SOLD Hammer price €100
Cornwall: Stockdale (F.W.L.) Excursions in the County of Cornwall, roy 8vo L. 1824. First Edn., Fold. map frontis add. engd. title, & 39 plts. cont. hf. mor.; [Redding (Cyrus)] An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall, sm. folio L. 1842. Engd. frontis map, also engd. plts. & text illus. hf. mor.; Langdon (A.G.) Old Cornish Crosses, lg. 4to Truro 1896. First Edn., lg. fold. map, full page plts. & text illus. orig. gilt cloth; 1 other sim. with engd. plts. As a lot. Good. (4)
SOLD Hammer price €400
Irish Map: Hodges & Smith Publ.: Larcom (T.A.) A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners, showing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of that Country. In six sections, all folding linen backed, overall approx. 75″ x 61″, D. 1837 – 38, in orig. folder & slipcase. As a map, w.a.f. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €540
The Coghill Yachting DiariesManuscripts etc: Two M/ss Logs of voyages by members of the Coghill family of Castle Townshend: one series undertaken by “Kendal Egerton and myself” (Sir Jocelyn Coghill?) in 1870, 1874, 1880 and 1894; the second written by Col. Kendal Coghill and narrating trips out of Castle Townshend in the yacht Lerne, 1894 – 1898; together with two entertaining published narratives of yachting excursions: The Cruise of the Mary (Foster & Co., Dublin), an account of a voyage to Iceland by “Smith, Brown, Jones and Robinson,” consisting of verses and drawings; and Smith’s Wanderings: Mediterranean (Thomas McLean, London 20 Aug. 1859), recounting a voyage to Corunna, Vigo, Lisbon, Cintra, Gibraltar, Malta, Corfu, Riekka and elsewhere, illustrated by sketches, as a collection. (4)
SOLD Hammer price €1200
Co. Wexford: Hore (Philip Herbert) History of the Town and County of Wexford, 6 vols. 4to L. 1900 – 1911. All First Edns., profusely illustrated, fold. maps, plans, plts. etc., uncut, orig. gilt decor. green cloth, V. good. Rare. (6)* Ex libris Sean T. O’Ceallaigh, President of Ireland, with his bookplates.
SOLD Hammer price €200
Gazetteer: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 3 vols. imp. 8vo D. . & Edin. 1844. First Edn., hd. cold. coat of arms, 11 maps (mostly fold.) & 10 engd. views, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. Good. (3)
SOLD Hammer price €90
Crofton Croker (T.) Researches in the South of Ireland, 4to L. 1824. First Edn., litho frontis & 11 litho plts. (only) plt of music, text illus., some stains, later hf. mor. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €240
Burke (Rev. W.P.) History of Clonmel, 4to Waterford 1907. First Edn., engd. frontis red & bl. title, plts. thro-out, & decorations etc., t.e.g., in fine full gilt decor. crimson mor., with gilt coat of arms on each cover. V. good. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €120
Holte (John) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. 4to L. 1794. First Edn., lg. fold. hd.-coloured map, one engd. plt., L.P., later calf backed boards. B.P. of G.F. Scott, Penmaenucha, Dolgelley Merioneth. V. good. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €150
Murphy (Ignatuis) The Diocese of Killaloe, 3 vols. roy 8vo D. 1991, 1992, & 1995. First Edn., illus. etc. cloth & pict. d.w.’s. V. good. (3)
SOLD Hammer price €60
Periodical: Walford (Ed.)ed. The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, Vols. I – VI, together 6 vols. 4to L. 1880 – 1882., illus. uncut, orig. mor. backed boards. (6)
SOLD Hammer price €240
Postcards: A group of 6 oblong folio Postcard Albums, with mostly postcards of Welsh interest, some English views also, many real photographic, over 670 cards in all, mostly unused, includes some Continental and cards of the Channel Islands etc. As a coll., w.a.f. (5)
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Cos. Cork, Clare, Cavan & LeixRateable Property in Ireland: Griffith (Richard) Co. Cork – Baronies of Cork, Ibane and Ballyroe, (Clonakility) & Kinsale, 3 vols. folio Dublin 1852; also Co. Cavan – Bawnboy, folio D. 1857; Co. Clare – Ballyvaghan, folio D. 1855; and Co. Leix – Union of Carlow, folio D. 1850, together 6 vols., cloth & wrappers. (3)
SOLD Hammer price €120
Wales Ephemera etc: Two stout bound large 4to Albums of literary and historical scraps, printed ephemera etc., including political fliers, sporting events, athletic sports, hunt steeplechases, agricultural and horticultural shows, dramatic entertainment, all collected by members of the Wynne-Jones family, c. 1870 – 1900, some m/ss material; and a later Album, from same source, with booklets, postcards etc. As a collection, w.a.f. (3)
SOLD Hammer price €1400
Arabic Manuscript: A good early 19th Century Arabic Manuscript containing an early section of Sura IV of The Qur’an, folio, approx. 102pp with black script within red lined borders, all highlighted in gilt and with attractive decorated title pages, in orig. tooled and blind stamped camel. V. good. as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €220
Photographs etc. Wales interest: Two Albums inscribed Photographic Records, Penmaenucha, No. 1, & No2. Oblong folio, c. 1870 – 1890, with very good town scenes, military events with The 4th Royal Welsh Fusilier’s & Cheshire Regt. polo etc., social outings & events in the town, some family photos etc, also some rare real photographic postcards tipped-in, and 4 other albums of photographs from same family, a large collection. As photos, w.a.f. (6)
SOLD Hammer price €400
Co. Leix: A large oblong folio album “Hunting Record, 1910,” with m/ss additions for sport in England? mostly, but with orig. photographs of Mountmellick, Portarlington, Birr, etc., and some of horses, also some other items tipped in, in full calf, with gilt fillet border, and initial ‘P’ with coronet [Portarlington]. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €550
Photographs etc: Coghill Family, 20th Century An oblong Album of Photographs and a few Watercolour Drawings, mostly of Turkish military and landscape scenes, 1920-23, Constantinople, Smyrna and Shileh areas, some taken by Capt. Sir Patrick Coghill ‘while serving as “Mushaver” or Advisor/Controller of the Scutari Battalion of the Turkish Gendarmerie 1921-22’. Scores of photographs, various sizes, mostly captioned, some loose, some attached with cellotape causing marginal staining, nevertheless an interesting collection. (1)Provenance: The Coghill Family.
SOLD Hammer price €120
Maxwell (Sir Wm. Stirling) Antwerp Delivered in MDLXXVII, A Passage from the History of the Troubles in the Netherlands. Lg. atlas, folio Edin. 1878. Limited Edition No. 83 of 250 Copies on Dutch Paper. decor. title, in red & bl. thro.-out, plts. & illus., uncut, coloured decor. cloth, & outer decor. ptd. cloth d.w. V. good. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €440
Clanricarde – The Memoirs and Letters of Ulick, Marquiss of Clanricarde, and Earl of Saint Albans; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland…, Tall atlas folio L. (for r. & J. Dodsley) 1757. First Edn., in fine full mor. with lg. blind tooled border inside dble fillet gilt borders, the spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)* Provenance: The late Rev. Dr. P.K. Egan, Portumna, Galway Historian.
SOLD Hammer price €210
Box: A large collection of exhibition catalogues and booklets etc., on numerous modern Irish Artists, a very good collection. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)