8 December 2009 - Book Sale

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Lot 476/0198

SOLD Hammer price €1300

Large Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Barrie (J.M.) The Peter Pan Portfolio, v. large Atlas folio L. [1912]. LIM. EDN. 208 (500), Signed by Publishers & Engravers / Printers, 12 lg. mounted cold. illus. after Arthur Rackham, some stains, minor tears, letterpress creased, orig. hf. vellum & buckram, gilt, tied, but stained. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 477/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Antique Engravings: Portfolio of varied early Engravings, some after Rembrandt, Bartolozzi, etc., approx. 14 items, as a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 478/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Engraved Portraits: Portfolio of approx. 50 Portraits, mostly English literary figures, politicians, actors, explorers, inventors, some religious & royalty, some of American interest also, a few original drawings. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 479/0198

Dublin Maps: The Civic Survey of Dublin and Environs, lg. oblong folio D. c. 1930. Set of 10 attractive coloured maps, and a sheet with ‘Explanatory Notes,’ each approx. 42cms x 56cms (16 1/2″ x 22″), each map loose, in orig. ptd. envelope or folder, all very good. As a coll. of maps, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 480/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Godkin (James) The Religious History of Ireland, Primitive, Papal and Protestant. 8vo L. 1873; = Adamir (Rev. P.) A True Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Belfast 1866; = Nicholson (Rev. S.) Irish Methodist Reminiscences, L. 1889; = Lee Cole (R.) History of Methodism in Ireland, Belfast 1960, d.w.; = & 1 vol. on Bishop Bedell. (5)

Lot 481/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Maynooth Prize Bindings: Burke (Edmund) The Works of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, 6 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1869; = together with Prior (James) Life of The Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, L. 1867, port. frontis., together 7 vols. uniform full calf, tooled gilt covers with arms & profusely tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. attractive set. (7)
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Lot 482/0198

Owenson (Miss S.) The Missionary: An Indian Tale, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1811. THIRD EDN., engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (3)
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Lot 483/0198

Irish Peerage: The Irish Compendium: or, Rudiments of Honour, 16mo L. 1735. Vol. IV, Third Edn., engd. frontis & plts. recent hf. mor.; = Kimber (E.) The Peerage of Ireland, 16mo L. 1768., plts. new full mor; = & 2 others same subject, cont. calf. As a coll. (4)
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Lot 484/0198

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Almanacks: Watson (S.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack,’with The English Registry,’ and ‘Wilsons Dublin Directory for 1774 & 1776, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1774 – 1776. First vol. lacks map & title, & spine cracked, second vol. lacks map, cont. calf, worn at joints. As almanack, w.a.f. Early & Scarce. (2)
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Lot 485/0198

SOLD Hammer price €130

Irish Topography: O’Hara (B.)ed. Mayo Aspects of its Heritage, 8vo Galway 1982; = Gleeson (D.F.) Roscrea Town & Parish, D. 1947; = Swan (H.P.) Twixt Foyle and Swilly, D. 1949; = Burke (O.J.) The Abbey of Ross, D. 1908; = Dempsey (Rev. P.) Avoca A History of the Vale, D. 1913; = Keaney (M.) Westmeath Authors, Mullingar 1969; = & 3 other items, one illus. by Jack B. Yeats. (9)

Lot 486/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Nicholls (Sir G.) A History of the Irish Poor Law, in Connection with the Condition of the People. L. 1856. FIRST; = Richey (A.G.) The Irish Land Laws, L. 1880; = O’Brien (R. Barry) The Irish Land Question from 1829 – to 1869, L. 1880; = Roche (C.R.) & Rearden (T.D.) The Irish Land Code and Labourers Acts, D. 1886, all cloth. (4)

Lot 487/0198

SOLD Hammer price €280

Contemporary Trinity Prize Bindings
Swift (Jonathan) The Works of …, ed. by J. Hawkesworth, 16 vols. only (ex. 18), 12mo Edin. 1778. Trinity Prize Bookplate, cont. full calf with Trinity Prize Stamp on each cover, profusely tooled gilt spines in panels, with mor. labels & decor. overlays; = & another vol. sim. As bindings. (17)
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Lot 488/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Northern Ireland Poets: Fiacc (Padraic) Ruined Pages, Selected Poems. Ed. by G. Dawe & A. Mac Poilin, 8vo Belfast 1994. Inscribed Pres. Copy; also Red Earth, Belfast 1996, Signed; & 3 others same author; = Greacen (Rob.) Collected Poems, 1944 – 1994, 8vo Belfast 1995. Signed; and The Only Emperor, Belfast 1994, wrappers; = Mc Guckian (Medbh) On Ballycastle Beach, Gallery Press 1995. Signed Pres. Copy, also Shelmalier, Gallery Press 1998, wrappers; = Simmons (James) Poems 1956 – 1986, Gallery Press 1986; = also Sex, Rectitude & Loneliness, 8vo Belfast 1993, wrappers. (11)

Lot 489/0198

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Carson (Ciaran) The Irish for No, Gallery, 1987; = Belfast Confetti, Gallery 1989; = The Alexandrine Plan, Gallery 1998; = The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, A New Translation. L. & N.Y. 2002, d.w.; = The Midnight Court, Gallery 2005; = The Tain, A New Translation. L. (Penguin) 2007, d.w.; = & Collected Poems, Gallery 2008. All First Edns. V. clean lot. (7)

Lot 490/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

Periodical: Young (Derek) & others, eds. – Irish Numismatics, Vol. I No. 1 – Vol. 16 No. 6 (96), together 82 nos. (ex 96), [lacking nos. 4 – 10, 60, 63 & 64, 92-95], illus. etc. in orig. ptd. wrappers. A very good run of this scarce publication on Irish Coins & Medals. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 491/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

Republican interest: MacArdle (D.) The Irish Republic, L. 1937; = Ryan (D.) The Rising, D. 1966; = Caulfield (Max) The Easter Rebellion, L. 1964; = Wheeler & Broadley – The War in Wexford, L. 1910; = another sim; = & 2 others Tales of R.I.C., & Mein Kampf, by A. Hitler. (7)
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Lot 492/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Froude (J. Anthony) The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1872., 3 hf. titles, cont. full calf, triple gilt fillet borders, profusely tooled gilt spine, red & green mor. labels. V. attractive copy. (3)
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Lot 493/0198

Lodge (John) The Peerage of Ireland; or a Genealogical History of the Present Nobilitity of Ireland. 7 vols. 8vo D. 1789. Revised, Enlarged, & continued by Mervyn Archdall. List of subs., engd. plts. cont. tree calf, professional reback. V. god set. (7)
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Lot 494/0198

Erck (John C.) An Account of the Ecclesiastical Establishment Subsisting in Ireland; as also An Ecclesiastical Register…, 8vo D. 1830. FIRST EDN., list of subs., cont. full calf, rebacked with orig. spine. (1)
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Lot 495/0198

SOLD Hammer price €140

O’Sullivan (Wm.) The Economic History of Cork City from the Earliest Times t the Act of Union, Cork 1937. FIRST EDN; = Tuckey (F.H.) The County & City of Romanbrancer, Cork 1980 Reprint. LIM. EDN. 165 (365); = Bianconi & Watson – Bianconi King of the Irish Roads, D. 1962, d.w.; = Evans (E.E.) Irish Heritage, Dundalk 1942; = & another vol. on W.B. Yeats. (5)