9 December 2020 - 0322 Christmas Rare Book Sale

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Lot 60/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

Bindings: Hibernia Press, Ancient Irish Histories – The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrough, 2 vols. D. (Hibernia Press) 1809, First, dedit to Dublin Society, list of subs., lg. paper copy, full green mor., with blind Greek key design and ornate gilt border, gilt lettered spine, some wear, otherwise good copy. (2)

Lot 61/0322

SOLD Hammer price €160

Signed by Salman RushdieRushdie (Salman) The Satanic Verses, thick 8vo, L. (Viking) 1988, Signed, cloth and d.j.; The Ground Beneath her Feet, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1999, Signed, cloth and d.j. (2)

Lot 62/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Campbell (John H.) History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of The Hibernian Society, for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland. thick roy 8vo Philadelphia 1892. First Edn., fine cold frontis., illus. ports & fac-similes thro-out, orig. green cloth, with bright gilt pictorial decor. (1)* A very detailed & informative work.

Lot 63/0322

SOLD Hammer price €1900

Fine Attractive Hand-Coloured MapsScale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland 4to L. 1798. First Edns., engd. title & dedit etc. & 37 bright hand coloured maps, cont. hf. calf, marble sides. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 64/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Burton (Richard) The History of the Kingdom of Ireland, 4to Westminster 1811. New Edn. red & bl. title, port. frontis & wd. cut ports. thro-out, orig. mor. backed boards; also Disputatio Apologetica, de Iure Regni Hiberniae pro Catholicis Hibernis aduersus haereticos Anglos, By C.M. 4to Frankfurt 1649. 19th Century Reprint, Limited to 100 Copies, orig. mor. backed boards. (2)

Lot 65/0322

SOLD Hammer price €400

Vallancey (Major Charles) A Grammar of the Iberno – Celtic or Irish Language, 4to D. (R. Marchbank) 1773, First, dedit., Li, 8 plts., 192pps., contemp. full calf. Good copy. (1)

Lot 66/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

King (Dr. Wm.) … A Discourse on Predestination,… with Notes by the Rev. Richard Whately, M.A. 8vo L. 1821. Errata slip, cont. mor.; Mc Taggart (Ellis) Mc Taggart (John) Studies in Hegelian Cosmology, Cambridge 1901, cloth; Home (Henry) Lord Kames, Elements of Criticism, L. 1840, cloth; and King (Sir Chas. Simeon) A Great Archbishop of Dublin, William King, D.D. 1650 – 1729, L. 1906. First Edn., illus. cloth. (4)

Lot 67/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

Abbott (T.K.)T.C.D. Sight and Touch: An Attempt to Disprove the Received (or Berkelian) Theory of Vision, 8vo L. 1864. First Edn., wd. cut illus. orig. cloth, spine frayed; Graham (Wm.)T.C.D. Idealism: An Essay, Metaphysical and Critical, 8vo L. 1872. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy ‘R.H. Murray – From the Author, Dec. 1901.’ orig. cloth. Both Scarce. (2)

Lot 68/0322

SOLD Hammer price €250

Doyle (Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 8vo L. (George Newnes Ltd.) 1892, First Edn., hf. title, text illus., blue gilt lettered cloth, worn; Orwell (George) The Road to Wigan Pier, 8vo, L. (Victor Gollancz) 1937, [Left Book Club Edition Not for Sale to the Public], photo illus., orange ptd. wrappers. (2)

Lot 69/0322

SOLD Hammer price €340

Signed by the AuthorWest (Rebecca) Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, The Record of a Journey through Yugoslavia in 1937. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1941. First Edn., hf. title, illus., cloth, orig. ptd. d.w. Good. (2)* Signed by Author on title of Vol. I

Lot 70/0322

SOLD Hammer price €160

Marmion (Anthony) The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland, L. 1860. Fourth, very clean copy, in original cloth. (1)

Lot 71/0322

SOLD Hammer price €60

Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Armagh Clergy and Parishes, 8vo Dundalk 1911. First Edn., fold. map frontis & with A.L.S. from author tipped in, plus Supplement to Armagh Clergy & Parishes, Dundalk 1948. First Edn., orig. cloth, & cloth backed boards. (2)

Lot 72/0322

SOLD Hammer price €60

Leslie (Rev. James B.) Ardfert & Aghadoe, Clergy and Parishes, roy 8vo D. 1940. First Edn., port. frontis. Pres. Copy, inscribed & with orig. A.L.s. from author, loosely inserted; also The Diocese of Ross its Bishops, Clergy and Parishes, Cork 1936. First Edn., fold. map, both orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 73/0322

SOLD Hammer price €80

Leslie (Rev. James B.) Biographical Succession Lists of the Clergy of Diocese of Down, Enniskillen 1936; Derry Clergy and Parishes, Enniskillen 1937, port. frontis & illus.; also Raphoe Clergy and Parishes, Enniskillen 1940. With A.L.s. from Author tipped in, all First Edns., & cloth. (3)

Lot 74/0322

SOLD Hammer price €180

Leslie (Rev. James B.) Ossory Clergy and Parishes, roy 8vo Enniskillen 1933. First Edn., lg. fold. map, & 1 port.; also Ferns Clergy and Parishes, D. 1936. First Edn., both orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 75/0322

SOLD Hammer price €500

Signed by the Author and ArtistBehan (Brendan) and Hogarth (Paul) artist, Brendan Behan’s Island An Irish Sketch Book, 8vo, N.Y. (Bernard Geis Associates) 1962, Signed by Both on t.p., port. frontis., hf. title, text illus. and plts., green cloth, decor. d.j. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 76/0322

SOLD Hammer price €50

Kirk (Mr.)ed. Outline from Figures and Compositions upon The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir William Hamilton; with Engraved Borders. roy 8vo L. 1814. Second, 62 engd. plts., later hf. blue mor., mor. label. V. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 77/0322

With Numerous Fine Coloured PlatesPeriodical: Diszito Muveszet, Nos 1 – 6, 6 Nos., 4to Budapest 1914. With fine mounted and other full page coloured illus., & other cold. illus. thro-out, also with 8 very lg. fold. designs at end, bound as one, in orig. brown wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. Rare. (1)

Lot 78/0322

SOLD Hammer price €260

Genealogy: O’Keeffe (B. Emer)Ass. Editor. The Search for Missing Friends, Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot, c. 1831 – 1920. Vols. I – VIII, together 8 vols., 8vo Boston 1989 – 1999. Sole Edn., some ports. tables etc., cloth & d.w.s. Scarce. (8)

Lot 79/0322

SOLD Hammer price €300

Hore (Philip Herbert) History of the Town and County of Wexford, 6 vols., Oxford Reprint 1978 of original Edn. 1900 – 1911, good and other maps, illus., etc., green cloth. Clean set. (6)