10 December 2013 - Rare Book Sale

#0226

Lot 1/0226

SOLD Hammer price €90

Dublin interest: Walsh (Rob.) Fingal and its Churches: A Historical Sketch, D. 1888. First, map frontis; Ball (F. Elrington) & Hamilton (E.) The Parish of Taney: A History of Dundrum, 12mo D. 1895. First, frontis; O’Duffy (R.J.) Historic Graves in Glasnevin Cemetery, D. 1915. First, fold.map frontis; & 4 others, all orig. cloth. (7)

Lot 3/0226

SOLD Hammer price €120

M’Skimin (Sam.) The History and Antiquities of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus, sm. 8vo Belfast 1811. First Edn., engd. frontis, list of subs., fold. map, & a plan & one plt. some m/ss notes at end, cont. calf, mor. label. (1)

Lot 4/0226

SOLD Hammer price €390

O’Sullivan (Thos. F.) Romantic Hidden Kerry, thick sm. 8vo Tralee 1931; also Donovan (T.M.) A Popular History of East Kerry, D. 1931. Both First Edns, illus. & cloth. V. clean copies. (2)

Lot 5/0226

SOLD Hammer price €100

Forbes (John) Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852. 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1853. First Edn., 2 litho frontis. fold. map, 2 litho. plts. & text illus., orig. cloth, recased, clean set. (2)

Lot 6/0226

SOLD Hammer price €80

Duffy’s Historical Library, 10 vols. (different titles) 16mo D. n.d., all orig. cloth. (10)

Lot 7/0226

SOLD Hammer price €190

[Hole (Dean R.)] A Little Tour in Ireland, sm. 4to L. 1859. First, lg. fold. hd. cold. engd. frontis, 4 plts. text illus., a.e.g., orig. cloth covers preserved, later crushed levant, raised bands, gilt decor. (1)

Lot 8/0226

SOLD Hammer price €100

Galway Printing: Neymo (P.A.O.) Similitude’s; or The Israelites and the Irish, sm. sq. 12mo Galway (‘Express’ Office) n.d. Sole Edn., [IV], 156pp orig. cloth. Rare. (1)

Lot 9/0226

SOLD Hammer price €45

Kilkenny: Anderson (Paris) Nooks and Corners of the County Kilkenny, 12mo Kilkenny (Moderator) 1914. Sole Edn., 150pp, recent mor. backed boards, good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 10/0226

SOLD Hammer price €100

Cooke (John) Monarchy No Creature of God’s Making, wherein is proved, by Scripture and Reason that Monarchial Government is against the Mind of God, 8vo L. 1794. VII, 112, 4pp, plus advert leaf at end, title rebacked, recent mor. backed boards. (1)

Lot 13/0226

SOLD Hammer price €150

Healy (Rev. Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County & City) Vols. I [All Published] 8vo Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) 1893. First Edn., plts. cloth; Anderson (Paris) Nooks and Corners of the County of Kilkenny, 12mo Kilkenny 1914. Sole Edn., wrappers. (2)

Lot 14/0226

SOLD Hammer price €60

Society of Friends: Grubb – Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sara Grubb, 8vo L. 1796. third, calf; & 1 other sim. (2)

Lot 15/0226

SOLD Hammer price €320

[O’Nolan (B.)] ‘Myles na Glopaleen’ – An Beal Bocht, D. [1941] First Edn., orig. decor. cold. boards; Cruiskeen Lawn, 8vo [D. 1943] First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. decor. wrapper; Mc Kenna (Rev. L.) English Irish Phrase Dictionary, D. 1911. Inscribed by Pierce Mc Can, Cashel, Tipperary Republican Leader, cloth. (3)

Lot 16/0226

SOLD Hammer price €60

Republican: Brennan – Whitmore (W.J.) With the Irish in Frongoch, D. 1917. First, frontis port. & plts., decor. wrappers; O’Faoloain (Sean) De Valera, L. (Penguin) 1939. attractive full mor. gilt, tooled gilt spine, slip case; & 2 others. (4)

Lot 17/0226

SOLD Hammer price €60

Watson Stewart – The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack, .. for 1816. Sm. 8vo D. 1816. Fold. map, cont. crimson mor.; Johnson (T.B.) The Gamekeeper’s Directory, sm. 8vo L. 1851. Second, engd. frontis, calf backed cloth; Naklah (Y.) New Manual of English and Arabic Conversation, 8vo Boulack nr. Cairo 1874, cont. hf. mor. (3)

Lot 19/0226

SOLD Hammer price €260

[Harris (W) & Smith (C.)] The Ancient and Present State of the County of Down …, with A Survey of the New Canal; as also, a New and Correct Map of the County. 8vo D. 1744. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis, recent full calf, mor. labels. V. clean copy. (1)

Lot 20/0226

SOLD Hammer price €150

Bassett (Geo. H.) Louth County Guide and Directory, 8vo D. 1886. First, adverts etc., orig. decor. cloth. (1)

Lot 21/0226

SOLD Hammer price €85

Seymour (St. John D.) The Succession of Parochial Clergy in the United Diocese of Cashel and Emly, sm 8vo D. 1908. First, cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 22/0226

SOLD Hammer price €190

[Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin)] Through Connemara in a Governess Cart, L. 1893. First Edn., illus. & plts. orig. cold. decor. cloth. (1)

Lot 23/0226

SOLD Hammer price €290

[Swifte (Jonathan)] Orrery (John Earl,) Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, Sm. 8vo L. 1752. Third Edn., port. frontis, advert leaf at end; [Delaney (Dr. P.)] Observations upon Lord Orrery’s Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, sm. 8vo D. 1754. First Dublin Edn., both cont. calf. (2)

Lot 24/0226

SOLD Hammer price €90

Windele (J.) Historical and Descriptive Notices of the City of Cork and its Vicinity, sm. 8vo Cork 1848. New & Enlarged Edn., frontis & illus. attractive hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good. (1)