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Click here to subscribeYeats (W.B.) The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems, L. 1889, First Edn., orig. cloth gilt, upper spine edge slightly rubbed else an excellent copy. In a glassine wrapper (probably not original). Yeats's second book, preceded only by Mosada. Wade 2. One of 500 Copies. Rare in this condition. (1)
Deerfield Press, Massachusetts. A collection of eighteen volumes in their series of Contemporary Irish and American Poetry with engraved illustrations by Timothy Engelland, 1977-1983, published in association with the Gallery Press, all cloth in wrappers, all signed by author, All Limited to 250 or 300 Copies, as follows, with one further volume in a slightly different format. We understand this is the complete series.· Hartnett (Michael). Prisoners. 1977.· Creeley (Robert). Thanks. 1977.· Heaney (Seamus). After Summer. 1978.· Seay (James). Where Our Voices Broke Off. 1978.· Murphy (Richard). Niches. 1978.· Stafford (William). Tuned In Late One Night. 1978.· Mahon (Derek). The Sea In Winter. 1979.· Simpson (Louis). Out of Season. 1979.· Berry (Wendell). The Gift of Gravity. 1979.· Montague (John). The Leap. 1979.· Ó Direáin (Máirtín). Four Poems. 1980.· Dickey (James). Scion. 1980.· Kinsella (Thomas). One Fond Embrace. 1981.· Wilbur (Richard). Advice from the Muse. 1981.· Muldoon (Paul). Out of Siberia. 1982.· Merrill (James). Peter. 1982.· Hall (Donald). The Twelve Seasons. 1983.· Boland (Eavan). The Journey. 1983.Also one volume in a quarto format, otherwise similar, initially published by Deerfield with 100 copies reserved for Gallery Press, with illustrations by Timothy Engelland:· McGlynn (Robert). 10 Trial Street. 1979.Generally in excellent condition, some copies with minor discolouration to end papers. An important series, individually scarce or rare, and very difficult to assemble the whole group in collectable condition as here. (19)
Magnificent Copy of an Extremely Rare Volume[Newton (Isaac)] Analysis Per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones, ae Differentias: Cum Enumeratione Linearum Tertii Ordinis, 4to L. (Ex. Officiana Pearsoniana) 1711. First Edn. Edited by W. Jones, title with engd. vignette, engd. heads & tails, & initials etc., 2 double page engd. tables, text illus., title page inscribed 'John Bowman' & 'Newton,' in fine cont. full calf, the tooled centre panel with decorated border & corner floral tools, raised bands, 6 panel spine with orig. mor. label in second panel down, some slight wear, but a magnificent copy.* Extremely Rare.
Rare First Editions - Brian Moore[Brian Moore] - Bryan (Michael) Intent to Kill, 8vo Dell First Edition, N. York 1956. The Authors First Book, pict. paperback; also Murder in Majorca, 8vo Dell First Edition, N. York 1957/The Authors Second Book, pict. paperback; and Moore (Brian) Chretiens Demain (Le Visiteur), roy 8vo 1976, paperback; & 2 other First Edns. by Moore, d.w.'s. (5)* First two items extremely rare, as they are the first publications of Brian Moore, writing under the pseudonym 'Michael Bryan' before he went on to write 'Judith Hearne' and other acclaimed novels.
In Very Fine BindingNumber One of One Copy Only Printed on VellumArgyle - The Argyle Papers, lg. 4to Edin (Thomas G. Stevenson) 1834. No. 1 of One Copy Only, Printed on Vellum. Title printed in red & black with engraved vignette, some engraved initials, pages XXXIII, [214]pp a.e.g., & with v. fine engraved oval hand coloured bookplate of which reads 'From the domestic library of Joseph Walter King Eyton Esq. of the County of Shropshire,' In v. fine full dark blue morocco binding with lg. tooled gilt border with floral and acorn tools, and with large central decoraiton on both covers, spine profusely gilt in panels. An exquisite copy. Extremely Rare. (1)
Waterford Sewing Album 1890s. A quarto album (signed Sarah L Kearon inside cover), containing a range of miniature sewing samples carefully mounted, one dated 1891, including crochet work, examples of chain-stitch, herring-bone, button-holes, hemming, backstitching, a toilet bag, a miniature apron, pillow-slip, a shirt, chemise, etc., the leaves worn but the examples well-preserved. A very interesting album, possibly from a sewing class or a domestic school for girls, and certainly a rare item. Preserved in a folding box and case with morocco label.Provenance: From a County Waterford Collection
Signed Limited Edition of 10 Copies OnlyHeaney (Seamus) and Egan (Felim) Squarrings Twelve Poems and Four Lithographs. Hieroglyph Editions, Dublin 1991, 100 Copies Only. This No. 5 of 10 Artists' Proofs, Signed at rear by Artist and Poet, inscribed at front by Heaney, bound in full pigskin, in a folding box, some wear. Rare. (1)
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)
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)
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)
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?
Quaker Tract?Logan (Peter), Aughnacloy. The Happy Man, or True Gentleman. Price, One Penny. Single sheet, circa 12 ins x 7 ins, printed one side only, on watermarked paper [possibly BMC], black letter, within a decorative border, no printer, n.d. [circa 1760?]. 'The happy man is born in the City of Regeneration, in the Parish of Repentance unto Life -- is educated in the school of Obedience, and lives in Perseverance; he works at the trade of Diligence, notwithstanding he has a large estate in the country of Christian Contentment', etc., generally Quaker in sentiment and expression. We can find no record of Peter Logan of Aughnacloy, but he may be connected to the Quaker schoolmaster Patrick Logan of Lurgan, Co. Armagh (about 30 miles away), father of James Logan (1674-1751), the distinguished American scientist and friend of William Penn. An intriguing item, rare, not found in COPAC or NLI.
By Magnetic TelegraphClonmel Printing. Telegraphic Circular. Issued on the Evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, from the Office of 'The Clonmel Chronicle'. Friday, April 18 1856. 1 page, circa 15 ins x 10 ins, flimsy paper printed one side only. 'This Day's News. By Magnetic Telegraph'. Includes stock exchange closing prices, London and Dublin, monetary and commercial news, agricultural markets etc. Fold marks, soiled and frayed, no loss.The electro-magnetic telegraph was developed by several inventors in the 1830s and '40s, and was commercialised for transmission of information by Samuel Morse about 1844. This is evidently an early Irish use. with Westmeath Steeplechases, Newbrook, Mullingar. Second Day, Tuesday 5th June 1873. Mullingar. Printed by S. Wallis, Photographer. Sm qto, 4 pp (single folded sheet), includes balance sheet and subscribers' list.Both rare, not found in COPAC or NLI catalogue. (2)
The Deane Butler Architectural Drawingsfor Morristown Lattin, Co. KildareButler (Wm. Deane) Architect. An important and significant collection of original hand-drawn Architectural Drawings for various parts of the proposed re-design to Tudor-Revival style, of Morristown Lattin, Co. Kildare, on behalf of G.P.L. Mansfield in 1845. The collection consists roughly of the following:1. Kitchen Window2. Details of Bower Windows3. Sketch of Dining Room Chimneypieces 4. Plan of the Hall Ceiling 5. Cornice for Bedroom6. Elevation of Gothic .. for Ceiling of Inner Hall 7. Details of Cut Stone Work and Principal Elevation 8. Details of Drawing Room and Dining Room Doors 9. Details of Hall sash Door and Shutters 10. Rear Elevation of Lutchen Wing 11. Details of Cut Stone Work for Bower Window on principal front 12. Details of Finishing for Door and Window in Hall 13. Bower Window for Garden Front 14. Details of Gallery Railing 15. Details of Stairs 16. Elevation and Plan of Proposed Arcade 17. Details of Library Fixtures for Morristown Lattin 18. Bound Set No. 1 - Principal Elevation No. 2 - Rear Elevation No. 3 - Plan of Principal Storey No. 4 - Plan of Second Storey No. 5 - Plan of Attic StoreyNo. 6 - Transverse Sections No. 7 - Longitudinal Sections, all signed and dated by Dean Butler (24 identified plans and drawings )19. Revised Sketches and other sketches for Furniture, unsigned for Morristown Lattin -Including Elevation of cast iron Parapets (indistinctly signed) -Longitude section of Sewer, Carvings, Stairs, etc. (14 additional architectural drawings).Approx. 40 drawings in all, mostly in fine condition. A rare collection. As a m/ss, w.a.f.Note: William Deane Butler was born about 1793, son of a Dublin Solicitor. He firstly studied at the Royal Dublin Society's School of Architectural Drawing. In 1836, he was awarded a premium by the R.D.S. for Plans and Estimates for Farmhouses and Buildings. In 1837 he published a book "Model Farmhouses and Cottages for Ireland". In 1844, he is named as Architect to the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1853, he was appointed architect in ordinary to the Lord Lieutenant. He specialised in Churches, Institutional Buildings and fine Country Houses, and his work is evident throughout Ireland.
Not PublishedPamphlet: Mahony (Pierce) A Letter on the Progressive Improvement of Ireland from 1824 - 1839, Addressed by Mr. Mahony to Thomas Drummond, Esq. Under-Secretary of State for Ireland. 29th May 1839. 8vo [L.} 1839. Sole Edn. Not Published and Only Printed for Private Use. 14pp orig. ptd. wrappers. Rare. (1)
With Manuscript NotesWaterford Corporation: Proceedings and Report of the Committee of the Corporation of Waterford, On Inquiry as to The Cause of the Decrease of the Supply of Deep Water Fish at the Waterford Market, 8vo Waterford (Power's Printing Establishment) 1848. Sole Edn., 15pp plus 2pp of m/ss notes, orig. wrappers. Rare. (1)
The Westropp GenealogiesWith Full Coloured Coats of ArmsGenealogy: Westropp (Wm. Keily) This rare collection of eleven tabular pedigrees were compiled towards the end of his life by William Keily Westropp (1839-1905) of Folkestone, a retired major in the Durham Light Infantry and a veteran of campaigns in Bhutan and Afghanistan. The family seat was Fort Anne, Tulla, Co. Clare. They trace his descent through various lines, paternal and maternal. Beautifully written and illustrated with gloriously coloured coats of arms, most have unfortunately been subjected to a waxing process which has caused brittleness and discolouring. Nonetheless, they remain both works of art and a useful genealogical source for the Westropps and allied families.(1)"Pedigree of Westropp Corborough York from 1282 to their migration to Ireland and of Fort Anne line to 1889." Not waxed and in good condition. Black handwriting with connecting lines in red; marginal notes; coloured coat of arms at top. Signed on back "W.K. Westropp fecit 30 Nov 1889." 124 x 55 cm.(2)Westropp family tree tracing descent from King Henry III (1216-1272), with coloured coats of arms of husbands and wives in each generation. A magnificent document. Signed"W.K. Westropp fecit May 1904." 193 x 77 cm. (3)Westropp family tree in similar style to foregoing tracing descent from William Westropp in the 16th century. Coloured coats of arms. "William Keily Westropp fecit November 1903." 214 x 77 cm.(4)"Pedigree of Hickman" with coat of arms at top, tracing descent from Robert Hickman of Bloxham, Oxford, 1292 (Robert Westropp of Fort Anne married in 1737 Elizabeth, daughter of Poole Hickman of Kilmore, Co. Clare). 3 coloured plates (one missing). 100 x 56 cm.(5)Berkeley pedigree (Montifort Berkeley of Limerick, died 1698, married Frances daughter of John Taylor by Gertrude, daughter of Sir Francis Berkeley of Askeaton). Traces descent from Robert Fitz Harding of Berkeley Hernesse, 1168. Coloured coats of arms. Genealogical notes on back. Signed by W.K. Westropp, 12 Nov 1894. 142 x 28 cm.(6)Printed pedigree of the Keily and Ussher families of Co. Waterford, with coloured arms of each. 33 x 52 cm.(7)Pedigree showing descent from Ussher and Keily families, beginning with Arland Ussher c. 1500. (Robert Westropp of Fort Anne married in 1798 Dorcas, daughter of John Keily of Strancally Castle, Co. Waterford). Arms at top and bottom. 86 x 28 cm.(8)Pedigree showing descent from John Taylor of Ballynort, Co. Limerick. 83 x 28 cm.(9)Boyle pedigree, showing descent from Ludovick Boyle of Bidney, Hereford, temp Henry VIII. 78 x 27 cm. Damaged.(10)Pedigree of the Westropps of Attyflin. Severely damaged.(11)Roberts pedigree, showing descent from Rev Thomas Roberts, Chancellor of Cork, who died in 1664. (Ralph Roberts of Cahirduggan, Co. Cork, and Clonmoney, Co. Clare, married in 1701 Hannah, daughter of Randal Roberts of Brightfieldstown, Co. Cork.) 72 x 28 cm.As a coll. of manuscript genealogies, w.a.f. Extremely Scarce. (11)
With Rare Postponement Flyer1946 All-Ireland Football FinalG.A.A. Programme: Football 1946, Craobh Peile na hEireann i bPairc an Chrocaigh Kerry V. Roscommon, 22.9.46, (with ptd. flyer inserted announcing the Games postponement due 'Save the Harvest Campaign) 24pps, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, some scuffing. Scarce. (1)* In front of 75, 771 spectators, after its initial postponement on the 6th October Kerry drew with Roscommon 2.4 to 1.7, they eventually went on to win the reply.
Rare Irish Chess Medal CollectionIrish Medals: Chess (J.J. O'Hanlon) a rare collection of silver and gold Medals for Chess, including a gold Tailteann Games for 1928 - inscribed 'Donor H.E. The Governor General Chess Special Trophy Championship - J.J. O'Hanlon,' hall marked; a silver gilt Tailteann Games Medal for 1932 - "First Prize - Chess," hall marked; a 9ct gold shield shaped and engraved "All Ireland Championship - won by J.J. O'Hanlon, 1930 & 1940' hall marked; a small circular silver and enamel Medal decorated with chess board, "Dublin Chess Club - 1943, Taylor Vard Handicap - won by J.J. O'Hanlon," as a collection. (4)
Daniel O'Connell and the Catholic AssociationBroadside: Address of the Catholic Association to the People of Ireland, approx. 30.5cms x 25cms (17 1/4" x 9 3/4") printed one side only by John Coyle, Dublin, and signed by Daniel O'Connell, Chairman, Dublin Dec. 1st, 1824. Also with a signed manuscript note, dated Sept. 1824 & an inscribed letter front dated Sept. 21st, 1830, signed by O'Connell, and with 'Cahirciveen 178', postal mileage stamp. As a lot. Rare. (3)
'Bosh'[McCartan (Patrick)] Manifesto to the Whole Students of Ireland. Issued by the Dublin Students' Dungannon Club, 22 North Great George's Street, Dublin. An Cló-Chumann, D. 1906. Yellow printed wrappers, 8 pp, vertical fold marks. Seoirse Mac Gabhacháin Ó Dubhthaigh's copy [George Gavan Duffy] with his signature and his pungent marginal comments (e.g. 'Bosh', p. 6). Gavan Duffy came of a distinguished legal family. He was part of Roger Casement's legal team in London, losing much of his practice there as a result. He became a Sinn Fein MP and a Treaty negotiator, and was the last of the Irish delegates to sign. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs in the second Dail, but resigned from the Government when it decided to suppress the Supreme Court. He became a judge, and was later President of the High Court.A rare item, not found in COPAC. Ascribed to Patrick McCartan by the NLI. (1)
Volunteer Officers Statement of 18 June 1917. A contemporary photographic copy of a manuscript statement signed by Volunteer commandants just released from English jails, headed by Eamon de Valera, appealing to U.S. President Wilson to support the rights of small nations including Ireland. Framed and glazed, 14" x 18".The statement was signed by Volunteer officers on the day of their arrival in Dublin, before they dispersed to their home places. Signatories include Eoin MacNeill, Roibeard Ó Breandáin, Tomás Ashe, Aoibhistin de Staic and more than 20 others (but not Michael Collins, released some months earlier, who was not then a Volunteer commandant).Apparently the earliest document of historical significance signed by Eamon de Valera. It marks the first regrouping of the Volunteers after the Rising, and effectively recognises De Valera as their leader. The original was brought to the United States by Patrick McCartan (IRB member), and was accepted from him at the Capitol by Joseph Tumulty, private secretary to President Wilson. Presumably it is now in the Library of Congress. A very rare photograph, perhaps the only surviving copy. The text is in Macardle, The Irish Republic, and it is mentioned in Coogan's Michael Collins, but we have not found the document reproduced elsewhere. It is not in Ferriter's recent De Valera biography. (1)Provenance: Inscribed lower right 'to a lover of Irish history' by Frank Robbins, a Citizen Army member.
Rare Portrait of Jonathan SwiftNathaniel Bermingham (b. Ireland c. 1720 F / 1736-74) Portrait of Jonathan Swift, c. 1774, head and shoulders, in white cut paper against black, wearing a curly grey wig, oval, 11 1/2" high x 8 1/2" wide (29cms x 22cms). the frame is carved sand gilt. With the Swift family crest and leaf sprays.This very rare portrait by Bermingham displays in great detail the art of cut paper. Bermingham was noted for his small portraits and coats of arms, cut in paper or vellum. He headed to London c. 1774 and exhibited his works at the Society of Artists. Including a portrait in cut paper of The Duke of Gloucester, his address was at "Mr. Kelly's, The Cane Shop near Temple Bar." In 2009 The Arms of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1707 - 1762) was offered by Christie's as lot 53. Also in cut paper. It was part of the Glin Castle Sale, 7th May 2009. It measured 38cms x 31cms and it sold for £20,000. The Victoria and Albert Museum have a cut paper portrait of Britannia mourning The Prince of Wales.Provenance: Rushbrooke Hall, Bury St. Edmunds. Originally the home of The Jermyn Family, with the Rothschild Family taking over the house in 1938. In 2015 there was an auction of items from the kitchens of Rushbrooke Hall which included this unidentified "Picture of a Nobleman". Swift refers several times to cut paperwork in his "Miscellanies". He quotes in "Dan Jackson's Picture Cut in Paper," "Clarissa drew her scissors from the case, to draw the lines of poor Dan Jackson's Face. One sloping line cut forehead, nose and chin, a nick produced a mouth and made him grin."
Cuala Press & Dun Emer Guild. An interesting collection including(a)Autograph signed Cuala Press pictorial postcard, showing workers at Cuala's Dublin depot, from E[lizabeth] C. Yeats to Miss Garnett, Donnington Place, Framlingham, Sussex, postmarked Dundrum, Oct 17 [19]05. 'We have posted 50 prints of your block to your brother today - How many more prints do you want us to do?' Endorsed at head, 'Think the estimate was 500 for 20/- but have no business papers with me. If this is correct please do the remainder making up to the 500. A.G. 24.10.05.'With a copy of Cuala's 'Garnett' bookplate, featuring a dragon and a dragonfly, presumably the item referred to.(b) ALS from Evelyn Gleeson to Miss Garnett, Aug. 5 1924, 2 pp (single sheet), on attractive headed Dun Emer Guild paper. 'I was so very pleased to have a letter from you. I have not been much in London of late years, but I often wondered how you were .. Yes, I am still making rugs and carpets - I do not do so many of the designs now as my niece has grown up, a very clever designer .. If you like, we can send you some coloured sketches to show to your friend. I was so glad to hear that the rugs you have of mine have worn so well. There is a great deal of weaving done over here now and some of the pieces are beautiful ..' With a good signature.Letters from Evelyn Gleeson are rare. She was the originator of the entire Dun Emer enterprise, inviting Elizabeth and Susan (Lily) Yeats, then living in London with their father, to return to Dublin in 1902 and start a craftwork enterprise with her. Disagreements developed, and in 1903 the Yeats sisters set up on their own as printers and embroiderers under the Cuala name, leaving Miss Gleeson with the Dun Emer title and the weaving business, in which she continued until her death in 1944. Miss Garnett may be a relation of the critic Edward Garnett. (3)
St. Sepulchers and Trinity Closet PressDublin Publications: a collection of five rare Pamphlets and Broadsides as follows:(a) "The Architects and Builders New Long," D. 1967 (broadsides);(b) New Nothings from Dublin Newspaper 1693 - 1784, D. 1983, 8pps (pamphlets);(c) [Pollard (P.)] "British Grenadier at Drumaeld," D. 1984, Broadside;(d) [Swiftiana] "An Examination of Certain Abuses, Corruptions and in the City of Dublin," D. 1967, Broadside;(e) [Swiftiana] "The Place of Damn't & The Devils Reply," D. (Trinity Closet) 1980, 8pps, pamphlet, as a collection. Clean Copies. (5) Now all extremely Scarce.
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)
Important 19th Century Ethiopic folding Picture Bible[Ethiopic] A rare folding hand painted religious Coptic Bible depicting attractive hand painted scenes from the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with script, 12 illustrations, of folding format, in blind decorated hand made leather binding. Unusual in this format. Unique. (1)
Grand Jury Map of Co. DonegalCo. Donegal: Mc Crea (Wm.) A Map of the County of Donegal, Drawn from Actual Survey .. A.D. 1801. First Edition. In four sheets, each approx. 66cms x 84cms (26" x 33"), with large engraved cartouche, some damp stains at borders but, A Very Rare Map. As a map, w.a.f. (4)
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)
Very Rare Dublin MapRocque (John) A Map of the County of Dublin, Divided in Barony's Reduced from An Actual Survey in four Sheets. Published in London by Mary Anne Rocque,... 1762, approx. 44cms x 64cms (17 1/4" x 25 1/4"), with original hand colouring in outline, framed. Attractive map. V. Rare. Bonar Law R5(i). (1)
Two Rare Uncorrected James Bond ProofsFleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1963, Uncorrected Proof, ptd. wrappers; The Man with the Golden Gun, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1965, Uncorrected Proof, with proof copy dust jacket (stating Provisional Publication date 'April 1st, 1965,) ptd. wrappers, both scarce. (2)
Extremely Rare Dolmen PrintingDolmen Press. Luireach Phádraig. Patrick's Breastplate. Saint Patrick's Murlog Co.Donegal MCMLXIV [1964], 4to, 4pp (single folded sheet). 'Tomás Ó Floinn made this version of the Breastplate of Patrick. Patrick Pollen put it into glass in Dublin.' Apparently a special printing to mark the unveiling of a stained glass work. Not in Miller. Fold marks, a few ink marks. Preserved in a folding cloth portfolio, morocco backed. Rare, possibly unique. (1)
Joyce's Great Collection of Short Stories His Earliest MasterpieceAlfred Rahilly's CopyJoyce (James) Dubliners, 8vo L. [1914] First Edn. [approx. 746 copies]. Hf. title, with Alfred Rahilly's bookplate, & with the rare printed slip 'With the Author's Compliments' loosely inserted, orig. dark red cloth, fore-edges slightly stained, otherwise a very good copy. Slocum & Cahoon 8.* Provenance: By direct descent from Daniel Mc Larnon ('Mc Larnon, Co. Antrim, class mate of James Joyce at Clongowes) See Fr. Bruce Bradley's 'James Joyce's Schooldays,' p. 19. (1)N.B. Provenance: Collatoral Descendedant of Daniel Mc Larnon.
Inscribed to 'My Friend Maud Gonne'Yeats (W.B.) The Wanderings of Oisin. Dramatic Sketches, Ballads & Lyrics. Fisher Unwin, L. 1892, green paper boards, parchment spine, t.e.g., uncut, some pages unopened. The second issue, one of fewer than 100 copies bound from remaining sheets of the first (Kegan Paul) issue, with cancel title page and added f.p. illus. by Edwin Ellis. Wade 3. See letter from Yeats to John O'Leary, late February 1892, where he says about 80 or 90 copies were so bound (Kelly ed. Coll. Letters v. 1 p. 287). Spine and boards a little soiled, catalogue number in ink at base of spine.This Copy Superbly Inscribed in Yeats' hand on front pastedown, 'To / My friend / Maud Gonne / W.B. Yeats / May 19 1892'; and with a correction probably in Yeats' hand to the 'By the same Author' list on reverse of t.p.A wonderful memento of a loving friendship, which dominated Yeats' early life and inspired much of his greatest poetry.Yeats first met Maud Gonne on 30 January 1889, a few weeks after publication of the first issue of this book, when she arrived at his father's home in Bedford Park (London) with an introduction from a mutual friend, the Fenian John O'Leary.Thereupon 'the troubling of my life began'. By 1892 she had already declined his first proposal of marriage, and they agreed to remain friends, and to co-operate on various projects both national and mystical. It was a friendship which unsettled Yeats' life for more than 20 years, but gave him a magnificent harvest in his poetry. Surviving items inscribed by Yeats to Maud Gonne are now of the greatest rarity. Gonne's unsettled life around this time was not conducive to preservation of mementos; during the Civil War her Dublin home was several times searched and its contents trashed by Free State forces.The book itself is very rare in this issue. We have not previously seen a copy in more than 30 years in business. COPAC records only two copies, at the British Library and Cambridge. There is also a copy at NLI.A superb, rare and most desirable item. (1)
Signed "True" First Edition of Crediting PoetryHeaney (Seamus) Crediting Poetry Nobel Lecture 1995, a special printing in English and Swedish circulated at the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm 16pp, folio, distributed as loose pages. One of a few copies collected by Heaney's friend David Hammond, who was his guest at the ceremony, and later bound for him by Sidney Aitken. This copy Signed by Heaney on first leaf and inscribed by him 'to Philip [Murray], July 2001', separately inscribed by Hammond to Murray on prelim, dated December 1999, with a leaf in Murray's hand laid in at front.Exceedingly rare, if not unique. (1)
Co. Kildare: Photographs: An oblong folio Album of Photographs and other scraps relating to the Mansfield family of Morristown Lattin. Contains some early and rare photos of Gordon Bennett Race 1903, house, gardens and local area, together with associated families and houses, holidays abroad etc. There are some interesting photos of Irish Race Meetings, at Curragh, Leopardstown etc., and a very rare collection of 16 Photos, The Gordon Bennett Motor Race, July 1903, showing scenes in Naas and other Kildare Towns. As a photo album, w.a.f. (1)
In Original WrappersMolloy (Fr. Francis) Lucerna Fidelium, seu Fascilicus Decerptus ab Authoribus magis versatis qui tractarunt De Doctrina Christiana: 12mo Rome (Sacra Congreg. de Propaganda Fide) 1676. First Edn., in Gaelic script thro-out, uncut, unopened, in orig. wrappers. A very fine large copy, in orig. state. V. Rare. (1)
Signed by the Illustrator / Artist[Clarke (Harry) Artist] Anderson (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, folio London n.d. [c. 1916] Lim. Edn. No. 28 of 125 Copies ONly Signed by the Artist 16 mtd. cold. plts. & 25 bl. & white plts., plus text illus. uncut, orig. gilt decor. full vellum, in later hf. mor. cloth box. V. good copy. Rare. (1)
Rare First Edition of the Bible in IrishBedell (Wm.) Leabhuir na Seintiomna ar na Harriung go Gaidhig tre Churann agus clhuthrect an doctuir William Bedell ... The Books of the Old testament translated into Irish by Doctor William Bedell, late Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, thick 4to, L. 1685, First Edition, 1142pps (facsimile t.p.) with the key on reverse (pasted), recent professional reback, raised bands, mor. label. (Wing [B2759A] - Sweeney [414]) Extremely Rare. A very fine copy. (1)
Booksellers Catalogues: Thorpe (Thos.) Catalogue of a Singularly Choice Selection of Rare Books... . 8vo L. 1833. Parts I & II in one, together over 6700 lots, on over 673pp; Bound with, Richard Baynes's Select General Catalogue of Books in Various Languages and All Classes of Literature, 8vo L. 1839. First Edn., over 8250 lots on 266pp; Bound with, Baynes and Son's Annual Catalogue of Books, 8vo L. 1840, First Edn., over 6200 lots on 290pps, together 4 catalogues bound as one, cont. hf. calf, spine dam. As catalogues, w.a.f. Scarce. (1)
Rare Signed Limited Edition[Beckett] O'Brien (Eoin) The Beckett Country - Samuel Beckett's Ireland, lg. 4to D. (Black Cat Press) 1986. Limited Edition No. 154 of 260 Copies, Signed by Beckett, a.e.g., water-silk end papers, & strongly bound in gilt decor. grey mor., & sim. slipcase. V. good copy. (1)
Rare Complete SetGeorgian Ireland: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin [-Ireland], 5 vols. lg. 4to D. 1909 - 1913. Limited Editions, numerous photo illus.; also Sadleir (T.U.) & Dickinson (Page L.) Georgian Mansions in Ireland, lg. 4to D. 1915. First Edn., Limited, full page plts., all orig. cloth, together 6 vols. Complete. (6)
With Fine Double Page PlatesBarry (James) A Series of Etchings.. from His Original and Justly Celebrated Paintings in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Adelphi, Lg. atlas folio London (Colnaghi) 1808. 16 engd. plates (include 10 dble. page), plus one dbl. page plt. loosely inserted, inscribed 'This Colloquial Groupe of the Celegrated Sextumvirate,.. Painted Engraved & Published May 1 1795 by J.B.,' all plates v. good. In recent cloth backed grey boards. Rare. (1)
The Shannon in DetailAtlas: Irish Inland Steam Navigation Co.: Grantham (John) surveyor, The Traveller's Map of The River Shannon, arranged as a Guide to its Lakes, ... From its Source in Lough Allan to the Sea, in a course of 239 miles through the Counties of Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon, Westmeath, Kings County, Tipperary & Galway, Limerick, Kerry and Clare. Lg. oblong atlas folio [D.] 1830. Sole Edition, 15 lg. single page maps hd. cold. in outline, title & final map in fine fac-simile, some stains, recent hf. calf marble sides. Good. As an atlas, w.a.f. Ex. Rare. (1)
Extremely Rare Illustrated Irish Children's BookJuvenile: Somerville (Edith OE.) The Story of the Discontented Little Elephant, Told in Pictures and Rhyme. Sm. oblong folio Lond. 1912. Sole Edn., illustrated title & illustrations thro-out, & 7 full page cold. plts. all by the author, orig. cold. decor. cloth backed boards. V. good. Ex. Rare. (1)
Inscribed Presentation CopiesSainthill (Richard) An Olla Podrida; or Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian and Literary, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1844 and 1853. For Private Distribution Only. Sole Edn., port. frontis Vol. II, and numerous other plts. fac-similes, text illus. etc. complete, Orig. uniform cloth. V. Rare. (2)* Inscribed Pres. Copy to Col. Samuel White from the Author, 1853. (2)
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