2 April 2014 - Rare Book Sale

#0228

Lot 582/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

Durcan (Paul) The Laughter of Mothers, 8vo L. 2007. Signed First Edn. d.w.; Watson (J.K.) Bee-Keeping in Ireland, D. 1981. First, d.w.; A History of Wicklow Golf Club, 8vo Wicklow 2004, d.w. (3)

Lot 583/0228

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O’Connor (Ulick) Executions, Dingle 1992, First, d.w.; Travels with Ulick, Cork 1967, both Signed Copies, also Oliver St. John Gogarty, L. 1965, d.w.; Gibbon (Monk) Mount Ida, L. 1948. First Edn., Signed Pres. Inscription; Plunkett (James) Strumpet City, L. 1969. First, Signed Pres. Copy; Murray (C.) Sean O’Casey. Writer at Work, L. 2004. First, Signed Pres. Copy. d.w. (6)

Lot 585/0228

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Hamilton (Sir J.) The Hamilton Manuscripts, 4to Belfast n.d. (1867) lacks 2pp. of introd., advert leaf at end, recent full crimson mor. tooled gilt decor., text soiled. As a binding, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 587/0228

SOLD Hammer price €220

Wakeman (W.F.) Evening Telegraph Reprints, No. I – IX, together 9 nos. bound as one, 8vo D. c. 1885 – 1890, illus. etc. orig. cloth; also spare bound copies of No 8 & 9. (3)

Lot 588/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

Irish Pamphlets: A collection of approx. 36 booklets, pamphlets, mostly Dublin, Louth, Wicklow & Cork interest, bound as 6 vols. 8vo D. c. 1920 – 1960, all cloth. as a coll., w.a.f. (6)

Lot 589/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

1798: Castlereagh – Memories and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, 4 vols. L. 1848. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, unopened, orig. cloth. Good. (4)

Lot 591/0228

SOLD Hammer price €25

Legal: Barrington (Hon. Daines) Observations on the More Ancient Statutes from The Magna Charta to the Twenty-First of James I, 4to L. 1775. Fourth, cont. calf, gilt spine,new label. (1)

Lot 592/0228

SOLD Hammer price €60

Musgrave (Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 4to D. 1801. Second Edn., lg. fold. map of Ireland, & 9 other fold. plts. & plans, complete, later cloth. (1)

Lot 594/0228

SOLD Hammer price €860

Atlas: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, roy 8vo L. & D. 1778. Second Edn. engd. title & dedit, lg. fold. Gen. Map of Ireland, & 289 single page maps, orig. calf backed boards, joints cracked. Very clean copy. (1)

Lot 595/0228

SOLD Hammer price €30

Scrapbook: Thick 4to scrapbook of numerous typescript notes & articles, newscuttings, some orig. drawings etc. some photos, many varied but some Irish content, qtr. mor. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 597/0228

SOLD Hammer price €460

Periodical: Journal of the Cork Historical Archaeological Society, vols. 1, II & III, in one volume, first Series, 1892 – 94, and Vol. I – XII, 1895 – 1906, together 13 vols. roy 8vo Cork 1892 – 1906. Profusely illustrated, orig. hf. green mor. mor. labels. (13)

Lot 599/0228

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Irish Female Authors: Lavin (Mary) The Becker Wives & other Stories, L. 1946. First Edn.,; O’Brien (Edna) Casualties of Peace, L. 1966. First Edn.; and Night, L. 1972. First; Tracy (Honer) Mind You I’ve Said Nothing, 1953; The Prospects are Pleasing, L. 1958, First;Bowen (Eliz.) Collected Impressions, L. 1950, First; Keane (Molly) Time after Time, L. 1983, First; Binchy (Maeve) Light a Penny Candle, L. 1982. First Signed; Devlin (Polly) The Far Side of the Lough, L. 1983. First, all d.w.s. (9)

Lot 600/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

Genealogy: Grubb (Geo. W.) The Grubbs of Tipperary, Cork 1972; Gallwey (H.) The Wall Family in Ireland, 4to Naas 1970, Both First Edns. both profusely illus. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 601/0228

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I.A.S.: Todd (J.H.) The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, 4to D. 1848; also The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, D. 1844; Reeves (Rev. W.) Colton’s – Visitation of The Diocese of Derry, 4to D. 1850; Butler (Rev. R.) Reistrum Prioratus Omnium Sanctorum Juxta Dublin, 4to D. 1845, fld. frontis; The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society, Vol. I, 4to D. 1846, all orig. cloth. (5)

Lot 602/0228

SOLD Hammer price €120

I.A.S.: Butler (R.)ed. The Annals of Ireland, By Friar John Clyn and Thady Dowling. 4to D. 1849; and Jacobi Grace, Kilkenniensis Annales Hiberniae, 4to D. 1842; also Registrum Prioratus Ominium Sanctorum Juxta Dublin, 4to D. 1845, fold. litho frontis. All First Edns., & cloth. (3)

Lot 603/0228

SOLD Hammer price €75

Hennessy (Wm. M.)ed. The Annals of Loch Ce, A Chronicle of Irish Affairs, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. (I.M.C.) 1939. Reflex Process Facsimiles. fold. frontis; Royal Soc. of Antiquaries Extra Volumes etc: Mills (J.) & Mc Enery (M.J.)eds. Calendar of the Gormanston Register, D. 1916; Mills (J.) Account Roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity Dublin, 1337 – 1346, roy 8vo D. 1891; Wood (H.)ed. Court Book of the Liberty of St. Sepulcre, Exeter 1930; also Chart (D.A.)ed. The Register of John Swayne Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, roy 8vo Belfast 1935. Some illus., all cloth. (4)

Lot 604/0228

SOLD Hammer price €95

Westropp (M.S. Dudley) Irish Glass, An Account of Glass-Making in Ireland. Lg. 4to L. n.d. FIRST EDN., fine photo & other illus., orig. green gilt buckram. V. good. (1)

Lot 605/0228

SOLD Hammer price €720

Periodical: The Illustrated London News, vol. 41 – vol. 142, together 24 vols. (incomplete) large folio L. July 12, 1862 – June 28th 1913, profusely illustrated, full and fold plts. (some coloured), all hf. mor. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 607/0228

SOLD Hammer price €35

Photographs: Two old Photograph Albums, originally from Mount Loftus, Co. Kilkenny, containing photos of various sizes, a lot of Irish interest, some English, c. 1870/1920, as a coll., w.a.f. (2)

Lot 608/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

Natural History: Bright (P.M.) & Leeds (H.A.) A Monograph of the British Aberrations of the Chalk-Hill Blue Butterfly, 4to Bournemouth 1938. FIRST EDN., 18 plts. List of Subs., cloth; Helme (Eleanor E.) Feathered Friends of Stream & Shore, lg. 4to L. n.d. [c. 1930], fine cold. plts. by Barbara Briggs, cloth backed boards; & 1 other sim. (3)