26 September 2012 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale
#0220
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
26 September 2012 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale
#0220
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Lot 21/0220
Some Dublin Printings: Blair (H.) Sermons, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1790; Reeve (J.) The History of the Old and New Testament, 8vo D. 1782; Seed (J.) Discourses on Several Important Subjects, 3 vols. D. 1746; & 5 others, all cont. calf. (11)
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Lot 22/0220
Murphy (Richard) Sailing to An Island, L. 1963. Signed by Author; also Heaney (S.) Door into the Dark, L. 1969. Reprint both orig. d.w.’s. (2)
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Lot 23/0220
Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, L. 1983, and Station Island, L. 1984, both paperbacks; also District and Circle, L. 2006, with orig. d.w. All First Edns.; & North, L. 1975, paperback. (4)
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Lot 24/0220
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 8vo L. (Bloomsbury) 1999. First Edn., pict. cold. boards & sim., d.w. Good. (1)
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Lot 25/0220
Association Copy
De Lolme (J.L.) The Constitution of England, or An Account of the English Government, 8vo D. 1776. Fourth Edn., hf. title, cont. tree calf, raised bands, mor. label.
* Inscribed ‘Rev. Patrick Murray, Maynooth College, September 24th, 1835,’ author & former President of Maynooth College. (1)More details › -
Lot 26/0220
Bacon (Sir F.) The Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral of Sir Francis Bacon, 8vo L. 1701., cont. panel calf, binding loosening. (1)
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Lot 27/0220
Dennehy (Rev. H.E.) & Coleman (J.) History of Queenstown Co. Cork. Cork 1923, Second, illus.; Seymour (St. John D.) True Irish Ghost Stories, D. 1926; Dowling (P.J.) the Hedge Schools of Ireland, L. 1935, First, d.w.; & 3 others. (6)
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Lot 28/0220
Signed by Author
Heaney (Seamus) Field Work, 8vo L. 1983; also North, L. 1981, Both Signed by the Author, orig. ptd. wrappers; also Murphy (Richard) Sailing to An island, L. 1963, Second, d.w.; Ormsby (F.)ed. The Collected Poems of John Hewitt, Belfast 1991, d.w. (4)More details › -
Lot 29/0220
[Mangan (J. Clarence)] Mitchel (John) Poems of James Clarence Mangan, 8vo N. York 1881. Inscribed on t.p. to ‘Charlotte O’Brien 1882,’ cloth; also volume on Irish Language, lacks title, hf. mor. (2)
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Lot 30/0220
Bodkin (Tho.) Four Irish Landscape Painters, 4to D. & L. 1920. First Edn., illus. orig. buckram.
* Important with details and list of works by Geo. Barret, James A. O’Connor, Walter F. Osborne, & Nat. Hone. (1)More details › -
Lot 31/0220
Vallancey (Maj. Ch.) A Chorographical Description of the County of Westmeath, 8vo D. 1774. plus 2 others Numbers from Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus, 1 fold. plt., lacks fold. map, calf, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 32/0220
Waterford interest: Downey (Ed.) The Story of Waterford, 8vo Waterford 1914, First, illus., cloth; Smith (Ch.) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo Waterford 2008 Lim. Edn. 259 (600) Signed by Editor, cloth & d.w.; Talor (Andy) Tramore of Long Ago, roy 8vo Waterford 1996. Lim. Edn. Signed, d.w.; & 7 other items. As a lot. (10)
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Lot 33/0220
Bibliography: Crone (John S.) A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography, L. 1928 First, later cloth; Keaney (Marian) Westmeath Authors, Mullingar 1969, Signed by Author, d.w.; O’Hanrahan (B.) Donegal Authors, A Bibliography, D. 1982, d.w.; Lynam (E.W.) The Irish Character in Print, N.Y. 1969, cloth. (4)
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Lot 34/0220
Dublin Charities: Williams (G.D.) Dublin Charities being a Handbook of Dublin Philanthropic Organisations and Charities, 8vo D. n.d. c. 1902. FIRST EDN. THUS, adverts front & back, some L.S.s., orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 35/0220
O’Rourke (Rev. J.) The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847, D. 1875. First Edn.,; Ussher (R.J.) & Warren (R.) The Birds of Ireland, L. 1900, First, cold. frontis; O’Hart (J.) Irish Pedigrees, D. 1881; & 1 other all cloth. (4)
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Lot 36/0220
Hamitlon (Capt. Alex) A New Account of the East-Indies, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1744. 7 fold. maps, & 6 plts. (5 fold.), some loose, B. Plates of Lord Power and Curraghmore, cont. calf. (2)
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Lot 37/0220
Bindings: Lampriere (J.) A Classical Dictionary and Universal Biography, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1808 & 1815, cont. unifrom calf; Smiles (S.) Lives of Boulton and Watt, 8vo L. 1865. First Edn., engd. ports. plts. & illus., v. fine full tan mor., gilt, profusely gilt spine; The Works of William Shakespeare, thick 8vo L. 1874. Port. frontis, a.e.g., full cont. crimson mor., tooled gilt decor; & 3 others sim. V. good. (7)
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Lot 38/0220
Trees & Forests: English Forests and Forest Trees, L. 1853. First, plts. & text illus.; Forbes (A.C.) English Estate Forests, L. 1904, First; Webster (A.D.) Tree Wounds and Diseases, Their Prevention and Treatment… Chapter on Fruit Trees. 8vo L. 1916. First; and Pratt (Anne) Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, L.n.d. cold. plts., all cloth. (4)
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Lot 39/0220
Travel: The Traveller’s New Guide Through Ireland, 8vo D. 1815. First Edn., engd. frontis. fold. map (rebacked), fold. map of Killarney, engd. plt. view, & 10pps. of maps, cont. hf. mor. Good. (1)
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Lot 40/0220
Natural History: Praeger (Rob. Lloyd) The Way That I Went, An Irishman in Ireland. roy 8vo D. 1937. First, illus., uncut, cloth, v. good copy; 4 othres same subject. (6)
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