15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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Lot 121/0196
Hewitt (John) No Rebel Word, 8vo L. 1948. Signed Pres. Inscription, 1952, cloth & d.w.; = Collected Poems, 1932 – 1967, L. 1968. Signed Pres. Inscription, 1969, d.w.; = The Collected Poems of John Hewitt, ed. by Frank Ormsby, Belfast 1991, d.w.; = Dawe (G.) & Foster (J.W.) eds. The Poets Place, Ulster Literature and Society, Essays in Honour of John Hewitt, 1907 – 1987. 8vo 1991, d.w.; = & The Planter and The Gael, 4to Belfast (Arts Council) 1970, wrappers. All First Edns. (5)
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Lot 122/0196
O’Brien (Henry) The Round Towers of Ireland, 8vo L. 1834. FIRST EDN., plts. & text illus., hf. mor.; = Hardy (Philip Dixon) The Holy Wells of Ireland, 8vo D. 1836, pamphlet, 66pp., disbound. (2)
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Lot 123/0196
O’Leary (John) Recollection of Fenians and Fenianism, 2 vols. L. 1896. FIRST EDN., 2 port. frontis, uncut, orig. wine cold. buckram, gilt lettered spines. V. good set. (2)
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Lot 124/0196
Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. 8vo Cork 1815. NEW EDN., port. frontis, list of subs., engd. coat of arms & 10 fold. maps & plts. (ex. 14) cont. hf. mor. labels. (2)
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Lot 125/0196
Co. Cork: Brady (W. Maziere) Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, 3 vols. 8vo D. 1863 – 64. FIRST EDN., recent full cloth by Corrib Bookbinders. V. good set. (3)
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Lot 126/0196
Music: Hogan (Ita Margaret) Anglo-Irish Music 1780-1830, 8vo Cork University Press 1966. FIRST EDN., illus., cloth & d.w. Good & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 127/0196
Fraser (Robert) General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, Present State and Circumstances of the County of Wicklow…. 8vo D. 1801. FIRST EDN., LIM. EDN. (150), lg. fold. cold. map, cont. hf. calf, v. good copy. (1)
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Lot 128/0196
Co. Cork: Townsend (Rev. Horatio) Statistical Survey of the County of Cork, .. by Direction of the Dublin Society, 8vo D. 1910. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. hd. cold. map, cont. hf. calf, mor. label. Good copy. (1)
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Lot 129/0196
O’Connor – Chronicles of Eiri; being the History of the Gaal Sciot Iber: or, The Irish People, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1822. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis. Vol. I fold. hd. cold. frontis Vol. II, 5 fold. maps, & lg. fold. facsimile, adverts. end of Vol. II, 5 fold. maps, & lg. fold. facsimile, adverts end of Vol. II, cont. hf. mor., marble sides. Scarce. Good. (2)
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Lot 130/0196
Fine Irish University Press Reprints: Peel (Rt. Hon. R.) Bibliotheca Hibernica, Or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Select Irish Library collected for the Rt. Hon. Robert Peel, Ed. by N.D. Palmer. 8vo Shannon (I.U.P.) 1970. LIM. EDN. (50), Special mor. backed boards, slip case; = Davies (J.) Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland was never Entirely Subdued, 8vo Shannon 1969, orig. vellum backed, vellum boards, slip case; = Badcock (Wm.) A New Touch-Stone for Gold and Silver Wares, 8vo Shannon 1970, full gilt decor. crushed mor., cloth box; = Mc Lysaght (E.) Irish Life in the Seventeenth Century, 8vo Shannon 1969, hf. mor. (4)
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Lot 131/0196
O’Brien (Flann) The Third Policeman, L. 1967. FIRST EDN, d.w.; = and An Beal Bocht, D. (Dolmen) 1964, d.w.; = O’Connor (Frank) The Midnight Court, A New Translation. D. (M. Fridberg) 1945. FIRST EDN., thus, d.w.; = 2 others similar; = Hyde (D.) Love Songs of Connacht, and Songs Ascribed to Raftary, Shannon 1969 & 1973, both d.w.’s, & another by Hyde. all good. (8)
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Lot 132/0196
Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, 8vo L. 1859. FIRST EDN. IN BK. FORM. Engd. frontis, add. engd. vign. title & 14 engd. marble sides, tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands & mor. label. Good copy.
* This is the scarce Second issue, with “affectionately” mis-spelt on p. 134, line 12, and with p. 213 numbered correctly. (1)More details › -
Lot 133/0196
Dickens (Chas.) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. in one, 8vo L. 1865. FIRST EDN. IN BOOK FORM, 2 frontis & plts. after M. Stone thro.-out, later hf. mor; = also the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 8vo L. 1838. FIRST EDN. IN BOOK FORM, engd. frontis & vign. titles, & plts. thro.-out after Phiz & R. Seymour, some spotting cont. hf. crimson mor. tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. (2)
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Lot 134/0196
Kavanagh (Patrick) A Soul For Sale, Poems. 8vo L. 1947. FIRST EDN., cloth & d.w., v. good; = Tarry Flynn, A Novel, N.Y. 1949. FIRST AMERICAN EDN., d.w.; = & Come Dance with Kitty Stobling, 8vo L. 1960. FIRST EDN., orig. buckram with label; = Self Portrait, D. (Dolmen Press) 1964, FIRST EDN., d.w. All good. (4)
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Lot 134A/0196
Mac Liammoir (M.) The Importance of being Oscar, 8vo D. (Dolmen Press) 1963, FIRST EDN., illus., decor. cloth; = All For Hecuba, An Irish Theatrical Autobiography. L. 1947. SECOND EDN., illus., cloth; = Where Stars Walk, A Fantasy, sm. 8vo D. 1962. FIRST EDN., wrappers; = Edwards (Hilton) The Mantel of Harlequin, 8vo D. 1958. FIRST EDN., photo illus., & designs by M. Mac Liammoir, cloth. (4)
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Lot 135/0196
Gill (Eric) Twenty-Five Nudes, roy 8vo L. [1938] FIRST EDN., 26 bl. & white plts. & other, cloth & d.w.; = also In a Strange Land, 12mo L. [1944] FIRST EDN., frontis & 2 plts., cloth. (2)
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Lot 136/0196
Huish (Rob.) The Memoirs, Private and Political of Daniel O’Connell, Esq., L. n.d. [1836]. FIRST EDN., port. frontis add. engd. title, & 5 plts. (ex. 6), cloth backed boards, joints cracked; = Cusack (M.F.) The Liberator: His Life and Times, 2 vols. 8vo Kenmare n.d. FIRST EDN., illus., attractive decor. cloth, gilt; = & 1 other same subject. (4)
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Lot 137/0196
Burke (Edmund) The Works of …., 10 vols., 8vo L. 1808. NEW EDN., cont. full calf, gilt borders, some spines rubbed or dam. (10)
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Lot 138/0196
Periodical: Carroll (Donald), Arnold (Bruce) etc., editors, The Dubliner, later, The Dublin Magazine, Vol. I No. 1 – Vol. 3, No. 4, & Vol. 4 No. 1 – Vol. 10 No. 4, together 37 nos. All Published., including the large format first number, D. Nov./Dec. 1961 – Spring/Summer 1974. All orig. printed wrappers, v. good. Scarce. As a periodical. (1)
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Lot 139/0196
Co. Clare: Mescal (Daniel) The Story of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island) 12mo D. 1902. FIRST EDN., frontis; = Mac Cluin (Fr. S.) Caint an Chlair, 2 vols. D. 1940, cloth; = O’hOgain (Sean) Conntae An Chlair, D. 1938, map frontis & fold. map, cloth & d.w.; = Malone (Rev. S.) Life of St. Flannan, 8vo D. 1902, cloth. (5)
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