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Catalogue Six Autumn 2005 Irish Art - Irish Artists & Book Illustrators

900. O 'Brien, Kate. Presentation Parlour. London. Heinemann. 1963. First. pp.138. Fine in glassine coverd D.J. €30.

901. O'Brien, Kate. English Diaries and Journals. London. Collins. 1943. 4to. pp.48. Illus. in color & B/W. B.P. Fine in D.J. €45.

903. O'Callaghan, John Cornelius. History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France. Vol. 1 (all published ). Dublin. McGlashen & Co. 1854. First. pp.452 + errata and 8 pages ads. Later cloth with labels. College imprint on E.P. G. €325.

Scarce historical & genealogical work on "Wild Geese" soldiers & their families, part of the Irish Brigades revered by the French during the Eighteenth Century.

904. O'Callaghan, Margaret. British High Politics and a Nationalist Ireland. Criminality, Land and the Law under Forster and Balfour. Cork Uni. Press. 1994. First. pp.223. Mint in D.J. €25.

905. O'Conaire, Padraic. Field and Fair. Travels with a donkey in Ireland. Translated from the Irish by Cormac Breathnach. D
pictorial D.J. Uncut. scarce in D.J. €150.

906. O'Connell, J.B. The Financial Administration of Ireland. Dublin. Mount Salus Press Ltd. 1960. First. pp.203. Ex. Lib. Glassine covered D.J. V.G. €25.

907. O'Connor, Frank. Three Tales. Cuala Press. 1941. Limited Edition (250) pp.42. Quarter linen on blue boards with glassine cover B.P. V.G. €275.

Signed Presentation Copy.

908. O'Connor, Frank. Three Tales. Cuala Press. 1941. Limited Edition. Number 1 (Ex. 250) pp.42. Quarter linen on blue boards with glassine cover. Inscribed on end paper. "For Charles & Kathleen from " the Author". From "Frank O'Connor", for C & K Davidson, Clonard, Sea Road, Arklow". Unopened B.P. Lovely copy. €525.

909. O'Connor, Frank. Lords and Commons. Translations from the Irish, Cuala Press, 1938. Limited Edition (250). Pp.42. Quarter linen on blue boards with tissue cover. Two book plates. Fine copy. €195.

910. O'Connor, Morris M. Hibernia Venatica. London. Chapman & Hall 1878. First. Tipped in sepia photographs (original) pp. 449 +32 pages ads. Original Dec. green cloth with foxes heads motifs on spine. Scarce book on Fox Hunting in Ireland and the most prominent ladies associated with the sport. Rare. €300.

Signed Copy

911. O'Connor, Frank. Kings, Lords and Commons. London. Macmillan. 1961. First. pp.167. Signed Frank O'Connor on T.P. Fine in D.J. €250.

912. O'Connor, Frank. Die Reise Mach Dublin. Zurich. Diogenes. 1961. pp.379 + 3 pps. ads. German text. Org. published as the Saint and Mary Kate. Fine in pictorial D.J. €35.

913. O'Connor, Laurence. Lost Ireland. A Photographic Record at the Turn of the Century. London. Penguin. 1984. First. Folio. pp.244. Pictorial stiff wraps. Beautiful B/W pictures of fin-de-sicele Ireland, many published for the first time. €55.

Kerry Geneagolgy.

914. O'Connor, Michael H. A Guide to tracing your Kerry Ancestors. Dublin. Flyleaf Press. 1990. First. pp.96. Pictorial boards. Very useful reference book. Ex. Lib. Fine. €65.

915. O'Cuív, Brian. Parliament na Mban. Dublin. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. 1952. First. Org. green cloth. rubbed. €65.

917. O'Donoghue, David J. The Poets of Ireland. A Biographical Dictionary. London. 1892-3. Published by the Author. Org. cloth. pp.265 and loosely inserted 2 page holograph letter from David O'Donoghue dated 10/1/04 from Irish Literary Society, Bloomsbury Mansion. London addressed to Michael Cavanagh (Irish-American Poet & Journalist). Interesting letter with several literary allusions & references. Castle Hackett B.P. Scarce. €450.

918. O'Donovan, John. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from Mss. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, and of Trinity College, Dublin with a translation and copious notes. New York. A.M.S. Press, Inc. 1966. Third Edition. 4to.7 Volumes pp.(1) 565, (2) 628, (3) 657, (4) 603, (5) 617, (6) 624 and (7) 405.
Org. green cloth, titles in gilt on spine. Fine copy of the third edition which I have never seen before and must be very scarce. €1,200.

Signed Presentation Copy.

919. O'Dowd, Peadar. Down by the Claddagh. Galway. Kennys. 1993. First. 4to. pp.200. Illustrated. Inscribed presentation copy from the Author. Fine in pictorial D.J. €55.

920. O'Donnell, Peadar. The Knife. Dublin. Irish Humanities Centre. 1980. pp.288.
Fine in D.J. €30.

Scarce Tipperary Genealogy.

921. O'Dwyer, Sir Michael. The O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh. The History of an Irish Sept. London. Murray. 1933. First. pp.360. Folding map & folding Genealogical chart. Fine tight copy in org. green cloth. €250.

Author's Scarce First Book.

922. O'Faolain, Sean. Midsummer Night Madness & Other Stories. London. Jonathan Cape. 1932. First. pp.283. Fine in glassine covered pictorial D.J. See Illustration. €375.

O'Faolain's first book, quite scarce and in common with Joyce, O'Casey, O'Flaherty & O'Connor, instantly banned by a puritanical government obsessed by even a hint of sexual activity.

Author's Second Book.

923. O'Faolain, Sean. A Nest of Simple Folk. London. Jonathan Cape. 1933. First. pp.413. Fine in glassine covered pictorial D.J. See Illustration. €225.

924. O'Faolain. The Stories of Sean O'Faolain. London. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1958. First thus with 10 of the stories appearing for the first time in book form. pp.385. Fine in glassine covered D.J. €125.

925. O'Farrell, Padraic. Shannon through her Literature. Cork. Mercier Press. 1983. 4to. pp.128. Fine in pictorial D.J. €45.

926. O'Flaherty, Liam. Insurrection. Boston. Little, Brown & Co. 1951. First. pp. 248. Ex. Lib. Pictorial D.J. G. €50.

927. O'Flaherty, Liam. The Informer. London. Cape 1925. First. Rare D.J., cover & spine only. Pp.272. O'Flaherty's most famous work with rare cover D.J. €175.

928. O'Flaherty, Liam. A Tourists Guide to Ireland. London. Mandrake Press (1930) pp.134. Org. cloth. G. €45.

929. O'Flaherty, Roderic. The Ogygia Vindicated : Against the objections of Sir George MacKenzie. To which is annexed an Epistle from John Lynch to M.Boileau. With a dissertation on the origin and antiquities of the ancient scots and notes by C. O'Connor. Dublin. Faulkner. 1775. pp.299. Cntp. calf rubbed and cracking at spine. Rare. €575.

930. O'Flaherty, Roderick. A Chorographical Description of West or H-lar Connaught written A.D. 1684 with notes & illustrations by James Hardiman. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1846. Galway 1977 reprint. pp.494. Good in fine D.J. Map of West Connaught. €125.

931. O'hAoda Míchéal. The Abbey. Then and Now. Dublin. Abbey Theatre. 1969. Royal 8vo. pp.100. Illustrated. Striff wraps. V.G. €25.

932. O'Flannigan, Tague. Tenant Right in Tipperary being a series of Humorous Epistles from Tadg O'Flanagan, Balinamuch to Mike Collins Renfrewshire. Glasgow. WI. Love. 1886. pp.140. Illustrated. coloured pictorial cover. New spine. Very scarce. €250.

933. O'Higgins, Brian. The Voice of Banba. Songs, Ballads and Satire. Dublin. O'Higgins. n.d. pp.114. Pictorial very stiff wraps. V.G. €60.

934. O'Higgins, Brian. Laughter-Lighted Memories. Dublin. O'Higgins. n.d. Small 8vo. pp.78. Pictorial stiff wraps. G. €25.

935. O'Hara, Bernard. (edited by) Mayo. Aspects of it Heritage. Galway. R.T.C. 1982. First. pp.313. Illustrated. V.G. in pictorial D.J. €35.

Crossmolina Genealogist.

936. O'Hart, John. The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry. When Cromwell came to Ireland or a supplement to Irish Pedigrees. Dublin. M. H. Gill. 1884. First. pp.774. Org. green cloth, gilt coat of arms on cover. Co. Mayo born O'Hart produced a body of work invaluable to students of 16th & 17th Ireland 3 page list of subscribers and their addresses. G. €295.

Scarce Genealogy.

937. O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Dublin. McGlashan & Gill. 1876. First. pp.411. Org. cloth, gilt. Coat of Arms on cover. Queens College Galway brand on T.P. V.G. €225.

938. O'Mahoney, David. The Irish Economy. Cork Uni. Press. 1967. Second Edit. pp.190. G. in D.J. €20.

940. O'Muirithe, Diarmaid. A Seat behind the Coachman. Travellers in Ireland 1800-1900. Gill & Macmillan. Dublin. 1972. First. 4to. pp.209. Prof. illustrated.
Fine in pictorial D.J. €75.

941. O'Raithbheartaigh, Toirdhealbhach. Genealogical Tracts 1. Comprising a. The Introduction to the Book of Genealogies, by Dubhaltach MacFirbhaigh. b. The Ancient Tract on the distribution of the Aithech-thuatha. c. The Lecan Miscellany, being a Collection of Genealogical excerpts in the Book of Lecan. Dublin. S.O. 1932. pp.245. Fine. €115.

943. O'Reilly, Myles. Memorials of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries. London. Burns Oats.. 1868. First. pp.408. Org. green décor cloth. B.P. & letter inserted. V.G. €125.

944. O'Reilly, Rev. Bernard. St. Angela Merici and the Ursulines. New York. Pollard & Moss. 1880. First. pp.397. Org. gilt décor cloth. B.P. €45.

Library of Henry Grattan.

945. O'Rourke, Count John. A Treatise on the Art of War or Rules for conducting an army in all the various operations of regular campaigns, by John, Count O'Rourke, Colonel of Horse, Knight of the Royal Order of St. Louis and Lord Chamberlain to the late King of Poland. Duke of Lorrain.
London. T. Spillsbury. 1778. First. pp.241. Small 4to. 14 plates - 2 folding. Very fine calf binding, raised bands. Moroc label & gilt tooling in slipcase (recent) contemporary news clipping inserted indicates book was purchased at the sale of Henry Grattan's Library where it is mentioned as a "scarce work". Extremely rare. €2,500.

946. Ossory Archaeological Society. Transactions of the Ossory Archaeolgical Society. Kilkenny printed at the Journal Office. 3 vols. Volume (1) 1874-79, pp.529, volume (2) 1880-1883, pp.505, Vol. (3) 1878, pp.164 and is a continuation of Volume 1. Vols 1 and 2 are org. green cloth, volume 3 recent green cloth. Folding map and illustration. Complete sets of this this scarce Journal are quite rare. V.G. €700.

947. O'Sullivan, Ven, John. Archdeacon of Kerry. A Commentary on the Book of Psalms. Dublin. James Duffy. 1866. Translated from the latin of Cardinal Bellarmine. pp.444. Org. gilt cloth, staining. 4to. €120.

948. O'Sullivan, Maurice. Twenty Years A-Growing. Rendered from the original Irish with a preface by Moya Llewlyn Davies and George Thompson. Introductory note by E.M.Foster. Maps of Dingle and Blasket Islands on endpapers. London. Chatto. 1933. First. pp.324. Fine in very good D.J. €145.

Maurice O'Sullivan was born and reared on the Blasket Island, off Kerry Coast and in this book he tells the story of his childhood. Many of the Folktales he learned at the fireside from his grandfather.

949. O'Sullivan, Maurice. Twenty Years A Growing. London. Chatto & Windus. 1933. First. pp.324. Org. orange cloth. G. €75.

950. O'Sullivan, M.D. Old Galway - The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, Cambridge. W. Heffer 1942. First. pp.488. Illustrated. Illus.folding maps. Ex. Lib. G. €145.

951. Paddiana or Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life Present & Past. London. Bentley. 1848. 2vols. pp.(1) 323 and (2) 275. Org. green cloth. Frontis vol. 2 stained. Both covers soemwhat stained. Reading copies. €95.

952. Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph. The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl including instructions in the art of shooting and capturing them. London. Van Voorst. 1882. First. pp.503 + 16 pages wildfowl record in blank and 2 pages ads. B.P. Earl of Kilmorey. Org. cloth, gilt title on spine. Plates. V.G. €225.

Periodicals.

954. The Bell. Vol. 1 number 2, Vol.1 number 3, Vol. 8 number 1,Vol. 9 number 1, Vol. 9 number 2, Vol. 10 number 2, Vol. 13 number 6, Vol. 16, number 1. €20 per issue.

955. Crane Bag. Vol. 1 - numbers 1 and 2. Vol. 2 number 1 & 2 combined, Volume 3 number 1, Volume 3 number 2, Vol. 4 number 2 the Northern Issue, Vol. 6 number 2, Latin-American issue, vol. 7 number 1 Socialism & culture. €20 each.

956. Old Drogheda Society. 1978-79. No.3. €25.

957. Dublin Magazine. Summer 1966. Aut./Winter 1966, Spring 1967, Summer 1967, Aut./Winter 1968, Spring 1970, Summer/Aut. 1970, Autumn 1971, Winter/Spring 1971/72, Summer 1972, Autumn/Winter 1973/74. €18 each.

958. Envoy. Vol. 1 number 1, Vol. number 3, Vol. 1 number 4, Vol.2 number 1, Vol. 2 number 7, Vol. 3 number 9, Vol. 3 number 11, Vol. 4 number 14, Vol. 4 number 15, Vol. 5, number 18.
€15 each.

959. Ireland To-day. Vol. 1 number 3, Vol. 1 number 2, Volume 1 number 6. €15 each.

960. Irish Sword. Vol. 2 number 9, Volume 3 number 11, Vlume 3 number 11, Volume 3, number 12. €20 each.

961. Irish Writing. No. 1, No.6, No.15, No.22, No.24, No.25, No.26, No.27,No. 28, No.33, No.34, No. 35. €20 each.

962. Journal of Irish Literature. Vol. 6 number 3, Vol. 18 number 1. €15 each.

963. Journal of the Kerry Archaelogical and Historical Society. No. 18 - 1985, No. 20 - 1987, No. 26 - 1993, No. 27 - 1994. €30 each.

964. Kilkenny Magazine. No. 8 - 1962, No. 11 - 1964, No. 15 - 1967. €25 each.

965. Old Kilkenny Review. No.2 - 1959, New series Vol.1 number 2, Vol. 1 number 3, Vol. 1 number 4, Vol. 1 number 5, Vol. 2 number 2, Vol. 2 number 3, Vol. 2 number 4, Vol. 2 number 5, Vol. 3 number 2, Vol. 3 number 3, Volume 3, number 4, vol. 3 number 5, Vol. 4 number 1,
Vol. 4 number 2, Vol. 4 number 3, Volume 4, number 5. 1994. €25 each.

966. Longford Historical Society Joournal. 1969/1978. A scarce run of first 4 volumes. Vol. 1 numbers 1,2,3, & 4. €160 for the set.

967. North Munster Antiquarian Journal. Vol. 17 - 1975. €25.

968. Old Waterford Society Journal. 1973/74 Vol. 5. €20.

969. Pochin Mould. D.D.C. Ireland of the Saints. London. Batsford. 1952. First. pp.176. Illustrated. Fine in pictorial D.J. Her first book on Ireland. €65.

970. Pochin Mould, Daphne. The Aran Islands. Newton Abbot. 1972. pp.171. Illustrated. Mint in D.J. €95.

971. Power, Patrick C. The Courts Martial of 1798-99, Kilkenny. Modern Printers. 1997. pp.208. Stiff pictorial wraps. Mint. €10.

Lord Lieutenant's Copy.

976. Prisons. Forty eight Report of the Inspectors-General on the General State of the Prisons of Ireland. 1869 with appendix. Dublin. Alexander Thom. 1870. pp.552. fine moroc. binding inscribed in gilt on front panel. "His Excellency The Earl Spencer K.G. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland". A.E.G. Very fine copy. €425.

977. Proceedings in connection with the Visit to Dublin of the Marquis of Ripon K.G. and the right Hon. John Morley M.P. 1st to 3rd February 1888. Dublin. Browne & Nolan. 1888. p.152. Recent green marbled boards with printed paper lable. Nice copy. €75.

978. Raftery, Joseph. Prehistoric Ireland. London. Batsford. 1951. First. pp.228. Prof. illustrated. Fine copy in pictorial D.J. €85.

979. Ransom. P.J.G. Holiday Crusing in Ireland. A Guide to Irish Inland Waterways. Newtown Abbot. David & Charles 1971. First. pp.152. Large folding map & numerous ilustrations. Coloured frontis. Fine in pictorial D.J. €50.

Waterford Interest.

980. Redmond, C.P. Beauty Spots in the South East of Ireland and how to see them by car and cycle. Waterford 1901. Printed by C.P. Redmond & Co. First. pp.176 + 45 p.p.s Ads. Folding map of Waterford & Wexford. Original pictorial green cloth illustrated with round tower, Celtic Cross,
Abbey & Lily Pond. Very fine. €125.

981 (a) Reports. Commission on emigration and other Population Problems. 1948-1954. Dublin. Stationery Office. 1954. 4to. pp.417. Org. orange Printed wraps. V.G. €75.

Report of Trials - Tipperary Interest.

982. Brewster.A. A Report of Seven Trials at the Clonmel Summer Assizes of 1829, including those which arose out of the occurrences at Borrisokane on the 26th and 28th July 1829. Dublin. Milliken 1830. pp.459. Original cloth with printed paper label. Lithographed map of Borrisokane. G. €495.

These Trials arose out of riots in Borrisokane in which police fired on innocent civilians & several were killed. Only one person was convicted and the Chief Police Officer subsequently emigrated to Canada.

Scarce Irish Theatre.

983. Rejected Addresses or the new Theatrum Poetarum. London. John Millar. 1812. pp.127. bound with Familiar Epistles to Frederick E. Jones Esq on the present state of the Irish Stage. Dublin. Graisberry & Campbell. 1806. Fifth edit. pp.110. Cnpy. half calf, marbled boards. mor. label on spine. V.G. €150.

984. A Real Paddy. Real Life in Ireland. or the day and night scenes, rovings rambles and sprees, bulls, blunders, bodderation & blarney of Brian Boru, Esq. and his elegant friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty exhibiting a real picture of characters, manners in high & low life in Dublin and various parts of Ireland. By a Real Paddy. London. Jones & Co. 1822. pp.296. Frontis and 18 hand coloured plates. Cntp. calf. G. €295.

985. (Richardson, Jane Marion) J.M.R. Six Generations of Friends in Ireland. 1655 - 1890. London. Hicks. 1894. p.p.287. Illus. Stiff wraps. V.G. €75.

986. Robinson, Lennox. Crabbed Youth and Age. A little Comedy. January. 1924. First. (2nd 1mp.) London. G.P. Putnam. pp.39. B.P. including the cast of the Abbey's first performance of this play. Finely inscribed "P.J. Carolan. From Lennox Robinson - with thanks. Lennox Robinson 1924". As apparent from final page of this booklet P.J. Carolan played the part of Charlie Duncan
in the original Abbey performance 14/11/1922. Significant Association copy. Original tan pictorial wraps with overprinting in black. V.G. €250.

987. Robinson, Thomas Romney. Juvenile Poems. To which is prefixed a short
account of the Author by a member of the Belfast Literary Society. Belfast.
Smyth Lyons. 1806. First. pp.106 + rare 26 page subscribers list. Fine
Portrait of Author (aged 12) by his father. Fine later half calf, marbled boards,
Raised bands with title date etc. in gilt on spine. V.G. €300.

988. Robinson, Tim. Setting foot on the Shores of Connemara. Mullingar
Lilliput Press. 1984. pp.19. Green printed wraps. V.G. €25.

991. Russell, W.H. The Atlantic Telegraph. London. Day & Son Ltd. C.1865. 4to. pp.117 + 4pps ads. The Story of the Laying of the first underwater cable between Valentia (Kerry) and Newfoundland in 1856. Historic account of the trials and vicissitudes of the ships and crews involved. The Great Eastern, The Agememnon, the Niagara and their ultimate triumph. 26 fine full page tinted Lithographs. The Lithos are of outstanding quality and include the five scarce South Kerry Views: (1) Valentia in 1858. (2) The Bay-Valentia, (3) Foilhummerum Bay-Valentia from Cromwell Fort. (4) The Cliffs Foilhummerum-landing of the Shore end of Cable. July 22. (5) General view of Port Magee from the heights below Cora Beg. The Caroline laying the Shore end of the cable July 22. Original magnificent gilt cloth covers, depicting the U.S. and British flags. The Royal crowned coat of Arms. The American Eagle inside a gilt border of sea shells & sea horns with nautical ropeing in elaborate knots entwined throughout the attractive marine tableau.
A.E.G. Finest copy of a much sought after book. €1,500.

992. Russell, W.H. The Atlantic Telegraph. Newtown Abbot. David & Charles. 1972. Reprint of 1865 edition (see previous) pp.117. All 26 plates in B/W. Pictorial D.J. Mint. €65.

993. Ryan, Tim. Dick Spring- A Safe Pair of Hands. Dublin. Blackwater Press. 1993. First. pp.224. Illustrated. Mint in D.J. €35.

Tipperary Interest.

994. Ryan, W.P. The Heart of Tipperary. A Romance of the Land League. London. Ward & owney 1893. First. Intro. by William O'Brien. M.P. pp.256. Original light blue cloth with gilt title. V.G. €135.

995. Rynne, Etienne. Ed. by. North Munster Studies. Essays in commemoration of Mons. Michael Moloney. With maps and illustations. Limerick, Thomond, 1967. 4to. pp.535. Fine D.J. Private Library stamp on T.P. With numerous articles on North Munster by leaading scholars of the day. €125.

996. Sadlier, Mrs J. The Fate of Father Sheehy. A Tale of Tipperary in the olden time. Dublin. Duffy. C.1865. pp.254. Org. green cloth. Harp device on cover. True story, (told in fiction format) of Judical slaying of Fr. Sheehy in 1766. G.€75.

997. Samuels, Arthur Warren. Home Rule Finance. An examination of the Financial Bearings of the Government of Ireland Bill, 1912. Dublin. Hodges Figgis. 1912. First. pp.334. Stiff wraps. U.C.C. brand on E.P. Intro by Sir Edward Carson. Tight copy and scarce. €125.

All Star Line Up.

998. Against Home Rule. The case for the union by Arthur J. Balfour, J.A. Chamberlain, Walter Long, George Wyndham, Lord Charles Beresford, J.H. Campbel, George W. Balfour, Thomas J. Sinclair, Marquis of Londonderry, Earl Percy, L.S. Amery, George Cave, Godfrey Locker Lampson. Intro by Sir Edward Carson and preface by A. Bonar law. London. Warne. 1912. First. pp.347 + 1 page ad. Thick pictorial wraps. V.G. €125.

999. Saorstát Eireann. Official Handbook. Dublin Talbot Press. 1932. Bright Cloth cover with unusual coloured Celtic Design. Large 8 vo. pp.150. Illustrations after Paul Henry. Sean Keating, McGonigal, Kernoff, etc. V.G. €65.