4281. [Aiken, Henry David] Demos, Raphael.

Collection of Five (5) Manuscript Letters from Greek-American Philosopher, Raphael Demos to Philosopher Henry David Aiken. Besides very few personal matters (Aiken rented a Lice-infested house from Demos), the letters are lengthy and full of content regarding philosophical questions. Demos thanks Aiken for his “thoughtful comments about my article on ‘Society and the Individual’ and Demos reflects on Aiken: “Now as to your point that goodwill is addressed to me which is capable of joys and sorrows and not just an angel – I will distinguish between respect and goodwill. Angels, because rational, have intrinsic worth, and so claim respect certainly. Value and respectability don’t imply capacity for feeling. But goodwill does imply that the recipient is a striving, failing, succeeding, up-ended individual, who has sorrows & grip – not just an angelic being. While the Greek identify man with his rationality, it is noticeable that common sense proceeds otherwise; when the Radcliffe girls say their Professor is so human, they don’t mean he is intellectual, they mean the opposite – that he has non-rational impulses and feelings…..” / The collection of letters originates from the personal collection of Henry Aiken and also comes with a scathing letter from American Philosopher Arthur Edward Murphy in which Murphy writes to Aiken about Raphael Demos and does not hold back in his evaluation of Demos and his Philosophy: “I just saw your remarks re Demos in the Journal. Very well done ! I think Demos is not very bright, however, and it is perhaps better not to give him too much publicity. I don’t think he will convert any one except for those already suffering from dithers & blithers. And it is a waste to refute him. Intelligent people don’t have to be convinced. And bigots like R.D. can’t be convinced. Strictly speaking, before Demos creates an obligation in others… he ought to say in plain unemotional prose what he means by such concepts as ‘God’ & ‘evidence’. It is perfectly possible that if we knew how he uses these terms, we would agree that what he says is trivially true. This discussion is presumably in the domain of logic. But discussion on that domain when one of the parties refuses to make explicit the rules of his game can never terminate in illumination. Nevertheless, I think you handled him neatly & have done yourself no harm as general opinion is concerned. He is a perfect horrible example of retrogression. Ugh ! A perfectly low grade person morally & intellectually nonregarding as a seer & defender of orthodoxy…… Have you seen Lazerowitz’s [Morris Lazerowitz] paper in Mind on Universals. It is highly provocative. I would like to discuss it with you….”.

Westport Point (Massachusetts), c.1944 – 1967. Octavo. 13 pages of letters by Raphael Demos to Aiken / [Plus:] 1 page of a manuscript letter by Arthur Edward Murphy to Aiken about Demos. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Raphael Demos or Arthur Edward Murphy, are very rare !

4282. Sexton, John.

70 Years A-Growing: A History of Timoleague Ploughing and Ancillary Events.

Timoleague, Ploughing Association, 2005. Octavo. 208 pages with photographs throughout the Volume. Illustrated Softcover Binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare, out-of-print publication !

4283. Bunting, Edward.

The Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano Forte. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers, Including an Account of the Old Melodies of Ireland / [″A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano Forte; some of the most admired melodies are adapted for the voice, to poetry chiefly translated from the original Irish songs”].

Reprint of the First Edition (Dublin, 1840). Three Volumes in One. Dublin, Cahill & Co., 1969. Folio. Pagination: Three titlepages for three works bound in one: Volume I: “The Ancient Music of Ireland” (1840): 11, 100 pages of History of Irish Music and the Antiquity of the Harp and Bagpipe of Ireland” as well as 109 pages of “The Ancient Music of Ireland arranged for the Pianoforte” with the essential “Index to the Irish Names of the Airs” [Names of Airs are displayed in Gaelic / in English Translation and then Translated [For example: “A muinnin” / “A muirnin” / “The Darling”] and “Index to the English Names of the Airs” [with “Name of the Air”, “Author and Date of Origin of the Air” as well as “Where and from Whom procured”]/ Volume II: “A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland” (1809) – with: “An Historical and Critical Disssertation on the Harp” – 28 pages of text plus two p;lates of Historical Harp – Illustrations plus 72 pages of Irish Airs set to Music / Volume III: “A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music – Containing a variety of Admired Airs never before Published” (1796), 31 pages//. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition of this important reproduction of the original 18th and 19th century edition of Bunting’s work on Airs and the Harp. Essential for every collection on the History of Irish Music and in this reprduced form especially carefree to use.

4284. [Lisheen] Cahill, Donal / O’Driscoll, Con / Flavin, John / O’Driscoll, Tadgh / O’Brien, Stephen.

Lisheen – A Century of Education – Lisheen National School and its Role in the Community (1906-2006) – A Centenary Celebration.

[Lisheen], Published by Lisheen National School, 2006. Quarto. X, 198 pages with numerous photographs throughout the publication. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4285. Ó Tuama, Seán Óg.

An Chóisir Cheoil. [The Music Party] – Volume IX.

Baile Átha Cliath, Comhlucht Oideachais na hEireann, 1965. 8°. 16 pages with notations (songs set to music). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4286. Rose, Richard.

Governing without consensus – An Irish perspective.

First American Edition. Boston, Beacon Press, 1971. Octavo. 567 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4287. Williamson, Benjamin / [Conner, Richard].

Inscribed Association – Copy of: “An Elementary Treatise on The Differential Calculus, containing ‘The Theory of Plane Curves’, with numerous examples. [Inscribed and signed by irish Mathematician Benjamin Williamson to fellow Trinity College Mathematician, Richard Conner: “R.M.Conner with B. Williamson’s best regards” / Including one minor manuscript annotation by Richard Conner on page 264.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1872. Octavo. XII, 343 pages. Hardcover / original cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Last 8 pages with some fraying and paper-loss. Rear pastedown rubbed. Otherwise with some rubbing but in good, firm condition. A very rare example of an ealy association copy between two irish Trinity mathematicians of the 19th century.

4288. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [British Museum / Dave Naylor].

I. British Caenozoic Fossils (Tertiary and Quarternary) – Third Edition / II. British Mesozoic Fossils – Third Edition / III. Palaeozoic Fossils – First Edition.

Three Volume Set. London, British Museum, 1964 – 1968. Octavo. Pagination: I. British Caenozoic Fossils: IX, 132 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 44 plates / II. British Mesozoic Fossils: VI, 207 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 73 plates / III. British Palaeozoic Fossils: VI, 208 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 69 plates. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor, with his name on two of the volumes.

4289. Ó Cathasaigh, Thomás [Thomas Casey] / An Craoibhín Aoibhinn [Editor: Douglas Hyde].

Ocht Sgéalta ó Choillte Mághach [‘Eight Stories from Kiltimagh’].

First Edition. Báile Átha Cliath, An Cumann le Béaloideas Éireann, 1936. Octavo. (2), VI, 136 pages. Original, printed wrappers (Original, publisher’s Softcover boards). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A very, very rare book !

4290. Gibbings, Robert.

Blue Angels and Whales – A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water. With Illustrations by the Author.

Second, Revised Edition. London, J.M.Dent & Sons, 1946. Octavo. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.