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After the Medieval School, an illuminated manuscript leaf, Madonna and Child enthroned, picked out in gilt, 30.5cm x 19cm

Horology, Local Interest - Thomas Wainwright (1876-1942), clockmaker of Fenny Bentley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, two inscribed brass plaques, the largest 13cm wide; a b/w portrait photograph of Wainwright at work, another of his house (a converted chapel); 1pp manuscript biographical timeline of his life, on Cottage of Content, Buxton, writing-paper, [collection]

Natural History - Phycology - an arrangement of seaweed specimens, each annotated in ink manuscript, 24.5cm x 19cm, maple frame, 42cm x 36.5cm overall; another (2)

Medical Interest - Pharmacy - an early 20th century manuscript note book, with receipts and recipes for cures and remedies, Derbyshire Neck (Goitre) ['one teaspoon every 4 hours will astonish your patient']; Hair dye (using acetate of lead); Cure for Piles; Eye Water for Sore Eyes of All Kinds; Magnetic Linament; Receipt for Making Mother Seigels Syrup; Gregory's Powder for Stomach; Wizard Linament; Chloroform Linament; many others; various loose cuttings and notes, some dated c.1913 - 1918; other ephemera relating to the estate of Thomas Tagg, chesques Derby Old Bank, Crompton & Evans Union Bank, Alfreton; a Temperance Text Book; wartime ephemera; etc

Great Britain 1821-Postal History-folded letter front posted to London, Manuscript Devizes April 30th 1821 black 2 line Devizes 22 cancel red crown free 1st may 1821 cancel

Great Britain 1823 - folded letter front posted to London with manuscript Norwich March 9th 1823, cancelled with red crown free 10th March 1823 cancel

Great Britain 1825 - Postal History-folded letter headed Barnards Inn 4.3.1825 posted to Finsbury Square manuscript 2 over 2 line black Holborn Bars cancel red oval back cancel '8 morn' 8 March 5th 1825

Great Britain 1828-Postal History-folded letter dated 10.1.1828 posted to Bond Street black manuscript 2 on front incomplete red oval cancel on reverse and boxed 2 line T.P. Lombard Street cancel

Great Britain 1834 - folded letter dated 15.4.1834 Carlisle posted to Edinburgh manuscript paid and red paid April 16th 1834 cancel incomplete Carlisle cancel on reverse

Great Britain 1872-Revenue stamp foreign bill Booth Catalogue No.190 type 216 £1 perf 12.1/2 deep reddish violet-manuscript cancel

Great Britain 1884 - Postal History-folded package posted to Gateshead, manuscript Pre-paid blue Oct 11th 1884 Sunderland cancel, black Oct 11th 1844 Gateshead cancel

Great Britain 1885 - Diss Wine Merchants envelope posted to Harleston cancelled 22.1.1885 with Diss cds and 254 town cancels on SG172 1d stamp, cancelled 23.1.85 Harleston with manuscript 'Gone Away' and square 3 line

London 1825 EL-Lombard Street. XXX in black and Manuscript 2 and '7night'

The Rebellion in County Cavan 1642 Co. Cavan: [Jones (Doctor Henry)]D.D. A Relation of the Beginnings and Proceedings of the Rebellion in the County of Cavan within the Province of Ulster in Ireland ..., where unto is added, The Acts, and 29 Conclusions of that great ... Congregation of Archbishops, Bishops, and others of the Romish Clergy.. met in the City of Kilkenny... on the 10.11 and 13 of May, 1642. [Confederation of Kilkenny] 4to L. (Godfrey Emerson) 1642, First Edn., 1-4, 1-48pps., (some mispagnation) some manuscript notes throughout, later hf. calf, paper boards. Scarce. (1)

Episcopal Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII Cork Corporation   Illuminated Address from the Corporation of Cork to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII on his Episcopal Jubilee,1893, Signed by Augustine Roche (Mayor) and  Alex.McCarthy |(Town Clerk),  presented in a large quarto leather bound Album, with the manuscript reply received from Cardinal Rampolla (signed by him), and an English translation of same similarly illuminated with elaborate floral displays. The Cork Address with a gilt reproduction of the Cork Corporation seal (slightly damaged). Some foxing to edges of internal boards, not affecting the illuminated addresses. The leather binding with title on upper cover within an elaborate gilt double rectangle enclosing alternate star devices, the surface somewhat worn, top of spine torn but holding firm. The illumination by John & Florence Gilbert, Cork (see turn-in on inner front cover), the binding apparently unsigned. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Joyce (James) Ulysses, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript, 3 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1975. Orig. blue cloth, slipcase. V. good. (3)

With an Unpublished Poem by Dean Swift [Swift] Periodical: [Lover (Samuel) Editor] The Dublin Literary Gazette, or Weekly Chronicle of Critisism, Belleslettres, and Fine Arts, Nos. 1 - 26, Sat. Jan. 2nd 1830 - Sat. June 26, 1830. Complete File, together 26 nos, D. 1826, 4to, with adverts etc., cont. hf. calf, covers loose, spine lacking, but clean copy. V. Scarce. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) * This magazine contains an original unpublished poem entitled 'The Lawyer' by Dean Swift at page 271. The manuscript was discovered amongst the papers of Bishop Bernard of Limerick, and it bears the Dean's signature, and here it has been submitted by the person who at this point owns the manuscript,..'The Author of Collegians,' [Gerald Griffin.]

Fine Co. Longford Illuminated Manuscript Co. Longford: Address of the Inhabitants of the Town and County of Longford to John Kennedy Esq., and Reply returned by him thereto July 1863, illuminated Manuscript, 7pp on vellum, 4to with list of subscribers in cont. full crimson mor. with fine lg. tooled gilt borders & decoration, and with gilt lettered front cover. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Fine. (1)

With Manuscript Note from Margaret Pearse Fitzgerald (Rev. T.A.)trans. The Mother (An Mathair) and other Tales by P.H. Pearse, 8vo, Dundalk (Dundalgen Press) 1917, First Translated Edn., (Second) portrait frontis, inscribed "To Seamus Bhrethnach from Margaret Pearse Mother of the Brothers Pearse in Remembrance of the visit to Foxford, September 1919," cloth backed boards, some wear. Nice Association. (1)

Folio Society: Illuminated Manuscript -Tractatus de Herbis, British Library Egerton M/ss 747. Folio Lond. 2002. A fine exact coloured fac-simile, Limited Edn., NBO. 873 of 1000 copies, with separate Commentary Volume, in full goatskin leather with leather on lays, in orig. cloth box. V. fine production. (2)

The 17th Century Grain Crisis in Kilkenny Co. Kilkenny: [Haydocke (Josiah)] An interesting 17th Century Manuscript Document sent to the Lord Lieutenant, in accordance with instructions he has been monitoring the price of grain in the county. He states that recently the price had almost doubled, which he attributes to merchants and bakers from out-county buying up. If not prevented it will endanger a causeless death and famine, dated Kilkenny 1674. As a manuscript, on paper, w.a.f. (1)

Late 17th Century Letter - Re Lands in Galway Manuscript: Strong (Wm.) An ALs. Letter dated 5 August 1684 from William Strong, Dublin, to Nathaniel Hawes, London, reporting on lands in Galway: "When I was at Galway I took some notice of the Hospitalls concern there. All the houses on ye North suburbs at least 200 are on yr land & more likely to be with little garden plots. I mean Irish Houses of ye better sort ? not less worth than 20s per Acre being soe neer the town & the Country about itt covered with Rocks." As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Address to Parliament by King James II [1685?] Manuscript: Draft (incomplete and unsigned, but in a contemporary hand), King James II's address to the opening of Parliament in May 1685. The King thanks the members for their kind works, and assures them any funds he will require of them will be wisely spent. However, he reminds them of several immediate financial exigencies: the need to refurbish the Navy ('ye Strength and Glory of this nation'), the requirements of the revenue, the debts of the late King, and the expense that will be involved in dealing with the rebellion in Scotland (the Argyll Rebellion which was in fact quickly crushed). As a m/ss., w.a.f. Rare. (1)

Colclough Family of Tintern Abbey Co. Wexford:  An Indenture dated 26 Sept. 1745 between Caesar Colclough of Mochory and Thomas Kidd of Coolroe, gent, leasing the townland of Ballylegane to Kidd for the lives of himself, his wife Hanah and their son John.  Signed by Hanah on the death of her husband, 25 July 1784. ·Indenture dated 29 June 1778 between Sir Vesey Colclough of Tintern Abbey, Bart, and Harvey Welman of Belloghton, Co. Wexford, gent.  Recites a lease dated 24 April 1753 from Caesar Colclough of Tintern Abbey granting to Welman the townland of Ballytersney for the lives of himself and his eldest son Harvey Welman junior.  Now the lease is renewed, substituting as the new life Margaret, daughter of Anthony Lowcay of Rosstowne. · Contemporary copy of preceding. · Indenture dated 8 October 1822 between Caesar Colclough of Tintern Abbey Esq. and John Rossiter of Burkestown, farmer, leasing to him the bog of Coolafinka for his own life or for 21 years.  Small sketch map on back. Together 4 Deeds, as manuscript, w.a.f. (4)

The Death of General Wolfe, 1759 Manuscript: A contemporary Manuscript Poem, on the Death of General Wolfe, consisting of four eight line stanza on single folio sheet. The poet imagines Brittania mourning for her dead hero. To comfort her, Jupiter sends Mercury to inform her that Wolfe is not dead but promoted ('prefer'd') to heaven, where his services are required to suppress a rebellion by the Giants. As a m/ss. (1) * Gen. James Wolfe was one of the most illustrious British Generals of the 18th Century. His capture of Quebec in 1759 and his death from a French cannon, shot in the moment of victory made him a national hero.

Co. Cork: [Sir Robert Tilson] An 18th Century Indenture relating to leases to William Galwey of Mallow, for a small Orchard, (part of the Townland of Annabella), for three lives (all members of the Royal Family) dated 21 August 1774 from Sir Robert Tilson (Dean of Dromore, Co. Cork). On vellum with seals etc. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (1)

1798 Association Manuscript: Letter dated 15 January 1793 written by Charles Tottenham of Ballycurry (near Ashford in Co. Wicklow, which he had inherited through his marriage to Frances, daughter and heir of Robert Boswell) to Mr Corbet of Corbet Hill. Corbet had evidently suggested that Tottenham should let Ballycurry and buy Corbet Hill.  Tottenham declines this offer: “two country houses would never agree with my finances”, and hopes Corbet will change his mind about selling Corbet Hill “and that we shall have you for our neighbours for at least a part of the year.”  He sends his compliments to Mrs Corbet and “the misses”.  Envelope addressed to Mrs Cliffe, 21 College St., Bristol, 31 Dec 1803-1 Jan 1804.  (1) * Corbet Hill, near New Ross, was later Headquarters of the Insurgent leaders in 1798.

Naval Interest: [Rokeby (Sir Richard)] An interesting 19th Century Naval Account Manuscript Book, for the 'HMS Eden' (a 24 Gun Sixth Rate Warship) which was commanded by Sir Richard Rokeby, off the Coast of Africa 1830 - 37, approx. 30pps (interleaved) in contemp full red mor. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (1)

Log Book of the Wanderer  Manuscript: Log Book of the brig Wanderer of Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1848-1852.  86 pp.  Noting statistics of voyages, names of other ships seen, weather reports, etc.  Ports of embarkation and destination include: Whitehaven to Dublin; Cork to Jamaica; Lamlash to Belfast; Westport to Quebec and from Ballina to St John, New Brunswick. Also: 19c print of Whitehaven harbour. At other end: a collection of verses suitable for children, signed at the beginning by Doris Taggart of 14 Lonsdale Place, Whitehaven, 20 October 1850.  65 pp.  The contents include some Psalms and poems by famous authors (Herrick, Wordsworth …) and by children’s authors such as Jane Taylor (author of “Twinkle, Twinkle, little star”), her sister Anne, and Mary Lundie Duncan.  The last four pages are in a later and younger hand, signed by Maurice Clifford, neatly written but replete with spelling mistakes; includes the evocative little poem “On the Stableyard Railway”. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Poignant Family Letters to a Young Officer serving in the Crimean War Two Manuscript Letters addressed from 21 Clifton Terrace, Brighton, 27 April and 12 May 1854, to “Ensign H.S. Marsh, 33rd Regt, Turkey”. Hans Stephenson St Vincent Marsh, born in November 1833, was the second son of Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Digby Marsh, a naval officer with an impressive record for bravery, and his wife Adelaide (née Robley).  His grandfather was the Rev. Jeremy Marsh, rector of Rosenallis, Queen’s County (a descendant of Archbishop Francis Marsh of Dublin and of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor).  He had elder siblings Adelaide (“Ady”) and Willoughby (“Willy”), an officer in the Royal Engineers, and younger siblings Horatio and Rosamond (“Rosy”).  When these letters were written he was a twenty-year-old ensign in the 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment, quartered in the barracks at Scutari. The first letter (c 1,300 words) is from his mother, the second (c 1,600 words) from his sister Ady, with a PS from his mother.  Both letters are full of anxiety for his welfare and questions about his life in Turkey (“Horatio and Rosy are very desirous of knowing whether you have chairs to sit on, or whether you sit cross-legged on divans”). They also report on an expedition by “Papa” and Ady to Ireland, where they revisit the scenes of his childhood, staying with the Baldwins at Castle Cuffe, the Biddulphs at Rathrobin, and Henrietta Hill at Ely Place in Dublin (where “poor Freddy” becomes infatuated with Ady); Papa meets an old friend now teaching at St Columba’s, and they are taken for a tour of the college and have lunch with the Warden. As manuscripts, w.a.f. Postscript:  After the 33rd left for the Crimea in November, the barracks at Scutari were converted into a military hospital which soon became the scene of Florence Nightingale’s heroic endeavours. Hans Marsh was promoted to lieutenant, served with great courage in the fighting at the Alma, Inkerman, and the Redan, and was killed in the trenches during the siege of Sebastopol, aged 21.  His younger brother Horatio studied at Cambridge, where the family went to live and where his parents are buried.  His elder brother, Colonel Willoughby Marsh, retired to live at Brownsbarn, Co. Kilkenny, where he was succeeded on his death in 1924 by his daughter Anna and her husband the 6th Lord Teignmouth. (2)

Families of Pakenham, Foster, Leslie & Others Genealogical Album: A thick 4to volume of manuscript genealogical records and notes on the families of Upton (Viscounts Templetown), Pakenham (Earls of Longford), the Fosters, Leslies, Stuart & Verschoyles, & others, latest entries c. 1890. It contains pedigrees, and all kinds of notes, loose pages & other documents loosely inserted, with reprint ports., some coats of arms etc., some pages damp or stained. Full limp mor. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Important item. (1)

Manuscript:  Smith (John Chaloner) A manuscript Notebook containing various engineering works from 1898-1901. It includes surveys for works such as the Polawaddy Road Bridge in Belmulet Union, and the Ring of Rath na Sonaid on Tara Hill (with a sketch), 8vo. In full mor., as a m/ss., w.a.f. With the author's bookplate. (1) * John Chaloner was an inspector in the O.P.W. and his expertise was in water levels (his research formed the basis of the Shannon Hydro Programme.)

A Corkman's Voyage to New York in the Year of the Titanic Manuscript: A fascinating eight-page M/ss Journal of a Voyage to New York aboard the RMS Baltic from 17 to 20 September 1912. The Baltic, once the world's largest ship, was a White Star liner that sailed the Atlantic between 1904 and 1933. she was involved in several dramatic incidents, including sending the famous iceberg warning to Titanic. The writer, who signs with his initials ''B.H.'' is thought to be Benjamin Haughton (1855 - 1932), a Quaker merchant of Cork who worked actively on behalf of various charitable organisations in the city; he was a member of the Senate of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1928. On the voyage he was accompanied by his daughter (?) Marjorie, whose 19th birthday was celebrated the day before their arrival. Fellow-passengers included William Redmond, the passionate Irish nationalist MP and inveterate traveller, the socialite Adele Countess of Essex, and the former Bishop of Ripon William Boyd Carpenter, who preached a lugubrious sermon after a fireman named Doyle threw himself overboard and drowned. There are comments on fellow passengers and on the entertainments provided, which included lectures by two celebrated missionaries, Henry Hodgkin on ''China'' and Ralph Wardlow Thompson on ''The Menace of Moslemism'' As a m/ss. Rare. (1)

Manuscript: Dublin interest: Hume Street Hospital Ladies Guild - Minute Book, A 4to notebook for minutes of meetings held by the above group, from approx. December 15th, 1954 - to approx. 10th January 1962. Minutes mostly signed by Eileen Hill Tulloch. Interesting details about fund raising events, monies raised, people helped and other information. cloth backed boards. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Teeling (Bartholomew), United Irishman, executed 1798. An important collection of personal items and documents, as follows: a) A pair of short cloth and metal braces and a tricolour silk ribbon (in two parts), with a manuscript note stating ‘Braces & ribbon worn by Bartholomew Teeling who was executed on the charge of high treason on 24th September 1798. The braces are marked with his blood, the result of a wound received in (it is believed) the battle of Ballinamuck. The braces were broken in his death struggle on the scaffold.’ The handwriting is the same as in the manuscript Memoir below (b), evidently by a family member. The braces are each about 9" x 1 ¾", stoutly made, apparently of green linen backed by canvas, stitched over metal springs, each with a tapering end including a button-hole; at the other end they appear to have been attached to something like a buckle. The tricolour ribbon is in two pieces each about 21" long, 2" wide, the three colours being a dark green, a central strip of white, and a light pink-yellow colour. Probably the two pieces were originally attached, forming a sash. It is worn and fragile, please handle with care. b) A manuscript memoir concerning Bartholomew’s nephew Charles George Teeling [1806-75], 10 pp oblong foolscap, folded, in a neat hand, unsigned, evidently written by a close family member, possibly his daughter. It outlines the family’s history of patriotism, Charles’ life as a soldier, his contacts with European figures including Lafayette and Murat, his service in Spain and Egypt, his family life, his devout Catholicism. In brown wrappers, stitched, on paper watermarked 1874. A small portion cut from top of first leaf, possibly to remove the author’s name. Apparently unpublished. Charles George Teeling was a son of Charles Hamilton Teeling [1778-1850], younger brother of Bartholomew Teeling. c) Memoir of Said Bey by his Aide-de-Camp, Charles George Teeling (Lieutenant of Artillery.) 1840. 14 pp, buff printed wrappers. No place, no printer, probably printed for the author. No copy listed in COPAC. Said Bey was a son of the great modernising Egyptian Pasha, Mehmet Ali. Teeling was Said’s aide-de-camp and tutor. Items b) and c) help to authenticate item a), indicating that these articles were in the custody of members of the Teeling family until at least 1875. Bartholomew Teeling was born in 1774 in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, the son of a Catholic linen-draper. His mother was a Taaffe from Smarmore Castle in Louth (Catholic gentry). He was educated at the school set up by Rev. Dr. Dubourdieu, a French Huguenot emigré, where he may have learned French, and possibly some French ideas. He joined the United Irishmen before he was twenty. His father Luke was an associate of the Catholic Committee and was imprisoned without charge from 1798 to 1802. His younger brother Charles Hamilton Teeling was also a United Irishman. In 1796-7 Bartholomew went to France to avoid arrest, and to help Wolfe Tone to seek French military assistance for Ireland. He secured a French commission, and served with Tone in Hoche’s expedition to Bantry Bay, which returned to France without landing. Again in 1798, this time with Matthew Tone (brother of Wolfe), he embarked with the small French force that landed at Killala, while Wolfe Tone stayed in France to await a larger expedition. Teeling served as aide-de-camp to the French commander General Humbert. He is said to have shown notable courage, capturing an artillery piece single-handed at Carrignagat. It is also said he helped to protect the local Protestant gentry from reprisals by Humbert’s Irish supporters. After Humbert routed General Lake’s militia at Castlebar, Lord Cornwallis sent a larger force to stop the French before they could set the country alight. Humbert was forced to meet them at Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, where he faced greatly superior forces, and after some hours he agreed to surrender ‘on terms’. The terms included the safety of his own force, but his Irish supporters were slaughtered without mercy. Teeling and Matthew Tone held French commissions and should have been exempt, but they were seized and brought to Dublin, where they were separately tried by court-martial for high treason and hanged. An eye-witness said Teeling died ‘with the greatest philosophy, declaring that he suffered for his principles.’ The manuscript note (a) herewith states that the accompanying items of clothing were part of Teeling’s dress at his arrest and execution. The ribbon or sash may have been intended to distinguish the wearer from other French officers as an Irishman. Bartholomew Teeling was only 20 when he followed Wolfe Tone to France. He was still only 24 when he was hanged at Arbour Hill Barracks in Dublin on 24 September 1798, 224 years ago, as a rebellious subject of King George. As a collection, w.a.f.  (1) Provenance: Purchased at a Dublin auction some years ago, said to be from the estate of a deceased solicitor and collector of memorabilia.

[O'Connell (Daniel)] A mounted Display, with an original manuscript free front signed  by Daniel O'Connell, dated November 17th, 1837 to Mrs. Finch in Birmingham, with a reproduction lithograph Print after Hoffy. (1)

The Local Politics of Home Rule Irish National Registration Association, Arran Quay Ward (later Irish National League). An important manuscript Minute Book, Aug. 1883 to Nov. 1886, circa 200 pp closely written pages recording details of mainly weekly meetings over a period of three years, countersigned by chairmen, in a stoutly bound Dollard’s minute book, leather spine, marbled boards. Various documents are laid in or laid down, including a letter of acknowledgement on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, March 5 1886, another dated June 1886 on behalf of Mr. Parnell (resolution in regard to the Home Rule Bill), etc. Tipped in at rear is the Address of the Irish National League to the People of Ireland, issued by a committee including Charles Parnell (Chairman), also the Constitution of the League.  An important historical record. The National League was the organisation founded by Parnell to take the place of the Land League and to pursue the campaign for Home Rule.  The weekly reports give a snapshot of views and priorities over a period of more than three years, with names of committee members, chairmen etc. The Arran Quay branch was probably the main city centre business branch.  Together with:  A matching volume with manuscript minutes of the Arran Quay Branch of the Irish National League, later Irish National Federation, late 1886 to 1891, including the period of the Parnell split, over 200 pages of closely written minutes, various documents including press reports laid in or laid down.  See especially minutes of meeting of Thursday 12 March 1891, which resolved to withdraw from the National League and affiliate with the [anti-Parnellite] National Federation . Both volumes in excellent condition, an important record of the detailed local organisation and membership which formed the essential basis for the Irish Party’s parliamentary activities. Councillor John Lemass T.C., who features frequently as Chairman in both volumes, is almost certainly Sean Lemass’ grandfather. This is probably the only detailed record of his political activities. As a m/ss., w.a.f.  (2)

Grace (Seamus), Volunteer.  An extensive archive concerning his service with ‘C’ Company Irish Volunteers, 1916 and subsequently, including his part in the celebrated ‘Battle of Mount Street Bridge’.  In a large A-3 document folder, with his medals in a separate box.  The folder includes: -       A colour-printed certificate of his service, designed by Leo Broe, signed by Eamon de Valera and others;  -       His ‘1916’ armband and epaulettes. -       A photograph in Volunteer uniform, a few earlier photos, and some photos of the aftermath of the Mount Street engagement; -       Two service ribbons, dated 1942, to be worn when medals are not used; -       Press cuttings concerning the Mount Street fight; -       A five-page manuscript statement (4 sheets) headed ‘I don’t forget’, by a brother of Seamus, concerning events in 1916, Easter Monday morning etc., with a photocopy of same; also a 6p (5 sheets) continuation of same, 1916/22; -       Other press cuttings and photos; -       Typescript (carbon copy) 18 pp of statement by Seamus Grace, 1949, concerning the Mount Street engagement and subsequent events; -       Typescript (top copy) 8 pp of the ‘I don’t forget’ ms. by Seamus Grace’s brother; -       Six large sheets (12 pp) manuscript of what appears to be a list lof Seamus Grace’s Volunteer engagements, 1916-1923, signed James J. Grace; -       Oglaigh na hEireann, C. Co., 3u Cath. Ath Cliath, reunion programme 1954, signed by various participants; -       A large sheet apparently listing members (Volunteers?) and their subscriptions,  and a black rexine notebook with pencilled notes,  1916-20; -       Typescript (carbon copy, 2 copies) of a statement by A.F. Cooney in support of a disability claim by Seamus Grace, 1938; -       A certificate under the Military Service Pensions Act, listing Seamus Grace’s qualifying service, with associated envelope; -       Two letters of condolence on Seamus Grace’s death, 1959; -       TLS on Dail notepaper from Eamon de Valera,  3 Dec. 1954, to Breda Grace (sister of Seamus), regretting she was not admitted to see him when she called some years ago, with a second letter dated 7 May 1956 about her memoirs; -       History of C Company,  1913-1922, cyclostyled typescript, compiled by Sean Prendergast, former Company Commander; -       O’Donovan  Rossa memorial programme 1954 and other programmes; -       Letters from various persons (mostly secretarial) in response to requests or representations from Ms. Grace (details unclear); -       A worn copy of the Dolmen Press edition of the Breastplate of St. Patrick, no. 45 of 275 copies, 1954, inscribed by Seamus Grace to his sister Brighid; -       A Cumann na mBan leaflet ‘To Foreigners Visiting Our Country’, August 1931; and various other leaflets and documents. The medal box includes: -       Seumas Grace’s  1916-22 ‘Comhrac’ medal on ribbon; -       His miniature medal, do.; -       His 1939-46 medal (F.C.A.) on ribbon in original box; -       A second 1939-46 medal (Defence Forces) on ribbon in original box; -       An assortment of other medals, St. John’s Ambulance,  Feis Ceoil, Eucharistic Congress etc. (some of these may relate to his sister Breda or perhaps his brother); -       Also (finally) a borrowed copy of Paul O’Brien’s book Blood on the Streets: 1916 and the Battle for Mount Street Bridge, 2008. An important archive, including significant manuscript material, relating to a man who took part in what was probably the most significant 1916 engagement outside the GPO itself, where British reinforcements trying to get into the city were held up for a full a day by a handful of stubborn men, vastly outnumbered but determined not to yield while they could still fight. ‘When Malone and Grace in No. 25 Northumberland Road opened fire, the effect was devastating’ (Townshend, Easter 1916), and there were significant British casualties. As the years pass, archives of this nature and significance come to hand more and more rarely. Provenance:  Mr. Sean Kearney (nephew of Seamus Grace) purchased from him and by descent to the present vendor.

The Accounts for the Treaty Negotiations Collins (Michael).  Two pages typescript with manuscript notes (Michael Collins’ hand), Accounts of London Envoy, marked at head in pencil, ‘Copy / For Official Auditor’, listing various accounts, allocations, etc., including Truce Negotiations a/c, Delegation a/c, etc.  Important file, from crucial days in the life of the nation. (1)

Signed by the 'Big Fella'  [Collins (Michael)] An original sepia Photograph of General Michael Collins, half of length in Military Attire, with right hand on belt and swagger stick in left hand, standing in a rustic setting, mounted on card, inset with manuscript signature 'Miceál O'Coilean 17/1/1922,' mounted and framed. (1)

The Principal Architect of the Irish Court System“One of the Ablest Judges to have Graced the Irish Bench”KENNEDY, Hugh [1879-1936], First Attorney General and first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State, a small Archive of documents, letters, drawings and photographs.Hugh Kennedy was a contemporary of James Joyce at University College in Dublin, where he was editor of St. Stephen’s, the student magazine which published some of Joyce’s early work, and auditor of the L&H. He was called to the bar in 1902, and quickly established a reputation; by 1907 he had published a legal textbook. An Irish speaker, he was active in the Gaelic League, serving on a committee with such people as Pearse and Ceannt. He had strong national sympathies, and an unsigned work of 1910 listed below shows that he had no illusions about the British. He was legal adviser to the Department of Local Government in the first Dail, and to the Provisional Government established under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. He was a member of the committee which drafted the Constitution of the new state, and engaged in detailed negotiations with the British to secure their agreement to its terms.  In this process he gained at least one notable success, over rights of appeal to the Privy Council in London (see Keane, D.I.B.).  He was briefly a TD for a Dublin constituency.  In 1923 he was appointed Attorney-General, and when the new Irish courts system was established in 1924, Kennedy became the first Chief Justice, a position which he held until his death. He may fairly be described as the principal architect of the Irish courts system.   He authored many significant judgements, and ‘has been generally regarded as one of the ablest judges to have graced the Irish bench since independence’ (Ronan Keane in D.I.B. – himself a former Chief Justice).The principal collection of Kennedy’s legal papers is in UCD. The present archive consists of items which have remained in family hands, including letters to Mrs. Kennedy after his death. It includes:-        An important collection of coloured watercolour drawings of the green robes which Kennedy as Chief Justice proposed (at the suggestion of W.B. Yeats) for the new Irish Supreme Court, supposedly based on the robes worn by the Gaelic Brehons. According to Keane (D.I.B.), these designs were developed through discussion with Yeats, who was much interested in the outward symbols of the new State, and the drawings were executed by Yeats’ friend, the distinguished artist and designer Charles Shannon. There are three mounted drawings of designs for robes, each on card circa 37cms x 27cms, two designs for headgear, 27cms x 19cms, and one monochrome drawing of robes, probably a preliminary sketch. Although unsigned, these undoubtedly are Shannon’s original drawings, and are probably the only visual record of this project. The boards bear the stamp of The Ruskin Studio, VII New Court, [London] W.C. 2. The proposal was not welcomed by Kennedy’s colleagues, and when Yeats proposed a Senate motion on the issue, the division was lost by one vote.  See Foster, W.B. Yeats, A Life, Vol. II p. 331. The drawings are in immaculate condition, as fresh as the day they were painted.-        Five albums of letters, documents and photographs, as follows:-        Album 1.  A collection of circa 40 mostly unmounted photographic prints, mostly 19cms x 24cms with some smaller, showing Kennedy (often with his wife Clare) at a variety of events through the 1920s and 1930s, illustrating the life of the elite in those years. These are mostly good quality professional. photographs. They are generally not captioned, but the principal participants are easily recognisable, including Kennedy, a small man who became increasingly corpulent with the passage of years and good dinners.  A well-known photograph shows mourners at the funeral of Arthur Griffith, led by Eoin MacNeill, with Kennedy in the third rank.  On the reverse is written, ‘This is when Uncle Hugh + others were locked up in the 4 Courts & the Castle in the ‘Troubled Times’.  An Irish Times photo (1924, probably at an Aonach Tailteann event) shows the veteran American Fenian John Devoy seated beside two Oriental gentlemen, with the Chief Justice and his wife at the ends of the line. There are some curious photos of the elaborate costume worn by Mrs. Kennedy at a ‘Nine Arts’ Ball in 1925.; also a menu for a banquet for John McCormack during Aonach Tailteann 1925, signed by the singer.-        Albums 2, 3 and 4 contain a very wide variety of documents and letters dating from all periods of Kennedy’s life, not chronologically organised but including much interesting and some important material.  They include:-        Manuscript in Hugh Kennedy’s hand `Claim for Compensation for Property Destroyed @ the Four Courts. One page quarto;-        Manuscript in Hugh Kennedy’s hand List of Books Purchased December 1927 to March, 1928. Seven pages quarto;-        Two invoices from Fred Hanna, Ltd., Booksellers, Nassau Street, dated 1 Oct 1929 and 3 Jan 1930;-        A selection of (empty) official envelopes, including one dated 29.12.22, headed ‘Fé Rún.  For Minister Only’, addressed to ‘Dlí Oifigeach’, with official seal on reverse; -        A selection of calling cards, including Kennedy’s (in Irish, Aodh Ó Cinnéide), Douglas Hyde, with an inscription, Myles Dillon, John A. Murphy (Mrs.  Kennedy’s father, inscribed  reverse) etc.; -        A TLS appointing Kennedy a Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy 1936;  -        A  printed Syllabus of Courses for the School of Irish Studies, Dublin 1905;

The Book of Kells   Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN., in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1)

The Lindisfarne Gospels  A True Masterpiece of Fine Facsimile Production Evangelia Sancta Facsimile Edition of the Lindisfarne Gospels, with the two volumes of Commentary. This the newest arrival in the bibliophile library of Fine Art Facsimile Publishers of Switzerland. The edition is strictly limited to 980 copies. Of these a maximum of 290 copies only are available in the current original extraordinary Victorian binding. This was commissioned by Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham in 1852 to preserve the priceless manuscript. The volume is finely executed with Celtic designs, some of solid silver, also fine layers of gold & semi-precious stone. A real relic of Victorian splendour. Pre-dating the Book of Kells by almost one hundred years, it is possibly the most important item of cultural heritage of the British Isles. But the fact that the priceless manuscript survived at all is perhaps miraculous.  The volume is protected in an elaborate presentation case which lets the fine goldsmiths work shine through. (1)

Co. Westmeath: Original Manuscript Estate Map, A Map of Knockmant in the .. of Killichan, Baiy. of .. and County of Westmeath, which contains of arable and Profitable Two hundred and fourty Acres on rood Plantation measure, Surveyd April 30th 1746, Jn. Bell? Hand-cold. approx. 25.5cms x 41cms, framed. (1)

Testimonial from Grateful Passengers, 1876  Manuscript: A Testimonial to J.J. Tighe, M.D., Ship's Surgeon Superindent on board ship Rangitiki by the Emigrants, 15th December 1876. In original frame, with modern mount and backing 54cms x 50cms. Thanks Dr. Tighe "for his constant and unremitting attention to the various bodily ailments of themselves, their wives and children" in a voyage of 13 weeks (to New Zealand.) Signed on behalf of the emigrants by Arthur McMurrough, Hon. Sec., and R.A. Berry, Treasurer. Dr. Tighe's exertions prevented the outbreak of an epidemic of measles on board ship, and the testimonial was written to accompany the gift to him of a silver cup. As a m/ss. (1)

Diary by a Dublin Friend of Joyce [Joyce, James].  A framed photographic print, circa 4" x 6", showing Nora and James Joyce seated on a hillside (probably continental) with their friend Patrick J. Hoey. With a Pharmacist’s Diary for 1911 belonging to Patrick Hoey, written in a small neat hand, mostly in ink, recording his daily doings, January-December, also addresses, recipes, notes on art, thoughts and quotations on literature, etc., circa 100 pp in closely written manuscript.  Binding worn, but holding. Hoey, a travelled man, was a friend of the Joyce family from Dublin days, and it is said that he was one of Joyce’s sources for his Dublin descriptions in Ulysses. Ellmann records that Joyce met him unexpectedly in Ostend in 1926, not having seen him for 25 years. ‘Hoey and Joyce are the same name’, Joyce told Sylvia Beech (both being versions of the Irish Seoighe). (1)

With Original Manuscript Poem Russell (George), 'A.E.' Homeward Songs by the Way, D., Whaley, 1894, orig. paper covers (binding shaken), First Edn., (precedes the London Edition), with 'correct version' of the poem on p. 20 inscribed on prelim. in Russell's hand, signed. (1)

‘One of Yours’ Kavanagh (Patrick) Autograph Signed postcard to his friend Miss Elinor O’Brien at 52 Pembroke Road, Dublin, postmarked probably 1955, apparently from Longford. ‘Cooking not Soho. Stay probably short. Rain from bogs.  Personal condition – fair. (Signed) Patrick.’ Recto of card shows a photo of St. John’s Church, Longford, with a manuscript note at foot in Kavanagh’s hand, ‘One of yours’ [Ms. O’Brien was from a Protestant background].  With a few press cuttings concerning Kavanagh, apparently assembled by Ms. O’Brien (in an envelope). (1)

‘The Old Forces of Mediocrity, Malice and Death’ Kavanagh (Patrick)  A remarkable manuscript statement, eight lines in green ink, Signed, responding to the failure of his celebrated libel action over a profile published in ‘The Leader’, 1 pp on verso of a torn sheet (no loss) of A-6 headed paper from Four Courts Hotel, Dublin, dated on recto in another hand Feb. 12th 1954 – the day after the verdict was declared. ‘I was not personally shocked by the verdict. I was ashamed of the society in which I live. I was sorry that the vital and gay new Ireland I represented had been repudiated by the old forces of mediocrity, malice and death. I have kept my integrity. It is not I who have lost. This is not the final judgement. Patrick Kavanagh’.   Fluently written, with no corrections or hesitations, possibly intended as a statement to the press; evidently given to his friend Elinor O’Brien. Kavanagh sued the Leader magazine over a profile, which he contended was defamatory.  The defendant’s barrister was John A. Costello, later Taoiseach, who subjected Kavanagh to a devastating (though not unfair) cross-examination. The turning point came when Kavanagh denied knowing Brendan Behan, and Costello produced a book warmly inscribed by Kavanagh to Behan. The jury found against Kavanagh. The verdict was appealed, a support fund was set up, and it appears Kavanagh did eventually secure a small settlement. A unique document, and a fine statement of defiance, although the jury’s verdict meant the collapse of Kavanagh’s hopes of receiving significant damages.

Kavanagh (Patrick)  Recent Poems. 1958, self-published, quarto limp green cloth, untitled, ‘hand set in 12 pt Egmont Light & printed on a hand press in an edition of 25 copies of which this is no. 10’, signed (at rear) Patrick Kavanagh, also signed on t.p. dated Dec. 1958, and inscribed in Kavanagh’s hand, ‘For Elinor & Reggie / April 1959.’ With errata sheet, manuscript corrections in Kavanagh’s hand on p. 5, 11, 12, 14 and 20 (only the first and second listed on the errata sheet). Some browning on pp. 24-5 (from a press cutting of the same poem laid in), else a fine copy. Kavanagh’s last, rarest and most desirable collection, including his fine elegy ‘In Memory of My Mother’, and his apologia, ‘If ever you come to Dublin town’: ‘He knew that posterity has no use For anything but the soul, The lines that speak the passionate heart, The spirit that lives alone, O he was a lone one, Fol dol the di do, Yet he lived happily I tell you.’

Rare Private Account Manuscript: [Kavanagh (Patrick)] A Manuscript Account, 11 pages, dated 20/9/1989, apparently by Mary O'Halpin, elder sister of Patrick Kavanagh's widow Katherine (nee Moloney), describing Katherine's unexpected death, the decision to bury her with her late husband in Inniskeen, as requested in her will, a phone call to Kavanagh's brother Peter in New York, his opposition to the plan (allegedly describing the reopening of the grave as 'a desecration'), followed by events at the graveyard in Inniskeen, where the wrong grave was initially opened. Katherine's family stood firm, with support from various poets including John Montague and Anthony Cronin, and eventually Katherine's body was laid to rest with her husband as she had requested. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) A very interesting document.  With a cutting of a newspaper interview with Peter Kavanagh.

Seamus Heaney. Manuscript - Celtic Art: An Introduction, Ian Finlay. Single foolscap page, hand written critique by Seamus Heaney of the above volume: "It is one of the problems of trying to clarify the study of Celtic Art ... attracts the attention of sentimentalists and find itself linked with causes from Jacobitism to Art Nouveau. The Ossianic mists will never disperse ..."; Also included is part of a typed critique by Heaney of another book, one page: "It's an examination of the history and origin of words associated with nature, words associated with the earth and its processes and seasons, names of birds, beasts, flowers, plants, insects .. Namegiving is one of the archetypal roles played by Adam ... The story Genesis is short and resonant ..."; Also included are two postcards from Seamus Heaney to Kieran Sheedy, one from Detroit re documentary on John Field, Composer:"; Off to Philadelphia, not in the morning but in 10 minutes ... Hope Field was all right in the end ... "; The second postcard is from Dublin (1976) concerning documentary about the troubled first production of O'Casey's play 'The Plough and the Stars'; in 1926: "both Marie and I wanted to say how excellent - historical, perfect, unrepeatable we thought the O'Casey documentary to be ... ". Together with a Proof Copy of Patrick Piggott's book The Life and Music of John Field, 1782 - 1837, with scoring and correction possibly by Heaney. Provenance: Mr. Kieran Sheedy. In the early 1970's Seamus Heaney presented an R.T.E. radio book programme "Imprint" which was produced by K. Sheedy. They also broadcast a few radio documentaries, together, including one on composer John Field. Interesting collection.  (1)

[Heaney (Seamus)] An original black and white Press Photograph of Seamus Heaney standing at a pulpit with robes, mounted inset with original manuscript signature, signed and dated 'Seamus Heaney 16.XI.95.' (1)

Rowley (Richard) (Ulster poet)  Manuscript Poem, 1pp, headed ‘A Grateful Patient to his Doctor’, beginning ‘I was always fond o’ my drink / Ever since life began  ...’, and a small collection of other Irish items, including a card from M. Ffrench-Mullen appealing for help for St. Ultan’s Children’s Hospital, a letter from Lynn Doyle giving permission for an adaptation, etc., apparently all sent to Dr. C.E. Warner. As a collection,  w.a.f. (1)

Fine Collection of the Author's Work Broderick (John) The Pilgrimage, Lond. 1961; plus, Le Pelerinage Paris 1961. First French Edn., paperback; The Fugitives, L. 1962; Don Juaneen, Lond. 1963; The Waking of Willie Ryan, Lond. 1965; An Apology for Roses, Lond. 1973; Cite Pleine de Reves... Or! What a Beautiful City, Paris 1974, with long manuscript presentation note from author to Michael Mac Liammoir, signed; The Pride of Summer, Lond. 1976; London Irish, Lond. 1979, with signed Presentation to Noel Heavey; The Trial of Father Dillingham, Lond. 1982; A Prayer for Fair Weather,I Lond. 1984; I The Rose Tree,I Lond. 1985; I The Flood,I Lond. 1987; The Irish Magdalen Lond. 1991. All First Edns in orig. dust wrappers; plus Kingston (Madeline) Something in the head, The Life and Work of John Broderick. Dublin 2004. signed copy.Together 15 vols. (15)

Inscribed Edition from the Author Waugh (Evelyn) The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox, 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1959, Second Edn., frontis, inscribed on f.e.p. "Dear Bob (Robert Laycock (Major General)) I can't hope you will be able to read this, but I need it as a pledge of Loyalty and as a Christmas Card Eveyln, also loosely inserted a postcard to Miss M. Joyce Lambert signed by Knox, together with a  4pp manuscript letter dated January 4th, 48' to the same recipient, blue cloth, d.j., housed in custom made box with mor. label. Good Copy. (1)

In Fine Contemporary Mexican Binding Manuscript: Castro y Lopez, Certificacion de Armas de los Apellidos de Castro y Lopez, A Manuscript on vellum, folio 17 leaves with embrazoned arms and notarial and official signatures, all within twin double red lines, old calf, the gilt panels decorated with tooled gilt flowers etc., upper cover with inscription, 'Soi de D. Francisco Manuel de Castro y Lopez,'  with brass clasps. As a m/ss & binding, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Reprint: Folio Society - The Trinity Apocalypse, lg. Atlas folio Lond. 2004. Limited Edn. No. 50 of 100 Copies Only, in full coloured reproduction, orig. pale goatskin, with gilt decor. & Royal Coat of Arms, now contained in acrylic slipcase for protection. (1)

Co. Westmeath & other Midlands interest: English (N.W.) Manuscript Notes, five 4to folders of manuscript notes and commentary by N.W. English on Oliver Goldsmith, Inland Waterways, Houses, Archaeology etc., but of multiple different subjects, with some relevant inserts etc. All in ring folders. A virtual treasure of notes by this eminent scholar. As m/ss notes, w.a.f. (5)