SOLD Hammer price €800
Rare Limited Edition of David Jones’ EngravingsClover Hill Press: Cleveron (Douglas) The Engravings of David Jones, 2 vols. (include. Portfolio), lg. 4to L. 1981, Special Limited Edition, No. LXXXI of 105 Copies on hand made paper numbered 1 to CV each with a portfolio containing a set of engravings on japan: and 9 copper engravings and one dry-point printed from the original copper plates, the original Printed Prospectus loosely inserted, in matching mor. & cloth backed green cloth, and slipcase. Fine Copy. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €750
Signed by Author & ArtistBeckett (Samuel) & le Brocquy (Louis) Stirrings Still, folio N. York (Blue Moon Books) 1988. Edition Limited to 200 Copies. This No. 160, Signed by Author & Illustrator. Full page plts., uncut, orig. vellum backed gilt decor. oatmeal cloth, & matching slipcase. V. good. Scarce. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €280
Signed by the Artist[Le Brocquy (Louis)] Synge (J.M.) The Playboy of the Western World, folio Massachusetts (Imprint Society) 1970. Lim. Edn. 1950 Copies. Signed by L. le Brocquy, attractive cold. plts. gilt decor. cloth, & orig. slipcase; Gordon Bowe (Nicola) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, folio Mountrath 1983. First End., illus. thro-out, cloth & d.w. both v. good. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €100
[Miller (Liam) Holinshed (Raphael) The Historie of Ireland…, Reprint D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, cloth, decor. d.j., orig. slip case, clean copy. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €150
Nonesuch Press: Symons (A.J.A.), Flower (D.) & Meynell (Francis) The Nonesuch Century, An Appraisal, A Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923 – 1934. Folio L. (Nonesuch) 1936. Limited Edition, NO. 694 of 750 Copies. Illus., plts., titles, some mounted, items loosely inserted uncut, orig. buckram. V. good. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €120
Photography. Cartier-Bresson (Henri). China In Transition. A Moment in History. With an Introduction and 144 Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Translated by Edward Hyams. L. 1956, 4to cloth in d.w., clean copy. Muybridge (Eadweard). Animals In Motion. 183 Plates containing over 4,000 Individual Photographs. 4to cloth in d.w., 1957. Both from the library of ANNE YEATS, the second with a sheet of ms. notes and drawings laid in. (2)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection.
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[Yeats, Anne] The Gate Theatre, Dublin Edited by Bulmer Hobson. Dublin – Gate Theatre 1934 [only edition] 4to Contribs. by the Earl of Longford, Denis Johnston & Hilton Edwards, with a list of Plays produced at the Gate, and many fine photographs. Pebbled cloth with label. Anne Yeats’ copy with her signature dated 1934. Fun Fair by Fougasse (cartoons), L. 1934. Inscribed to Anne [Yeats] ‘with love from Lennox [Robinson, the playwright], Christmas 1934’. Kinsella (Thomas) One. With drawings by Anne Yeats. Dolmen Press 1974, Peppercanister 5, no. 11 of 124 copies on handmade paper, quarter bound in calf and signed by author and illustrator, from the library of Anne Yeats. [Anne Yeats, daughter of WBY, worked as a theatre designer mainly at the Abbey circa 1934-40]. (3)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection.
SOLD Hammer price €8750
The Holy Grail of Early Photographic Illustrated Irish BooksHemphill (William Despard.) Stereoscopic Illustrations of Clonmel, and the Surrounding Country, including Abbeys, Castles, and Scenery. With Descriptive Letterpress. Dublin: William Curry and Company, Upper Sackville Street. Thomas Cranfield, Grafton-Street. London: A.W. Bennett, 1860. Quarto pp [vii], viii-xxxiii, [1], [1-3], 4 – 126, additional title decorated in gilt with two stereoscopic views, main title and text printed in red and black within a decorative red border. Quarter brown morocco over bevelled cloth boards, richly decorated in gilt. Flat spine, elaborately tooled in gilt with interlacing Celtic design at spine ends, title in gilt in centre. Some minor foxing. An extremely fine copy. (1)Charles Hemphill of Clonmel, even though only an amateur photographer, he was one of the pioneers of early photography in Ireland. He produced large numbers of photographs and especially stereoscopic photographs principally for the nobility and the landed gentry in his area. His ‘magnum opus’ (above) was a magnificent and elaborate production for its time, and it was Hemphill’s own opinion that it was ‘one of the most beautiful photographic books ever produced.’ Copies are extremely rare, one suspects it was only distributed to his landed gentry friends and it was never generally available to the public. There were a few books illustrated by photographs prior to Hemphill’s production, most notably Fox Talbot’s ‘Pencil of Nature’ which was produced in parts circa 1844. Hemphill aimed at being the first man to produce a book illustrated with stereoscopic photographs. It did not work out that way in practice. However. Less than a year before Hemphill was able to complete his book, another book by Professor Piazzi Smyth Teneriffe, (Lot 588 in this sale) appeared. Hemphill, however insisted that the photographs in his book were taken before Smyth’s. Smyth’s book was able to get to the press in faster time because it was a much smaller volume and contained only approximately 20 illustrations compared with the 80 in Hemphill’s book on Clonmel.The only copy located in Ireland is that in the National Library, and it is lacking all the photographic illustrations. No complete copy has turned up for auction sale in decades. Excessively Rare.
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Barrington (Sir Jonah) Historic Memoirs of Ireland; … Secret Records of the National Convention, The Rebellion and The Union; 2 vols. lg. folio L. 1835. New Edn., full page portraits thro-out, recent fine hf. calf. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €480
Irish Photographs: Galway interest, etc., A large 19th Century oblong folio Photograph Album, containing orig. early photos of Galway U.C.G., The Quays, Kylemore, Glenoir, Brinkwater, Cregg Castle etc., Dublin & Cork, Limerick, also some photos of England, France & Spain etc., containing over 100 photos full page hf. page etc; together with two small Carte-de-Visite Albums, relating to Galway families, etc. A lot. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €360
Moreri (Louis) Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique ou Le Melange Curieux de L’Histoire Sacree et Profane, 6 vols. plus. 2 vols. ‘Supplement’ together 8 vols. lg. folio Paris 1732, 1735. New Edn., hf. titles engd. add. title, red & bl. titles, engd. port. vign. heads cont. full mottled calf (covers worn) raised bands, mor. labels, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels. Good. (8)
SOLD Hammer price €180
West (Mrs. Jane) Letters Addressed to a Young Man, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1809. Fifth, cont. tree calf, roll tooled gilt borders, profusely tooled gilt spines mor. labels. Each with tooled crimson mor. owners book label “Stephen C. Moore”. A fine set. (3)
SOLD Hammer price €50
Grey (Richard) Memoria Technica: or, A New Method of Artificial Memory, Sm. 8vo L. 1756. Fourth, cont. sprinkled calf,mor. label. Good. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €80
Ebel (M.J.G.) Manuel du Voyageur en Suisse, thick 12mo Paris 1828. In Three Parts. Hf. title, engd. frontis, 4 engd. plts. (3 lg. fold. panoramas), fold. sketch map & v. lg. fold. engd. hd. cold. map, cont. hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. (1)
SOLD Hammer price €150
Dublin Printings: Hitt (Mr.) & Meader (J.) The Modern Gardener; or, Universal Kalendar, 12mo D. 1772. 13 engd. plts. (1 fold), 4pp adverts at end, cont. calf, worn; also Mawe (T.) & Abercrombie (J.) Every Man his own Gardener, 12mo D. (J. Potts) 1779. Seventh. Engd. frontis, cont. full calf, mor. label., good. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €140
[d’Argenville (Ant. Nic Dezallier)] Voyage Pittoresque des Environs de Paris, ou Description des Maisons Royales… 12mo Paris 1762. New Edn. add. engd. title, wd. cut heads, cont. mottled calf; Antonini (l’Abbe) Memorial de Paris et de Ses Environs A l’Usage des Voyageurs, 12mo Paris 1734, New Edn., each orig. mottled calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. good. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €620
Clayton (Dr. Rob.) Bishop of Clogher. A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, in Two Parts, 12mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1754. Fourth Edn., 12 engd. plts. (some fold.) cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €180
Pluche (Noel Antoine) Le Spectacle de La Nature, Vols. I – IV, 12mo Paris 1737 – 39. Sixth 4 engd. frontis, & 121 engd. fold. plts., full sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, profusely gilt in panel. (4)
SOLD Hammer price €440
Voltaire – Zadig, ou La Destinee, Histoire Orientale. 16mo [P.]? 1749. VIII, 195, last leaf with small piece torn away (not affecting text), lacks end loose blanks, mottled calf; also Les Admirables Secrets D’Albert Le Grand, 16mo Lyon 1729. Engd. frontis red & bl. title, & 4 engd. plts. cont. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (2)
SOLD Hammer price €200
Dublin Printing: Molesworth (Hon. Bysse) The Roman Empresses: or The History of the Lives and Secret Intrigues of the Wives of the Twelve Caesars. 3 vols. 12mo D. (G. Faulkner) 1752. New Edn. Advert leaf at end of Vol. II, cont. calf, raised bands, Vol. III worn & lacking label. (3)