10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
#0315
Stillorgan Hotel, Dublin
10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
#0315
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Lot 180/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Macintosh (Donald) A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs, and Familiar Phrases;.. To which is added The Way to Wealth, by Dr. Fanklin, Translated into Gaelic. Sm. 8vo Edin. (for the Author) 1785. First Edn., later hf. mor. Bookplate of ‘Alexander Young, Writer.’ Rare. (1)
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Lot 181/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
Canadian PrintingScottish interest: Sinclair (Rev. A. Maclean) Comhchruinneachadh Ghlinn-a-bhaird: The Glenbard Collection of Gaelic Poetry, In 3 Parts, 12mo Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (G. Herbert Hazard) 1890. With orig. wrappers bound in, later hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 182/0315
SOLD Hammer price €440
First Dublin EditionBentham (Jeremy) Defence of Usury; 12mo Dublin 1788 First Dublin Edn., hf. title, title inscribed ‘John Rochford,’ and with his bookplate, orig. full calf, mor. label. Rare. (1)
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Lot 183/0315
SOLD Hammer price €170
O’Kearney (Nicholas) The Prophecies of S.S. Columbkille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan, Seadhna, Coireall, Bearaen, etc., Sm. 8vo D. (John O’Daly.. L.) 1856. First Edn., in old Irish Script & English, cont. hf. green mor., raised bands gilt, mor. label. V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 184/0315
SOLD Hammer price €160
Presentation Copy[Rolleston (T.W.)] The Book of the Rhymers Club, sm. square 4to L. 1892. First Edn., Limited to 50 Copies, orig. cloth, ptd. label. V. good. Rare. (1)* Signed Pres. Copy from T.W. Rolleston, one of the contributors to Marion Hipland? Feb. 1892. Other contributors included W.B. Yeats, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons etc.
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Lot 185/0315
SOLD Hammer price €170
Connery (James) An Essay on Charitable Economy upon The Loan Bank System, called on the Continent ‘Mont de Piete’, that is The Mount, or Rather the Heap, for the Distribution of Charity, Being an antidote to counteract the baneful effects of Pawnbroking. Sm. 8vo D. 1836. First Edn., 76pp., orig. decor printed boards. rare. (1)* The author lived at Ballyduff, near Lismore.
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Lot 186/0315
SOLD Hammer price €190
[Burton (Rev. Nat.)] Oxmantown and its Environs; or, Some Suburban Sketches of the Eighteenth Century, sm. 8vo D. 1845. Sole Edn., engd. frontis & 1 plt. orig. cloth, spine dam. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 187/0315
SOLD Hammer price €380
Maria Edgeworth in IrishFeenachty (Thos.) Forgive and Forget, A Tale, by Maria Edgeworth Rosanna, by the same, translated into Irish for the Ulster Gaelic Society. Sm. 8vo Belfast:.. D. 1833. First Edn. IV, 82pp in Irish thro-out; also An English Irish Dictionary, intended for the Use of Schools; sm. 8vo D. 1814. First Edn., VII, 144pp errata at end, both orig. school cloth bindings. (2)
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Lot 188/0315
SOLD Hammer price €160
Webster (Wm. Bullock) Ireland Considered as a Field for Investment or Residence, 12mo D. 1852. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis, orig. cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 189/0315
SOLD Hammer price €380
[Bronte (Charlotte)] ‘Currer Bell,’ Villette, 3 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1853. First Edn., lacks hf. titles & adverts at end, cont. hf. purple mor., spines faded, but a good copy. (3)
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Lot 190/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
[King (Bishop)] The State of the Protestants of Ireland Under the Late King James’s government, 8vo L. 1692. Third Edn., licence leaf, cont. calf, recent professional reback. (1)* From the Library of Lady Gregory.
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Lot 191/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Co. Clare: Knott (Mary John) Two Months at Kilkee,…. near the Mouth of the Shannon, with An Account of a Voyage down that River from Limerick to Kilrush. 12mo D. 1836. First Edn., engd. frontis., add. engd. title, 3 engd. plts. (2 fold.) orig. cloth v. good; Wills (Canon S.R.) Kilkee: A Poem, sm. 8vo Limerick 1889. First End., frontis, plots., orig. decor. cloth. Good. (2)
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Lot 192/0315
SOLD Hammer price €170
[Lynch (Patrick)] The Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, … Together with An Abstract of Irish Grammar. Sm. 8vo D. (H. Fitzpatrick) 1810. Wd. cut frontis, port., recent quarter calf, raised bands, mor. labels, v. good; Monck Mason (Henry J.) Religion of the Ancient Irish Saints, Before A.D. 600, 12mo D. 1838. Third, cont. hf. calf. (2)
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Lot 193/0315
SOLD Hammer price €240
Cork Interest: Cork Industrial Exhibition 1883, Report of Executive Committee, Awards of Jurors, and Statement of Accounts, 8vo Cork (Purcell & Co.) 1886. First Edn., orig. cloth, attractive gilt decor. front cover. (1)
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Lot 194/0315
SOLD Hammer price €480
Ware (James) De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus Disquisitiones, 8vo L. 1658. Second Edn., red & bl. title & add. engd. title, fold. map & 2 plts. (1 plan), text illus., orig. cont. vellum. Good copy. (1)
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Lot 195/0315
SOLD Hammer price €240
Irish Travel: The Pleasure Tours in Ireland, With a Map, An Itinerary on a New Plan. 8vo Edin 1827. Second Edn., fold. map, loose, another fold. map & engd. views, cont. hf. crimson mor.; Wakeman (W.F.) The Tourists Picturesque Guide to Ireland, D. n.d. Seventh, plts., illus., & adverts. thro-out, gilt decor. cloth; Dagg (Geo. A. de M. Edwin) ‘Devia Hibernia,’ The Road and Route Guide for Ireland of the Royal Irish Constabulary, 8vo D. 1893. First Edn., lacks map, gilt cloth. (3)
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Lot 196/0315
SOLD Hammer price €60
Anon. Forty Four Queries To the Life of Queen Dick, By one who will at any time work a Job of Journey-Work, To serve his country. 4to [L.] 1659. Sole Edn.? 7pp a few leaves shaved, in recent marble boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 197/0315
SOLD Hammer price €540
Presentation CopyBinding: Clarke (Sir A.) Essays on the Exhibition of Iodine in Tubercular Consumption,.. also on Indigestion, Diet and Sea Bathing, 12mo D. 1834. Seventh, a.e.g., cont. purple mor. with tooled gilt borders of vines and leaves & blind corner decorations, inscribed in gilt on front cover ‘To Richard Carmichael, Esq., M.R.I.A. from the Author.’ V. good. (1)
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Lot 198/0315
SOLD Hammer price €50
Gough (John)ed. Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel, of James Gough, Late of the City of Dublin, deceased, 12mo D. 1781. First Edn., title inscribed, ‘Sarah Gough, 1816,’ full calf, upr. cover detached; Extracts from the Letters of Elizabeth, Lucy and Judith Ussher, late of the City of Waterford, 12mo D. 1815. Second Edn., hf. mor., tooled gilt spine. Good. (2)
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Lot 199/0315
SOLD Hammer price €200
Pim (Fred. W.) The Growth of Sanitation in Dublin: Being an Address…, Sm. 8vo D. 1890. First Edn., fold. table, 32pp; Bound with, A Sketch of Sanitary Progress in Dublin,.. D. 1891. First Edn., 33pp; Bound with, Preventable Diseases; Why are they not Prevented?D. 1892, First Edn., 27pp. orig. cloth. (1)
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