8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 240/0198

SOLD Hammer price €825

Carrigan (Rev. William)M.R.I.A., The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4 vols., 4to, D. (Sealy, Bryers & Walker) 1905, hf. titles, FIRST EDN., illus., lg. fold. map, orig. gilt decor green cloth. Good copy. (4)
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Lot 241/0198

In Special Presentation Binding
Burke (Rev. Wm. P.) History of Clonmel, 4to Waterford 1907. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis, illus. plts. text decor., with orig. ptd. prospectus & order form inserted, also some cuttings etc., t.e.g., good tight copy, re-cased in orig. gilt decor. vellum binding. V. Scarce.
* The usual binding is red morocco, but a very few copies were bound in vellum for presentation. (1)
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Lot 242/0198

SOLD Hammer price €60

Charles Edwards (T.) Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge 2004; = Delaney (F.) The Celts, 4to L. 1986; = Bradshaw (B.) & Keogh (D.)eds. Christianity in Ireland, Revisiting the Story. D. 2002; = Fox (Sir C.) Life and Death in the Bronze Age, L. 1959; = Herm (G.) The Celts, L. 1976; = & 1 other, most d.w.’s. (6)

Lot 243/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

1798 etc: Chart (D.A.)ed. The Drennan Letters, roy 8vo Belfast 1931. FIRST EDN., list of subs., illus., orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 244/0198

D.I.A.S. – Freeman (A.Martin)ed. Annala Connacht The Annals of Connacht (A.D. 1224 – 1544), roy 8vo D. 1983. 2 fold. fac-simile, cloth & d.w. V. good. (1)

Lot 245/0198

Carlisle (Nicholas) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 4to L. 1810. FIRST EDN., recent hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. An exceptionally good copy. (1)
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Lot 246/0198

SOLD Hammer price €70

Postcards & Cigarette Cards: One album of Edwardian postcards approx. 85 cards, North of Ireland, Dublin, etc., also Album of cigarette cards, some Gallaher r.p. Irish Scenery, battleships, etc. As albums, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 247/0198

SOLD Hammer price €320

Burtchaell (George Dames) & Sadlier (T.U.) Alumni Dublinenses, roy 8vo D. 1935. NEW EDN., with supplement, frontis, uncut, buckram. (1)
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Lot 248/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 4to D. 1801. SECOND EDN., fold. map frontis, & 8 fold. & other maps etc. (ex. 9), some foxing thro-out, cont. tree calf. (1)
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Lot 249/0198

SOLD Hammer price €90

I.M.C. – Pender (S.)ed. A Census of Ireland Circa 1659, With Supplementary Material from the Poll Money Ordinances (1660 – 1661). Thick 4to D. 1939. FIRST EDN., recent full green cloth, v. good & clean. (1)

Lot 250/0198

Genealogy: Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Macdonnells of Antrim: Including Notices of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish, 4to Belfast 1873. FIRST EDN. hf. title, errata leaf at end, orig. cloth. V. nice copy. (1)
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Lot 251/0198

Fraser (J.), Grosjean (P.) & O’Keeffe (J.G.) Irish Texts, Fasciculus I – V Complete, together 5 nos. roy 8vo L. 1931 – 1934. FIRST EDN., partly unopened, orig. ptd. wrappers, v. good set. (5)

Lot 252/0198

SOLD Hammer price €140

Todd (J. Henthorn) The War of the Gaedhill with the Gaill, roy 8vo L. 1867. FIRST EDN., entirely unopened copy, orig. cloth backed boards. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 253/0198

From the Library of Female Collector
Mac Geoghegan (Abbe) Histoire de l’Irlande Ancienne et Moderne, 3 vols. 4to Paris 1758. FIRST EDN., 6 fold. maps, 1 hd. cold. in outline, B.P. of ‘Anne Therese Ph: D’Yve,’ cont. full French mottled calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good set. (3)
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Lot 254/0198

Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Clogher Clergy and Parishes, tall 8vo Enniskillen 1929, fold. map & illus; = also Derry Clergy and Parishes, tall 8vo Enniskillen 1937, illus., both LIM. EDNS., & cloth. (2)

Lot 255/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Ryan (John) The Life of William the Third, 8vo D. 1836. FIRST EDN., list of subs., engd. port. frontis & fold. plan, recent cloth; = The History of Orangeism: Its Origins its Rise, & its Decline, by M.P. sm. 4to D. 1882. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 256/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Ryan (Rev. J.) Irish Monasticism. Origins of Early Development, roy 8vo L. & D. 1931; = Tommasini (Fra. A.M.) Irish Saints in Italy, L. 1937. BOTH FIRST EDNS., cloth & d.w.’s. (2)

Lot 257/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Mahaffy (J.P.) The Plate in Trinity College Dublin, a History and a Catalogue. 4to L. 1918. FIRST EDN., illus. decor. cloth; = also Buckley (J.J.) Some Irish Altar Plate, roy 8vo D. 1943. FIRST EDN., illus., cloth. Good. (2)
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Lot 258/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

Extremely Rare 1798 Reports
1798: Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Lords, 30th August, 1798, 18pp. Appendix contents & XXXIXpp; = bound with Second Report from the Comm. of Secrecy of the House of Lords, 6th Sept. 1798, 3pp;=bound with, report from the Committee of Secrecy, [of the House of Commons of Ireland] with Papers … annexed to the Foregoing Report, 21st Aug. 1798, 27,[4], CCXLIVpp. lacking fold. fac-simile letter & No’s XXIX – XXXIX of Appendix, orig. old hf. sheep, worn & detached., w.a.f.
* These Reports issued in folio appear to be advance publications of the more common 8vo edition which appear later. These were top secret documents dealing with all the activities of the United Irishmen and are of the greatest rarity. (1)
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Lot 259/0198

SOLD Hammer price €380

Fine Litho Plates: Newenham (Rob. O’Callaghan) Ireland Illustrated, sm. folio c. 1840, no title, index, etc., 106 fine litho plts., all clean, recent mor. backed boards, as a coll. of plts., w.a.f. Good. (1)