23 July 2013 - Rare Book & Collectors Sale

#0224

Lot 811/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

Clarke (Harry)illus. Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 4to L. 1919. Frontis & 23 bl. & white plts., text illus. etc., decor. cloth. (1)

Lot 816/0224

SOLD Hammer price €200

Box: Montague (John) A Chosen Light, L. 1967, First, illus. by Le Brocquy, d.w.; Heaney (S.) Sweeney Astray, Derry 1983; Poetry Now, by Durcan & others, D. 1975, cover design by E. O’Doherty; together with many others sim., also many odd issues of varied periodicals, The Bell, Envoy, Evergreen Review, etc., numerous items. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 819/0224

SOLD Hammer price €80

Periodical: Dublin Penny Journal, A Magazine of Art, Archaeology, Literature and Science. Vol. I No. 1 – Vol. II No. 52, approx. 104 nos, D. Sat. April 5th – Sat. March 26, 1905. All Published. Illus. titles, orig. cloth. As periodicals, w.a.f. Good. (2)

Lot 820/0224

SOLD Hammer price €420

With fine Coloured Litho Illustrations

Dublin Printed Music etc: Doze (T.R.G.) & Torrance (Rev.) Chants and Responses – Church of Ireland, 4to D. 1907, cloth; also 2 vols. of manuscript music, 2 volumes of 19th Century music, which includes Come Back to Erin; Cootes Now Irish Quadrillo, The Irish Archers,; Kathleen Mavoureen, and many others with cold. covers; and a good volume of early 19th Century Dublin & London printed music, some scarce items. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 821/0224

SOLD Hammer price €220

Engraved Plates: Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. L. (Hooper & Wigstead) 1797, First Edn., engd. frontis, vignette title pages, dedit, plates (Some not present), some foxing, recent red cloth, gilt lettered spine. (2)

Lot 822/0224

SOLD Hammer price €2700

Rare Celtic Design Binding

O’Donovan (John)ed. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by The Four Masters. 7 vols. lg. 4to D. 1851. In magnificent full green mor. binding profusely blind tooled Celtic decoration by Hodges Figgis, Dublin.
* An exceptionally fine set, in original binding. (7)

Lot 823/0224

SOLD Hammer price €1400

Rare Colour Plate Book

Butler (Capt. H.) South African Sketches: Illustrative of the Wild Life of a Hunter on the Frontier of the Cape Colony. Lg. folio. L. (Ackermann) 1841. First (Sole) Edn. Add. engd. frontis, 15 full page plts. cold. & etched, a few spots or stains, orig. cloth, v. good.
* With an original A.L.s. 4pp from the author to Anne [Butler] Ballyragget, Ireland from Grenada, March 30th 1842, loosely inserted. The author was the father of the famous watercolourist, Mildred Anne Butler, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilkenny. (1)

Lot 826/0224

SOLD Hammer price €180

Limited to 100 Copies Only

Lalor (Brian) Kilkenny City and Topography, lg. portfolio of etchings, folio Roberts Books, 1983. Lim. Edn. No. 12 of 100 Copies Only. Set of 12 etchings of Kilkenny City, each signed by artist & numbered, in orig. portfolio, hf. vellum, marble sides. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 827/0224

SOLD Hammer price €170

Atlas: Petty (Sir W.) Hiberniae Delineatio, Atlas of Ireland. Folio 1968 Reprint, published by Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lim. 500 Copies, 36 full page & fold. maps, orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 828/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

Coloured Plates: Bianconi (Chas.) Car Travelling in The South of Ireland, 1856, Six fine large hand-coloured prints, complete, later edition, in cloth folder. (1)

Lot 829/0224

SOLD Hammer price €290

Fine Signed Limited Edition

Sex (Susan) & Sayers (Brendan A.) Ireland’s Wild Orchids, lg. atlas folio Lim. Edn. 474 (700) Signed by both, 35 full page cold. plts. & numerous cold. illus. in text, orig. cloth & cloth slip case. V. good. (1)

Lot 830/0224

SOLD Hammer price €750

All Signed Limited Editions
The Deerfield & Gallery Press Collection

Heaney (Seamus) After Summer, 8vo Massachusetts & Dublin 1978. Illus. by Tim. Engelland Lim. Edn. (250) Signed by Author, d.w. Brendes & Durkan A 17; also works in this series by Thos. Kinsella; John Montague; Michael Hartnett; Richard Murphy; Mairtin O’Dirain; Derek Mahon; Paul Muldoon; Eavan Boland; & 9 others sim. A very good collection. (18)

Lot 833/0224

SOLD Hammer price €520

Signed Copies of the Authors First Two Books

O’Brien (Edna) The Country Girls, L. 1960. First Edn., Signed on t.p.; The Lonely Girl, L. 1962. First Edn., with signed inscription to the Kilkenny Magazine, dated May 1962. Both with orig. pict. d.w.’s V. good. Rare.
* Each volume with 2 m/ss cards from the author to Frank Mc Evoy loosely inserted. (2)

Lot 835/0224

SOLD Hammer price €440

With A.L.s. from the Author

Friel (Brian) The Saucer of Larks, 8vo L. 1962. First Edn., The Authors First Book, with a 2pp. A.L.s. to Frank Mc Evoy, loosely inserted, d.w. good; Johnston (Denis) Nine Rivers from Jordan, L. 1953, d.w. with letter from author inserted; Cronin (Anthony) The Life of Riley, L. 1964. First Edn., Signed for Frank Mc Evoy, d.w. ; Kiely (Jerome) The Griffon Sings – Poems, L. & D. 1966. First, with 3 A.L.s, & 2 cards from author to F. Mc E. loosely, inserted; Guinness (Bryan) The Engagement, Cambridge n.d. First, with A.L.s. from author to F. Mc Evoy inserted. (5)

Lot 836/0224

SOLD Hammer price €400

Rare Dublin Edition with Coloured Plates

Virgil: Martyn (John) Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgics of Virgil, with English Translations and Notes. 8vo D. (For E. Exshaw… and Oli Nelson…) 1744. First Dublin Edn. 13 fold. & other plts. (5 hd. cold.) & maps some cont. m/ss annots., cont full calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 837/0224

SOLD Hammer price €140

Hand-coloured Plates: [Surtees] Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, 8vo L. n.d. Hd. cold. frontis & cold. vignette title & 12 fine hd. cold. plts., plus other illus., cont. hf. dark red mor. profusely tooled gilt spine. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 839/0224

SOLD Hammer price €420

Yeats (W.B.) The Celtic Twilight, 8vo L. (A.H. Bullen) 1902. Port. frontis red & bl. title, uncut, fine in orig. gilt decor. blue cloth.
* With a signed m/ss note from the author to Mrs. Symonds, loosely inserted. Wade 35. (1)

Lot 840/0224

SOLD Hammer price €150

Yeats (W.B.)ed. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Selected & Edited and with intro. by W.B. Yeats. Illus. by James Terrance. 8vo L. (Walter Scott Ltd. n.d. [1893] First Illus. Edn., 12 plts. a.e.g., 22pp. adverts at end, decor. end papers, orig. cloth decor. with pictorial designs in red, green & gold. Wade 223. (1)

Lot 841/0224

SOLD Hammer price €260

Signed by Author

Yeats (W.B.) Three Things, roy 8vo L. 1929. Large Paper Lim. Edn. 209 (500). Signed by Author. Illus., uncut, orig. blue boards, stained. Wade 166. (1).

Lot 842/0224

SOLD Hammer price €300

Yeats (W.B.) The Tower, 8vo L. 1928. First Edn. hf. title, advert leaf at end, uncut, fine gilt decor. green cloth after designs by T.S. Moore. V. good. Wade 158. (1)