13 December 2011 - Rare Book Sale

#0216

Lot 656/0216

SOLD Hammer price €210

Co. Wexford interest: Poole (Jacob) A Glossary, with some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, Co. Wexford, 12mo L. 1867. First Edn., ed. by Wm. Barnes orig. embossed cloth; Lacy (Thos.) Home Sketches on Both Side of the Channel, 12mo L. 1852. First Edn., cloth. Lacy was also from Wexford. Scarce. (2)

Lot 657/0216

SOLD Hammer price €170

St. Patrick: The Life of Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland: to which is added in the Original Irish Character, … The Celebrated Hymn … Together with An Abstract of Irish Grammar. Sm. 8vo D. (H. Fitzpatrick) 1810. Wd. cut port. frontis. cont. tree calf, rebacked, orig. mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 658/0216

SOLD Hammer price €400

[Allan (rob.)] The Sportsmen in Ireland, with his Summer Route through the Highlands of Scotland. By a Cosmopolite. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1840. First Edn. 2 engd. frontis & 18 wd. cut text illus., a.e.g., cont. full tooled gilt mor. gilt tooled spines. Attractive set. (2)

Lot 659/0216

SOLD Hammer price €500

Yeats Family: Yeats (W.B.) Poems, L. (Fisher Unwin) 1904. First Thus, orig. decor. gilt cloth.
* With a jocular note on Cuala Industries notepaper, laid down inside front cover, from Anne Butler Yeats, 21.10.34 (when she was about 15) addressed to ‘Lollypops’ (her Aunt Lolly Yeats); with a further note from E.K. McD (-ermott) saying Lolly sent the book to her; and with a final note pencilled at top of f.f.e.p. from Maurice Craig recording the book was given to him by Miss E.K. Mc Dermott of Belfast about 1939. Interesting lot. (1)
Ex. Libris Maurice Craig.

Lot 663/0216

SOLD Hammer price €240

Inscribed by President of Ireland

Hyde (Douglas) Deirdre, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1939. Inscribed on f.e.p. ‘With all good Wishes, An Craoibhin, (Douglas Hyde) Xmas 1939.’ Also The Children of Lir, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1940. Inscribed on hf. title, …’from Douglas Hyde President of Ireland Nodlaig 1940,’ both orig. ptd. wrappers. In a later slip case. (2)

Lot 664/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Dublin Printings: [Berkeley (Geo.)] Alciphon: or The Natural Philosopher, In Seven Dialogues. 2 vols. in one, 8vo D. 1732 First Edn. titles with engd. vignettes, first title with finger marks, some other stains, calf, worn; also Krusinski – The History of the Revolution of Persia: Taken from the Memoirs…. . 8vo D. 1729. Fold. map of Persia. Some damp stains, orig. calf, worn. (2)

Lot 666/0216

SOLD Hammer price €180

Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, L. 1905. First Edn., orig. gilt decor. blue cloth; also The Picture of Dorian Gray, Paris 1905. Sole Authorised Edn. Red. & bl. title, uncut, grey cloth. Clean items. (2)

Lot 667/0216

SOLD Hammer price €420

Inscribed by the Author to His Wife

Binding: Duffy (Chas. Gavan) A Birds-Eve View of Irish History, sq. 12mo D. 1882. First Edn., A.e.g. cont. full gilt tooled block binding with harp and shamrock decoration, mor. labels, in a later slip case.
* Inscribed on verso of hf. title,’For my dear wife who had the most laborious share in producing this little volume. Villa Aisnee Nice June 24, 1882.’ A most desirable item, for its association & binding. (1)

Lot 668/0216

SOLD Hammer price €320

Military: Fawcett (Adj. Gen. Wm.) Rules and Regulations for the Formations, Field-Exercise and Movements of His Majesty’s Forces, 12mo L. & D. Re-printed 1797. Hf. title, wd. cut Royal Cipher on t.p., 152pp orig. sheep, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 669/0216

SOLD Hammer price €420

Signed By Authors

Republican: de Valera (E.) Peace and War, Speeches on International Affairs. 8vo D. 1944. Signed by Author & with bookplate of Sean T. O’Ceallaigh, President of Ireland, d.w.; Mac Entee (Sean) Episode at Easter, D. 1966. Signed Pres. Copy to Sean T. O’Ceallaigh, with his bookplate d.w.; de Burca (S.) The Soldiers Song, D. 1957, Signed Pres. Copy, d.w.; Irwin (W.) Betrayal in Ireland, Belfast n.d. pict. wrappers. (4)

Lot 670/0216

SOLD Hammer price €650

Meriton (G.) An Exact Abridgement of All the Publick Printed Irish Statutes Now in Force, Sm. 8vo D. (Andrew Crook) 1700. First Edn., front ‘Approval’ leaf with wd.-cut Royal coat-of-arms, cont. calf, blind tooled panel. V. good. (1)

Lot 671/0216

SOLD Hammer price €90

Ros (Amanda Mc Kittrick) Poems of Puncture, 8vo L. n.d. [c. 1911], later cloth; Delina Delaney, L. 1935, orig. cloth backed decor. boards; and Loudon (Jack) O’Rare Amanda! The Life of Amanda Mc K. Ross. 8vo L. 1954. First, illus., d.w. (3)

Lot 672/0216

SOLD Hammer price €500

[Wilson (W.)] The Post-Chaise Companion: or, Traveller’s Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. 1786. First Edn., engd. frontis & title page, list of subs., fold plan & 2 fold. plts. & lg. fold. engd. map at end, cont. calf, professional reback, orig. mor. label laid down, v. good copy. (1)

Lot 674/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Signed by the Author

Republican interest: Walsh (J.J.) Recollections of a Rebel, 8vo Tralee n.d. [1944]. Sole Edn. Signed by Author & dated 26-9-44. Illus, cloth backed boards, & orig. d.w. (1)

Lot 675/0216

SOLD Hammer price €260

Republican interest: Smithson (Annie M.P.) In Times of Peril, Leaves from the Diary of Nurse Linda Kearns from Easter Week 1916 to Mountjoy 1921. Sm. 8vo D. 1922. Sole Edition, orig. pict. printed boards. Good copy of this rarity. (1)

Lot 676/0216

SOLD Hammer price €320

Signed by The Author

Republican: O’Donovan Rossa (D.) Irish Rebels, in English Prisons, A Record of Prison Life. 8vo N.Y. n.d. Author’s Autographed Edition – Signed. 2 ports., lacks t.p., orig. cloth gilt, worn. In a later slip case. Scarce. (1)

Lot 677/0216

SOLD Hammer price €2300

Signed by James Joyce

Joyce (James) Anna Livia Plurabelle, preface by Padraic Colum. Sm. 8vo N.Y. (Crosby Gaige) 1928. First American Edn. Limited No. 673 of 800 Copies. Signed by Joyce. Orig. brown cloth, blind decor. borders, & front gilt triangle. V. good copy. Slocum & Cahoon. (1)

Lot 680/0216

SOLD Hammer price €300

Mulvany (Thos. J.) The Life of James Gandon, Esq., M.R.I.A., F.R.S., Etc. Architect, 8vo D. 1846. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis orig. cloth. Good. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 681/0216

SOLD Hammer price €380

1798: Cloney (Thos.) A Personal Narrative of …. County Wexford … during the awful period of 1798, 8vo D. 1832. First Edn., list of subs., later hf. mor. mor. label. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 682/0216

SOLD Hammer price €260

Carlow Printing: Doyle (E. D’Alton) The Bride of Roodeshii; or Persia’s Peerless Rose. An Eastern Poem, 8vo Carlow (P. Kelly) n.d. [1879] Sole Edn., decor. title, 47pp. orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)