10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
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Stillorgan Hotel, Dublin
10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
#0315
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Lot 200/0315
SOLD Hammer price €320
Moore (Thomas) The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1831. Second Edn., engd. port., fold. map frontis, a.e.g., cont. full green mor. dble gilt fillet borders, profusely gilt spines in panels, contrasting labels. A very fine set. (2)
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Lot 201/0315
SOLD Hammer price €480
Fine Uncut Copy, in Original Printed Wrappers[Yeats (W.B.)] ‘Ganconagh’ John Sherman and Dhoya, sm. narrow 8vo L. (Fisher Unwin) 1891. Pseudonym Library. First Edn., hf. title, uncut, orig. ptd. lime green wrappers, top cover inscribed ‘P. Schteller.’ In a recent hf. green mor. fold-over box with marble sides. A very good and attractive copy. Wade 4. Ex. Rare. (1)
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Lot 202/0315
SOLD Hammer price €260
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems, D. 1932. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies Only; and The Words Upon the Window Pane: A Play in One Act. D. 1934. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only, partly unopened, both works, cloth backed blue boards, upper covers lettered in black, printed paper labels on spines, & with glassine covers. Miller 49: Wade 168, and Miller 52: Wade 174. Both very good copies. (2)
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Lot 203/0315
SOLD Hammer price €280
Inscribed by the AuthorYeats (Jack B.) La La Noo, 8vo D. (The Cuala Press) 1943, First, Ltd. Edn., No. 3 (250) Copies, inscribed to ‘Muriel Hamilton with every good wish from Jack B. Yeats, Dublin February 28th, 1943’ cloth backed boards, glassine. (1)
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Lot 204/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Signed First EditionAmis (Kingsley) Bright November (Fortune Press, n.d.) [1947], Signed on title, v.g. in cloth, d.w. Liquid staining to spine of d.w., and some to front panel, causing the A in Amis to disappear. Internally bright, paper crisp, slight soiling to title. (1)
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Lot 205/0315
SOLD Hammer price €1300
‘With Compliments of Mr. James Joyce’ Joyce (James) Chamber Music [poems]. Elkin Mathews, L. 1907, [40]pp (unnumbered), light green cloth gilt stamped, an exceptional copy, clean and fresh, with just a little scattered foxing, S & C 3, probably the first binding variant. Typed card laid in, ‘With compliments of / Mr. James Joyce’; also inscribed in a bold hand on f.f.e.p., ‘Joe, with Kathleen’s / love & best wishes / Christmas 1907’. Evidently this copy was sent to Pugh at Joyce’s request. We have not traced Joe; but it is tempting to wonder if Kathleen was one of the Sheehy girls, who were all friendly with Joyce. Provenance: From the collection of Thomas Pugh. A splendid copy of Joyce’s first commercially published work, evidently a presentation copy although not signed. (1)
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Lot 206/0315
SOLD Hammer price €480
Signed by the AuthorBehan (Brendan) The Hostage, 8vo N. York (Grove Press) 1958. Specially Bound and Signed Edition of 26 lettered copies, This Copy ‘A’ with bold signature by author, orig. cloth backed boards. Possibly the author’s own copy. Good. (1)
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Lot 207/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Beckett (Samuel) Dream of Fair to Middling Women, ed. by Eoin O’Brien & E. Fournier, 8vo D. (Black Cat Press) 1992. Special Lim. Edn. No. 74 of 150 Copies, Signed by Eoin O’Brien, dark blue silk, and green silk slip case. (1)
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Lot 208/0315
SOLD Hammer price €400
Extremely Rare French DictionaryKelham (Robert) A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language,… To which are added The Laws of William the Conqueror, with Notes and References. 8vo L. n.d. [1779] VIII, 259, 88pp later full cloth. Good. V. Scarce. (1)* Inscribed by Seamus Kavanagh, 17/9/46, Professor of Celtic Studies, U.C.C.
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Lot 209/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Dewar (Daniel) Observations on The Character, Customs and Superstitions of The Irish: and On Some of the Causes which have retarded the moral and political Improvement of Ireland. 8vo L. 1812. First Edn., hf. title, recent full cloth. Not in Gilbert. Bradshaw 7744; also, Anderson (Christopher) Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and their Descendants, sm. 8vo Edin. 1830. Second Edn., cont. hf. mor. mor. label. (2)
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Lot 210/0315
SOLD Hammer price €190
Kelly (James) A Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs, Explained… to the English Reader. 8vo L. 1721. First Edn., orig. sprinkled calf, professional reback, raised bands, mor. label; Macintosh (Donald) A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs, and Familiar Phrases;…To which is added ‘The Way to Wealth,’ by Dr. Franklin. 8vo Edin. 1785. First Edn., interleaved, uncut, recent quarter calf, mor. label. Both Scarce. (2)
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Lot 211/0315
SOLD Hammer price €120
Clarendon (Ed. Earl of,) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland, 8vo L. 1740. Third Edn., engd. port. frontis L.S., cont. sprinkled calf, dble. fillet borders, rebacked with tooled gilt spine laid down, mor. label. A.H. Smith Barry bookplate. (1)
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Lot 212/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Signed Presentation CopyBinding: [Butler (Chas.)] Horae Biblicae, Being a Connected Series of Miscellaneous Notes on the … Old and New Testament, 8vo Oxford 1799. First Edn., a.e.g., in cont. straight grained mor. blind & gilt fillet borders & gilt tooled spine by Riley, Lond., with ticket. (1)* Pres. Copy to Dr. O’Connor from author, & from Dr. O’Connor to H. MacDermot, Coolavin, Co. Roscommon.
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Lot 213/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
1798: [Stock (Bishop Joseph)] ‘An Eye-Witness’ A Narrative of What Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and the Parts Adjacent, during the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798, 8vo D. 1800. First Edn., 182pp cont. hf. green mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 214/0315
SOLD Hammer price €900
Rare Provincial HistoryCo. Cork: Lord (Thomas) The Ancient and Present State of Youghal, Containing a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Topographical History there, of to which are added a Description of the Towns, Villages, Churches in the Baronies of Imokilly, and Kilnatalloon, with An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Blackwater, Gentlemen’s Seats etc. Sm. 8vo Youghal (Thomas Lord) 1784. First & Only Edition, 13pp Subscribers list, some woodcut decorations, some minor damp stains, principally at start, uncut, recent full gilt decor., mor. gilt spine. (1)* One of the earliest books printed in Youghal. An exceptional copy of this rarity.
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Lot 215/0315
SOLD Hammer price €80
Lysaght (Ed.) Poems by the Late Edward Lysaght, Esq., Barrister at Law, 12mo D. 1811. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, list of subs., cont. calf, gilt fillet borders, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 216/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Binding: Renehan (Laurence F.) History of Music, sm. 8vo D. (C.M. Warren) 1858. First Edn., unusual marble ends, full dark blue mor., gilt fillet borders, outside wide decor. tooled gilt borders, with lyre motif on each cover, tooled gilt spine. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 217/0315
SOLD Hammer price €440
Presentation Copy[Colley (Richard)] An Account of the Foundation of the Royal Hospital of King Charles II etc., near Dublin, Sm. 8vo D. (for Rob. Owen) 1725. First Edn., title within dble lined border, [VIII], 64pp. cont. sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, worn. (1)* Inscribed ‘The gift of the Author, 1725’ & signed on title by Owen Wynne. Good.
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Lot 218/0315
SOLD Hammer price €420
Ray (John) A Collection of English Words,… With Catalogues of English Birds and Fishes… Sm. 8vo L. 1674. First Edn title in red & bl. (slightly shaved at end), orig. calf, later reback. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 219/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster: A Handbook to the Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Ireland. sm. 8vo D. 1854. First Edn., cold. litho frontis & add litho title, fold. map, 17 cold. litho plts. (1 dbl. page) & numerous wood-cut illus. in text, variant binding in blue cloth. Scarce. V. good. (1)
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