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Books 600 to 799

603. O'Connor, Sir James. History of Ireland 1798-1924. London. Arnold. 1926. First. 2 Volumes. p.p.(1) 304 and (2) 396. C.L.B.'s. Org. blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. good. €125

606. O'Connor, V.l. A Book of Caricatures. Dundalk. Tempest. c.1915. 4to. Illustrated. Pictorial boards. V.g. €350

Douglas Hyde, Shaw, Mahaffy, Sara allgood, Dick Fitzgerald, etc. are some of the artist's subjects.

Scarce Irish Hunting.

607. O'Connor, Morris M. Triviata or Crossroad Chronicles of Passages in Irish Hunting History during the season of 1875-76. London. Chapman& Hall. 1877. p.p.406. Very attractive tinted lithographs. Cntp. half calf, marbled boards. Raised bands & gilt title on spine. V.G. €295

608. O'Curry, Eugene. Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History. Dublin. James Duffy. 1861. First. p.p.722. 26 Tinted plates of Manuscripts. C.L.B. Later green buckram. Good. €175

609. O'Daly, Edmund Emmet. History of the O’Dalys. The Story of an Ancient Irish Sept. The race of Dalach of Corca Adaimh. New Haven. 1937. p.p.546. Illustrated & folding genealogical tables. Ex. Castle Hackett Library. Org. cloth. Gilt title. V.G. & scarce family history. €525

Rare Irish Music Volume.

610. O'Daly, John. The Poets and Poetry of Munster: A Selection of Irish Songs by the poets of the last century, with political translations by the late James Clarence Mangan, now for the first time published. With the original music and biographical sketches of the Authors. Dublin. O'Daly. 1849. p.p.269. Org. green cloth, gilt title on spine. Fine tight copy. Neat incision from top of T.P. not effecting text. €350

613. O'Domhnuill, William. An Tiomna Nuadh. Ar Tigearna agus Ar Slanuighteora. Iosa Criosd. London. Bagster & Thoms. 1827. p.p.551 + 10 page focloir. Double column. Org. calf - rubbed. Scarce. €195

617. O'Donnchadha, Tadg. An Leabhar Múimhneach le Suim Aguish. Dublin. S.O. n.d. Royal 8vo. Quarter linen red boards. V.G. €125

An important work on the Gaelic and Norman families of Munster and in many instances the pedigrees are brought down to later than 1700. Some come down to Irish families abroad.

619. O'Donoghue, David J. The Poets of Ireland. A Biographical Dictionary. 84 London. 1892-3. Published by the Author. Org. cloth. p.p.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 Cavanaugh (Irish-American Poet & Journalist). Interesting letter with several literacy allusions & references. Castle Hackett B.P. Scarce. €350

621. O'Donoghue, Rev. Denis. P.P.Ardfert. Brendaniana. St. Brendan the Voyager in story and legend. Dublin. Browne & Nolan. 1893. First. p.p.399 + 4 pages of ads. Folding map and plates. Org. gilt cloth. V.G. €125

Signed Copy.

624. o'Flaherty, Liam. The House of Gold. London. Cape. 1929. First. p.p.352. Signed by the Author on title page. Org. bright orange cloth with gilt tiles on spine. V.G. €275

Signed Copy - Limited Edition.

625. O'Flaherty, Liam. The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories. New York. Crosby Gaige. 1927. Limited edition no. 704. Signed by Author on half title. Org. floral boards. V.G. €275

Signed Limited Edition.

626. O'Flaherty, Liam. The Assassin. London. Cape. 1928. First. Limited edition, number 100 of only 150 copies. Signed by author on limitation page. Dedicated "To my creditors". p.p.286. Org. blue cloth, authors facsimile signature in gilt on upper cover. Fine. €395

Signed Limited Edition.

627. O'Flaherty, Liam. The Ecstasy of Angus. London. Joiner & Steele. 1931. First. 4to. p.p.43. Limited edition of 350 copies. Signed and numbered by the author. Full green linen. With author's signature stamped in gilt on upper cover. T.E.G. A very good copy. Scarce. €350

628. O'Flaherty, Liam. Thy Neighbour's Wife. London. Cape. 1923. First.
p.p.350. Fine in pictorial D.J., glassine protected. V.G. €150

629. O'Flaherty, Liam. Famine. New York. Literary Guild. 1937. First. p.p.466. Pictorial D.J. good. €150

630. O'Flaherty, Liam. I went to Russia. London. Cape. 1931. First. p.p.299 + 1 page ad. Fine in original cloth with decorative spine. €125

631. O'Flaherty, Liam. Mr. Gilhooley. London. Cape. n.d. First. p.p.288. Pictorial D.J. V.G. €150

632. O'Flaherty, Liam. A Tourist's Guide to Ireland. London. Mandrake Press. (1929). Small 8vo. p.p.134 + 1 fine in floral D.J. €150

Association Copy.

633. O'Flaherty, Liam. The Black Soul. London. Cape. 1924. First. p.p.253. Fine decorative B.P. of Denis Wheatley, mystery writer. Fine in décor D.J. €195

635. O'Donovan, John. Don o'Connor, Charles owen, the o'Connors of Connaught. An Historical Memoir compiled from a Ms. of the late John O'Donovan. Dublin. Hodges Figgis. 1891. 4to. p.p.395. Illustrated. Oriinal green cloth. Scarce. V.G. €575

636. O'Donovan, John. Leabhar na G-Ceart or The Book of Rights, now for the first time edited with translations and notes. Dublin. Celtic Society. 1847. Royal 8vo. p.p.326. Org. green blind-stamped cloth, rebacked. V.G. €395

637. O'Briens, John O'Donoughue. Historical Memoir of the O'Briens with notes, appendix and a genealogical table of their several branches compiled from the Irish Annalists. Dublin. Hodges, Smith & Co. 1860. First. p.p.551 + 16 pages ads. Very fine later quarter green calf and boards. €325

Limerick Interest.

639. O'Dowd, Rev. James. Limerick and its Sieges. Limerick. (McKern). McKern & Sons. 1890. First. p.p.195. Org. green gilt cloth. Bubbling on cover. Illustrated. €125

640. O'Faolain, Sean. The Irish. A Character Study. New York. Devin-Adair Co. 1949. First. p.p.180. Fine in pictorial D.J. V.G. €45

641. O'Flaherty, Tom. Aranmen All. Dublin. At the Sign of the Three Candles. 1942. p.p.191. Illustrated. Map end papers. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.g. €45

642. O'Flannigan. Tenant Right in Tipperary: being a series of Humorous Epistles from tague o'Flannigan, Ballinamuck to Mike Collins, Renfrewshire. Glasgow. Love. 1883. p.p.146. New & enlarged edition. p.p.146. Org. green cloth, gilt title on cover. Very scarce. €295

O'Grady's Seminal Work on Irish Literature.

644. O'Grady, Standish. History of Ireland - The Heroic Period Vol. 1 and Cuchulain and his contemporaries Vol. 2. (Two volumes in one). p.p.(1) 267 and (2) 348. London (Dublin printed) Sampson Low. 1878-1880. First. Map frontis. Foxed. Fine contemporary calf, gilt spine with green moroc. label. Fine copy of O'Grady's seminal first book printed and published in Dublin by Ponsonby of Grafton Street. The publication of this book in 1880 was regarded as a major factor in the literary revival and this book should be an important addition to any revival collection. Ernest Boyd in Ireland's Literary Renaissance stated that "O'Grady disguised in the mantel of an historian, infused the new spirit which was to revitalise Irish Literature". Rare in fine binding. €850

The Legendary & Heroic Period.

645. O'Grady, Standish. History of Ireland: Critical and Philosophical. Vol. 1(all published). London (&) Dublin (Dublin printed). Sampson Low & Co. (&) E. Ponsonby & Co. 1881. First edition. 8vo. p.p. viii, 468. Map. Original purple cloth. V.G. €250

This is a more conventional history of the legendary, heroic, period that he treated in his seminal History of Ireland, 1878-80. The bardic style of the earlier work, while of enormous importance in promoting the Literary Revival, had drawn adverse criticism from orthodox historians, and this book was written along fairly conventional lines to allay that criticism. O'- Grady's imaginative impulse was not however entirely subdued and Ernest Boyd thought that it "may be profitably regarded as a commentary or appendix to this 'Bardic History' ".

646. O'Halloran, S. An Introduction To and A History of Ireland. Dublin. H. Fitzpatrick. 1803. 3 Vols. Frontis. p.p.(1) 411 + 4 plates, (3 folding), (2) 309 + 13 page index, (3) 416 + 13 page index. Subscriber's list in volume 1. Each vol. has presentation inscription on title and each volume is signed by Ruth Dudley edwards on E.P. Cntp. calf. Gilt spines with gilt maritime motifs in each compartment. Rubbed. Scarce. €495

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

648. O'Hart, John. The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell came to Ireland: or, A Supplement to Irish Pedigrees. Dublin. Gill. 1884. p.p.774. Original cloth. Good. €295

649. O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigrees or The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (Second Series). Dublin. M.H. Gill. 1880. p.p.416. B.P.2. Org. green gilt cloth. V.G. €150

650. O'Hart, John. Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell came to Ireland. Dublin. Duffy. 1887. Second edition. Royal 8vo. p.p.770 + 3 page subscriber's list and errata. Org. green gilt cloth. Rubbed. €175

Yeats Frontis - Limited Edition.

651. O'Kelly, Seamus. Ranns & Ballads. Dublin. The Candle Press. 1918. (Colm O'Lochlainn). p.p.47. Limited edition no. 147 (Ex.450). Fine Jack B. Yeats Frontis. Org. quarter linen, blue cloth with paper label. V.G. €195

655. O'Mahony, Rev. D. Irish Footprints on the Continent. London. Sands & Co. 1927. First. p.p.63. Illustrated. Uncut. Fine quarter linen, green boards with paper label. V.G. €75

659. O'Reilly, Edward. An Irish-English Dictionary containing upwards of twenty thousand words that have never appeared in any former Irish lexicon, with copious quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers to elucidate the meaning of obscure words and numerous comparisons of the Irish words with those of similar orthography, sense or sound in the Welsh and Hebrew languages, etc. Dublin. John Barlow. 1817. Folio. First. p.p.541. Very interesting subscriber's list including Daniel o'Connell, Henry grattan, Robert Peel, Charles Kendal Bushe, Standish o'grady, numerous gentry and senior clerics. Very fine cntp. half calf, marbled boards. Rare and desirable copy. €950

661. Orpen, Sir William. Stories of Old Ireland and Myself. London. Williams & Northgate. 1924. First. 4to. p.p.94 plus one page ad for "An Onlooker in France". Illustrated, org. quarter linen, green boards, gilt title. V.G €195

662. Orpen, Sir William Orpen - Artist and Man. By Sidney Dark & P.g. Konody. London. Seeley & Co. 1932. First. p.p.288. 65 plates. Color frontis. "The Surgeon". This illustration is also reproduced on the fine D.J. Rare with D.J. V.G. €295

663. O'Rorke, T. Archdeacon. History, Antiquities, and Present State of the Parishes of Ballysadare and Kilvarnet, in the County of Sligo. With notices of the O'Hara's, the Coopers, the Percevals, and other local families. Illustrated. Dublin: Duffy, 1878. p.p. xiv, 544. Org. green gilt cloth. V.G. €425

665. O'Sullivan Bear. Byrne, Matthew J. Ireland Under Elizabeth. Chapters Towards a History of Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth. Being a portion of the History of Catholic Ireland by Don Philip O'Sullivan Bear. Translated from the original Latin. Dublin. Sealy. 1903. p.p.212 + 3 page subscribers list and including the rare map of Ireland 1609-1611 in color by John Norden. Org. green cloth. Fine Copy. €300

669. O'Sullivan, M.D. Old Galway - The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland. Cambridge. W. Heffer. 1942. First. Illustrated. p.p.488. Org. green cloth, gilt title on spine. V.G. €225

673. Otway, Caesar. A Tour in Connaught: Comprising sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country and achill. With illustrations engraved on wood. Dublin. Wm. Curry Jnr. 1839. First. p.p. xii, 442 + 5 page publisher's list. Very fine recent half calf marbled boards, gilt ornate spine, raised bands. €525

674. Political Pamphlet/Broadside. John Bull to Brother Patrick in Ireland. London. July 19. 1803. 1 Folio page (44x27cms) pamphlet addressed to "Dear Pat" from "Your affectionate brother & sincere friend, John Bull". Vicious propaganda against the "Corsican Barbarian" (Napoleon) and the French troops in general. The writer appears to fear a French invasion & says that "they will certainly pay Pat a visit in Ireland but that as long as a drop of British or Irish blood flows in our veins such things can never come to pass". He warns "the French will rifle our pockets, abuse our women, murder our helpless babies and trample under foot our aged parents. "If a single Briton or Irishman had a hundred lives would he not willingly sacrifice them one after another, in defence of such objects". The irony of 'John Bulls' appeal to Ireland to take up arms against the French is pronounced. John Bull's record in Ireland for hundreds of years, tainted by Cromwellian massacres, Carew & Mount joy's "Scorched Earth Policy" in Munster 1600/1603, The Ulster Plantation with British & Scotch mercenaries and the "To Hell or to Connaught" mind set was never calculated "To win friends and influence people". This rare pamphlet would have enjoyed a quick shift in Ireland, the toilet or fire being the most likely receptacles. Rare. Excellent condition. €825.

675. Pasquin, Anthony (John Williams). An Authentic History of the Professors of Painting, Sculpture, & Architecture, who have practised in Ireland; involving original letters from Sir Joshua Reynolds, which prove him to have been illiterate. To which are added Memoirs of the Royal Academicians, being an Attempt to Improve the Taste of the Realm. London. Symonds, McQueen & Bellamy. (1796). First. p.p.64. Ex. Guinness Library with brand Iveagh on half title page. Later half moroc., marbled boards. Rare. €750

676. Parsons, Sir Lawrence. Observations on the Bequest of Henry Flood esq. to Trinity College, Dublin with a defence of the ancient history of Ireland. Dublin. Bonham. 1795. First. p.p.229. Cntp. calf, gilt spine, tiny piece missing at top right hand corner of spine. €675

Flood, the great orator and patriotic statesman, willed the bulk of his considerable estate to Trinity College Dublin on the death of his wife, for the purchase of Irish (Gaelic) manuscripts and to promote the study of the Irish language. Lawrence, later 2nd Earl of Rosse and described by Wolfe Tone as "one of the very, very few honest men in the Irish House of Commons", was a close friend and colleague of Flood's and wrote this book arguing for the antiquity of Irish civilisation to explain the latter's widely misunderstood reasons for making such a will. The will was later successfully contested and the estate went to the family with the result that proper academic scholarship of the Irish language was delayed by many years.

678. Patterson, David. The Provincialisms of Belfast and the surrounding districts pointed out and corrected. Belfast. Wayne. 1860. First. p.p.28. Printed light green wrps, cover spotted. Rare. €150

A very useful compilation with long lists of English words with their pronunciation around Belfast, and a much shorter section with dialectical words in common use. Patterson is described on the title page as 'Industrial Teacher of the Blind at the Ulster Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, and a Resident of Belfast for the last Forty Years'.

679. Peace Preservation (Ireland) act. London. House of Commons. 1866. p.p.25. Return of all counties distinguishing licences to keep arms in a dwelling house, from licenses to carry arms. Large 4to. Recent marble boards, moroc. label. V.g. €145

681. The New Peerage or Present State of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1769. Davis, Davis & Owen. 1769. First. p.p.(1) 291 + 9 page index, (2) 319 + 5 and (3) 278 + 6. Volume (1) relates to Nobility of england, volume (2) The Nobility of Scotland and volume (3) The Nobility of Ireland. Plates (1) 36, (2) 16 and (3) 23. Very fine (later) binding in half morocco, blue boards and gilt spines. Raised bands. T.E.G. Binding is by Sotheran of Piccadilly with their embossed brand on each volume. Exceptional set of this early and definitive record of the peerage of the three countries. See Illustration. V.G. €750

682. Petty, Sir William Petty's Political Survey of Ireland, 1672 with the Establishment of that Kingdom, when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant, and also an Exact List of the present Peers, Members of Parliament, and principal Officers of State, to which is added An Account of the Wealth and Expenses of England, and the Method of raising Taxes in the most equal manner showing likewise that England can beat the charge of Four Million per ann. when the Occasions of Government require it. The second edition, carefully corrected with additions by a Fellow of the Royal Society. London. Brown, Mears, Clay & Hook. 1719. Cntp. panelled calf. p.p.223 plus Verbum Sapienti of 26 plates. Armorial B.P. T.P. soiled and some annotations in a contemporary hand in margins. €1,500

This is the finest of Petty's works and invaluable in relation to the economy of Ireland in the latter part of the 17th century. The Verbum Sapienti is an assessment of the wealth of a nation and its capacity to pay taxes.

Special Edition.

684. Philip's Handy atlas of the counties of Ireland. Constructed by John Bartholomew & revised by P.W. Joyce. London. G. Philip. 1893. 33 Coloured double page maps. Org. green cloth. V.G. €150

686. Piers, Sir Henry. A Chorographical description of the County of West-Meath written A.D.1682. Published from the manuscripts by Major Charles Vallancey. Dublin. Thomas Ewing. 1770. First. p.p.126 and large folding map of the County of Westmeath, divided into Baronies and Parishes with the Principal Roads. Map professionally repaired and in excellent condition. Later, quarter morocco, marbled boards. V.G. Rare. €950

692. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. Official Guide to County Down and The Mourne 95 Mountains. Belfast. McCaw Stevenson. 1900. Second edition. p.p.235 with seventy photographs of scenery by R. Welch, Belfast. Maps & other illustrations. Full calf. Good. €225

694. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. A Populous Solitude. Dublin. Hodges, Figgis. 1941. First. (Second impression). p.p.272. Nine photographic illustrations. Org. cloth. V.G. €150.

695. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. A Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland. Dublin. Hodges Figgis. 1909. First. p.p.243. Folding coloured map and numerous illustrations. Org. pictorial cloth. Scarce. €150

696. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. Beyond Soundings. Dublin. Talbot Press. 1930. First. p.p.208. D.J. News clipping inserted. V.G. €295

697. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. Irish Topographical Botany. Compiled largely from original manuscripts. Dublin. Academy House. 1901. First. p.p.410. 6 Folding coloured maps. C.L.B.s on reverse of maps. Org. cloth. Good. €395

698. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland. Dublin. Hodges Figgis. 1937. First. p.p.394. Royal 8vo. Frontis, large folding map and other illustrations. Org. blue cloth. V.G. €295

699. Praeger, Robert Lloyd. The Botanist in Ireland. Dublin. Hodges Figgis. 1934. First. p.p.587. Six coloured folding maps. Org. gilt cloth. Good. €350

United Irishmen's "Bible".

700. (Press, The). The Beauties of the Press, with an appendix containing the speech of Arthur O'Connor on the Catholic Question in the House of Commons in Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795: also his letter to Lord Castlereagh. London. 1800. p.p.602. Cntp. calf. V.G. €750

This book is a selection of important articles and verse from the columns of the United Irishmen's newspaper The Press, which they founded to promulgate their views after the suppression of The Northern Star. To obstruct government suppression the ownership was secret but Arthur O'- Connor was the principal shareholder. The paper ran under increasingly difficult circumstances for 68 numbers from Sept. 1797 until March 1798, when, like The Northern Star, its presses and types were broken up with sledge hammers by a squad of militia while the sixty-ninth issue was being set in type. The paper contained robust denunciations of the government, bold exposures of its corruptions and cruelties, impassioned statements on the liberty of the press and on liberty in general, and some poetry. Contributors included Thomas Emmet, the Sheares brothers, Thomas Russell, Drennan, Arthur O'Connor, and even the young Thomas Moore. The paper was avidly read by (and to) the masses to whom it was directed, and "its influence was greater, considering its brief existence, than that of any earlier Irish newspaper, except perhaps the 'Freeman' in its heyday" (Inglis). Material from the suppressed issues 68 and 69 included.

701. Price, Liam. The Place-Names of Co. Wicklow. I-VII complete. Dublin. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1945-1967. First. p.p.532. (7 vols. bound in one). Black buckram. News clippings inserted. V.g. €195

Liam Prices, archaeologist, local historian and an obvious authority on place names, was justly lauded for above work, a recognised model of its kind.

702. Price, Liam. The Place Names of County Wicklow. The Irish form and meaning of parish, town land, and local names. Wexford. Wexford People. 1935. First. p.p.72. Décor wrps. Quite scarce. V.G. €125

Signed by William Shaw Mason.

703. Public Records. Reports from the Commissioners appointed by his majesty to execute the measures recommended in an address of the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of Ireland 1810-1815 (1) and volume 2 The sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth reports respecting the Public Record of Ireland 1816-1820. 2 Large folio volumes. Vol. (1) 1813-1815. p.p.571 and vol. (2) 1819-1820. p.p.658. Very fine double page folding plates of the Four Courts, Public law offices, the King's Inns, Dublin Castle, Courts of Justice in contemporary hand colouring and numerous other single page plates of Dublin legal buildings. Vol. 2 is inscribed "To be preserved in the office of the Second Master in Chancery, by order Wm. Shaw Mason, Secretary - August 1822". Fine red buckram, gilt titles. V.g. Scarce. €1,600

Shaw Mason was the Author of some rare statistical surveys of Ireland, Tullaroan, Portnahinch, etc.

704. Puirseál Padraig. The G.A.A. in its Time. Dublin. Purcell Family. 1982. First. p.p.365. Illustrated. Attractive D.J. C.L.B.s. V.G. Scarce. €125

Rare Donegal 705. Quiggin, e.C. A Dialect of Donegal, being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties. Cambridge. University Press. 1906. First. pp247. Original green cloth, gilt title on spine. VG €550

707. Railways. Royal Common Railways. Evidence on papers relating to Railways in Ireland. London. House of Parliament. 1866. p.p.481 plus folding outline map, part of Ireland showing lines of proposed railways. Folio. Attractive recent marbled boards with moroc. label. Scarce. €395

708. Railways. Dundalk, Newry & greenore Railway - Site of Water Works, in the town lands of Much grange & Mullabane in the Parish of Carlingford. Large folding coloured map, on linen, 94 x 41cms. Folding into attached contemporary marbled boards. Folio. n.d. Stamped 1907. V.g. Scarce. €225

(The above map and the following 3 maps all have London & North Western Railways company date stamps but the maps could be a lot earlier as all are undated).

709. Railways. County of armagh - Parish of Newry. Folio. Very large folding coloured map on linen of Newry Railway Station, adjoining lands and part of the town of Newry. Dimensions 152 x 42cms. n.d. Stamped 1906. Folding into attached black boards, gilt title Newry Station. V.G. Scarce. €225

710. Railways. County of louth, Parish of Carlingford. Very large folding coloured map on linen of Carlingford Railway Station adjoining lands, castle, etc. Unusual dog leg shape of map, dimensions 152 extending by 78 x 58 cms. Folding into attached black boards, gilt title "Carlingford Station". n.d. Stamped 1909. V.G. Scarce. €225

711. Railways. County of louth - Parish of Carlingford. omeath. Large fold- 98 ing coloured map of omeath Railway Station, adjoining named properties, hotel, etc. 165 + 58 cms. n.d. Stamped 1909. Folding into attached black boards, gilt title "omeath Station". €225

Definitive Survey of Kildare.

714. Rawson, Thomas James esq. Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare. With observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and by direction of the Dublin Society. Dublin. Graisberry and Campbell. 1807. First. p.p.xv, (3) XLVIII, 237 + erratum. Large folding map of County Kildare, other maps, folding table, folding plates (some tinted) in cntp. half calf, marbled boards. See Illustration. Scarce. G. €1,250

715. Reed, E.T. The Beauties of Home Rule. London. Dobson, Molle & Co. n.d. C.1902. 4to. p.p.30. Verses by Mostyn T. Pigott. Illustrated. Typical anti-Home Rule, anti-Irish work with simian featured "paddies" conspiring to best John Bull at every opportunity. Org. green pictorial cloth. See Illustration. V.G. €155

716. Reeves, William. The Culdees of the British Islands, as they appear in History, with an Appendix of Evidences. Dublin. M.H. Gill. 1864. First. p.p.263. Folio. L.P. B.P. Manx Museum. Half Calf, marbled boards. V.G. €475

717. Renehan, Rev. Laurence F. Collections on Irish Church History from the Mss. Of the Late Laurence Renehan, President of Maynooth College. (Ed. by Rev. Daniel McCarthy) Dublin. Warren. 1861. p.p.521. Fine org. half calf, Maynooth oval stamp blocked in cover. V.G. €150

719. Rivers. Theocritus. The Second and Seventh Idylls translated into English verse by Charles S. Calverley. Illustrated with woodcuts by elizabeth Rivers. London. John Lane 1927. First. p.p.56. L.P. D.J. with glassine cover. V.G. €125

720. Rivers, Elizabeth. Out of Bedlam. XXVII. Wood engravings by elizabeth Rivers with text by Christopher Smart. Glenageary, Dublin. Dolmen Press. 1956. 4to. p.p.33. 27 Fine large wood engravings by Elizabeth Rivers. Limited Edition (225) of which only 200 were for sale. Org. grey D.J. title in brown with a River's engraving on front panel. Rare in such excellent condition. €750

721. Report to the Lords of the Treasury and Admiralty, relative to the best means of communicating between london and Dublin. London. House of Commons. S.O. 1840. p.p.50. Folio. Two folding tinted maps and a further plan. Recent marbled boards, moroc. label. V.g. €175

722. Reports from the Select Committee on Transport. London. House of Commons. 1918. First & Second Reports. p.p.179. Blue printed wrps. Together with Minutes of Evidence of the Irish + Sub-Committee appointed by the select committee on the transport to investigate the Ports & Canals of Ireland. p.p.357. London. S.O. 1919. Folio. Blue printed wrps. Scarce. €295

The select committee on transport was an extra-legal assembly established by Sinn Fein M.P.'s elected to the House of Commons in the 1918 UK General Election.

Present National Museum.

724. Report. Field, Rogers. Interim Report on the Sanitary Condition of The Royal Barracks, Dublin. London. S.O. 1899. Large 4to. p.p.16 + 4 coloured maps, 3 of which are large folding. Recent marbled boards, moroc. label. See Illustration. Scarce. €550

725. Report of the Commission for improving the Sanitary Conditions of Barracks and Hospitals in Ireland. London. S.O. 1863. p.p.108. Large 4to. Recent marbled boards, moroc. label. Comprehensive & major report of all barracks & Hospitals in Ireland with numerous recommendations. V.G. €350

726. Report. General Report of the Commission appointed for improving the sanitary condition of barracks and hospitals in england and Ireland. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1861. p.p.338. Folio. Numerous illustrations. Recent marbled boards, moroc. label. V.G. €395

727. Report from the Select Committee on Local Government and Taxation of Towns (Ireland). London. House of Commons. 1877. p.p.402. Folio. Recent marbled boards with moroc. label. Scarce. €475

Wexford Interest.

728. Report on Wexford Harbour. London. House of Commons. 1860. p.p.16 with large folding map (some colouring) of Wexford Harbour as surveyed by g.a. Frazer, commander of H.M.S. Lucifer in 1845 and corrected by Cpt. Fraser in 1856. Large 4to. Marbled boards, moroc. label. V.g. €250

Rare Economics.

729. Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council, Appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and Foreign Plantations, upon the Two Questions referred to them by his Majesty's Order in Council, of the 14th January last: V12, (1.) Upon the Propriety of reducing the Duties payable in Great Britain on the Importation of Goods, the growth and Manufacture of Ireland, t o the same Rate as the Duties payable in Ireland on the Importation of the like Goods, the Growth and Manufacture of Great Britain. (2.) What preferences are now given to the Importation of any Article, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, by any Duty or Prohibition on the Importation, Use, or Sale of the Like Articles from Foreign Parts, and how far it may be the interest of Great Britain in future to continue or alter the same. London. 1785. Folio. p.p.182. With numerous double page folding tables containing forensic detail of all imports and exports between Ireland and Great Britain for the seven year period 1777/1783 and similar tables for all imports and exports between Ireland and the rest of the world including Africa and America. Armorial B.P. Fine Victorian calf with morocco label. €1,750

This work, which contains a wealth of information in relation to Ireland's trade in the latter half of the 18th century, would be of major benefit to economists and historians and is in mint condition.

730. Report - Harbour Accommodation. London. Hansard. 1884. p.p.649. Folio. Marbled boards, moroc. label. 14 Folding maps, mostly part coloured and including Waterford Harbour, Wicklow Harbour and a scarce folding chart showing the wrecks and casualties on the Coast of Ireland during the five years from July 1877 to July 1882. Scarce. €495

731. Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the treatment of (Irish) treason-Felony Convicts in english Prisons together with appendix and minutes of Evidence. 2 Vols. in 1. London. 1871. Vol.(1) The Report and Appendix. p.p.60. Bound with Vol. (2). Minutes of Evidence. p.p.538. Folio. Recent marbled boards incorporating original blue printed wrps. Scarce. €650

Comprehensive report into the treatment of Irish political prisoners, mostly Fenians including Jeremiah o'Donovan Rossa, John Devoy, Bryan Dillon, Denis Mulcahy, Patrick Ryan, etc. Usual whitewash by the prison officers, governors and employees of Woking, Chatham, Dartmoor and Portland prisons. The evidence of the Irish prisoners paints a grim picture of constant punishment, both physical and mental, obviously reserved for Fenians and in stark contrast to the obvious mistruths of their captors.

Sligo Interest.

733. Report and Special Report from the Select Committee on Imprisonment of a Member together with the proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence. London. S.O. 1902. p.p.49. Large 4to. Marbled boards, moroc. label. V.G. €250

Patrick A. McHugh, an M.P. for North Leitrim and former lord Mayor of Sligo (6 times) was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment in Sligo Gaol on the 18th June. He had been convicted of criminal conspiracy with others in relation to a land dispute. The fact that he, a sitting member of Parliament serving a three month jail sentence, was the background to above special report.

734. Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors and Others relating to Land Acts (Ireland) Session 29 January 1887 - 16 September 1887. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1887. Folio. p.p.1236 and 7 folding maps, 6 relating to lands in County galway and Mayo and a fine coloured ordnance survey map of Ireland 48 x 63cms. Quarter blue linen, green boards. V.G. €750

738. Rhys, Professor John. Studies in Early Irish History. Dublin. 1903/1905. p.p.158. Armorial B.P. "MacDomhnaill". Buckram gilt title. Text consists of three lectures at the Royal Academy, two by John Rhys and one by William Ridgeway. Good. €75

739. Ring, Christy. By Val Dorgan. Dublin. Ward River Press. 1980. First. p.p.247 + one page ad. Illustrated. Stiff pictorial wrps. V.G. €125

740. Ricemarch. (Lawlor, Hugh Jackson). The Psalter and Martyrology of Ricemarch. Text, notes, indices and plates. London. Bradshaw Society. 1914. 2 Volumes p.p.(1) 176, (2) plate vol., 78 plates + 9 pages ads. Ricemarch, the son of a renowned Briton, called Sullien the Wise, who spent 13 years in Ireland & subsequently founded a school of learning in his native Wales. Ricemarch, the oldest son, composed some verses which are preserved in the Psalter. The fine tinted plates of the manuscript were copied from the original in Trinity College, Dublin. Org. brown cloth with gilt H.B. and coat of arms on covers. B.P. fine copies. Rare unopened copies from the library of Bishop Phillpott of Exeter and Truro with his book plate and armorial B.P. of Edmund Walker. V.G. €450

742. Ritchie, Leitch. Ireland - Picturesque and Romantic. London. Longmans, Rees, etc. 1837. First. Royal 8vo. p.p.264. 20 Fine engravings from drawings by Maclise and Creswick. Org. binding with new spine and label. Good. €145

750. Rosebery, Lord. Sir Robert Peel. London. Cassell & Co. 1899. First. p.p.96. Fine cntp. half crimson calf. V.G. €135

753. Russell, t.o. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland. Being a tourists guide to it's most beautiful scenery & an archaeologists manual for it's most interesting ruins. London. Kegan Paul. 1897. First. p.p.399 + errata. Illustrated. Ex. Lib. Org. green gilt cloth. Scarce. €175

756. Ryland, Rev. R.H. The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford. London. Murray. 1824. First. p.p.419. Fine hand coloured map of the county of Waterford (usually missing) and eight other folding maps and plates. Fine recent half calf, grey boards, new E.P.'s. Moroc. Labels on spine. V.G. €1,250

757. Rynne, Etienne, ed. by. North Munster Studies. Essays in commemora- 105 tion of Mons. Michael Moloney. With maps and illustrations. Limerick. Thomond. 4to. p.p.535. D.J. Private Library stamp on T.P. With numerous articles on North Munster by leading scholars of the day. €125

Tipperary Interest.

759. Sadleir, James. Warrent Papers relating to James Sadleir, Clonacody, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary re false accounting of tipperary Joint Stock Banking Company. London. House of Commens. 1857. p.p.17. Large 4to. Recent marbled boards, moroc. label. Scarce. V.G. €350

James Sadleir, a member of Parliament and a native of Clonmel was convicted of conspiracy to defraud by making false representations of the accountants of the tipperary Joint Stock Bank Company. Despite numerous warrants for his capture the bird had flown and he finished up in Norway unscathed. Sadly one can expect similar occurrences in this country during 2010.

760. Sadler, Michael Thomas. Ireland; It's Evils and Their Remedies, being a Refutation of the errors of the emigration committee and others touching that country, to which is prefixed, a synopsis of an original treatise about to be published on the Law of Population, developing the real principle on which it is universally regulated. London. Murray. 1828. First. p.p.414. Org. gilt half calf, marbled boards, red moroc. label. From the library of the earl of Clarendon. Scarce first edition with fine provenance from the family library of a former lord lieutenant of Ireland. €995

Wicklow Interest.

761. Savage-Armstrong, George Francis. Stories of Wicklow. London. Longmans, Green & Co. 1892. p.p.431. Org. blue gilt cloth, gilt title on spine. Fine copy. €195

Wicklow Interest.

762. Scott, George Digby. The Stones of Bray and the stories they can tell of ancient times in the barony of Rathdown, Dublin. Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1913. First. p.p.247. Illustrated. Org. green cloth, red label. good. Scarce. €225

764. Senchas Mar. Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts. The Oldest Fragments of the Senchas Mar from Ms. H. 2. 15 in the Library of Trinity College. With descriptive Introduction by R.I. Best and Rudolf Thurneysen. Dublin. Published for the Commission by Stationery Office. 1931. Folio. p.p.56. Limited edition of only 360 copies. Fine copy in half cloth, blue linen boards. €850

The collection of Ancient Irish Law texts called Senchas Mar have only come down to us in fragments. The origin of part of the original manuscript was from the Law School of the Renowned family of MacEgans of Duniry, East Galway. The Manuscript dates from 1300.

765. Seward, Wm. Wenman esq. Topographia Hibernica; or the Topography of Ireland. Ancient and Modern. Giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom; With its Antiquities, Natural Curiosities; Trade, Manufacturers, Extent and Population. Its Counties, Baronies, Cities, Burroughs, Parliamentary Representation and Patronage; Ancient Districts and their original Proprietors. Post, Market and Fair Towns; Bishopricks, Abbeys, Monasteries, Castles, Ruins… Historical Anecdotes and Remarkable Events. With An Appendix containing some additional places and remarks and several useful tables. Dublin, by Alex Stewart. 1795. First. 4to. Fine folding map of Ireland. Fine quarter vellum, light blue boards with pencil note inside cover "bound by Liam Miller, Dolmen Press, Dublin for €1.7.6 in 1959." See Illustration. V.G. Scarce. €850

768. Shearman, Rev. John F. Loca Patriciana: An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster. Visited by St. Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries; and of some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick and Patrick Mac Calphurn, Apostles of Ireland in the fifth century. Illustrated. Dublin. Gill. 1879. p.p.xvi, 495. Good in original worn qtr. roan. Rebacked. Scarce. €425

769. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. London. Simpkin. C.1900. p.p.38. Folio. Illustrated colour lithographs by L. Rossi. Décor cover. V.G. €175

774. Simington, Robert C. Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656. Counties of Donegal, londonderry and tyrone. Dublin. S.O. 1937. First. p.p.453. 4to. Org. red buckram. V.G. €185

775. Simpson, Robert. The Annals of Derry showing the Rise and Progress of the Town from the Earliest Accounts on Record to the Plantation under King James I. 1613. Londonderry. Hepton. 1847. First. p.p.275. Litho frontis, two maps and two plates. Org. cloth. V.G. Scarce. €395

Sligo Interest.

777. Copy of Minutes of the Evidence taken at the Trial of the Sligo Borough election Petition. London. House of Commons. 1869. p.p.175. Large 4to. Blue buckram, gilt title on spine. V.g. €325

Above Report relates to a 5 day hearing held before Judge William Keogh in March 1869 in relation to events connected with the election of Major l.e. Knox as an M.P. for the Borough of Sligo on the 19th November 1868. Judge Keogh found the election was void due to bribery by agents of Knox and this election was declared invalid.

Waterford Interest.

779. Smith, Charles. The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and t o p o - graphical description thereof. Dublin. 1774. p.p.376 + 6 page index. Frontis portrait and 6 folding plates including fine county map and 3 magnificent folding panoramic views of Waterford City, Dungarvan and Lismore. Fine recent, half calf, marbled boards. Raised bands on spine with moroc. label. See Illustration. V.G. €1,550

Smith, a Dungarvan apothecary, also produced similar works relating to Cork, Kerry and Down but this particular work of his beloved Waterford was regarded as his outstanding ouvre.

Cork Interest.

780. Smith, Charles. The Ancient and Present State of the Country and City of Cork. Cork. Connor. 1815. A new edition. 2 Volumes. p.p.(1) 428 + plates (2) 433 + 6 page index. Numerous folding maps and plates. Finely bound in contemporary speckled calf, gilt borders, gilt decorative spines with twin green and red moroc. labels. B.P.'s. Fine set. €1,250

Limited Edition with Original Watercolour.

781. Smith, Pamela Colman. Widdicombe Fair. New York and London. Doubleday & McLure. 1899. (500 copies). Folio. 13 Mounted plates handprinted in colour with an original watercolour on the title page, signed with Smith's monogram. The colour plates, which illustrate a famous traditional Devonshire Ballad, are enclosed in publisher's portfolio with colour illustrations on front & back panels. Fine with beautiful plates. €1,200

Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith was a friend of Jack B. Yeats and William B. Yeats. She was a talented artist and illustrator who collaborated with Jack B. Yeats in editing and illustrating the first years production of A Broadsheet, the initial issue of which appeared in January, 1902. She left in January 1903 and immediately started her own publication the green Sheaf, renowned for the quality of hand colouring and containing works by lady gregory, Padraic Colum, etc. She was also a close friend of W.B. Yeats and a member of his occult group, the order of R.R. et a.C. On one occasion in the Autumn of 1905, the poet famously rejected Jack's designs for the first production of Synge's The Well of the Saints and approved Pamela Colman Smith's designs, which were painted by Robert gregory & utilized in the Abbey production.

783. Smyth, Colin. A Guide to Coole Park, Co. Galway. Home of lady gregory. Foreword by Maurice Craig. Gerrard's Cross. 1973. First. p.p.48. Illustrated. Stiff pictorial (map) wrps. V.G. €50

Wicklow/Wexford Interest.

784. Smyth, Warington W. On the Mines of Wicklow and Wexford. (Record of the School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts). London. Longman, Brown, Green. 1853. First. Two coloured litho maps and other illustrations. Black buckram, gilt title on spine. See Illustration. V.G. Scarce. €550

785. Snaffles. A Half Century of Memoirs. London. Collins 1949. First. p.p.95. 4to. Prof. illustrated in colour and B/W. Org. white cloth. V.G. €95

Classic Reference.

786. Snoddy, Theo. Dictionary of Irish Artists. 20th Century. Dublin. Wolfhound Press. 1996. First. p.p.595 + 1 page ad. 4to. Mint in pictorial D.J. News clipping (obituary) inserted. €250

Above work was a successor to, and complimented, Walter Strickland's Dictionary of Irish Artists, which was published in 1913. No serious collector, dealer, auctioneer or lover of fine art could seriously practice without access to Snoddy and Strickland.

787. Somerville, E. OE. Slipper's A B C of Fox Hunting. London. Longmans. 110 Green & Co. 1903. First. Folio. Fine pictorial boards. p.p.42 with 20 large coloured plates. V.G. €850

788. Martin Ross & E. OE. Somerville. A Patrick's Day Hunt. London. A. Constable & Co. (1902). p.p.47. Oblong folio, org. pictorial cloth. Eight fine coloured hunting plates. V.G. €525

790. Somerville & Ross. Martin Ross and E. OE. Somerville. Beggars on Horseback. A riding tour in North Wales. Edinburgh, WI. Blackwood. First. p.p.186. Prof. illustrated. Org. décor blue cloth. Good. €395

792. Souvenir of the South of Ireland. Illustrated and Described Cork, glengarriff, Lakes & Fjords of Kerry. Cork. Guy & Co. 1895. Oblong 4to. p.p.20 + 46 full page plates. Org. green cloth, gilt titles, rubbed. €125

794. Sparks, Mary & Bligh, Eric. Kilkenny - Pen and Pictures pages of its story. Kilkenny People. 1926. First. p.p.94. Illustrated. Stiff pictorial wrps. Now scarce. V.G. €165

795. Special Commissioner of the Birmingham Daily Gazette, Ireland, As It Is and As It Would Be under Home Rule. Sixty-two letters written between- March and August, 1893. Birmingham. 1893. First. p.p.415 + 3 page index. Coloured map. Org. green cloth, gilt title, red coloured edges. Good. €150

796. St. Leger, Moya Frenz. St. Leger - The Family and the Race. Chichester. Phillimore & Co. 1986. First. p.p.157. Prof. illustrated, dust jacket illustrates the family seat of Doneraile Court. Mint in D.J. €150

Famous Irish/English family who originated England's first classic race the Doncaster St. leger in September 1778. lord Doneraile's daughter elizabeth became the only lady Freemason of the order in 1712 when she accidentally witnessed a Masonic Ceremony in Doneraile Court and had to be inducted as a freemason to preserve the Lodge's secret ceremonies. The following 13 vols of the State Papers Ireland are in original navy cloth, gilt spines and competitively priced.

798. Sweetman, H.S. Edit. by. Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. London. 1252-1284. London. Longman & Co. 1877. 4to. p.p.735 + 32 pages ads. B.P. Scarce. €180

799. Sweetman, H.S. Edit. by. Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. London. 1285-1292. London. Longman & Co. 1879. 4to. p.p.669 + 34 ads. Org. navy cloth B.P. Scarce. V.G. €180