TCD AUCTION CATALOGUE. DRAFT. 18/2/2015 lots The Georgian Society Records volume 3, Dublin 1911, (no.9 of 550), 4to. 1v.

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1 TCD AUCTION CATALOGUE. DRAFT. 18/2/2015 lots The Georgian Society Records volume 3, Dublin 1911, (no.9 of 550), 4to.. 2. The Georgian Society Records vol. 4, Dublin 1912, (no.109 of 550), 4to.. 3. The Georgian Society Records vol. 5, Dublin 1913, (no.175 of 600), 4to.. 4. Public Architecture in Ireland by Edward McParland, Yale University Press 2001, 4to. 5. A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture by Sir William Chambers, with notes, etc. by Joseph Gwilt, Priestly & Weale, London 1825, vol. II only (of 2), many engraved plates (including Lord Charlemont s Casino at Marino), binding loose, ½ leather, with all faults. 6. The Rotunda Hospital: its Architects and Craftsmen by C.P. Curran, photos by E. Phyllis Thompson, Sign of the Three Candles, Dublin 1945, 1 st edition, for subscribers, no.155 of 200, leather bound..

2 7. A Lost Tradition: the Nature of Architecture in Ireland by Niall McCullough and Valerie Mulvin, Gandon Editions, Dublin 1987, 1 st ed, hb, dj (torn), 4to, signed presentation copy from first author.. 8. The Modern Building Record, 2 vols: vol.3, 1912 & vol.5, 1914, London, but a few Irish buildings included, 4to. 2v. 9. Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, vol. 4: Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Stationery Office, Dublin 1982, 4to Medieval Archaeology: Journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology vols 16 33, , and four five-year indexes for volumes [18v. + 4v.] 11. Celtic Ornaments from the Book of Kells, parts I & II, Dublin 1893, 10 plates, 2v.

3 12. Irish Glass by Dudley Westropp, revised edition by Mary Boydell, Allen Figgis, Dublin To Talent Alone: the Royal Irish Academy of Music , edited by Richard Pine & Charles Acton, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1998, hb, dj, vg A Picture of Percy French by Alan Tongue, Greystone Books, Antrim 1991, 4to Trinity College Dublin : an academic history by R.B. McDowell & D.A. Webb, Cambridge University Press 1982, 1 st ed, dj, vg An Epoch in Irish History (TCD ) by J.P. Mahaffy, London 1903, 1 st ed The Plate of Trinity College Dublin A History and Catalogue by J.P. Mahaffy, Provost, Catalogue by Dudley Westropp, Macmillan, London 1918; WITH The Silver Collection of Trinity College Dublin by Douglas Bennett, TCD Press, Dublin 1988, mint. 2v.

4 18. That Woman! Studies in Irish Bibliography a festschrift for Mary Paul Pollard, edited by Charles Benson & Siobhán Fitzpatrick, Lilliput press, Dublin 2005, 4to Trinity Closet Press, Dublin Six items in limited runs from the College hand press including: Maxims concerning Patriotism by George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne [1750], no.97 of 250, 1978; The Place of the Damn d by Jonathan Swift (1 of 150); true Poetical Genius, selections from Mary Barber s poems (1 of 30), etc. 6v. 20. Dublin University Calendar, a long run: , a few gaps to be listed. c.60v. 21. Set of Three Economic Histories of Ireland by George O Brien: 1) In the Eighteenth Century, Maunsel & Co, Dublin 1918; 2) In the Seventeenth Century, Maunsel & Co, Dublin 1919; 3) From the Union to the Famine, Longmans Green & Co, London 1921; all first editions, in uniform black cloth. 3v. 22. The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland by Anthony Marmion, for the author by W.H. Cox, London 1858, 3 rd edition..

5 23. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, with memoirs of the Union, and Emmet s Insurrection in 1803, by W.H. Maxwell, Baily Brothers, London 1845, first edition, xx plates by George Cruikshank, rebound. 24. Surveying Ireland s Past: multidisciplinary essays in honour of Anngret Simms, edited by Howard B. Clarke et al, Geography Publications, Dublin 2004, hb, dj, vg, 800pp. 25. Ireland Industrial and Agricultural, ed. William P. Coyne, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, Browne & Nolan Ltd, Dublin Irish Independent Golden Jubilee edition, The Story of 50 Years , folio An Egyptian in Ireland by Ibrahim Rashad, preface by Susan L. Mitchell, privately printed for the author, np, nd [c.1920] The Administration of Ireland 1920 by I.O. [= Information Officer i.e. Major C.J.C. Street] Philip Allan & Co, London 1921, 1 st ed.

6 29. The Path to Freedom by Michael Collins, Talbot Press, Dublin 1922, 1 st ed, vg in dj. 30. Handbook of the Ulster Question, issued by the North Eastern Boundary Bureau, ed. Kevin R. O Shiel, Stationery Office, Dublin 1923, 2 large folding maps Two books by Dom. Patrick Nolan OSB: 1) The History and Mystery of Banking in Ireland and Elsewhere, printed for the author by Desclée De Brouwer & Co, Bruges 1923, 238pp; 2) A Monetary History of Ireland part I: Ancient Ireland, P.S. King & Sons, London 1926, 219pp, signed gift inscription by the author. 2v 32. The Northern Banking Company Ltd, an historical sketch by E.D. Hill, McCaw Stevenson & Orr, Belfast 1925, with the 17 coloured historical prints; presentation copy to an ancestor of the donor. 33. The Oxford History of England: the first ten volumes, from Roman Britain to the Later Stuarts, mostly revised editions from the 1970s, all in dj. 10v. 34. Autobiography by John Stuart Mill, Longmans Green Reader & Dwyer, London 1873, 1 st ed, hb, erratum leaf, original cloth..

7 35. Leabhar na héireann The Irish Year Book, Dublin Saorstát Éireann - Three reports of Irish Free State Commissions of Inquiry: 1) Fiscal Inquiry Committee, 1 st & 2 nd interim & final reports 1923, 76pp; 2) Commission on Agriculture, 1 st - 5 th interim & final reports 1924, 115pp; 3) Banking Commission, 1 st - 4 th interim & final reports 1926, pp; all published by the Stationery Office, in neat contemporary ½ leather, gold blocked on front covers, Hely s Dublin binder s ticket on no.3. 3v 37. Saorstát Éireann : Official Handbook, Dublin 1932, illustrated, with folding map Free State Parliamentary Companion for 1932, edited by W.J. Flynn, Talbot press, dj Atlas of Ireland edited by J.P. Haughton & J.H. Andrews, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 1979, folio 40. The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston St. John Joyce, Dublin

8 41. The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin by John D Alton, Hodges & Smith, Dublin 1838, 1 st edition, hb, rebound Memoir of Sir Patrick Dun M.D., M.P. by T.W. Belcher, Dublin 1866, 2 nd ed, illustrated. 43. Details of the Restoration of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, etc. by Robert B. M Vittie, Dublin 1878, Dublin binder s ticket: Cavenagh. 44. History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries by William J. Fitzpatrick, Dublin 1900, signed presentation copy by the author s son, editor of the book. 45. Dublin Main Drainage Scheme, Souvenir Handbook, Dublin 1906, signed presentation copy from the author: P. Tobin, secretary of the Improvements Committee of the Corporation.. WITHDRAWN 46. The Commercial Year Book of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, ed. R. King Irvine, Bemrose & Sons, Derby 1917, first issue; much advertising content..

9 47. 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 Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity, edited by Robert M. Young, Marcus Ward & Co, Belfast WITHDRAWN 49. A Short History of the Port of Belfast by D.J. Owen, Mayne Boyd & Son, Belfast My Clonmell Scrapbook by James White, E. Downey & Co, Waterford 1907, 1 st ed, hb, inscribed presentation from author (not signed). 51. County Clare Studies, edited by Ciarán Ó Murchadha, essays in memory of Gerald O Connell, Seán Ó Murchadha, Thomas Coffey & Pat Flynn, Clare Archaeological & Historical Society, Ennis 2000, Hardback, vg in dj, signed presentation inscription from one of the authors. 52. Gallipoli by John Masefield, William Heinemann, London 1916, 1 st ed, 2 nd printing; WITH The Watchers on Gallipoli: a poem by G.C. Duggan, includes Our Dead at Suvla Bay, Hodges Figgis & Co, Dublin 1921, printed at the D.U. Press, dedication to my brothers George and Jack, 10 th (Irish) Division, killed at Suvla, 16 th August 1915, this memorial. 2v.

10 53. The Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli by Major Bryan Cooper, London 1918; WITH a run of The Gallipolian, the Journal of the Gallipoli Association, nos (Spring 2000 Winter 2009), 30 issues v 54. Downside and the War by Dom Lucius Graham OSB, London 1925, illustrated, ½ leather. 55. Set of 9 Robert Gibbings Travel books, containing over 500 illustrations by the author, mostly wood engravings: 1) Sweet Thames Run Softly, 1943; 2) Coming Down the Wye, dj (torn), 1943; 3) Lovely is the Lee, 1945; 4) Blue Angels and Whales, dj, 1946; 5) Over the Reefs, dj, 1948, 1 st ; 6) Sweet Cork of Thee, dj (torn), 1951, 1 st ; 7) Coming Down the Seine, dj, 1954; 8) Trumpets from Montparnasse, dj, 1955, 1 st ; 9) Till I End My Song, dj, 1957, 1 st ; all published by J.M. Dent & Sons, London , hardback original editions. 9v 56. The Ukimwi Road by Dervla Murphy, John Murray, London 1993, 1 st edition, signed by the author, mint in cellophane wrappers.

11 57. Memoir of the Coalfields of Ireland, Commission of Inquiry into the Resources & Industries of Ireland, Dublin 1921, vol. I Text, vol. II Maps (8 large folding sheets, coloured, complete). 2v. 58. Irish Whales and Whaling by James Fairley, Blackstaff Press, Belfast 1981, dj Irish Botanical Illustrators and Flower Painters by Patricia Butler, Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk 2000, hb, dj. 60. Trees of Ireland, native and naturalized by E. Charles Nelson and Wendy Walsh, Lilliput Press, Dublin 1993, 1 st ed, card covers..

12 61. Irish University Review, a long run: vol.5 no2 vol.43 no.2, , 9 parts wanting, with the index to vols 1 30 as v.33 no.3, in card covers as issued. 69v. 62. Tales of Irish Life and Character by Mrs S.C. Hall, with colour plates after Erskine Nicol, T.N. Foulis, Edinburgh The Midnight Court & The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow, translated from the Gaelic by Percy Arland Ussher, with a preface by W.B. Yeats and woodcuts by Frank W. Peers, Jonathan Cape, London 1926, vg in dj An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Alexander MacBain, Aeneas MacKay, Stirling 1911, 2 nd edition The Cat and the Devil by James Joyce, illustrated by Gerald Rose, Faber & Faber, London 1965, 1 st edition..

13 66. A Dunleary Legend & other Tales by Kit Cavenagh, illustrated by Alfred E. Kerr, Quota Press, Belfast [1935], dj The Letters of Samuel Beckett , edited by Martha Fehsenfeld & Lois Overbeck, Cambridge University Press 2009, signed by both editors Happy as Larry by Donagh MacDonagh, Maurice Fridberg, Dublin 1946, 1 st ed. in leather binding, signed presentation inscription from publisher The Third Policeman by Flann O Brien, MacGibbon & Kee, London 1967, 1 st ed, dj Kavanagh s Weekly: a Journal of Literature and Politics, ed. by Patrick Kavanagh, the Complete Edition, vol.1, nos 1 13, originally published April July 1952, with new introduction by Peter Kavanagh, Goldsmith Press, The Curragh of Kildare 1981, paperback..

14 71. Let Fall No Burning Leaf by Brendan Kennelly, New Square Publications, Dublin 1963, Three Candles Press, limited edition (150), hardback, signed by author A group of three Field Day Pamphlets: no.4, Heroic Styles by Seamus Deane; no.5, Myth & Motherland by Richard Kearney; no.6, Anglo Irish Attitudes by Declan Kiberd; all published by Field Day Theatre co. Ltd, Derry 1984, as new. 3v. 73. A New and Accurate Description of all the Roads in Great Britain by Daniel Paterson, London 1799, 12 th ed, first to include Scotland, 759pp The Polemic Catechism by John James Scheffmacher, translated by William Coppinger, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne & Ross, Cork 1830, 188pp The Henry Irving Shakespeare: The Works of William Shakespeare, edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall, 600 illustrations after Gordon Browne et al, 8 vols in gilt pictorial covers, Blackie & Sons, London v.

15 76. The Royal Illuminated Book of Nursery Rhymes, the old familiar words, set to appropriate tunes, illustrations by Marcus Ward, illuminator to the Queen, 1 st series, W.P. Nimmo, Edinburgh nd (late 19 th Century?), 16 colour plates. WITHDRAWN 77. Extracts from Adam s Diary by Mark Twain, illustrated by F. Strothmann, Harper & Brothers, New York 1904, 1 st ed, pictorial front cover; WITH Eve s Diary by Mark Twain, illustrated by Lester Ralph, New York 1906, as a pair. 2v. 78. The Big Pot: The Story of the Irish Senior Rowing Championship by Micheal Johnston, Shandon Books, Sandycove, Dublin 1992, hb, signed by the author Dublin University Football Club , published Five Golf Club Histories: 1) A Century of Golf on the Island by William R.M.O D. Murphy, ; 2) The Baltray Century, Co. Louth Golf Club , by Charles Mulqueen; 3) Foxrock Golf Club ; 4) Miltown Golf Club, an illustrated centenary history by Eamonn Beale et al; 5) Fifty Years in a Bunker by Pat Ruddy, the European Club, Brittas Bay, 2007; nos 1,3,4,5 in dj, all vg or fine, nos 4 & 5 are signed. 5v.