13 December 2016 - Rare Book Sale

#0294

Lot 162/10022

SOLD Hammer price €130

Joyce (James) Ulysses, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Zurich (Im Rhein-Verlag)1930. Red & bl. titles. Orig. hf. black mor. v. good. (2)

Lot 163/10022

SOLD Hammer price €380

Hoare (Sir R. Colt.) Journal of A Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806, First Edn., hf. title, frontis, uncut, 6pp adverts at end, in recent hf. green mor., raised bands, mor. label, gilt harp decoration. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 164/10022

SOLD Hammer price €460

All Signed CopiesHeaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, L. 1972. First Edn., Signed, boards; also District and Circle, L. 2006, First, Signed, d.w.; also O’Driscoll (Dennis) Stepping Stones, Interviews with Seamus Heaney. L. 2008. First, Signed by Both, d.w.; Mc Gahern (John) That they May Face the Rising Sun, L. 2002 First Edn., Signed and Memoir L. 2005. First, Signed, d.w.’s; Durcan (Paul) The Laughter of Mothers, L. 2007, First, Signed, d.w. V. clean copies. (6)

Lot 165/10022

SOLD Hammer price €380

Signed by AuthorHeaney (Seamus) Human Chain, 8vo L. 2010. Signed Lim. Edn. No. 185 (325), cloth backed boards, slipcase; also District and Circle, L. 2006. First Edn., cloth & d.w.; The Riverbank field, roy 8vo Gallery Books, 2007. Signed Limited Edn. No. 192 (450), illus. by Martin Gale, orig. cloth. All very good. (3)

Lot 166/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

Mahon (Derek) Somewhere The Wave, roy 8vo Gallery Books 2007. Signed Lim. Edn. No. 193 (450) illus. by Bernadette Kiely, cloth; also Art Notes, 2006; Huts and Sheds, 2011; Sextus and Cynthia, 2009; Dreams of a Summer Night, 2010, All Signed Lim. Edns.; Harbour Lights, Gallery 2005. Signed Pres. Copy, cloth; and An Autumn Wind, Gallery 2010, First Edn., cloth & d.w. All v. clean copies. (7)

Lot 167/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

All Signed CopiesMc Cabe (Patrick) The Butcher Boy, L. 1992. First Edn. (Second Impression) Signed, d.w.; also Winterwood, L. 2006, First Edn. Signed, d.w.; O’Brien (Edna) Country Girl, Lim. Edn. NO. 90, Signed, unopened; Barry (Sabastian) On Canarn’s Side, L. 2011. First Edn. Signed, d.w.; de Valera (Sinead) The Stolen Child and Other Fairy Tales, D. 1969. Signed by Author & Eamon de Valera, d.w.; Jewitt (W.H.) The Nativity in Art and Song, L. 1898. Bears Signature of ‘Douglas Hyde, Xmas 1904’; & 1 other signed item. (7)

Lot 168/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

I.A.S.: O’Donovan (John) The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many commonly called O’Kelly’s Country, 4to D. 1843. First Edn., engd. map frontis; also The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O’Dowda’s Country, 4to D. 1844., engd. fold. map frontis, orig. cloth, good; together with I.A.S.: Hardiman (James)ed. A Chorographical Description of West or h-Iar Connaught Written A.D. 1684, by Roderic O’Flaherty. 4to D. 1846. First Edn., engd. map frontis, orig. cloth. Good. (3)

Lot 169/10022

SOLD Hammer price €140

D’Alton (John) The History of Drogheda with its Environs, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1844. First Edn., Engd. title Vol. I, 1 engd. title, map frontis, fold. map, and fold. plan & 19 single page plts., orig. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 170/10022

SOLD Hammer price €130

Postal History: The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar for 1847 – Fifteenth Annual Publican, 8vo D. (Alex. Thom) 1847, fold. map frontis, blind decor cloth, gilt lettered spine, clean copy. (1)

Lot 171/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Archer (Lieut. J.) Statistical Survey of the County Dublin,… Drawn Up for the Consideration and by Order of the Dublin Society, 8vo D. 1801, First Edn., fold. map, hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 172/10022

SOLD Hammer price €320

Weld (Isaac) Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon, Drawn Up Under the Directions of the Royal Dublin Society, thick 8vo D. (R. Graisberry) 1832, First Edn., cold. fold. map frontis, uncut, later cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 173/10022

SOLD Hammer price €500

Dutton (Hely) A Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway, thick 8vo, D. 1824, First Edn., uncut, later cloth, original paper label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 174/10022

SOLD Hammer price €240

Juvenalia: Crockett (S.R.) Sir Toady Crusoe, roy 8vo L. 1905. First, illus. by Gordon Browne, pict. cloth; Morris (A. Talwin) The Elephants Apology, L. n.d. First Edn., illus. by Alice B. Woodward, attractive pict. cloth; Stories from Hans Anderson, trans by W. Angeldorff, sm. 4to L. (E. Nister) n.d. fine cold. & other plts., orig. decor. cloth; Bain (R. Nisbet)ed. Cassack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales, L. 1894, illus. E.W. Mitchell, decor. cloth; Molesworth (O.), Bingham (C.) & othres Sunny Land Stories, 4to L. (E. Nister) & N.Y. 1862, cold. & other plts. All v. good. (a lot)

Lot 175/10022

SOLD Hammer price €420

Bowen (Emanuel) Brittannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv’d, … Actual Survey of All … Roads in England and Wales; 8vo L. 1736. Fourth Edn. Engd. title, [8], 273 engd. pages of maps, cont. sprinkled calf, dbl. fillet border, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 176/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a double Tract, 4to L. 1630. First Edn., [22] 104pp [8], 84pp. L.S. on title, corners turned in, vellum worn. (1)

Lot 177/10022

SOLD Hammer price €100

[Tootell (Hugh) alias Charles Dodd] The Secret Policy of the English Society of Jesus, 8vo L. 1715. In 8 Parts, cont. panel calf. (1)

Lot 178/10022

SOLD Hammer price €340

Talbot (Peter) Archbishop of Dublin A Treatise of Religion and Government, With Reflexions upon the Cause and Cure of England’s late distempers and present dangers. 4to [L.] 1670. [20] 614, 34, [8], plus errata leaf, sm. pce. cut from title, cont. calf worn. Sweeney 4909. (1)

Lot 179/10022

SOLD Hammer price €150

O’Donnell (Wm.) An Tiomna Nuath, 16mo D. 1830, calf; The Traveller’s New Guide through Ireland, D. 1815, fold. map, plts. hf. mor. & 3 other guides. A lot. (5)

Lot 180/10022

SOLD Hammer price €180

Privately Printed1798 Interest: Giffard Sir (A.H.) & Edward, Who was my Grandfather? A Biographical Sketch, 8vo L. 1805. For Private Circulation Only. Sole Edn., orig. cloth. Ex. Scarce. (1)* John Giffard – ‘The Dog in Office.’

Lot 181/10022

SOLD Hammer price €150

Co. Down: An Historical Account of the late Election of Knights of the Shire for the County of Down, 8vo [Belfast?] 1784. First Edn., 127pp., cont. calf, loose. (1)