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[Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton.] Autograph Note in the third person, as 'Sir Henry Parnell', to 'Mr Mandel'.

Author: 
Henry Brooke Parnell (1776-1842), 1st Baron Congleton [Sir Henry Parnell], Irish writer and Whig politician
Publication details: 
Place not stated. 22 February 1828.
£56.00

1p., 4to. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Reads: 'Sir Henry Parnell presents his Compliments to Mr Mandel, & begs to acknowledge the receipt of his letter. But he has not leisure at present to examine the contents of it. | Feb: 22: 1828'.

[Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton, poet and civil servant.] Autograph Letter Signed ('George Rostrevor Hamilton') to Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, on the death of her husband Robert Lynd; and holograph poem (signed 'G. R. H.') titled 'To Sylvia Lynd'.

Author: 
Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), poet and civil servant [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)]
Publication details: 
Both items on letterhead of Swan House, Chiswick. The letter dated 9 October 1949. The poem undated.
£80.00

Both items in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. LETTER: 2pp., 12mo. 'I really think that to know - even to begin to know - R. was not only to be aware of his rare charm and goodness, but to love him.' POEM: 1p., 12mo. Six-line poem 'To Sylvia Lynd', signed at end 'G. R. H.' Reads 'You with your grace, your glancing wit, who drew | About you all the fairest and the best, | In lucent memory outshone anew | The image of each most admirèd guest: | And here to-night, as old friends gather round, | You by that starry company still are crowned.'

[Norris Davidson, Irish radio producer.] Typed Letter Signed to Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, regarding his own book, and the latest productions of his friend Lennox Robinson.

Author: 
Norris Davidson (1908-1998), Irish radio producer [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949); the Abbey Theatre, Dublin]
Publication details: 
On his letterhead, Donard, County Wicklow. 'Wednesday 27th. [1935]'
£80.00

1p., 4to. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. The letter begins: 'Never having forgotten that you once asked me "What is the sense of knowing Mrs Lynd if you don't make use of her?" I am sending you a spare set of proofs of the new book. The publishers, having made me add thousands of words to it, now tell me that it is a bit too long'. The second part of the letter refers to a visit by 'Lennox [i.e. Lennox Robinson] and his wife [...] He has just been doing June in Belfast, he has Aodh de Blacam's translation, A Saint in a Hurry!

[E. V. Knox, editor of Punch.] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'E. V. Knox') to Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, the first concerning an 'American publisher', and the second a letter of condolence on the death of her husband Robert Lynd.

Author: 
E. V. Knox [Edmund George Valpy Knox; 'Evoe'] (1881-1971), English author and editor of Punch, 1932-1949 [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)]
Publication details: 
ONE: On letterhead of 34 Well Walk, Hampstead; 1 Nov. 1926. TWO: On letterhead of 110 Frognal; 7 Oct. 1949.
£120.00

Both items are 2pp. 12mo, on bifoliums. Both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: 'I was so sorry I couldn't come this afternoon - especially if he was a simple kind of American publisher. Owing to a rash fit of indulgence in Church going I had to have tea elsewhere'. TWO: Letter of condolence on the death of Robert Lynd.

[Viola Garvin, journalist.] Typed Letter, written on her behalf by 'G. F.', to 'Sylvia Dear' (i.e. the Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd), thanking her for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had', and asking her to review Somerset Maugham.

Author: 
'G. F.' [Viola Garvin (1898-1969), journalist; Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949); Gerald Gould (1885-1936), reviewer with the Observer, London]
Publication details: 
On letterhead of the Observer, 22 Tudor Street, London. 14 August 1934.
£40.00

1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. She thanks Lynd for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had in Gerald's absence', and asks her to 'be an angel, and do something else for Viola, who is vanishing tomorrow for four or five weeks', in reviewing 'the Somerset Maugham book you wanted [...] I really think he is worth a long article to himself - 1500 words, and, if you care to, you can put in a word for Heinemann's edition of the Collected Works, which we send alongside. Mr.

[First issue of printed periodical promoting the views of the Irish Dominion League.] The Irish Statesman.

Author: 
[Warre B. Wells, editor, The Irish Statesman; The Irish Dominion League]
Publication details: 
[The Editor, 13 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.] Vol. I. No. 1. 28 June 1919.
£200.00

28pp., 8vo. Stapled and unbound. No covers. Outer leaves creased and staples rusted, otherwise in good condition on aged paper. Includes the manifesto of the Irish Dominion League, and articles by Conor O Brien ('Wanted: A Social Policy'), James Stephens ('The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill'), Thomas Bodkin ('The Hone Bequest'); H. F. Norman ('Our Musical Legacy'); Sir Horace Plunkett ('Correspondence: The Irish Dominion League') and John Eglinton ('Life and Letters').

[Printed item.] A Better Way. An Appeal to Ulster not to desert Ireland by Sir Horace Plunkett.

Author: 
Sir Horace Plunkett [Ulster; Irish independence]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Limited. [Preface dated 'Kilteragh, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. | July 20, 1914.' [Rapid Printing Co., Ltd., 60 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.]
£35.00

38pp., 12mo. Stapled pamphlet. In grey printed wraps. Errata slip at rear. Aged, and with wraps detached as result of rusting of staples. Uncommon.

[Presentation copy, in leather binding by A. Thom & Co., Dublin.] Étude sur William Dunbar par Cécile Steinberger.

Author: 
Cécile Steinberger [William Dunbar, Scottish poet; A. Thom & Co., Dublin bookbinders]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Imprimérie de l'Université. Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1908.
£200.00

[2] + 187pp., 8vo. With errata slip. In fair condition internally, on aged and lightly-spotted paper, in a somewhat worn and aged decorative green leather binding, with subtle floral design in gilt on cover, dentelles, all edges gilt, and green decorative endpapers. Stamp of 'A. THOM & CO. LTD. | BINDERS' on rear free endpaper. The book is inscribed at the head of the title page: 'With kindest regards from | Cécile Steinberger'. Uncommon: no copy in the British Library, and only three copies on COPAC.

[Henry Arthur Cole, Ulster politician.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Cole') to James Jephson, Secretary of the Carlton Club, regarding recent elections in County Fermanagh and the poll book.

Author: 
Henry Arthur Cole (1809-1890), successively Conservative MP for Enniskillen (1844-1851) and Fermanagh (1854-1880)
Publication details: 
Florence Court, County Fermanagh. 24 January [1854?].
£65.00

2pp., 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Cole has received a request from Jephson, asking him 'to send the Poll-book of the County Fermanagh to the Library of the Carleton [sic] Club'. He explains that 'for the last two Elections for that County there has been no Contest.

[Tighe Hopkins, novelist.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr. Case', presenting a copy of his 'Iron Mask'.

Author: 
Tighe Hopkins (1856-1919), novelist, journalist and authority on prison life and penal reform
Publication details: 
On letterhead of Frayn, Herne Bay [Kent]. 7 August 1902.
£45.00

2pp., 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He asks him to accept a copy of the Tauchnitz edition of his 'Iron Mask', 'the only one I happen to have by me'. He continues: 'As you are kind enough to express an interest in work of mine, I may say that I expect to be in the West of Ireland next month in the interests of the Daily Chronicle - if you ever happen to see that paper - for which I am to write a special series of letters describing the present condition of that district.' For more on Hopkins see his obituary in The Times, 17 February 1919.

[Sir David Harrel, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle.] Two printed forms, both signed by him 'D Harrel', regarding the application for the post of Resident Magistrate by John G. Cookman of Dublin and Waterford.

Author: 
Sir David Harrel, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 1896-1900 [John G. Cookman, Dublin and Waterford; Ireland; Irish]
Publication details: 
Both from Dublin Castle [Ireland]. The first dated 30 March 1894 and the second 6 July 1895.
£90.00

Both items 1p., foolscap 8vo. Both in fair condition, on aged paper. ONE: Addressed to: 'John G. Cookman, Esqre. | Tintern, | Arthurstown | Via Waterford.' Acknowledging the receipt of Cookman's letters, with enclosures, 'offering yourself as a Candidate for the Post of [Resident Magistrate]'. TWO: Addressed to 'J. G. Cookman Esq | 112 Pembroke Road | Dublin'.

[Booklets] Seven items published by the Dublin Tract Repository

Author: 
[Dublin Tract Repository]
Publication details: 
[Dublin Tract Repository, 10 D'Ollier Street, Dublin, and 9 Paternoster Row, London], Dublin Steam Printing Company, 94 Middle Abbey-st, n.d.
£220.00

Seven items, printed paper wraps, all 48mo or close, mainly anon., as follows: 1. [J.D.S.], "Why did God love Man", [24]pp., list of "Small books" on final page (back wrap); 2. "To-Day! To-Day! A True Story", [16]pp., list of "Small books" on final page (back wrap); 3. "Don't Wait", wraps grubby, 16pp.; 4. Rev. J. Denham Smith, "Good News in a Far Country", [24]pp., green paper, wraps grubby; 5. [J.D.S.], "A Present Salvation", [40]pp., covers grubby and sl.

[Printed pamphlet.] The Irish University Question. Meeting of the Royal University Graduates' Association. Address by Dr. M'Keown [William Alexander McKeown], President of the Association, and Member of the Senate of the Royal University, [...].

Author: 
William Alexander McKeown (1844-1904), Senator of the Royal University in Ireland, Lecturer in Ophthalmology and Otology, Queen's College, Belfast [The Irish University Question]
Publication details: 
Belfast: Printed at the "Belfast News-Letter" Office, 55, 57, & 59, Donegall Street. 1900.
£60.00

14pp., 12mo. Stapled. In cream printed wraps, with title and printing details on front cover, and p.1 carrying the drop-head title 'DR. M'KEOWN'S ADDRESS.' In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamps and red and white label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

[Printed pamphlet.] Public Education in Northern Ireland. The New System.

Author: 
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G. (Minister of Education, Northern Ireland) [Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1878-1949), 7th Marquess of Londonderry]
Publication details: 
'Reprinted from The Nineteenth Century and After. Revised by permission of the Editor, March, 1924.' [The Whitefriars Press, Ltd., Printers, London and Tonbridge.]
£50.00

7 + [1] pp., In grey printed wraps. On aged paper, in worn wraps, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Speech by the Marquess of Londonderry, K.G. Minister of Education, Northern Ireland. On the Introduction of The Education Bill, in the House of Commons, Belfast. 14th March, 1923.

Author: 
The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G. [Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1878-1949), 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Minister of Education (Northern Ireland) from 1921 to 1926]
Publication details: 
Printed by Harold Moore Ltd. Belfast. [1923.]
£60.00

19 + [1] pp., 12mo. In printed card wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with rusted staples, and shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] University Training for Primary Teachers with Special Reference to the Position in Ulster.

Author: 
R. M. Henry, Professor of Latin, and M. W. Robieson, Lecturer in Moral Philosophy and History of Philosophy in the Queen's University of Belfast
Publication details: 
Belfast: Maine, Boyd & Son, Limited, 2 Corporation Street. Printers to the Queen's University. 1918.
£50.00

14pp., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with rusted staples. Stamp, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] The Proposed University for Roman Catholics in Ireland.

Author: 
John Massie, M.A., Of Mansfield College, Oxford [Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control, London]
Publication details: 
Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control, 2, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London. [Straker Brothers, Ltd., 44-47 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, E.C.]
£60.00

31 + [1]pp., 12mo.Stapled. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Shelfmark, stamp and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: a total of four copies on COPAC and OCLC WorldCat, none of them in North America.

[Printed pamphlet.] Irish Technical Instruction Association. Adult Education in Town and Country Problems of To-day.

Author: 
George Fletcher, F.G.S., M.R.I.A. [Irish Technical Instruction Association]
Publication details: 
Athlone: Printed by the Athlone Printing Works Co., Ltd. 1924.
£40.00

11pp., 12mo. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Subtitled on p.1: 'A Paper read on June 4th, 1924, at the Annual Congress in the Mansion House, Dublin, the Revd. Professor Finlay, M.A., S.J., presiding, and reprinted by the Association by desire of the Congress.' Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Mr. Bryce's University Proposals: Denominational or Undenominational?

Author: 
Edward P. Culverwell, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; and Professor of Education in the University of Dublin [The Dublin University Defence Committee]
Publication details: 
'No. 12.' Printed for the Dublin University Defence Committee. [Printed at The University Press, Dublin.]
£60.00

16pp., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly aged and discoloured paper, with slightly rusted staples. Stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Three copies on COPAC, and a further three on OCLC WorldCat. Another edition was published in the same year, also in Dublin, by Hodges, Figgis & Co.

[Printed pamphlet.] Would the University and Colleges proposed by Mr. Bryce be undenominational?

Author: 
Anonymous [James Bryce (1838-1922), 1st Viscount Bryce; Dublin University Defence Committee]
Publication details: 
'No. 13.' Printed by Ponsonby & Gibbs, University Press, Dublin. [Printed for the Dublin University Defence Committee.] [1907.]
£60.00

14pp., 12mo. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples, and stamp, label and shelfmark of the Board of Education Reference Library. The Dublin University Defence Committee is nowhere mentioned, but the pamphlet is uniform with another numbered 12, which was printed for the Committee (also by the University Press). Scarce.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] University and National Education (Ireland). Copies of Memorials addressed to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Roman Catholic Prelates in Ireland, [...]. (Sir George Grey.)

Author: 
[University and National Education (Ireland), 1866; House of Commons; H. Waddington; Sir George Grey]
Publication details: 
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 5 March 1866. [Printer not stated.]
£120.00

40 + [1] pp., crown 8vo. On aged and worn paper, with broken stitching causing the loosening of the leaves. Shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. The end of the title reads, in full: 'by Roman Catholic Prelates in Ireland, and of the Correspondence relating thereto; and of all Memorials addressed to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the subject of University Education in Ireland. (Sir George Grey.)' Scarce.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] University Education (Ireland). Copy of a Letter dated the 26th March 1866, from the Secretary of State to the Home Department to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the Subject of University Education in Ireland.

Author: 
[University Education (Ireland).]
Publication details: 
Presented by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by Geo. E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1866.
£60.00

3pp., crown 8vo. Bifolium. On aged paper with chipping to extremities. Shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] The Queen's University of Belfast. Session 1912-13. The Faculty of Science. Regulations Relating to Degrees and Subjects of Examination.

Author: 
[The Queen's University of Belfast, Faculty of Science]
Publication details: 
Belfast: Mayne, Boyd & Son, Ltd., Printers to the University. 1912.
£60.00

60pp., 12mo. In good condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] The Irish University Question. Second Annual Meeting of the Royal University Graduates' Association, held in the Museum, College Square North, Belfast, On Saturday, June 29th, 1901.

Author: 
[The Royal University Graduates' Association, Belfast; the Irish University Question.]
Publication details: 
Reprinted from the Northern Whig. [Belfast, 1901.]
£40.00

14pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper with rusted staples, and slight wear and discoloration to front page, which carries the title. Shelfmarks, stamps and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Minor manuscript emendations to p.8. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

[Printed book.] Intermediate Education (Ireland). Register of the Intermediate School Teachers in Ireland. (Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act, 1914.)

Author: 
[The Intermediate Education Board for Ireland]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Printed by Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Crow Street. 1919. 'Published by the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland pursuant to the Regulations of the Register (Cd. 9015).'
£100.00

101 + [1] pp., 8vo. In brown printed boards. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

Three printed items relating to Stranmillis Training College, Belfast: 'Syllabus 1927-1928'; 'Prospectus'; and 'Government of Norther Ireland. Ministry of Education. Stranmillis Technical College. Programme. 1930-32-32'.

Author: 
[Stranmillis Training College, Belfast; Government of Northern Ireland, Ministry of Education]
Publication details: 
Syllabus, printed by 'N. W. Ltd.', dated '5/28' [May 1928]; Prospectus, also printed by 'N. W. Ltd.', dated '7/28' [July 1928]; Programme, printed by 'W. & G. B. Ltd.', dated '11 30' [November 1930].
£100.00

The three items attached to one another by ribbon through punch holes in top inner corners. All three items in fair condition, aged and worn, and carrying shelfmarks, stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Syllabus: 9pp., 8vo. In cream card wraps with photograph of the College on front cover. Prospectus: 7pp., small 4to. Programme: 21pp., 8vo. With photographic frontispiece of the College. In blue printed wraps. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Alternative Schemes for the Solution of the University Question in Ireland.

Author: 
[The Dublin University Defence Committee; 'the University Question in Ireland'; James Bryce (1838-1922), 1st Viscount Bryce]
Publication details: 
'No. 18.' Printed at The University Press, Dublin. [Printed for the Dublin University Defence Committee.]
£80.00

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. The Dublin University Defence Committee is nowhere mentioned, but the pamphlet is uniform with another numbered 12, which was printed for the Committee (also by the University Press). Scarce.

[Printed parliamentary paper.] National Education (Ireland). New Rules and Regulations, 1900-1. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.

Author: 
[National Education (Ireland). New Rules and Regulations, 1900-1; parliamentary papers]
Publication details: 
Dublin: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Alexander Thom & Co. (Limited), Abbey-Street. 1901.
£60.00

"Rules appliicable to all principal and assistant teachers". 9pp., crown 8vo. On aged and worn paper, with front leaf loose. Shelfmarks, labels and stamp of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

[Printed pamphlet.] Saorstát Éireann. Report of the Commission on the Relief of the Sick and Destitute Poor, including the Insane Poor.

Author: 
[Saorstát Éireann, Commission on the Relief of the Sick and Destitute Poor, including the Insane Poor]
Publication details: 
Baile Atha Cliath. Dublin. Foillsithe ag Oifig an rSolathair. Published by the Stationery Office. To be purchased through Messrs. Eason and Son, Litd., 40 and 41 Lr. O'Connell Street, Dublin. 1927.
£100.00

163pp., crown 8vo. xiv + [1] + 163pp. Stitched. In cream printed wraps. In fair condition, on lightly aged paper in worn wraps. With shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library.

[Printed pamphlet.] Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland. Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on the Educational Services in Northern Ireland. Presented by Command of His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant.

Author: 
[Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland; Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1878-1949), 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Minister of Education (Northern Ireland) from 1921 to 1926]
Publication details: 
Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed. Belfast: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office on behalf of the Government of Northern Ireland. [1922.]
£80.00

104pp., 8vo. In blue printed wraps. In fair condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples and one dogeared corner. Shelfmarks, stamps and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Scarce.

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