4 December 2018 - #307 Rare Book Sale

#307

Lot 240/307

SOLD Hammer price €240

Binding: Shepherd (Rob.) Lost on the Titanic, folio L. (Sangorski & Sutcliffe etc.) 2001. Lim. Edn. 750 Copies. Fine cold. plts., in full dark blue mor. tooled gilt fillet borders & corner decorations, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels by Cotswold Bindery. Fine. (1)

Lot 241/307

SOLD Hammer price €200

Shaw (Rev. Wm.) A Gaelic and English Dictionary, Containing All the Words in the Scotch and Irish Dialects of the Celtic, 2 vol. in one, 4to L. 1780. First Edn., recent calf backed boards, old mor. label. (1)

Lot 242/307

SOLD Hammer price €190

Hockney (David) My Yorkshire, Conversations with Marco Livingstone. Oblong folio L. (Enitharmon Editions) 2011. First Lim. Edn., fine cold. illus., cloth backed decor. boards. Fine Scarce. (1)

Lot 243/307

SOLD Hammer price €160

Special Edition: Pinter (Harold) The Disappeared and other Poems, images by Tony Bevan. Folio London (Enitharmon Editions) 2002. Lim. Edition No. 172 Signed by Author & Illustrator, mtd. cold. plts. uncut, orig. decor. orange cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 244/307

SOLD Hammer price €1000

The Lindisfarne GospelsKendrick (T.D.), Brown (T.J.) & Bruce-Mitford (R.L.S.) Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Lindisfarnesis Murei Britannici Codex Cottonicaus Nero D. IV [Lindisfarne Gospels], 2 vols., folio, Ltd. Edn. 609 (647) Copies, (In Aedibus Urs Gref) 1956 / 1960, Volume 1 full blind decor. vellum, lettered spine, commentary vol. vellum backed boards, clean set. (2)

Lot 245/307

SOLD Hammer price €120

Annesley Trial: The Trial in Ejectment (At Large) between Campbell Craig, Lesser of James Annesley Esq. and Others Plaintiff; and the Rt. Hon. Richard Earl of Anglesey, Defendant, Before the Barons of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland… 1743. Folio L. 1744. First Edn., [IV] 259pp., recent hf. crushed green mor. raised bands. V. good. (1)

Lot 246/307

SOLD Hammer price €80

Welsh Music: Williams (M. Jane) of Aberpergwm. Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morganwy; Being a Collection of Original Welsh Melodies. Tall folio Llandovery 1844. First Edn., 84pp. with Subscribers List at end, a.e.g., orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. Rare. (1)* Lissadell copy, inscribed by G. Gore Booth on title.

Lot 247/307

SOLD Hammer price €300

Crime in Ireland: Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords Appointed to enquire into The State of Ireland in Respect of Crime;.. with The Minutes of Evidence.. and An Appendix and Index. 4 vols. folio L. 1839. First Edn., cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines, tops of two spines dam. Scarce. (4)

Lot 248/307

SOLD Hammer price €180

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. thick 4to L. 1799. Eight Edn., engd. port. frontis, 2 hf. titles, cont. sprinkled calf,mor. labels. Good. (2)

Lot 249/307

SOLD Hammer price €380

Mansfield Family BibleBible: The Holy Bible, With the New Testament, translated from The Latin Vulgate. Thick large 4to D. (H. Fitzpatrick for Richard Cross) 1791. Fifth Edn., red & bl. title (loose) engd. frontis,list of subs., cont. full panel calf, joints worn at top edge, mor. label. (1)* The Mansfield family bible from Morristown Lattin, with numerous manuscript genealogical notes. As a Bible, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 250/307

SOLD Hammer price €180

[Darwin (Erasmus)] The Botanic Garden, A Poem, In Two Parts, 2 vols. lg. 4to L. 1795. Third, 2 engd. frontis & 18 other plts. some by W. Blake, end paste downs loose, some damp stains Vol. I, cont. tree calf, labels lacking. (2)

Lot 251/307

SOLD Hammer price €110

Coloured Plates: Fraipont (G.) La Plante, Fleurs, Feuillages, Fruits, Legumes, Dans la Nature et la Decoration, Lg. 4to Paris c. 1890. Cold. & other plts., cont. hf. crimson mor. V. good. (1)

Lot 252/307

SOLD Hammer price €60

Photographs: English & Scottish Scenery & some Continental, c. 1870 – 90, including views in N. Berwick, Thurse, Delgally, Balmoral, also views in Nice, The Alps etc., 100 photos mostly approx. 5 1.2″ x 8″, also some bigger and smaller, in a large folio hf. mor. album. as a coll. of photos, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 253/307

SOLD Hammer price €70

Silver: Jones (E. Alfred) The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, folio Letchworth (Arden Press) 1911. Lim. Edn. No. 220 of 285 Copies buckram; Starkie Gardner (J.) Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries, folio L. 1903, buckram; Jackson (C. James) An Illustrated History of English Plate, 2 vols. folio L. 1911. First Edn., cold. frontis, cloth. All fully illustrated. As a lot. (4)

Lot 254/307

SOLD Hammer price €340

Skiing interest: Roget (F.F.) Ski Runs in the High Alps, L. 1913. First, fold. maps, cold. plts.; Smythe (F.S.) An Alpine Journey, L. 1934, illus; Whymper (Ed.) Scrambles Amongst the Alps, L. 1936; Caulfield How to Ski, L. 1923; Crighton Somerville, Rickmers, & E.C. Richardson, Ski – Running, L. 1907. Second Edn.; Caulfield (V.) Ski-ing Turns, L. 1924, Second, with 8 cards in pocket at end; Rickmer Rickmers (W.) Ski-ing for Beginners and Mountaineers, L. 1910. First Edn.,; Riddell (J.) The Ski Runs of Switzerland, L. 1957, First, all orig. cloth, some with d.w.’s, & 5 others sim. All v. good. As a coll. (1)

Lot 255/307

SOLD Hammer price €20

Goodyear (Wm. H.) The Grammar of the Lotus A New History of Classic Ornaments as a Development of Sun Worship. Folio L. 1891. First Edn., 57 plts. (numerous illus.) orig. cloth backed boards. (1)

Lot 256/307

SOLD Hammer price €90

Lowest Point in the History of The British Monarchy, 1820A printed volume with title on spine, Queen’s Trial No. 1 to 15, Folio, approx. 483pp, orig. boards, joints cracked. (1)Contains verbatim reports of the first fifteen days (19 August to 7 September 1820) of the reading before the House of Lords of the “Pains and Penalty Bill”. This had been introduced at the behest of King George IV and sought to deprive his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick, of the title of Queen and to dissolve their marriage. Witnesses were called who gave accounts of the Queen’s intimate couplings with low-born Italians during her exile.The trial caused enormous public interest; was the subject of a famous painting by Sir George Hayter, some lewd cartoons, and much ribald comment. George (himself no saint) had recently become king and was extremely unpopular; the Queen’s cause was taken up by radical politicians and was championed by the ordinary people. The bill was passed by a narrow majority but the government wisely withdrew it. The Queen’s victory was celebrated with exuberance. However, The King spitefully barred her from attending his coronation the following July, and she died three weeks later.This sensational event marked the lowest point in the history of the British monarchy. As Queen Caroline remarked, “A government cannot stop the march of intellect any more than they can arrest the motion of the tides or the course of the planets.”

Lot 257/307

SOLD Hammer price €1100

Signed by BeckettBeckett (Samuel) The North, folio Lond. (Enitharmon Press) 1972. with Three Original Etchings by Avigdor Arikha Limited Edition No. 13 of 137 Copies Only, Signed by Author. 3 orig. etchings signed by Artist, cloth bound portfolio, in matching cloth slip case. Excellent Copy. Rare. (1)

Lot 258/307

SOLD Hammer price €300

Authors Second Published WorkHemingway (Ernest) In Our Time (Cape 1926) First UK Edn. Near v.g. in original green cloth, lacks d.w. Endpapers and prelims, age-toned, spine faded, ends bumped, corners rubbed, circular liquid stain (from glass or similar) to front boards, small liquid splash to rear board, edges are toned, top edge dusty. Review taped to verso back board. An acceptable copy of author’s second published work. (1)

Lot 259/307

SOLD Hammer price €160

Steinbeck (John) Cannery Row (Heinemann 1945) First UK Edn., v.g. in cloth, d.w., cloth is bright and fresh, d.w. edge-rubbed, chipped at corners and spine ends, with small tears (minimal loss) to spine ends, some internal tape-repair, front flap, endpapers and title are creased, edges toned; The Moon is Down (Viking 1942) First US Edn., 2nd state (with the misplaced dot between “talk” and “this” on line 11, page 112 removed), v.g. in cloth d.w. is lightly edge-rubbed, chipped to head of spine, but overall a lovely copy. In removable cellophane wrapper. Top edges dusty (both volumes). (2)