History & Literature & Other Collectibles

Lot 425

Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit or, How Toys Become Real

Medium: brown velveteen over boards, 6 colour plates, pp 37 Size: 20 by 15cm., 7.75 by 6in. Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 427

THE STATE WE'RE OUT

Medium: original boards in shipcase, pp 58, letterpress Size: 51 by 36cm., 20 by 14in. Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 497B

England. Farthings collection 1673-1897.

Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 509

UK. Victoria. Crowns. 1889-97

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €440

Lot 510

UK. Victoria. Crowns. 1889-99

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €460

Lot 518

Sarawak. C.V. Brooke Rajah. . One Cent. 1941 H

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €250

Lot 547

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 7-1-31

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €240

Lot 549

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 2-1-35

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €240

Lot 552

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 9-2-39

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €240

Lot 553

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 9-2-39

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €250

Lot 554

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 9-2-39

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €240

Lot 555

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Bank of Ireland. One Pound. 3-7-39

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €240

Lot 561

Consolidated Banknote. "Ploughman". Munster & Leinster Bank. One Pound. 6-8-36

Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 562

Consolidated Banknote, "Ploughman". Munster and Leinster. One Pound. 4-2-39

Estimate: €250 Result: Not Sold

Lot 593

Central Bank. Lady Lavery. One Hundred Pounds. 4-4-77

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €420

Lot 594

Central Bank. Lavery. One Hundred Pounds. 4-4-77

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €260

Lot 595

Central Bank. Lavery. Fifty Pounds. 4-4-77

Estimate: €250 Price Realised: €320

Lot 5

circa 1420: Leaf from a Book of Hours

Medium: Illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed Size: 17 by 11cm., 6.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €320

Lot 11

1647 (14 October) letter concerning accounts of Captains John Cunningham, John Sanford, Richard Harrison, etc.

Medium: manuscript, pp2 Size: 18 by 18cm., 7 by 7in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €190

Lot 16

1695: Penal Laws Irish parliament acts and statutes publication

Medium: leather bound, letterpress Size: 28 by 19cm., 11 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €340

Lot 22

Douglas Bennett Irish Georgian Silver

Medium: hardcover with dust jacket 369pp Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €400

Lot 23

Carloviana - The Journal of the Old Carlow Society. A complete collection of issues 1960-1990.

Medium: printed illustrated wrappers, 29 issues. Size: 29 by 21cm., 11.5 by 8.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €190

Lot 30

1779: Dublin Volunteers parade at College Green print

Medium: lithograph, framed Size: 43 by 58cm., 17 by 23in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €320

Lot 32

18th Century: Galway Militia shoulder belt plate

Medium: brass Size: 7 by 6cm., 2.75 by 2.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €560

Lot 34

18th Century: Blunder Buss flintlock pistol with spring loaded bayonet

Medium: brass barrel, wooden stock and grip Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €600

Lot 40

1799 (5 March) Handwritten and signed letter by Lord Kilwarden, killed during the 1803 Emmet rebellion

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 24 by 19cm., 9.5 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €360

Lot 44

1806-1820: Henry Grattan handwritten and signed letter

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 18 by 23cm., 7 by 9in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 46

1810 list of "Petit Jury Summer Assizes", County Carlow, signed by Benjamin Disraeli, Sheriff.

Medium: manuscript, pp3 Size: 29 by 10cm., 11.5 by 3.75in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €150

Lot 49

1827: Butler's Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography

Medium: Marbled boards Size: 22 by 15cm., 8.5 by 6in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 56

19th Century: Daniel O'Connell signature and engraved portrait

Medium: framed Size: 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €260

Lot 58

1836 (23 January) Daniel O'Connell handwritten and signed letter

Medium: three page manuscript Size: 19 by 11cm., 7.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 65

1843-1845. Collection of Gun Licences

Medium: manuscript Size: 23 by 19cm., 9 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 69

1847 (23 July) Duke of Wellington handwritten and signed letter

Medium: single page manuscript, with portrait engraving, framed Size: 17 by 11cm., 6.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €620

Lot 79

1866 Fenian Bond - Irish Republic Ten Dollars Note

Medium: recess printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New York Size: 10 by 20cm., 4 by 8in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 84

1866-1872 leases for a whiskey distillery on the River Tolka near Ballybough Bridge and Jones Road

Medium: manuscript Size: 51 by 34cm., 20 by 13.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €380

Lot 90

1876 (22 April) letter written by Sir Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh MP, a remarkable man, born without arms or legs.

Medium: manuscript, pp4 Size: 15 by 10cm., 6 by 3.75in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 93

1879 (20 February). Marriage Settlement of Lieutenant Colonel John Arthur Henry Moore Brabazon and Miss Emma Sophia Richards.

Medium: manuscript, pp30 in soft red morocc, gilt borders and titles Size: 34 by 23cm., 13.5 by 9in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 98

1883 (16 March) Charles Stewart Parnell signed letter

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 19 by 11cm., 7.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €260

Lot 99

1880-1900: John Dillon MP handwritten and signed letter

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 19 by 11cm., 7.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 101

1880-1917. Kilkenny Estate Papers

Medium: manuscript and typescript, various sizes, mainly folio Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €280

Lot 125

1882-1885: Great Northern Railways Co. "Cheap Trips" poster collection

Medium: letterpress, Alley & Co Dublin Size: 51 by 38cm., 20 by 15in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €280

Lot 130

c1900: Battle of the Boyne obelisk watercolour

Medium: watercolour Size: 24 by 20cm., 9.5 by 8in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €300

Lot 132

Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland Journal - a Collection of 25 issues from 1899-1930, including 4 indices

Medium: printed wrappers Size: 23 by 15cm., 9 by 6in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €360

Lot 143

1912: Titanic shipping casualties official British report

Medium: 74 pp, printed wrappers Size: 33 by 22cm., 13 by 8.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 146

A ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIER, 1898

Medium: watercolour and body colour, framed Size: 14 by 10cm., 5.5 by 3.75in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €280

Lot 148

19th Century: Collection of bayonets

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €220

Lot 154

1881-1901: Connaught Rangers officer's waist belt clasp

Medium: Two piece, gilt and silvered Size: 5 by 8cm., 2 by 3in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €340

Lot 159

1910-1980: Large collection of British and Commonwealth military badges and buttons

Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 160

1901-1922: Collection of Royal Irish/Ulster Constabulary buttons

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 173

1914: Ulster Volunteer Force certificate of proficiency and instructions for mobilisation

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 174

1914-1935: Sir Edward Carson collection including autographed letter and funeral badge

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €150

Lot 187

1939-1969: "The Ranger" regimental journal of The Connaught Rangers

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €260

Lot 201

1912-1922: America and Ireland unity silk

Medium: Painted silk, framed Size: 61 by 56cm., 24 by 22in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €350

Lot 203

Circa 1890 Spex cartoon. Irish Party steam train

Medium: pen and ink, signed middle right, framed Size: 30 by 23cm., 12 by 9in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €380

Lot 206

Circa 1912. Spex cartoon. John Redmond leads "Irish Parliamentary Party" towards the Irish Parliament House while his opponents struggle with their fallen horse.

Medium: pen and ink, signed lower left, framed Size: 34 by 25cm., 13.5 by 10in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €240

Lot 212

Circa 1912 Spex cartoon. John Redmond drives an Irish Queen holding a "Home Rule" banner while bulldogs with heads of Edward Carson, Bonar Law and Lord Londonderry strain at the leash

Medium: pen and ink, signed lower left, framed Size: 25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €150

Lot 213

Circa 1912 Spex cartoon. Irish colleen invites "NE Ulster" child in a tantrum into "Home Rule Lodge"

Medium: pen and ink, signed lower right, framed Size: 25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 216

Circa 1911 Spex cartoon. New Year 1912 showing Old Father Time leaving with Baby New Year contemplating Home Rule.

Medium: pen and ink, framed Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 217

Circa 1908-12. Original Spex cartoons including Suffragette movement, anti-Tory riots, etc.

Medium: pen and ink, signed, various sizes, unframed Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 224

1914. Mary Fitzpatrick cartoon showing German soldiers looting a Roman Catholic church

Medium: pen and ink, signed and dated 1914 lower right, unframed Size: 32 by 25cm., 12.5 by 10in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €360

Lot 228

1915: Letters from John O'Connor MP relating to a cargo of rifles for John Redmond

Medium: manuscript Size: 19 by 14cm., 7.5 by 5.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 230

1915-1922 Republican handbills including rare notice of Sean McDermott Anniversary Oration on The Manchester Rescue.

Medium: letterpress, various sizes Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €320

Lot 231

1916-1922: Irish Volunteers constitution and service certificate

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 232

1906-1918. Collection of Padraig Pearse related items

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €320

Lot 234

1916 Rising: Patrick Pearse's last letter to his mother, contemporary typed copy

Medium: single sheet, typescript Size: 28 by 19cm., 11 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 244

1916 Rising: Pitcher and basin belonging to Lt. Col. W. E. C. McCammond Royal Irish Rifles

Medium: brass Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €360

Lot 252

1916 Rising: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook "Easter 1916" Edition

Medium: letterpress, 248 pp Size: 25 by 16cm., 10 by 6.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €420

Lot 253

1916: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook - 1917 Edition

Medium: letterpress, pp 302 Size: 25 by 16cm., 10 by 6.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €360

Lot 254

1916-21. Beaslai, Piarais and others: Kerry's Fighting Story, Limerick's Fighting Story 1916-21 Told Rebel Cork's Fighting Story

Medium: printed wrappers, The Kerryman Ltd, Tralee, pp198, pp204, pp208. Size: 22 by 14cm., 8.75 by 5.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €280

Lot 255

1916-1922: Rising publications including The Catholic Bulletin December 1916 and The Soldier's Story of Easter Week

Size: 20 by 13cm., 8 by 5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €380

Lot 257

1916 Rising: Pictorial booklets and Sinn Fein Rebellion handbook

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €340

Lot 261

1916 Rising: Executed leaders collection of picture postcards

Medium: lithograph Size: 14 by 9cm., 5.5 by 3.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 262

1916: CDV photograph of Captain Sean Connolly Irish Citizen Army

Size: 10 by 6cm., 4 by 2.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €240

Lot 271

1917: Thomas Ashe in memoriam card

Medium: lithograph, 2 pp Size: 10 by 14cm., 4 by 5.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 278

1919 (6 August) RIC letter relating to IRA arms imports

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 17 by 18cm., 6.5 by 7in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €140

Lot 281

1914-1935. Small archive of cuttings and publications relating to Limerick bacon trade, strikes, communists, IRA etc.

Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 299

1920: A rare Spanish language medal commemorating Terence MacSwiney

Medium: bronze Size: 3 by 3cm., 1.25 by 1.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 300

Collection of books and journals including Tom Barry signed Guerilla Days in Ireland first edition

Medium: ex libris Gus Healy Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €520

Lot 303

1920-1921: The London Times newspaper set covering the War of Independence

Medium: quarter leather bound with marbled boards Size: 60 by 43cm., 23.5 by 17in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 307

1921: Freeman's Journal Dail Eireann print

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 312

1922: Four Courts Civil War printed letters of those executed, with tricolours

Medium: letterpress on card, unknown publisher Size: 32 by 27cm., 12.5 by 10.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €420

Lot 314

1922 (14 July - 7 October) Sgeal Chatha Luimnighne (Limerick War News). Vol. 1 No. 1 to 3, the rare first issues of this Civil war paper

Medium: letterpress, pp1 to pp4 each, bound together in boards Size: 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 315

1922 (14 July - 7 October) Sgeal Chatha Luimnighne (Limerick War News). Vol. 1 No. 1 to 36, the rare first three issues of this Civil war paper

Medium: letterpress, pp1 to pp4 each, bound together in boards Size: 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in. Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 324

1922: Select constitutions of the World book prepared for the Irish Constitutions commitee

Medium: printed wrappers, 477 pp Size: 24 by 17cm., 9.5 by 6.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 325

1922-1928: Dominion Home Rule In Practice and other books used by Attorney General Hugh Kennedy

Estimate: €200 Result: Not Sold

Lot 329

1922-1923: Irregular arresting Free State soldier propaganda photograph

Medium: monochrome photograph, mounted Size: 22 by 17cm., 8.5 by 6.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €300

Lot 330

1923 Civil War: Republican prisoner and poet Joseph Campbell handwriten poem and letter

Medium: two pages manuscript Size: 20 by 17cm., 8 by 6.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €200

Lot 342

1934 (22 February) letter from Chief Rabbi of the Irish Free State Dr Isaac Herzog to Hugh Kennedy, Chief Justice.

Medium: manuscript on printed letterhead, pp2. Size: 27 by 21cm., 10.5 by 8.25in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €240

Lot 346

1920s: Early Eamon De Valera photograph and signature

Medium: monochrome photograph, mounted and framed Size: 14 by 10cm., 5.5 by 4in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €380

Lot 355

1914-1945: German Iron Cross, Wound Badge and Paris Command stamp

Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €340