Vanishing Dublin by Flora Mitchell (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. x+102pp, 50 colour illustrations, a fine copy in a slightly edge rubbed dustjacket, more so to the top edge, small brown mark to the top L of the upper dustjacket panel. A series of 50 paintings ( some copies are listed as having 100 illustrations - this is incorrect, 100 on the list of illustrations refers to the relevant page number ) of old Dublin architecture, much of which had disappeared even at the time when this book was printed. The plates used to produce the illustrations were not kept after the initial print run of just 600 copies. Flora Mitchell (1890 - 1973) was an American-born Irish artist. 850 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Water colours of Dublin architecture by the U.S- born, Irish painter (1890-1973]. Intro by The Earl of Wicklow. 600 copies were printed, many were broken up for sale of individuals prints. The green cloth hardcover is in nice shape, except for slight foxing on upper pages edge and minor paper fragments left on inside front cover where a paste-down label was removed. The DJ (VG- to VG condition) has minor rubbing to corners and edges with few tiny tears. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Flora Mitchell (illustrator). 1st Edition. 100 pages. 4to. First and only edition; the plates were destroyed after printing. A glimpse of old Dublin with fifty full colour plates and an introduction by the Earl of Wicklow. Original green cloth with gilt titled spine. Dust jacket has shelf wear and some tears along top edge. Some age marks along edges of pages but the interior is spotless. Reputedly many of the 600 copies of this book have subsequently been broken up for the prints which were then sold individually, thus making Vanishing Dublin highly collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An enchanting record of 50 acclaimed watercolour plates of Georgian Dublin, including alleyways, courts, bridges, narrow streets, and elegant public buildings. Many of these have since disappeared. The plates are prepared by the author to the right with informative text to the left. Only 600 copies of the book were ever printed. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Introduction written by the Earl of Wicklow. Overall this large format book is in excellent condition and scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 100pp. 1966. First edition. 4to. large. A scarce book that fairly regularly pops up at auction and can sometimes make considerably in excess of what I am asking for this copy. Original publisher's black boards - gilt embossed to the spine. 100 lovely colour plates after Flora H. Mitchell with accompanying text. A very good plus copy in very good jacket. No inscriptions. A bump to the upper rear board corner and a slight bump to the upper front board corner. A light bump to the head of the spine. The jacket hasn't been price-clipped. Two short tears to the peripheries have been repaired to the verso with what appear to be strips of sellotape (no browning). There are also a couple of slight nicks to the head / tail of the spine of the jacket, which appear to have been repaired with tiny strips of archival tape. Light rubbing to the jacket - head and tail of the spine and a tiny strip of rubbing close to the 'A' of vanishing. A very good plus copy in very good jacket of a book that has a rare virtue - intrinisc value.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket condition: Good - there is some liquid / water staining etc to top of spine at front left and to top of back DJ as depicted but book contents completely unaffected. A very important rendition of Georgian Dublin, much of which is now gone. Only 600 copies of this book were printed; it incorporates an Introduction by the Earl of Wicklow.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover, dark green covers are fine; gilt spine lettering bright; no dust wrapper; 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", book near fine - all text and images are fine and clear, personal bookplate on inside cover and a price clip at top right of endpaper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE, X,101 pages with 50 color plates prepared by the author to the right with text to the left. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Introduction by the Earl of Wicklow. Illustrated in color by the author. Quarto. ix, 101pp. Light foxing to the page edges and a tiny bit of tanning on the endleaves else fine in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of foxing and creasing at the crown. Inscribed by Mitchell to a couple, "To remember Dublin as they knew it." Fifty of Mitchell's critically acclaimed watercolors of Dublin are reproduced here along with descriptions. Only 600 copies were printed and the plates used to reproduce the paintings were destroyed shortly after. A beautiful copy.

Condition: Now Scarce. First. p.p. x - 101. Fifty fine colour plates after the artist's watercolours of her beloved capital city. Many of the buildings captured in this enchanting record have now disappeared. She could be said to be the visual equivalent of Joyce who captured the essence of Dublin in his monumental Ulysses. Fine pictorial D.J.

Condition: Scarve V.G. First. pp. x - 101. Fifty fine colour plates after the artist's watercolours of the city. Many of the buildings captured by the artist have disappeared. Pictorial D.J.

First Edition. 8v0. 100pp. With an Introduction by The Earl of Wicklow. Large vo. 101pp. illustrated with 50 superb colour plates of many streets and places in Dublin in 1966. Flora Mitchell was an American born Irish Artist chiefly remembered for her superb paintings of Dublin. Fine copy in a good dustwrapper. " The rosy patchwork quilts of our streets are gradually falling to the ground, and to walk in Dublin brings the realization that soon it must become just another city of concrete and glass, colourless and sterotyped. Already modern buildings rise elegantly above the many-hued kaleidoscope below, and as the familiar scenes must soon be swept away into limbo, let us take a walk in fancy through our well-loved city. No need to leave our chair by the fire, we can weave ourselves a tapestry from the threads of yesterday and today, threads of what we have seen, have heard, have read, or even dreamed." A Scarce book and a Very Beautiful Collector's Item as is sung "The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes, that once was Dublin City,in the rare ould times." Signed by Flora Mitchell.