1. An Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, ed. Arthur Underhill et al, vols 1-17, London ( Butterworth & Co.) 1902-9, includes Index (v. 17), good used set in original green cloth.
` Donor: Eamonn G. Hall 17 vols
2. The Watercolours of Ireland, works on paper in pencil, pastel and paint, c.1600-1914, by Anne Crookshank & the Knight of Glin, London (Barrie & Jenkins) 1994, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Tim Jackson 1 vol.
3. The New Statesman and Nation: the Week End Review, vol. xiv no. 346 – vol. xix no. 488, Oct. 1937 – June 1940, bound in 10 vols [v.1-9 quarterly, v.10 half year], ¼ leather, thread sewn, binder’s stamp (Calcutta), contents vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 10 vols
4. The Works of William Shakespeare, ed Henry Irving & Frank A. Marshall, London (Blackie & Son) 1893, subscription edition, illustrated with nearly 600 illustrations by Gordon Browne et al, complete in 8 volumes, decorated cloth, a.e.g. 8 vols
5. The Last Place God Made: traditional economy and new industry in rural Ireland, by Eileen Kane, vols 1-4, New Haven, Connecticut (Human Relations Area Files Inc.) 1977, 987 pp. 4 vols
6. Fournier’s English – Irish Dictionary. An English – Irish Dictionary and Phrase Book, with Synonyms, Idioms, and the Genders and Declensions of Nouns by Edmund Fournier D’Albe, Dublin (The Celtic Association) 1903, vg. 1 vol.
7. Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin 1593 – 1860; New edition with Supplement; ed. by G.D. Burtchael & T.U. Sadleir, Dublin (Alex. Thom & Co.) 1935, xix + 906 + 148pp.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
8. A Handbook of Irish Folklore by Seán Ó Súilleabháin, Dublin (Educational Company of Ireland for The Folklore of Ireland Society) 1942, first ed., a sound copy in the original sea-green cloth, inscribed by the author.
Donor: Áine McDonough 1 vol.
9. Records of the Tercentenary Festival of the University of Dublin held 5th to 8th July 1892, Dublin (Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd) 1894, xiv + 328pp, original ¼ leather, green cloth on bevelled boards, signed “John Gwynn, 1894” on ½ title, small 4to.
Donor: Louis Cullen 1 vol.
10. The Botanist in Ireland by Robert Lloyd Praeger, Dublin (Hodges Figgis & Co.) 1934, vg copy of the first edition in original green cloth.
Donor: D. & R. Mason 1 vol.
11. Modern Art in Ireland by Dorothy Walker, foreword by Seamus Heaney, Dublin (Lilliput Press) 1997, 239 pp, 4to, fine copy in dj.
Donor: Hilary Tovey 1 vol.
12. The Artist’s Vision: Lectures and Essays on Art by Mainie Jellett, ed. by Eileen MacCarvill, Dundalk (Dundalgan Press) 1958, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
13. Life of the Right Honorable William Pitt by Earl Stanhope, 4 vols, London (John Murray) 1862, 2nd ed, original blue cloth.
Donor: Del Lundy 4 vols
14. Dublin Civic Week, September 17-25 1927, Official Handbook, ed. by Bulmer Hobson, designed and planned by Colm O’Loughlin, Dublin [Sign of the Three Candles] 1927, special issue in full leather binding, gold-stamped, top edge gilt, without advertisements, vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
15. Industrial Archaeology of County Down by E.R.R. Green, Belfast (H.M.S.O.) 1963, vg in dj.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
16. An Irish Sanctuary: Birds of the North Bull by P.G. Kennedy, S.J., Dublin (Sign of the Three Candles) 1953, hb, dj, vg. Signed presentation inscription from the publisher, Colm O’Lochlainn, to “my shipmate John Kelly”.
Donor: R.P.A. Kelly 1 vol.
17. Fishing and Thinking by A.A. Luce, London (Hodder & Stoughton) 1959, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
18. Wilde’s Loch Coirib, its shores and islands, with notices of Loch Measga, Dublin (Sign of the Three Candles) 1955, 4th ed, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
19. Carlow Granite: years of history written in stone by Michael J. Conry, Carlow (Chapelstown Press) 2006, 368pp, hb, vg.
Donor: J. & D. Mellon 1 vol.
20. Official Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains by Robert Lloyd Praeger, Belfast (Marcus Ward for the Belfast and County Down Railway Company) 1898, xv + 235pp, with 2 (only) folding maps, original pictorial cloth covers. Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
21. Life and the Dream by Mary Colum, New York (Doubleday & Co.) 1947, hb, dj, 1st ed, signed inscription by the author.
Donor: Mary Ellen Fox 1 vol.
22. Atlas of Ireland, Dublin (Royal Irish Academy) 1979, vg, signed by the chairman (J.P. Haughton) and secretary (J.H. Andrews) of the Editorial Board, both F.T.C.D.
Donor: Julian & Sylvia Reynolds. 1 vol.
23. A Volume of Cork Sermons, 1830. Discourses on Points in Controversy between the Roman Catholic and Reformed Churches, delivered in Christ Church, Cork, during the Lent of 1830, by ministers of the Established Church, Cork (David R. Bleakley) 1830; a collection of seven separately issued pamphlets, each with its own pagination and title page, published in Cork only; the volume published in Cork and at Dublin, London & Edinburgh, contemporary cloth, front board detached, spine wanting, text untrimmed, vg.
Donor: Alan Matthews 1 vol.
24. The Irish Free State and its Senate: a Study in Contemporary Politics by Donal O’Sullivan, London (Faber & Faber) 1940, 1st ed, dj, vg.
Donor: Alan Matthews 1 vol.
25. Holland House by Princess Marie Liechtenstein, 2 vols, London (Macmillan & Co.) 1874, with numerous illustrations, top gilt, vg. 2 vols
26. Country Life 1897 – 1997: The English Arcadia by Roy Strong, London (Country Life Books) 1996, vg in slip case, signed by author.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
27. The Bank of Ireland 1783 – 1946 by F.G. Hall, with an Architectural Chapter by C.P. Curran and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hone, ed. by George O’Brien, Dublin (Hodges Figgis) 1949, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
28. Loving and Giving by Molly Keane, London (André Deutsch) 1988, limited edition no. 12 of 112, ¼ calf on marbled boards, top gilt, fine, signed by the author.
Donor: Walmsley family 1 vol.
29. The North Pole by Robert E. Peary, with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 116 illustrations from photographs, London (Hodder & Stoughton) 1910, 1st edition, large folding map at back, some wear to original decorated boards, inner hinges split, else good.
Donor: John Healy 1 vol.
30. History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown and Dromiskin …comprising a large section of mid-Louth, by Rev. James B. Leslie, Dundalk (William Tempest) 1908, 1st edition, rebound.
Donor: John Healy 1 vol.
31. Tara – A Pagan Sanctuary of Ancient Ireland by R.A.S. Macalister, London (Charles Scribner’s Sons) 1931, vg, in original green cloth.
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 1 vol.
32. Two Irish Archaeological Books by R.A.S. Macalister: 1) The Archaeology of Ireland, London (Methuen & Co.) 1928, 1st edition, vg; 2) Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times, Dublin (Maunsel & Roberts) 1921, spine detached.
Donor: Aubrey and Jennifer Flegg 2 vols
33. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence, London (Jonathan Cape) 1935, 672pp, 1st general edition, vg in original cloth.
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 1 vol.
34. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Waverley edition, incomplete (20 ex 26 vols), London (Waverley Book Co.) 1924-5, vg in original blue cloth, spine & top gilt
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 20 vols
35. The Novels of Charles Lever, a collection of 26 titles in various editions, several are firsts with the “Phiz” illustrations, various publishers and bindings, most London and 19th century, a few bindings damaged but most good reading copies.
Donor: Christopher & Ann Fitz-Simon 29 vols
36. London in Colour Photography: 50 pictures with descriptive notes, foreword by Geo. R. Sims, London (Photochrom Co.) nd [c. 1900 ?] fine copy in decorated covers. 1 vol.
37. John B. Keane Festschrift. 50 Years Young: a tribute to John B. Keane, ed. by J.M. Feehan, Cork (Mercier Press) 1979, hb, vg in dj, limited ed. of 500 copies, [ex-library].
Donor: The High School, Dublin 1 vol.
38. Fairy Legends from Donegal / Síscéalta Ó Thír Chonaill, collected by Seán Ó hEochaidh, edited by Séamas Ó Catháin, and translated into English by Máire Mac Neill, Dublin (Dundalgan Press for Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann) 1977, 404pp, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Pat O’Connell 1 vol.
39. Anecdotes of the Connaught Circuit, from its foundation in 1604 to close upon the present time by Oliver J. Burke, Dublin (Hodges Figgis & Co.) 1885, 1st ed, xxiv + 357pp, original purple cloth, spine faded, inner hinges split and taped, else sound, photo portrait frontispiece.
Donor: Christopher & Ann Fitz-Simon 1 vol.
40. James Joyce’s Tower, Sandycove by Richard Ellmann, Dublin (ERTO) 1969, brochure in original green card wrapper, 4to, 24pp, vg.
Donor: Christopher & Anne Fitz-Simon 1 vol.
41. Casey of the I.R.A. by A.T. Walsh, Dublin (Talbot Press) 1923, 160pp, in original printed paper boards, vg; inscribed “to Kevin [O’Shiel ] from Frank”
Donor: Eda Sagarra 1 vol.
42. Signed Autograph Letter from Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield to [Sir Arthur] Helps, dated 21 Dec. 1871, inviting the recipient to dinner to meet “Odo Russell and Lady Emily”, tipped inside an odd volume I of the first edition of his novel Endymion (1880), clean and legible, good signature. *Russell had been appointed first British ambassador to the German Empire in the previous October; he was later created first Baron Ampthill; his wife was formerly Emily Villiers; Sir Arthur Helps was Clerk of the Privy Council, a senior civil servant, and a successful essayist and man of letters. A later annotation by James F[ranklin] Fuller, the Irish architect, refers to “my uncle Helps”, indicating the probable line of transmission of this document.
Donor: Christopher & Anne Fitz-Simon 1 item
43. Letters and Leaders of my Day, 2 vols, by T.M. Healy, K.C., London (Thornton Butterworth Ltd) nd [c. 1928], Original green cloth, covers faded. 2 vols
44. Irish Houses and Castles by Desmond Guinness & William Ryan, London (Thames & Hudson for The Irish Georgian Society) 1971, 352pp, Quarto, with 371 plates & 33 plans, long list of subscribers, hb, dj, vg, signed by both authors.
Donor: Michael Purser 1 vol.
45. The Irish Georgian Society, Bulletin, vol. 8 no. 1 (1965) to vol. 38 (1996/7 - final issue), no gaps, in original parts as issued to members, with some newsletters & 3 other publications of the Society.
Donor: Christopher & Anne Fitz-Simon 63 parts
46. History Ireland, vol. 1 no. 1 (1993) to vol. 16 no. 6 (2008), a few gaps, partly inserted in the publishers’ green binders. (Wanting 6 parts: 2002 / 3,4 & 2007 / 2-5 only)
Donor: Dermot Scott 72 parts
47. The Black Book of Edgeworthstown and other Edgeworth memories 1585 – 1817, edited by Harriet Jessie Butler & Harold Edgeworth Butler, London (Faber & Gwyer) 1927, xii + 260 pp & folding genealogical table at back, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Alistair Rowan 1 vol.
48. Hero Breed by Pat Mullen, London (Faber & Faber) 1936, 1st ed, hb, attractive illustrated dj after Elizabeth Rivers, vg, warmly inscribed by the author to Mainie Jellett, and signed.
Donor: Michael Purser 1 vol.
49. The Spectator, complete in 8 volumes (nos 1 – 635, 1711-14), 11th edition, Dublin 1735, “printed by S. Powell for P. Crampton, bookseller, at Addison’s-Head, opposite the Horse-Guard, in Dame-Street”, index in each volume, subscribers list in vol. 1 signed by one of them (Mr. John Gardiner) in each volume, full contemporary calf binding. Condition poor, general staining & damp damage affecting prelims and indexes, insect damage to margins, but all main text still readable, sold with all faults. 8 vols
50. A Leap in the Dark, or Our New Constitution by A.V. Dicey, London (John Murray) 1893, xii + 239pp, original decorated cloth; [“This book …is an examination …of the [Home Rule] Bill …[which] ‘tho nominally a measure for the government of Ireland, contains in reality a new constitution for the whole United Kingdom” : Preface].
Donor: Brian Ken 1 vol.
51. The Round Towers of Ireland by Henry O’Neill, part the first, Dublin (M.H. Gill) 1877, 56pp + frontispiece, in original paper wrappers, covers worn contents vg.
Donor: Pat O’Connell 1 vol.
52. The Beauties of the Boyne and its Tributary the Blackwater by William R. Wilde, Dublin (Sign of the Three Candles) 1949, 3rd ed, 251 pp, folding map at back, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 1 vol.
53. Knocknagow or The Homes of Tipperary by C.J. Kickham, Dublin (James Duffy & Co.) nd [c.1930] 25th ed, xviii + 628pp, new intro. By Piaras Béaslaí, hb, vg.
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 1 vol.
54. Celtic Leinster: towards an historic geography of early Irish civilization A.D. 500 – 1600 by Alfred P. Smyth, Dublin (Irish Academic Press) 1982, 1st ed, hb, dj, vg.
Donor: Aubrey & Jennifer Flegg 1 vol.
55. Archaeologia Hibernica: a Handbook of Irish Antiquities, Pagan and Christian by William F. Wakeman, Dublin (Hodges Figgis & Co.) 1891, 2nd ed, xx + 322 pp, 125 illustrations from woodcuts, hb, a fine copy.