5 May 2020 - #0319 Timed Auction

#0319

Lot 219/0319

SOLD Hammer price €30

Newspapers: The Irish Press, Vol. 1 No. 1 Saturday September 5, 1931; together with The Evening Press, Vol. 1 No. 1, September 1st 1954, both issues complete, and in good condition. (2)

Lot 220/0319

SOLD Hammer price €700

Co. Dublin: Electricity Works Skerries – Consumer Rental Log Book, Proprietor: W.H. Flanagan dating Dec. 1923 – March 19347, manuscript accounts, outlining light, power, meter rent, repairs, total, for various residential areas, commercial and other buildings (including Grand Hotel, Methodist Church, Carnegie Library, Public Houses and Schools,) approx. 205 manuscript pages, oblong folio, hf. calf, gilt lettering on front cover. (1) *An invaluable manuscript document of economic and social importance relating to the early stages of the Free State in its capital city.

Lot 221/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

National Institute for the Blind: Geography of Ireland, 4to L. n.d. c. 1900, entirely in braille, ptd. wrappers; also Catalogue of Books and Appliances to be Obtained from The Nat. Institute for the Blind, 8vo L. 1914, and Supplementary Catalogue, L. 1921, & another item sim., all orig. ptd. wrappers. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 222/0319

Kilkenny Interest: A.L.S. 2pp (single sheet) from Miche l MagCraith, Sagart (priest) to his former student Liam, in Irish, in reply to an enquiry about the Gaelic poets of Kilkenny, regretting that there are no Irish speakers now left in the area, but advising Liam to contact Rev. Dr. W. Carrigan, who will be better able to advise him, etc. Interesting letter, from a Bristol address, dated ’16. (1)

Lot 223/0319

Leslie (John Bt.) A double sided single page Manuscript Letter to T.P. Gill (92 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin) acknowledging letters written in the Daily Express, quoting “Although Remembrance of the Past, rather than satisfaction with the Present might incline me to do so,” with bold signature and associated envelope. (1) * John Leslie was the father of the writer and poet Shane Leslie, of Castle Leslie, Co. Monaghan.

Lot 224/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

O’Connor (T.P.)M.P. A short T.L.s. on his addressed paper, 27th August 1919, to Tom (Gill),… have not seen Baldwin since, have not yet spoken to Austin Chamberlain, wonders ‘wether this is the best moment to raise the question, when there is a perfect panicky feeling in all departments in consequence of the outcry against expenditure.’ Single page with a v. good signature. As a m/ss., w.a.f. The context of the matter is unclear; Gill was at this time Secretary of the British Dept. of Agriculture in Dublin. (1)

Lot 225/0319

Economic & Social History: Grants Made to Poor Parishes from Funds in the Hands of the Representative Body – Existing on the 31st of December 1919, 4to, D. 1919, a printed summary listing page of various Dioceses, and subsequent detailed ptd. figure pages with some m/ss amendments, made in red pen, of each parish listed, approx. 29pps. An informative and interesting social document detailing economic funding immediately prior to the Foundation of the Irish Free-State. As a document, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 226/0319

Van Hoek (Kees) Diplomats In Dublin, 8vo, D. (The Talbot Press) 1943, First Edn., with autograph note from the author, and a typescript letter, Signed, illus., cloth and d.j. Nice Copy. (1)

Lot 227/0319

[Churchill (Winston)] Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., a sepia Print of the Right Honorable Winston S. Churchill P.C. M.P., after Portrait by J. Russell & Sons, Baker Street, London, with retail label on reverse, approx. 24cms x 20cms (9 1/2″ x 8″). Scarce. (1)

Lot 228/0319

SOLD Hammer price €150

Military Interest: [Waterloo] Guide to Captain Siborne’s Original Waterloo Model Representing the Entire Field .. When The Duke of Wellington with the British Troops, repulsed Napoleon’s Imperial Guard and Gained The Glorious Victory of Waterloo, 8vo L. (T. & W. Boone) n.d. fold. maps, 12pps, & adverts, ptd. wrappers; Colleciton de Couze Vues de Waterloo, oblong 4to Bruzelles (Chez Gerard Lithographie) n.d., 12plts., 1 folding map, ptd. wrappers. (2)

Lot 229/0319

Education: Teignmouth (Lord) Ragged and Industrial Schools, 8vo Bristol (J. Chilcott) 1853, 23pps, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

Lot 230/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

Aonach na Nodlag 1915. J.B. Yeats, & Words by Students of the Metropolitan School of Art (Dublin). Art Exhibition, Rotunda, December 9 to 18, listing exhibits and artists in detail, scarce; also the same, 1917, Mansion House, December 7-17, Scarce. (1)

Lot 230A/0319

Original Leaf from The Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 Schedel (Hartmann), Koberger (A.) publisher – A double sided woodcut Incunabale Leaf from ‘Liber Chronicarum or The Nuremberg Chronicle,’ folio page CXXVI (76) Sexta Etas Mudi, depicting Religious Figures, Soldiers and Noblemen (contemporary hand colouring – some restoration) as is, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 231/0319

SOLD Hammer price €90

County Offaly: Kings County – Rental & Particulars of the Lands, Kilcommon, Oakwood, etc. in the Barony of Clonlisk, & Kings County to be Sold by Private Treaty, also of Ballytoreen (comprising the House & Lands of Oakwood) 4pp printed foolscap, no date given, but c. 1876. (1)

Lot 232/0319

SOLD Hammer price €60

“Estate of Erskine Wilmot Chetwode” Co. Dublin: Kimmage etc., in the High Court of Justice in Ireland – Consolidated Final Notice to Tenants and Adjoining Owners and Occupiers, March 1886, 4pp printed foolscap, plus large dbl. page hand coloured, map, folded. Postally used with c.d.s. & stamp. (1)

Lot 233/0319

SOLD Hammer price €180

Co. Tipperary: Landed Estates Court, Rental and Particulars of the Lands of Ballyluskey and Terryglass, Both in the Barony of Lower Ormond,.. To be Sold, … on Tuesday, 18th Day of June 1872. In the Matter of the Estate of John Falkiner, Owner, the Petitioner, John Stephen Dwyer. Lg. fold. atlas folio, with 3 fold. maps, hd. cold. in outline. V. good. (1)

Lot 234/0319

SOLD Hammer price €210

Co. Offaly: Court of Incumbered Estates: Rental of the Lands of Ard, in the King’s County, the Estate of the Owner, Samuel Walsh, to be Sold .. on Monday 29th Day of October, 1855,.. at Mathews’ Hotel, Maryborough, fold. oblong Atlas folio, lg. hand coloured fold. map. Scarce. (1)

Lot 235/0319

SOLD Hammer price €210

Co. Tipperary: Incumbered Estates in Ireland – rental and Particulars of the Lands and Premises (Town & Lands of Slevyre otherwise Slevoir,… Parish of Terryglass, Barony of Lr. Ormond), and Annuity charged on Lands, … To be Sold,… on Tuesday 22nd day of February 1853, Folded oblong folio, cloth backed. With postal marking and stamps on reverse, and address to Henry Trench, Cangort Park, Shinrone. V. good. (1)

Lot 236/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

Co. Kildare: Original Sheet Music for words & music of County Kildare Song Waltz, written by Jack Cottrell and sung by Cavan O’Connor. Single sheet folded printed sheet, with portrait photo & other decorations, c. 1900. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 237/0319

World War II: Hitler, Large printed Poster, in black and green “French Report – Hitler’s War Decision, Dublin, Tuesday, October 24, 1939: Herald Gives Best Results to Advertisers,” Single sheet, folded, approx. 76cms x 50cms (30″ x 20″). Good. (1)