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TCD BOOKSALE AUCTION CATALOGUE <strong>2010</strong> FINAL DRAFT 9.3.10.R.G.H.<br />

1. The Poetical Works of Allan Ramsay, with selections from the Scottish Poets<br />

before Burns, 2 vols; ed. Charles Mackay, London (Virtue & Co.) nd [19 th cent.];<br />

illustrated, 47 steel engravings, 4to, ½ leather binding, marbled end papers and<br />

edges, binder’s ticket of W. Anderson, 39 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin.<br />

Donor: Alice Hanratty [2]<br />

2. Dublin 1660-1860 by Maurice Craig, Dublin (Hodges, Figgis & Co.) &<br />

London (The Cresset Press) 1952, <strong>first</strong> edition, 8vo, vg in dust jacket.<br />

Donor: Michael Booth [1]<br />

3. Epistles, Odes and Other Poems by Thomas Moore, Esq., London (for<br />

James Carpenter, Old Bond Street) 1806, engraved frontispiece, errata leaf at back,<br />

4to, ½ leather binding, some wear, stitching sound. [1]<br />

4. Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by J.A. Fuller Maitland,<br />

in five volumes, London (MacMillan & Co. Ltd) 1922, vg in original cloth<br />

bindings, ex library.<br />

Donor: Church of Ireland <strong>College</strong> of Education [5]<br />

5. Leonardo Da Vinci: The Rhythm of the World by Daniel Arasse, translated<br />

from the French, New York (Konecky & Konecky) 1997, tall 4to, fine in dj.<br />

Donor: Edward MacParland [1]<br />

6. Cimelia Sangallensia: Hundert Kostbarkeiten aus der Stiftsbibliothek St.<br />

Gallen by Karl Schmuki et al., St. Gallen (Verlag am Klosterhof) 2000, tall 4to,<br />

fine in dust jacket. Superb colour photos of one page from each of 100<br />

manuscripts in the library, including the important Irish early medieval texts,<br />

with bibliography for each item.<br />

Donor: Royal Irish Academy [1]<br />

7. The Life, Voyages and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew,<br />

commonly called King of the Beggars … collected from his own writings by<br />

Thomas Price, to which is added a Dictionary of the Cant Language used by the<br />

Mendicants; London (for J. Barker et al.) 8vo, nd [c. 1785], in contemporary paper<br />

boards, iv + 212, portrait frontispiece. [1]<br />

8. The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar for 1918, 86 th annual<br />

publication, Dublin (Alex Thom & Co.) 1917, 1170 pp, includes full Dublin Street<br />

Directory & Suburbs, Trades Directory, etc, many advertisements, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Natalie Wynne [1]<br />

9. Manual of the Geology of Ireland by G. Henry Kinahan, London (C. Kegan<br />

Paul & Co.) 1878, illustrated with engraved plates and woodcuts, the coloured<br />

geological map is missing, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Fred Falkiner [1]


10. The Vice-Regal Speeches and Addresses, Lectures and Poems of the Late<br />

Earl of Carlisle, collected and edited by J.J. Gaskin, Dublin (McGlashan & Gill)<br />

1866,cxxxvi + 485 pp, includes lengthy list of subscribers, green cloth embossed<br />

with the Earl’s crest, with bookbinder’s ticket of ‘Cavenagh, 33 Wicklow St.,<br />

Dublin’, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Natalie Wynne [1]<br />

11. Letters from Egypt, Edom and the Holy Land by Lord Lindsay, 2<br />

volumes, London (Henry Colburn, publisher) 1838, second edition, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Natalie Wynne [2]<br />

12. A Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland by<br />

Robert King, curate assistant of Ballinascreen, 2 volumes, Dublin (William<br />

Curry, Jun. & Co. et al.) 1845 & 1846, third edition, with a Supplementary<br />

Volume, 1851, with a list of subscribers, in all over 1500 pages, small 8vo.,<br />

original publisher’s cloth.<br />

Donor: Mrs Deirdre Pepper [3]<br />

13. The Grammar of Lithography: a practical guide for the artist and<br />

printer in Commercial and Artistic Lithography and Chromolithography,<br />

Zincography, photo-Lithography, etc. by W.D. Richmond, London (Wyman &<br />

Sons) 1880, second edition, original publisher’s cloth, vg, 8vo. [1]<br />

14. A Child’s History of Ireland by P.W. Joyce, Dublin (M.H. Gill & Sons)<br />

1909, printed at the Dublin University Press, original decorated cloth, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Mrs Deirdre Pepper [1]<br />

15. Early Irish History and Mythology by Thomas F. O’Rahilly, Dublin<br />

(Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) 1946, <strong>first</strong> edition, vg in dust jacket.<br />

Donor: Royal Irish Academy [1]<br />

16. Irish Silver by Robert Wyse Jackson, Cork & Dublin (The Mercier Press)<br />

1972, vg in dust jacket, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Byrne [1]<br />

17. Bards of the Gael and Gall: examples of the Poetic Literature of Erinn, done<br />

into English after the metres and modes of the Gael by George Sigerson, London<br />

(T. Fisher Unwin) 1897, original decorated cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Royal Irish Academy [1]<br />

18. The Question of the Repeal of the Union, in connexion with the<br />

Prosperity of Ireland, discussed in a conversation between two Dublin shop<br />

keepers by ‘A Patriot’, Dublin (Hodges and Smith) 1848; a pamphlet of 24 pages,<br />

disbound, price Two pence.<br />

Donor: Royal Irish Academy [1]<br />

19. The Church of St. John in Valletta: its History, Architecture and<br />

Monuments, with a brief history of the Order of St. John from its inception to the<br />

present day by Sir Hannibal Scicluna, Rome (privately printed by ‘Casa M.<br />

Danesi’ for the author) 1955; no. 116 of a limited edition of 2000, signed by the


author; large 4to, 300 pp of plates in black & white, 50 colour plates tipped in,<br />

(some damp damage)<br />

Donor: Martin Walsh [1]<br />

20. Works of Art from the Royal House of Hannover – Schloss Marienburg,<br />

<strong>auction</strong> <strong>catalogue</strong> by Sotheby’s, 2005, boxed set of 3 vols + dvd; a 10-day sale,<br />

items and their context recorded in great detail, over 4500 lots, innumerable<br />

colour photos, history of the House of Hannover, etc, etc.<br />

Donor: Martin Walsh [1]<br />

21. The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius, translated from Latin by William<br />

Adlington, illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, London (John Lane The Bodley<br />

Head) 1923, 16 colour plates and many b & w illustrations, limited edition no. 318<br />

of 3000, original decorated cloth, vg, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Martin Walsh [1]<br />

22. The First Temp<strong>tat</strong>ion of Saint Anthony by Gustave Flaubert, translated<br />

from French by Rene Francis, illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, London (John<br />

Lane The Bodley Head) 1924, 20 colour plates and other illustrations in b & w,<br />

limited edition no. 1187 of 3000, original decorated cloth, vg, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Martin Walsh [1]<br />

23. The Love Books of Ovid, translated from Latin by J. Lewis May, illustrated<br />

by Jean de Bosschère, London (John Lane The Bodley Head) 1925, 24<br />

illustrations in colour and b & w, limited edition no 661 of 3000, original<br />

decorated cloth, vg, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Martin Walsh [1]<br />

24. The Way That I Went: an Irishman in Ireland by Robert Lloyd Praeger,<br />

Dublin (Figgis) 1997, limited edition no. 39 of 100, a facsimile reprint of the <strong>first</strong><br />

edition of 1937, fine in dust jacket, folding map at back.<br />

Donor: Neville Figgis [1]<br />

25. That Woman! Studies in Irish Bibliography: a festschrift for Mary ‘Paul’<br />

Pollard, edited by Charles Benson and Siobhán Fitzpatrick, Dublin (The Lilliput<br />

Press) 2005, for the Library Association of Ireland, Rare Books Group, fine in<br />

dust jacket.<br />

Donor: The late Paul Pollard [1]<br />

26. Life of the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, late Lord Chancellor of<br />

Ireland by (his son) Edward Blackburne, London (MacMillan & Co.) 1874, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Natalie Wynne [1]<br />

27. Set of Coloured Maps prepared for The Civic Survey of Dublin and<br />

Environs, Dublin (The Civics Institute of Ireland) nd [1925]; 10 maps 56.5 x 42.5<br />

cms, with a sheet of explanatory notes, vg in original printed packaging, unfolded.<br />

Donor: Michael Booth [1]


28. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by W. Holman<br />

Hunt, London (MacMillan & Co.) 1905, 2 volumes, with 40 photogravure plates<br />

and other illustrations in the text, in original decorated binding, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Fred Falkiner [2]<br />

29. Two books by John Lennon: a) In his Own Write, 1964; b) A Spaniard in<br />

the Works, 1965, <strong>first</strong> edition; both London (Jonathan Cape), small square format.<br />

Donor: Guy Robinson [2]<br />

30. Tour in Connemara and The Martins of Ballinahinch by Maria<br />

Edgeworth, edited by Harold Edgeworth Butler, London (Constable & Co. Ltd)<br />

1950, <strong>first</strong> edition, limited to 500 copies, ¼ bound in marbled paper with vellum<br />

spine, vg in dust jacket, small 8vo. [1]<br />

31. The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, tragedian by W,J. Lawrence,<br />

Belfast (W. & G. Baird) 1892, photogravure portrait as frontispiece, limited<br />

edition no. 337 of 500, signed by the author, bookplate of Jo & Liam Miller, vg<br />

in original cloth, 8vo.<br />

Donor: Fred Andrews [1]<br />

32. T C D : A <strong>College</strong> Miscellany; vols 38-41, nos 657-726, Nov. 1931 - June<br />

1935, no gaps, 70 issues in all. In original wrappers, as issued.<br />

Donor: W.P. Browne [70]<br />

33. A Set of Cigarette Cards of The Arms of the Universities (U.K. and<br />

Commonwealth) by W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London nd [1923], nos 1-25<br />

complete; includes the following Irish Universities: Belfast (no.2), Dublin (7),<br />

National U. of Ireland (12), Queen’s U. of Ireland (13), Royal U. of Ireland (14); the<br />

arms are printed in colour and blazoned on the reverse. All clean, in mylar pockets.<br />

Donor: Anon. [25]<br />

34. The ANZAC Book – written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of<br />

Anzac; London, Melbourne, etc. (Cassell & Co. Ltd) 1916, in original decorated<br />

wrappers.<br />

Donor: Nicholson [1]<br />

35. The Spanish Story of the Armada, and other essays, by James Anthony<br />

Froude, London (Longmans, Green & Co.) 1901. Full leather binding, all edges<br />

marbled, prize stamp of St. Andrew’s <strong>College</strong>, Dublin on front cover, prize<br />

label dated 1902.<br />

Donor: Nicholson [1]<br />

36. Der Struwwelpeter, oder lustige Geschichte und drollige Bilder für Kinder<br />

von 3 – 6 Jahren, by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, nd [19 th cent. ?] edition of this<br />

nursery classic, condition vg except for a taped repair on final leaf. [1]<br />

37. Report of the Housing Committee (Dublin 1918) – being a survey of the<br />

North Side of the City of Dublin, containing historical notes on the City’s<br />

expansion North of the Liffey, illustrated by Maps and other particulars …,<br />

Dublin Corporation – Report no. 13 of 1918, Dublin (Dollard) 1918. Pp 81-145 &


facsimile maps after Speed, Brooking & Rocque, with 2 large folding maps at<br />

6” : 1 mile, showing: 1) “Schemes in contemplation by the Housing Committee”;<br />

2) North City Survey showing land use. In own covers, rare, only 400 printed. [1]<br />

38. Harry Clarke 1889 – 1931: Ten Original Illustrations for Hans Christian<br />

Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Nicola Gordon Bowe, London (The Fine Art Society)<br />

2008. Fine in dj.<br />

Donor: Watts [1]<br />

39. The Early History of <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>College</strong> Dublin 1591 – 1660, as told in<br />

Contemporary Records, on Occasion of its Tercentenary by William Urwick,<br />

London (T. Fisher Unwin) and Dublin (Hodges Figgis & Co.) 1892, in original<br />

green cloth. [1]<br />

40. Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures,<br />

Mining and Engineering, with an introductory essay on the Great Exhibition of the<br />

Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851; illustrated by 40 steel engravings and<br />

2,477 wood engravings, ed. by Charles Tomlinson. London & New York<br />

(George Virtue & Co.) 1854, contemporary full leather binding, some wear, in<br />

Two Volumes, 8vo. [2]<br />

41. A Heritage of Beauty: The Garden Plants of Ireland, an Illustrated<br />

Encyclopaedia by E. Charles Nelson, Dublin (The Irish Garden Plant Society)<br />

2000, signed by the author. [1]<br />

42. A Collection of author’s offprints by J. Joly, F.R.S., Iveagh Geological<br />

Laboratory, TCD: 1) The Radioactivity of Terrestrial Surface Materials, from The<br />

Philosophical Magazine, Oct. 1912; 2) The Apophorometer, from Phil. Mag. Feb.<br />

1913; 3) The Age of Pleochroic Haloes from Phil. Mag. April 1913 (with E.<br />

Rutherford, FRS); 4) The Temperature of Sublimation from Chemical News May<br />

1913. All vg in own covers.<br />

Donor: Royal Irish Academy [4]<br />

43. A Selection of Irish Melodies with symphonies and accompaniments by<br />

Sir John Stevenson, and characteristic words by Thomas Moore Esq., Dublin<br />

(W. Power’s Music Ware House) nd [c. 1810-15], 8 parts bound in two volumes,<br />

½ leather, folio.<br />

Donor: Henley [2]<br />

44. Venetia Felix i.e. 67 Eighteenth Century Views of Venice painted by<br />

Gabriel Bella: Chronicler of the Republic, by Alvise Zorzi, photography by<br />

Mark Smith, Milan (Franco Maria Ricci) 1989, limited edition no. 1323 of 5000,<br />

67 colour plates tipped in, hand made paper, in solander box. A handsome book.<br />

Donor: Pike [1]<br />

45. Printing and the Mind of Man – a descriptive <strong>catalogue</strong> illustrating the<br />

impact of print on the evolution of Western Civilisation during five centuries, by<br />

John Carter and Percy H. Muir, London (Cassell & Co.) 1967, <strong>first</strong> edition, tall<br />

4to, vg in dj. [1]


46. The Coming Forth by Day of Osiris Jones by Conrad Aiken, New York<br />

(Charles Scribner’s Sons) 1931, faded covers in worn dj else vg, <strong>first</strong> edition, 8vo.<br />

Donor: James Quinn [1]<br />

47. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, two volumes,<br />

London (S. Lewis & Co.) 1837, <strong>first</strong> edition, wanting title of vol. 1 otherwise<br />

appears complete, but some pages loose, disbound, sold with all faults. [2]<br />

48. Autobiography by John Stuart Mill, London (Longmans, Green, Reader &<br />

Dyer) 1873, <strong>first</strong> edition, with single advert leaf at end: “By the Same Author”,<br />

vg in original green pebble cloth, binder’s ticket: “Burn & Co.”. [1]<br />

49. First Collected Edition of Official Documents from the Reign of<br />

Charlemagne: Beati Caroli Magni Imperatoris Opera Omnia, edited by J.-P.<br />

Migne, Patrologiae Latinae Cursus Completus vols 97 & 98, Paris 1862, <strong>first</strong><br />

editions. 4to. [2]<br />

50. Wild Flowers by Anne Pratt, London (SPCK) 1905, 2 volumes with 192<br />

coloured plates, decorated covers, 12mo.<br />

Donor: Booth [2]<br />

51. The History of the Verbal Noun in Irish Morphology by J.J. Kinsella,<br />

being a thesis presented for the M.A. Degree examination, Winter 1964, bound<br />

typescript, foolscap, 379 pp. Presumably one of only two or three copies in<br />

existence. No <strong>College</strong> s<strong>tat</strong>ed. [1]<br />

52. Sir John Lavery by Kenneth McConkey, Edinburgh (Canongate Press)<br />

1993, <strong>first</strong> edition, hb, vg in dj.<br />

Donor: Watts [1]<br />

53. Historic Newspapers no.1: The Dublin Evening Mail for Wednesday 3<br />

February 1847. Original, single folded sheet, 4 pages 60 x 47 cms, small piece<br />

torn from top corner, otherwise in good condition; Famine reports, relief works,<br />

deaths from starvation at Youghal, advertisements, etc. with all faults.<br />

Donor: P. and D. Clarke [1]<br />

54. Historic Newspapers nos 2 & 3. no. 2: The Universe: The Catholic<br />

Newspaper for Friday 4 June 1932. “Eucharistic Congress opens in a<br />

garlanded city of perpetual light” / “Dublin’s Glorious Pageantry” etc. lead story,<br />

illustrated, 48 pp. with all faults. No. 3 The Cork Examiner for Monday 22<br />

March 1943. Single sheet (4 page) Emergency edition. War reports, speeches by<br />

Hitler and Churchill reported equally, armed men arrested in Donegal by Gardai –<br />

5 had rifles, also arrests in Cork, 21 internees tunnel their way out of Derry<br />

Gaol, etc. Small piece lost from top otherwise good, with all faults. [2]<br />

55. GILES : Sunday Express and Daily Express Cartoons. A Collection of<br />

annual volumes, 1946-7 to 1996, 2 nd to 50 th Series, wanting only nos 1, 6, 9-13, 16,<br />

48. i.e. 41 in all, in card wrappers as issued, in vg condition. Also: Giles – A Life<br />

in Cartoons and Giles at War, both by Peter Tory, and The Giles Diary for 1995,


all hard backs, London (Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd, and other publishers) 1947<br />

– 1996. As a collection.<br />

Donor: Goodhue family [44]<br />

56 Cecil Aldin Illustrations. White Ear and Peter: the story of a fox and a foxterrier<br />

by Neils Heiberg, 16 colour plates by Cecil Aldin, London (MacMillan & Co.)<br />

1912, <strong>first</strong> edition, hb, vg. [1]<br />

57. Birds of Cyprus by David A. & W. Mary Bannerman, illustrated by D.M.<br />

Reid-Henry & Roland Green, Edinburgh & London (Oliver & Boyd) 1958, <strong>first</strong><br />

edition, lxxi + 384pp, 29 colour plates, folding map, vg in dj. [1]<br />

58. The Beauties of the Boyne and its Tributary the Blackwater by William<br />

W. Wilde, Dublin (Sign of the Three Candles) 1949, 3 rd edition, abridged, edited,<br />

planned and printed in Ireland by Colm O Lochlainn, vg in dj.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

59. The Ancient and Present S<strong>tat</strong>e of the County and City of Waterford …by<br />

Charles Smith, with the approbation of the Physico-Historical Society, Dublin<br />

(Printed by A. Reilly for the Author) 1746 – Facsimile Reprint at Cork (The<br />

Mercier Press) 1969, 382pp, two folding maps & three folding views, vg in dj.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

60. North Munster Studies: Essays in Commemoration of Monsignor Michael<br />

Moloney, edited by Etienne Rynne, Limerick (The Thomond Archaeological<br />

Society) 1967, xvi + 535pp, vg in dj. 36 papers in archaeology, history, biography,<br />

numismatics, folklife, placenames, etc. One of the finest festschriften ever<br />

produced in Ireland.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

61. Medical Dublin. Drawings by Liam C. Martin, text by Patrick Logan,<br />

Belfast (The Appletree Press) 1984, folio.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

62. Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 – 1600: a Study of Irish Tombs with<br />

notes on costume and armour by John Hunt with Peter Harbison, photographs<br />

by David H. Davison, Dublin (Irish University Press) & London (Sotheby Parke<br />

Bernet) 1974, 2 volumes: vol.1 Text and Catalogue; vol.2 Plates, vg in djs, with<br />

ms notes & t/s of a detailed review by the <strong>first</strong> owner, the late Tom Delaney.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [2]<br />

63. Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size by Maurice Craig, London (The<br />

Architectural Press) 1976, <strong>first</strong> edition, vg in dj.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

64. The Town-Wall Fortifications of Ireland by J.S. Fleming, Paisley<br />

(Alexander Gardner) 1914, vg in original decorated paper boards, cloth spine.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]


65. Signed by Eamon de Valera. Voltaire by Alfred Noyes, London (Sheed &<br />

Ward) 1936, <strong>first</strong> edition, original cloth binding, vg. The characteristic signature<br />

“Eamon de Valera” is on the front fly leaf, and could be a mark of ownership.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

66. Studies in Early Irish Law by R. Thurneysen, Nancy Power, Myles Dillon,<br />

Kathleen Mulchrone, D.A. Binchy, August Knoch, & John Ryan S.J., Dublin<br />

(Royal Irish Academy) 1936, <strong>first</strong> edition, vg in dj.<br />

Donor: Pat O’Connell [1]<br />

67. Flowers of the Field by the Rev. C.A. Johns, FLS, edited by Clarence Elliot,<br />

London (George Routledge & Sons) 1907, 92 colour plates by E.N. Gwatkin,<br />

attractive decorated covers, vg. Inscription of original owner: “Arthur A. Luce,<br />

St. Patrick’s Day 1908”, (late Berkeley Professor of Metaphysics and SF TCD).<br />

Donor: Luce family [1]<br />

68. Ballygullion by Lynn Doyle, illustrated by William Conor, Dublin &<br />

London (Maunsel & Co. Ltd) 1918, <strong>first</strong> edition. Covers worn but intact, with all<br />

eight illustrations by Conor, and a Maunsel <strong>catalogue</strong> of 20pp for Autumn 1917 at<br />

back.<br />

Donor: Fred Andrews [1]<br />

69. Six finely illustrated large-format Children’s Books all signed by the<br />

author, Sam McBratney, all <strong>first</strong> editions, all mint condition: 1) Guess How<br />

Much I Love You, illustrated by Anita Jeram, , Cambridge, Mass. (Candlewick<br />

Press) 1995, <strong>first</strong> U.S. edition, dj; 2) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, illustrated<br />

by Ivan Bates, London (Walker Books) 1996, <strong>first</strong> ed.; 3) Just You and Me,<br />

illustrated by Ivan Bates, London (Walker Books) 1998, <strong>first</strong> ed.; 4) I’m Sorry,<br />

illustrated by Jennifer Eachus, London (Harper Collins) 2000, <strong>first</strong> ed., dj; 5) I’m<br />

Not Your Friend, illustrated by Kim Lewis, London (Harper Collins) 2001, <strong>first</strong><br />

ed., dj; 6) You’re All My Favourites, illustrated by Anita Jeram, London (Walker<br />

Books) 2004, <strong>first</strong> edition.<br />

Donor: Sam McBratney [6]<br />

70. Romantic Inishowen, Ireland’s Wonderful Peninsula by Harry Percival<br />

Swan, Dublin (Hodges, Figgis & Co.) 1947, <strong>first</strong> edition, vg in dj, folding map at<br />

the back. Signed presen<strong>tat</strong>ion copy from the author to William F. Figgis Esq.<br />

Donor: Neville Figgis [1]<br />

71. How To Make Old-Time Ship Models by Edward W. Hobbs, Glasgow<br />

(Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd) 1946, with a collection of eight other books and<br />

manuals on this subject, including scale plans, some are in German.<br />

Donor: Eda Sagarra [9]<br />

72. Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers, covering South West Britain in the<br />

1860s, in three volumes: 1) Devon and Cornwall, 1859, 4 th edition; 2) South<br />

Wales and its Borders, includind the River Wye, 1860; 3) Wiltshire, Dorsetshire &<br />

Somersetshire, 1869, new edition; all published in London, by John Murray; each<br />

volume has an extensive advertising section and a loose folding map of the relevant<br />

counties in a pocket at the back. [3]


73. Dublin University, Four Early Calendars: 1) D.U. Calendar for 1845.<br />

262pp; 2) D.U. Calendar for 1851. 411pp; 3) D.U. Calendar for 1888: Examination<br />

Papers Supplement only, 463pp; 4) D.U. Calendar for 1912-13, volume III, the<br />

Special Supplemental Volume or ‘Red Calendar’ of cumulated documen<strong>tat</strong>ion of<br />

<strong>College</strong> history, M.J.W. Fry editor, 675pp.<br />

Donor: The late David Webb et al. [4]<br />

74. Maria Edgeworth, a Collection of older editions of her writings: 1) Tales<br />

from Maria Edgeworth, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, London (Wells Gardner<br />

Darton & Co.) 1903, finely decorated covers, vg; 2) Essays on Practical Education by<br />

Maria and R.L, Edgeworth, London (J. Johnson & Co.) 1811, 3 rd edition, vg in<br />

contemp. calf; 3) Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, Ennui, etc. by Maria Edgeworth ,<br />

London (Simpkin, Marshall & Co. et al.) 1848, vol. iv of Tales & Novels, engraved<br />

title and frontispiece, vg in original cloth; 4) Harrington and Thoughts on Bores,<br />

London (Baldwin & Craddock et al.) 1833, engraved title and frontispiece, binding<br />

distressed o/w vg.<br />

Donor: The late P. Pollard et al. [4]<br />

75. Language of Flowers illustrated by Kate Greenaway, London (George<br />

Routledge & Sons) nd [1884], <strong>first</strong> edition, printed in colours by Edmund Evans. [1]<br />

76. The Poets and Poetry of Munster: a selection of Irish Songs…with poetical<br />

translations by the late James Clarence Mangan, now for the <strong>first</strong> time published<br />

with the original music and biographical sketches of the authors, by John O’Daly,<br />

Dublin (John O’Daly) 1850, 2 nd edition, falling out of its original binding but seems<br />

complete.<br />

Donor: Cooney [1]<br />

77. How the Union was Carried by J.G. Swift MacNeill, London (Kegan Paul)<br />

1887, <strong>first</strong> edition, in original binding, faded. [1]<br />

78. Secret Marriages: Nine Short Poems by Michael Longley, Manchester<br />

(Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press) 1968, vg in original wrappers. [1]<br />

79. Teresa’s Bar by Paul Durcan, Dublin (The Gallery Press) 1976, <strong>first</strong> edition,<br />

near fine in original wrappers, Gallery Books no. 31. [1]<br />

80. Crediting Poetry by Seamus Heaney, Loughcrew (The Gallery Press) 1995;<br />

this is the true <strong>first</strong> edition of Heaney’s Nobel Lecture, delivered in Stockholm on<br />

7 th December 1995 and <strong>first</strong> published by Peter Fallon in his Gallery Books series on<br />

12 th December 1995 at Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co. Meath, in an edition of 1,000<br />

copies; vg in original wrappers, as issued, with gift inscription on reverse of front fly.<br />

Donor: Maureen O’Connor [1]<br />

LATE EXTRA<br />

81. Collection of IRFU International Programmes, hard covers, 1990s (Details later)<br />

Donors: Mary and Nick Robinson [9]

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