Tara Towers Hotel, Dublin
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Lot 278/0301
SOLD Hammer price €400
[Hayes (Samuel)] M.R. I.A. A Practical Treatise on Planting and the Management of Woods and Coppices, sm. 8vo D. (Wm. Sleater) 1794 First Edn., engd. t.p., dedit, engd., vignettes through-out, 4 plts. (1 fold. with tear) advert leaf at end, later calf backed marble boards. Clean copy. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 279/0301
SOLD Hammer price €400
Cooper (George) Letters on The Irish Nation Written during a Visit to that Kingdom, in the Autumn of the Year 1799. First Edn., XVIII, 201pp cont. hf. calf, mor. label. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 280/0301
SOLD Hammer price €240
R.I.C.: Curtis (Robert) The History of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Sm. 8vo D. 1869. First Edn. XIV, 195pp orig. gilt decor. cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 281/0301
SOLD Hammer price €550
Maps: Stanford (Ed.) Map of China, Prepared for the China Inland Mission 1899. Lg. fold. linen backed map, full colour, approx. 37 1/2″ x 47″; also The Crisis in South Africa – The Orange Free State, the Southern Part of The South African Republic … 1899, Lg. linen backed folding map, cold. in outline, L. 1899, approx. 27″ x 39″, in cloth folder. Both good. (2)
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Lot 282/0301
SOLD Hammer price €660
Fine 19th Century Gilt Decorated BindingsBindings: Gilfillan (Rev. Geo.)ed. Poets [of England] 48 vols. roy 8vo Edinburgh (James Nichol) 1850 – 1860, hf. titles, all in uniform purple mor., tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands. All in fine condition. A very attractive set. As bindings. (48)
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Lot 283/0301
SOLD Hammer price €700
Fifth Printing of UlyssesJoyce (James) Ulysses, 4to Paris (Shakespeare and Company) 1924, Fifth Printing, original reverse printing wrappers (duck egg blue text on cream), [additional corrections at back] covered in later protective cloth with mor. label, in custom made clam box, with gilt lettering. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 284/0301
SOLD Hammer price €420
First U.K. Trade EditionJoyce (James) Ulysses, 8vo L. (John Lane, Bodley Head) 1937, First U.K. Trade Edition, orig. green cloth, gilt decorated homeric bow on front cover, orig. d.j., (clipped not affecting price) in custom made clam box. Clean Copy. (1)* The last publication of Ulysses in Joyce’s lifetime.
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Lot 285/0301
SOLD Hammer price €250
Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, 4to L. (Hodder and Stoughton) 1900. First Edn., hf. title, t.e.g. edges untrimmed, original gilt decor. blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. Wade 30. (1)
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Lot 286/0301
SOLD Hammer price €80
Brown (Christy) Down All the Days, 8vo L. (Secker & Warburg) 1970. First Edn.; also Down All the Days, N.Y. 1970. Second; and A Shadow on Summer, L. (Secker & Warburg) 1974. First Edn., all cloth & orig. d.w.’s. Good. (3)
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Lot 287/0301
SOLD Hammer price €140
The Author’s First BookBrown (Christy) My Left Foot, 8vo L. (Secker & Warburg) 1954. First English Edn., frontis & illus., orig. red cloth & pict. d.w.; also My Left Foot, L. (Simon & Schuster) 1955. First American Edn., cloth backed boards, & orig. d.w., both unclipped. Good. (2)
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Lot 288/0301
SOLD Hammer price €110
A Superb CopyMoore (George) Celibates, 8vo L. (Walter Scott) 1895. First Edition, pp [8] + 559, + [1] + cat. 8pp, t.e.g., orig. red cloth, gilt lettered upr. cover & spine, copy with later cloth wrap & qtr. mor. slipcase. A pristine copy. (1)
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Lot 289/0301
SOLD Hammer price €140
Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ Voices of the Stones, L. 1925, First Edn., unopened; Vale and other Poems, L. 1931. First Edn., Limited to 1500 Copies; Song and its Fountains, L. 1932 First Edn., orig. ptd. d.w.; The Avatars, A Futurist Fantasy. L. 1933. Dedit to W.B. Yeats. First Edn., orig. ptd. d.w. All orig. gilt lettered blue cloth. V. good. (4)
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Lot 290/0301
SOLD Hammer price €260
First American & Second English EditionsO’Brien (Flann) At Swim Two-Birds, N. York (Pantheon) 1939. First American Edn., cloth backed yellow boards, orig. black printed yellow d.w., soiled and with head & foot of spine worn with loss; also Second English Edition of same, L. (MacGibbon & Kee) 1960. Black boards, gilt lettering, orig. green d.w., v. good. (2)
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Lot 291/0301
SOLD Hammer price €210
Mc Gahern (John) Night-Lines, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1970, First Edn., cloth and d.j.; Getting Through, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1978, First Edn., Signed by the Author, cloth and d.j., clean copies. (2)
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Lot 292/0301
SOLD Hammer price €190
O’Donnell (Peader) Storm (A Story of the Irish War), 8vo D. (The Talbot Press) [1925], First, Signed by the Author, cloth, clean copy. (1)
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Lot 293/0301
SOLD Hammer price €160
The Author’s First Novel with The Proof CopyYeats (Jack B.) The Amaranthers, L. (Heinemann) 1936. First Edn., orig. blue cloth, & decorated and coloured d.w.; Proof Copy of same work, L. 1936, in orig. ptd. wrappers, good pair; also In Sand, A Play with The Green Wave. 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1964. First Edn., vellum backed boards, & d.w. (3)
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Lot 294/0301
SOLD Hammer price €120
Donleavy (J.P.) The Gingerman, 8vo Paris (The Olympia Press) ‘The Travellers Companion Series’, original green cloth, red end papers, decorative d.j. Clean Copy. (1)
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Lot 295/0301
SOLD Hammer price €420
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, 8vo, L. (Johnathan Cape) 1961, First Edn., publishers cloth with blind design of skeleton head on front cover, gilt lettered spine, original d.j. (designed by Richard Chopping) clipped (not effecting price) clean; You Only Live Twice, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape) 1964, First Edn., publishers, cloth, gilt lettered Chinese Script on front cover, silver lettered spine, original dj., (design by Richard Chopping) clipped (not affecting price) clean copies. (2)
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Lot 296/0301
SOLD Hammer price €100
Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, 8vo N.Y. (The Viking Press) 1949, First Edn., original orange cloth, facsimile d.j., clean copy. (1)
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Lot 297/0301
SOLD Hammer price €200
Signed Limited EditionOrmsby (F.)ed. Heaney (S.) & Carson (C.) The Blackbird’s Nest, An Anthology of Poetry from Queens University Belfast, 8vo Belfast (The Black Staff Press) 2003, Signed Limited Edn., No. 198 (250) copies, mor. backed boards, slip case. Clean Copy. (1)
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