13 December 2016 - Rare Book Sale

#0294

Lot 142/10022

SOLD Hammer price €80

[Whiston (W.)] Several Papers Relating to Mr. Whiston’s Cause Before the Court of Delegates, 8vo L. 1715. First Edn., 183pp; Bound with Chubb (Thos.) The Supremacy of the Father Asserted: or, Eight Arguments from Scripture,… L. 1715. First, [14], 103pp., cont. panel calf, one joint worn, raised bands, mor. label. (1)

Lot 143/10022

SOLD Hammer price €220

[Toland (John)] The Art of Governing by Partys: 8vo L. (… for Bernard Lintott) 1701. First Edn., [8], 180pp & errata leaf at end, L.S. on title, some damp stains, cont. calf, blind tooled borders & fillets. (1)

Lot 144/10022

SOLD Hammer price €500

Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage autour du Monde, 2 vols. in one, 12mo Amsterdam 1698 First French Edn. 2 Engd. add. pict. title, 2 red & bl. titles, 13 single page & fold. maps & plts., errata & catalogue at end, L.S.’s. cont. full vellum. V. good. (1)

Lot 145/10022

SOLD Hammer price €180

Gallon (Ant.) De S.S. Martyrum Cruciatibus, 16mo Antwerp 1668. Add. engd. pict. title, engd. title vignette, & 44 full page engd. plts., L.S.s., orig. vellum. V. good. (1)

Lot 146/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Yeats (W.B.) Comp. Representative Irish Tales – First & Second Series, 2 vols., 12mo, N.Y. [1891], green cloth; The Celtic Twilight, sm. 8vo, L. (Lawrence & Bullen) 1893, illus. by J.B. Yeats, uncut, cloth; Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, 8vo L. (Walter Scott) 1888, cloth, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 147/10022

SOLD Hammer price €380

Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 8vo, L. (T. Fisher) 1894, illus. frontis, uncut; Poems, 8vo L. (T. Fisher) 1912, illus. frontis, uncut, profusely gilt decor blue cloth on both clean copies. (2)

Lot 148/10022

SOLD Hammer price €340

Yeats (W.B.) The Wild Swans at Coole, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1917, Ltd. Edn. 400 Copies; The Words Upon the Window Pane, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1934, Ltd. Edn. 350 Copies; New Poems, 8vo D. (Cuala press) 1928, Ltd. 450 copies; The Death of Synge, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1928, Ltd. Edn., 400 copies, all cloth backed boards, as a lot. (4)

Lot 149/10022

SOLD Hammer price €700

Signed by the AuthorYeats (W.B.) The Trembling of the Veil, 8vo L. (T. Werner Laurie Ltd.) 1922, signed Ltd. Edn., No. 211 (1000), uncut, original paper back boards, clean copy. (1)

Lot 150/10022

SOLD Hammer price €650

Signed Limited EditionYeats (W.B.) The Winding Stairs, 8vo, N.Y. (The Fountain Press) 1929, Signed Ltd. Edn., 228 (600), signed by the author on hf. title, publishers blue cloth, decorative G.H. Lines, mor. labels, clean copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 151/10022

SOLD Hammer price €650

Signed by W.B. YeatsYeats (W.B.) Essays, 8vo N.Y. (The Mac Millen Co.) 1924, Signed Ltd. Edn. 217 (250), uncut, cloth backed boards, paper labels, clean copy. Wade 142. (1)

Lot 152/10022

SOLD Hammer price €850

Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 8vo L. (Fisher Unwin) 1895, First & Ltd. Edn. (750 Copies), design t.p. & cover by H. Granville Fell, bookplate Paul & Lucy Waterhouse, and cut-out image of Yeats pasted in. Fine Copy. Scarce. (1)* Wade 15.

Lot 153/10022

SOLD Hammer price €380

Yeats (W.B.) The Wind Among the Reeds, 8vo L. (Elkin Matthews) 1899, First Edn., One of 500 Copies, uncut, gilt decor blue cloth. Scarce. Wade 27. (1)

Lot 154/10022

SOLD Hammer price €440

With Illustrations by Jack B. YeatsYeats (W.B.) The Secret Rose, 8vo, L. (Lawrence & Bullen Ltd.) 1897, First Edn., First Issue, frontis & 6 plts. by Jack B. Yeats, gilt decor blue cloth, clean copy. Wade 21. (1)

Lot 155/10022

SOLD Hammer price €580

[Yeats (W.B.)] “Ganconagh” pseudo – John Sherman and Dhoya, sm. 8vo, L. (T. Fisher Unwin) 1891, First Edn., hf. title, label for George Fleming, f.p.d., signature on t.p. “Joe Houghton 23/9/92” uncut, original decorated cloth. Scarce. (Wade 4). (1)

Lot 156/10022

SOLD Hammer price €680

One of 100 Special Signed Advanced CopiesBeckett (Samuel) Imagination Dead Imagine, 8vo, L. (Calder & Boyars), Signed Limited Edition, 61 (100), gilt decor cloth and slip case. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 157/10022

SOLD Hammer price €320

Joyce (James) Exiles, A Play in Three Acts, 8vo N.Y. (B.W. Huebsch) 1918, First U.S. Edn., hf. title, blind decor. cloth backed boards, d.j. (worn). (1)

Lot 158/10022

SOLD Hammer price €2700

Signed by James JoyceJoyce (James) Tales of Shem and Shaun Three Fragments of Work in Progress, small 4to, Paris (The Black Sun Press) 1929, Signed on hf. title, First Edn. (portrait by Brancusi), limitation page (not removed) orig. ptd. wrappers printed in red & black, clear glassine. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 159/10022

SOLD Hammer price €540

Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, 8vo L. (Faber and Faber) [1939], First Trade Edn., later full mor., gilt lettering. Clean Copy. (Slocum & Cahoon A47). (1)

Lot 160/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Designs by Lucia JoyceJoyce (James) The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies, 4to, The Hague (The Servire Press) 1934, First Ltd. Edn., 297 (1000), decor wrappers, slip case. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 161/10022

SOLD Hammer price €960

Joyce’s First Published Volume of PoetryJoyce (James) Chamber Music, 12mo, L. (Elkin Matthews, Vigo Street) 1907, First Edn., possibly First Issue, publishers light green cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, (Slocum & Cahoon A3). Extremely Fine Copy. (1)