23 July 2013 - Rare Book & Collectors Sale

#0224

Lot 1/0224

SOLD Hammer price €70

Moore (T.) Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1826; Lever (Chas.) Roland Cashel, 8vo L. 1850, also The Martins of Cro Martin, L. 1856, both First Edns., illus. by Phiz.; Past and Present Policy of England towards Ireland, L. 1845., all calf. (5)

Lot 2/0224

SOLD Hammer price €45

Fishing: Walton (I.) & Colton (C.) The Complete Angler, 16mo L. 1824, illus. mor. dam.; Gwynn (S.) Duffer’s Luck A Fisherman’s Adventures, Edin. & L. 1924; & 2 others. (4)

Lot 3/0224

SOLD Hammer price €55

[O’Mahony (Fr.)] The Reliques of Father Prout, late P.P. of Watergrasshill in the County of Cork, Ireland. Collected by Oliver Yorke Esq., 2 vols. 12mo L. 1836. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis, 2 add. engd. titles, 1 engd. plt. & varied engd. text vignettes, cont. cloth, gilt. Good copy. (2)

Lot 5/0224

SOLD Hammer price €60

Ballantyne (R.M.) Black Ivory, A Tale of Adventure Among the Slavers of East Africa. 12mo L. 1873. First Edn., frontis, add. illus. title & 4 plts. cont. hf. mor. gilt tooled spine with mor. label. (1)

Lot 6/0224

SOLD Hammer price €130

O’Sullivan (Thomas F.) Romantic Hidden Kerry, thick 8vo, Tralee (The Kerryman Ltd.) 1931, hf. title, First Edn., fold. map, illus., cloth, worn; O’Sullebhain (Muiris) Fiche Blian Ag Fas, thick 8vo, D. 1933, hf. title, frontis, First Edn., recent mor. backed boards. Fine Copy. (2)

Lot 7/0224

SOLD Hammer price €100

Co. Clare etc: Dutton (H.) Statistical Survey of the County of Clare, 8vo D. 1808. First Edn., lacks map, a few leaves loose, bind dam; Leet (A.) A Directory to the Market Towns… and other Noted Places in Ireland, 8vo D. 1814. Second Edn., some leaves loose, calf, worn; O’hOgain (Sean) Conntae an Chlair, 8vo D. 1938. Map frontis, cloth. As a lot. (3)

Lot 8/0224

SOLD Hammer price €110

Co. Clare interest: Dwyer (Rev. P.) The Diocese of Killaloe, 8vo D. 1878. First Edn., frontis, fold. map & 5 plts., loose, & loose from orig. cloth binding; Raymond (J. Grant) The Life of Thomas Dermody, 2 vols. in one, 12mo L. 1806. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. calf, mor. label; O’Connell (Mrs. M. John) Glimpses of A Hidden Life, Memoirs of Attie O’Brien; 12mo D. 1887, cloth; & 4 odd issues of periodicals. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 10/0224

SOLD Hammer price €70

[Bush (J.)] Hibernia Curiosa, 8vo L. n.d. First Edn., errata, 4 fold. plts. & plans, bookplate of E. Mac Dowel Cosgrave M.D., calf, worn & broken; Unionist Convention for Provinces of Leinster, Munster and Connaught (June 1892) 8vo D. 1892, illus. cloth; & 2 others, as a lot. (4)

Lot 11/0224

SOLD Hammer price €400

[Mac Curtin (H.) A Brief Discourse In Vindication of the Antiquity of Ireland:.. In Two Parts. Sm. 4to D. 1717. First, list of subs., XVI, 313pp, (4 leaves supplied in fine m/ss), later hf. calf, worn. (1)

Lot 12/0224

SOLD Hammer price €70

Barrett (Rev. J.) An Essay on the Earlier Part of The Life of Swift, 8vo L. 1808, hf. calf, disbound; Hyde (Douglas) Love Songs of Connacht, D. 1893, wrappers; Simeons (Dr. G.) The Gold and Tin of the South East of Ireland, 12mo D. 1921, illus. wrappers; Mac Swiney (T.) Principles of Freedom, D. 1921; Praeger (R.L.) A Tourists Flora of the West of Ireland, D. 1909; Carlin (F.) My Ireland, N.Y. 1918, First, Signed Pres. Copy; & others sim. a lot. (1)

Lot 13/0224

SOLD Hammer price €130

Fine Binding: Moore (Sideny O.) The Family of Glencarra; A Tale of the Irish Rebellion, 12mo Both n.d. First Edn., frontis & add. illus. title, & 2 plts; Bound with Trevor Tracts, NO. 1 – 12, a.e.g., in full blind stamp purple mor. lettered in gilt, with decorations on front cover. (1)

Lot 14/0224

SOLD Hammer price €240

[Defoe (Daniel)] The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, Written by Himself. 2 vols sm. 8vo L. 1791. Engd. frontis Vol. I, engd. fold. map (dam. with loss) frontis Vol. II & II engd. plts. cont. sprinkled calf, joints cracked, mor. labels. (2)

Lot 16/0224

SOLD Hammer price €110

Stoker (Bram) The Lair of The White Worm, 8vo L. (W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.) 1911, First Edn., hf title, dedit, advert at back, cloth, gilt lettering, faded, otherwise fine. (1)

Lot 17/0224

SOLD Hammer price €180

Fishing: [Davy (Sir Humphery)] Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing,… By An Anger, 12mo L. 1829. Second Edn., 6 engd. plts. & wd.-cut plts. & illus. cont. full green diced calf, blind tooled & dble gilt fillet, spine gilt in panels with salmon motif. V. good. (1)

Lot 18/0224

SOLD Hammer price €170

Fishing: The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake Esq., in the Counties of Wicklow, Meath, Westmeath, Longford and Cavan, sm. 8vo D. 1832. Fourth Edn. engd. frontis, map, orig. cloth backed boards, worn. (1)

Lot 21/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

Young (A.) A Tour in Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1780. Second Edn., 5 engd. plts. (3 lg. fold.), 16pp. cat. end of Vol. 2, cont. calf, worn. (2)

Lot 22/0224

SOLD Hammer price €145

With Manuscript Notes Interleaved

Science: Philips (Richard) mem. Geol. Soc. & C. Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Chemistry, 8vo L. (W. Philips) 1818. Interleaved with m/ss notes from lectures given by Phillips, original boards, worn. Unusual. (1)

Lot 24/0224

SOLD Hammer price €440

With Drawings by Jack B. Yeats

Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, roy 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1907. First Edn. Illus. frontis & 11 full page bl. & white plts. by Jack B. Yeats, uncut, orig. blue cloth, gilt lettered. V. good Scarce. (1)

Lot 26/0224

SOLD Hammer price €235

Presentation Copy – Rare Limited Edition

Mason (Wm. Shaw) A Survey of Tullaroan, or Grace’s Country and County of Kilkenny, 8vo D. 1819; Bound with, A Descriptive & Architectural Sketch of the Grace – Mausoleum in the Queen’s County, Both First Edns., Lim. Edn. 50 Copies Only. Engd. frontis, 2 dble. page maps, & 9 engd. plts., cont. hf. mor. Very Scarce. (1)

Lot 29/0224

SOLD Hammer price €700

O’Curry (Eugene) On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols. in 5, 8vo L. 1873. First Edn., the entire text interleaved thro-out, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. Good, unusual. (5)