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 120/0315
SOLD Hammer price €110
Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, from original drawings by G. Petrie and others. Lg. 4to L. (Fisher, Son & Co.) n.d. [1829] add. engd. title, 26 plts. each with 2 engd. views, cont. hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. Very fine copy. (1)
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Lot 121/0315
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R.S.A.I. Extra Volumes: Wakeman (W.F.) A Survey of the Antiquarian Remains on the Island of Inismurray, roy 8vo L. 1893, fold. plts., illus. etc.; Macalister (R.A.S.) The Memorial Slabs of Clonmacnoise, Kings County, roy 8vo D. 1909. First Edn., fold. & other illus. etc., unopened; O’Neill Hencken (H.) Cahercommaun A Stone Fort in County Clare, roy 8vo D. 1938. First Edn., fold. plans, illus. photos etc. All orig. uniform green cloth. (3)
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Lot 122/0315
SOLD Hammer price €120
Legal: Mills (James)ed. Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls or Proceedings in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland,… Edward I, & Edward II, 1295 – 1303; 1305-1307 & 1308-1314. 3 vols. sm. folio D. (H.M.S.O.) 1905-1914. Vols. I & II in recent vellum backed cloth boards, Vol. III in orig. cloth. (3)
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Lot 123/0315
SOLD Hammer price €370
Unique CopyIrish Ballast Office: Wakefield (F.J.) Proceedings and Debates in the Irish House of Commons Relating to The Ballast Office 1780 – 1787, copied from House of Commons Journals and Parliamentary Registers in T.C.D. and the National Library of Ireland by F.J. Wakefield 1913. Folio 1913, with 2 hd. cold. maps (1 fold.), 70pp typescript, cont. hf. mor. raised bands, mor. label. Signed by Wakefield. V. good. Unique Copy. (1)
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Lot 124/0315
SOLD Hammer price €850
Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, Sm. folio Paris 1624. First Edn., red & bl. title with engd. vignette of Saints Columba, Patrick and Brigid, three other engraved ports of Saints, wd. cut initials, tails and other decorations, errata on end leaf, later full calf, dble. gilt fillet borders, raised bands, tooled gilt decor panels, recent mor. labels. V. Good Copy. (1)
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Lot 125/0315
SOLD Hammer price €300
Newenham (Thomas) A View of The Natural Political and Commercial Circumstances, lg. 4to L. 1809. First Edn., recent hf. crushed mor., marble ends and sides, raised bands, tooled decor. in panels, mor. labels. V. good clean copy. (1)
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Lot 126/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
With Large Coloured Litho PlateSproule (John) The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853, A Detailed Catalogue of its Contents,.. and Accounts of Manufacturing Processes in the Different Departments:.. Sm. thick folio D. 1854. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, fine dble page coloured litho plt., bl. & white plan & plts. text illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth. v. good. (1)
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Lot 127/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
I.A.S.: O’Donovan (John)ed. The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, Commonly called O’Dowda’s Country, 4to D. 1844. First Edn., fold. engd. map frontis fold. tables, recent hf. green mor. blind tooled & gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1)
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Lot 128/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
I.M.C.: MacAlister (R.A.S.) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. (Stationary Office) 1945 – 1949. First Edns., photo & other illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 129/0315
SOLD Hammer price €45
Sullivan (Sir Edw.) Buck Whaley’s Memoirs, including His Journey to Jerusalem. roy 8vo L. 1906. First Edn., illus. orig. blue cloth, v. good. (1)
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Lot 130/0315
SOLD Hammer price €280
Webb (Alfred) A Compendium of Irish Biography, Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen. 8vo D. 1878. First Edn. With orig. A.L.s. from Author tipped in, orig. cloth; O’Donoghue (D.J.) The Poets of Ireland, roy 8vo D. & L. 1912. First Edn., buckram. (2)
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Lot 131/0315
SOLD Hammer price €160
In Fine BindingShaw-Sparrow (Walter) John Laverty and His Work, 4to L. n.d. First Edn. Thus, frontis & plts. thro.-out, t.e.g., fine cont. hf. mor. by Ramage, London. (1)
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Lot 132/0315
SOLD Hammer price €170
Boate (Gerald) & Molyneux (Thos.) A Natural History of Ireland, In Three Parts. 4to D. (For Geo. Grierson) 1726. Third Edn. in English. 10 engd. plts. (6 fold.), some stains & finger marks, orig. panel calf, worn. (1)
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Lot 133/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
de Hae (Risteard) & Ni Dhonnchadha (Brighid) Cl r Litridheacht na Nua-Ghaedhilge 1850 – 1936, 3 vols. roy 8vo D. 1938-1940. First Edn., orig. green cloth. V. good. (3)
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Lot 134/0315
SOLD Hammer price €300
Scarce Belfast PublicationPeriodical: The Rushlight: A Weekly Literary Publication, Vol. I No. 1 – Vol. I No. 41, lacking only one number No. 26 (May 27th) Together 40 nos. 4to Belfast (Clark & Hope) Dec. 3rd 1824 – Sept. 9th 1825. Cont. hf. calf, as a periodical, w.a.f. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 135/0315
SOLD Hammer price €500
Very good Copy with Coloured PlatesO’Neill (Henry) Art and Civilization of Ancient Ireland, Folio L. 1863. First Edn., cold. litho frontis & 6 cold. litho plts. (1 fold.) plus bl. & white plts. & illus., orig. gilt decor. Celtic design full cloth. v. good. (1)
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Lot 136/0315
SOLD Hammer price €440
150 Copies Only, SignedWalsh (Wendy), Nelson (E. Chas.) An Irish Flower Garden Replanted, The Histories of some of our Garden Plants. Sm. folio D. 1997. Lim. Edn. No. 7 of 150 Copies, Signed by Author, Artist & Publisher. Cold. plts., bl. & white illus., mor. backed cloth & matching slipcase. V. good. (1)
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Lot 137/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Special Signed Limited EditionWhittington Press: Macgregor (Miriam) Diary of an Apple Tree, sm. oblong folio 1997. Special Limited Edns. No. IV of 65 Copies with a folder of Extra Prints, Signed by artist, quarter mor. & boards. V. good. Rare. (1)
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Lot 138/0315
SOLD Hammer price €90
Limited EditionBibliography: Taylor (Michael) & Sewell (B.) Saint Dominic’s Press – A Bibliography 1916 – 1937. Folio (Whittington Press) 1995. Sole Edition, Limited to 500 copies this is copy 255. Fold. & other illus., cloth backed boards, in matching slipcase. Attractive volume, v. good. (1)
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Lot 139/0315
SOLD Hammer price €240
Newenham (R. O’Callaghan) Picturesque Scenery .. of Ireland, v. lg. 4to n.d. [c. 1850] Engd. dedit, lacks title, 97 full page litho plts. mostly v. clean, later cloth. (1)
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