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An Extremely Rare Antique Hardy Brass Face Perfect “Specimen” Reel, c.5.25in and signed “B” (presumably either Alfred or Freddie Broadley), contained within a solid leather reel case, stamped P. D. Mallock Perth. An exceptional piece for the discerning collector and angler, this antique Hardy Brass Face Perfect Reel is a true rarity. Measuring approximately 5.25 inches, this exquisite reel exemplifies the craftsmanship and heritage of Hardy, a name synonymous with superior angling equipment.
21st August 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
17th July 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
26th June 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Stoker (Bram)The Duties of Clerks of the Petty Sessions in Ireland, first edition, interleaved copy with manuscript notations, 8vo, Dublin, 1879. Stoker's second published work, a textbook and a product of his brief career in the Irish Civil Service. Rare
29th May 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Irish Rebellion, 1916. Picture Postcard - Sinn Fein Rebel Leaders Under Arrest "Major" McBride (central figure nearest camera) being marched off under escort. Un-used
1st May 2024 from 6:30pm
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Seamus Heaney. Eleven Poems. 1965. Published by Festival Publications, Belfast. Heaney's first book, this being the first edition , third impression. Loosely inserted signed note "Seamus Heaney - Manchester 1973" Housed in a custom made solander box. Rare in such pristine condition
17th April 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Original "Only The Finest Oporto Wines", "Shipped by Campbell and Menzies", "Imported by Fitzgerald & Company, Dublin", Enamel Advertising Sign, c.40in x 60in
20th March 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
[rare report on activities of the IRA, Blueshirts etc.] Confidential Office of the Minister for Justice. Departmental Notes on Events 1st January 31st December 1940, with several appendices including an Appendix [O] on events prior to 1st January 1931. Copies of these Notes are issued only to responsible officers by name. Each such officer will treat his copy as an Official Document. Appendix A. Republican Congress Movement 1934-1936. Secretary. Circa 500 pages of detailed information mostly unavailable elsewhere. According to one researcher, the documentation relied on intelligence, sometimes faulty from the Special Branch. ‘Nevertheless they are an exhaustive record of the years following the establishment of the state. Relatively few copies of these handbooks were produced and they were not given to every cabinet minister. Six copies of the ‘Notes on events 1931-1941’ had been distributed, while ‘Notes on IRA activities’ had a circulation of ten
21st February 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Jack B Yeats: Elkin Matthews, London, [1901]. Chap Book, foolscap octavo, in original printed brown wrappers, hand-coloured. Matthews published three such miniature plays of Yeats'of which James Flaunty was the most successful.
24th January 2024 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Ends 4th January 2024 from 6pm
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
W. B. Yeats Poems 1899-1905. London 1906. 1st. Original decorative blue cloth. Inscribed by Yeats on end paper "Miss Davigh from your friend the writer" Book plate of Dorothy M. Gladstone. Yeats has also written 5 lines in pencil of page 9 in relation to his work "The Shadowy Waters".
6th December 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
An M Rogan, Makers, Ballyshannon (Co Donegal), heavy 4.5in all brass salmon Reel
29th November 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
8th November 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford by Rev. R. H. Ryland. With an account of the present state of the peasantry of that part of the South of Ireland. London: Murray, 1824. large folding coloured map of Waterford plus plates, some folding. lovely copy in original boards on quarter cloth
11th October 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
13th September 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
16th August 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
5th July 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
7th June 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Yeats, W.B. Secret Rose. 1897. 1st. From the library of John Mills with his bookplate. 1st/1st. Lawrence & Bullen at the base of the spine. Original dark blue cloth with elaborate gilt design by Althea Gyles to the upper cover and spine. Gilt bright. Signed by Mary Mills.
10th May 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
Robert Bloch – Psycho. Published by Robert Hale, 1960. First UK edition, First printing. In striking jacket. Laid in is an original photo from the 70s taken of Robert Bloch at a author book signing, this has been signed by the author Robert Bloch. Basis for the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock staring Anthony Perkins in his infamous role as Norman Bates.
19th April 2023 from 10am
Co Offaly, PSRA Licence 003670
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