15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
CASTLECOMER,CO.KILKENNY, EIRE.
15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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Lot 525/0196
Bindings: Shakespeare (Wm.) The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, Ed. by Charles Knight. 8 vols. sm. folio L. (Virtue & Co.) c. 1880. Illus. thro-out, cont. mor. backed cloth boards, raised bands, gilt tooled flowers in panels. Good strong set. (8)
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Lot 526/0196
Bindings: Dickens (Charles) Works, & Life of Dickens, (34 + 2) 36 vols., 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1899. Gadshill Edition, illus. thro.-out, t.e.g., hf. purple mor. tooled gilt spine, raised bands, by Sotheran, London, some spines faded, otherwise v.g. (36)
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Lot 527/0196
Bindings: Lytton (Rt. Hon. Lord) Works, 29 vols. 8vo L. (G. Routledge) 1902. T.e.g. attractive hf. green mor. marble sides, raised bands, profusely tooled gilt spines in panels. V. good. (29)
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Lot 528/0196
Bindings: Pepys – The Diary of Samuel Pepys, by Henry B. Wheatley, 8 vols. 8vo L. 1904. Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, t.e.g., cont. attractive tree calf, tooled gilt borders, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. (8)
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Lot 529/0196
Bindings: Hallam (H.) Literature of Europe, 3 vols. L. 1847, fine tree calf; = Grey (Z.) ed. Butler’s Hudibras, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1799, engd. plts., cont. fine mottled calf; = Heaths Book of Beauty, 2 vols. sm. 4to L. 1844 & 1845, engd. plts., a.e.g., cont. full decor. green mor., gilt; = Moore (Thos.) Lalla Rookh, L. 1856, cont. hf. mor.; = Liechtenstein (Princess Marie) Holland House, 2 vols. L. 1874, illus., cont. hf. crimson mor; = 2 others sim. All v. fine. (12)
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Lot 550/0196
Cigarette Cards: Very large collection of Complete & Part Complete Sets by Wills, Players, Godfrey Phillips, Sunripe, Carreras, Chairman Taddy’s and other cigarette companies, principally birds, animals, portraits, war scenes, industrial interest, badges, sportsmen, scenery etc., a very large quantity as a lot, w.a.f. A box. (1)
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Lot 551/0196
Postage Stamp: A very large Private Stamp Collection, contained in Ideal, Standard and New Idea Albums, also album for Great Britain, Isle of Man, together with some Stock Books, & booklets, mostly of British Empire, & some other booklets, & including An Post – Commemorative Stamp Collection 2006, 10 items in all, not completed, but well worth inspection. As a coll., w.a.f. (10)
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Lot 552/0196
Postcards: Dublin Interest. Very good small collection of rare Dublin Views, including Guinness Brewery, Malahide with Golf Links, Portmarnock, Clontarf, Fairview, Dollymount, Drumcondra, Howth, Baldoyle including Racecourse, Killester, Phibsbora etc., approx. 39 cards, some real photos, in sm. green album. All v. good. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 553/0196
Postcards: Irish & General Interest: A 4to Album containing approx. 160 cards, Irish topographical views, greetings, Irish Life, some comic, railways and engines, some real photo., and few non-Irish interesting lot. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 554/0196
Postcards: Irish interest – Album of approx. 200 cards mostly of Irish topographical interest, touching on most counties, some Royal Visit 1903, Cork Exhibition 1902, Catholic Emancipation, some comic, some shipping, some group scenes, some real photographic, in a quarto album, very good lot. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 555/0196
Postcards: French Views: A large oblong folio Album of mostly French Views, Street Scenes, etc., approx. 190 cards in all, most postally used, all c. 1910-1925, cont. hf. mor. album. As postcards., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 556/0196
Postcards: Continental Views mostly, Germany, Italy & Rome, some Holy Land, England, a few Irish, over 1000 cards. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 557/0196
Postcards: English Country Churches: Approx. 250 cards, many good real photos, mostly of lesser known small rural churches, interior & exterior views. Good lot. (250)
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Lot 558/0196
Postcards: Continental interest, France, Switzerland & The Alps, Germany & Italy, approx. 275 cards interesting lot, as a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 559/0196
Postcards: English & Scottish interest. good selection of approx. 85 cards English & Scottish Topographical views, several good real photos, as a lot, w.a.f. (85)
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Lot 560/0196
Postcards: America, Canada & Europe: Interesting log of approx. 120 cards, some interesting views, mostly used. As a lot. (120)
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Lot 561/0196
Postcards: Embroidered Cards, Collection of 7 World War I, embroidered Greeting Cards, with flags, and other motifs, all unused, good. (7)
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Lot 562/0196
Postcards: Shipping – R.M.S. Oxfordshire in Stormy Weather; R.M.S. China; Empress of Russia in Japanese Waters; Anchor Line – Twin-Screw Steamship Cameronia; some Celebrated Liners, together 11 cards, mostly unused. As a lot.
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Lot 563/0196
Postcards: Greetings, Irish mostly, Attractive lot of approx. 35 cards, mostly Irish greetings Irish Life etc & include one card made from peat, St. Patrick, artist cards etc; = also unusual group of 11 shaped Children’s Birthday Cards, unused, together 46 cards, as a coll., w.a.f. (46)
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Lot 564/0196
Postcards: Irish Life and Greetings, Over 85 varied cards, Irish Life & Scenery, some after paintings by J. Carey, some real photos, as many unused. As a lot. (85)
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