15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 21/0237

Heaney (Seamus) District and Circle, L. 2006; and Human Chain, L. 2010, Both First Edns., orig. d.w.’s., v. clean. (2)

Lot 22/0237

Illustrations by Norah Mc Guinness

Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Red Hanrihan and The Secret Rose, roy 8vo L. 1927. First Edn. cold. frontis & 1 other plt., orig. gilt decor. cloth; Edgeworth (Maria) Castle Rackrent and The Absentee, L. 1904. Illus., cont. hf. mor. by Sotheran; also Wilde (Sir W.) Loch Corrib, & Boyne and Blackwater, D. 1938 & 1949, d.w.’s All clean copies. (4)

Lot 23/0237

Irish Binding: Livy (T. Patavi) Historiae Romanae, 7 vols. in 4, 8vo D. 1862. attractive T.C.D. Prize Binding, diced calf, gilt fillet borders with oval armorial, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels. V. good. (4)

Lot 24/0237

Grove (Joseph) The Lives of All The Earls and Dukes of Devonshire, Descended from the Renowned Sir William Cavendish, 8vo L. 1764. For The Author First Edn., engd. port. frontis, cont. calf, mor. label; Gaskin (J.J.) Varieties of Irish History, D. 1869. First, 4 litho plts. (include. frontis) & fold. map at end, cloth; 4 other Irish interest. A lot. (5)

Lot 25/0237

Tyner (George) The Traveller’s Guide through Ireland, 8vo D. 1794. First Edn., hf. title, & fold. map, cont. hf. calf, cover loose, otherwise good. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 26/0237

[O’Connor (Charles)] Dissertations on the Ancient History of Ireland, 8vo D. (James Henry) 1753. First Edn., 12pp list of subs., lg. fold. map, & fold. table, first few leaves damp stain, cont. full calf, lacks label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 27/0237

Sproule (John) A Treatise on Agriculture suited to the Soil and Climate of Ireland, 8vo D. 1839. First, some text illus.; Doyle (Martin) [Rev. Hickey], A Cyclopedia of Practical Husbandry and Rural Affairs in General, L. 1844. New Edn., text illus., both orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 28/0237

Co. Sligo: Wood-Martin (W.G.) History of Sligo, County Town, 3 vols. D. 1882 – 92. Reprint Sligo 1990. Lim. Edn. No. 1 (800), illus. cloth & d.w.s.; O’Rorke (T.)D.D. The History of Sligo: Town and County, 2 vols. D. n.d. Reprint Sligo 1986, maps & illus., buckram, gilt. (5)

Lot 29/0237

Knox (Hubert Thos.) The History of the County of Mayo, roy 8vo D. 1908. First Edn., fold. maps, orig. cloth, gilt. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 30/0237

With Hand-Coloured Plates

Ferrar (John) A View of Ancient and Modern Dublin, with its Improvements to the Year 1796. To which is added A Tour to Bellevue… . Bound with A Tour from Dublin to London in 1795, 8vo D. 1796. First Edn., hd. cold. frontis & 9 engd. plts. (8 hd. cold.), uncut, later calf backed boards. (1)

Lot 31/0237

Clare Genealogy: [Mc Namara (N.C.)] The Story of An Irish Sept, Their Character & Struggle to maintain their lands in Clare. 8vo L. 1896. First Edn., frontis & other plts. maps, & pedigrees, cloth; O’Donoghue (John) Historical Memoir of the O’Briens, D. 1860, cloth, stained. (2)

Lot 32/0237

Brewer (J.N.) The Beauties of Ireland, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1825. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis & 22 engd. views, uncut, boards (1 vol. split); Northern Antiquities: or, A Description .. of the Ancient Danes, 2 vols. L. 1770, tree calf, dam. (4)

Lot 33/0237

Kilkenny interest: Burtchaell (Geo. Dames) Genealogical Memoirs of the Members of Parliament for the County and City of Kilkenny, 8vo D. 1888. First Edn., later cloth; Healy (Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City), Vol. I [All Published] First Edn., litho plts., cloth. (2)

Lot 34/0237

Newman (J. Henry Card.) Apologia Pro Vita Sua: 8vo L. 1864. First Edn. in Bk. Form, a.e.g., cont. tooled gilt calf; also copy of No. 90 Tracts for The Times, 8vo L. 1841, sewn, wrappers. (2)

Lot 35/0237

D’Alton (John) Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James’s Irish Army List (1689) 2 vols. 8vo D. n.d. Second Edn. Enlarged For Subscribers, orig. cloth, good. (2)

Lot 36/0237

Mountmorres (Rt. Hon. Ld.) The History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament from the Year 1634 to 1666, 2 vols. L. 1792. First Edn., fine tree calf, mor. labels. Good. (2)

Lot 37/0237

Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols. (Complete) 8vo L. 1849. First Edn., cloth. (4)

Lot 38/0237

1798: The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1795. 8vo L. 1800. Contains a large amount of detail on Rebellion of 1798 in Ireland, hf. calf; The History of Ireland from the Earliest Authentic Accounts. By the Editors of the Modern Universal History. D. 1784, recent mor. backed boards. (2)

Lot 39/0237

Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre, roy 8vo L. & Stratford-upon-Avon 1911. First Edn., frontis, uncut, cloth backed boards; also Poems, L. 1912, port. frontis, gilt decor. cloth; Essays, L. 1924, First, cloth; Gregory (Lady A.) Poets and Dreamers, Studies & Translations form The Irish, D. & N.Y. 1903, cloth backed boards. (4)

Lot 40/0237

Irish Maps: Co. Kerry – Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Kerry, Dublin c. 1840, hd. coloured, folding linen backed map, approx. 65cms x 97cms (25 1/2″ x 38 1/4″0, in cloth slip case; Co. Mayo – Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Mayo, hand coloured linen backed folding map, approx. 65cms x 97cms, D. c. 1840; 2 Ordnance Survey folding linen backed maps, one hand coloured of Dublin Co. & Bay, the other of Co. Kildare, c. 1838. As maps, w.a.f. Good. (4)