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| Lot | Description | Est€ |
| 132 |
"Good Photography" 1950-1953 complete bound in one volume. Fine. |
20 |
| 133 |
1797 Transactions of the Royal
Irish Academy Vol IV, privately bound, with illustrations of idols
from |
30 |
| 134 |
Old Newspapers. The Freeman's Journal, six complete issues from 1826, each with 2d newspaper handstamp. Folded, fine. (6) |
40 |
| 135 |
Advert. Kilroy's Hotel Galway advert in form
of banknote "Bank of Comfort promise to serve up a
|
60 |
| 136 | Steel
engraved views c1835 ex Bartlett, incl Powerscourt Falls, Dargle River,
Dunbrody Castle, Kilkee, Kilkenny, Blackwater, Killarney, Dungloe, Mlahide Castle, Howth Castle, Larne etc. All 7in x5in, ideal for framing. Few rust spots, mainly fine. (23) |
25 |
| 137 |
A similar lot of steel engraved plates, 6in
x4in, incl Rotunda Hospital, Four Courts, Phoenix Park, |
25 |
| 138 |
Famine Correspondence. Two 1847 entire letters
from USA to Messrs Bewley and Pim, Joint |
30 |
| 139 |
"The Graphic" 19th Aug 1871 complete
with wood cuts of Irish scenes incl Phoenix Park Riots, |
20 |
| 140 |
"Moore's Irish Melodies" 1873 edition, illustrations by Daniel Maclise, hardbound, green cloth with ornate giltwork. Fine. |
35 |
| 141 | "The Origin & History of Irish Names of Places" PW Joyce 1875 4th edition, green cloth covers 593 pages. Very good. | 25 |
| 142 |
Maps. Philip's Handy Atlas of all 32 counties
of Ireland c1885, coloured, showing parliamentary divisions, each 135mm x 195mm, rebound in in red boards and with photocopy map of Ireland tipped in. Fine. |
50 |
| 143 | 1891 "Black's
Tourist Guide to Ireland" with several fold-out maps incl Dublin,
Belfast & Killarney, hardbound, green with gilt title, pocket-size, 354 pages. Fine. |
30 |
| 144 |
Killarney. Souvenir of Killarney by Nelson
& Sons, 1894 hardbound with decorative cover and 24 |
30 |
| 145 |
Pocket Forecaster with 3 moving wheels and instructions in original box from Yeates & Sons Grafton Street. Fine. |
25 |
| 146 | Royalty.
Cabinet card by Chancellor, Dublin, of four generations of the Royal
Family, Victoria, Edward, George V and Edward VIII. Fine. |
20 |
| 147 |
Photograph. Cabinet card by photographer
Tom P. Brown Westport, Co. Mayo, of three girls with donkey and trap, inscribed at back "Cloona 1900". Fine. |
20 |
| 148 | Military. 1907 dance invitation from Lieut-Colonel Chamier & Officers 1st Battn Connaught Rangers. RSVP to Mullingar Barracks. Very good. | 20 |
| 149 | "Handbook to the Dublin District" British Association 1908, blue cloth covers 438 pages, complete with map inside back cover. Very good. | 20 |
| 150 | Chemist's
labels incl Willis's Medical Hall, Upper Dorset Street Oxalic Acid,
Nitric Acid, Liniment of Iodine, Benzoline, Golden Syrup, French Polish,
Insect Powder, and Thomas Hartley Liverpool Corn Plaster & "Extra Special" Powder etc. A little duplication. Mainly very fine. (15) |
25 |
| 151 |
Boys Brigade. 1912-1918 group with membership cards, annual demonstration
programmes, church parade programmes etc, all from Kingstown Company. Some faults, mainly fine. (22) |
60 |
| 152 | Black's Guide to Ireland 1912, hardbound with fold-out maps, 172 pages. Fine. | 20 |
| 153 |
Titanic interest. "Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder" Shan F. Bullock
1913 with introduction by Sir 100 Horace Plunkett, published by Educational Co of Ireland 74 pages with 6 illustrations, card cover. Andrews from Ardara in Northern Ireland was head of Harland and Wolf shipyard where the Titanic was built; he travelled on her fateful maiden voyage and perished with her. Scarce publication, fine. |
100 |
| 154 |
Tom Clarke. Large (12in x17in) modern reproduction of photograph of
Tom Clarke outside his tobacconist's shop in Parnell Street, laminated. Fine. |
40 |
| 155 |
1916 Rising. "The
Rebellion in Dublin" published by Easons 1916 with 18 tipped-in
views of
|
250 |
| 156 |
"The Last Poem of Thomas Ashe written while a convict in Lewes Jail" 1917 single sheet. Fine. |
65 |
| 157 |
"Inquest on Thos. Ashe - The Verdict of the Jury" 1917 single
sheet publ by Fergus O'Connor Dublin. Fine. |
50 |
| 158 |
Advertising. Soft drinks
bottle labels for Dublin companies, Thwaites x4, Mi-Wadi x2, and
|
30 |
| 159 | "Sinn Fein an illumination" PS. O'Hegarty 1919 hardbound 56 pages. Faults at spine, very good. | 40 |
| 160 |
Advertising. Soft drink bottle labels for Corry's Belfast x6, C&C
x7. All different, very fine. (13) |
30 |
| 161 |
1922 Reproduction notice mounted on board headed Saorstat na hEireann,
announcing "Great Leinster Rally in support of the FREE STATE at NAAS" speakers Michael Collins, Joseph McGrath, MJ Staines, CM Byrne, Kevin Higgins & Gearoid O'Sullivan. 12in x16in, fine. |
35 |
| 162 |
1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. Irish Times of Sat July 9th and Sunday Independent
of July 10th, both complete newspapers with much coverage of the Treaty due to come into effect on July 11th, conditions, President's appeal, editorials etc. Minor faults, ageing etc, good. (2) |
30 |
| 163 |
1921 Visit of King George V to Belfast. Three contemporary newspapers,
Dublin Evening Mail Wed June 22nd, Irish Times Thurs June 23rd and
Daily Sketch Fri June 24th pictorial souvenir, all complete. Good to fine. (3) |
30 |
| 164 |
Michael Collins. Enlarged reproduction of front of Collins' memorial
card with verse as Gaeilge, mounted on board, 12in x 17in. Fine. |
35 |
| 165 | "Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland" Padraig Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh 1923, card covers 64 pages. Fine. | 25 |
| 166 |
Kingstown/Dun Laoghaire. 1923 6th Dublin Boys Brigade Annual Display
programme, Mariners' Church leaflet of Christmas Carols, words of Handel's Messiah ex Mariners' Church, KGSP&PHC (Kingstown Grammar School Present & Past Hockey Club?) selection card, 1946 "The Birch Log" Vol 1No 2, magazine of 37th Dublin Scout Troop. Good to fine. (5) |
30 |
| 167 | Map of Nenagh, Templemore & Thurles 1926 by Harding with adverts for local businesses in margin. Fine. | 45 |
| 168 |
"British Plunder & Irish Blunder" Sen Maurice Moore
c1927, 46 page booklet on Land Purchase Annuities and payment to Britain. Very good. |
20 |
| 169 | Guinness. 1928 first "Guide to St James Gate Brewery", board coves 106 pages. Tape repair on spine, otherwise fine. | 35 |
| 170 |
Wexford. 1929 commemorative notice on card, giving list of 36 subscribers
to Dr. Furlong's Testimonial dated 30th July 1929, printed by Redmond Bros Enniscorthy in three colours. Fine. |
45 |
| 171 |
Modern enlarged reproduction of early photograph of Butt Bridge, Horse-drawn
Tram, River Liffey, Custom House, before Loop Line railway bridge was built. 8in x 14in, mounted on board, ready for framing. Fine. |
30 |
| 172 |
Railway. "Who Runs May Read: route book for Euston to Holyhead.
The Track of the Irish Mail" 1930s(?), card covers with illustration by Norman Wilkinson, 72 pages. Much detail track, stations and surrounding scenery. Very good. |
35 |
| 173 |
1930s two postcard-size photographs of wooden stocks at Kinsale and
St Paul's Church Cork. Fine. (2) |
20 |
| 174 |
1932 Eucharistic Congress Record souvenir issued by Irish Independent,
64 pages newsprint with two-colour cover, Irish Independent Congress
Number, 96 pages, no cover. Also 1950 Holy Year souvenir issue of Catholic Standard, 36 pages and two-colour cover. Minor faults, very good. (3) |
40 |
| 175 |
Ireland Maps & Guides. 1950s Mecredy's Guide to Northern Ireland,
poor, 1953 Geographia Route Guide, "A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779"
Arthur Young 1952 edition, "Ireland: The Land and the Landscape" Grenville Cole 1914, OS map of Dublin, brochures "Ireland 1932", "An Tostal 1953", Inland Waterways etc. Fair to fine. (15) |
20 |
| 176 |
"Fighting Points for Cumann na nGaedheal Speakers, General Election
1932" 160 pages. Very good. |
50 |
| 177 | "Sligo and its Surroundings" Tadhg Kilgannon 1932, card covers 344 pages. Well illustrated local history. Covers distressed, interior good. | 40 |
| 178 | 1932 Eucharistic Congress coloured souvenir poster plus large and small Congress badges. Fine. (3) | 35 |
| 179 |
Autograph. Large picture, 10in x 14in, of Sean O'Casey signed "Inscribed
to Jessie E. Wing by Sean O'Casey. With Best Wishes New York 1934", with cert. Also printed autograph on printed letter re David Krause. Fine. (2) |
40 |
| 180 |
Tobacco, Advertising. 1934-38 collection of headed invoices, letterheads
etc mainly to Belfast tobacconist, incl Gallahers, Ardath, Murray, Ogden, Wills, Players, Snuff Manufacturers, Rates Notice, Irish News, Exide Batteries etc. Many with file holes but fine. (70) |
75 |
| 181 | 1935 "Holly Bough" Cork Weekly Examiner Christmas Number, 46 pages, red cover. Fine. | 25 |
| 182 | "On
Another Man's Wound" Ernie O'Malley 1936 reprint of 1936 1st
edition, hardbound with dust wrapper (small tears, but scarce), 336 pages. |
35 |
| 183 | 1937 Irish Company of Woodmen, Petersfield UK, two-page card notice of Company Guest-Night and lists of officers, assets and Rules. Fine. | 25 |
| 184 | Advertising
card for Green Rooster restaurant, O'Connell Street and "What
is your Age" table on back. Fine. |
16 |
| 185 |
"Twelve Irish Artists"
issued by Victor Waddington, Three Candles Press 1940, with tipped-in
colour plates on single sheets of 12 artists incl Henry, Kernoff,
Lamb, Conor, O'Brien, Craig etc. Missing
|
120 |
| 186 |
Rail Tickets. GNR (I) Howth Electric Tramway, Hill of Howth, Malahide,
CIE Butlins Camp combined rail & entrance for child, GAA Excursion
Portlaoise to Kingsbridge, ditto Roscrea to Heuston, Dublin to Dundalk & Mourne District Bus Tour. Fine. (7) |
35 |
| 187 | "A
Short History of the Parishes of the Diocese of Meath 1867-1940"
Rev John Brady 1942, Part 8 Drumconrath, Kingscourt, Moynalty &
Nobber, 30 pages, and Part13 Castletown-Kilpatrick, Grange (Rathkenny), Lobinstown & Oristown, 20 pages. Fine. (2) |
40 |
| 188 | "History of the Irish Citizen Army" RM Fox 1943, 1st edition hardbound gilt title on green, signed on flyleaf by Eamon De Valera and on title page by author. Fine. | 50 |
| 189 | "Peace
& War" speeches by De Valera 1944, 80 pages, United Ireland
Organisation Election Handbook, Constitution of The Irish Free State 1923. Good to fine. (3) |
30 |
| 190 | "The Natural Resources of Ireland: a series of discourses delivered before the Royal Dublin Society" 1944, original cloth-backed boards, 90 pages. Very fine. | 20 |
| 191 | 1940s Dublin Street Guide published by Dublin United Tramways Co, hardbound with large fold-out map showing routes. Fine. | 70 |
| 192 |
CIE "Working Time Table" Oct 1949, marked CONFIDENTIAL,
88 pages. Cover grubby, very good. |
20 |
| 193 | Railway. "Irish Locomotives" R. Clements & J. Robbins 1949, 56 page booklet publ Ian Allan. Some staple rust, otherwise fine. | 24 |
| 194 |
Guides & Tour Brochures incl 1950s National Tourist Publicity
Clare, Bord Failte Kerry, The Mountains of Killarney 1948 (missing cover), Lough Gur Co. Limerick 1978, Cork 1960s, Kenmare, Kerry, Cork & Kerry etc. Mainly fine. (20) |
25 |
| 195 |
Cuala Press. 1940s-50s group of hand-coloured Christmas cards x9, also two Cluna Studio and one Sunjoy Studio. Fine. (12)
|
120 |
| 196 |
Aer Lingus. 1950s/60s group incl 1952 slogan cancellation on cover,
1969 & 1970 meter slogan cancellations on cover, 1961 illustrated first day cover, 1954 pocket calendar and publicity label for 21st anniversary. Fine. (5) |
35 |
| 197 | Country Life "Picture Book of Ireland" 1954 large format hardback with torn dust wrapper, 58 full-page pictures. Very good. | 20 |
| 198 |
1950s election flyer for Fianna Fail "Unemployed - there's work
for you. Plenty" , "It is not any function of this Dail
to provide work... Cumann na nGaedhael". Some pencilled calculations
on back. Very good. |
20 |
| 199 | 1955
Irish Independent Golden Jubilee edition, 80 pages newsprint and colour
cover. Very good. |
25 |
| 200 | "Mutiny at the Curragh" AP. Ryan 1965, hardbound no dust wrapper 221 pages. Fine. | 20 |
| 201 |
Railway. "Some Industrial Railways of Ireland (and other minor
lines)" Walter McGrath 1959, card covers 96 pages, well illustrated. Fine. |
35 |
| 202 |
Smithwick's set of Poker Cards with Counters and rule book in original
box. Novelty game by Kilkenny brewer. Extremely fine. |
25 |
| 203 | "Prose,
Poems and Parodies" Percy French 1960 reprint hardback with dust
wrapper. Slight damage to wrapper, otherwise fine. |
25 |
| 204 |
Tour Guides & Brochures. Gudes include 1950 Kildare, Westmeath,
Wicklow & Wexford, 1990s Dublin Zoo, What's On in Drogheda 1970, Athboy Oldcastle Trim 1977, brochures for Wicklow & Wexford, Louth & Meath x2 etc. Mainly fine. (22) |
30 |
