Dublin of the Future. The New Town Plan. Being the Scheme Awarded the Prize in the International Competition. Volume One of the Publications of the Civic Institute of Ireland. Liverpool: University Press 1922. First Edition. Pp xvi, 58 (with plates & maps). Rebound in yellow cloth boards; scattered spotting to text, old tape repair to a few of the folds (maps) otherwise a nice bright copy.

Illustrated with thirty-five plates and five folded coloured maps of the city. Frontispiece by Harry Clarke entitled ‘The late hour of the night’ depicting a ghoul presiding over the destruction of Dublin.

The work outlines a visionary approach to urban planning for Dublin, focusing on improving the city’s infrastructure, aesthetics, and overall functionality.

A second volume ‘The Dublin Civic Survey Report’ Prepared by Horace T. O’Rourke and the Dublin Civic Survey Committee, was published in 1925. It includes a foreword by Abercrombie in which he expresses the hope that his plan and O’Rourke sequel volume would serve as the basis for a final plan that would foreshadow the growth of the city for the remaining three-quarters of the twentieth century.