8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 617/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Irish & Continental Art etc: Rosc – The Poetry of Vision, An International Exhibition of Modern Painting and Ancient Celtic Art. Catalogues for Exhibitions in 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984, & 1988. Together 6 vols. D. 1967 – 1988. Profusely illustrated, all orig. wrappers. V. good run of these now rare catalogues. (6)
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Lot 618/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

All First Editions
Campbell (Patrick) An Irishman’s Diary, L. 1950, d.w.;= A Short Trot with a Cultured Mind, L. 1950; = All Ways on Sundays, L. 1966, d.w.; = My Life and Easy Times, L. 1967; = Waving All Excuses, L. 1971, d.w.; = 35 Years on the Job, L. 1973. Uncorrected Proof Copy; = and O’Connor (Ulick)ed. The Campbell Companion, roy 8vo 1987. Signed Pres. Copy, d.w. ALL FIRST EDNS., & good. (7)

Lot 619/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Leslie (Rev. J.B.) The History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes in the County of Louth, 8vo Dundalk 1908. FIRST EDN., fold. map frontis., cold. & other maps, plts. & illus. complete, uncut, orig. buckram, stained. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 620/0198

Ritchie (Leitch) Ireland Picturesque and Romantic, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1837 – 38., 2 engd. frontis. 2 add. cold. ptd. & engd. titles, & 35 engd. plts., a.e.g., orig. decor. suede covers, cloth labels. V. clean set. (2)
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Lot 621/0198

SOLD Hammer price €460

Byrne (Oliver) The Calculus of Form, A New Mathematical Science., 4to N.Y. 1858. FIRST AMERICAN EDN., hf. title, a.e.g., marbled ends, cont. full green mor. tooled gilt line panel & corner decor. raised bands, tooled gilt decor. in panels. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 622/0198

SOLD Hammer price €110

Bindings: Moore (Thos.) Irish Melodies, 4to L. n.d. NEW EDN., illus. by D. Maclise, a.e.g., full cont. crimson mor. attractive block tooled gilt panel & decorations, tooled gilt spine with shamrocks in panels, by Hayday; = also Lalla Rookh, 4to L. 1863, NEW EDN., illus., etc. bind sim. upr. cover detached. (2)

Lot 623/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Goldsmith (Oliver) The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society, A Poem, 4to L. (J. Newberry) 1765. FIRST EDN., pp. [II] IV, 22, without the hf. title, & final advert. leaf, later hf. sprinkled calf, v. good; = also Edition’s for London 1770, printed For T. Carnan and F. Newberry, with engd. vignette title, lacking hf. title, disbound; = & Ninth Edn. printed L. 1774, with hf. title, disbound. an interesting group. (3)
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Lot 624/0198

SOLD Hammer price €450

Scarce Irish Children’s Book
Praeger (S. Rosamond) The Olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O’Linn, lg. 4to L. 1901. FIRST EDN., hf. title, & 12 illus. leaves, orig. cloth backed pict. boards. V. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 625/0198

Earliest Photographs of Co. Wicklow
Co. Wicklow: Mares (Fred. H.) Photographer, Photographs of Co. Wicklow with Descriptive Letterpress, 4to Glasgow, L. & D. 1867. FIRST EDN., 12 orig. mtd. photos, a.e.g., orig. cloth. v. Scarce.
* Patent application for these photographs by Mares was filed in 1862, see Public Records Office at Kew. (1)
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Lot 626/0198

Early Photographs of Killarney
Co. Kerry: photographs – Hudson (J.) photographer. Photographs of Irish Scenery, Killarney, With Descriptive Letterpress. 4to D. (A. Duthie) 1866. FIRST EDN., 12 mounted original lg. photos, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, inside hinges strengthened. Very good. Scarce.
* Very sharp images. (1)
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Lot 627/0198

Extremely Rare Lithographic Views on the Shannon
Privately Printed: Trench (Henry) Cangort Park Roscrea Shannon Floods, Lough Derg Level. The 25 Miles North from Killaloe, 4to n.p. Belfast, Marcus Ward 1879/1880. FIRST & ONLY EDN., dble. page map & 7 cold. litho. plts. (1 dble page), cont. cloth backed printed boards.
* Extremely Rare, very good Copy. (1)
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Lot 628/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Mayo (Earl of) & Boulton (W.B.) A History of the Kildare Hunt, 8vo L. 1913. FIRST EDN., frontis port. & 30 plts. (some loose), errata , first few leaves (includ. title) loose, uncut, orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 629/0198

SOLD Hammer price €190

[Joyce (James) Beach (Sylvia)] Spire (Andre) Samael, sm. 8vo Paris 1921. FIRST EDN. Signed and inscribed by the Author, uncut, unopened, orig. wrappers, v. good copy; = Sylvia Beach (187 – 1962), 8vo Paris (Mercure de France) 1963. FIRST EDN., port. frontis & other plts., orig. ptd. wrappers; = Beach (Syliva) Ulysses in Paris, 12mo N.Y. 1956, Privately Printed for Friends of the Author as a New Years Greeting., orig. pict. boards. Rare; = Banta (M.) & Silverman (O.A.)eds. James Joyce’s Letters to Sylvia Beach 1921 – 1940, Indiana 1987. FIRST EDN., d.w. V. good lot. (4)
* The Author of the first lot A. Spire was the person who introduced James Joyce to Sylvia Beach.

Lot 630/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

[Behan (Brendan)] – O’Connor (Ulick) Brendan Behan, 8vo L. 1970. FIRST EDN., Signed Copy; = Jeffs (Rae) Brendan Behan Man and Showman, L. 1966. FIRST EDN., Signed Copy with Letter from Author; = Behan (Dominic) My Brother Brendan, L. 1965. FIRST EDN. Signed Copy, all v. good in d.w.’s; = de Burca (S.) Brendan Behan A Memoir, D. 1993, Signed Copy, paperback; = & 2 other paperback items. (6)

Lot 631/0198

Froude (J. Anthony) The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols. L. 1872, hf. titles; = Lecky (W.E.H.) Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1908. NEW EDN., hf. titles, all orig. cloth. Good. (5)

Lot 632/0198

Almancks: Pettigrew & Oulton – The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, for 1837, 1839 & 1845. Together 3 vols. 8vo D. 1837 – 1845, red & bl. titles, a few gatherings loose in 1839, cont. crimson mor., worn, & some covers loose. As almanacks, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 633/0198

SOLD Hammer price €120

Mc Donnell (Jos.) & Healy (Patrick) Gold-Tooled Bookbindings Commissioned by Trinity College, Dublin in the Eighteenth Century, folio D. (Irish Geo. Soc.) 1987, FIRST EDN., full cold. & other illus., cloth & d.w. Good. (1)
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Lot 634/0198

SOLD Hammer price €180

All First Editions in Fine Condition
Behan (Brendan) The Quare Fellow, sm. 8vo L. 1956. FIRST EDN.; = Borstal Boy, 8vo L. 1958. FIRST EDN., and Hold Your Hour and Have Another, 8vo L. 1963. FIRST EDN., all cloth, & with very clean orig. pict. d.w.’s. V. good. (3)
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Lot 635/0198

SOLD Hammer price €440

Co. Sligo: Wood-Martin (W.G.) History of Sligo, County and Town, 3 vols. D. 1882. FIRST EDN., 3 hf. titles, 2 frontis, text illus., plts. & maps, later cloth. a very good clean set. (3)
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Lot 636/0198

SOLD Hammer price €400

Papal Nuncio to Ireland
Rinuccini (Gio. Battista) Della Dignita et Offitio de i Vescovi, Discorsi Quaranta. 4to Rome 1651. FIRST EDN., hf. title, title with engd. vignette, 1 leaf misplace, wormed thro-out, generally not affecting text, some pps. browned, wd.-cut heads & tails, orig. vellum, good. Scarce. (1)
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