11 March 2020 - 0317 RARE BOOKS SALE CASTLECOMER
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11 March 2020 - 0317 RARE BOOKS SALE CASTLECOMER
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Lot 1/0317
Co. Kerry: Hickson (Mary Agnes) Selections from Old Kerry Records, Historical and Genealogical. One Volume, 8vo L. 1872. First Edn., errata slip, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth. V. clean copy. (1)
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Lot 2/0317
Blennerhassett Leech (A.) Irish Riflemen in America, L. 1875. First Edn., frontis cold. plts. & fold. map Signed Presentation Copy, gilt decor. cloth; Meagher (Thos. Francis) Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland, N.Y. 1870. port. frontis brown cloth. Both v. clean copies. (2)
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Lot 3/0317
Ex Libris Doneraile Court Bingley (Rev. W.) Animal Biography, or Popular Zoology, 4 vols. Sm. 8vo L. 1820. Engd. plts. thro-out, cont. hf. calf, each front cover with mor. label, titled in gilt ‘Hon. Hayes St. Leger.’ As bindings, w.a.f. (4)
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Lot 4/0317
Travel: Bugge (Thos.) Travels in the French Republic, trans. by J. Jones 12mo L. 1801. First English Edn., engd. frontis; Williams (Helen Maria) A Tour in Switzerland, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1798. Map frontis (torn with loss), all cont. tree calf. (3)
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Lot 5/0317
Binding: Swift (Jonathan) The Tale of a Tub, Volume XI of the Author’s Works. … The which is added, The Life … Swift. 16mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1762. Engd. frontis & engd. plts., full cont. crimson mor. T.C.D. Prize Binding with raised bands, gilt tooled in panels, mor. label, & with T.C.D. prize plate and oval armorial stamps in gilt. As a binding, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 6/0317
Latrobe (B.H.) Characteristic Anecdotes, and Miscellaneous Authentic Papers .. of Frederick II … of Prussia, 12mo D. 1788 calf; Friendly Advice to my Poor Neighbours; in a Series of Cottage Tales and Dialogues, By a Member of the Church of England. 12mo L. 1829, hf. calf; The Young Lady’s Parental Monitor, 16mo L. 1790, engd. frontis, tree calf; Opie (Mrs.) The Warrior’s Return, and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1808. Second Edn., engd. frontis, attractive tooled gilt crimson mor. (4)
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Lot 7/0317
Welwood (James) Memoirs of the Most Material Transactions in England, for The Last Hundred Years. Sm. 8vo L. 1736, title inscribed ‘John Godfrey’ cont. calf; also 2 other volumes of Military interest, with fold. plans & plts. etc., calf. As a lot. (3)
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Lot 8/0317
[Swift (Jonathan)] Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, Bart. and other Ministers of State, both at Home and Abroad, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. (for J. Tonson) 1700. First Edn. Published by Jonathan Swift. Engd. port. frontis rebound hf. calf, marble sides, spine raised bands & gilt decor., red & blue mor. labels. V. nice copy. (2)
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Lot 9/0317
With Coloured Plates: Francis (Francis) A Book of Angling, 8vo L. 1885. Engd. frontis & 15 engd. plts. include 6 fine hd. cold. plts., cloth. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 10/0317
Travel: Stark (Archibald G.) The South of Ireland in 1850, being The Journal of a Tour in Leinster and Munster, D. 1850 First, illus; Sketches in Ireland: … in the North and South, D. 1827. First,; de Bovet (Mme) Three Month’s Tour in Ireland, L. 1891, First, illus. cloth; & 2 others. (5)
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Lot 11/0317
[Blenkensoff] Paddiana; or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life Past and Present, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1848. Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis., cont. hf. calf. Good. (2)
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Lot 12/0317
Webb (Wm.) An Analysis of the History and Antiquities of Ireland,… of the Celtic Nations, D. 1791. First Edn., hf. title; [Campbell (Thos.)] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, 8vo L. 1777. First Edn., frontis & plts. tree calf; & 2 others, History of Limerick, & Westmeath, with plts. As a lot. (4)
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Lot 13/0317
Travel: Gilly (W.S.) Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piedmont, 8vo L. 1825. Second, maps & illus. hf. calf; & 4 books of Irish Travel, Hole, Moore etc. (5)
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Lot 14/0317
Forbes (John) Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852, 2 vols. L. 1853. First Edn., litho frontis fold. map, & text illus., cloth; Gaskin (J.J.) Varieties of Irish History, D. 1869, First Edn., 4 cold. plts. & fold. map; Lacy (Thos.) Home Sketches on Both Sides of the Channel, L. 1852. All cloth, good. (4)
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Lot 15/0317
SOLD Hammer price €220
Shakespeare – The Plays of William Shakespeare, 12 vols. Sm. 8vo L. (T. Bensley) 1800. Hf. titles, wd. cut vignette of swan on titles, cont. mottled calf, decorative floral borders, gilt spines, mor. labels. (12)
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Lot 16/0317
SOLD Hammer price €110
Almanacs: Watson (S.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanac, English Registry,… Wilson’s Dublin Directory, 12mo D. 1780, mor. backed marble boards; also ditto for 1827, full mor., as Almanacs, V. good. (2)
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Lot 17/0317
SOLD Hammer price €240
Wilde (Lady) Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, L. 1888, gilt decor. cloth; de Jubainville (H.D.’A.) The Irish Mythological Cycle, D. 1903. First,; Rolleston (T.W.) Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race, L. 1912; & 1 other sim. (4)
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Lot 18/0317
SOLD Hammer price €90
Gordon (Rev. James) A History of Ireland, from the Earliest Accounts to … 1801. 2 vols. 8vo D. 1805. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. tree calf, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2)
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Lot 19/0317
SOLD Hammer price €150
Co. Kilkenny: Healy (Rev. Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City), Vol. I [All Published] 8vo Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) [1893] First Edn., illus. sepia plts. orig. cloth, gilt; also Burtchaell – The Members of Parliament for the County, City, and Boroughs of Kilkenny, 8vo lacks t.p. & 5pp prelims., orig. cloth. Good. (2)
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