2 April 2014 - Rare Book Sale

#0228

Lot 1/0228

SOLD Hammer price €340

Co. Donegal: Shrubsole (Edgar S.) Picturesque Donegal: It’s Mountains, Rivers and Lakes, L. 1908; also The Lane of Lakes, L. 1906. Both Firsts, fold. maps, plts. decor. cloth; Swan (H. Percival) The Book of Inishowen, Buncrana 1938. First, illus. thro.-out, cloth & 1 other. (4)

Lot 3/0228

SOLD Hammer price €70

Killarney: Wright (G.N.) A Guide to the Lakes of Killarney, 12mo L. 1822. First, engd. map, & 5 engd. plts. orig. cloth; Croker (T. Crofton) Legends of Killarney, L. n.d. lacks title; Ballantyne (R.M.) The Lakes of Killarney, 12mo L. 1865, cold. plts.; & 3 others sim. (6)

Lot 4/0228

SOLD Hammer price €30

Gill (Capt. N.J.) The Flyer’s Guide, L. 1917; Practical Flying – Complete Flying, L. 1918, others sim.; Johnson (T.B.) The Gamekeepers Directory, sm. 8vo L. 1851; & 1 other sim. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 6/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Dublin & Wicklow Guides: Whammond (G.K.) Illustrated Guide for Visitors to Dublin and Wicklow, 12mo D. 1864, maps & illus, cloth; also later edn. of same, 1878; also Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Dublin and Wicklow, 12mo D. 1853, engd. frontis, hd. cold. map, & illus., cloth. (3)

Lot 9/0228

SOLD Hammer price €70

Coloured Plates: Allan’s Naturalist’s Library, 5 vols. 8vo L. 1894 – 97. including British Birds, Game Birds, Butterflies, & Moths. Numerous cold. plts., orig. cloth backed boards. As a lot. (5)

Lot 10/0228

SOLD Hammer price €340

Complete File of Rare Magazines

Periodical: The Kilkenny Magazine, An All-Ireland Literary Review, No’s 1 – 18 (in 16) 8vo Kilkenny 1960 – 1970, Complete Set, orig. ptd. wrappers. Very good.
* Contributors include H. Butler, F. Mc Manus, J.B. Keane, J. Montague, T. Kinsella, F. Mc Evoy, B. Kennelly, B. Mac Mahon, Kate O’Brien, Ben Kiely, B. Friel, Pearse Hutchinson, F. O’Conor, P. Kavanagh, etc. etc. (16)

Lot 11/0228

SOLD Hammer price €160

Irish Diaspore: O’Donnell (Elliot) The Irish Abroad, L. 1915; Handley (J.E.) The Irish in Modern Scotland, Cork 1947; O’Boyle (Rev. Canon) The Irish Colleges on the Continent, D. 1935; The Irish Nuns at Ypres, L. 1915; Giblin (Fr. C.) Irish Franciscan Mission to Scotland 1619 – 1646, D. 1964; & 1 other. (6)

Lot 12/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) Dan Russell The Fox, L. 1911; French Leave, L. 1928; In Mr. Knox’s country, L. 1915, illus.; Further Experiences of an Irish R.M., L. 1908; The Sweet Cry of Hounds, L. 1936, illus.; The Big House of Inver, L. 1925. All First Edns., ; & 2 others. (8)

Lot 13/0228

SOLD Hammer price €300

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, L. 1956, First Edn., stained, orig. d.w. repaired; also On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, L. 1963. First Edn., d.w. stained. (2)

Lot 14/0228

SOLD Hammer price €140

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, L. 2003; also Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, L. 2005; and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, L. 2007 All First Edns., all with pict. d.w.’s. (3)

Lot 15/0228

SOLD Hammer price €80

Bassett (Geo. H.) The Book of Antrim, 8vo D. 1888. First Edn. fold. map cold. in outline, adverts etc. orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 16/0228

SOLD Hammer price €240

[Dunlevy (Rev. A.)] An Tagasg Criosduidhe de Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha, 8vo Paris 1742. First Edn. LV, 518pp text in Irish & English, cont. mottled calf needs restoration. (1)

Lot 17/0228

SOLD Hammer price €190

[Wilson (W.)] The Post-Chaise Companion or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. 1786. First Edn. engd. frontis & title lg. fold. map, list of subs., dble page map & 2 dble page plts., cont. calf, mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 18/0228

SOLD Hammer price €300

With 8 Coloured Illustrations

Gregory (Lady A.) The Kiltartan Wonder Book, sm. 4to D. n.d. Sole Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis & 7 other cold. plts. illus. by Margaret Gregory, uncut, orig. decor. pict. cloth. Rare. V. good copy.
* Margaret Gregory was the wife of Lady Gregory’s only child who was killed in W.W.1, & immortalized by W.B. Yeats in his famous poem “An Irish Airman…” (1)

Lot 19/0228

SOLD Hammer price €90

Cogan (Rev. A.) The Diocese of Meath Ancient and Modern, 3 vols. roy 8vo D. (Four Courts Press) 1992 Reprint; also Vols. II & III (ex. 3) of Original Edition, D. 1867 & 1870, cloth. (5)

Lot 20/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

Military: Leech (A. Blennerhassett) Irish Riflemen in America, L. & N.Y. 1875. Frontis, fold. map, & cold. & other plts. gilt cloth; Calvert (H.) General Regulations and Orders, 8vo L. 1811, cont. calf, rebacked. (2)

Lot 22/0228

SOLD Hammer price €40

Binding: Johnston (George) A History of the British Zoophytes, 8vo Edin. 1838. First, engd. dedit. & 45 engd. plts. Cont. full calf prize binding for ‘Carmichael, Premium – Richmond Hospital School of Medicine’. Good. (1)

Lot 24/0228

SOLD Hammer price €180

Fitzpatrick (B.M.) Irish Sport and Sportsmen, D. 1879, New Edn., orig. photo frontis., cloth; Grattan Esmonde (Sir T.H.) Hunting Memories of Many Lands, Lond. 1925, frontispiece and numerous plates, uncut, orig. decor. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 27/0228

SOLD Hammer price €80

O’Leary (Joseph) The Law of Statutable Composition for Tithes in Ireland, D. 1834. First, recent calf backed, orig. ptd. boards. (1)

Lot 28/0228

SOLD Hammer price €40

O’Connell (Daniel) – Eight works on O’Connell by R. Moley, A. MacIntyre, L. J. Mc Caffrey, & others. A lot. (8)