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[O’Brien (Flann)]aka Myles na gCopaleen An Beal Bocht, 8vo D. (An Press Naisiunta) 1941, First Edn., map end-papers, some pencil annotations, ptd. wrappers (designed by Sean O’Sullivan) some fading, otherwise good. (1)
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[Yeats, Anne] Fielding, Henry. Pasquin. A Dramatic Satire on the Times. Dublin, Powell 1736, 16mo cloth, 64pp. Anne Yeats’ copy with her signature; Drinkwater, (John) Cotswold Characters. Yale 1923, cloth, glassine wr., signed on t.p., inscribed to Anne Yeats by Tanya [Moisiewicz, designer at the Abbey Theatre], 25.xii.’36; and six various plays and playscripts, extensively marked up by Anne Yeats as designer or actor, including Synge’s Playboy (with a rehearsal card), Deirdre of the Sorrows, Shakespeare’s Hamlet (‘Pegasus Play House Copy March 1934’), Lennox Robinson, The Whiteheaded Boy, Mac Liammhoir, Diarmuid agus Grainne, and O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. ‘Pegasus Play House’ was an amateur theatrical company formed by Anne Yeats with some young collaborators. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection.
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Irish Travel: Wright (G.N.) An Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin, 12mo L. 1821. First Edn., lg. fold. map, & 17 engd. plts. (include. frontis) uncut, orig. boards. V. good; Greer (Rev. J.) The Windings of the Moy, D. n.d. First Edn., port. frontis & 22 photo illus, cloth; Fraser’s Hand-Book for Travellers in Ireland, D. 1854. Fold. map frontis & other maps, cloth. All good. (3)
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Africana: Hemery (R.P.A.) Vocabulaire Francais – Swahili – Teita, 12mo, Zanzibar (Mission Catholique) 1901, 105pp, heavily annotated in Kikuyu – dated 1910, recent cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
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Wodehouse (P.G.) The Great Sermon Handicap, 12mo, L. (Hodder & Stoughton) [1933], First Edn., original imitation leather, gilt lettering, some wear, otherwise fine copy [McElvaine A49a]. (1)
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W.B. Yeats Meets James Bond?Yeats (W. B.) Selected Poems, Lyrical and Narrative. Macmillan 1932, cloth gilt.INSCRIBED on f.e.p., ‘Commander & Mrs. Hillgarth from W.B. Yeats Xmas 1935 Palma Majorca’. With Hillgarth’s ‘Son Torrella’ bookplate.A very significant inscription. Yeats suffered his first serious illness while in Majorca in December 1935, where he was working with the Indian holy man, Shri Purohit Swami, on translations of the Upanishads. He had heart problems and difficulty breathing, and at one stage appeared to be in real danger. A Spanish doctor did little to help, but the British Vice-Consul, Alan Hillgarth, a fellow member of the Savile Club, took charge and arranged rest and treatment. The Swami wired to George Yeats to come at once, and after her arrival in the New Year he gradually improved.Commander Alan Hillgarth, a naval captain with Anglo-Irish connections, had a distinguished Second World War career in naval intelligence, and it is likely that he was already active in that field when he met Yeats. As British Vice-Consul, he arranged the peaceful surrender of Republican-held Minorca in 1939, and he had considerable influence with the Franco regime, rendering ‘valuable services to Britain’ (DNB). In 1944 he became chief of British naval intelligence, Eastern Theatre. A genial, shrewd and decisive character, he certainly would have had wartime dealings with Ian Fleming, and he is one of several possible sources for the character and background of James Bond. After the war he retired to an estate in Tipperary.A fascinating association copy. (1)
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Dublin Printing: The Spectator, 8 vols. sm. 8vo D. (for W. Wilson) 1778. 8 finely engd. titles, & 8 engd. frontis, cont. full Irish calf, raised bands, mor. labels, & gilt decor. in panels. (8)
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Irish Printing: Garth (Sim Samuel) The Works of … 12mo D. (Thos. Ewing) 1769. First Edn., red & bl. title, engd. vignette port. engd. lids & tails, errata tipped in at end, cont. calf, spine worn. Scarce. (1)
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Early Post Office DirectoryDirectory: The Post Office Directory and Calendar for 1840, sm. 8vo D. 1840. With fold. Plan of Dublin, 1610, and fold. Plan of Dublin, by John Kirdwood, orig. cloth. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)
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Bindings: Lever (Charles) The Novels of,…. 34 vols. Sm. 8vo L. (Geo. Routledge) n.d. Frontis & plts. thro-out, marbled edges, late 19th Century hf. vellum bindings, marble sides, profusely tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. A most attractive set. (34)
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Dodsley (J.) A Collection of Poems… by Several Hands, 6 vols. 8vo L. 1765, 6 hf. titles,s 6 engd. vign. titles, cont. calf (worn), raised bands, mor. labels. (6)
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Engraved Plates: Vossius (D.) & Davisii (J.) C. Julii Caesaris, Quae extant omnia…, 2 vols. 8vo Leyden 1713. Engd. frontis & red & bl. title Vol. I, engd. port. & 16 engd. maps plans & plts. (8 fold.); Howell (Dr.) Medulla Historiae Anglicanea, The Ancient and Present State of England… From the Time of Jullius Caesar. 8vo L. 1742. Tenth, Engd. frontis red & bl. title, fold. table, 12 dbl. pls.; Kennett (B.) Romae Antiquae Notitia: or the Antiquities of Rome, 8vo L. 1763. Engd. port. frontis, red & bl. title, 12 engd. plts. (some fold.) all cont. calf, mor. labels. (4)
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Baker (Henry) The Microscope Made Easy, 8vo L. 1744. Third. Fold. engd. frontis & 14 engd. plts. (mostly fold.) & fold. table, cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. (1)
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[Voltaire (Francois M. Arouet de] La Pucelle d’Orleans Poeme, 8vo Lond. 1764. New Edn. hf. title. Engd. frontis, engd. title vign. & 20 engd. plts. 1 engd. head & tail, other wd.- cut decor., cont. calf,dble gilt fillet borders, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. (1)
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[Dutens (Louis)] Recherches sur l’Origine des Decouvertes attribuees Aux Modernes, 2 vols. in one, 8vo Paris 1766. First Edn. 2 hf. titles, cont. full calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. Good copy. (2)
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Anon: Elemens des Mathematiques, 4to [n.p.] 1725. 165pp + 3pp of Errata; Bound with, Elemens de Geometrie, 4to Yverdon (Jean Jaques Genath) 1725, 20 fold. plts. 142pp; Bound with Traite de Triogonometrie Rectiligne, 4to Yverdon 1725. 2 fold. plts. 30pp +3pp errata cont. hd. cold. wd.-cut decor. on titles, & tails, cont. old. sheep, raised band,s spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. Rare & good. (1)
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Martin (Benj.) The Description and Use of Both the Globes, the Armillary Sphere and Orrery, 8vo L. n.d. [c. 1758] engd. frontis & 5 plts. (some fold.) cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label, worn covers, with post script (2pps) at end. (1)
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Watson (R.) Chemical Essays, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1791, fold. table, some damp stains, cont. tree calf, mor. labels. (2)
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[Montesquieu (Chas. Louis, Baron de)] De l’Esprit des Loix, 2 vols. 8vo Geneva (Barrillot & Fils) n.d. [c. 1749] New Edn. with correction by the author, 2 hf. titles, wd. cut device on title, cont. full sprinkled calf, raised bands,mor. labels, gilt spines in panels. Good. (2)
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Lucas (Richard) A Enquiry after Happiness, In Three Parts. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1764. Tenth. In cont. cats paw calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (2)