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Books 226 Mac Gialla Meidhre, Briain. (Brian Merriman) Mediae Noctis Consilium, a heroic comic poem. M.H. Gill, Dublin, 1879. first edition, 16mo, (2) 32pp. original wrappers bound in, full blind and gilt embossed calf. First edition published by Gill after death of John O’Daly who had published a private publication under a false imprint & date in 1879. Estimate €400-€500 (approx £360-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 226 227 Miller, Liam (Editor) The Dolmen Chapbook. A Miscellany in Twelve Parts. The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1954 - 56. 8vo. The Ballad of Jane Shore by Donagh Mac Donagh, Nov. 1954; AWexford Carol. illustration by Leslie MacWeeney, Dec. 1954; The Perfect Wife by Robert Gibbings, June 1955; Thirty Three Triads by Thomas Kinsella, August 1955; Death of a Queen by Thomas Kinsella, April 1956; The Mines of Siberiay by Arland Ussher, May 1956. The Loves of Bregog and Mulla by Edmund Spenser, Sept. 1956; O’Reilly by RichardWeber, June 1957; Irish Elegies by Padraic Colum, October 1958; Angel Songs, translated by Rhoda Coghill from Rilke, December 1958. A Gaelic Alphabet by Michael Biggs with a note on Irish lettering by Liam Miller. March 1960; Moralities by Thomas Kinsella, Only 175 copies, March 1960. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£620) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 227 228 Mitchell, Flora. Vanishing Dublin. 1966, Dublin: Allen & Figgis, First Edition. 4to, green cloth gilt with dust jacket. Illustrated with 50 full page colour plates by the author. Published in an edition of only 600, with many of those broken up to sell the individual prints, Vanishing Dublin is a scarce and much sought-after book. Estimate €250-€350 (approx £220-£310) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 228 229 1973 (February 24) Letter from Sean O’Faolain to Dr Burke regarding his short story character Jack Cornfield. A four-page typewritten letter, signed, outlining a number of plot lines for a short story about Cornfield, a patient in a Mental Hospital, and requesting Dr Burke to judge their feasability. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 229