23 July 2013 - Rare Book & Collectors Sale

#0224

Lot 916/0224

SOLD Hammer price €4500

Magnificent Illuminated Address
from
Kings County Hunt, 1897

Mc Connell (J.) Dublin, illustrator. Address to Assheton Biddulph M.F.H. from His Friends in The Kings County Hunt & Adjoining Counties, Lg. oblong folio D. 1897. Consisting of 6 large illuminated card leaves, the first with portraits of Assheton and his wife, the second a finely painted watercolour scene with The Master and his wife and another with hounds in a landscape and four further leaves with 2 attractive miniature watercolours, hunting scenes, with fine borders and other decoration and including remainder of the address and list of subscribers, each page approx. 25cms x 34cms (9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″), and individually singed. In a heavy full crimson mor. block binding with gilt borders and decoration, and with etched brass armorial motif mounted on front cover. In excellent condition.
* An extremely fine and important example. (1)

Lot 918/0224

SOLD Hammer price €140

With Correspondence from the Author

Box: Mac Manus (Francis) Stand and Give Challenge! D. 1934. First Edn., cloth & d.w. With 4 later T.L.s. from author to Frank Mc Evoy loosely inserted; also 15 other vols. by same author 10 of which are First Edns., mostly with orig. d.w.; also Everyman’s Irish Library, 6 vols. cloth. As a box, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 919/0224

SOLD Hammer price €80

Northern Ireland interest: Bardon (Jonathan) Belfast, An Illustrated History, Folio Belfast (Blackstaff Press) 1982. Lim. Edn. No. 34 of 200 Copies, Signed by Author. Illus., orig. mor. backed oatmeal cloth slip case; Munn (A. Moore) Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, folio 1985 Reprint. Lim. Edn. 444 (500), cloth; also Avenues to the Past, folio Belfast 2003, d.w. (3)

Lot 920/0224

SOLD Hammer price €1000

The Mansergh Family Photograph Albums

Photographs: An important large collection of photographs relating to the Mansergh families of Co. Cork and Co. Tipperary, contained in five large albums and 3 carte-de-visite albums, together with 3 small folders of loose photographs and negatives. The colleciton includes attractive family and group shots, (1865-1920), garden and hunting parties at Grenane and other family homes. It includes views of Doneraile, Co. Cork, Doneraile Court, Old Court, Ballyvonaire, etc. There are various views in Waterford City, the Cathedral, the Quays, & more, and including some rare views of King Edward VII’s Visit, Tramore, Curraghmore, Lismore, etc. There are also some rare view of The South Clare Militia, and the Royal Irish Constabulary on manoeuvres, and some other military photographs, parades, troops on board ship, and numerous views in India, together with sone English views. As Albums, as a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 922/0224

SOLD Hammer price €550

Rare Signed Copy

Brown (Christy) My Left Foot, 8vo L. 1954. First Edn., frontis & 4 plts. with orig. illus. d.w. V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1)
* Inscribed on hf. title ‘Best Wishes – Christy Brown 17-6-’55.’

Lot 923/0224

SOLD Hammer price €190

Some Signed Copies

Lavin (Mary) Tales from Bective Bridge, L. 1946. Signed, & with A.L.s. from Author to Frank Mc Evoy loosely inserted, d.w.; The Becker Wives and other Stories, L. 1946. First Edn., d.w.; Mary O’Grady, L. 1950. First & Signed,; The Great Wave & Other Stories, L. 1961. First & Signed, d.w.; The Stories of Mary Lavin, L. 1964. First & Signed, d.w.; Happiness and other Stories, Boston 1970. First American Edn., d.w.; & The Shrine, L. 1977. First, d.w. (7)

Lot 929/0224

SOLD Hammer price €950

The Authors First Book

Mc Gahern (John) The Barracks, 8vo L. 1963. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy to Frank Mc Evoy, red cloth & v. good orig. ptd. dust wrappers. Excellent copy. Rees A1.
* This book was banned by the Irish censor. (1)

Lot 930/0224

SOLD Hammer price €550

The Authors Second Book

Mc Gaher (John) The Dark, L. 1965. First Edn. Signed Pres. Copy to ‘Frank Mc Evoy, black cloth & fine orig. ptd. d.w. Rees A2.
* This book was banned by the Irish censor, and this copy contains an orig. T.L.s. from Department of Justice, Dublin, dated 8th May 1965, allowing Frank MC Evoy to import one copy of the prohibited publication ‘The Dark.’ (1)

Lot 931/0224

SOLD Hammer price €400

Signed Copies of The Authors Third Book

Mc Gaher (John) Nightlines, 8vo L. 1970. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy to Frank Mc Evoy, & with a signed m/ss card also from the author loosely inserted, blue cloth & unclipped d.w.; also Signed Copy of First American Edition of same, also to Frank Mc Evoy, purple cloth & unclipped d.w. Rare. Rees A3. (2)

Lot 932/0224

SOLD Hammer price €350

All Signed Presentation Copies to Frank Mc Evoy

Mc Gahern (John) The Leave Taking, L. 1974, First Edn., Signed, black cloth & unclipped d.w.; Getting Through, L. 1978, First Edn. Signed, grey cloth & unclipped d.w.; High Ground, L. 1985. Fist Edn., Signed, grey boards, unclipped pict. d.w. All v. good. Rees A.4, A.5, & A.7. (3)

Lot 933/0224

SOLD Hammer price €320

Signed Pres. Copies to Frank Mc Evoy

Mc Gahern (John) The Pornographer, L. 1979. First Edn. Signed, orig. brown boards & with unclipped pict. d.w.; also First American Edn. of same, N.Y. 1979, cloth backed boards & unclipped d.w. Rees A6′ Amongst Women, roy 8vo L. 1990. First Edn., orange boards & unclipped pict. d.w. Also with A.L.s. from author to F. Mc E. loosely inserted. All v. good. (3)

Lot 935/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

With Original Letters

Irish Poetry: Milne (Ewart) Galion, A Poem, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1953. Lim. Edn. 170 (200), illus. by Mia Cranwill. Orig. cloth backed boards. Miller 9; Concord of Harps, An Irish P.E.N. Anthology of Poetry, 8vo D. 1952. First Edn., cloth. With 2 A.L.s. from Monk Gibbon to Frank Mc Evoy loosely inserted; Jordan (John) Patrician Stations, D. (New Writers’ Press) 1971. Lim. Edn. (500) boards. With 2 A.L.s. from author to F. McE. loosely inserted; Iremonger (V.) Horan’s Field and others Reservations, Dolmen 1972. First, decor. d.w.; & 7 others, mostly Lim. Editions from small Dublin Printing Press, like Ballykmacken, Linden, Gayfield & Black Cat Press. (11)

Lot 938/0224

SOLD Hammer price €500

The Author’s First Six Books
Signed Presentation Copies to Frank Mc Evoy

Broderick (John) The Pilgrimage, L. 1961. First Edn., in unclipped d.w.; The Fugitives, L. 1962. First Edn., with orig. unclipped d.w.; also with Le Pelrinage, sm. 8vo Parish (Plan) 1961. First French Edn., signed & inscribed also, orig. printed wrappers; also Les Fugitifs, sm. 8vo Paris 1962. First French Edn., wrappers; Don Juaneen, L. 1963. First Edn., unclipped d.w.; The Waking of Willie Ryan, L. 1965. First Edn., with unclipped d.w.; An Apology for Roses, L. 1973 First Edn., unclipped d.w.; The Pride of Summer, L. 1976. First Edn., not signed, unclipped d.w. A very good scarce lot. (7)

Lot 939/0224

SOLD Hammer price €220

Broderick (John) Cite Pleine de Reves.. Oh! What a Beautiful City, Paris 1974. First Edn., thus, signed, d.w.; London Irish, L. 1979. First; The Trial of Father Dilingham, L. 1982, First Edn.; A Prayer for Fair Weather, L. 1984. First Edn.,; The Rose Tree, L. 1985. First Edn.; The Flood, L. 1987. First Edn.; The Irish Magdalene, L. 1991. First Edn., all in orig. unclipped d.w.; and 1 other book on Broderick. Very good. Rare. (7)

Lot 941/0224

SOLD Hammer price €90

With Coloured Plates

Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster: A Handbook of The Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Ireland, 12mo D. 1854. First Edn., cold. litho frontis, add. illus. title, fold. map, & 16 cold. plts., text illus. thro-out, orig. cloth; Esler (Rob.) Guide to Belfast, The Giant’s Causeway and the North of Ireland, 12mo Belfast 1884. First, dbl. page plan, & illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth. Both good. (2)

Lot 942/0224

SOLD Hammer price €80

Dublin Guides: The Picture of Dublin, 12mo D. c. 1817. Fold. table, dbl. page plan (lacks map), engd. plts. & some extra engd. illus. at end, uncut, boards; Ball (F.E.) & Hamilton (E.) The Parish of Taney, 12mo D. 1895; Handcock (W.D.) The History and Antiquities of Tallagh, D. 1877; and 1 other Guide to Dublin. (4)

Lot 944/0224

SOLD Hammer price €120

Irish Poetry: Clarke (Austin) Forget-Me-Not, sm. folio Dolmen 1962. Signed Lim. Edn. (200), marbled boards; Mnemosyne Lay in Dust, folio Dolmen Editions 1966 Lim. Edn. (1000), boards & d.w., 3 others on A. Clarke; Devlin (D.) Collected Poems, roy 8vo Dolmen 1964, d.w.; Guinness (Bryan) The Clock, Dolmen 1973, d.w.; Hutchinson (Pearse) Tongue without Hands, Dolmen 1963, d.w.; Coffey (B.) & Devlin (D.) Poems, D. 1930, wrappers; & 2 others, 11 items in all. Good. (11)

Lot 945/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

Kilkenny interest: Lahart (Richard) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Dunnamaggin, 8vo Tralee n.d. (1956) First Edn., illus. cloth & d.w. with 2 A.L.s. from author to ‘Frank Mc Evoy, loosely inserted; Bradley (J.) & Dwyer (M.) Kilkenny Through the Centuries, roy 8vo Kilkenny 2009, illus. d.w.; & 2 others. (4)

Lot 946/0224

SOLD Hammer price €110

Kilkenny interest: Madden (Rev. S.) Memoir of the Life of the late Rev. Peter Roe, A.M. Rector of Odogh and Minister of St. Mary’s Kilkenny, 8vo D. 1842. First, frontis cloth; Sparks (M.) & Bligh (E.) Kilkenny Pen & Picture Pages of its Story, Kilkenny 1926, First, illus. & wrappers; Langrishe (R.) St. Canice’s Cathedral Kilkenny, 8vo Kilkenny 1879, frontis cloth; & other books, booklet etc. on Kilkenny. (13)

Lot 947/0224

SOLD Hammer price €1100

Extremely Fine Copy

Taylor (George) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Roy 8vo L. & D. 1778. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis, engd. title, dedit & 288 engd. single page maps, 16pp of subscribers at end, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label.
* An exceptionally fine tall copy. (1)