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

303. Praeger S. Rosamond. The Old Irish Rimes of Brian O’Linn. London. Macmillan & Co. 1901. First. 4to. pp.26. Quarter red linen on pictorial boards. Illustrated. Scarcest of Praeger’s childrens books. €450.

Signed Copy.

308. Pye, Patrick. Ex. Cat. Dublin. RHA Gallagher Gallery 1997. Large 4to. pp.28.Illus. in color. Signed Patrick Pye 1997. Mint. €45.

Signed Copy.

309. Pye, Patrick. Ex. Cat. Jorgensen Fine Art. Dublin. Exhibition entitled “New Paintings 1999-2003”. Intro by Brian Lynch. Large 4to. pp.30. Illus. in color. Signed by Patrick Pye and dated 2005. Mint. €45.

The following 4 catalogues were produced by Alan and Mary Hobart of Pyms Gallery in London and these splendid productions are themselves works of art in terms of their detail, pictorial quality and erudite biographical detail. 310. Pyms Gallery. The Irish Revival. May-June 1982. 4to. pp.70. Stiff wraps with fine Orpen cover. V.G. €65.

311. Pyms Gallery. Celtic Splendour. April – May 1985. Large 4to. pp. 109. Stiff pictorial wraps with famous Orpen painting of Beatrice Elvery (Lady Glenavy) on cover. Excellent catalogue in mint condition. €75.

312. Pyms Gallery. Life and Landscape. May 1991. Large 4to. pp.76. Stiff pictorial wraps. Illus. in colour. Mint. €55.

313. Pyms Gallery. An Ireland…. Imagined. Oct/Nov. 1993. Large 4to. pp.119. Stiff pictorial wraps with fine Lavery Monte Carlo pictorial cover. Illus. in colour. Mint. €65.

Yeats Family Patron.
314. Quinn, John “The Noble Buyer.” by Judith Zilczer. Washington. Smithsonian Institution. 1978. First. Large 4to. pp. 199. Prof. illustrated. Hard back. Mint in pictorial D.J. €135.

John Quinn, a brilliant New York Attorney of Irish descent, championed the works of Jack B. Yeats and his father and purchased manuscripts from Irish writers James Joyce & W. B. Yeats. He was the most important patron of the avant-garde for the first quarter of the 20th century.

315. Reid Nano. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Dawson. Gallery. April 1969. 4to.pp. 4. Inclusive of covers. Wraps. V.G. €55.

316. Reid, Nano. A Retrospective Exhibition. Dublin. Municipal Gallery and Ulster Museum, Belfast. Nov. 1974 – Feb. 1975. 4to. pp.24. Illustrated. Stiff pictorial wraps. Mint. €75.

317. Reid, Nano. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Dawson Gallery. Oct/Nov. 1976. 4to. pp.4. Inclusive of covers. Wraps. V.G. €40.

318. Reid, Nano. Exh. Cat. Dublin. Taylor Galleries. C.1977. Small 4to. pp.4. Inclusive of covers. V.G. €30.

319. Reid, Nano. Cat. Retrospective 1991. Large 4to. pp.24. Illus. in color & B/W V.G. Loosely inserted in an 8 page pamphlet – Drogheda & Dundalk Arts Review mainly related to Reid Retrospective. Both items in excellent condition. €75.

320. Three Irish Women Artists. Nano Reid, Evie Hone and Norah McGuinness. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Jorgensen Fine Art. March 2002. 4to. pp.35. Illus. in color. Stiff wraps. Mint. €30.

321. Royal Hibernian Academy. Annual Catalogues. All are oblong 4to and thick 4to. in stiff wrappers 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. 20 catalogues. €30 each.

322. Mannin. Ethel. Connemara Journal. London. Westhouse 1947. pp.190. Illus. by Elizabeth Rivers. V.G. €45.

323. Rivers, Elizabeth. A Retrospective Viewby Brian Kennedy. Exhibition at Gorry Gallery. Dublin 26/5/89 – 8/6/1989. Wraps. 4to. pp.48. Illus. in colour & B/W. V.G.€50.

324. Rivers. A Picture Book by Frank O’Connor. Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. Dublin. Cuala Press 1943. Limited Edition No. 232 (480) Original prospective loosely inserted. pp. 72 + 5 pages of Cuala Press Ads. Fine illustration by Elizabeth Rivers. Quarter linen on pictorial boards. B.P. unopened in original glassine cover. Very fine copy + prospectus. €480.

325. Rivers, Elizabeth. Strangers in Aran. With illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers. Cuala Press. 1946. Limited Edition (280). Pp.78. Quarter linen on illustrated boards (Cormorants on rock). Magnificent book with 15 illustrations, four of which are hand coloured. Final book of the Cuala Press supervised by Mrs W.B. Yeats. B.P. Almost mint in original glassine cover. €995.

Signed Presentation of Limited Edition.

326. Rivers, Elizabeth. Out of Bedlam. XXV11 wood engravings by Elizabeth Rivers with texts from Christopher Smart. Dublin. Dolmen Press, 1956. 4to. pp. 30. 27 wonderful full page engravings by Rivers. This copy was 1 of 25 Limited Edition Set (No. 21) designated “not for sale”. It is inscribed and signed on title page as follows “Hugh Moore – July 24. 1956. from Elizabeth Rivers”. Fine recent half calf and marbled boards incorporating original pictorial wraps which are stained. Illustrations are perfect & signed limited editions of Rivers works are notoriously scarce. €1,200.

327. Scott, Patrick. Exh. Cat. Dawson Gallery. Dublin. Oct. 1963. 4to. pp. 4. inclusive of covers. Early one man show. Scarce. €75.

328. Scott, Patrick. Exh. Cat. London. Annely Juda Fine Art. 5th March – 5 April 1980. 4to. Pictorial stiff wraps. pp.4. Signed copy. €40.

329. Scott, Patrick. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Dawson Gallery. C. 1969. 4to. pp.4. Pictorial stiff wraps. Early catalogue. €55.

330. Scott, Patrick. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Taylor Galleries. Small 4to. pp.4. V.G. €35.

331. Scott, Patrick. Exh. Cat. Dublin. Douglas Hyde Gallery. Trinity College and Ulster Museum Belfast and Crawford Municipal Art Gallery Cork. May – August 1981. 4to. Pictorial stiff wraps. pp. 79. Illus. in color & B/W. V.G. €75.

332. Scott, Patrick. Ex. Cat. Stirling Gallery. 21 Aug – 22 Sept. 1982. Pictorial Wraps. pp.4. V.G. €35.

333. Scott, Patrick. Works on paper at On the Wall Gallery. Belfast. 4 – 21 Nov. 1987 and Taylor Galleries. Dublin 4 – 19 Dec. 1987. 4to. Stiff pictorial wraps. pp.6. Illustrated. V.G. €65.

334. Scott, Patrick. Brussels. B.P. Gallery. Exh. Cat. 31/5/1990 – 30/6/1990. Folio. Stiff pictorial wraps. pp.16. Finely illustrated in colour. Also inserted Brussels Dinner Menu dated 30th May 1990 cover title Patrick Scott with his Goldpainting 5/89 illustrated above his name on menu. Fine catalogue with scarce ephemera. €75.

335. Scott, Patrick. Exh. Cat. Dublin. Taylor Galleries 1991. 4to. Stiff pictorial wraps. pp.8 Illustrated in colour. V.G. €45.

336. Scott, William. Paintings, Drawings and Gouaches 1938-1971 (by Alan Bowness) London. The Tate Gallery. April – May 1972. 4to. pp.89. Illus. in color & B/W. Stiff pictorial wraps. Scott’s major exhibition at the Tate and most difficult Catalogue to acquire. €125.

337. Scott, William. Exh. Cat. Re Tour Belfast. Dublin & Edinburgh. June/Nov. 1986. 4to. Wraps. pp.84. Illus. in colour & B/W. Mint. €50.

338. Scott, William. Exh. Cat. R.H.A. An tOireathas Exhibition 12 – 27 September 1990. Large 4to. Stiff wraps. pp.10. Catalogue in Irish & English. Intro. by George Dawson and poem by Brendan Kennelly. Illustrated in color throughout. V.G. €60.

339. Scully, Sean. Paintings 1971 – 1981. Touring Ex. Birmingham, Sunderland, Dublin, Belfast & London. Oct. 1981 – April 1982. Large. 4to. pp.39. Stiff pictorial wraps. Illus in color & B/W. V.G. €75.

340. Scully, Sean. Ex. Cat. New York. David McKee Gallery 1986. Large 4to. pp.31. Illus. in color. Stiff pictorial wraps. Pristine. €65.

341. Scully, Sean. Twenty Years, 1976.- 1995. By Red Rifkin. London. Thames & Hudson. Large 4to. pp.160. First. Hardback in fine D.J. Illus. in color & B/W. Book was published to accompany a touring exhibition organised by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta and also shown at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Mint. €95.

342. Scully, Sean. By David Carrier, London. Thames & Hudson. 2004. First. Folio. pp.223. With 200 illustrations, 190 in color. Mint in pictorial D.J. €110.

343. Shinnors, John. Profile 18. Kinsale. Gandon Editions. Published to coincide with the exhibition John Shinnors Paintings and Drawings at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Sept- Nov. 2002. 4to. pp.59. Contributions by Aiden Dunne & Brian Fallon. Illus. in color. Mint in stiff pictorial wraps. €45.

344. Shinnors, John. Paintings & Drawings. Published to accompany touring exhibition. Limerick, Sligo and Cork. Sept. 2002 – March 2003. Kinsale Gandon Editions 2002. Folio. pp.135. Mint in stiff pictorial wraps. €75.

345. Sligo Art Gallery. An exhibition of works selected from 1995 Iontas Small Works Competition organised annually by Sligo Art Gallery. 4to. pp.37. Illus. in color & B/W. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €20.

346. Sligo Art Gallery. Eleventh National Small Works Art Exhibition 2000. Touring Exhibition Sligo, Belfast and Limerick. June- Sept. 2000. 4to. pp.32. Stiff pictorial wraps. Illus. in color. V.G.€20.

347. Sligo Art Gallery. Small Works Exhibition. July 1990. 4to. pp.16. Illustrated. Stiff wraps. V.G. €20.

348. Smith, John Noel. Ex. Cat. Stockholm, Galleri 16 and Malmo-Galleri Leger 1985. 4to. pp.13. Intro. by Aidan Dunne. Illustrated in color. Stiff white wraps. V.G. €55.

349. Smith, John Noel. Touring Ex. Cat. Stockholm, Aarhus, Copenhagen and Berlin. 1989. 4to. pp.36. Finely illus. in color with some double page folding plates. Stiff red wraps. Mint.€65.

350. Smith, John Noel. Touring Ex. Cat. Berlin & Stockholm. 1986. 4to. pp.50. Contribution by Aidan Dunne. Illus. in color & B/W. Stiff green wraps. Mint. €65.

351. Solomons, Estella. Portraits of Patriots. With a Biographical sketch of the Artist by Hilary Pyle. Dublin. Alan Figgis, 1966. Stiff wraps. pp.39. Illustrated 4to. V.G. €45.

352. Solomons. Liam Miller (Edited by) Retrospect. The Work of Estella F. Solomons and Seamus O’Sullivan. Dublin. Dolmen Editions. 1973. First. Limited Edition (750). 4to. pp. 104. Illustrated. Mint in D.J. €135.

353. Solomons, Estella. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Frederick Gallery. Nov.1999. Large 4to. Illus. throughout in color. Pictorial stiff wraps. Lovely catalogue. Mint. €60.

354. Stewart, Ann M. Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts – Index of Exhibitors 1826 – 1979. Dublin. Manton Publishing. 1985. 3 volumes with dust jackets. A most comprehensive listing of Irish Artists, Paintings, pricing, addresses (Irish Artists were a nomadic tribe). Long out of print these volumes are a mine of Information for Irish Art collectors, dealers etc. Mint. €500.

356. Swanzy, Mary. Dublin. Taylor Galleries. Ex. Cat. 1982. 4to. pp.8. Intro. by Pat Murphy. 7 fine illustrations. Green stiff wraps. Mint. €75.

357. Swanzy, Mary. Exh. Cat. Pyms Gallery. Nov/Dec. 1989. 4to. Illus. in color. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €60.

359. Taispeántas Ealainie. (Oireachtas Art Exhibition). 7 Exh. Catalogues 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1993 & 1998. Oblong 4to. Stiff wraps. V.G. €10 each.

360. Teskey, Donald. Drawings 1991. Large 4to. pp.18. Illustrated stiff pictorial wraps. Mint. €35.

Signed Copy.

361. Thaddeus. Brendan Rooney. The Life and Works of Henry Jones Thaddeus. Dublin. Four Courts Press. Royal 8 vo. 2003. First. pp.301. Fine illustrated work on talented Cork Artist who died in 1929. Mint in D.J. and signed by the Author on title page. Fine book with beautiful illustrations. €95.

362. Tyrrell, Charles. Ex. Cat. Dublin. Taylor Galleries. May – June 1983. 4to. pp.4. Stiff wraps. G. €40.

364. Tyrrell, Charles. Dublin. Taylor Galleries. Exh. Cat. “New work at Taylor Galleries”. 14-30 Nov. 1991. Stiff wraps. pp.14. Illus. in color. V.G.€35.

365. Tyrrell, Charles. Ex. Cat. Kinsale. Gandon. Exhibition entitled “Paintings 1993-1994”. Oct/Nov. 1994. 4to. pp.36. Intro. by Dorothy Walker. Illustrated in color. Stiff wraps.
Mint. €65.

366. Tyrrrell, Charles. Exh. Cat. Dublin. Taylor Galleries Nov/Dec 1995. 4to. pp.18. Exhibition entitled “The 1995 Paintings”. Stiff wraps. Mint. €45.

367. Visiting Artists. 1985-1995. Touring Ex. Cat. Dublin. Kilkenny, Armagh, Paris, Sligo, Limerick, Belfast, Cork and Drogheda. 4to. pp.36. Mint. €25.

368. Waddington, Victor. Dublin. Twelve Irish Artists. Dublin. Sign of the Three Candles. 1940. First. Folio. pp.42. 12 fine colour plates. Intro by Thomas Bodkin & brief biographical notes of the Artists. Fine. €600.

369. Wallis, Alfred and James Dixon. Ex. Cat. “Two Painters Works” by Wallis and Dixon. London. M. Holberton 1999. Large 4to. pp.128. Touring exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Sept/Nov. 1999 and Tate Gallery, St. Ives May – Nov. 2000. Illus. in color. Mint. €30.

370. Walker, Dorothy. Modern Art in Ireland. Dublin. Lilliput Press 1997. Large 4to. Intro. by Seamus Heaney. pp.240. Prof. Illustrated. Mint In fine pictorial D.J. €150.

371. Walker, J. Crampton. Irish Life & Landscape. Dublin. Talbot Press. n.d. Green dec. cloth. Fine colour plates of all leading Irish Artists & copies of their signatures. €110.

372. Wheatley, Francis. (by Mary Webster). London. Routledge & Kegan, 1970. The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art. 4to. D.J. pp.228. Illustrated in colour & B/W. Decorative D.J. Showing “Salmon Leap at Leixlip with Nymphs Bathing”. G. €150.

Jack B. Yeats Section.

Exhibition Catalogue 1945 – 2005.
373. Yeats, Jack B. National Loan Exhibition Catalogue June – July 1945. Dublin. National College of Art. Wraps. pp.43. Illustrated. V.G. €85.

374. Yeats. Jack B./Ivon Hitchens. Kerlin Gallery Dublin. Joint Exh. November 1991. 4to. Stiff blue wraps. pp.30. Illus. in color. Mint and limited to 1000 copies. V.G.€85.

375. Yeats, Jack B. Exhibition “Early Watercolours”. 6th April – 29th April, 1961. London. The Waddington Galeries. Wrappers. pp.67. Prof. Illustrated (63 Watercolour paintings exhibited). V.G. €65.

376. Yeats, Jack B. Exhibition. Venice. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte. 1962. 4to. pp.10. Intro. by Thomas MacGreevy. An exhibition of some 22 of his finest oil paintings lent by some of Yeat’s friends & collectors including John Huston, Bob Figgis, Frank Vickerman, Thomas MacGreevy and Richard McGonigal (2). V.G. and scarce. €95.

377. Yeats, Jack B. Exhibition at Waddington Galleries. London. 28th March – 27th April 1963. Oblong 4to. pp.43. 39 Oils, each painting illustrated. Dec. wrappers. V.G. €70.

378. Yeats, Jack B. Ex. Cat. Sligo County Library and Museum. August 1963. Yeats paintings from the collections of the late Ernie O’Malley & The Yeats Museum, Sligo. 8vo. pp.20. Intro. by Thomas McGreevy & Cormac O’Malley. Frontis and 6 full page illustrations. Stiff wraps. V.G. €125.

379. Yeats, Jack B. Waddington Galleries. London. 11 Feb – 13 March 1965. Oblong 4to. Stiff wraps. pp.34. 29 full page illustrations. V.G. €95.

380. Yeats, Jack B. Ex. Cat. Waddington Galleries. London. Feb – March 1965. 4to. Small 4 page catalogue. pp.4. G. €25.

381. Yeats, Jack B. The Dawson Gallery. Dublin. Exhibition 7 June- 7 July, 1966. 4to. Illustrated. V.G. €80.

382. Yeats, Jack B. Waddington Gallery, London. 28 Sept – 21 Oct. 1967. Card Format. pp.6. G. €25.

383. Yeats, Jack B. Exhibition held at Victor Waddington, London. Oil Paintings 28th September – 21October 1967, and early drawings and watercolours. 26th October – 18th November 1967. Wrappers. 33 oils all illustrated and 78 drawings & watercolours. All illustrated. First one man show of his drawings in London. Scarce. €75.

384. Yeats, Jack B. London. Victor Waddington 1971. Exhibition catalogue 15 April to 8 May 1971. 4to. Wraps. pp.62. Illus. in colour. V.G. €95.

385. Yeats, Jack B. London. Waddington. Ex. Cat. April/May 1971. 4to. pp.4. Wraps. Pencil comments on painting written in. V.G. €35.

386. Yeats, Jack B. Drawings & Painting by James White. London. Secker & Warburg. 1971. Produced to accompany touring exhibition Dublin-Belfast and United States. Oblong 4to. pp.159. Beautifully illustrated in color & B/W. Hard back with pictorial D.J. V.G.€95.

387. Yeats, Jack B. Exhibition of the Works of Jack B. Yeats & his family held at the Sligo County Library & Museum, Sligo from 29th October to 29th December, 1971. 4to. wrappers. pp.91. Fine catalogue, fully illustrated, showing works of Jack Yeats. John Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats (Embroideries), Lolly Yeats (Watercolours), Anne Yeats (Painting & Drawings), W.B. Yeats (Poems, Plays, Prose). V.G. €95.

388. Yeats, Jack B. Ex. Cat. London. Waddington Galleries – 111. Oblong. 4to. Ex. Entitled “Watercolours and Drawings. March 1973. pp.16. 11 pages of illustrations. Pictorial wtiff wraps. €85

389. Yeats, Jack B. Ex. Cat. London. Waddington Galleries March 1973. Entitled “Paintings”. 4to. pp.26. with 23 full page coloured illustrations of some of his finest oils. This exhibition was held concurrently with exhibition of watercolours referred to in previous item. Stiff green wraps. V.G. €95.

390. Yeats, Jack B. Victor Waddington. London. In conjunction with Waddington Galleries, Montreal. 27 Feb. – 22 March 1975. Oblong 4to. stiff wraps. pp. 42. Illustrated in color.
V.G. €85.

391. Yeats, Jack B. Exh. “Jack B. Yeats in the National Gallery of Ireland” by Hilary Pyle. 1986. Oblong Folio. Stiff pictorial wraps. pp.94. Illus. throughout in colour. Fine copy. €95.

392. Yeats, Jack B. London. Waddington Galleries 1987. Oblong 4to. Exh. Catalogue 27/5/1987 – 20/6/87. Stiff wraps. pp.48. Illus. in colour. V.G. €85.

393. Yeats, Jack B. and Contemporaries. Sligo Co. Library and Sligo Art Gallery. August 1989. Pp.52. Pictorial stiff wraps. Illus in colour & B/W. V.G. €75.

394. Yeats, Jack B. The Late Paintings Exhibition. Catalogue re Exhibitions at Arnolfini Bristol 16 Feb – March 1991. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. 5 April – 26 May 1991 and Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague 21 June – 15 September 1991. Folio. pp.112. Green wraps. Illus. in colour. Mint. €95.

395. Yeats, Jack. Ex. Cat. London. Whitechapel Art Gallery. April/May 1991. pp.8 (concertina format) Illustrated. Pictorial white wraps. V.G. €35.

396. Yeats, Jack B./Ivon Hitchens. Kerlin Gallery Dublin. Joint Exh. November 1991. 4to. Stiff blue wraps. pp.30. Illus. in color. Mint and limited to 1000 copies. €85.

397. Yeats, Jack B. R.H.A. Gallery Dublin. 16 Feb – 12 March 1995. Folio. Stiff blue wraps. pp.76. Fine colour plates with interesting notes, etc. by Bruce Arnold. Mint. €85.

398. Yeats, Jack B. and his Contemporaries. Sligo. AIB Branch Sligo. June 1995. Large 4to. pp.10. Illustrated, included with the 12 Yeats oils/watercolours were Works of Henry, Le Brocquy, Keating, Patrick Collins & Norah McGuinness. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €50.

399. Yeats, Jack B. Yeats at the Niland Gallery Sligo. Ed. by Donal Tinney. 4to. Stiff pictorial wraps. pp.58. Illus. in colour. Mint. €50.