9 December 2020 - 0322 Christmas Rare Book Sale

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Lot 120/0322

SOLD Hammer price €90

Goldsmith (Oliver) Poems and Plays,… to which is Prefixed The Life of the Author. 12mo Lond. (For B. Newberry and T. Johnson) 1780. Engd. port. frontis & title, & 2 engd. plts. full cont. calf; Stevenson – The New and Complete Gardener’s Kalendar; .. the Management of Bees,… 12mo D. (For James Williams) 1765. Cont. full calf, mor. label; Yorick, A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy, 12mo L. 1794. Engd. port. frontis & 4 plts., cont. tree calf, rubbed. (3)

Lot 121/0322

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D’Ube (Ms.) The Poor Man’s Physician and Surgeon, 12mo L. 1704. Trans. from Eight Edition Printed in Paris, cont. panel calf. (1)

Lot 122/0322

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Bindings: Clarke (Dr. Sam.)ed. The Book of Common Prayer, sm. 8vo L. (For J. Johnson) 1774. A.e.g. cont. full crimson mor. with large tooled gilt floral border, and central medallion on both covers, tooled gilt spine in panels; The Book of Common Prayer, 12mo L. (For John Reeves) 1801., a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor. tooled gilt roll border. (2)

Lot 123/0322

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Binding: Stephens (Thos.)ed. Publii Papinii Statii Sylvarum Libri V., Sm. 8vo Cambridge (Thos. Buck) 1651. Title within woodcut decor. border, interleaved copy, a.e.g., in fine full Irish green mor., binding, with dble fillet & floral borders, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 124/0322

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Rare Irish Travel BookCharles Sneyd Edgeworth’s Copy[Pukcler-Muskau (Hermann Ludwig Heinrich, Prinz Van)] Tour in England, Ireland and France, in the Years 1828 & 1829, [Trans. by Sarah Austin] 2 vols. 8vo L. 1832. First English Edn., 2 hf. titles, advert leaf end of vol. I., orig. cloth, mor. labels. Good copy of a scarce item. (2)* Charles Sneyd Edgeworth’s copy, with his book plates. He was son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth.

Lot 125/0322

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Great War 1914 – 1918: Redmond (Major Wm.) Trench Pictures from France, 8vo L. 1917. Second, Hf. title, Port. frontis & 2 other ports. adverts at end, orig. cloth. V. good. Scarce. (1)* The Author was killed in action in June 1917.

Lot 126/0322

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Important Account of Prison LifeSheehy (David) M.P. Prison Papers, sm. 8vo D. 1888. First Edn., in bk. form, orig. ptd. cold. decorated boards, recent cloth reback. Scarce. (1)

Lot 127/0322

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Signed Copy by Member of First DailWalsh (J.J.) Recollections of a Rebel, 8vo Tralee n.d. c. 1944. First Edn. Signed on f. loose blank, & dated 29/9/44. Illus. etc., & with orig. photographic portrait postcard tipped in, cloth backed boards. Good. (1)

Lot 128/0322

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Written before The TrucePresentation CopyBriollay (Sylvain) Ireland in Rebellion, trans. from French 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1922. First Edn. in English. Inscribed Pres. Copy, ‘To An Accomplice S. Briollay 6th March 1922’ green cloth, with v. rare printed dust wrappers. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 129/0322

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Signed by Risteard MulcahyDail Eireann: Buan-Orduithe Standing Orders, sm. 8vo D. 1923. Orig. cloth, gilt. (1)* Signed on front loose end ‘Risteard Ua Madhchatha’ & ‘Michael O’hAodha.’

Lot 130/0322

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Signed by Captain Spindler[Casement (Sir R.)] Spindler (Capt. Karl) Das Gehaimnisvolle Schiff, 8vo Berlin 1921. Rare First Edn., Signed by the Author, port. frontis fold. map & illus., & with many news cuttings loosely inserted, orig. gilt decor. cloth. Rare.* Spindler captained The Aud which attempted to land arms for The Volunteers in Kerry in 1916. This book was later published in English as “The Mystery of the Casement Ship,” Berlin 1931. (1)

Lot 131/0322

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Irish Volunteers: [Hobson (Bulmer)] The Handbook for Irish Volunteers, Simple Lectures on Military Subjects by ‘H.’ Sm. sq. 16mo D. (Gill & Son) 1914. Sole Edn., hf. title orig. green cloth, rounded corners. V. Scarce. (1)* Carthy 3730 Hobson was a Quaker from Belfast, was a Veteran I.R.B. member, founder of Na Fianna in Belfast and a pioneer of Sinn Fein and the Volunteers. He fell out with the I.R.B. after backing Redmond’s attitude towards the Volunteers and was out of favour afterwards. After alerting Eoin Mac Neill about the Republicans plans for the Rising, he was captured and held in custody during Easter Week. He afterwards withdrew from Public Life.

Lot 132/0322

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Inscribed by Austin Stack & Richard MulcahyIrish Volunteers: Hobson (Bulmer) A Short History of the Irish Volunteers, Vol. I [All Published] 8vo D. (The Candle Press) 1918. First Edn., Intro. by Eoin Mac Neill, orig. blue cloth. Rare. (1)* Inscribed on title page by ‘Aibhistin de Staic,’ and on front loose blank by ‘Risteard Ua Mealeadha’.

Lot 133/0322

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Rare Inscribed First EditionsCollins (Michael) The Path to Freedom, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1922. First Edn. Port. frontis, Inscribed by Eoin Mac Neill on front loose blank, orig. decor. cloth, and orig. d.w.; with, O’Connor (Batt) With Michael Collins in the Fight for Irish Independence, 8vo L. 1929. First Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy from Author to Miss Molly Kerr, on front loose blank, orig. green cloth & orig. d.w. Both v. good copies of scarce volumes. (2)* O’Connor joined the Volunteers 1916, and was ordered to Kerry in advance of the Easter Rising, but after the arrest of Casement he returned to Dublin. He was arrested and court martialed and interned in Richmond Barracks. He was later sent to Wandesworth and Frongoch where he met Michael Collins. He was an intelligence agent and one of Collins’ most trusted allies. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Lot 134/0322

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Engraved Maps: Controret (Kong Gen. Landrm) Karta ofver Langswagarner uti Sverige och Norrige, 1831 approx. 91cms x 63cms (36″ x 25″), hd. cold. linen backed folding map; Johnston (K.) Sweden and Norway (Scandinavia) fold. linen backed cold. map, Edinburgh c. 1850; Whitelock – Le Scandinevie, Lithograph au Bureau de l’etat major de l’Armee, hd. cold. & folding linen backed, 1837, approx. 94cms x 68cms (39″ x 27″), in slip case; Charot (Victor) Carte Generale d’Europe – Nouvelle Carte des Chemins de Fer de l’Europe, lg. folding linen backed map, hand coloured, Paris 1866, approx. 71cms x 98cmns (28″ x 38 1/2″), cloth folder. All good. As maps, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 135/0322

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Maps of France: Andriveau (J.) Carte Generale des Routes de France, Paris 1840, New Edn., hd. cold. fold. linen backed map, approx. 64cms x 80cms (25″ x 31 1/2″) in slip case; de Simencourt – Carte Itineraire Complete de La France, Paris 1846, fold. linen backed map, hd. cold. in outline, approx. 66cms x 96cms (26″ x 38″), in slip case; Dumont (A.) Carte des Travaux Publics en France, …. des Chemins de Fer et l’ensemble des Voies Navigables,… Paris (E. Andrievau – Goujon) 1868. Lg. linen backed map, hd. cold., approx. 67cms x 82cms (26 1/2″ x 32 1/2″), slipcase; Coutaut (E.) Carte Routiere et Vinicole Department de la Gironde, Bordeaux 1876. lg. hd. cold. linen map, approx. 99cms x 77cms (39″ x 30 1/2″), cloth., together 4 maps, as a coll., w.a.f. Good. (4)

Lot 136/0322

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Maps: England & Wales: Faden (W.) A Map of England, Wales & Scotland, describing all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain? L. 1801, lg. fold. linen backed map, 76cms x 62cms (30″ x 24 1/2″), fully hd. cold., slip case; Stanford (Ed.) Railway Map of the British Isles and Part of France, by B.R. Davies. L. c. 1880. Lg. folding map on linen, bright hand colouring, 97cms x 81cms (38″ x 32″) approx. in slip case; Stanford’s Portable Map of England and Wales with The Railways? L. c. 1881, fold. linen backed map, fully hand cold, 83cms x 76cms (32 1/2″ x 30″), fold. cloth covers. As maps, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 137/0322

SOLD Hammer price €610

With Attractive Fore-Edge PaintingsAustin (Gilbert) Late Chaplain at the Magdalene Asylum, Dublin. Sermons on Practical Subjects, Preached in Dublin, 8vo L. 1795. First Edn. advert leaf at end, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. (2)* With fine large watercolour fore-edge painting of a rural landscape with figures boating on river in foreground, village and church beyond; also Westall and Martin – Illustrations of The Bible, Vol. I, 8vo L. 1835. Woodcut illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. calf.* With attractive English rural landscape with figures on pathway in foreground, Cathedral beyond.

Lot 138/0322

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Limited to 200 Copies[Capt. James Hind]- No Jest Like a True Jest: Being a Compendious Record of the Merry Life, and Mad Exploits of Capt. James Hind, The Great Robber of England, Together with the close of all at Worcester, where he was Drawn, Hang’d and Quartered for High-Treason against the Common-Wealth Sept. 24th 1652,” 4to Lond. Re-printed … 1815. Lim. to 200 Copies, Wood-cut frontis., black letter thro-out, cont. hf. calf. (1)

Lot 139/0322

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Association CopyThelwall (J.) The Poetical Recreations of The Champion and His Literary Correspondents: Sm. 8vo L. 1822. First Edn., Thus, with some 5pp m/ss of notes by the author, hf. calf. (1)* There is a note on front paste down by Denis Florence McCarthy in his hand stating that the m/ss notes are those of the author and referring reader to McCarthy’s article in ‘Notes and Queries.’ It is further signed by ‘G.N. Plunkett, Dec. 19th 1874,’ i.e. Count Plunkett, father of Joseph Mary Plunkett, Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation.