8 December 2009 - Book Sale

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Lot 597/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

Co. Wicklow Historical Journals: Journal of The Old Bray Society, No. 1 – 6 (lacking No. 5), 1986 – 1994, & 2 others sim.; Roundwood & District History & Folklore Journal, No.3 – 17, together 7 nos (some lacking), 1990 – 2006; = Ashford & District Historical Journal, Nos. 1 – 5, (lacking No. 4) 4 nos., 1991 – 1998; = Augrhim Tidy Towns Committee Magazine – The Owl News, various nos; = Journal of West Wicklow Historical journal, varied no’s, & others sim. As a coll. of periodicals, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 598/0198

SOLD Hammer price €130

Down & Connor – Handbook of the United Diocese of Down & Connor & Dromore, … Historical & Statistical, 4to Belfast [1886], illus., adverts. orig. cloth backed printed boards; = Clergy of Down and Dromore, thick 8vo Belfast 1996, d.w. (2)

Lot 599/0198

Co. Dublin: Archer (Lt. Joseph) Statistical Survey of the County of Dublin, With Observations on The Means of Improvement; … By Order of The Dublin Society, 8vo D. 1801. FIRST EDN., fine lg. fold. hd. cold. map, cont. tree calf, joints weakening, recent label, otherwise a very good copy, with: Dutton (Hely) Observations on Mr. Archer’s Statistical Survey of the County of Dublin, 8vo D. 1802. FIRST EDN., no plts., some damp wear, recent mor. backed boards. A scarce pair. (2)
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Lot 600/0198

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Ferrar (John) A View of Ancient and Modern Dublin with its Improvements to the Year 1796, .. to which is added A Tour to Bellevue in the County of Wicklow, the Seat of Peter La Touche… 8vo D. 1796. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis & additional plan of Dublin, engd. dedit, list of subs., printing plate & 5 other plts. complete, later hf. mor. mor. labels. Nice copy. (1)
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Lot 601/0198

[Fox (Chas. James)] Substance of the Speech … upon a Motion for the Commitment of the Bill… “For Vesting the affairs of the East-India Company…” 8vo D. 1784, FIRST EDN., hf. title, 35pp; = also The Speech … in the House of Commons … on a Motion “That the House de resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider the State of the Nation,” D. 1795. FIRST EDN., 47pp. both recent 1/4 calf. Not in Bradshaw. (2)

Lot 602/0198

SOLD Hammer price €600

All Signed by Author
Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, L. 1966, d.w. SECOND EDN.; = Door into the Dark, L. 1969, no d.w.; = Wintering Out, L. 1972, inscribed on hf. title paperback; = North, L. 1975; = Electric Light, L. 2001; = and District and Circle, L. 2006. FIVE FIRST EDNS., & all signed by Author. Good. (6)
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Lot 603/0198

Duigenan (Patrick) An Answer to the Address of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan … to his Fellow Citizens of Dublin, 8vo D. 1798. THIRD EDN., uncut, recent cloth backed boards; = also Speech of the Rt. Hon. John Foster Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland, 8vo D. 1798, FIRST EDN., recent cloth. (2)

Lot 604/0198

SOLD Hammer price €240

1798: Castlereagh (Rt. Hon. Lord), Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons in Ireland, as Reported by the Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh Aug. 21st, 1798, 8vo L. 1798. Fold. table, pp. 1 – 184, & continues 1 – [84], recent calf backed boards; = also Report of Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, Ordered to be Printed 15th March 1799. 8vo L. [1799], pp. 90, 2, later wrappers. Good & clean. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 605/0198

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1798: The Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Commons, with An Appendix, 8vo D. 1798. FIRST 8vo EDN. lacks fold, facsimile letter, & fold. table; = Bound with Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Lords, with An Appendix, 8vo D. 1798, 67pp., cont. hf. calf, strengthened, new mor. label. (1)
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Lot 606/0198

Rare Private Provincial Press

Mullingar, Co. Westmeath: Lyons (John Charles) The Grand Juries of the County of Westmeath from the year 1727 to 1853, 2 vols. in one Ledestown [Co. Westmeath] Private Press of J.C. Lyons. FIRST & ONLY EDN., red & bl. titles with dble rule border, a few leaves stained and repaired towards end of Vol. II, cont. hf. crimson mor. Extremely Rare.
* Only very few copies printed, and one of about 7 items only printed on this press. B.P. of Rev. Wm. Plunkett Webb., B.D. (1)
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Lot 607/0198

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Irish Tour: Anon – Journal of a Tour in Ireland, etc., etc., Performed in August 1804, With Remarks on the Character, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. 8vo L. 1806. FIRST EDN., 36pp + Index [2], recent cloth by Kennys. Scarce. (1)

Lot 608/0198

SOLD Hammer price €220

[Swift (J.), Sheridan & others] The Intelligences, 8vo D. & L. (A. Moor) 1729, FIRST EDN., contemp. full calf, gilt decor. spine, worn. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 609/0198

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O’Driscoll (John) Views of Ireland, Moral Political and Religious, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1823. FIRST EDN., Vol. II some damp stains, attractive and unusual full calf, gilt fillet panels with corner decoration, & profusely blind tooled borders, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. (2)
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Lot 610/0198

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Irish Religious interest: Fitzpatrick (W.J.) Life Times … of The Rt. Rev. Dr. Doyle, 2 vols. D. 1861; = Moran (Card. P.F.) Memoirs of Most Rev. Oliver Plunket, D. 1861; = O’Shea (Rev. J.) The Life of Fr. Luke Wadding, D. 1885; = Ronan (Myles V.) An Apostle of Catholic Dublin – Fr. Henry Young, D. 1944; = & 2 others, on Archbishop Croke & Ignatius Rice. (7)

Lot 611/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

[O’Neill Family Connection] Hardiman (James) Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1831. FIRST EDN., 2 hf. titles, engd. port. frontis Vol. I, O’Neill of Portugal B.P. in each vol., fine hf. mor. tooled gilt spine no panels, raised bands. V. good. (2)
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Lot 612/0198

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T.C.D. Silver: Mahfaffy (J.P.) The Plate in Trinity College, Dublin. A History and A Catalogue, 4to L. 1918. FIRST EDN., with some m/ss notes etc.; = Bennett (Douglas) The Silver Collection T.C.D., 4to D. 1988. FIRST EDN., illus., both d.w.’s. (2)
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Lot 613/0198

SOLD Hammer price €90

Elmes (Ros. M.) Catalogue of Irish Topographical Prints and Original Drawings [National Library of Ireland], roy 8vo D. 1975, later cloth; = Fennell (Geraldine) A List of Irish Watch and Clock Makers, D. (Nat. Museum of Ireland) 1963, wrappers. (2)

Lot 614/0198

Irish Silver: Bennett (D.) Collecting Irish Silver, sm. 4to L. 1984. FIRST EDN.; = Ticher (Kurt) Irish Silver in the Rococo Period, sm. 4to Shannon 1972; = Wyse Jackson (R.) Irish Silver, 8vo Cork & D. 1972, all d.w.’s. (3)
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Lot 615/0198

Cooper (Eliz.) The Life of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1874. FIRST EDN., L.S. on titles; = O’Grady (H.) Strafford and Ireland, 2 vols. D. 1923. FIRST EDN., pict. frontis Vol. I, all cloth. (4)

Lot 616/0198

SOLD Hammer price €340

[Wilson] The Post Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. n.d. THIRD EDN., engd. frontis lg. fold. engd. map, engd. fold. plan & 2 lg. fold. plts. all very fine strikes, & 1 plt. of Giants Causeway, cont. full calf, triple gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spine. Exceptionally fine copy. (1)
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