8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 557/0198

SOLD Hammer price €110

Carleton (Wm.) Willy Reilly, and His Dear Cooleen Bawn, 12mo D. (J. Duffy & Co.) c. 1856, wd. cut frontis & vignette title, hf. mor. mor. labels; = Trollope (A.) The Macdermots of Ballycloran, 12mo L. 1873; = Morgan (Lady S.) The Wild Irish Girl, 12mo L. n.d.; = Lever (C.) The Adventures of Arthur O’Leary, 12mo L. 1856, all mor. bound. Good. (4)

Lot 558/0198

Heraldry: Arms of the Irish Peerage, 8vo n.d. no title, c. 1760. fine engd. plts. approx. 140 coats of arms, many hd. cold., & most with important m/ss notes on verso, or related newscuttings tipped in, also with m/ss. Index, recent hf. mor.; = also Samon (T.) A Short View of the Families of the Present Irish Nobility, 12mo L. 1759, hf. title, cont. calf, rebacked. (2)

Lot 559/0198

[Maxwell (W.H.)] Wild Sports of The West, With Legendary Tales and Local Sketches. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1833. NEW EDN. REVISED., 2 litho. frontis, 2 litho. & 8 other plts., cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. labels. Good. (2)
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Lot 560/0198

Orrery (John Earl of) Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 8vo L. (for A. Millar) 1752. Engd. port. frontis, cont. calf, recent reback, mor. labels. Good.
* Inscribed on t.page by Wm. Conolly, Speaker of The Irish House of Commons. (1)
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Lot 561/0198

SOLD Hammer price €400

[Berkeley (George)] Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water…., 8vo D. (Margt. Rhames) 1744. FIRST DUBLIN EDN., errata leaf at end, orig. mottled calf, mor. label & raised bands. (1)
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Lot 562/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

Early Scrapbook: from Northern Ireland Source, a very interesting bound compilation of extracts mainly from newspapers, early to mid 19th Century, in a small quarto album titled ‘Omnifarious Olio. A Thing of Shades and Patches.’ It includes much very interesting material: General Meeting of the Hibernian Society, Remarkable Occurances of 1805, melancholy events in Killycurry about two miles from Ahogiolo, Ode to the Memory of Burns, Proclamation of the Brigands called Patriots of 1916, Dreadful Volcanic Eruption i the East Indies (Java), 1815, Epitaph for the late Rt. Hon. R.B. Sheridan, etc., etc., many cut out from Belfast Commercial Chronicle, neatly laid down and in excellent condition. A most interesting compilation. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 563/0198

All Signed Presentation Copies
Mac Donagh (Donagh) Happy as Larry, 8vo D. (Maurice Fridberg) 1946. FIRST EDN., inscribed on title by author “For George, … July 1946,” with illus. by F. Rose, decor. d.w.; = The Hungry Grass, Poems, 8vo L. 1947. FIRST EDN., inscribed on t.p. “For George …. October 1947,” cloth & d.w.; = also Sheridan (N.) & Mc Donagh (D.) Twenty Poems, sm. 8vo D. (Privately Printed) 1934, LIM. EDN. 141 (300), Signed by author, orig. wrappers. All good. (3)

Lot 564/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

Plunkett (James) Big Jim, A Play for Radio. 8vo D. 1955. FIRST EDN., cloth & pictorial, d.w. torn. Scarce.
* This play was the basis for the later film “Strumpet City.” (1)

Lot 565/0198

SOLD Hammer price €160

All Author Inscribed
Milne (Ewart) Diamond Cut Diamond, L. 1950, d.w.; = Elegy for a Lost Submarine, 8vo Essex 1951, orig. wrappers; = Once More to Journey, L. 1958, d.w.; = Time Stopped, L. 1967, d.w.; = & A Garland for the Green, L. 1962, d.w. ALL FIRST EDNS., & inscribed by Author. Clean lot. (5)

Lot 566/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Wright (Rev. G.N.) A Guide to the County Wicklow, 12mo L. 1822. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. map, engd. frontis & 4 engd. plts., uncut, recent mor. backed boards; = Guide to The County of Wicklow, 12mo D. 1835, NEW EDN., engd. frontis. fold. map, & 4 plts., cloth; = also Guide to Killarney and Glengariff, 12mo D. 1835, NEW EDN., engd. plts. lacks map; = Hall (Mrs. S.C.) A Week at Killarney, 4to L. 1858, engd. plts. & fold. map, orig. gilt decor cloth; = 1 other sim. (5)

Lot 567/0198

SOLD Hammer price €540

Limerick Interest: The Civil Articles of Lymerick exactly printed from the Letters Patents: wherein they are Ratified and Exemplified…, sm. 4to, D. (R. Thornton) 1692, FIRST EDN., Royal cipher on t.p., 11pps., later full sprinkled calf, gilt lettering, desirable copy. V. Rare. (1)
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Lot 568/0198

SOLD Hammer price €600

Wife of Sir Thomas Deane of Cork, Architect
Manuscript: Deane (Lady Eliza). Her manuscript Journal for 1832, most daily entries from 1st January to 19 Nov., in octavo volume with blank pages, bound in full diced calf gilt borders, tooled gilt spine, worn at joints but holding firmly. An interesting journal, mostly concerning Lady Deane’s daily activities, about her family, etc. With an explanatory page at front written by a descendant, explaining the names and relationships (Sir Thomas also had an earlier marriage; his son was Sir Thomas Newenham Deane). Some pages from 8th March are in a different hand, possible that of Sir Thomas Deane; they are mainly concerned with the building of their new house, apparently with stones etc., from an old castle. On Saturday 17th March Lady Deane notes that Ássizes bean this day. O’Conell is to make his entry tomorrow. I would not pollute my Sabbath Day’s Journal by naming him.’ A most interesting document, in very good condition. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 569/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

Co. Limerick: Hamilton (George Frederic) Records of Ballingarry, 12mo Limerick, approx. 62pp. printed, later typed title, calf. Unusual item, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 570/0198

Almanacks: Watson Steward (J.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanck – ‘The English Registry,’and ‘Wilsons Dublin Directory, for 1810, 1816 & 1831, together 3 vols. D. 1810 – 1831, no maps, all orig. mor. As almanack, w.a.f. (3)
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Lot 571/0198

SOLD Hammer price €500

Almanack: Watson (J.) The Gentleman and Citizen’s Almanack, for th Year 1766, with The English Register, and also Wilson’s Dublin Directory, for 1766, all 12mo D. 1766, fold. engd. map, marbled ends, cont. tree calf, dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, mor. label dam. V. good. (1)

Lot 572/0198

SOLD Hammer price €280

[Davies (Sir J.)] Historical Relations: or, A Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued or brought under Obedience of the Crown of England,… 12mo D. (for Samuel Dancer) 1664. Imprim. leaf, dedit misplace, 255pp., recent calf backed marble boards, mor. labels. (1)
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Lot 573/0198

SOLD Hammer price €500

Almanack: Watson (S.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack.. for the Year … 1777, 12mo D. 1777, together with Exshaw (J.) The English registry, 12mo D. 1777, a.e.g., in fine cont. crimson mor. with tooled gilt border, & central royal gilt cipher, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 574/0198

SOLD Hammer price €480

Almanack: Watson (J.) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack.. For the year … 1749, 12mo D. 1749, with some add. ptd. items tipped in at front & end, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label (ex. 2). Good & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 575/0198

[Mahony (Francis Sylvester)] ‘Oliver Yorke,’ The Reliques of Father Prout, Late P.P. of Watergrasshill in the County of Cork, Ireland, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1860. NEW EDN., Revised, and Largely Augmented. Fold frontis, add. engd. title, & 19 engd. plts., later full mor. mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 576/0198

Irish Theatre: The History of the Theatre Royal Dublin, From its Foundation in 1821 to the Present Time. Reprinted, with additions, from Saunder’s News-Letter. 12mo D. 1870. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth, gilt lettered, v. good copy. Scarce. (1)
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