TCD BOOK SALE 2017 AUCTION FINAL

1) History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland by John Heron Lepper & Philip Crosslé, vol. I, Lodge of Research C.C., Dublin 1925, 4to, original blue cloth, vg. [ 1v.

2) A New History of Ireland vol. VI: Ireland Under the Union part II, 1870 – 1921, ed. By W.E. Vaughan, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996, 1st ed, vg in dj. [ 1v.

3) The Hedge Schools of Ireland by Patrick John Dowling, The Talbot Press, Dublin nd [c. 1935], 1st ed, vg. Donor: Flegg [ 1v.

4) Saorstát Eireann: Irish Free State Official Handbook, ed. Bulmer Hobson, The Talbot Press, Dublin 1932. Fine decorated cover by Art O’Murnaghan, with the large folding map of Ireland at 10 miles: an inch in a pocket at the back, illustrated by many two-tone plates, and with 150 pages of adverts. Donor: J.F. Turpin [ 1v.

5) Two Volume History of Trinity College Dublin: 1) 1591 – 1892, by Constantia Maxwell, D.U. Press 1946. 2) 1892 – 1945, by Kenneth C. Bailey, D.U. Press 1947; both ¼ cloth on paper boards, vg. Donor: Mark Gardner [ 2v.

6) Joyce Studies 2004: 21 volumes, a complete set, published by the National Library of Ireland during the Bloomsday Centenary Year 2004 / 5, mint in card covers. Donor: J.F. Turpin [ 21v.

7) The Golden Age of Irish Art: The Medieval Achievement 600 – 1200 by Peter Harbison, Thames & Hudson, London 1999. [ 1v.

8) 1) A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550 – 1800, based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, Dublin by M. Pollard, The Bibliographical Society, Dublin 2000, a fine copy. Donor: Veronica Morrow WITH 2) That Woman! Studies in Irish Bibliography: a Festschrift for Mary ‘Paul’ Pollard, ed by Charles Benson & Siobhán Fitzpatrick, The Lilliput Press, Dublin 2005. [ 2v.

9) Calendar of Ormond Deeds vol.1, 1172 – 1350, ed. by Edmund Curtis, Irish Manuscripts Commission, The Stationery Office, Dublin 1932, vg. [ 1v.

10) A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections in Photo – Lithochromes from the Saint Louis Hospital, Paris by Ernest Besnier et al., ed. J.J. Pringle, London & Philadelphia 1897, folio, 300+ pp & 50 coloured plates. Donor: Fred Andrews. [ 1v.

11) The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints by Rev. Alban Butler, ed F.C. Husenbeth, Virtue & Co, London c.1930, 4 vols & Supplementary Volume, uniform green and gold cloth, vg. [ 5v.

12) Documents on Irish Foreign Policy vols 1 – 3 ( 1919 – 1932), Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 1998 - 2002, ed. Ronan Fanning et al, vg in djs. Donor: Ian Grimes. [ 3v.

13) The Victory of Sinn Féin, how it won it and how it used it, by P.S. O’Hegarty, Talbot Press, Dublin 1924, 1st ed. Donor: Keogan. [ 1v.

14) The Spy who came in from the Cold by John Le Carré, Victor Gollancz, London 1963, 1st ed, in dj. Donor: Walsh [ 1v.

15) To Katanga and Back: a U.N. Case History by Conor Cruiser O’Brien, Hutchinson & Co, London 1962, 1st ed, signed by the author, vg in dj. Donor: John Boland. [ 1v.

16) The Birth – Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by J. Joly, F.R.S. and prof. of Geology in TCD, T. Fisher Unwin, London 1915, 1st ed, presentation copy from the author to L.C. Purcer (also of TCD) WITH 2 autograph letters from Joly to Purcer, signed, dated May 1928, on his own (?) headed notepaper (Somerset House, Temple Road, Dublin). Donor: J. & E. Medlycott. [ 1v.

17) Amongst Women by John McGahern, Faber & Faber, London 1990, 1st ed, vg in dj.

18) Statistical Survey of the County of Meath, etc. by Robert Thompson of Oatlands, Royal Dublin Society 1802. Donor: Susan Parkes [ 1v.

19) The Wild Harp: A Selection from Irish Poetry by Katherine Tynan, illustrated by D.M. Watts, Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1913. Donor: Keogan. [ 1v.

20) The Irish Free State and its Senate: a study in contemporary politics by Donal O’Sullivan, Faber & Faber, London 1940, signed presentation copy from the author. Donor: John Boland [ 1v.

21) The Canals of the South of Ireland by V.T.H. & D.R. Delany, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1966, 1st ed, vg in dj. Donor: Flegg [ 1v.

22) The Matabele Campaign 1896 by Maj.- Gen. R.S.S. Baden – Powell, Methuen’s Sixpenny Library, London 1900, illustrated by the author, paperback in original pictorial cover. Donor: Mark Gardner [ 1v.

23) The Flight of the Eagle by Standish O’Grady, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd, London 1897, 1st ed, vg in original green cloth. Donor: John Turpin [ 1v.

24) A Memoir of AE: George William Russell by John Eglinton, Macmillan & Co Ltd, London 1937, ¼ white cloth on marbled paper boards, vg. Donor: John Turpin. [ 1v.

25) The Neighbourhood of Dublin: its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Associations by Weston St. John Joyce, M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin 1912, 1st ed, vg. [ 1v.

26) Flora of the County Wicklow: flowering plants, higher cryptogams and characeae by J.P. Brunker, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk 1950, vg in plain dj, signed presentation copy from the author, with the author’s signed correction to a boundary on the folding map at back. Donor: Mark Gardner [ 1v.

27) Old Irish Life by J.M. Callwell, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1912. Donor: John Turpin [ 1v.

28) Old John by Máirín Cregan, illustrated by Helen Sewell, George Allen & Unwin, London 1937, 11 full-page engravings. Donor: John Turpin. [ 1v.

29) Speeches from the Dock: or Protests of Irish Patriotism by T.D., A.M. & D.B. Sullivan, M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin nd, hard back, illustrated with old woodcuts. Donor: John Turpin [ 1v.

30) It Isn’t This Time of Year at All! An Unpremeditated Autobiography by Oliver St. John Gogarty, Doubleday & Co, New York 1954, 1st ed. Donor: John Turpin, [ 1v.

31) The Flaming Wheel: Nature Studies in the Counties of Dublin and Wicklow by Sophia St. John Whitty, The Talbot Press, Dublin 1924. [ 1v.

32) Dublin: Explorations and Reflections by an Englishman, Maunsel & Co, Dublin 1917, (Constantine Curran’s copy). [ 1v.

33) The Beauties of the Boyne and its Tributary the Blackwater by William R. Wilde, Sign of the Three Candles, Dublin 1949, vg in dj. (Percy Paley’s copy, Castle Hacket ex lib.)

34) The Octavo Nature – Printed British Ferns: being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom, vol. I (only): Polypodium to Lastreo, by Thomas Moore, nature – printed by Henry Bradbury, Bradbury & Evans, London 1859, engraved title and 52 plates (only 51 called for), binding defective, lacks spine and front cover, plates all vg with guards in place, as is, w.a.f. [ 1v.

35) Portrait of a Rebel Father by Nora Connolly O’Brien, Talbot Press, Dublin 1935, 1st ed., vg. [ 1v.

36) Three Men by Padraic Colum, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd, London 1930, Limited edition no. 272 0f 530, signed by the author, vg in dj. [ 1v.

37) Plant Atlas to “My Water Cure” by Sebastien Kneipp, with 41 coloured photographic plates, with tissue guards, illustrating medicinal plants, H. Grevell & Co, London 1893, printed at Kempten, Bavaria, coloured pictorial cover, vg. [ 1v.

38) A Sermon preached at Christ Church Dublin on the 24th of April 1796 before His Excellency John, Earl of Camden, President and the rest of the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland; by the right rev. John, Lord Bishop of Elphin, printed by E.T. Tute, Dublin 1796 (but a later printing), 1-54pp. BOUND WITH Rules for the Government of the Protestant Charter Schools of Ireland, printed for John Jones, Dublin 1826, 1-90pp + index (8 leaves unpaginated), in contemporary ½ leather binding. Donor: John & Elinor Medlycott. [ 1v.

39) All I Can Manage More Than I Could: an approach to the plays of Samuel Beckett by Alec Reid, The Dolmen Press, Dublin 1968, 1st ed. In dj, signed presentation copy from the author. [ 1v.

40) The Irish Theatre: lectures delivered during the Abbey Theatre Festival held in Dublin in August 1938, edited by Lennox Robinson, Macmillan & Co, London 1939, vg in dj. [ 1v.

41) Sketches of Old Dublin by A. Peter, Sealy Bryers & Walker, Dublin 1907, vg in decorated cover. [ 1v.

42) The Loved One: an Anglo – American Tragedy by Evelyn Waugh, illustrated by Stuart Boyle, Chapman & Hall, London nd [1948], 1st edition. Donor: J. & E. Medlycott.

43) Two years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn, illustrated, Harper & Brothers, New York 1890, brown cloth. Donor: John Crowley [ 1v.

44) UNION PAMPHLETS, 3 volumes bound in one: 1) A Memoir of the Union and the Agitation for its Repeal… by an Irish Catholic, William Curry Jun. & Co, Dublin 1843, [vi] + iv +133pp; 2) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain by R. Montgomery Martin, William S. Orr & Co, London 1843, xii + 368pp; 3) A Reply to Mr Montgomery Martin’s “Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain” … by M. Staunton, John Browne, Dublin 1844, 1-56pp; In a contemporary ½ leather binding on marbled paper boards, vg, armorial book plate of James Hans Hamilton, M.P. for Co. Dublin (his son became Baron Holmpatrick of Abbotstown House). [ 1v.

45) Miscellaneous Tracts by the Rev. Arthur O’Leary, printed by T. M’Donnel, Dublin 1781, contemporary calf binding, some wear and tear but (?) complete, with errata slip pasted in. Donor: Mark Gardner. [ 1v.

46) Reynard the Fox or The Ghost Heath Run by John Masefield, William Heinemann, London nd [1919], 1st edition. [ 1v.

47) Dublin Castle and the Irish People by R. Barry O’Brien, Kegan Paul, London 1909, “presentation copy”. Donor: Ian Grimes [ 1v.

48) Two volumes by Michael J.F. McCarthy: 1) Irish Land and Irish Liberty: A Study of the New Lords of the Soil, Robert Scott, London 1911; 2) Five Years in Ireland 1895 – 1900, Hodges Figgis, Dublin 1903, 10th edition. Donor: D. & L. Lane & Another. [ 2v.

49) Poems of Eva Gore – Booth: Complete Edition, with The Inner Life of a Child, and Letters, and a Biographical Introduction by Esther Roper, with Portraits, Longmans Green & Co, London 1929, 654pp. Donor: Ian Grimes [ 1v.

50) The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, written in the Camp by Lieut.-Col. E. Bruce Hamley, with 9 illustrations drawn in camp by the author, & 10 tinted lithographs by Hanhart, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1855, original cloth, plates vg with tissue guards, folding map, lacks spine. Donor: Louis Hemmings. [ 1v.

51) Today: A Weekly Magazine – Journal, edited by Jerome K. Jerome, vol.I no.1 to vol. II no.15 (Nov. 1893 – Feb.1894), the first 15 issues x 32pp each, bound in I volume. [ 1v.

52) The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, complete text reproduced micrographically in three volumes, Oxford University Press 1987; vols 1 &2 contain the 12 volumes of the 1933 edition of The New English Dictionary, vol.3 contains the 4 volumes of Supplements published in 1981 -5, in sturdy slip case with magnifier, vg. [3v in case.

53) Imogen Stuart, Sculptor by Brian Fallon, Four Courts Press, Dublin 2002, 4to, vg in dj, inscribed to John Luce by the subject, with a personal letter, both signed. Donor: Luce family [ 1v.

54) Dublin Fragments, Social & Personal by A. Peter, Hodges Figgis & Co, Dublin 1925, 1st ed, vg in dj. Donor: Ann Crookshank. [ 1v.

55) Irish Furniture: Woodworking & Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union by the Knight of Glin and James Peill, including a Dictionary of 18th Century Furniture – Makers by John Rogers, Yale University Press, New Haven 2007, 4to, vg in dj. Donor: Anne Crookshank. [ 1v.

56) The Pooles of Mayfield, and Other Irish Families by Rosemary ffolliott, Hodges Figgis & Co, Dublin 1958, limited edition no.384 of 500, vg in worn dj, 4to. Donor: Anne Crookshank. [ 1v.

57) a) Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Romney by the Rev. John Romney, Baldwin & Craddock, London 1830, self portrait as frontispiece, 4to, vg in later binding. WITH b) George Romney by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, Duckworth & Co, London 1904, illustrated in photogravure & half-tone engravings, folio Donor: Anne Crookshank. [ 2v.

58) Beredeneerde Catalogus der Werken van Rembrandt van Rhyn, C. Josi, Amsterdam 1810, vg+ in ½ leather Donor: Anne Crookshank [ 1v.

59) Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Centenary (15th) Edition, ed. H. Pirie _ Gordon, Shaw Publishing Co, London 1937, 2756 + lxxv pages, with the Irish Supplement pp 2531 – 2716, spine detached, otherwise a sound copy, all sewing intact, 4to. Donor: Anns Crookshank. [ 1v.

60) Dorothy Cross: a boxed set of three items: Montenotte / Fountainstown, limited ed. Of 150 each, hardback, with an original signed & numbered intaglio print (‘Daddylonglegs’, 36 of 150) by Dorothy Cross, Occasional Press, Aghabulloge 2012, mint in slip case. [ 1v.

61) The Letters of Archbishop Ussher, in two volumes, published as vols xv and xvi of The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher D.D., Lord Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of All Ireland, Dublin University Press nd [1834 & 1846], original cloth bindings by George Mullen of Dublin, vg. Donor: Charles Benson [ 2v.

62) The Anglo – Saxon Review: A Quarterly Miscellany, vols 1 – 3, June / September / December 1899, John Lane, London, small folio, in original elaborate decorated leather bindings, spines faded but front and back covers well preserved, with the armorial ex libris of Sir Henry Bellingham, Bt. [ 3v.

63) Mad Puppetstown by M.J. Farrel, W. Collins Sons & Co, London 1931, 1st edition. Donor: Synge family. [ 1v.

64) The Dolls House: reproduction of the Antique Pop – Up Book by Lothar Meggendorfer, Kestrel Books, London 1979, 3rd ed. (“this book unfolds to four feet, revealing five old-fashioned domestic scenes…”). [ 1v.

65) A Treasury of Irish Saints by John Irvine, with drawings by Ruth Brandt, The Dolmen Press, Dublin 1964, vg in dj, signed presentation inscription by Colin [Smythe], with signed card loosely inserted. Donor: Mark Gardner. [ 1v.

66) Diary of a Visit to the United States of America in the year 1883 by Charles, Lord Russell of Killowen, ed by Charles George Hebermann, U.S. Catholic Historical Society, New York 1910. [ 1v.

67) Brief Candles by Laurence Binyon, with six engravings by Helen Binyon, The Golden Cockerel Press, London 1938, vg in dj. [ 1v.

68) 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective, Four Courts Press, Dublin 2003, limited edition, no.70 of 100 numbered copies, signed by editors, in slip case. [ 1v.

69) Cork, its Trade and Commerce: Official Handbook of the Cork Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, ed. D.J. Coakley, Guy & Co. Ltd, Cork 1919, first issue. Donor: Hilary J. Semple. [ 1v.

70) A Collection of books by Somerville & Ross: Dan Russel the Fox, 1911, 1st ed; An Irish Cousin, 1915, new & revised ed; Mount Music, 1919, 1st ed; An Enthusiast, 1921, 1st ed; Wheel Tracks, 1923, 1st ed; Some Irish Yesterdays, nd, reprint; The Real Charlotte, nd, reprint; In the Vine Country, 1893, 1st ed; Stray-aways, 1920, 1st ed; French Leave, 1928, 1st ed; condition varies, the three last titles need rebinding, otherwise sound enough as reading copies. Donor: Luce family. [10v.

71) a) Churches in Early Medieval Ireland: Architecture, Ritual, Memory by Tomás Ó Carragáin, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, vg in dj, 4to. WITH b) Cistercian Abbeys: History and Architecture by Jean – François Leroux – Dhuys, Photography by Henri Gaud, Cologne 1998, vg in dj, 4to. Donor: Mark Gardner & another. [ 2v.

72) The Glass Tower, Poems 1936 – 43 by Nicholas Moore, drawings by Lucien Freud, Editions Poetry London 1944, decorated cover, vg in dj. [ 1v.

73) Spies in Ireland by Enno Stephan, translated from the German by Arthur Davidson, Macdonald & Co, London 1963, 1st English edition, vg in dj. [ 1v.

74) Arthur Griffith: Michael Collins, Martin Lester Ltd, Dublin [1922], 4to. Brochure, many photographic illustrations, dec. cover by Harry Clarke, loose in original wrappers. [ 1v.

75) Seachtain na Cathrach: Dublin Civic Week, September 17 – 25 1927, Official Handbook, published by the Civic Week Council, Mansion House, Dublin [1927], 4to., produced by Colm O’Loughlin at the Sign of the Three Candles, illustrated, vg. [ 1v.

76) Woven Silk Portrait of (St.) Oliver Plunkett by Padraic Breathnach, 15 Hamilton St, Dublin, mounted as a calendar for 1950. [ 1v.

77) The Architecture of Deane and Woodward by Frederick O’Dwyer, Cork University Press 1997, large 8vo, vg in dj. Donor: Anne Crookshank [ 1v.

78) Seek the Frozen Land: Irish Polar Explorers 1740 – 1922 by Frank Nugent, The Collins Press, Cork 2003, Presentation copy, signed by the author and Four members of the South Aris Expedition 1997, including Dermot Summers & Dawson Stelfox, vg in dj. [ 1v.

79) Three Limited Edition Volumes of Irish Labour and Trade Union History, as new: 1) Cluskey: The Conscience of Labour, edited by Kieran Jack McGinley, Umiskin Press, Dublin 2015, mint in dj, limited edition no.82 of 125 hardbacks, signed by the editor. 2) Eggs and Rashers: Irish Socialist Memories by Matt Merrigan, edited, and with an introduction by, D.R. O’Connor Lysaght, Umiskin Press, Dublin 2014, limited edition no. 5 of 50 hardbacks (only 300 copies in all), mint in dj. 3) Dear Madam: The Letters and Mails of Dermot Sweeney, edited by Dr Jack McGinley, Umiskin Press, Dublin 2012, paperback, mint, signed by the editor, limited edition no. 147 of 150 in paperback only. Donor: ? [ 1v.

80) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon – edited and with an introduction by Betty Radice. The Folio Society, London 1997, 8 vol set in 2 slip cases, vg