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Lot 102/10022
SOLD Hammer price €1150
Limited Patrons Copy with Original WatercoloursNelson (E. Charles)ed. The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener, folio, D. (Strawberry Tree) 2002, Patrons Copy No. 5 (12), Signed by the Contributors (with original watercolour by Raymond Piper loosely inserted), in hf. mor., with gilt decor boards in case. Clean copy. Rare (1)
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Lot 103/10022
SOLD Hammer price €2000
Limited Edition of 100Signed by Author & ArtistHeaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) illus. Squarings – Twelve Poems, sq. 4to, D. (Hieroglyph Edn.) 1991, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 85 (100) illus., full natural calf, blind tooled, in orig. cloth case. V. Clean Copy. Rare. (1)
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Lot 104/10022
SOLD Hammer price €700
Beckett (Samuel) & O’Brien (Eoin) The Beckett Country, Samuel Beckett’s Ireland; oblong 4to D. (The Black Cat Press) 1986, Signed Ltd. Edn. 154 (250), illus. fine bound in full grey goatskin, gilt decor design, silk end leaves, in a matching slipcase. Fine Copy. (1)
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Lot 105/10022
SOLD Hammer price €240
Genealogies: Mac Fhirbhisigh (D.) Leabhar Mor na nGenealach – The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, Ed. by Nollaig O’Muraile, 5 vols. lg. thick 4to D. (de Burca) 2003. Cloth, & slip box. (5)
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Lot 106/10022
SOLD Hammer price €180
Varchi (Benedetto) Storia Florentina, folio Cologne 1721. Engd. port. frontis & add. engd. title, red & bl. title with vignettes, wd. cut heads, tails & initials, dbl. page engd. genealogical table; with Segni (Bernardo) Storie Florentine, ed. with Life by Niccolo Capponi. Folio Augusta 1723. Red & bl. title, wd. cut heads, tails and initials, 2 lg. fold. engd. ports., & fold. genealogical table, both sim. early 19th Century hf. calf, marble sides. (2)
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Lot 107/10022
SOLD Hammer price €280
Engraved Prints, Postcards, etc: A portfolio containing some original pencil and chalk sketches; volume of engraved Views in Torquay, 18th Century sepia prints Landscapes from Nature, by W. Payne, and others sim; also a collection 18th Century French Engravings (26) etc. a portfolio; also a large Album of late 19th Century early 20th Century French Postcards, all postally used. A lot. (1)
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Lot 108/10022
SOLD Hammer price €800
Rare First Edition[Evans (Mary Anne)] ‘George Eliot’ Adam Bede, 3 vols. 8vo Edin. & L. (Wm. Blackwood & Sons) 1859. First Edn. 3 hf. titles, 16pp Cat. at end of Vol. III, one gathering loose in Vol. II, orig. yellow ends, and orig. orange / brown cloth by Edmonds & Remnants (with label), spines gilt, Vol. I with joints repaired, some newscuttings loose or tipped in. Pres. inscription in Vol. I to Amelia Daly (member of Daly Family, Co. Galway), dated April 1859. Sadlier 812. (3)
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Lot 109/10022
SOLD Hammer price €500
Conrad (Joseph) Lord Jim. A Tale, Edin. & L. 1900. First Edn. hf. title, some spotting, decor. light green cloth; du Maurier (George) Trilby, A Novel. L. (Osgood Mc Ilvaine & Co.) 1895. hf. title, frontis, vign. title & illus. thro-out by author, adverts at end, orig. gilt decor cloth; Buchan (John) The Long Traverse, L. 1941. First, illus. cloth; Hardy (Thos.) Tess of the D’Urbervilles. A Pure Woman L. (James P. Osgood, Mc Ilvaine & Co.) 1893. Hf. title, port. frontis, cloth. (4)
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Lot 110/10022
SOLD Hammer price €300
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, L. (Jon. Cape) 1961. first Edn., hf. title, with hand of skeleton on black cover, gilt lettered spine, & pict. d.w. by Richard Chopping, with price unclipped; Octopussy and The Living Daylights, L. 1966. First, black cover, gilt lettered, pict. jacket by Richard Chopping, with price; & 1 other same author. All good. (3)
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Lot 111/10022
SOLD Hammer price €70
Amis (Kingsley) That Uncertain Feeling, L. (V. Gollancz) 1955. First, hf. title, title & dedit. spotted, red cloth, in unclipped yellow ground, d.w. printed in bl. & red. (1)
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Lot 112/10022
SOLD Hammer price €130
Adams (C.L.) Castles of Ireland, Some Fortress Histories and Legends. L. 1904. First, illus., cloth; also White (Wm.) History Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, thick sm. 8vo Sheffield 1845. Second, cont. blind stamp calf; and some other items. A lot. (1)
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Lot 113/10022
SOLD Hammer price €80
[James Joyce] Flood (J.M.) Ireland: its Saints and Scholars, 8vo D. n.d. Ill orig. cloth stained. (1)* Known source used by James Joyce for sections of “Finnegans Wake”.
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Lot 114/10022
SOLD Hammer price €180
Rare First Edition of Buffon[Duchesne (H.G.) & Macquer (P.J.)] Manuel du Naturaliste, Ouvrage Utile aux Voyageurs & a ceuxqui visitent les Cabinets d’Histoire Naturelle & de Curiosities. Dedicated to A.M. de Buffon. Sm. 8vo Paris 1770. First Edn., hf. title, L.S.s., cont mottled calf, triple fillet borders, tooled gilt spine in panels. (1)
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Lot 115/10022
SOLD Hammer price €620
Anon. A Person of Quality? Rebels no Saints: Or, A Collection of the Speeches, Private Passages, Letters, and Prayers of those Persons lately Executed, Thos. Harrison… Dan Axtell and Fr. Hacker, Oct. 19. with Observations on the Same. Sm. 8vo L. 1661. First Edn., engd. frontis [7], 139pp, some mispagination, cont. old sheep, upr. joint cracked. (1)
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Lot 116/10022
SOLD Hammer price €140
[Brydges (Thos.)] A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 2 vols. 12mo Lond. 1771. Third Edn., Greatly Enlarged & Improved. 2 engd. frontis, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, gilt decoration in panels, mor. labels. V. good. (2)
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Lot 117/10022
SOLD Hammer price €90
Caraccioli (Marquis) La Religion de l’Honnete Homme, 12mo Paris Louis Antoine, (Chez Nyon) 1766. First Edn., hf. title, cont. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 118/10022
SOLD Hammer price €200
With Illustrations by Thomas BewickHolbein – The Dance of Death, 12mo L. 1825. Wd. cut frontis, & 51 wd. cut illus. by Mr. Bewick, some mis-pagination, some spotting, orig. ptd. boards, recent professional reback. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 119/10022
SOLD Hammer price €120
With Bewick type Wd.-Cuts[Walton (Izaak)] Cotton (Charles) Scarronidas, or, Virgil Travestie, A mock Poem of the 1st & 4th Books of Virgil’s Aeneis in English Burlesque. 12mo L. (J. Galton) 1804. Thirteenth Edn. & wd. cut frontis & 3 plts. uncut, partly unopened, recent paper boards, orig. paste-down ends. Scarce. (1)* First Published in 1664.
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Lot 120/10022
SOLD Hammer price €320
Irish Association CopySmith (John) The Art of Paining in Oyl, 12mo L. 1701. Third Impression, cont. old sheep, prof. reback, gilt lettered spine. V. good.* Title page inscribed by Catterson Smith, Dublin, Irish Portrait Artist, 1806 – 1872. (1)
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Lot 121/10022
SOLD Hammer price €230
Michell (M.) Young Juba: or The History of the Young Chevalier, From His Birth, to His Escape from Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden. Sm. 8vo L. 1748. First English Edn., engd. port frontis & 1 other port., orig. calf, worn. Scarce. (1)
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