2 April 2014 - Rare Book Sale

#0228

Lot 118/0228

SOLD Hammer price €140

Taylor (George) A History of … Rebellion in The County of Wexford in the Year 1798, 8vo D. 1829. New Edn., later hf. mor. mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 119/0228

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[Stock (Bishop)] A Narrative of what Passed at Killala, in the County of Mayo, … During The French Invasion … of 1798, roy 8vo D. & L. Re-Printed 1800. advert leaf at end, uncut, later quarter calf. (1)

Lot 120/0228

SOLD Hammer price €400

T.C.D. Prize Binding

Staunton (H.)ed. The Works of William Shakespeare, 6 vols. 8vo L. 1873, port. T.C.D. Prize plate awarded to H. Macauley Fitzgibbon, cont. full crimson mor. blind & gilt tooled fillet borders, profusely gilt spines in panels. v. good. (6)

Lot 121/0228

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Studies in Irish History Series: Nowlan (Kevin B.) The Politics of Repeal, L. 1965; Lyons (F.S.L.) The Irish Parliamentary Party 1890 – 1910, L. 1951, & The Fall of Parnell, L. 1960; Mc Dowell (R.b.) The Irish Convention 1917 – 18, L. 1970; Semor (H.) Orangeism in Ireland and Britain 1795 – 1836, L. 1966; & 6 others from R. & Kegan Paul, and Faber & Faber, all orig. d.w.’s. (11)

Lot 122/0228

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Leadbeater (Mary) Memoirs and Letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton, Late of Ballitore, Ireland, 8vo L. 1823. Second, cloth. (1)

Lot 123/0228

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Rare Dublin Directory

Shaw (Henry) New City Pictorial Directory 1850, To which is added a Retrospective Review of the Past Year. 8vo D. 1850. First Edn., frontis & plts. also unusual line drawn outline of streets, adverts etc. orig. cloth, Rare; together with a copy of the reprint, with intro. by Kevin B. Nolan, 1988. (2)

Lot 124/0228

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Catholic Interest: Edwards (Rob. Dudley) Church and State in Tudor Ireland, D. n.d. First Edn; Norman (E.R.) The Catholic Church and Ireland in the Age of Rebellion 1859 – 1873, L. 1965; Reynolds (J.A.) The Catholic Emancipation Crisis in Ireland 1823 – 29, roy 8vo New Haven 1954; Miller (D.W.) Church, State and Nation in Ireland 1898 – 1921, D. 1973; & 4 others sim. (8)

Lot 125/0228

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Irish Economy: O’Donovan (J.) The Economic History of Livestock in Ireland, roy 8vo D. 1940. First; Gill (Conrad) The Rise of the Irish Linen Industry, Oxford 1964 First; Longfield (Ado Kathleen) Anglo-Irish Trade in the Sixteenth Century, L. 1929. First; Kelly (Fergus) Early Irish Farming, 1998; Cullen (L.M.) Anglo-Irish Trade, 1968; & 2 others. (7)

Lot 126/0228

SOLD Hammer price €160

Wood-Martin (W.G.) Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland, A Folklore Sketch. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1902. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (2)

Lot 128/0228

SOLD Hammer price €90

Binding: Leslie (Chas. Rob.) & Taylor (T.) Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1865. First Edn., 2 port. frontis & 9 other plts. & ports., t.e.g., cont. hf. blue mor. marble sides, spine gilt in panels. (2)

Lot 129/0228

SOLD Hammer price €110

Irish Diaspora: Davitt (Michael) The Boer Fight for Freedom, N.Y. & L. 1902. First Edn., illus., cold. cloth, gilt; Hogan (J.F.) The Irish in Australia, L. 1888, Pres. Copy; Cleary (P.S.) Australia’s Debt to Irish Nation – Builders, roy 8vo Sydney 1933, cloth. (3)

Lot 130/0228

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Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster, at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608 – 1620. 4to Belfast 1877. First Edns., red & bl. title, buckram, mor. label. Good copy. (1)

Lot 131/0228

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Irish Biography: Mac Manus (M.J.) Eamon de Valera, D. 1962, & 2 others on Dev.; O’Connor (F.) The Big Fellow, D. 1965; also works on John Dillon, Michael Davitt, Eoin Mac Neill, Geo. Gavan Duffy, Sean Mac Bride, & Gen. Richard Mulcahy. A good lot, w.a.. d.w.’s. (10)

Lot 132/0228

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Taylor (Miss) Fatherless Fanny or a Young Lady’s First Entrance into Life. Ed. & Enlarged by Mrs. Sarah Green. 8vo Liverpool 1821. Engd. port. frontis, engd. title & 8 plts. cont. hf. crimson mor. tooled gilt spines. V. good. (1)

Lot 134/0228

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Genealogies: Cronnelly (R.F.) A History of the Clan Eoghan or Eoghanachts, Descendants of Eoghan More or Eugene the Great, 8vo D. 1864. First Edn., Trevor bookplate, orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 135/0228

SOLD Hammer price €120

Lally of the Brigade

Lally-Tolendal (T.G. Marquis de) Defense des Emigres Francais: Adressee au Peuple Francais, 8vo Lond. 1797. Pres. Copy inscribed from Author to Lord Sheffield, & with Sheffield bookplate, cont. calf, rebacked; O’Callaghan (J. Corn.) History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France, roy 8vo Glasgow 1885. Mountgarrett bookplate, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. (2)

Lot 139/0228

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Hand-coloured Maps: Lewis (Samuel) Atlas comprising the Counties of Ireland, and a General Map of Ireland. lg. 4to L. 1846. First Edn., engd. title & contents, lg. fold. map & 30 single page maps, all hd.-cold. in outline, orig. cloth. V. clean copy. (1)

Lot 140/0228

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Mitchell (Flora) Vanishing Dublin, 4to D. 1966. Sole Edn. 50 cold. plts., orig. pict. d.w. (1)

Lot 142/0228

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Irish Diaspora: Clarke (P.J.) & Feeney (M.) Mayo Comrades of The Great War 1914 – 1919, folio 2006, Signed Copy,; Blake (John W.) Northern Ireland in the Second World War, roy 8vo Belfast 1956, fold. maps etc., d.w.; Jackson (J. Archer) The Irish in Britain, L. 1963. d.w. (3)

Lot 143/0228

SOLD Hammer price €120

Gilbert (J.T.) A History of the City of Dublin, 3 vols. D. (Sackville Library) 1978. reprint, cloth & slipcase; Kearnes (K.C.) Dublin Tenement Life – An Oral Story, D. 1994; Maxwell (C.) Dublin under the Georges, L. 1956; & 2 other reprints of Dublin interest. (7)