8 December 2009 - Book Sale

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Lot 161/0198

SOLD Hammer price €280

Church of Ireland: Articles of Religion, Agreed by The Archbishops and Bishops, and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland, in the Conuocation Holden at Dublin in The Yeare of Our Lord God 1615., for the anoyding of Diversities of Opinions, and the establishing of Concent touching true Religion, sm. 4to L. (for Thomas Downes) 1629. [36]pp, lacks front blank?; bound with a later item, [Mathias (T.J.)] T.C.D.; = Pratio Habita in Sacello Coll. Trin. Cant. Festo S.S. Trinitatis Redeunte 1779, Sm. 4to 1779, 7pp., no title, author in m/ss., antique type calf, blind panels, gilt corner decoration. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 162/0198

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[O’Neil (Phelim)] The Petition and Declaration of Sir Philom O’Neal Knight, Generall of Ireland, to the High Court of Parliament now assembled in England, and the Lords and Nobility Commanders of the Army of the Catholics of Ireland. Averred by Tho. Etherington Clerk. The Names of the Rebels … Sm. 4to L. (for W. Neal) 1641., 8pp, 19th Century mor. backed boards. Rare. (1)
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Lot 163/0198

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[Swift (Jon.)] Orrery (John, Earl of ) Remarks on the Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, …. in a Series of Letters… 8vo D. (G. Faulkner) 1752. FIRST EDN., Engd. port. frontis., add title with engd. vign. port. engd. hd. pce. advert leaf, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label. (1)
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Lot 164/0198

Cogan (Rev. A.) The Diocese of Meath Ancient and Modern, 3 vols., sm. 8vo D. 1862-1867-1870. FIRST EDN., hf. titles, 2 vols. with new ends & past downs, orig. cloth, good. (3)
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Lot 165/0198

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Bergin (James J.) History of the Ancient Order of Hibernian’s, 8vo D. n.d. [1910] FIRST EDN., frontis & illus., a.e.g., full dark mor. gilt decor. Scarce. (1)

Lot 166/0198

SOLD Hammer price €80

Ide (John Jay) Some Examples of Irish Country Houses of the Georgian Period, sm. 8vo N.Y. 1959. LIM. EDN. (600), illus., cloth backed boards & d.w. Unusual & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 167/0198

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Early Irish Collection
Molloy (Rev. Francis) Lucerna Fidelium, seu Fasciculus decerptus ab Authoribus magis versatis, qui tractarunt de Doctrina Christiana. Sm. 8vo Rome (Propagation of the Faith) 1676. FIRST EDN., uncut, late 19th Century hf. mor. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 168/0198

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Bergin (O.J.), Best (R.I.), Meyer (Kuno) & O’Keeffee (J.G.), Anaedota from Irish Manuscripts, 5 vols. in one vol., sm. 8vo Halle A.S. 1907 – 1913. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 169/0198

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First Issue of Irish Who’s Who, 1923
Thoms (Alex) Thoms Irish Who’s Who, a Biographical Book of Reference of Prominent Men & women in Irish Life at Home and Abroad, 8vo d. 1923, FIRST ISSUE, 2 photo frontis, orig. cloth, good copy of a scarce volume.
* Inscribed on front end paper by T.J. Campbell, First Treasurer of the Bar of Northern Ireland and First Secretary of the Circuit of Northern Ireland. (1)
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Lot 170/0198

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Irish Guides etc: The Tourists’s Illustrated Hand-Book for Ireland, sm. 8vo L. 1853. Great Exhibition Year, port. frontis, map, plan & illus., adverts etc., orig. cloth, v. good copy; = A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay, 12mo Newry etc. 1846. FIRST EDN., fold. map text illus. cloth, v. good; = Milligan (S.F. & A.L.) Glimpses of Erin, 12mo L. (Marucs Ward) n.d., plts. & illus., wrappers; = 3 others. Good lot. (6)

Lot 171/0198

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Irish Travel: Cardinal Wiseman’s Tour in Ireland, D. 1859; = O’Donoghue (D.J.)ed. Sir Walter Scott’s Tour in Ireland in 1825, Glasgow & D. 1905, new cloth backed boards; = Stevenson (J.)ed. A Frenchman’s Walk through Ireland 1796 – 7, by De Latocnaye, Belfast & D. 1917; = Bulfin (Wm.) Rambles in Eirinn, D. n.d. illus.; = [Hole (Dean)] A Little Tour in Ireland, L. 1859. FIRST EDN., 3 plts. & text illus., lacks frontis; = & 1 other, all cloth. (6)

Lot 172/0198

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Genealogy: Mathews (Th.) The O’Neill’s of Ulster, Their History & Genealogy, 3 vols. D. 1907, FIRST EDN., 3 frontis & 10 plts. (2 fold.), orig. white cloth, red crest on front, gilt lettering on spine. Good clean set. (3)
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Lot 173/0198

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Pamphlets: Workman (Wm.) Corinthian Cruise in the Walrus, R.U.Y.C., to the West Coast of Scotland, 8vo L. n.d. [c. 1879], 12pp., another item sim; = Myers (F.) Irrigation; or The New Australia, Melbourne n.d. [c. 1891], fold. map, 64pp; = Deakin (Hon. a.) The Foundation of Mildura: The Greatest irrigation Enterprise in the World, Mildura 1892, 15pp; = Sinclair (F. Howard) On the Action of Dr. Koch’s Fluid in Pulmonary Phthisis, 8vo Belfast 1891. Authors Pres. Copy, 11pp; = Aitken (Thos.) Good Roads: How to Make and How to Maintain Them, Efficiency with Economy, 8vo Belfast 1902, 3plts., & text illus., 20pp; = M’Glynn (Fr.) The Pope in Politics. The Great Speech of Fr. M’Glynn of New York, D. 1888, 20pp; = others, 20 items in all, cont. hf. mor. joint cracked & worn. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 174/0198

Fitzgerald (Rev. P.) & M’Gregor (J.J.) The History Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Limerick, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1826. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. map frontis. Vol. I, engd. frontis Vol. II, fold. table, lg. fold. plan, & 4 engd. plts. (3 multiple), later hf. crimson mor. Good. (2)
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Lot 175/0198

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Gibson (Rev. C.B.) The History of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. L. 1861. FIRST EDN., list of subs., engd. frontis. map Vol. I, later brown cloth, v. good. (2)
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Lot 176/0198

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O’Cadhain (Mairtin) Cre na Cille, D. 1949. FIRST EDN., illus. by Charles Lamb, orig. cloth & d.w.; = also O’Flaithearta (Liam) Duil, 8vo D. 1953. FIRST EDN. LIM. NO. 65, Signed by Author, cloth & d.w. Both Scarce. (2)
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Lot 177/0198

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Republican: Macardle (D.) The Irish Republic, D. 1951; = Tansill (C.C.) America and The Fight for Irish Freedom, 1866 – 1922, N.Y. 1957; = Ryan (D.) The Rising, The Complete Story of Easter Week, D. 1949; = Martin (F.X.)ed. Leaders and Men of the Easter Rising, Dublin 1916; = Larkin (E.) James Larkin, L. 1965, all good & d.w.’s. (5)

Lot 178/0198

Smellie (John) Shipbuilding and Repairing in Dublin – A Record of Work Carried out by The Dublin Dockyard Co. 1901 – 1923., 8vo Glasgow 1923. FIRST EDN., illus., cloth. Good copy. (1)

Lot 179/0198

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Special Limited Edition
Irish University Press: Bibliotheca Hibernicana, … Descriptive Catalogue of a Select Library … Rt. Hon. Robert Peel, 8vo Shannon 1970. LIM. EDN. 47 (50), in special mor. backed binding, slip case V. good. (1)
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Lot 180/0198

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Heaney (Seamus) Electric Light, 8vo L. 2001. FIRST LIM. EDN., 15 (325), Signed by Author, orig. cloth backed boards, & matching slip case. Pristine Copy. (1)
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