4 December 2018 - #307 Rare Book Sale

#307

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Lot 1/307

SOLD Hammer price €800

Darwin (Chas.) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, L. 1861. Third Edn., hf. title; also The Formation of Vegetable Mould, L. 1881. Fourth Thousand, both orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 2/307

SOLD Hammer price €160

Military: Paget (Capt. Guy) History of the 7th (Service) Northampton Regiment,… and its Records from the Formation until it proceeded on Active Service 14 Sept. 1914 – 31st Aug. 1915. sm. 8vo Aldershot 1915. Sole Edn., illus. orig. hf. mor.; also King (H.B.) 7th (S.) Battalion Northampton Regiment 1914 – 1919, sm. 8vo Aldershot 1919. Sole Edn., port. frontis fold. maps & illus., orig. cloth. V. good. (2)

Lot 3/307

Belcham – Essays, Philosophical, Historical and Literary, 4 vols. 12mo D. 1790. Cont. tree calf, mor. labels; Dialogues of the Dead, 12mo D. (Oli Nelson) 1760. First Edn., cont. calf. (5)

Lot 4/307

SOLD Hammer price €120

Hogan (Rev. Ed.) The History of the Irish Wolfdog, 12mo D. 1897, First Edn., frontis & plts; also The Irish People, Their Height, Form and Strength. 12mo D. 1897, First Edn., frontis, 2 vols. uniform, orig. green cloth, fine gilt decoration. Both v. good. Scarce. (2)

Lot 5/307

SOLD Hammer price €230

Italian Travel: Artaria (F. & Sons) Nouveau Guide du Voyageur en Italia, 8vo Milan 1841. Sixth, hf. title, 2 lg. folding map (1 hd. cold. in outline) 20 fold. maps & town plans, 1 lg. fully coloured fold. Plan of Pompeii and some single page maps, cont. hf. vellum, excellent copy; also Vasi and Nibby – New Guide of Rome and the Environs, 8vo Rome 1847. Third, lg. fold. map & 28 engd. views, orig. cloth; Piale (L.) Guide to Naples and Sicily, in 2 parts 8vo Rome 1847. First Edn., lg. fold. map (in pocket) & 4 fold. town plans & maps, orig. cloth. all in v. good condition. A v. good lot. (3)

Lot 6/307

SOLD Hammer price €90

Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanists Guide to The North of Ireland, 8vo, Belfast (C. Aitchison) 1864, First Edn., rebacked cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 7/307

SOLD Hammer price €70

Taplin (Wm.) The Gentleman’s Stable Directory: or, Modern System of Farriery, 2 vols. 8vo L. & D. Reprinted 1790., 2 hf. titles, cont. full calf, mor. labels. (2)

Lot 8/307

SOLD Hammer price €100

Comerford (T.) The History of Ireland, sm. 8vo D. (L. Flin) 1755. First Edn., later quarter calf; Wynne (J. Huddlestone) A General History of Ireland, 3 vols. 12mo D. 1773. First Edn., fold. map of Ireland, & 3 engd. plts., cont. quarter calf, worn. (4)

Lot 9/307

SOLD Hammer price €70

[Guarino] El Pastor Fido, Poema de Baptista Guarino, Trans. by Dona Isabel Correa, sm. 8vo Amsterdam 1694. Errata leaf, inscribed on t.p. by a Waterford Jesuit, P. Ign. Roche, in 1723, orig. calf; also Sir Wm. Cavendish’s Memoirs of the Life of Cardinal Woolsley, 8vo L. 1708. Second Edn., advert leaf at end, cont. panel calf. (2)

Lot 10/307

SOLD Hammer price €160

Moore (Thomas) The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 vols. L. 1831. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis (port. & fold. map) cont. hf. mor., gilt spine; Fagan (Wm.) The Life and Times of Daniel O’Connell, 2 vols. Cork (John O’Brien) 1847. First Edn., cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels. Good lot. (4)

Lot 11/307

SOLD Hammer price €100

[Alexander (James)] An Amusing Summer Companion to Glanmire, near Cork: .. of that Beautiful Village .. Surrounding Country;.. the Inhabitants, [etc] sm. 8vo Cork 1814. Sole Edn., title & end leaf soiled, 164pp rebound. Bookplate of James Murphy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 12/307

SOLD Hammer price €70

Wilson (W.) The Post Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo, D. 1786, First, frontis, engd. t.p., dedit., advert, list of subs., 3 plts., fold. map, damp damage, later hf. green mor. (1)

Lot 13/307

SOLD Hammer price €90

Kelly (Michael) Reminiscences of Michael Kelly of the King’s Theatre,… 2 vols. 8vo L. 1826. First Edn. port. frontis Vol. I, 2pps. engraved music, attractive hf. mor. mor. labels. (2)

Lot 14/307

Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, 8vo L. (Mathuen) 1905. First Edn., lacks hf. title, top edge gilt, orig. blue cloth with gilt design by Chas. Ricketts; The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C. 3.3, 8vo L. (L. Smithers) 1898. Fifth Edn, also later Edn. of same, both uncut, orig. cloth backed boards; The Picture of Dorian Gray, Paris 1910; The Soul of Man under Socialism, L. 1912; Salome, roy 8vo N.Y. (Haly on Hse); illus.; and Hichens (Rob.) The Green Carnation, L. (Unicorn Press) 1949, dark green cloth. (7)

Lot 15/307

SOLD Hammer price €460

Irish Maps: Duncan (Wm.) Ireland Showing the Several Counties, Large Rivers, Canals etc., engd. hd. cold. map, linen backed Dublin Castle 1848, approx. 28″ x 20 1/2″ in cloth slipcase; Stanfords New Map of Ireland, in Counties and Baronies, large engd. map, hd. cold. in full & linen backed, approx. 39cms x 31cms, in orig. slip case; Map of the Honorable The Irish Society’s Londonderry Estate, lg. linen backed fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, approx. 40″ x 38″, cloth covers. As maps, w.a.f. Scarce. (3)

Lot 16/307

SOLD Hammer price €100

Irish Maps: Cary (John) New Map of Ireland, fold. linen backed map, hd. cold. in outline, approx. 30″ x 25″, in orig. boards folder, ptd. label; also Wyld (James) A Map of Ireland divided into Provinces and Counties, fine engd. fold. map,linen backed, hd. cold. in outline, approx. 30″ x 23 1/2″, in orig. cloth folder. Both v. good. (2)

Lot 17/307

SOLD Hammer price €130

Irish Maps: Curry (Wm.) publisher, County of Wicklow, engraved by Sidney Hall from the Original Survey For Baldwin & Craddock D. 1834. Engd. fold. linen backed map, 20″ x 15 1/2″ The Publishers Own Map, Signed by him; Frasers Travelling Map of Ireland, D. 1888, fold. linen backed map, entirely hand coloured, approx. 30″ x 24″, cloth bound; & 1 other map, Norlicks Motor Map of Ireland, As a lot, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 18/307

SOLD Hammer price €110

[Defoe (Daniel)] La Vita e le Avventure di Robinsone Crusoe, Storia Galante 4 vols. sm. 8vo Naples 1815. Engd. frontis. Vol. I, uncut, orig. paper wrappers. (4)

Lot 19/307

SOLD Hammer price €170

de Genlis (Mme.) Les Chevaliers du Cygne ou La Cour de Charlemagne, 3 vols. 12mo Hamburg 1795; also Le Siege de La Rochelle, ou Le Malheur et La Conscience. 3 vols. 12mo L. 1808, errata etc., all uniform cont. calf, bookplates ‘O’Grady, Kilballyowen,’ Good. (6)