13 December 2016 - Rare Book Sale

#0294

Lot 1/10022

SOLD Hammer price €250

Hyde (Douglas) Beside The Fire, A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories. L. 1910. First Edn., frontis orig. cloth; The Story of Early Gaelic Literature, 12mo L. 1905; Coffey (D.) Douglas Hyde President of Ireland, 1938; & 3 others sim. (6)

Lot 2/10022

SOLD Hammer price €500

Oppression in North Mayo, c. 1804 – 1809[Ham (Eliz.)] The Ford Family in Ireland, A Novel, 3 vols., L. (T.C. Newby) 1845, First Edn., Ex. Libris Copy, hf. calf, marble boards, worn. Extremely Scarce. (3)

Lot 3/10022

SOLD Hammer price €340

Children’s Books: Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, 12mo, L. (F. Warne) 1912, illus.; The Tale of Pigling Bland, 12mo, L. (Frederick Wane & Co.) 1913, illus.; The Tailor of Gloucester, 12mo, L. (E. Warne & Co.) 1903, illus. (lacks spine); The Tale of Tom Kitten, 12mo L. (F. Warne & Co.) 1907, illus (lacks spine), and other later Edn. The Tale of Tommy Tiptoes, decor. cloth, as a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 4/10022

SOLD Hammer price €160

Dublin & Vicinity: Starrat (M.) History of Ancient and Modern Dublin; or Visitor’s Guide to the Metropolis of Ireland. 12mo D. n.d. [c. 1820] First Edn., wd. cut frontis & illus; Irwin (G.) A Historical and Descriptive Guide to the Irish Metropolis, 12mo L. 1853, fold. map, illus.; & 4 other Guides etc. (6)

Lot 5/10022

SOLD Hammer price €300

Co. Sligo: O’Rorke (T.) History, Antiquities and Present State of the Parishes of Ballysadare and Kilvarnet, D. n.d., illus.; Kilgannon (T.) Sligo and its Surroundings, Sligo 1926 First, illus.; Mac Donagh (J.C.) History of Ballymote, D. 1936. First, all orig. cloth, gilt. (3)

Lot 6/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Northern Ireland: Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster: A Handbook of The Antiquities and Scenery… sm. 8vo D. 1854. First Edn, fold. map, decor. title, fold. plan, litho frontis & 16 litho plts., text illus. etc.; A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay, 12mo 1846, First Edn., 2 fold. & other maps, illus. cloth; Ward Lock – Guide to the Giant’s Causeway and Co. Antrim, L. n.d. fold. maps, illus., new cloth; Guide to Belfast and the Adjacent Counties, Belfast 1874, maps & illus. Good lot. (4)

Lot 7/10022

SOLD Hammer price €260

West of Ireland: Neave (Sir Digby) Four Days in Connemara, 8vo L. 1852. First Edn.; Shand (Alex. Innes) Letters from The West of Ireland 1884, Edin. 1885. First Edn.; & 2 other sim. Guides, all orig. cloth. (4)

Lot 8/10022

SOLD Hammer price €160

[Vernon (Francis V.)] Voyages and Travels of a Sea Officer, 8vo D. (Wm. M’Kenzie) 1792. First Edn., XXIV, [3-4], 306pp include 14pp. Subscribers, calf spine dam. Scarce. (1)

Lot 9/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

Warner (Ferdo.) The History of the Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1768. First Edn., 2 hf. titles with adverts on verso, cont. calf. (2)

Lot 10/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

Yeats (W.B.) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, N.Y. 1916. First American Edn., illus., cloth backed pict. boards; Bickerdyke (J.) Wild Sports in Ireland, L. 1897. First, illus.; Laurie & Whittle A New Map of Ireland, L. 1808, fold. map, linen backed hd. cold. map; & another fold. 3rd Cavalry Brigade Training Map Ireland, As a lot. (4)

Lot 11/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Annesley Trial: The Trial at Bar between Campbell Craig, Lessee of James Annesley, Esq. Plaintiff, and the Rt. Hon. Richard Earl of Anglesey Defendant, before the Honourable Barons of the Exchequer at the King’s Court, Dublin, in Trinity Term, … 1743. 8vo L. 1744. First Edn. Port. frontis (in fac-simile), one page repaired (v. minor loss), one page of m/ss notes at end, orig. calf, rebacked. Scarce. (1)

Lot 12/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

Filmer (Sir Rob.) The Free – holders Grand Inquest, Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament. 8vo L. 1684. Fourth, engd. port. frontis, title ruled with dble. red lines, [14] 1 – 88, [12] 89 – 164, [8] 165 – 292, [2], 293 – 346, cont. panel calf, worn. (1)

Lot 13/10022

SOLD Hammer price €400

[1798 Interest] Extracts from the Press: A Newspaper Published in the Capital of Ireland During Part of the Years 1797 and 1798 …, 8vo Philadelphia (William Duane) 1802, contemporary hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 14/10022

SOLD Hammer price €130

1798: Hay (Edward) History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford A.D. 1798…., 8vo D. (John Stockdale) 1803, First Edn, hf. title, fold. map & plate, contemporary full tree calf, professionally rebacked, mor. label. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 15/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

1798: Gordon (Rev. James) History of the Rebellion Ireland in the Year 1798, 8vo D. (Wm. Porter) 1801, First Edn., advert page at back, full calf, professionally rebacked, mor. label. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 16/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

1798: Cloney (Thomas) A Personal Narrative of … 1798, 8vo D. (James M’Mullen) 1832, First Edn., 5pp. list of subs., uncut, errata slip at back, recent cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 17/10022

SOLD Hammer price €210

[1798 Interest] Report of Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, ordered to be Printed 15th March 1799, 8vo D. (John Exshaw) 1799, First, 112pps, later marble wrappers; The Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Commons, with an appendix, 8vo D. (James King & A.R. King) 1798, First, 334pps, (fold plt. torn with loss); bound together with Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Lords, with an Appendix, 8vo D. (W. Sleater) 1798, First, 67pps, full calf, mor. label. Scarce. (2)

Lot 18/10022

SOLD Hammer price €70

Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanists Guide to The North of Ireland, 8vo, Belfast (C. Aitchison) 1864, First Edn., rebacked cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 19/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

Inscribed – William Smith O’Brien’s CopyCrebillon – Oeuvres, 3 vols. 24mo Paris 1833, hf. titles, each vol. with Wm. Smith O’Brien’s engraved bookplate, signed in m/ss., also m/ss signature of Ed. W. O’Brien (his younger brother) and Lucy C. O’Brien, all cont. hf. calf. In a recent cloth slipcase, attractive. (3)* Wm. Smith O’Brien, 1803 – 64, born at Dromoland Castle, became involved in Repeal agitation and was transported to Tasmania after taking part in the unsuccessful Rising of 1847 at Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary. Rare.

Lot 20/10022

SOLD Hammer price €540

[Dodgson (C.L.)] ‘Lewis Carrol’ Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There, 8vo L. 1872. First Edn. illus. by J. Tenniel, rebound, quarter mor., with orig. cloth bound in; The Hunting of the Snark…, L. 1876. First Edn., frontis & 8 illus. (complete) by H. Holiday, orig. pict. cloth; Clarke (H. Savile) Alice in Wonderland – A Dream Play for Children, in Two Acts. 8vo L. n.d. Music by W. Slaughter, 20pp, ptd. wrappers; Browne (Maggie) Wanted – A King, or How Merle set the Nursery Rhymes to Rights. L. 1891. Illus. by H. Furness, cloth, gilt. (4)