9 December 2020 - 0322 Christmas Rare Book Sale

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Lot 281/0322

SOLD Hammer price €360

Hand-Coloured Plates: Shoberl (Fred.) The World in Miniature, Turkey 6 vol. in 3 vols.; also Illyria, and Asiatic Islands, together 5 vols. 20mo L. (For R. Ackerman) n.d. c. 1830. With hand coloured plts., thro-out, orig. cloth. (5)

Lot 282/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Dublin Printed ChapbooksJuvenalia: Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825, for the Discovery of a North West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, 20mo D. (R. Napper) 1830, frontis & plts.; Travels in Germany, 20mo D. (P. Hayes) 1828, frontis & plts.; Travels in Southern Italy, 24mo D. (T.L. White) 1830. Frontis & plts. all in cont. sheep; 1 other children’s book. As a lot, w.a.f (4)

Lot 283/0322

SOLD Hammer price €1400

Bound for William Stawell, Esq.Bindings: Watson Stewart (John) The Treble Almanack for 1806 and 1810, 2 vols. D. 1806 and 1810. First Edn., each containing Gentleman’s & Citizen’s Almanack; The English Registry, and Wilson’s Dublin Directory, Volume for 1810 only with map, both in extremely fine full cont. crimson mor. profusely tooled with various elaborate designs, flowers, sprays etc., the 1806 volume with lyres and arrows, etc., and each cover inscribed William Stawell, Esq. Both in fine condition. (2)

Lot 284/0322

SOLD Hammer price €80

Peel (C.V.A.) The Zoological Gardens of Europe, Their History and Chief Features. 8vo L. 1903. First Edn., hf. title, frontis plts. & illus., t.e.g., orig. gilt decor cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 285/0322

In Very Attractive BindingReynolds-Ball (E.A.) The City of the Caliphs, 8vo Boston 1897. Illustrated Souvenir Edn., red & bl. title, plts., t.e.g., orig. fine gilt decor. pict. white cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 286/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

Genealogy: Burke (Sir Bernard) The Rise of Great Families, other Essays and Stories, L. (Longmans Green & Co.) 1873, First, with m/ss 4pp letter to Col. Pagen Payne from Bernard Burke, Dublin Castle, 4th February 1885 (with envelop) red cloth. (1)

Lot 287/0322

SOLD Hammer price €240

O’Neill (Henry) Artist Ireland For The Irish, A Practical, Peaceable and Just Solution to the Irish Land Question. 8vo L. 1868. First Edn., hf. title, orig. gilt lettered cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 288/0322

SOLD Hammer price €210

[Burton (Nataniel Joseph)] Letters from Harold’s Cross 1850, 12mo, D. (John F. Flower) 1850, First, 142pps., ptd. wrappers, bound in leather backed marble boards, gilt lettered spine. Good copy. Rare. (1)

Lot 289/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Dublin Printings: Pope (Alex.) The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Ed. by Mr. Warburton. 10 vols. 12mo D. (J. Potts) 1764. Red & black titles, 2 engd. frontis, & engd. plts. thro-out; also Ruffhead (Owen) The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq., 2 vols. 12mo D. 1769. First Dublin Edn., 2 hf. titles, engd. frontis Vol. I, all cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. (12)

Lot 290/0322

SOLD Hammer price €170

Dublin Printings: Sterne (Laurence) The Works of Laurence Sterne, M.A., 7 vols. 12mo D. (Thomas Armitage) 1774. Engd. port. Vol. I, & 1 other engd. plt.; The Life and Military Actions of .. Prince Eugene of Savoy, 12mo D. 1737, list of subs; Marmontel (M.) Belisarius, 12mo D. 1767; Ovid’s Epistles with His Amours, 16mo D. 1768, all cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels; also Letters between The Hon. Andrew Erskine and James Boswell, Esq., L. 1763, calf. As a lot, w.a.f (1)

Lot 291/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Grattan-Flood (Wm. H.) A History of Irish Music, D. 1905 First Edn.,; Graves (A.P.) Irish Literary and Musical Studies, L. 1913, First Edn., d.w.; Maccarthy Collins (Chas.) Celtic Irish Song Writers, L. 1885, First Edn., all cloth. (3)

Lot 292/0322

SOLD Hammer price €200

Clarendon (Edward Earl of,) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland, 8vo L. 1720. Engd. port. frontis, cont. calf, lower cover loose; also The Book of Common Prayer, . The Use of the Church of Ireland, 8vo D. (Executor of G.A. Grierson) 1757., panel calf, tooled gilt borders, panel and spine. As a lot. (2)

Lot 293/0322

SOLD Hammer price €160

[Dolmen Press] The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic MCMXVI, 12mo D. (Dolmen) 1960, ptd. boards; O’Flaherty (Liam) The Wild Swan and other Stories, 8vo L. (W. Jackson) 1932, port. frontis, Signed & Limited, cloth; Ussher (A.) An Alphabet of Aphorisms, sm. 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1953, Signed by illus., ptd. wrappers; O’Meara (J.J.)trans. The Voyage of Saint Brendan, Journey to the Promised Land, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1976, Signed & Limited, cloth & d.j.; Miller (L.) The Dun Emer Press, 8vo, D. (Dun Emer) 1973, ptd. wrappers; Russell (G.)A.E. Deirdre, sm. 4to D. (Maunsel) 1907, ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (1)

Lot 294/0322

SOLD Hammer price €170

Synge (John M.) The Aran Islands, 8vo, D. 1911, with illus. by Jack B. Yeats, blue cloth, gilt lettering; In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara, 8vo D. 1911, with illus. by J.B. Yeats, blue cloth and gilt lettering; Corkery (Daniel) Synge and Anglo Irish Literature, 8vo Cork 1931, engd. frontis by Jon B. Yeats. (3)

Lot 295/0322

SOLD Hammer price €340

With Fine Engraved Plates by J.M. MoreauAttractive Bindings: La Fontaine (J.) Oeuvres Complettes, 6 vols. 8vo Paris 1814. Engd. port. frontis & 25 engd. plts. a.e.g.; also Oeuvres de Jean Racine, Publires Par M. Petitot. 5 vols. 8vo Paris (de L’Imprimerie de A. Belin) 1813. Engd. frontis & 12 engd. plts. a.e.g. All cont. full tan calf, with gilt & blank tooled borders, the first set with shamrock, thistle and floral decoration, the spines gilt in panels, with mor. labels, some slight wear. V. good collection. (11)

Lot 296/0322

SOLD Hammer price €110

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo L. 1838. Illus. by R. Seymour and Phiz, cont. hf. mor.; also ditto single volume edition of 1856, with plts. & illus. by R. Seymour & Phiz, cont. full calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (3)

Lot 297/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Edgeworth (Maria) Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq., 2 vols. 8vo L. 1821. Second Edn. 2 engd. port. frontis Vol. I & 7 plts. cont. hf. calf, attractive gilt decor. spines. (2)

Lot 298/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., 4 vols. 8vo L. 1820. New Edn. 2 fold. frontis, cont. hf. calf, gilt spines, mor. labels. Good. (4)

Lot 299/0322

Legal: de Holme (J.L.) The Constitution of England, or, An Account of the English Government, 8vo L. 1790. New Edn. Port. frontis, fine cont. tree calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label; Peake (Thos.) Cases determined at Nisi Prius in the Court of King’s Bench, 8vo L. 1820; also Additional Cases; being a Continuation of Cases at Nisi Prius, 8vo L. 1829, both full calf. (3)

Lot 300/0322

SOLD Hammer price €90

Masefield (John) Sard Harker, L. 1924; Recent Prose, L. 1924; Odtaa, L. 1926; The Midnight Folk, L. 1927; The Hawbucks, L. 1929, All First Edns. in orig. pict. d.w.s.; & 4 others sim., some First Edns. (9)