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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. 4to L. 1835. New Edn. 42 engd. ports. fac-simile letters etc., complete, orig. cloth. (2)
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In Fine BindingJacquemart (A.) & Le Blant (Ed.) Histoire Artistique, Industrielle et Commerciale de la Porcelain, folio Paris 1862. List of subscribers, 28 full page plts. at end, a.e.g., in full cont. crushed green mor. double gilt fillet border, raised bands & gilt spine by Holloway. (1)
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Heraldry: Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry, lg. folio L. 1724. Sixth & Best Edition, engd. frontis, red & bl. title, with full page ports., illus., engd. & wd. cut coats of arms, cont. blind tooled panel calf, rebacked, with orig. label. V. good copy. (1)
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Limited to 100 Numbered CopiesVerling (John) Somerville and Ross, lg. atlas folio Ballydehob (Schull Books) 1984. Sole Edn. NO. 21 of 100 Copies Only, with 10 full size etchings All Signed by Artist, in orig. hf. buckram bound portfolio, crimson boards. V. clean set.(1)
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Edwards (Lionel) The Passing Seasons, lg. oblong Atlas folio L. (Country Life Ltd.) n.d. [1927] 18 full cold. plts. all mounted on boards, some bl. & white illus., orig. faux leather boards, & in orig. pictorial box. (1)
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Napoleon & France: Flammarion (E.) Editor – Napoleon 1812 – 1912, Texte tire de La Campagne de Russia 1812. Par le Gen. Comte P. de Segul. Large sq. folio Paris n.d. [c. 1913]. Fine cold. & other mtd. plts. uncut, unopened, orig. pict. wrappers, gilt; Bourgeois (Emile) The Century of Louis XIV, Its Arts – its Ideas, folio L. 1895. Trans. by Mrs. Cashel Hoey, profusely illustrated, a.e.g., gilt decor. cloth; de Goncourt (E. & J.) Madame de Pompadour, 4to Paris 1888. Illus. & plts. thro-out, a.e.g., gilt decor. mor. backed cloth, fine. Good. lot. (3)
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Powel (David) The Historie of Cambria. Now Called Wales, Trans. by H. Lloyd. Lg. 4to L. 1811. Some text illus., cont. hf. calf, fine tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)
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Special Limited Edition, Signed by AuthorFeehan (John) Laois – An Environmental History, folio Stradbally 1983. First Edn., illus. thro. out cont. hf. calf. (1)* Special Lim. Edn., 100 Copies Only, signed by Author & Publisher, & bound in hf. calf, slipcase. (1)
Boys Literature etc: Westerman (Percy f.) A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine, L. n.d. Illus. by W. Ed. Wigfull, attractive pict. cloth; and many others same author, also works by Hugh Lofting, Capt. W.E. Johns, H. Walpol etc., approx. 28 vols. in all. As a lot, w.a.f. box. (1)
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With Magnificent Coloured PlatesRietstap (J.B.) Wapenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel net Genealogische en Heraldische Aanteekenigen, 2 vols. lg. atlas folio Groningen (J.B. Wolters) 1883. First Edn., 104 fine full page cold. plts. (2 Royal’s, 100 others plus 2 Supplementary) one plt. mis plated, some tissue guards spotted, plates extremely fine, in attractive tooled mor. backed, gilt and silver decorated cloth. V. fine set. (2)
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[Lutyens (E.L.)] Weaver (L.)ed. Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens, lg. atlas folio L. (Country Life) 1914. Profusely illus. with plts. illus. etc., orig. buckram backed boards. (1)
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Signed Limited EditionsColoured Plates: Sitwell (Sacheverell) Blunt (W.) & Russel (J.) Old Garden Roses, Parts I & II, 2 vols. lg. atlas folio L. 1955 – 1957. Lim. Edition No. 108 Signed by Author & Artist James Russell, 16 fine full page cold. plts., original Prospectus laid in, vellum backed pictorial boards, cloth slip cases. (2)
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Fine Attractive Collection of Leather BindingsBindings: Collier (J. Payne) The Works of Edmund Spencer, 5 vols. roy 8vo L. 1862, full calf, gilt; The Works of William H. Prescott, 6 vols. L. 1850, full calf, gilt; Clough (A.H.) Plutarch’s Lives, 6 vols. roy 8vo Boston 1859, First Edn., full calf, gilt; The Works of Sydney Smith, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1848, full calf, gilt; Smyth (Wm.) Lectures on History, 5 vols. Cambridge 1842, full calf, gilt; Kingsley (Chas.)Works, 6 vols. L. c. 1898, full mor., gilt; German Romances, 4 vols. Edin. 1827., hf. calf, mor. labels; The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, roy 8vo L. 1847, full gilt calf; the Works of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, 8 vols. Boston 1863, full mor. gilt; Auerbach (b.) Neues Leben, 3 vols. 12mo Mennheim 1852, cont. hf. mor. gilt; & others sim. 52 vols. in all. As bindings, w.a.f. A very desirable collection. (52)
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Sporting: Scrope (Wm.) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing In the River Tweed, roy 8vo L. 1885. First, litho add. title, frontis & 11 plts. complete; Grey (Sir Ed.) Fly – Fishing, L. 1901, illus. full green mor.; Hutchinson (Lt. Col. W.N.) Dog Breaking, 12mo L. 1848. vign. title, & 8 plts. cloth; & 2 books on horses. (5)
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[Banim (Michael)] The Croppy; A Tale of 1798, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1828. First Edn., cont. hf. dark blue mor. mor. labels. Good. (3)
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Moore (Thomas) The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 vols. L. 1831. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis (port. & fold. map) cont. hf. mor., gilt spine; Fagan (Wm.) The Life and Times of Daniel O’Connell, 2 vols. Cork (John O’Brien) 1847. First Edn., cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels. Good lot. (4)
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Pamphlets: Theological Interest: Three volumes numbered IV, V & VI, containing approx. 31 separate and varied items on religion, some controversial on The Pope, the Jesuits, Cistercians etc., etc., include: 1. O’Donnell (Bro. S.) The Jesuit Missions of Paraguay, being a Lecture delivered before The Young Men’s Society of Limerick. 12mo D. 1855 100 pp; 2. Wyse (Rev. J.) Some Account of the Monastic Institute, as shown forth in the Rule and Customs of The Cistercian Order. 12mo L. 1853, all c. 1840 – 1860, a few in Italian, 3 vols. in uniform cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. As pamphlets, w.a.f. (3)
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Davies (Sir John) A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued,… 12mo L. 1747; Spenser (Ed.) A View of the State of Ireland, 12mo D. (for Laurence Flin) 1763, both cont. calf, mor. labels, good. (2)
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In fine Belfast BindingBinding: [Whittington (G.D.)] Travels through Spain and Part of Portugal, 2 vols., 12mo, L. (Richard Phillips) 1808, 5 fold plts & maps, contemp. full calf, gilt fillet borders, gilt decor. spine, mor. labels. Binders label “H. Searson, Belfast”. Good Set. (2)
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Maxwell (W.H.) Wild Sports of the West, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1833. New Edn. Revised & Corrected. 5 litho plts. (include. frontis) & 12 other bl. & white plts. & illus., cont. hf. calf. Nice Copy. (2)