13 December 2011 - Rare Book Sale

#0216

Lot 683/0216

SOLD Hammer price €280

Twiss (Richard) A Tour in Ireland i 1775, 8vo L. 1776. First London Edn., engd. frontis view, lg. fold. map with engd. cartouche a few pp. stained, orig. tree calf, later re-back, mor. label. (1)

Lot 684/0216

SOLD Hammer price €360

Parker (Capt. Rob.) Memoirs of the most Remarkable Military Transactions From the Year 1683 to 1718. Containing a very particular Account of the Several Battles, Sieges etc. in Ireland and Flanders, during the Reigns of K. William and Q. Anne, 8vo D. (Geo. & Alex Ewing) 1746. Published by his Son. List of subs. cont. mottled calf, raised bands., mor. label. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 686/0216

SOLD Hammer price €280

Brewer (J.N.) The Beauties of Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1825. First Edn., 14 engd. views, cont. full calf, gilt fillet border outside a thick blind tooled ditto, later reback, mor. labels. Good clean copy. (2)

Lot 688/0216

SOLD Hammer price €260

Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, Birds, Vols. I – III, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1849 – 1851. First Edn. cont. hf. mor. (3)

Lot 689/0216

SOLD Hammer price €180

Signed & with Original Letters

Stephens (James) A Poetry Recital, L. 1925. First Edn. boards. Signed Pres. Copy to Dorothy May, & with A.L.s. to Miss May, loosely inserted; also Etched in Moonlight, L. 1928. First Edn. Signed Pres. Copy to Humbert Wolfe, decor. cloth. (2)

Lot 690/0216

SOLD Hammer price €190

Gibbon (Monk) For Daws to Peck At, L. 1929. First, Signed by Author, 1975 d.w.; Seventeen Sonnets, 12mo L. 1932, First Edn.; A.E. – The Living Torch, ed. by Monk Gibbon, 8vo L. 1937. First Edn. Signed Pres. Copy from M. Gibbon, cloth; also The Seals, D. 1970, Signed by M. Gibbon, slip case; Leonard (Hugh) Home before Night, L. 1979. First, Signed, d.w.; Hanly (David) In Guilt and in Glory, L. 1979. First, Signed, d.w. (6)

Lot 691/0216

SOLD Hammer price €550

Limited to 200 Copies Only

[Swift]. Carpenter (Andrew)ed. Irish Writings from the Age of Swift. 10 vols. Complete 8vo D. (Cadenus Press) 1972 – 1979. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only. Signed by the Editor, illus. thro.-out, orig. mor. backed marble boards. Scarce. (10)

Lot 693/0216

SOLD Hammer price €525

Boate (Dr. G.) & Molineux (Thos.) A Natural History of Ireland, in Three Parts. Sm. 4to D. 1755. 10 engd. plts. (some lg. fold.), recent hf. crimson mor. Scarce. (1)

Lot 694/0216

SOLD Hammer price €320

Gilchrist (James P.) A Brief Display of The Origin and History of Ordeals; Trials by Battle; Courts of Chivalry and Honour; and The Decision of Private Quarrels by Single Combat; also a Chronological Register of the Principal Duels. 8vo L. 1821. First Edn. with bookplate of Cunningham Marquis of ….? attractive hf. mor. tooled gilt spine, mor. labels with Royal cipher of George IV. Rare.
* Records Duel between Mr. O’Connell and Mr. D’Esterre, Feb. 1815. (1)

Lot 696A/0216

SOLD Hammer price €550

[Swift (Jonathan)] Gulliver (Samuel) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Vol. III, of the Author’s Works, 8vo D. (for George Faulkner) 1738. Engd. port. frontis & 6 plts. (5 maps), wd.-cut head & tails & decorations, cont. calf, worn. (1)

Lot 697/0216

SOLD Hammer price €320

Doyle (Roddy) The Commitments, D. (King Farouk) 1987. First Edn. orig. pict. cold. wrappers. Pristine Copy. V. Rare. (1)

Lot 698/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

The Author’s First Book

O’Brien (Edna) The Country Girls, L. 1960. First Edn., cloth, in v. good attractive original pict. d.w.
* V. Rare. V. good copy of the author’s first book which was banned in Ireland, and regarded as her best novel. (1)

Lot 699/0216

SOLD Hammer price €220

O’Brien (Flann) At Swim-Two-Birds, 8vo L. 1939. First Edn., hf. title, rear loose end with tear, orig. green cloth, some stains. (1)

Lot 701/0216

SOLD Hammer price €280

County Clare Author

Dermody (Thomas) The Harp of Erin, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1807. First Edn., ed. by James Grant Raymond. Uncut, recent hf. mor. mor. labels; also Poems, Moral and Descriptive, 12mo L. 1800. First Edn. engd. frontis. wd.-cut decor. marbled wrappers. All v. good. Ex. Scarce. (3)

Lot 702/0216

SOLD Hammer price €260

In Fine Binding

O’Brien (Henry) The Round Towers of Ireland; or The History of the Tuath-de-Danaans. 8vo L. & D. 1834. Second Edn., vign. title, plts. & illus., t.e.g., decor. ends, attractive full crushed green levant, gilt fillet & roll borders, etc., raised bands, panels decor. with shamrock, by Morrell.
* Author was born in Co. Kerry. (1)

Lot 703/0216

SOLD Hammer price €280

[O’Nolan (Brian)] ‘Flann O’Brien,’ The Third Policeman, L. 1967. First Edn., orig. pict. d.w., v. good; Behan (Brendan) The Quare Fellow, L. 1956. First Edn., port. frontis, cloth; Banville (John) The Book of Evidence, L. 1989. First Edn., Signed note, d.w.; and The Sea, by same author, L. 2005, First Edn., Signed, pict. d.w. (4)

Lot 704/0216

SOLD Hammer price €130

With Orig. Programme for First Irish Performance

Eliot (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, 8vo L. 1935. First Edn., purple cloth, & orig. ptd. d.w.
* With original programme printed by Three Candles Press for First Irish Performance of the play, May 25th, to May 31st, 1936. (2)

Lot 705/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Praeger (R. Lloyd) The Way that I Went, An Irishman in Ireland. Roy 8vo D. 1937. First Edn., Signed by Author, uncut, cloth; also A Populous Solitude, 8vo D. 1941. First Edn., Signed, pict. d.w.; and The Botanist in Ireland D. 1934. First Edn., fold. maps etc. cloth. Good lot. (3)

Lot 706/0216

SOLD Hammer price €150

Irish Bibliography: Pollard (M.) A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550 – 1800, roy 8vo L. 2000, First, cloth; Munter (Rob.) A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland 1550 – 1775, First, d.w.; Galavan (S.) An End to a Beginning, The Story of the National Print Museum, 8vo D. 2006, illus. d.w.; Mc Guinne (D.) Irish Type Design, 4to D. 1992, illus., cloth. (4)

Lot 707/0216

SOLD Hammer price €200

Irish Bibliography: Phillips (Jas. W.) Printing & Bookselling in Dublin 1670 – 1800, D. 1998; Mc Cormack (W.J.) The Dublin Paper War of 1786 – 1788, D. 1993; Ward (Rob. E.) Prince of Dublin Printers – The Letters of George Faulkner, 1972; Dunton (J.) The Dublin Scuffle, D. 2000; Dix (E.R. Mc C.) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland & Ireland, 1726 to 1775, 4to Oxford 1932, cloth backed boards; & 2 others sim. (7)