8 December 2009 - Book Sale

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Lot 121/0198

SOLD Hammer price €125

Shannon: Report from the Select Committee on Shannon River; Bound with separate “Index” to the Report, folio L. (Hse. of Commons) 1868. Fold. diagram, after J.S. Perry, recent cloth. good. This Report Scarce. (1)

Lot 122/0198

SOLD Hammer price €550

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Walsh (Wendy) A Lifetime of Painting, Lg. folio D. 2007. LIM. EDN., signed by author and Charles Nelson, publisher, etc., list of subscribers, fine cold. plts., quarter leather bound, in orig. slip case. (1)
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Lot 123/0198

Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to L. 1847. SECOND EDN., orig. cloth, v. good copy. (2)
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Lot 124/0198

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Lewis (Samuel) Atlas Comprising the Counties of Ireland, 4to L. 1837. FIRST EDN., Engd. title & contents, lg. fold. map of Ireland, 32 maps (clean), orig. cloth, rebacked. (1)
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Lot 125/0198

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Champneys (A.C.) Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture, folio L. 1910. FIRST EDN., plts. & illus. cloth, good. (1)

Lot 126/0198

Newenham (Thomas) A View of the Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland, 4to L. 1809. FIRST EDN., hf. title, lg. fold. map, errata slip, some browning, uncut, orig. boards. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 127/0198

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Co. Monaghan: Convent of St. Louis, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, – Detailed Schedule of Quantities, Report prepared by W.H. Stephens & Sons, Surveyors, & J.J. Mc Donnell, Architect, Belfast. Folio typescript May 1913, with some diagrams, a m/ss document of stonecutters accounts and quantities, loosely inserted, cloth, gilt lettered. (1)
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Lot 128/0198

Co. Down: Griffith (Richard) Valuation of the Several Tenements situate in The County of Down – Union of Newry (Part of), folio D. 1864. FIRST EDN., IX, 198pp., recent fine quarter calf, mor. label, raised bands. (1)

Lot 129/0198

SOLD Hammer price €150

Belfast Tramways: The Belfast Street Tramways Company and The Belfast Corporation, – Arbitration Proceedings January 1905. Folio 408pp. over 9 Days, with plans illustrative of the ‘Particulars of accommodation of the Several Depots.’ 7 plans, orig. mor. backed cloth boards, upr. joint broken. (1)

Lot 130/0198

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Co. Antrim: Moneyglass, Toomebridge, Co. Antrim New Church of Our Lady of Lourdes for the V. Rev. John O’Nolan, P.P. – Detailed Schedule of Quantities, Report prepared by W.H. Stephens & Sons, Surveyors, & J.J. Mc Donnell, Architect, Belfast. Folio typescript, 1920, with some diagrams, cloth, gilt lettered. (1)

Lot 131/0198

Agricultural Statistics, Ireland: Tables showing the Extent in Statute Acres and the Produce of the Crops for 1881, folio D. 1881; = and ditto for 1899, folio D. 1900, 2 vols.; = also Report … to Inquire into the Condition of The Civil Service in Ireland, folio D. 1873, all recent full cloth. (3)

Lot 132/0198

Dublin Act: An Act for Naturalizing such Foreign Merchants, Traders, Artificers, Artisans, Manufacturers, Workmen, Seamen, Farmers, and Others as shell settle in this Kingdom, Folio d. 1779, partly B.L., 8pp., loose in modern cloth folder. (1)
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Lot 133/0198

House of Commons Report – Industries (Ireland). Report from the Select Committee on Industries (Ireland); … with Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Folio L. 1886. FIRST EDN., XVIII, 1119pp. includ. Index, some fold. tables & plts., & illus. later buckram. Good.
* A very interesting volume. (1)

Lot 134/0198

SOLD Hammer price €100

Fairs & Markets’ Commission, Ireland – Report of the Commissioners … to Inquire into the State of the Fairs and Markets in Ireland. Folio D. 1853. Park I, 154pp. fold. table, full page map, cold. in outline, Part II, Minutes of Evidence, 514pp., all disbound, as reports, w.a.f. Scarce. (2)

Lot 135/0198

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Mayo Election: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee of the Mayo County Election Petition; with the Proceedings of the Committee and Index, Folio L. (House of Commons) 1857. FIRST EDN., IX, 544pp disbound. As a report, w.a.f. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 136/0198

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Co. Leitrim: – Union of Carrick-on-Shannon: Report fro the Select Committee … appointed to Investigate and Report upon the allegations and Charges contained in the Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Union of Carrick-on-Shannon, complaining of the Management and Misconduct of the late Vice-Guardians of the Said Union, With the Petition, Minutes of Evidence, and An Appendix. Folio L. 1850. XXX, + 497pp., disbound. As a report, w.a.f. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 137/0198

Irish Shipping Disasters: Robertson (Comm. Rob.) Report of an investigation into the Loss of the ‘Morna’ of Belfast, folio L. 1855; = also Report of An Investigation in the Circumstances attending the Loss of the Steam Ship ‘ Erin’s Queen,’ of Belfast, by collision with the Steam ‘Ship Sabrina’ of Cork. Folio L. 1855, FIRST EDN., both recent uniform cloth. (2)

Lot 138/0198

Co. Cavan: Griffith (Richard) Valuation of the Several Tenements in the Union of Cavan, Folio D. 1857, FIRST EDN., XIV, 346pp., recent hf. cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 139/0198

I.M.C.: Colgan (Fr. John) Acta Sanctorum Veteris et Maioris Scotiae seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae …., Lg. folio D. (Irish M/ss Comm.) 1948 Reprint. Frontis, orig. hf. blue mor. (1)
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Lot 140/0198

Simpson (Rob.) The Annals of Derry, 12mo Londonderry 1847. FIRST EDN; = Hempton (J.) The Siege and History of Londonderry, 12mo Londonderry 1861. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis; = Witherow (T.) Derry and Enniskillen in 1688 – 9, Belfast 1885; = & 1 other sim., all cloth. (4)