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 160/0315
Lim. to 400 Copies in Special BindingBook of Armagh: Gwynn (John)ed. Liber Ardmachanus – The Book of Armagh, Large 4to D. (R.I.A.) 1913. First Edn., De Luxe Edition Lim. to 400 Copies, bound in Celtic designed full reversed calf, by Galway, of Dublin, uncut, and with original ‘Prospectus’ loosely inserted. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 161/0315
SOLD Hammer price €420
Rare Signed Limited Edition[Beckett] O’Brien (Eoin) The Beckett Country – Samuel Beckett’s Ireland, lg. 4to D. (Black Cat Press) 1986. Limited Edition No. 154 of 260 Copies, Signed by Beckett, a.e.g., water-silk end papers, & strongly bound in gilt decor. grey mor., & sim. slipcase. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 162/0315
SOLD Hammer price €170
Petrie (George) The Complete Collection of Irish Music, Ed. by Chas. Villiers Stanford. Lg. thick 4to L. 1903, attractive copy in orig. gilt Celtic decor. front cloth cover. (1)
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Lot 163/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Petrie (George) The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, … An Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland. Lg. 4to D. (R.I.A.) 1845. First Edn., also ditto. sm. folio D. 1845. Second Edn., illus. thro-out in both, & both orig. blind decor. cloth. (2)
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Lot 164/0315
Hofstatter (Hans. H.) Art Nouveau, Prints, Illustrations & Posters, Lg. 4to Omega Books 1984. Cold. & other other illus. thro.-out, cloth, & illus. d.w.; Garafola (L.) & Van Norman Baer (N.) The Ballets Russes and its World, Folio L. (Yale) 1999, d.w.; Johnson (E.) The Russian Ballet, lg. 4to L. 1913. Illus. by Ren Bull, unopened, boards. (3)
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Lot 165/0315
SOLD Hammer price €50
Celtic Art: Fox (Sir Cyril) Pattern and Purpose, A Survey of Early Celtic Art in Britain. 4to Cardiff 1958, d.w.; The Treasure of Irish Art 1500 B.C. – 1500 A.D., folio N. York 1977; & 5 others sim. (7)
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Lot 166/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum or A Naturall Historie, roy 8vo, L. (J.H. for Wm. Lee) 1631, THIRD EDN., engd. port. frontis & add. engd t.p., bound with New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished, contemp. full calf, recent reback & labels. (1)
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Lot 167/0315
SOLD Hammer price €130
Irish Printing: Thom (Alex) Progress in Irish Printing, folio D. 1936. First Edn., illus., illus. adverts., orig. decor. cold. ptd. boards, v. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 168/0315
SOLD Hammer price €620
With Original Dried SpecimensMoore (David) Concise Notices of the Indigenous Grasses of Ireland, best suited for Agriculture, with Dried Specimens of each kind. Folio D. (Glasnevin) 1843. Sole Edn., Title within decorated border, 8pp + 35 leaves displaying 47 orig. specimens, orig. cloth backed boards, with ptd. label on front cover. V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1)N.B. FIRST EDN – NOT SOLE EDN.
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Lot 169/0315
SOLD Hammer price €260
Bunting (Edward) Prospectus of a General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, 8vo D. n.d. c. 1800. Sole Edn., hf. title, 24pp sewn; also A General Collection of Ancient Irish Music, Vol. I only folio L. n.d. Engd. title, Signed ‘E. Bunting’ V, 36pp recent cloth. Good. As a coll. w.a.f. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 170/0315
SOLD Hammer price €180
Publications of The Civics Institute of IrelandAbercrombie (P.), Kelly (Sydney & Arthur) Dublin of the Future – The New Town Plan, Vol. I lg. 4to Liverpool & L. 1922; and O’Rourke (Hoarce T.) The Dublin Civic Survey, Vol. II lg. 4to Liverpool & L. 1925, 2 vols. complete, 2 frontis (one by Harry Clarke) numerous fold. cold. maps & plts. photo illus etc., orig. buckram backed boards. (2)* Pres. Copy, with letter to Sir John Purser Griffith.
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Lot 171/0315
SOLD Hammer price €140
O’Phelan (John) Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, Folio D. 1813. First Edn., hd. cold. engd. frontis, engd. map, 10 full page sepia & other plts. (1 hd. cold.) & 2 engd. vignettes, cont. hf. green mor. Spine rubbed. An extremely good copy for a book notoriously always found in bad condition. (1)
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Lot 172/0315
SOLD Hammer price €110
Armstrong (Rob. Bruce) Musical Instruments – Part I The Irish and the Highland Harps, lg. 4to Shannon (I.U.P.) 1969. Reprint Illus. fold. etc., orig. mor. backed decorated boards. V. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 173/0315
SOLD Hammer price €230
Lengyal (Lancelot) L’Art Gaulois, Dans Les Medailles, folio France (Editions Corvina) 1954. First, Lim. Edns. No. 223 (1000), 48 plates loose in orig. box, together with Vol. of letterpress. In orig. pictorial box. V. good. (1)* Wonderful examples of French Celtic coin Art. Coins which inspired Picasso’s abstract Art. The finest publication on the topic & now extremely scarce.
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Lot 174/0315
SOLD Hammer price €220
Mahr (Adolf) & Raftery (Jos.) Christian Art in Ancient Ireland, Selected Objects Illustrated and Described. 2 vols. Atlas folio D. (Stationary Office) 1932-41. First Edns., 130 full page photo illus. etc., orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 175/0315
SOLD Hammer price €260
With Attractive Coloured PlatesGolf: Crombie (Charles) The Rules of Golf, published by Perrier French Natural Sparkling Table Water, lg. oblong folio c. 1900., 24 full page caricature cold. plts. Orig. colour printed cloth backed boards. (1)
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Lot 176/0315
SOLD Hammer price €190
Fine Provincial PrintingNeilson (Rev. Wm.) An Introduction to the Irish Language in Three Parts, 8vo Achill ‘Mission Press,’ 1845. 6 plts. orig. cloth. Very Scarce. Excellent Copy. (1)
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Lot 177/0315
Irish Grammar: Uraicht na Gaedhilge, A Grammar of the Gaelic Language. Sm. 8vo D. 1808. First Edn. XV, [202]pp, in cont. full cloth. A v. good copy. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 178/0315
Staunton (Michael) Hints for Hardinge being A Series of Political Essays, Published Originally in the Dublin Morning Register; with an Appendix. Sm. 8vo D. (for the Author) 1830. First in Book Form, orig. boards, v. good. Rare. (1)
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Lot 179/0315
SOLD Hammer price €70
Kelly (James) A Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs Explained and Made Intelligible to the English Reader, 8vo L. 1818. First Edn., red & bl. title, 12pp adverts at front, uncut, orig. boards, rebacked. Good. Scarce. (1)
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