All Graduates & Gentlemen: Marsh's Library.
McCarthy, Muriel. All Graduates & Gentlemen: Marsh's Library. Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1980. 239 pp. Hardcover fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription "for John O'Brien/ With best wishes/ Muriel McCarthy/ 15 October 1981" to half-title page. Internally clean. A near fine copy. $50. * Contents: Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713); Marsh's Library; Incunabula and Other Early Printings; Famous Books. Keeper of Marsh's Library in Dublin, and a Roman Catholic, the distinguished author Muriel McCarthy (1931-2021) was probably presenting this copy to a fellow prominent Catholic in Dublin: the renowned conductor, organist, and priest John O'Brien (1931-2008), founder of the Glasnevin Musical Society.
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