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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)More details › -
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)
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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.
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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)More details › -
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)More details › -
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)
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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)
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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)More details › -
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)More details › -
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)More details › -
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)More details › -
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)More details › -
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)
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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)More details › -
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)
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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).More details › -
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)
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