331. 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 !

332. Laffan, William.

Irish Art at Castle Coole – The Familiar is Transformed. With a Foreword by S.B.Kennedy. Published by The Greylag Press for private circulation only !

One of 250 copies only. Enniskillen, Greylag Press, 2017. Quarto (21.5 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). Frontispiece, 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

333. Laffan, William / Monkhouse, Christopher.

IRELAND – Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690 – 1840. Edited by William Laffan and Christopher Monkhouse – With the assistance of Leslie Fitzpatrick.

New Haven/London, Yale University Press / The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015. 25.5 cm wide x 28 cm high. Frontispiece, 288 pages, heavily illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

334. Lalor, Brian. (1941 – )

A Vision of Glendalough in the thirteenth century.

Excellent, original Etching. Artist Proof No. I (AP I), signed and titled in pencil. West Cork, 2008. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with etching: 56 cm x 86 cm. Size of the actual etching: 49 cm x 79 cm. Excellent, strong and fresh etching in wonderful framing.

335. [Land Art and Country House] – Turrell, James / Wick, Oliver.

The Irish Sky Garden. With an essay by Günter Metken.

Skibbereen, Liss Ard Foundation, 1992. 29.7cm x 25.3cm. 111 pages. With 64 original illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

336. Larkin, David.

Art Fantastique.

French Text (very little text, mainly illustrations). Paris, Chene, 1975. 22 cm x 29 cm. IX, 40 pages. Illustrations in colour throughout. Original sofcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

337. Layard, George Somes.

Suppressed Plates: Wood Engravings etc., Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto. Being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. 15 x 21.5cm. Frontispiece, (13), 254 pages, with 34 black and white illustration plates. Original embossed green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edges. Some signs of shelf wear to spine and corners, slight lean, front free endpaper foxed, otherwise very good condition. Previous owner’s bookplate affixed to front endpaper.

338. Le Brocquy, Louis.

Personal copies of an early set of 18 photographs [contacts] of works by Louis le Brocquy, mostly titled and annotated / explained by Louis le Brocquy himself verso. Some of the photographs refer to very early works of Louis le Brocquy. Some have no entries by le Brocquy verso, some have quite extensive manuscript-information in Louis le Brocquy’s hand like “Sold to:…..” etc. etc. / Also included is an original, very early exhibition catalogue (Louis le Brocquy’s personal copy of the catalogue) for an exhibition in Mayfair/″Gimpel Fils” – November 1959. The catalogue has several annotations and underlinings in Louis le Brocquy’s hand and included are most of the original photographs of works le Brocquy selected for the printing of the catalogue.

Loandon / Mayfair, Gimpel Fils, 1959. Octavo. 12 pages plus four photographs directly related to the exhibition catalogue / 18 photographs of earlier works. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning, really original set of interesting ephemera from the artist’s personal collection, given to his friend John Montague. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

339. Le Brocquy, Louis.

The Head Image.

Kinsale, Gandon Editions, 1996. 24 cm wide x 30 cm high. Frontispiece, 183 pages with fantastic illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very rare in this Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

340. [Leighton, Lord Frederic] Williamson, George C.

Frederic Lord Leighton.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1902. 10 cm x 16 cm. 56 Pages plus additional press reviews and 8 pages of publisher’s advertising. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters].