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 240/0315
SOLD Hammer price €300
A New Dawn in Irish Literary HistoryYeats (W.B.). In the Seven Woods [poems]. Dun Emer, D. 1903, full linen, title label, extra label at rear, remains of a plain wrapper (possibly original), a very good copy, the linen only slightly rippled. Wade 49. (1)The first title from Dun Emer/Cuala, heralding a new age in Irish literary publication, an unusually good copy. The full linen binding was not tried again as they found it too difficult to work. ‘The first book of mine that it is a pleasure to look at, a pleasure whether open or shut’ [WBY].
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Lot 241/0315
SOLD Hammer price €300
Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Michael Robartes and His Friends, D. 1931. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies, 2 plts. cloth backed boards. Wade 166; Dramatis Personae, D. 1935. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies, with errata slip, cloth backed boards. Wade 183,; If I were Four and Twenty, D. 1940. Lim. Edn. 450 copies, cloth backed boards. Wade 205. All v. good. (3)
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Lot 242/0315
SOLD Hammer price €280
Illustrated First EditionCarleton (Wm.) The Squanders of Castle Squander, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Illus. Lond. Library) 1852, First Edn., illus. pp. VI: 328 [IV] 312, cloth, blocked in silver, in morocco-bordered slip case. * The silver blocking a little rubbed, otherwise a fine copy with the 10 plates after Topham, and the advertisement leaves, in an attractive slip case. (1)
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Lot 243/0315
SOLD Hammer price €1400
K’eogh (John) Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica: Or, A Treatise of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Reptiles, or Insects,…: Giving an Account of their Medicinal Virtues, and their Names in English, Irish and Latin… 8vo D. (S. Powell) For The Author. 1739. First Edn., List of Subscribers, recent qtr. calf, marble sides, mor. label. V. good. Ex. Scarce. Not in Bradshaw or Gilbert. (1)
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Lot 244/0315
SOLD Hammer price €230
Bernard (Nicholas) The Whole Proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland, Sm. 4to D. 1736. List of subscribers [6], XIX, 107pp hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. This edition very rare. (1)
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Lot 245/0315
SOLD Hammer price €1400
Rare 18th Century Cork PrintingCork Interest: Pietas Corcagientis, Or, A View of the Green Coat Hospital: and Other Foundations in the Parish of St. Mary Shandon, Corke;… Published by Order of the Trustees, (And Sold for the Use) of that Hospital. Sm. 4to Cork (Samuel Terry) 1721. First & Only Edn. title within dble ruled border, 2 fold. plts. (1 soiled & repaired), a.e.g., later hf. mor. gilt fillet decoration. Of Great Rarity. (1)* From the Collections of Richard Caulfield, and Robert Day, with both bookplates, and with two contemporary pres. inscriptions to Hon. Mr. Southwell, & ‘To the Honble. the Lady Bridge.’
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Lot 246/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Rutty (John) An Essay towards A Natural Experimental and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Ireland, 8vo D. (For the Author) 1757. First Edn., list of subs., fold. & other tables, cont. calf, one cover loose, spine rubbed. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 247/0315
SOLD Hammer price €90
Dublin interest: Burton (Rev. Nat.) History of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 8vo D. 1843. First Edn., engd. frontis & 4 engd. plts., cloth (needs rebinding); Carroll (W.G.) Succession of Clergy in the Parish of S. Bride, S. Michael le Pole and S. Stephen, Dublin, 4to D. 1884. First Edn., fold. map & 1 plt., orig. cloth; Curran (C.P.) The Rotunda Hospital: its Architects and Craftsmen, roy 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1945. Lim. Edn. No. 35 (200) Copies illus., blue mor. & d.w.; Webb (J.J.) The Guilds of Dublin, 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1929. First, d.w.; & 2 others sim. (6)
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Lot 248/0315
SOLD Hammer price €12000
Rare Limited First Edition of an Irish ClassicJoyce (James). Ulysses. thick 4to Paris (Shakespeare & Company) 1922. Limited First Edn. No. 375 of 750 Copies, hf. title, uncut, & in orig. blue printed wrappers, and in handsome custom white cloth clambox with morocco label.This copy is believed to have been owned by the same family since publication (1)Provenance: The Family of Kevin Carroll, Scientist.
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Lot 249/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Illustrated Items: Anderson (Avril) Whist Listen a Minute, 4to Belfast (Quota Press) n.d. First Edn., 7 full page illus. by Alfred E. Kerr, orig. cloth; Davidson (Florence) Loan-Ends Stories in Ulster, 4to Belfast (The Quota Press) 1933. First Edn., 12 full page bl. & white illus. by Alfred E. Kerr, decor. cloth backed boards; Rowley (Richard) County Down Songs, 4to L. 1924. First Edn., 20 bl. & white illus. by Mabel Annesley, orig. blue cloth. Pres. Copy, inscribed from author to Stephen Gwynn. All v. good. (3)
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Lot 250/0315
SOLD Hammer price €300
A Fine Binding in Contemporary Red MoroccoCatholic Inequality, The Report of the Committee appointed by the Society of United Irishmen in Dublin, “To enquire and Report on the Popery Laws enacted in this Realm,” revised, corrected and continued. Dublin, for P. Byrne 1792 Second Edn., X, 5-44pp. Professional paper repair to gutter of title page (no loss) otherwise fine. Complete, despite the irregular pagination; Bound with; A Commentary on the Proceedings of the Catholics of Ireland, during the Reign of ….. George the Third,8vo D. (J. Shea) 1812 Second Edn., pp.VI, 124, 2 vols. in 1, contemporary full red mor. spine richly gilt, covers with triple gilt rules.*Two rare works which highlight the position of Roman Catholics in Ireland, immediately before Catholic Emancipation. The report was signed by Napper Tandy who was secretary to the Committee: the Commentary was printed in the same year as Scully’s Statement of the Penal Laws, both of which helped the movement towards emancipation. (2)
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Lot 251/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Chartered Schools: Steven (Rob.)ed. An Inquiry into the Abuses of the Chartered Schools of Ireland, With Remarks upon the Education of the Lower Classes in that Country. 8vo L. 1818. Second Edn., hf. title, [VIII], 206pp plus cat. at end, uncut, orig. boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 252/0315
SOLD Hammer price €340
Signed Limited Edition, With Hand-Coloured PlatesDolmen Press: O’Meara (John J.) The Voyage of St. Brendan: Journey to the Promised Land, 8vo D. 1976. Lim. Edn. One of 50 Copies Only, with hand coloured plates & Signed by Author, uncut & unopened in fine full calf, with gilt & blind tooled decor., in slipcase. (1)* Very attractive publication. (1)
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Lot 253/0315
SOLD Hammer price €380
Co. Clare: Undischarged Quares and Abstract of Presentments for County of Clare, Granted at Spring Assizes.. held in Ennis on Friday February 19, 1847, … and Granted at Summer Assizes, held in Ennis, on Tuesday July 13, 1847, 2 vols. bound as one, 8vo Ennis (Clare Champion) 1847. Sole Editions, cont. hf. calf, gilt lettered spine. V. good. Rare. (1)* Bookplates of Rt. Hon. Lord Dunboyne, & Castle Hacket.
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Lot 254/0315
Day (Justice Robert) Seven Charges delivered to the Grand Juries of the City of Dublin … to which is added a Charge delivered by him to the Grand Jury of the County of Tipperary, on the 7th March 1808, 8vo D. 1808. First Edn. individual & general titles, in cont. full sprinkled calf, gilt fillet and floral borders & flat gilt spine. V. good. (1)
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Lot 255/0315
SOLD Hammer price €200
R.D.S.: Analysis of the Report and Epitome of the Evidence taken before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in … 1836, on the Royal Dublin Society, … by a Member of the Society. 8vo D. 1836. First Edn., [VIII], 296, LXXIpp cont. hf. calf, mor. label. (1)
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Lot 256/0315
SOLD Hammer price €220
Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, 3 vols. L. (Lopographic Press) 1890, Ex. Libris John Browne, contemporary full tree calf. Clean Set. (3)
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Lot 257/0315
SOLD Hammer price €250
[Wm. Morris] Hubbard (Elbert)ed. This Then is a William Morris Book, 8vo N. York (The Roycrofters, East Aurora) 1907. Illus., printed in red & bl., uncut, orig. quarter suede, mor., label; Faulkner (Peter) William Morris and W.B. Yeats, D. (Dolmen) 1961. Lim. Edn. Signed by Liam Miller, cloth backed boards; A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, 8vo D. Irish Uni. Press, 1969. Fac-simile thro.-out, vellum. (3)
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Lot 258/0315
SOLD Hammer price €80
Gill (Eric) Beauty Looks after Herself, L. 1933. First Edn.,; Work and Leisure, L. 1935, First Edn., d.w.; Twenty-Five Nudes, engraved, 8vo L. 1950, illus., d.w.; Trousers and the Most Precious Ornament, 8vo L. 1937, orig. cold. wrappers. (4)
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Lot 259/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
Crofton Croker (T.) The Keen of the South of Ireland: As Illustrative of Irish Political and Domestic History, Manners, Music and Superstitions. 8vo L. 1844. First Edn., hf. title, 8pp. cat. for The Percy Society at end, uncut, recent quarter calf, mor. label, v. good. V. Scarce. (1)
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