15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
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15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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Lot 180/0196
Bartlett (W.H.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to L. n.d. FIRST EDN., 2 add. engd. titles, engd. map, & 188 engd. plts., orig. cloth, spines dam. (2)
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Lot 180A/0196
Coins: Simon (J.) Essay on Irish Coins … with Mr. Snelling’s Supplement, 4to D. 1810., 12 engd. plts., uncut, orig. boards. (1)
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Lot 181/0196
Rare Photographs of The Aran Islands by Fr. Browne, S.J.
Photographs: Browne (Fr. F.M.)S.J. Ara na Naomh, Aran of the Saints. A Photographic Survey of the principal Antiquities, Christian and pre-Christian in the Aran Islands, County Galway made in August 1938 by F.M. Browne, S.J. A thick oblong sm. folio album, containing 67 orig. mounted photographs, each approx. 7 1/2″ x 9 3/4″ (19cms x 24.5cms), with typed description mounted on opposite page, and with typed title on front leaf, cont. hf. mor. worn. As an Album of Photos., v. good. (1)
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Lot 182/0196
The Classic Work on Irish Architecture
With Original Photographic Illustrations
Dunraven (Edwin Third Earl) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. lg. folio L. 1875. FIRST & ONLY EDN. Ed. by Margaret Stokes, 2 hf. titles, 2 decor. titles, errata slip, 14 full page plans, full page hd. cold. map of Ireland, 125 full page orig. mounted photos (some in two parts), some spotting on mounts, and numerous text illus., orig. Celtic design, green cloth, gilt decor., somewhat worn. A very scarce set. (2)
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Lot 183/0196
Box: Proof Copies of Modern Novels, etc.: An important collection of Uncorrected Proof Copies of Works by Lady Gregory, Denis Donoghue, Francis Hackett, Peter de Rosa, Tim Daly, Don Mosey, Noel Coward, Brian Cleeve, Paul Gallico, Proinsias Mac Cana, Eugene Walter, Andrew Simpson, Robin Bruce Lockhart, John Percival, etc., approx. 24 items, strong on Lady Gregory, all orig. wrappers. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 184/0196
Irish Art: Crookshank (A.) & The Knight of Glin. The Watercolours of Ireland, folio L. 1994, d.w.; = Knowles (R.) Contemporary Irish Art, folio D. 1982, d.w.; = National Gallery of Ireland – Irish Women Artists, folio D. 1987; = & The Allied Irish Bank Collection – Twentieth Century Irish Art, folio D. n.d., c. 1990, all illus. & good. (4)
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Lot 185/0196
R.I. Academy: Best (R.I.) & Mac Neill (Eoin)eds. The Annals of Inisfallen, Reproduced in Facsimile, folio D. (R.I.A.) 1933. FIRST EDN., 57 dbl. sided plts., orig. cloth backed boards. (1)
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Lot 186/0196
Seward (Wm. Wenman) Topographia Hibernica; or The Topography of Ireland Ancient and Modern. 4to D. 1795. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis & dedit, & 9 engd. plts., preface at end, uncut, orig. mor. backed marble boards. Good copy. (1)
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Lot 187/0196
Monck Mason (Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin, 4to D. 1820. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis engd. plan & 5 other engd. plts. & ports., 1 leaf repaired, one leaf of contents lacking, otherwise a very good clean copy, recent hf. mor. Good. (1)
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Lot 188/0196
Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Folio L. 1633. FIRST EDN., 2 engd. parts., Map of Mounster, (from an atlas), & 19 fold. & other engd. maps & plans, complete, later sprinkled calf, armorial binding with coat of arms in centre, and ducal coronet in corners, rebacked. (1)
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Lot 189/0196
T.C.D.: Henry (Francoise)ed. The Book of Kells, folio N.Y. (Alfred A. Knopf) 1974. FIRST AMERICAN EDN., fine cold. plts., orig. cloth, gilt & matching slip case. (1)
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Lot 190/0196
[Yeats (W.B.)] O’Donnell (Wm. H.) A Guide to the Prose Fiction of W.B. Yeats, Michigan 1983; = 7 others on Yeats. (8)
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Lot 191/0196
Box: Modern Irish Poetry, Plays, etc: – Large selection of modern volumes, some signed copies etc. Works by Kathleen Raine (signed), J.M. Synge, Ethne Carbery, T.C. Murray, S. Beckett, L. Robinson, John Montague, Eimar O’Duffy, Richard Weber, & many lesser known authors, approx. 85 items. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 192/0196
Legal interest: Blackstone (Sir W.) Reports of Cases,…. from 1746 to 1779. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1790; = Plowden (Edmund) The Commentaries or Reports of Edmund Plowden, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1792; = Leach (T.) Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight, roy 8vo D. 1793. FOURTH EDN., hf. title, all uniform crimson cloth. (5)
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Lot 200/0196
Engraved Irish Views, mostly Munster: A collection of approx. 115 engd. bl. & white views of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Kerry, Tipperary & Clare, mostly by Bartlett, some earlier, varied sizes. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 201/0196
Engraved Irish Views, mostly Leinster, include. Dublin, Wicklow, Louth, Westmeath, Kilkenny etc., also some other Irish views, approx. 140 in all, after Grose, Bartlett, Neale & others, varied sizes. As a coll., w.a.f. Good lot. (1)
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Lot 202/0196
Engraved Irish Views: Mostly North of Ireland & Connaught, approx. 100 engd. views after Sandby, Bartlett, etc., some large views, & some litho plts., very good, & include. an attractive series on Co. Donegal, lithos. by Day & Hague, some duplication. As a coll. w.a.f. Good lot. (1)
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Lot 203/0196
Irish Views: Good group of engraved Views of Ireland, some by Neale, Westall, G. Petrie, Bartlett, L. Ritchie, & others, approx. 17 in all, varied sizes, all hand coloured, & attractively mounted. As a lot of prints., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 204/0196
Engravings, Prints etc: Lg. portfolio of varied prints, engravings, portraits, views, some photographs etc., all early 19th Century, as a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 205/0196
Bookplates: Collection of approx. 130 bookplates, mostly mounted on individual cards and written up, politicians, artists, clergymen, military interest, etc., several of Irish interest. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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