script the text of two treatises on the independence of the Irish parliament from that of England:(1)Pp 1-43: "A Disquisition touching that great Question. Whether An Act of Parliament made in England shall Bind the Kingdome and People of Ireland without theire Allowance and Acceptance of such Act in ye Kingdome of Ireland." Marked at end: "Examinat. Domvile, July, 1660."(2)Pp 51-114: "A Declaration setting forth how and by what meanes the Lawes and Statutes of England from time to time came to be of force in Ireland." Marked at end: Richard Bolton, Cancellarius Hiber[niae]."The "Disquisition" argues the ancient and modern independence of Ireland from the English parliament, with many quotations in Latin or otherwise from ancient authors and statutes. The "Declaration" follows a similar argument, but also stresses that both parliaments are subject to the King. This subject was hotly debated in mid-17th-century Ireland, and gave rise to three important treatises, of which these are the first two and the third is the better known The Case of Ireland's being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated, by William Molyneux, published in 1698.The "Disquisition" was written in July 1660 by William Domvile, Attorney General for Ireland, who presented it to the Lord Lieutenant, the Duke of Ormond. Molyneux, who was Domvile's son-in-law, made extensive use of it in his Case of Ireland. The full text, however, has only been published recently (by Patrick Kelly, Analecta Hibernica no. 40, 2007, pp 19-70).The "Declaration" was written earlier, in 1644, during the negotiations between the government and the commissioners of the Catholic Confederation. Its authorship has long been disputed. Molyneux believed it to be the work of Sir Richard Bolton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, but Walter Harris, who published the text in 1750 in the second part of his work Hibernica, attributed it to the Catholic lawyer Patrick Darcy. The matter has only been resolved in recent times with the publication of an article by Dr Patrick Kelly in Irish Historical Studies, vol. 35 (2006), pp 1-16. The fact that our M/ss, which was evidently written by or for Domvile, cites Bolton as the author, should put the matter finally beyond doubt. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Extremely Rare. (1)

Co. Clare: Manuscript - A 4pp Rental of O'Brien's Castle Property, in Co. Clare, in various town lands in Inchicronan Parish etc., listing by townland, with tenants name, rental and other 'observations' eg. nature of lease, lists Abbey titles, etc. Folio 4pp. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Rare. (1)

"A Plunger of the Past"Manuscript: Donegal (Marquis of) A manuscript account (3 folio pages) of the spendthrift life style and marital affairs of George (Recte Arthur) Chichester, first Marquis of Donegall (1739 - 1799) and of his son the second Marquess (1769 - 1844). A tabloid style narrative written c. 1850, with some politically incorrect references to persons traditionally associated with money lending. Curiously, the writer failed to record the problem associated with the second Marquess's wife - the daughter of a Co. Waterford baronet he had met when imprisoned for debt - who turned out to be both under age and illegitimate. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Interesting document. (1)

Important 19th Century Transcript of The Annals of ClonmanoiseManuscript: A folio volume bound in blue cloth, pp.5 - 457, lacks first two leaves and last few folios, and a few other pages missing also (pp. 53 - 56).This copy of an English translation of Annals of the History of Ireland, is written in a fine copper plate hand, with Irish versions of some names, and a few quotations, sometimes added in a neat Gaelic script. Names in the early part of the book are written in red ink. Verses (eg. 'On the Death of a Friend,') are occasionally added in a different hand.The Annals of Clonmacnoise are a translation into English of a long lost Gaelic Chronicle of events in Ireland from the creation of man down to the year 1408. It was written in an archaic style in 1627 by Conall Mac Geoghégan of Co. Offaly, and dedicated to his brother in law Terance Coghlan. He begins with Adam, complaining grumpily that 'my author committed to trace of the Creation of the world and leaveth such as love to treat thereof to the Scripture.' He then recounts the descent from Adam according to Genesis chapter V., followed by five legendary invasions of Ireland, and continues to record occurrences in Irish history down to the arrival of Henry II. Some events are narrated in considerable detail, and there are some surprising inclusions: in 967 for instance, we are told thath 'the Pox (which Irishmen called then Dolor Gentiluim) ran over All Ireland this year.'After the coming of the Normans, the writer provides - 'for your better instruction (Brother' - genealogies of prominent descendants of the three sons of the Gaelic invader Milesius: Randolph Earl of Antrim, Henry, Earl of Thomond, and Arthur Magennis Viscount of "Iveaghaghe."This suggests a mid-17th Century date for the compilation:Mac Geoghangan's original text is no longer extant, there are copies (made in 1684 by Tadhg O'Dailaigh) in Trinity College, Dublin and The British Museum.The T.C.D. copy was edited by the Rev. Denis Murphy S.J. and published by the R.S.A.I. in 1896. The manuscript now offered for sale is a transcript of the British Library Copy.The writer does not provide his name, but he does sign the initials "C.M.G." to a frustrated note of his inability to provide correct versions of names as 'there are so many leaves lost or stolen of the Old Irish Book which I translate." There are frequent cross-references to folios in the original Gaelic M/ss.Given the deficiencies of the 1896 publication, this manuscript, despite its incompleteness, could provide a useful source for a new critical edition of this important early history of Ireland.As a m/ss., w.a.f. A high important work. (1)

Significant mid-19th century illustrated M/ss guide to Waterford HarbourCo. Waterford: [Bolton (Charles Newport)] Folio Volume, 32 x 21 cm, bound in half calf with marbled boards (rubbed) and endpapers. Bookplate of C. Newport Bolton. "Waterford Harbour" printed on upper board in gold lettering on red label. Undated, but the preface mentions "the completion of the South Wales Railway to New Milford", and as the port was so named in November 1859, and the SWR amalgamated with the Great Western in 1863, the MS must have been compiled between those years. It was intended to be published as a guide for travellers, but the text ends abruptly at the bottom of f 67 and was apparently never completed. Several news cuttings on the history of the area are pasted in.Illustrated with 22 drawings in pen or pencil (many full-page), 5 lithographs and 2 photographs, featuring views and monuments on the River Suir and its estuary, including Dunmore Harbour, Duncannon Fort, Dunbrody Abbey, Fethard Castle, Loftus Hall, Tintern Abbey, and Ballyhack. Several of the drawings are reproductions of sketches done by the author for Hall's Ireland and Hore's Wexford, but most are original; the lithographs are taken from the author's Sketches on the River Suir.Charles Newport Bolton of Brook Lodge, Faithlegg, Co. Waterford (1816-1884) was a local landowner, historian and artist. His thirteen Sketches at Killarney and Glengariff were published in 1847 to raise funds "for the benefit of the distressed Irish", and his Sketches on the River Suir (1857) were published in aid of victims of the Indian Mutiny. He also sketched many British landscapes and antiquities. See Irish Genealogist, VII, no. 4 (1989), pp 632-3. As an Album & M/ss., w.a.f. (1)

The Royal North Down Rifles Military Theatricals. A 19th century Album compiled probably by Capt. (later Lt.-Col.) G. Rowan Hamilton of the Royal North Down Rifles, containing about 45 programmes for amateur dramatic and musical performances, 1860s-1890s, mostly locally printed, featuring members of British garrison forces and their families and friends; also news cuttings about military affairs, many featuring the North Down Rifles, including some reports of disturbances and a manuscript parade record. In a folio album, much worn. With the original manuscript of a talk by the historian and bibliophile P.S. O'Hegarty, 17 pp, headed 'Some Ephemeral Local Printing', discussing the album and its contents.The programmes include items printed by J. Wier, 'Observer' office, Ballymena; Dollard, Dublin; Bray & South Dublin Herald, Wicklow; 'Down Recorder', Downpatrick; Wm. Strain & Sons, Belfast; Wm. Henry, 'Newtownards Chronicle'; Recorder Printing Works, Bray; W. & G. Baird; Moat Bros., Rosemary Street, Belfast; M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Belfast; Morgan, Mountmellick; and others. Many of the cast-lists include Capt.Rowan Hamilton, regimental colleagues and members of his family. There are also several programmes from the Theatre Royal, Fort Manoel [Malta], and a poster for Lt. Col. Hamilton's retirement parade in Bristol.O'Hegarty's manuscript points out that garrison forces generally had little to do when there was no war on, and theatricals provided a harmless diversion for their officers. The programmes are laid down, tipped in or laid in. They are not in chronological order. Condition is only fair, many are creased, torn or frayed, sometimes with loss, but most of them are certainly rare if not unique.As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Broadside - Tipperary InterestTynan (Katherine) A Dead Patriot and Poet, Katherine Tynan's Eloquent Tribute to Ellen O'Leary, sister of the Fenian leader John O'Leary. Obituary in two columns, folio broadside, printed by Merrigan and O'Connell, Tipperary. Apparently reprinted from The Boston PIlot. A fine tribute, mentioning the Tipperary origins of the O'Leary family, and presumably reprinted for some member or friend of the family. Extremely Rare. no date, circa 1885?

Very Important Manuscript of Projected History of KerryRowan (Rev. Arch. A.B.) History of Kerry, Chapter Three, of the early inhabitants, etc etc. Folio 40pp in his clear hand, with extensive commentary and notes i the margins, some in the Gaelic script. In original marble wrappers, with paper label. A highly important document. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)Provenance: Mrs. Valerie Bary, Kerry Historian.

Engraved Plates: Philarchaeo (Lucio) Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae ab Annibale Caraccio depictae a Carolo Caesio aeri insculptae... . Lg. folio Rome 1753, red & bl. engd. head & tails, initials, full page & fold plts. some lacking, defective copy, uncut, recent hf. mor., w.a.f. (1)

Minute-book of Dublin County Council in the first years of The Irish Free StateManuscript: A large folio volume containing minutes of the proceedings of Dublin County Council from 28 September 1922 to 17 January 1924. 365 pp.The chairman was James McNeill, brother of Eoin McNeill, the chief of staff of the Irish Volunteers. A senior member of the Indian Civil Service, he was jailed because of his brother's part in the 1916 Rising. On his release he was elected to Dublin County Council and was elected chairman. In 1927 he succeeded Tim Healy as Governor General of the Free State.This volume not only shows the continuity of Irish local government under native administration but also indicates the wide variety of issues great and small that came within the council's remit. Some, inevitably, are political: there are arrangements for compensating workers whose pay had been deducted for attending the funeral of Michael Collins; acknowledgements of resolutions of sympathy on the death of Griffiths, Collins, and (with admirable impartiality) Harry Boland; a motion to pay Peter Christian of Artane 18 weeks wages, lost owing to his internment after Easter Week 1916; and arrangements for the teaching of Irish in schools and the reinstatement of buildings destroyed during the late hostilities. Other subjects discussed include payments to quarry workers; the inspection of steam rollers; the dipping of sheep; the purchase of a suit and boots for the hall porter; the dismissal of rate collector Patrick Barry; the supply of wheels for scarifies; and the damage resulting from a fire caused by the council's tar boiler at Swords. A wealth of interesting material. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Brian O'Nolan [Flann O'Brien] and family. A unique collection of eleven folio albums of family photographs and other memorabilia, including photos and copy photos of Brian as a young man [Album 1], Brian's card as Private Secretary to An Tanaiste, his personal card as 'Lord Nolan of Santry' etc. [green file, Section 12]; typescript copies of letters from Brian to the American writer William Saroyan, a tribute from Roibeard O Farachain (typescript), his brother Ciaran's passport, several albums of photos and other items relating mainly to his mother's family the Gormleys of Strabane, including material relating to Eugene Gormley (interned on SS Argenta in Belfast Lough 1922), a manuscript card from Alice Milligan, also some attractive family photographs,an album of Strabane postcards, views of Strabane, a Strabane scrapbook, etc., all carefully mounted and generally in excellent condition. As an Archive, w.a.f. (1)A unique collection which casts light on Brian O'Nolan's family background, and on some of the influences that helped to make him a writer.

Moore (George) The Talking Pine [a vignette]. Hours Press, Paris 1931, no. 73 of 500 hand set copies on Maillol handmade paper, folio printed wrappers, stitched, lightly foxed throughout. Scarce.* It is said that Moore refused to sign the edition (as had been intended), and consequently the number of copies issued was much less than 500. The Hours Press was owned and run by Nancy Cunard, heiress to the shipping line. George Moore was a close friend of her mother, Maud Alice Burke.

ÓBeacháin (Breandán) [Behan, Brendan]. An Giall [The Hostage.] Dráma Trí Ghníomh. Táille Léirithe £4.4.0 ar gach léiriú, iníoctha leis An Chomhairle Náisiúnta Drámaíochta, Baile Átha Cliath. Luach 3/- Cyclostyled typescript, 37pp folio, stapled in pink card bearing only the address of An Chomhairle, the upper cover numbered in biro 1011. A clean copy.Behan's play was written in Irish on a commission from Gael-Linn, and was first performed at the Damer Hall in 1958. An extended version in English was later popularised by Joan Littlewood. The Irish script was published only in cyclostyled format, and was available to amateur groups from An Chomhairle [a Gaelic League theatre council] soon after its first production. We do not know how many copies were so produced, or whether there is any basis for distinguishing copies of the first from subsequent issues.

An Unpublished Hugh Leonard PlayscriptByrne (John Keyes, i.e. Hugh Leonard) Nightingale in the Branches. A Play in Three Acts [Act One only]. Cyclostyled typescript, folio, pp. 23, some annotations probably by the author. Part of an unpublished early play, one of three written before Keyes-Byrne began to use his 'Hugh Leonard' pseudonym. Although an early attempt, the writer's talent is evident on every page. The play is set in a large house in suburban Dublin occupied by four generations of a single family, with their lodger and visitors. Nothing much happens, but the dialogue crackles along, characterisation is expertly established, and various themes and conflicts are neatly sketched. Hugh Leonard made his name as a major writer with plays like Da, voted best play of 1978 on Broadway.Provenance: Collection of Nora Lever.

Pike Theatre Productions. Manuscript accounts for James McKenna's The Scatterin' performed at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, October 1960. Folio 3pp (single folded sheet).Accounts for a three week run, showing takings of £3,500, wages of £1,000, author's fees of about £400, and profits to the producers of over £1900. Curiously, there appears to be no entry for hire of the theatre.Provenance: Archive of John Ryan.

Heaney (Seamus) A good collection including four poem-posters, viz.* Land. Poem-of-the-Month Club, L. 1971, 14" x 11", signed by Heaney.* Servant Boy. Detroit 1971, Red Hanrahan Press, laid paper, with a woodcut, 12" x 8", apparently distributed free.* An Invocation. Bernard Stone, Turret Bookshop, L. 1992, single folio sheet folded.* A Latch Lifting. Ulsterbus Poetry-in-Motion series, 11" x 19", printed both sides, with a coloured etching by Beate Piombe; with the series leaflet.* Also The Northern Muse [vinyl record, Claddagh Records, 12", cover designed by Barrie Cooke]. Readings by Seamus Heaney and John Montague.Please note that only the first item is signed by Heaney. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Heaney (Seamus) Hedge School. Sonnets from Glanmore with [seven] colour woodcuts by Clare Van Vliet & printed for Charles Seluzicki, Fine Books in Salem,Oregon at the Janus Press, Newark, Vermont in 1979. Folio brown wrappers with impressed title, stitched, No. 180 of 285 copies on Barcham Green De Wint paper, signed at rear in pencil by poet and artist. A magnificent production, rare and sought after, fine. (1)

Early Printing: A fine single sheet from Hartmann Schedel's Cosmographia, c. 1490 with wd. cut, Map of Great Britain and Ireland; with German letterpress; also lg. folio single sheet from The Nuremberg Chronicle, c. 1480 with large wd. cut view of a city, highlighted in red, and with wd. cut portraits on verso. Attractive early item, as a lot. (2)

Atlas: Richards & Company, Memorial Atlas of Ireland, Showing Provinces, Counties, Baronies, Parishes, Etc. Lg. atlas folio Philadelphia 1901. Decor. title in green & black, & 33 lg. dble page coloured maps (one with straight tear at fold.) all very fine, in orig. hf. calf,joints rebacked, worn somewhat but a fine example. As an atlas, w.a.f. Rare. (1)