211. [A.E.] Russell, George William.

The National Being – Some thoughts on an Irish polity.

Irish Academic Press, 1982. 22 cm. 176 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

212. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

213. [Carolan, Turlough] O’Sullivan, Donal [and Arthyur O’Neill].

CAROLAN – The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper. In Two Volumes. Volume I: The Life and Times and The Music / Volume II: The Notes to the Tunes and The Memoirs of Arthur O’Neill.

First Edition. Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1958. Quarto (18.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Carolan, XV, 285 pages plus the often missing Fold-Out-Map of Ireland bound to the rear / Volume II: Frontispiece-Illustration of Carolan entertaining a small crowd (From the Painting by J.C.Timbrell in 1844), XIII, 200 pages. Volume Two also includes a Portrait of Carolan’s Biographer, Belfast Harpist Arthur O’Neill (this Portrait is cleanly detached and loosely inserted). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Portrait of Arthur O’Neill cleanly detached but loosely inserted.

214. St. John Joyce, Weston.

The Neighbourhood of Dublin – Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association. With numerous Illustrations from the Author’s Photographs & Sketches.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Dublin, M.H.Gill & Son, 1939. Large – Octavo. XX, 512 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. The Volume in firm and excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

215. Laffan, William.

Ancestral Interiors – Photographs of the Irish Country House by Patrick Prendergast. With a Foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin / Essay by William Laffan: “Ancestral Interiors” / Rural Ireland.

Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 2010. Quarto (21.5 cm x 24 cm). 135 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

216. O’Neill Lane, T[imothy].

Larger English-Irish Dictionary (Focloir Beala – Gaedhilge). New Edition – Thoroughly Revised and Greatly Enlarged.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1922. Octavo (15 cm wide x 21.5 cm high). XII, 864 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Shaky condition of the binding but still good. Interior clean.

217. Ó Dónaill, Niall.

Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla / (Irish-English Dictionary). Eagarthóir Comhairleach (consulting editor): Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Baile Atha Cliath, 1977. Octavo (17 cm wide x 24 cm high). XII, 1309 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

218. [Clandillon, Seamus / Hannaga, Margaret].

“Londubh an Chairn” Being Songs of the Irish Gaels. In Staff and Sol-Fa / With English metrical translations. Edited by Maighread Ni Annaga agus Seamus de Chlanndioluin.

First Edition. Volume I (All Published). London / Oxford / Edinburgh etc., Published for the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust by the Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1927. Quarto (21.5 cm wide x 28.2 cm high). XII, 36, 150 pages [with scores and notations]. With the often missing Errata-Leaf. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

219. [Neale, John William] Willis, Anne.

A Critical Edition of Neal’s Celebrated Irish Tunes [that is: “John William Neale”].

[c.1972]. Large Quarto. 158 pages with scores and analysis of tunes. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Stunning, very comprehensive and specialized publication. Extremely rare work on this seminal irish musician. From the library of Tadgh O Murchu, with his name and date (1972).

220. Fountain, Robert.

Travelling Ireland: A Thousand Miles with Horse & Carriage. Original Illustrations by Malcolm Coward.

Askham, Palette Press, 2008. 27.5 cm x 21.4 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 152 pages. Fully illustrated in colour with oil sketches, cartoons and photographs by various contributors. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. With marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor wear to slipcase. Otherwise excellent condition. This is a limited edition of 20 leatherbound copies of which this is number 5. Signed by author and contributors. Includes an original photograph. Includes loose ephemera: “An Invitation to the Launch of ‘Travelling Ireland’ at Bantry House” and a newspaper article entitled “A quirky and entertaining view of Ireland: Robert Fountain explains the background to his new book ‘Travelling Ireland- 1000 miles with Horse & Carriage’ and gives us a flavour of what he encountered on his journey.”