8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 181/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Four Tipperary Septs
Genealogy: Callanan (Martin) Records of Four Tipperary Septs, “The O’Kennedy’s, O’Dwyers, O’Mulryans, O’Meaghers.” 8vo Galway 1938. FIRST EDN., errata slip at end, orig. cloth & d.w. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 182/0198

SOLD Hammer price €270

Kavanagh (Patrick) Tarry Flynn, 8vo L. (Pilot Press) 1948, FIRST EDN., orig. cloth, with d.j. (chipped), inscribed on front end paper by past owner, otherwise a nice copy.
*Autobiographical novel, notable for its Portrait of Kavanagh’s mother. (1)
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Lot 183/0198

SOLD Hammer price €110

Signed by the Author
Macardle (D.) The Irish Republic, thick 8vo, D. 1951, signed on t.p. by author, photo frontis, front end papers loose, orig. cloth & d.j. Fine. (1)

Lot 184/0198

SOLD Hammer price €190

Signed First Editions
Moore (Brian) The Doctor’s Wife, 8vo, L. 1976, FIRST EDN., signed on t.p. by author, d.j. good; = The Look of Ginger Coffey, 8vo L. 1960, FIRST EDN., signed on t.p. by author, d.j. Good. (2)

Lot 185/0198

SOLD Hammer price €460

R.D.S.: Co. Galway: Dutton (Hely) A Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway, 8vo D. 1824. FIRST EDN., XX, 528 + Appendix 112pp., cont. full calf, with blind armorial bearings on both covers, raised bands & gilt lettered spine. An exceptional copy. (1)
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Lot 186/0198

SOLD Hammer price €750

Co. Kilkenny: [Tighe (Wm.)] Statistical Observations Relative to the County of Kilkenny. Made in the Years 1800 & 1801. One vol. bound in two, 8vo D. 1802. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. hd. cold. map 1 sm. fold. map, 3 lg. fold. plans, 3 plts. & 2 fold. tables, & 3 fold. sepia plts. + text illus., complete, cont. hf. calf, marble sides, spines worn, but otherwise a very good copy of this the earliest and best of the R.D.S. surveys. (2)
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Lot 187/0198

SOLD Hammer price €190

Stokes (Whitley) Togail Bruidne da Derga, The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel. 8vo Paris 1902. FIRST EDN., interleaved thro-out & with many m/ss corrections & annotation & notes, cont. cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 188/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Windisch (Ernst) Irische Texte mit Worterbuch, roy 8vo Leipzig 1880. FIRST EDN., later hf. green mor. A very good copy of scarce work. (1)

Lot 189/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Behan (Brendan) Brendan Behan’s Island. An Irish Sketch-Book, roy 8vo 1962. FIRST EDN., Signed on t.p. by Author, illus. d.w.; = also Borstal Boy, L. 1958. FIRST EDN., d.w.; = & The Hostage, N.Y. 1958, Signed on .tp.??, paperback. (3)
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Lot 190/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Rinuccini (Mons. G.B.) The Embassy in Ireland, in the Years 1645-1649, Hutton (Annie) trans., 8vo D. 1873. FIRST EDN., in English, hf. title, orig. cloth; = also O’hAnnrachain (T.) Catholic Reformation in Ireland – The Mission of Rinuccini 1645 – 1649, Oxford 2002. FIRST EDN., d.w. V. good. (2)
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Lot 191/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Dun Emer Press: Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Red Hanrahan, 8vo Dundrum (Dun Emer Press) 1904. FIRST EDN. LIM. EDN. (500), orig. cloth backed blue boards. Good. (1)
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Lot 192/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Michael Robartes and the Dancer, Dundrum 1920. LIM. EDN. (400), unopened; = Macneice (Louis) The Last Ditch, Dublin 1940. LIM. EDN. (450); = also an item by W.B. Yeats from later Cuala Press, all orig. cloth backed boards. (3)

Lot 193/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Inscribed Pres. Copy
Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Armagh Clergy and Parishes, 8vo Dundalk 1911. FIRST EDN., fold. map, illus. unopened; = also Supplement, 8vo Dundalk 1948, cloth backed boards. (2)

Lot 194/0198

SOLD Hammer price €280

Legal interest: Les Termes de la Ley, 8vo L. (In the Savoy) 1721. Corrected & Enlarged. In French & English, cont. calf, blind tooled panel; = Finaly (J.) A Treatise of The Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland, 8vo D. 1825, full calf. (2)

Lot 195/0198

Genealogy: Searight (James A.) A Record of the Searight Family (also written “Seawright”) Established in America by William Seawright, 8vo Pennsylvania (Uniontown) 1893, FIRST EDN., frontis & 25 plts. (complete), loose, contemp. mor. gilt lettering; = Edwin-Cole (James) The Genealogy of the Family of Cole of the County of Devon, 8vo L. (Private Circulation) 1867, frontis, dedit., FIRST EDN., orig. m/ss letter from author, notes etc. tipped in at front & back, orig. cloth. Good. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 196/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Board of Public Works, Ireland: An Act for the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland, 8vo D. 1847, 29pp; = with Instructions to Persons Employed in Reporting on Thorough Drainage, Sub-soiling, Fencing, Irrigation, etc., 8vo D. 1856, with fold. plan hd. cold. in outline, 24pp., (2 copies of same); = with, Instructions to Owners applying for Loans for Farm Buildings, D. 1856, 5 fold. plans, hd. cold. in outline, 30pp; = with, Erection of Buildings suitable to Scutch Mills for Flax in Ireland, 8vo D. 1852, 10pp + fold. plan, cold., cont. hf. calf, mor. label. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 197/0198

SOLD Hammer price €550

Co. Kerry: Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the Change in Religious Opinion now taking Place in Dingle and the West of the County of Kerry, 8vo, L. 1846, FIRST EDN., fold. map frontis, vignette t.p., & 4 plts., orig. green cloth, loosening. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 198/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Davitt (Michael) The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland, L. & N.Y. 1904. FIRST EDN; = also Leaves from a Prison Diary; Or, Lectures to a ‘Solitary’ Audience, L. 1885. FIRST EDN, frontis, both cloth & good; = Sheehy-Skeffington (F.) Michael Davitt Revolutionary Agitator and Labour Leader, L. 1967, d.w. (3)

Lot 198A/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Curry (John) An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. (L. White) 1786. FIRST DUBLIN EDN., B.P.s of David Rochfort, cont. calf, mor. labels, raised bands. Good. (2)
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Lot 199/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Dalrymple (John) Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols. 8vo D. (D. Hay) 1773. 4th Edn., cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good set. (3)
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