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 140/0315
SOLD Hammer price €80
Verlag (Belser)publ. The Culture of the Abbey of St. Gall, An Overview Ed. by James C. King and Werner Voglar. Sm. folio Stuttgart / Zurich 1991. Illus. thro-out, cloth & d.w. V. good. (1)
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Lot 141/0315
SOLD Hammer price €700
150 Copies Only, SignedWalsh (Wendy) & Nelson (E. Chas.) Flowers of Mayo, Dr. Patrick Brownes Fascimilus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. folio D. (De Burca) 1995. Lim. Edn. No. 80 of 150 copies Only, Signed by Editor, Illustrator & Publisher. Fine mounted coloured plates, quarter crushed mor., boards, & matching slipcase. V. good. (1)
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Lot 142/0315
SOLD Hammer price €200
Five Coloured Lithographic PlatesMarcus Ward & Co. Publ., Five Chromo-Lithographic Drawings, Representing an Irish Ecclesiastical Bell, which .. belonged to Saint Patrick.., Atlas folio Belfast (Marcus Ward & Co.) 1850. Second Edn., 5 cold. litho. plts., & orig. green ptd. boards, worn, now in full light green cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 143/0315
SOLD Hammer price €320
Currency Committee: Report from the Committee on the Circulating Paper, the Specie, and the Current Coin of Ireland, and also On the Exchange between that Part of the United Kingdom and Great Britain, etc. Folio [L.] June 1804. First Edn., In Three Parts, 23pp; 47pp; 49-152pp; [IV] 109pp, recent hf. calf, marble sides, raised bands. V. good copy. Rare. (1)
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Lot 144/0315
SOLD Hammer price €220
Inland Navigation: House of Commons:Flint (C.W.)ed. Papers Relating to Inland Navigation in Ireland, Folio [L.] 1812. First Edn., fold. engd. map at end, hd. cold. in outline, 320pp, orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 145/0315
SOLD Hammer price €210
Sir John P. Griffith’s CopyInland Navigation in Ireland: Royal Commission on Canals etc. Final Report on the Canals and Inland Navigations of Ireland, … Folio L. (H.M.S.O.) 1911. V. large fold. cold. map at end, cont. full calf, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)* Front loose blank inscribed ‘Sir John P. Griffith.’
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Lot 146/0315
SOLD Hammer price €70
Micheli (Genevieve L.) L Enluiminure du Haut Moyen Age et les Influences Irlandaises, lg. 4to Brussels 1939. First Edn., numerous illus. plts., fine mor. backed cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 147/0315
SOLD Hammer price €340
Dublin Water Supply: [Romilly (C.)]ed. City of Dublin Water Supply – Report of the Commissioner … together with The Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, Folio D. (J. Flaconer) 1860. First Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. map at end, orig. gilt lettered limp mor. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 148/0315
SOLD Hammer price €240
Armstrong (Rob. Bruce) Musical Instruments – Part II English and Irish Instruments, folio Edin. 1908. First Edn. Limited No. 50 of 180 Copies Only, add. engd. title, full page plts., text illus. etc., orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 149/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
Petrie (George) The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion;…. the Origin and Uses of The Round Towers of Ireland, Vol. I [All Published] v. lg. 4to D. 1845. First Edn., illus. thro-out, fine recent hf. polished calf, green marble sides, raised bands, blind Celtic design in panels. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 150/0315
SOLD Hammer price €260
Coloured Plates: Shaw (Vero) The Illustrated Book of the Dog, lg. thick 4to n.d. [c. 1875] 27 full page cold. plts. (ex 28) orig. gilt dcor. pict. cloth. (1)
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Lot 151/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
The Ta¡n in GermanKinsella (Thos.) & le Brocquy (L.) Der Rinderraub, Altirisches Epos. Sm. folio Munich (Heimeran Verlag) 1976. With le Brocquy illustrations, decor. ends, white cloth, & pict. d.w. (1)
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Lot 152/0315
SOLD Hammer price €200
Allen (J. Romilly) The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, a Classified, Illustrated, Descriptive List of the Monuments, with an Analysis of their symbolism and ornamentation. Lg. thick 4to Edin. 1903. First Edn., No. 115 of Limited edition of 400 Copies, Signed. hf. title, numerous photo illus., text illus. etc., orig. strong hf. green mor. gilt decor., raised bands & gilt decor. panels on spine. V. fine copy. (1)
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Lot 153/0315
SOLD Hammer price €40
Thames & Hudson, publ., The Celts, ed. by Sabatino Moscati & others, thick folio L. 1991. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, cloth, & pict. d.w.; Duval (Paul Marie) Les Celtes, lg. 4to Paris (Gallimard) 1977, illus., cloth & d.w.; Hubert (Jean), Porcher (J.) & Volbach (W.F.)eds. Europe in the Dark Ages, folio L. 1969. First, illus. d.w. & slipcase. (3)
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Lot 154/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Hunt (John) Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 – 1600, 2 vols. folio D. (I.U.P.) 1974. First Edn., 340 photo illus., orig. cloth & pict. d.w. Good. (2)
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Lot 155/0315
SOLD Hammer price €520
Bunting (Edward) The Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano Forte. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers… V. lg. 4to D. (Hodges & Smith) 1840. First Edn., hf. title, cold. litho frontis, red & bl. title, etc., some text illus., orig. full green cloth, with gilt decor., shamrocks etc. & with lg. gilt harp in centre of each cover, by Gallwey & Co., Bookbinders with ticket. V. good. (1)
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Lot 156/0315
SOLD Hammer price €250
Walsh (Wendy F.) & Nelson (E. Chas.) Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized, Folio D. (Lilliput Press) 1993. First Lim. Edn. No. 116 of 150 Copies Only. Signed by both Author & Illustrator. Cold. plts. & other illus., list of subs., orig. qtr. green mor., slipcase. (1)
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Lot 157/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Craig (Maurice) Irish Bookbindings 1600 – 1800, folio L. 1954. First Edn., Lim. Edn. 750 Copies, cold. frontis plts. etc. with orig. ‘Prospectus’ loosely inserted, orig. buckram, & d.w. Good copy. (1)
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Lot 158/0315
Sandler (Lucy F.) The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels and other Fenland Manuscripts, lg. folio L. 1974; also Wormald (Francis) The Winchester Psalter, lg. folio L. 1973, fine cold. & bl. & white plts., both cloth, & d.w.’s. (2)
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Lot 159/0315
SOLD Hammer price €130
R.I.A.: Stokes (Whitley)ed. On the Calendar of Oengus, lg. sq. mor. D. 1880. First Edn., recent hf. vellum, with gilt Celtic decoration, v. good copy. (1)
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