2 April 2014 - Rare Book Sale

#0228

Lot 198/0228

SOLD Hammer price €180

Ryan (John) The History and Antiquities of Co. Carlow, 8vo D. 1833. First Edn., recent cloth. (1)

Lot 200/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

Gleeson (Rev. J.) History of the Ely O’Carroll Territory or Ancient Ormond, 2 vols. 8vo Kilkenny Reprint (Roberts Books) 1982 Lim. Edn. 285 (1000), illus. cloth, & slipcase. (2)

Lot 202/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Fine Association Copy, Signed by his Lover

[Gregory (Lady A.)] Blunt (Wilfred Sawen) The Wind and the Whirlwind, roy 8vo L. 1883. First Edn., signed Pres. Copy from the Author’s lover Augusta Gregory to Mrs. O’Brien, Jan. 1884. Hf. title, 41pp, orig. cloth, gilt. (1)
* This book is described by Elizabeth Longford: ‘The child of their passion was Blunt’s long, moving poem, “The Wind and the Whirlwind” above. (1)

Lot 203/0228

SOLD Hammer price €140

Seamus Heaney First Editions

Heaney (Seamus) Pre-Occupations, Selected Prose 1968 – 1978. 8vo L. 1980; Electric Light, L. 2001; District and Circle, L. 2006; and Human Chain, L. 2010, All First Edns. & orig. ptd. d.w.’s All very good copies. (4)

Lot 204/0228

SOLD Hammer price €150

Brabazon (Wallop) The Deep Sea and Cast Fisheries of Ireland, 8vo D. 1848. First Edn., 21 engd. plts. (8 lg. fold.), orig. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 205/0228

SOLD Hammer price €200

Rare Cork Herbal

Allin (Rev. Thos.) The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the County Cork, 8vo Weston-Super-Mare 1883. Sole Edn. Cold. map frontis orig. decor. cloth. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 206/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Hamley (Lt. Col. E. Bruce) The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, 8vo Edin. 1855. First Edn. cold. frontis, 8 hd. cold. & tinted plts.(2 fold.) & lg. fold. map, hf. calf. (1)

Lot 207/0228

SOLD Hammer price €60

Marmion (A.) The .. Maritime Ports of Ireland, L. 1858, cloth; Anderson (E.B.) Sailing Ships of Ireland, D. 1951, cloth. (2)

Lot 208/0228

SOLD Hammer price €100

D’Alton (John) The History of the County of Dublin, D. 1838. First, orig. cloth, v. good; also The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin, 8vo D. 1838. First, cont. orange cold. mor. blind & gilt tooled decor. by Bellew, Dublin. (2)

Lot 209/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

[Pollock (J.H.)] ‘An Philibin,’ Tristran & Iseult, 4to D. 1924; Athens Aflame, 4to D. n.d. Lim. Edn., 347 (350); Smoking Flax, 4to D. n.d. Lim. Edn., 87 (500), all uniform wrappers; Irish Ironies, 8vo D. 1930, cloth; The Fourth Wise Man, D. (Three Candles) 1935, wrappers; Grass of Parnassus, 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1939. Lim. Edn. 54 (250), cloth; Wild Honey, Dundalk 1942; & Mount Kestrell, D. 1945, both cloth backed boards. All First Edns. Scarce. (8)

Lot 210/0228

SOLD Hammer price €80

All First Editions

Gogarty (Oliver St.) Other to Adorn Poems, L. 1938; Tumbling in the Hay, L. 1939; Going Native, L. 1941; It Isn’t This Time of Year at All, L. 1954; also O’Connor (UIick) Oliver St. John Gogarty, L. 1964. Second Impression. All orig. d.w.’s. (5)

Lot 211/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Republican: Bell (J. Boywer) The Secret Army History of the I.R.A. 1916 – 1970, L. 1970; Mac Eoin (U.) The I.R.A. in the Twilight Years 1923 – 1948,; Tynan (P.J.P.) The Irish National Invincible’s and their Times, L. 1896; Manning (M.) The Blueshirts, D. 1970; Laffan (M.) The Resurrection of Ireland – The Sinn Fein Party 1916 – 1923, Cambridge 1999; & 3 others. (10)

Lot 212/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Irish biography: Strauss (E.) Sir William Petty, L. 1954; Mc Cartney (D.) W.E.H. Lecky, D. 1994; Morrissey (T.J.) Edward J. Byrne 1872 – 1941, The Forgotten Archbishop of Dublin, D. 2010; Meehan (J.) George O’Brien, D. 1980; Carden (Shiela) The Alderman, Alderman Tom Kelly (1868 – 1942) and Dublin Corporation, D. 2007; & others, all orig. d.w.’s. A lot. good. (1)

Lot 213/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

Binding: Bucknell (Rev. S.) & Tenison (C.M.) The Official Report of the Church Congress Held at Hobart – 1894,” roy 8vo Tasmania 1894. First Edn., one illus., uncut, orig. full purple mor. with tooled gilt borders & corner decor. etc. by Davies Bros. Macquarie St., with ticket. (1)

Lot 215/0228

SOLD Hammer price €50

Doyle (Roddy) Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, L. 1993; The Woman who Walked into Doors, L. 1996; A Star Called Henry, Vol. I of the Last Round Up, L. 1999, all First Edns., all d.w.s; & The Commitments, 1991, paperback. (4)

Lot 216/0228

SOLD Hammer price €560

With Fine Hand-Coloured Maps

Atlas: Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas, or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland. 4to L. 1776. First Edn., Engd. title & dedit. & 37 engd. hd. cold. maps, some finger marks, cont. full calf, lacks upr. cover. (1)

Lot 218/0228

SOLD Hammer price €130

Bibliography: Gracey (J.) & Mc Clelland (A.)eds. Irish Booklore, Jan. 1971, Vol. I No. 1 – 1980, Vol. 4 No. 2, together 8 nos., roy 8vo Belfast 1971 – 1980. [All Published] Sole Edns., Illus. etc., orig. pict. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 220/0228

SOLD Hammer price €170

Fine Coloured Plates: Hamilton (Edward) The Flora Homoepathica;.. Medicinal Plants… . Vol. I (ex 2) roy 8vo L. 1852, 36 fine hand cold. plts., unopened, orig. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 221/0228

SOLD Hammer price €120

World War I: Hennessy (Thos. F.) The Great War 1914 – 1918 – Bank of Ireland Staff, Service Record, roy 8vo D. (Alex Thom) 1920. Sole Edn. frontis & ports. uncut, orig. white cloth backed buckram. (1)

Lot 223/0228

SOLD Hammer price €920

Engraved Maps & Plates: Salmon – Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations, Vols. 1, II, III, IV, & Vol. V. Pt. II, together 5 vols. (ex. 6) 4to Dublin (Wm. Williamson) 1755, red & bl. titles, numerous engd. fold. maps (some dam) by Moll, numerous engd. plts. etc. many fold., cont. calf. As a coll., w.a.f. (5)