13 December 2011 - Rare Book Sale

#0216

Lot 617/0216

SOLD Hammer price €480

Alamanacks: Watson (Sam.) Treble Almanac .. for 1794, sm. 8vo D. 1794. Cont. full crimson mor. ownership label in mor. on front cover, ‘Joshua & Joseph Pim,’ also the Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack.. for … 1796, sm. 8vo D. 1796, a.e.g., in fine full crimson mor. tooled gilt pouch binding; and Treble Alamanack .. for 1799, sm. 8vo D. 1799, a.e.g. cont. tree calf. As a coll. of almanacks, w.a.f. Good. (3)

Lot 618/0216

SOLD Hammer price €400

Bindings: Almanacks: Watson & Wilson, Treble Almanack, for 1790, 12mo D. 1790, fold. engd. map, a.e.g., cont. full Irish crimson mor. roll tooled borders, with centre attractive coat of arms, and profusely tooled gilt spine (cracked & broken) in later hf. mor. marble box; also ditto for 1795 lacks 2 titles & map, a.e.g., cont. full gilt tooled mor., with Royal coat of arms. As bindings, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 619/0216

SOLD Hammer price €550

Association Copies

Bindings: Wilson (Wm.) Watson & Stewart, Treble Almanack, 1797, 12mo D. 1797. Inscribed inside by Charles Coote, Coote Hill etc., & noted ‘Given to Mrs. William Lees,… Mrs. William Lees sister married Charles Coote Esq., Bellemont Forest, Coote Hill, Co. Cavan,’ in cont. full red mor. tooled gilt roll border, gilt tooled spine & inscribed on both cover ‘Postmaster General,’ also Treble Almanack, 1817, some pages loose, a.e.g. full cont. crimson mor. roll tooled gilt borders & spine, both covers inscribed ‘Revd. Robert Butt’ in gilt. As bindings, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 624/0216

SOLD Hammer price €700

Periodical: Old Waterford Society – Decies, No. I – No. 66, together 66 nos., folio & roy 8vo Waterford – Naas 1976 – 2010, illus. thro-out, Nos. 1 – 63, in recent mor. backed marble boards, remainder orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good set. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 626/0216

SOLD Hammer price €150

Atlas: D’Anville – A Complete Body of Ancient Geography, lg. atlas folio L. 1816. 13 fine hd. cold. (J. Baptiste) mostly dbl. page engd. maps (good) cont. calf backed boards, worn. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 627/0216

SOLD Hammer price €750

Fine Signed Limited Edition

Sex (Susan) & Sayers (Brendan) Ireland’s Wild Orchids, lg. atlas folio D. 2004. Fine Lim. Edn. No. 447 of 700 Copies. Singed by Artist & Author, lists of subs., 35 full page cold. plts. & numerous cold. illus. orig. cloth backed vellum type decor boards, orig. cloth slip case. (1)

Lot 628/0216

SOLD Hammer price €440

Dunscombe Parker (Richard) Birds of Ireland, lg. Atlas folio Belfast (The Blackstaff Press) 1983. Lim. Edn. No. 34 (250), signed by Editor & Designers. Fine cold. plts., orig. lg. hf. calf, marble sides by Sidney Aiken, in orig. slip case. (1)

Lot 629/0216

SOLD Hammer price €230

With Fine Early Photographs

Co. Tipperary: Hill (Arthur) A Monograph of Cormac’s Chapel Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Lg. atlas folio Cork 1874. Sole Edn., litho title, list of subs., 2 full page original photographs, lg. litho plts. & 12 litho plans, complete, orig. decor. front cover printed in red, lacks back board. Good & Scarce. (1)

Lot 630/0216

SOLD Hammer price €380

Co. Wexford interest: A group of six large ledgers two containing printed and manuscript attendance records at Co. Wexford National Schools at Killahard (Boys), 1940, and Cill Leath Aird (same), 1960’s, also four Districts Inspector’s Observation Books for Ballaghkeane N.S. circa 1900 – 1950; Killahard N.S., 1894 and later; Kildangan Boys, 1886 – 1938, with list of teachers at front; and Castledockrell N.S., 1884 – 1946, with names of staff. Some bindings very worn, some contents loose or stained, as a collection, w.a.f. A valuable source for local and educational historians. S.N.S.R. (6)

Lot 631/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

With Full Page Illustrations

Maclise (Daniel) The Story of the Norman Conquest, lg. oblong folio L. (Art-Union of London) 1866. Sole Edn., litho title & 42 lg. mtd. litho plts. cat. at end, a.e.g., orig. hf. green mor., gilt decor. cloth cover. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 640/0216

SOLD Hammer price €750

T.C.D. Prize: Burke (Edmund) The Works of Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, 6 vols. + Prior’s Life of Burke, 7 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1864. Port. frontis, cont. diced calf, dble. gilt fillet, mor. labels, with T.C.D. prize bookplates, & gilt oval arms of T.C.D. on both covers. (7)

Lot 641/0216

SOLD Hammer price €650

Yeats (Jack B.) Sligo, L. (Wishart & Co.) 1932, cloth & d.w.
* Inscribed to Maurice Craig, Dublin, January 22nd, 1942, ‘With the good thought,’ and with A.L.s. on Yeats,’ headed notepaper laid in, dated 12 May, 1949, thanking Craig for his letter saying he enjoyed (the play) ‘In Sand,’ etc., with associated envelope addressed and initialled by Yeats; also with The Careless Flower, L. (Pilot Press) 1947. First Edn., very good copy in orig. d.w. (2)
* Ex. Libris Maurice Craig.

Lot 644/0216

SOLD Hammer price €550

Presentation Copy in Special Binding

Meehan (Rev. C.P.) The Rise and Fall of the Irish Franciscan Monasteries, 12mo D. 1869. First Edn., a.e.g., with unusual compressed paper covers,embossed with image of Madonna & Child with Angels on front and back. Attractive item. Rare.
* Inscribed, ‘Lady Burke with C.P. Meehans most profound respects.’ (1)

Lot 646/0216

SOLD Hammer price €300

With Bookplate of Sir Horace Plunkett

Iwan – Muller (E.B.) Ireland: To-day and To-Morrow, L. 1907. First Edn., with of Rt. Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett engd. bookplate by Alf J. Downey, 1907, orig. decor. cloth, d.w.
* Scarce. Kilteragh, Foxrock, Plunkett’s home, was burnt by Republicans during The troubles, so this book is a rare survivor from his library. (1)

Lot 647/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Irish Saints: Monck Mason (Henry J.) Religion of the Ancient Irish Saints Before A.D. 600, sm. 8vo D. 1838. Third Edn., orig. cloth; Kelly (Rev. M.) Calendar of Irish Saints, The Martyrology of Tallagh; with notices on the Patron Saints of Ireland. 12mo D. n.d.[1857]. First Edn., cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 649/0216

SOLD Hammer price €240

Binding: Royal Hospital – Charter of the Royal Hospital of King Charles II etc., near Dublin, 12mo D. 1805. XII, IV (Dedid) 119pp, cont. full cont. mottled calf, gilt roll tooled border, with coat of arms of Royal Hospital on front cover, tooled gilt spine. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 650/0216

SOLD Hammer price €180

Deighan (Paul) A Complete Treatise on The Geography of Ireland, 8vo D. n.d. [1810]. Lacks front and end blanks, uncut, boards; also A School Atlas, sm. 4to no title, c. 1800., 25 dbl. page maps, hd. cold. in outline, defective, worn hf. mor. As a lot. (2)

Lot 651/0216

SOLD Hammer price €70

Sigerson (George) Political Prisoners at Home and Abroad, 8vo L. 1890. First Edn., lacks front & end loose blanks, cloth. (1)

Lot 652/0216

SOLD Hammer price €475

Binding: St. Patrick – Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, 8vo D. 1831. Hf. title & title with wd.-cut illus. of emblems, a.e.g. cont. Irish str. grained green mor. heavy gilt tooled border, tooled gilt spine in panels & with Royal Coat-of-Arms on front cover. V. good. (1)

Lot 653/0216

SOLD Hammer price €240

Dillon (Wentworth) Earl of Roscommon, Poems,… Together with Poems by Mr. Richard Duke, 8vo L. (For J. Tonson) 1717. Title within ruled borders, wd. cut heads & tails, title inscribed ‘J. Boyle, 1731.’ various bookplates, cont. panel calf, raised bands, mor. label. Nice copy. (1)