13 December 2011 - Rare Book Sale

#0216

Lot 485/0216

SOLD Hammer price €210

Neili ni Bhriain’s Copy

Clare Bards: O’Looney (Brian)ed. for Major Mac Donnell, A Colleciton of Poems, Written on Different Occasions by the Clare Bards in Honor of the Macdonnells of Kilkee and Killone in the County of Clare. Sm. 8vo D. (O’Daly) 1863. Sole Edn. For Private Circulation Only, orig. cloth, gilt. Scarce.
* Inscribed Neilli ni Bhriain, Gaelic Scholar. (1)

Lot 486/0216

SOLD Hammer price €160

Mount Bellew, Co. Galway Souvenir Jubilee Booklet Mount Bellew Agricultural Show Society 1904 – 1954, oblong 8vo Sligo (Sligo Stationary Depot) 1954. Port. of Sir Henry Grattan-Bellew, Founder, & 11 other lg. illus. (some with individuals identified in pen), orig. green printed wrappers. Good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 488/0216

SOLD Hammer price €70

Dublin Docks: Wilson Hartnell & Co., Publishers, The Port of Dublin, An attractive Handbook, oblong 8vo D. n.d. [c. 1935]. Sole Edn. Lg. fold. plan, cold. & other illus., orig. pict. colour boards. A v. nice copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 489/0216

SOLD Hammer price €180

Periodical: Mac Manus (Seamus)ed. Chimney Corners, Directed by Seamas Mac Manus. A Journal of Recreation for the Irish Home. Vol. I No. 1 – No. 14, Sat. Aug. 6th – Nov. 5th, 1938. [Probably All Published]. Roy 8vo Longford 1938, each approx. 24pp., orig. pict. ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f.
* Contributors include Mac Manus, his wife Ethna Carbery, Douglas Hyde, Teresa Brayton etc. Scarce. (1)

Lot 491/0216

SOLD Hammer price €350

Cork Ephemera: A small collection including, a poster, Potatoes. A Bounty will be paid by the Committee for relieving the Poor, on Potatoes Arriving Coastwise, … Apply to John Clear Sec. to the Committee, approx. 21.5cms x 17cms, a broadside ballad, A New Song in Praise of the Steam-Boat Called The City Cork, printed notice, A Lamb with 8 legs, Two distinct Bodies, One Head, Two Mouth, etc. Three Eyes, To be seen at O’Callaghan’s Distillery Stores, Bandon Rd, corner of Cat Lane. Cork April 14th, 1814: printed notice “To the Public Laurence Sidney … solicits the support of the Refiend and Liberal of Cork, to a Publication… of … Tracts, in Verse and Prose:… Cork May 12, 1814: A manuscript Marriage Certificate to Richard Sisk and to Eliz. Fitzgerald… Cork 2nd Oct. 1793, signed by Bishop Moylan & sealed, some tears; & some other items of Cork interest. As a lot of ephemera., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 492/0216

SOLD Hammer price €3000

Rare Private Printing
J.C. Lyons and The Ladeston Press

Co. Westmeath: The Book of Surveys and Distribution of the Estates in the County Westmeath, Forfeited in the year M.D.C.X.L.I., oblong folio Ladeston (J.C. Lyons) 1852. Sole Limited Edition. Red. & bl. title within decorated border, title & 176pp all within ruled borders, orig. cloth, upper cover with gilt lettering, tastefully rebacked. A very good copy of this ex. scarce vol., bookplate of [Wm. Barlow Smytgh] Barbavilla House, County of Westmeath, 1837.
* Extremely rare, only about 40 copies printed by John Charles Lyons at his private Ladeston Press outside Mullingar. For further information on this Press See Irish Book Lover, Vol. I, No. 6, January 1910. (1)

Lot 493/0216

SOLD Hammer price €400

With Full Page & Folding Maps

Boundary Commission: H.M.S.O. Report of the Boundary Commissioners for Ireland, 1885, Folio D. (A. Thom.) 1885. Sole Edition, 33 full page and fold. maps, hd. cold. in outline, cont. hf. calf, marble sides. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 494/0216

SOLD Hammer price €3000

Editio Princeps of The Bible in Irish

Bedell (Wm.) Leabhuir na Seintiomna ar na Harriung go Gaidhig tre churann agus dhuthrecht an Doctuir William Bedell … . The Books of the Old Testament translated into Irish by … Doctor William Bedel late Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland… 4to L. 1685. First Edn., 1142pp.. title within dbl. lined borders, & with rare printed ‘Key to Irish Capital Letters with the Latine Capitals…’ pasted on verso of t.p., missing from most copies, cont. calf, double gilt fillet borders, recent professional reback, raised bands, mor. label. V. good Copy. Wing B2759A; Sweeney 414. Ex. Rare. (1)

Lot 500/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Maps of Ireland: Camden (Wm.) Britannia, 3 sections from various editions of the published work, 1610, 1722 & 1789, all folio, containing, Britannia Romana, approx. 40cms x 46cms (15 3/4″ x 18″); also A Map of Ireland divided into Provinces and Counties from the best Authorities, engd. by Cary, approx. 55cms x 44cms (21 1/2″ x 17 1/2″), hd. cold. in outline, & approx. 16 engd. full page plts. mostly of Irish interest, paper wrappers. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 501/0216

SOLD Hammer price €180

Maps of Ireland & Great Britain: A New Map of the British Isles, c. 1718; A New Map of England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 1751; Map of England, Scotland and Ireland, by C. Gros, c. 1810, hand-cold in full, each dbl. page, & loose. As a coll., w.a.f. (3)

Lot 503/0216

SOLD Hammer price €1900

Queens County Grand Jury Map

County Leix: Cahill (Daniel) A Map of the Queens County, From an Actual Survey made For the Grand Jury, 1805. Large engd. map, on 2 lg. linen backed folding sheets each approx. 27″ x 53″, in full cont. colouring, with attractive engd. cartouche, & with engd. tables etc. V. good. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 504/0216

SOLD Hammer price €400

Irish Map: Taylor (Alex.) A New Map of Ireland, having the Great Features of the Country.. and the Distances between the Towns & Stages marked in miles and furlongs for the Use of Travellers, c. 1800. Lg. fold. linen backed map, approx. 73cms x 60cms (28 3/4″ x 23 21/2″), hand cold. in outline, with fine engraved cartouche, in orig. slip case. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 505/0216

SOLD Hammer price €250

Map: Blome (Richard) A Map of the Kingdome of Ireland, London c. 1673. Very good, engraved map, approx. 40cms x 39cms (16″ x 15 1/2″), attractively hand coloured, unframed. As a map. (1)

Lot 506/0216

SOLD Hammer price €600

Maps: Rocque (John) A Survey of the City Harbour Bay and Environs of Dublin. On the same Scale as those of London, Paris & Rome: and Plan de la Ville, Havre Baye & Environs de Dublin…. 2 sheets each approx. 22 1/4″ x 30 3/4″, 1757. The first with 3 engd. inset views of Kildare House, The Barracks & The Royal Hospital. Some dust or dirt marks, otherwise good. As maps, w.a.f. Scarce. (2)

Lot 508/0216

SOLD Hammer price €320

With large Hand-Coloured Map

Document: Athlone, Co. Roscommon: Lease agreement between Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland and John Mc Donnell for property in Castle Street, in the Parish of St. Peters, Barony of Athlone, made August 1858, with large hand-coloured manuscript map by John Keogh, approx. 41cms x 52.5cms (16 1/4″ x 20 1/2″), signed. Good as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 509/0216

SOLD Hammer price €300

Document: Co’s Meath, Westmeath & Roscommon: A Rent Roll of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Conolly Esq., Esq. Estate in Meath, Westmeath & Roscommon at November 1765, Lg. folio single paper sheet, in manuscript, identifying different areas, names of towns lands, tenants, names, areas, valuation, terms of lettering and observations. V. good. As a m/ss, w.a.f. V. Rare. (1)

Lot 510/0216

SOLD Hammer price €300

Estate of Rt. Hon. Thos. Connolly, 1778

Manuscript Map – Co. Roscommon: A Map of the Lands of Culleeneast and Orvan in the County of Roscommon. The Estate of The Rt. Hon. Thos. Conolly. Surveyed in Aug. 1778 by Pat Roe, containing approx. 218 acres, 59cms x 71cms (23 1/4″ x 28″), single vellum sheet, partly coloured. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 511/0216

SOLD Hammer price €525

Hon. William Conolly – The Lordship of Rathfarnham, 1725-29

Documents: An important group of three contemporary manuscript documents on paper, relating to the Hon. Wm. Conolly’s holding at Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, including:
a – A Survey of the Lordship of Rathfarnham in the County of Dublin. To which is added the real yearly value Anno 1725, 3 folio pp.,
b – A Rent Roll of the Estate of the Rt. Honable. William Conolly Esq., in the Lordship of Rathfarnham & County of Dublin, as set for the half Year ended at Michaelmas & Novem. 1727,’ 4 folio pp.,
c – The Lives & Terme Sett in the Several Leases of Rathfarnham Estate, 11 folio pp. All written in clear copper plate hand. As m/ss., w.a.f.
* A very significant group of documents, recording in great detail the various holdings on this important estate. (3)

Lot 512/0216

SOLD Hammer price €550

With Attractive Map on Vellum

Document: Athlone, Co. Roscommon: Indenture made May 1773, between Incorporated Society … for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland and John D’Alton of the Town of Athlone, Co. Roscommon, 1 sheet on vellum, together with attached manuscript map, A Map of Boyde and Meales Plotts…’ in Athlone by Rich. Mathew, approx. 33cms x 35cms (13″ x 13 3/4″), v. good condition. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 513/0216

SOLD Hammer price €380

With Manuscript Map on Vellum

Document: Athlone, Co. Westmeath: Indenture made November 1764, between Incorporated Society .. for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland and Thomas Lloyd of Athlone in the Co. of Roscommon, 1 sheet on vellum, together with attached manuscript map, A Map of part of the Sheep Park.. surveyed by Edmond Naghten, approx. 30cms x 35cms (11 3/4″ x 13 3/4″), signed & sealed, & with attached seal of The Society. Good, as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)