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Plates: [Book of Kells,] A separate specially bound volume of 15 coloured reproduced Plates from the Book of Kells, in hf. green mor.,marble boards binding, gilt lettering. Scarce. (1)
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[O’Hegarty, P.S.] A Catalogue of the Books in his Library, 1958, compiled by his widow W.R. O’Hegarty, 1958. Four vols cyclostyled typescript, folio, card covers. With details of inscriptions, items laid in, etc. A lifetime’s collection, probably the best private Irish library of its day. It was offered for purchase as a unit to all the main Irish libraries, but there were no realistic offers. The library is now in the University of Kansas. (4)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection (Grÿinne Yeats, wife of Michael, was a daughter of P.S. O’Hegarty).
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Carvantes de Saavedra (.) The Life and Exploits of .. Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vols. 4to L. 1742. Trans. by Ch. Jarvis. Engd. frontis, Vol. I, engd. port. & 67 engd. plts. damp stains & some dam. cont. mottled calf, raised bands,mor. labels, worn. (2)NB. this should read 2 volumes not 20.
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Murray (Mungo) A Treatise on Ship Building and Navigation, In Three Parts To which is now added A Supplement. 4to L. 1765. Second Edn. 23 engd. plts. mostly fold. 1 fold. table, some damp dam. & stains to fore-edges, cont. calf, mor. label. (1)
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With Signature of James Boswell [Boswell] Bayne (Alex.) Institutions of the Criminal Law of Scotland, 12mo Edin. (T. & W. Ruddiman) 1730. First Edn., signed on front loose blank ‘James Boswell / 1775,’ some damp stains, cont. calf, blind tooled fillet borders, raised bands, lacks label. Rare. (1)
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Yeats (W.B.). The Collected Letters, general editor John Kelly, the first three volumes. Vol. I, 1865-95 (1986); Vol. II, 1896-1900 (1997); Vol. III, 1901-04 (1994). With Ann Saddlemyer (ed.). W.B. Yeats & George Yeats. The Letters. 2011. All first printings, orig. cloth in d.w.. fine copies. (3)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection.N.B. This is not included in the lot: With Ann Saddlemyer (ed.). W.B. Yeats & George Yeats. The Letters. 2011
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Yeats (William Butler). The Cornell University Press ‘Manuscript Materials’ series, 12 vols, qto cloth in d.w., first printings, with many photog. repr. of the mss., as follows: Purgatory [1986] ed. Sandra F. Siegel; The Wind Among the Reeds [1993] ed. Carolyn Holdsworth; The Herne’s Egg [1993] ed. Alison Armstrong; The Wild Swans at Coole [1994] ed. Stephen Parrish; The Winding Stair (1929) [1995] ed. David R. Clark; In the Seven Woods and The Green Helmet and Other Poems [2002] ed. David Holdemann; The Words Upon the Window Pane [2002] ed. Mary Fitzgerald; The Land of Heart’s Desire [2002] ed. Jared Curtis; The Only Jealousy of Emer and Fighting The Waves [2004] ed. Steven Winnett; Collaborative One-Act Plays 1901-1903 [with Lady Gregory] ed. James Pethica [2006]; At the Hawk’s Well and The Cat and the Moon [2010] ed. Andrew Parkin; The Resurrection [2011] ed. Jared Curtis & Selina Guinness. A fine set, essential to a serious student of Yeats. (12)Provenance: Yeats Family Collection.
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Fine Association Copies[De Valera, Eamon]. Images and Memories. A Pictorial Record of the life and work of W.B. Yeats, selected and edited by S.B. Bushrui and J.M. Munro. Beirut 1970, quarto cloth in d.w. Inscribed on f.e.p. in Arabic and English, ‘For His Excellency Eamon De Valera, President of the Republic of Ireland, from his Well-wishers and the Friends of Ireland in the Arab World, [signed] Suheil Badi Bushrui 28.7.70.’ Further signed by De Valera on half title; evidently given by him to Michael Yeats, formerly a Fianna Fail colleague and Senator. Laid in at front is a photo showing De Valera circa 1945 emerging from Trinity College, with a lady (possibly Shiela Humphries) in Cumann na mBan uniform, Michael Yeats in the background with another student. Michael Yeats was active in Fianna Fail while in college (see his book Cast a Cold Eye), and may have brought De Valera to speak at a College meeting; Keir (D.L.). The Constitutional History of Modern Britain 1485-1937. London 1938, d.w. Brian Faulkner’s copy (later Prime Minister of Northern Ireland), with his youthful signature, A.B.D. Faulkner.Brian Faulkner attended secondary school at St. Columba’s College, south Dublin, where his closest friend was Michael Yeats, son of WBY. Michael was by then a supporter of Fianna Fail, and the two often discussed politics, but without animosity. The book is from the collection of Michael Yeats; presumably Faulkner sent it to him in support of some argument. Laid in is a pamphlet, British Ulster Rejects an Irish Republic, 1948, which must have the same provenance. The friendship did not survive Faulkner’s ascent in Unionist politics (see Cast A Cold Eye). Two important association copies. (2)Provenance: The Yeats Family Collection.
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In Attractive BindingBayle (Pierre) Dictionaire Historique et Critique, 5 vols. lg. folio Amsterdam (Par La Compagnie des Libraires) 1734. Fifth Edn. hf. titles, red & bl. titles with engd. oval vignette; uniform with Oeuvres Diverses de Mr. Pierre Bayle, 4 vols. folio The Hague 1737, New Edn., hf. titles, red & bl. titles with engd. vignettes, all uniform full calf, some wear to curves, all profusely tooled gilt spines, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (9)
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Georgian Society: The Georgian Society Records of 18th Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 vols. lg. 4to Shannon (I.U.P.) 1969. Reprint of Original of 1909. Numerous full page photo illus., orig. cloth. V. clean copy. (5)
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The Gutenberg Bible ReprintGutenberg (John) The Holy Bible, 3 vols. folio facsimile N.Y. (Brussel & Brussel Inc.) 1968, each uniformly bound oatmeal cloth, gilt lettered spine. Clean Set. (3)
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Watercolours: A large oblong folio Album containing 25 original watercolour sketches “Continental Views,” in Italy, Switzerland, etc., each approx. 19cms x 24cms (7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″), c. 1830, cont. hf. mor. spine dam., in slip case. As an Album. (1)
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The Lindisfarne GospelsKendrick (T.D.), Brown (T.J.) & Bruce-Mitford (R.L.S.) Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Lindisfarnesis Murei Britannici Codex Cottonicaus Nero D. IV [Lindisfarne Gospels], 2 vols., folio, Ltd. Edn. 609 (647) copies, (In Aedibus Urs Gref) 1956 / 1960, Volume 1 full blind decor. vellum, lettered spine, commentary vol. vellum backed boards, clean set. (2)
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With Mounted Coloured PlatesThornburn (A.) Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, folio L. 1923. First Edn., 30 full page mounted coloured plates, orig. crimson cloth, gilt line borders. V. good copy. (1)
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Co. Monaghan: Shirley (E. Philip) The History of The County of Monaghan, Folio 1988 Reprint of Original Edn. of 1879. Signed by Publisher, Patrick O’D. Fox, cold. frontis, fold. map, illus. etc., in fine hf. green mor. V. good. (1)
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Signed Limited EditionBeatles: Martin (George) & Pearson (Wm.) Summer of Love, the Making of Sgt. Pepper, folio, Genesis Publications 2006, signed by George Martin, Ltd. Edn. 527 (2000) copies, illus. throughout, a.e.g, pink leather backed decor. boards, clasp box, and protective pouch. Scarce. (1)
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Jacob (Giles) A New Law Dictionary, folio L. 1739. Fourth, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy; also Cower (Dr.) A Law Dictionary: or The Interpreter of Words and Terms, Used either in the Common or Statute Laws of Great Britain, and in Tenures and Jocular Customs, Folio L. 1727, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (2)
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Addison (Joseph) The Works of the Late Rt. Hon. Joseph Addison, Esq., 4 vols. 4to L. 1730. Second Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I after Kneller, some engd. heads, also wd.-cut heads & tails, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. (4)
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Lloyd (Robert) Poems, 4to L. 1762. For The Author, First Edn. hf. title, list of subs.; Russell – Letters of Lady Rachel Russell, 4to L. 1773, some stains, both cont. full mor. labels, worn; together with First Dublin Edition: Robertson (Wm.) The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 3 vols. 4to D. 1769. First Dublin Edn. 3 hf. titles, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, covers badly worn. (5)
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Architecture: D’Aviler (C.A.) Cours D’Architecture Qui Comprend Les Ordres de Vignole,.. 4to Paris 1738. New Edn., engd. frontis (loose) numerous engd. plts. some loose, cont. calf, worn. S.N.S.R.; together with Belidor – La Science des Ingenieurs dans la Conduite des Travaux de Fortifications et d’Architecture Civile, 2 vols. 4to Paris 1729. Engd. frontis & red & bl. title, Vol. I, & 52 fold. & other engd. plts. (ex 53) in Vol. II, mostly loose, cont. calf, worn & damp dam. S.N.S.R.