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Collection of Dolmen limited editions.
Clark, David Ridgely & Mayhew, George (eds.) A Tower of Polished Black
Stones Early Versions of the Shadowy Waters By William Butler Yeats
Pp.xvi, 71. Illustrated. 1250 issued. Dolmen Editions XI. Clarke, Desmond.
Three Stories (1973) Limited edition of 500. Signed and inscribed by author.
Kinsella, Thomas (SIGNED). New Poems. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1973. First
Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Signed by the Author. Signed by the author.
Weber, Richard.. The Time Being. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1957. 8vo. Pp. xviii.
Limited Edition of 200. Weber, Richard.. Stephen’s Green Revisited Poems.
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo.Signed & inscribed By the
Author. Pp.64. Signed & inscribed by the author Weber, Richard. O’Reilly
Poems. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1957. Royal 8vo. 5pp. Dolmen chapbook VIII.
250 printed. (6)
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150-
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200 (£120-£160 approx)
440
Fitzgerald, William G. (Ed.),Voice of Ireland
Fitzgerald, William G. (Ed.), Voice of Ireland (Glor na h-Eireann) A Survey of
the Race and Nation by the Foremost Leaders at Home & Abroad, Virtue &
Co. London & Dublin. Green cloth gilt. Together with a transcript of “The
Taoiseach’s Broadcast to the Nation”, reprinted from “The Irish Press” 17
May 1945.
€
100-
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150 (£80-£120 approx)
441
1803 Hay, Edward. History of the insurrection of the County of Wexford,
A.D. 1798...
....including an account of transactions preceding that event, with an
appendix. Dublin: Printed for the author by John Stockdale, 1803. 8vo.,
mottled calf.
€
150-
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200 (£120-£160 approx)
442
Conrad, Joseph. ‘Note on Life and Letters’, signed by the author
London, 1925, Gresham Publishing Co. Blue cloth blindstamped and gilt
embossed with a portrait of Conrad. Signed twice to the flyleaf in black
fountain pen.
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150 (£80-£120 approx)
443
Doyle, Roddy: The Commitments. King Farouk. (1987). 1st edition.
Signed and inscribed by the author
Doyle, Roddy: The Commitments. King Farouk. (1987). 1st edition. Signed
and inscribed by the author. Pp. [4], 144. Stiff pictorial wrappers. The true
first edition published in Dublin. Self published by the author and his
manager John Sutton, under the King Farouk imprint. They took out a bank
loan of £5000 and printed 3000 copies. Sutton later commented “we lost
everything. We sold only about 800 copies”.
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444
de Valera, Sinead Fairy Tales of Ireland, signed and a collection of
volumes of Irish interest
Sinéad de Valera, Fairy Tales of Ireland, London, 1947, paperback signed by
the author to the flyleaf. Together with: MacLíammóir, Michael. Ceo Meala
la Seaca, 1951, Dublin.; Ó Saothraí, Séamus. Mná Calma ‘98, 1966, Dublin.;
Ó Laoghaire, An tAthair Peadar. Mo Scéal Féin; MacLíammóir, Michael.
Theatre in Ireland. 1964, Dublin. MacLíammóir, Michael. Faery Nights /
Oicheanta Sí. 1992, Dublin. O’Hannrachain, Peadar. Mar Connac-sa Éire.
1944, Dublin.; The Gaelic League. Simple Lessons in Irish, Dublin, 1922.;
O’Sullivan Seamus. The Rose Bottle and Other Essays. Dublin,1946;
O’Sullivan Seamus. Essays and Recollections. Dublin, 1944. (12)
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445
Gray, Tony. Cottage Industry - an Improbable Tale of Irish Life.
Pp. 329. Bound typescript of 75,000 words. Unpublished [?].
Tony Gray (1922-2004) grew up in Sandymount and was educated at St Matthew’s
School in Ringsend and St Andrew’s College, Booterstown. He worked in The Irish
Times as a junior leader writer under the legendary
editor,
R.M. Smyllie. He wrote 20
books and 150 scripts for documentaries and training films. He moved to Britain in
1959 where he had numerous positions in the media and continued to write on Irish
themes.
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350 (£200-£280 approx)
446
Gregory, Augusta Lady. The Dragon:
A Wonder Play in Three Acts, 1920, Presentation copy to C. E. Laurence,
inscribed: “Books to you must be like oakum to a prisoner or mists upon
Kiltartan - yet this being but a folk-tale may please a railway hoar(?) - so
please accept it from your friend A. Gregory - Ap 18 1920.” Together with
Robinson, Lennox, ed. Lady Gregory’s journals: 1916 - 1930, 1946, Dublin.
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447
Hamilton, William Rowan. Theory of systems of Rays Read December 3,
1824.
Hamilton, William Rowan. Theory of systems of Rays Read December 3,
1824. Published for the first Time in The Transactions of Royal Irish
Academy. Vol. XV. 1826. . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1828. First Edition.
4to. Hard Cover. Good+ Hamilton’s first ever publication of his Theory of
Systems of Rays originally first read at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin
on December 3, 1823 and published for the first time in the Science
section of this R.I.A. official publication of Volume 15 of the Transactions
of the Royal Irish Academy, pp. xxiii 201, followed by Pp. 86 and 291
respectively containing the Polite Literature & Antiquities sections
Hamilton’s paper is on pp. 69-173. . Rare.
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700 (£400-£560 approx)
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Hamilton, William Rowan. Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory
of Systems of Rays Read October 25, 1830.
Hamilton, William Rowan. Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of
Systems of Rays Read October 25, 1830. Published for the first Time in The
Transactions of Royal Irish Academy. Vol. XVI. Part II1826. Dublin: Royal
Irish Academy, 1831. First Edition. 4to. Hamilton’s first ever publication of
his Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays - a
“Statement and Integration of the Partial Equation, which determines the
Characteristic Function of Ordinary Systems of Rays, produced by any
number of successive Reflexions or Refractions” originally first read at the
Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on October 25, 1830 & published for the
first time in the Science section of this R.I.A. official publication of Volume
16 Part 2, of the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, pp. 93-125. Pp.
129-130 are also by Hamilton & are titled: “ Note to a Paper on the Error
of a received Principle of Analysis” by Wm. R. Hamilton, & c. Read April 18,
1831. Rare
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Hamilton, Sir William Rowan. Researches Respecting Quaternions. First
Series.
Published in The Transactions of Royal Irish Academy. Vol. XXI Part II. 1847.
[Hamilton’s first “full and formal” publication on quaternions]. Dublin:
Royal Irish Academy, 1847. First Edition. 4to. Hard Cover. Good Hamilton’s
first ever publication of his research regarding quaternions, originally read
at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on November 13, 1843 & published
for the first time in this R.I.A. official publication in the Science section of
Volume 21 of the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, pp. 151-341.
Hamilton’s paper is on pp. 199-296. Rare.
€
800-
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Hawkesworth, John. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the
Order of His Present Majesty...
for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. to which is added a
Voyage to the North Pole. Vol I. Dublin, James Williams, 1775. original full
calf. Together with Fletcher, James. The History of Poland From the Earliest
Period to the Present Time. London, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831. 428pp.
Gilt calf.
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