by Elodie Leveque & Louise O’Connor, Conservation Conservators love knowing how a book was put together, and recently, we had the opportunity to examine a very interesting item. Despite being in good condition, the book needed some minor conservation treatment. But first, by closely examining the binding and the inner structure normally hidden from our […]
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1669,
Anton Bruodinus,
Binding,
Case,
Conservation,
Conservators,
Core,
Cover flaps,
Cross-over beading,
Elodie Leveque,
Fr. Anthony Broidin,
Head,
Headbands,
Hygroscopic,
Initial letter,
Irish College,
Limp vellum,
Linen thread,
Louise O'Connor,
Martyrdom,
Octavo,
Pastedown,
Plant-fibre Cords,
Prague,
Propugnaculum Catholicæ Veritatis,
Tail,
Textblock,
Vellum
by Máire Ní Chonalláin, Assistant Keeper II The Samuel Beckett Collection which belonged to the author’s London bookseller friend, Alan Clodd, has been catalogued. We were fortunate enough to acquire this collection in 2006. The private collection of the Nobel prize-winner’s work is highly regarded as it contains virtually all of Beckett’s works in first […]
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Alan Clodd,
Beckett Clodd Collection,
Bookseller,
Calder & Boyers,
Critique,
Dublin,
École Normale Supérieur,
Enitharmon Press,
First editions,
Galley proofs,
Grove Press,
J. & W. Beckett,
James Joyce,
Les Éditions de Minuit,
Les Lettres Nouvelles,
Les Temps Modernes,
Máire Ní Chonalláin,
National Library of Ireland,
National Museum of Ireland,
Nobel Laureate,
Paris,
Portora Royal School,
Proof copies,
Résistance,
Samuel Beckett,
Samuel Beckett Collection,
South King Street,
Thomas McGreevy,
Transition,
Trinity College Dublin,
William Beckett
by Áine Finegan, Reference Team Student The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching with the one-hundredth anniversary of both her maiden voyage and demise in April 2012. The NLI has some fascinating online resources for gaining an Irish perspective on this disaster which continues to intrigue us today. The story of […]
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1916 Rising,
Áine Finegan,
Ballads,
Centenaries,
Daniel Buckley,
Easter Rising,
HCPP,
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers,
Irish Newspaper Archives,
Jeremiah Burke,
John Redmond,
Le Petit Journal,
Newspapers,
Online Resources,
Parliamentary Papers,
Reference Team Student,
Roger Casement,
Senan Molony,
Sunday Independent,
The Irish Aboard Titanic,
Titanic
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