9 December 2020 - 0322 Christmas Rare Book Sale

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Lot 160/0322

Atlas: Cary (John) Traveller’s Companion, or, A Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales,… laid down on a New Set of County Maps. sm. 8vo L. 1791. Engd. title, advert & contents, & 42 of 43 (lacks Yorkshire) full page maps, hand cold. in outline, cont. full mottled calf, gilt roll border. V. good. as an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 161/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Rare Hand-Coloured AtlasAtlas: Starling (Thomas) Geographical Annual or Family Cabinet Atlas, Sm. 8vo L. (Perkins & Bacon) & Published by Mr. Bull, 1834. Engd. & hd. cold. title, engd. dedit, contents leaf etc. (engraved throughout), 96pp, with 49 hd. cold. maps (include. one dbl. page) a.e.g., cont. blind stamped mor. In fine condition. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 162/0322

SOLD Hammer price €3800

“I have seen War… I hate War”Signed Presentation Copy to William C. BullittRoosevelt (Franklin D.) Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States, Chautauqua, N.Y. August 14, 1936, roy 8vo United States Government Printing Office Washington Limited Edition ‘No. 14 of 50 Copies / FDR,’ inscribed in author’s hand, and with presentation inscription, ‘For William C. Bullitt / with the affectionate regards of Franklin D. Roosevelt.’ XVpp., with the bookplate of Wm. C. Bullitt, in original grey boards, paper label on front cover, spine faded, but an extremely fine copy of this rarity.* This is probably Roosevelt’s most famous speech, and here, he inscribed this copy to William C. Bullitt, who served his president faithfully in Russia and Paris. Extremely Rare. (1)* See Biographical Note before Lot 153.

Lot 163/0322

SOLD Hammer price €750

Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper BandHerbert (Frank) Dune 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. First Edn., hf. title, a little discolouration on fore-edges, with orig. black dust wrapper with white silhouette, somewhat bubbled at joints, and with the extremely rare yellow wrap-around with quotation from Arthur C. Clarke. An extremely good copy. (1)* A science fiction classic

Lot 164/0322

SOLD Hammer price €300

Signed by Former U.S. PresidentBush (George W.) 41 – A Portrait of My Father, 8vo, N.Y. (Crown Publishers) 2014, Signed, port. frontis., illus., boards, gilt lettered spine, pictorial d.j. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 165/0322

SOLD Hammer price €440

Signed Limited EditionHeaney (Seamus) The Haw Lantern, 8vo N.Y. (Farrar, Straus, Giraux) 1987, Limited Edn., No. 77 (250) Copies, maroon cloth, matching slip case. (1)

Lot 166/0322

SOLD Hammer price €80

Signed by Roddy DoyleDoyle (Roddy) Two More Pints, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape) 2014, Signed, decorated ptd. boards. Good Copy. (1)

Lot 167/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

Lewis (C.S.) That Hideous Strength, A Modern Fairy – Tale for Grown Ups. 8vo N. York (The Macmillan Company) 1946. First Edn., hf. title, orig. grey cloth, black lettered spine, lacking d.w. V. good. (1)

Lot 168/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Genealogy: Levinge (Sir Rich. G.A.) Jottings of The Levinge Family, sm. 4to D. 1877. Printed for Private Circulation. Family table, some m/ss notes, orig. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 169/0322

SOLD Hammer price €80

Genealogy: Ferrar (Maj. M.L.) Register of The Royal School Armagh, 8vo Belfast 1933. First Edn., illus.; also Rathmines School – The School Roll from the Beginning of the School in 1858 till its Close in 1899, 8vo D. 1932. First Edn., port. frontis & illus., both orig. cloth, gilt. V. good copies. (2)

Lot 170/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Genealogy: Shirley (Evelyn Philip) The Noble and Gentlemen of England; or, Notes and Descents of the Ancient, Knightly and Gentle Houses of England,… 4to Westminster 1860. Second Edn., hf. title, red & bl. title, illus. thro-out, 2 leaves of m/ss notes loosely inserted, bookplates, cont. crushed hf. green mor. raised bands etc by Riviere & Son. (1)

Lot 171/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

Genealogy: Phipps (Pownoll W.) The Life of Colonel Pownoll Phipps, K.C. H.E.I.C.S., With Family Records, 4to L. 1894. Printed for Private Circulation, with dbl. page pedigrees, later cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 172/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Genealogy: Carson (James) The Carsons of Monaton, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, 8vo Lisburn 1931. Sole Edn., port. frontis & 2 other ports. Inscribed Pres. Copy, orig. cloth. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 173/0322

SOLD Hammer price €360

Cork Directory: Francis Guy’s County and City of Cork Directory for the Years 1875 – 1876, 8vo Cork 1876., 2 fold. maps (with some tears) loose, adverts front & end, recent full cloth, as a directory. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 174/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Some Inscribed Presentation Copies[Berkeley] Luce (A.A.) Sense Without Matter, or Direct Perception, 8vo L. 1954. First Edn., d.w.; also Fishing and Thinking, 8vo L. 1959. First Edn., interesting Presentation inscription to Martin Cumberland, cloth; and Berkeley and Malebranche, Oxford 1967, cloth, all Signed; Wisdom (John Oulton) The Unconscious Origin of Berkeley’s Philosophy, 8vo L. 1953. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, d.w., with an Offprint by same Author, Signed, loosely inserted; Johnston (G.A.)ed. Berkeley’s Commonplace Book, L. 1930. First, cloth. As a lot. (5)* N.B. Wisdom was an Irish Philosopher and T.C.D. Graduate.

Lot 175/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Association Copy, C.H. Frith’s Copy Hutchinson (Mrs. Lucy) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1810. Third Edn., Interleaved copy, with m/ss notes thro-out by C.H. Frith, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. (2) * Mr. C.H. Frith’s copy, Signed by him in Vol. II. Frith was the editor of the standard modern edition of this work and used this copy in completing that task.

Lot 176/0322

SOLD Hammer price €130

Paine (Thomas) The Works of Thomas Paine, 8vo L. 1796. VIII?, 480pp title page & pp 373 & 453 torn with very slight loss; Bound with Paine (Thos.) The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance, 8vo D. 1796. Fourth, 41pp, cont. calf, mor. label, worn. (1)

Lot 177/0322

Austin Stack and The Hunger Strike[Stack (Austin)] – Motley (John L.) Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland, 2 vols. L. 1904. Orig. buckram. Good. (2)* Inscribed in Vol. I, on front loose blank ‘Aibhistin de Staci, 24.4.23’ and again on verso of frontis ‘Aibhistin de Staic / Traighli / Kilmainham Prison 29.X.23 (16th Day of hunger strike)’; the second volume, also with name ‘Aibhistin de Staic, Kilmainham 5.XI.23’; with a related news cutting and with Mrs. Austin Stack’s visiting card loosely inserted.Austin Stack, from Tralee, was involved in Casement’s unsuccessful attempt to land arms in Kerry prior to the 1916 Rising. A founder member of The Irish Volunteers, formerly a tax inspector in Dingle, he was elected to the First Dail and later became Minister for Home Affairs 1921 – 22. He was a close colleague and supporter of Eamon de Valera, opposed the Treaty, and was imprisoned in 1923, taking part in the hunger strike which severely weakened his health. He died in 1929. A Poignant Memento.

Lot 178/0322

SOLD Hammer price €250

With a Long Inscription by Dan Breen, 1953[Breen (Dan)] Union Interparliamentarie. Conpte Rendu de la XLIe Conference, roy 8vo Geneva 1962, orig. cloth (spine faded), text in French and English. With a long inscription on f.e.p. and following blank page by Dan Breen, evidently a delegate to this inter parliamentary meeting. ‘The visit to Berne in 1952 is one I shall never forget. The Swiss Government & people gave me a wonderful time. Padraic Hillary (Dr.) was my sole companion & he is a fine type of young man,’ also mentioning other Irish delegates, ‘a poor lot.. ape the English & will sell out to the English any time…’ (1)*Dan Breen (1894 – 1969) began the War of Independence with the ambush at Soloheadbeg, 1919. He was Fianna Fail T.D. for Tipperary 1932-65.

Lot 179/0322

SOLD Hammer price €100

[Childers (Erskine)]: Cox (Tom) Damned Englishman. A Study Childers (1870 – 1922) N.Y. 1975; Wilkinson (Burke) The Zeal of the Convert, N.Y. 1985; Boyle (Andrew) The Riddle of Erskine Childers, L. 1977. First; Popham (H. & R.) A Thirst for the Sea. The Sailing Adventures of Erskine Childers, L. 1979. All orig. pict. d.w.’s. Good. (4)