8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 21/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

O’Laverty (Rev. J.) An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern, 4 + ‘Bishops’, 5 vols. in all, sm. 8vo D. 1878, 80, 81, 87 & 1895. FIRST EDN., orig. green cloth, gilt. Scarce when complete like this set. (5)

Lot 22/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Moore (Thomas) Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance. sm. 8vo L. 1854. a.e.g. attractive full purple mor. tooled gilt panels, with harp decor. on both covers & spine; = Mason (H.J. Monck) Primitive Christianity in Ireland, 12mo D. 1836, cloth; = Burke (J.) The Life of Thomas Moore, 16mo D. n.d., cloth; = & 1 other. (4)

Lot 23/0198

Quaker Interest: Neale – Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Samuel Neale, 12mo D. 1805. FIRST EDN.; = Extracts from the Letters of Elizabeth, Lucy & Judith Ussher, Late of the City of Waterford, 12mo D. 1812. FIRST EDN., both full tree calf. Scarce & good.
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Lot 24/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Military: Royal Munster Fusilier’s: Regimental Records of the 3rd Battalion Royal Muster Fusilier’s, Formerly South Cork Light Infantry Militia. sm. 8vo Cork 1906. FIRST EDN., cloth, gilt. V. good. (1)
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Lot 25/0198

SOLD Hammer price €290

Travels in the West of Ireland
Holding (T.H.) Cycle and Camp, sm. 8vo L. n.d. [c. 1897]. SOLE EDN., decor. title, map cold. in outline, plts. & illus., orig. decor. cold. cloth. V. good. Scarce.
* Accounts of travels in Connemara, Mayo, Sligo. (1)
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Lot 26/0198

SOLD Hammer price €260

Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster, A Hand-Book to the Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Ireland. 12mo D. 1854. FIRST EDN., attractive add. decorative title, litho fronts & 16 litho plts. (1 dbl. page), fold. map, & text illus. complete, a few L.S.’s, orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. (1)
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Lot 27/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

Twiss (Richard) A Tour in Ireland in 1775, 12mo D. 1776. FIRST DUBLIN EDN., with engd. frontis of Ballyshannon, later hf. mor. Good. (1)
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Lot 28/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Almanacks – Watson (Sam.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanck for 1784, 12mo D. 1784, bound with The English Registry, for 1784, 12mo D. 1784, recent calf backed boards; also 2 other dam. vols. sim. for 1785 & 1799; as almanacks, w.a.f. (3)
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Lot 29/0198

Hamilton (Rev. W.) Letters Concerning The Northern Coast of the County of Antrim, Sm. 8vo Belfast 1822. Engd. port. frontis, fold. map, & 6 engd. plts. uncut, orig. boards; = Forde (Rev. Canon H.) Round the Coast of N. Ireland, Belfast 1928, illus., cloth. (2)

Lot 30/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Musgrave (Sir R.) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1802. THIRD EDN., 2 hf. titles, 10 fold. maps, plans etc., uncut, later full green cloth, mor. label. Good set. (2)
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Lot 31/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Irish Historical & Political Documents: Curtis (Ed.) & Mc Dowell (R.B.) Irish Historical Documents 1172 – 1922, N.Y. & L. 1968, cloth; = Mitchel (A.) & O’Snodaigh (P.)eds. Irish Political Documents 1869 – 1916, D. 1989, d.w.; = also Irish Political Documents 1916-1949, D. 1985. (3)

Lot 32/0198

[Allan (Rob.)] ‘A Cosmopolite’ – The Sportsman in Ireland, with His Summer Route through the Highlands of Scotland. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1840. FIRST EDN., 2 litho. frontis, text illus., recent. mor. backed marble boards, mor. labels, raised bands. V. good. (2)
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Lot 33/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Fitzgerald (Major D.J.L.) History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War, Aldershot 1949. FIRST EDN., fold. & other maps, illus., cloth, & d.w. (torn.) (1)

Lot 34/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Mackay (James Townsend) Flora Hibernica. Comprising the Flowering Plants, Ferns… and Algae of Ireland., 8vo D. 1836. FIRST EDN., cont. hf. mor., lacks label. Good. (1)
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Lot 35/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Pamphlets: 1. Pollock (Jos.) Letters to the Inhabitants of Town and Lordship of Newry, 8vo D. 1793. FIRST EDN., hf. title, 211pp; = 2. Troy (John Thos.) A Pastoral Instruction on the Duties of Christian Citizens, Addressed to the Roman Catholics of the Archdiocese of Dublin, D. 1793. Hf. title, 121pp. damp stains; = 3. Three Letters from Rev. Fr. Arthur O’Leary to the People of Ireland…., D. 1779. FIRST EDN., some dam. at corners, 1 page with loss; = & other sim. works, some defects, from Carlow College Library with hand stamp, cont. hf. calf. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 36/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Pim (Jonathan) The Condition and Prospects of Ireland, and The Evils arising from the Present Distribution of Landed property, with Suggestions for a Remedy. 8vo D. 1848. FIRST EDN., hf. title, adverts, cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 37/0198

Irish Society: A Concise View of The Origin, Constitution, and Proceedings of The Honourable Society .. of the Now Plantation in Ulster, … commonly called The Irish Society. 8vo L. 1832. Hf. title, later cloth backed boards; = Betts (John) The Story of the Irish Society, L. 1921. SECOND EDN., Pres. Copy, illus., uncut, buckram. Good. (2)

Lot 38/0198

Co. Antrim: Royal Dublin Society: Dubourdieu (Rev. J.) Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim, thick 8vo D. 1812. FIRST EDN., fold. map & 17 litho type plts. plans etc. (10 fold.), later hf. calf. V. good. (1)
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Lot 39/0198

Sadler (M. Thos.) Ireland: its Evils, and Their Remedies: Being a Refutation of the Errors of the Emigration Committee and Others touching that Country. 8vo L. 1828. FIRST EDN., recent mor. backed cloth boards; = Martin (R.M.) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, L. & D. 1848. THIRD EDN., fold. table, cloth, spine dam. (2)
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Lot 40/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Mc Donnell (J.) The Ulster Civil War of 1641 and its Consequences, 8vo D. 1879; = The History of the Warr of Ireland from 1641 to 1653, by a British Officer. 12mo D. 1873; = & Fitzpatrick (Thos.) The Bloody Bridge and Other Papers, relating to the Insurrection of 1641. 8vo D. 1903. ALL FIRST EDNS., & cloth. (3)