5 December 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0221

Lot 1/0221

SOLD Hammer price €90

Keane (John B.) Fifty Years Young, 8vo D. & C. 1979. Lim. Edn. (500), d.w.; Self-Portrait, Cork 1964, First, d.w.; Smith (G.) & Hickey (Des) John B. The Real Keane, Cork 1992, d.w.; The Bodhrain Makers, L. 1986; Sharon’s Grove, D. 1960; and The Highest House on the Mountain, D. 1961, both wrappers. (6)

Lot 2/0221

SOLD Hammer price €140

Robinson (Lennox) Ireland’s Abbey Theatre, A History L. 1951, d.w.; The Irish Theatre, Advance Copy, 8vo L. 1939, wrappers; Killycreggs in Twilight, L. 1939, First, d.w..; I Sometimes Think, D. 1956, d.w.; Eight Short Stories, D. n.d. [c. 1920] Pres. Copy, inscribed by Author to Sara Allgood, 17/8/20, boards, lacks spine; & 3 others related. (8)

Lot 3/0221

SOLD Hammer price €150

[Croker (T. Crofton)] Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, 2 vols. in one, 12mo L. 1828, Vol. 2 lacks title etc., 10 engd. plts. & text illus. after Brooke, cont. hf. calf; Wilde (Lady) Ancient Legends Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, sm. 8vo L. 1888, orig. cloth, clean copies. (2)

Lot 4/0221

SOLD Hammer price €150

Co. Sligo: O’Rorke (Rev. T.) History Antiquities and Present State of the Parishes of Ballysadare and Kilvarnet, Co. Sligo, D. n.d. First Edn., text illus.; Mac Donagh (J.C.) History of Ballymote and the Parish of Emlaghfad, D. 1936. First, decor. gilt cloth; Kilgannon (T.) Sligo and its Surroundings, Sligo 1926, illus. thro-out, gilt cloth. (3)

Lot 5/0221

SOLD Hammer price €220

[Griffin (Gerald)] The Collegians, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1829. First Edn., no hf. titles, B.P. of Arthur Beresford Cane, cont. hf. mor. spines worn. Scarce. (3)

Lot 6/0221

SOLD Hammer price €130

Almanacks etc: Watson Stewart (J.) The Treble Almanack, for 1808 and 1816. 2 vols. sm. 8vo D. 1808 & 1816. 2 fold. maps, full crimson mor. gilt decor.; also Debrett (John) The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1819, plts. of arms, cont. hf. calf. (4)

Lot 7/0221

SOLD Hammer price €190

Co. Meath: Butler (Richard) Some Notices of the Castle and of the Ecclesiastical Buildings of Trim, 12mo D. 1861. Fourth, 312pp, orig. cloth, good. (1)

Lot 10/0221

SOLD Hammer price €200

Crowmell (T.) Excursions through Ireland, Vol. I & II, 8vo L. 1820 / 21, 2 engd. title & numerous engd. plts. cont. hf. mor. As a coll. of plts. (2)

Lot 14/0221

SOLD Hammer price €150

Wilde (Sir W.B.) Lough Corrib, Its Shores and Islands, sm. 4to D. 1867. First Edn., with fold. map & text illus.; also the Beauties of the Boyne and its Tributary The Blackwater, sm. 8vo D. 1850. Second Edn., fold. map & text illus. advert leaf at front, upr. cover loose, both orig. gilt decor. cloth. (2)

Lot 16/0221

SOLD Hammer price €380

Ernie O’Malley’s Copy of Erskine Childer’s First Book

Childers (E.) & Williams (B.)eds. The H.A.C. in South Africa, 8vo L. 1908. First Edn., fold. map, orig. gilt decor. buckram.
* Signed by ‘Earnan’ [O’Malley]. Scarce. (1)

Lot 18/0221

SOLD Hammer price €180

[Wood (Mrs. Henry)] Letters from the Irish Highlands of Connemara, 12mo L. 1825. Second, dark blue hf. mor., tooled gilt spine. Good. (1)

Lot 19/0221

SOLD Hammer price €180

Conran (Michael) The National Music of Ireland, comprising The History of the Irish Bards, The National Melodies, The Harp .. of Erin. 12mo D. 1846. First Edn., orig. cloth, stained. Scarce. (1)

Lot 20/0221

SOLD Hammer price €240

Wilde (Lady) ‘Speranza’ Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1887. First Edn., L.S. on t.p., 1 hf. title, cont. hf. crimson mor. Good. (2)

Lot 21/0221

SOLD Hammer price €350

Inscribed Presentation Copy

de Vere (Aubrey) English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds, 8vo L. 1848. First Edn., cont. full mor. gilt fillet borders, gilt spine mor. labels by Sotheran.
* Pres. Copy, inscribed and signed by author, Jan. 10, 1848, to Stephen Edward Spring Rice, father of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in England, and with his bookplate. Good. (1)

Lot 23/0221

SOLD Hammer price €230

Crowe (Eyre Evans) To-day in Ireland, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1826. Second Edn., some dirt marks, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. Scarce. (3)

Lot 25/0221

SOLD Hammer price €230

O’Grady (Standish) History of Ireland: The Heroic Period, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1878. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, map frontis. Vol. I, Opinions of the Press Sheet end of Vol. II, orig. cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 28/0221

SOLD Hammer price €260

1798: Castlereagh – Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons in Ireland, 8vo L. 1798. First Edn., fold. table, 184, 83pp. in a recent attractive hf. calf marble sides, raised bands, gilt decor. in panels. V. good. (1)

Lot 30/0221

SOLD Hammer price €280

Scarce Dolmen Press, 75 Copies Only

O’Meara (J.J)ed. Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) The History and Topography of Ireland, 8vo D. 1982. De Luxe Limited Edn. 75 Copies only, Signed by Editor. Fine hd. cold. illus., special full calf binding, slip case. V. good. (1)

Lot 31/0221

SOLD Hammer price €155

Joyce (P.W.) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1903. First Edn., illus. thro-out, orig. cloth, gilt. V. good copy. (2)

Lot 32/0221

SOLD Hammer price €220

O’Grady (Standish) Pacata Hibernia, or A History of the Wars in Ireland. 2 vols. L. (Downey & Co.) 1896. First Edn., port. frontis, plts. uncut, orig. crimson cloth. Pristine copy. (2)