8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 1/0198

SOLD Hammer price €90

Crofton Croker (T.)ed. The Popular Songs of Ireland, sm. 8vo L. 1839. FIRST EDN., some text illus., orig. cloth; = Mahon (Rev. M.P.) Ireland’s Fairy Lore, Boston 1919, FIRST EDN; = Brown (M.J.) Historical Ballad Poetry of Ireland, D. 1912; = & 1 other sim. (4)

Lot 2/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Gaskin (J.J.) Varieties of Irish History, sm. 8vo D. 1869. FIRST EDN., cold. frontis & 3 cold. plts. lacks map, orig. decor. cloth; = Dill (Rev. E. Marcus) The Mystery Solved: or, Ireland’s Miseries: The Grand Cause, and Cure, 12mo Edin. 1852; = Anderson (C.) The Native Irish and their Descendants, 12mo L. 1846; = Jagson (Catherine) Ireland “Tis 60 Years since,” oblong 8vo Preston [1912], illus., orig. boards, paper label. (4)

Lot 3/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

[O’Sullivan (Mortimer)] ‘A Munster Farmer’ Captain Rock Detected: Or, The Origin and Character of the Recent Disturbances, and the Causes, Both Moral and Political of the present Alarming Condition of the South and West of Ireland, fully and fairly Considered and Exposed. 12mo L. 1824. FIRST EDN., hf. title, & 450 pp., recent hf. mor. mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 4/0198

SOLD Hammer price €130

[Mc Callam (R.)] Sketches of the Highlands of Cavan, and Shirley Castle, in Farney. 12mo Belfast 1856. FIRST EDN., L.S. on t.p., orig. cloth, stained. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 5/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

[Banim (M. & J.)] Tales of The O’Hara Family, Second Series. 3 vols. 12mo L. 1826. FIRST EDN., cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spines mor. labels. Scarce. (3)
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Lot 6/0198

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Mc Cullagh (W. Torrens) Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1855. FIRST EDN., port. frontis Vol. I, ptd. cat. at end of both vols.; = Mitchel (John) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo D. n.d. SECOND EDN., all orig. cloth. (4)

Lot 7/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Banks (John) A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell, 12mo L. 1760, 4th Edn., port. frontis., new boards; = Hamilton (Wm.) The Exemplary Life and Character of James Bonnell Esq. Late Accomptant General of Ireland, 12mo 1807, hf. calf; = Kelso (J.J.) The Plantation of Ireland, 12mo Belfast 1865, cloth; = Anderson (C.) The Native Irish and their Descendants, 12mo L. 1846, cloth. (4)

Lot 8/0198

SOLD Hammer price €380

Almanacs 1764: Watson (John) The Gentlemen & Citizen’s Almanack, with Wilson’s Dublin Directory, and The English Registry, all for 1764, 12mo D. 1764. FIRST EDN., 111, 61, 52, & 116pp., cont. mottled calf, dble. gilt fillet, raise bands, mor. label (ex. 2), good & v. rare; = also Treble Almanac for 1786, 12mo D. 1786, lacks a few leaves at front & end, cont. full crimson mor. tooled gilt borders, & spine. As almanacs, w.a.f. Rare. (2)
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Lot 9/0198

SOLD Hammer price €480

Early Irish Almanacks
Almanacks – 1761-1762-1763: Watson (John), The Gentleman and Citizen’s almanack, 1761-63, bound as one, 12mo D. (J. Watson) 1761, 62, 63. ALL FIRST EDNS., cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Very good copies of these rare items. (1)
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Lot 10/0198

Rare Botanical Work
Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanist’s Guide to the North of Ireland, 12mo Belfast 1864. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 11/0198

SOLD Hammer price €450

[Walford (T.)] The Scientific Tourist Through Ireland, 12mo L. 1818. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis., engd. title, fold. map of Ireland, fold. hd. cold. map of Killarney Lakes & 6 litho. plts., uncut, orig. boards, recent professional reback. V. clean copy. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 12/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

Benson (Rev. C.W.) Our Irish Song Birds, D. 1901. SECOND EDN., 4 plts., orig. cloth; = Hogan (Ed.) & Graham (Capt.) The Irish Wolfdog and The Irish Wolfhound, D. 1939. FIRST EDN. thus, cloth & d.w. (2)

Lot 13/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Early Dublin Edition
Thompson (James) The Works of …., 2 vols. 12mo D. (J. Exshaw) 1767. Engd. port. frontis, 5 engd. plts., wd.-cut heads & decorations, full cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (2)

Lot 14/0198

Smith (David) Outlines of the Rocks of Antrim, sm. 8vo Belfast 1868. FIRST EDN., hf. title, engd. frontis & 5 engd. plts., orig. cloth; = also Hughes (Wm.) Geological Notes of Ireland, …Coal and The Mining Districts, 12mo D. 1876. SECOND EDN., recent cloth. (2)
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Lot 15/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Irish Sport: Sargent (H.R.) Thoughts upon Sport, L. 1895. FIRST EDN., dedit. to, & with ports of, Lord & Lady Waterford; = O’Connor Marris (M.) Hibernia Hippica, L. 1900. FIRST EDN., fold. map frontis & other maps. covers all the important Hunts in Ireland; = Fitzgerald (Gerald) Pot Luck, Rough Shooting in the West of Ireland, l. 1938. FIRST EDN., illus., cloth & d.w. V. good lot. (3)

Lot 16/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Travel – Inglis (Henry B.) Ireland in 1834 – A Journey throughout Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1834. FIRST EDN., 1 fold. map frontis, & another lg. map of Ireland hd. cold. in outline, orig. hf. calf, mor. labels. (2)
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Lot 17/0198

Flanagan (Rev. Thos.) A Manual of British and Irish History; 8vo L. 1852. SECOND EDN., 4 fold. & 1 other engd. map, 1 fold. table, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 18/0198

SOLD Hammer price €380

Otway (Caesar) Sketches in Erris and Tyrawly, 8vo D. 1841. FIRST EDN., engd. map frontis, & other plts. & illus. complete, adverts. front & end, orig. cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 19/0198

SOLD Hammer price €540

Achill, Co. Mayo: Nangle (Rev. Ed.) The Origin, Progress and Difficulties of The Achill Mission, 8vo D. 1839. FIRST EDN., 185pp., text illus., orig. cloth. V. good copy of a scarce work. (1)
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Lot 20/0198

SOLD Hammer price €150

[Delaney (M.)] Letters from Mrs. Delaney (Widow of Doctor Patrick Delaney) to Mrs. Francis Hamilton, sm. 8vo L. 1820. SECOND EDN., silhouette port. frontis, uncut, orig. boards. Scarce. (1)
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