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Lot 118/0216
SOLD Hammer price €220
With Tipped in Signature of Author
Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 8vo L. 1913. Port. frontis uncut, with tipped-in signature of author on front loose blank, also inscribed by Hugh Murrough Vere O’Brien, orig. blue cloth with attractive gilt designed decoration. Good. (1)More details › -
Lot 119/0216
SOLD Hammer price €160
Yeats (Wm. Butler) The Wind Among the Reeds, 8vo L. 1900. Third Edn., hf. title, inscribed ‘Nelly O’Brien 1903,’ Gaelic Scholar, uncut, attractive orig. blue cloth, decor. with reeds in gilt. Wade 29. (1)
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Lot 120/0216
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Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 1899 – 1905, 8vo L. (Bullen) D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1906. First Edn., adverts. hf. title, edges uncut, inscribed at front ‘H.M.V. O’Brien,’ orig. blue cloth, gilt decor. spine. Wade 64; also Later Poems, L. 1926, a.e.g., purple mor. gilt decor. Good. (2)
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Lot 121/0216
SOLD Hammer price €200
Yeats (W.B.) The Wilds Swans at Coole, L. 1919. hf. title, adverts, partly unopened, orig. blue cloth, gilt decor. after designs by Stuge Moore. Wade 124; also Autobiographies; L. 1926. First Edn., Port. frontis, cold. plt. uncut edges, orig. green cloth. Wade 151. (2)
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Lot 122/0216
SOLD Hammer price €625
The Authors Scarce Third Book
‘Ganconagh.’ [Yeats (Wm. Butler] John Sherman and Dhoya, 12mo L. (Fisher Unwin) 1891 First Edn., hf. title with adverts on verso, [196]pp, front loose blank inscribed by ‘R. Caulfield Orpen,’ cont. hf. purple mor. V. good copy of this rare work. Wade 4. (1)More details › -
Lot 123/0216
SOLD Hammer price €160
Hyde (Douglas) Legends of Saints & Sinners, (Everyman’s Library), 8vo D. n.d. (1915), frontis. orig. cloth. Inscribed Pres. Copy in Irish from author to Neili ni Bhriain, Christmas 1915; also Abhrain ata leagtha ar An Reachtuire or Songs Ascribed to Raftery, 8vo D. 1903. First Edn., port. frontis, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (2)
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Lot 124/0216
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Presentation Copy to Neili ni Bhriain
Hyde (Douglas) Abhrain Diadha Chuige Connacht – or The Religious Songs of Connacht, or The Religious Songs of Connacht. 2 vols. D. & L. n.d., First Edn., orig. blue cloth. Good & Scarce.
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Lot 125/0216
SOLD Hammer price €200
Hyde (Douglas) Irish Poetry, MAc Ternan Prize Essays II, 12mo D. 1902; Bound with Naoi nDanta leis an Reachtabhrach, 12mo D. 1912, First, hf. title; also Pleusgadh na Bulgoide, 12mo no date; and Righ Seamas King James, no title, together 4 items bound as one, the last 3 items, inscribed in Irish by author to Neili ni Bhriain, Gaelic Scholar, later cloth, as a coll. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 126/0216
SOLD Hammer price €140
Hyde (Douglas) Ubhla de’n Chraoibh, 16mo D. n.d. First; Bound with, An Posad, & An Clemhnas, both by Hyde; also bound with Bodach an Chota Lachtna, by P.H. Pearse, 16mo D. 1906 with frontis by Joseph Campbell; & 1 other item. Some annotations thro-out, two items inscribed by Neili in Bhriain, later cloth. As a coll. Rare. (1)
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Lot 127/0216
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Benson (Rev. Ch. Wm.) Our Irish Song Birds, D. 1886. First Edn., hd. cold. & 1 other hd. cold. frontis plt., a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 128/0216
SOLD Hammer price €1200
W.B. Yeats Extremely Rare Second Book
Yeats (Wm. Butler) The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, sm. 8vo L. (Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co.) 1889. First Edn., [500 Copies Only]. Hf. title, back loose ends lined in white, and orig. blue cloth lettered in gold on front cover, & on spine. Wade 2.
* V. good copy of Yeats’ scarce second published book. (1)More details › -
Lot 129/0216
SOLD Hammer price €600
Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, 8vo L. (Matheun & Co.) 1906. First Edn., hf. title, with 40pp. Catalogue at end dated March 1905, t.e.g. gilt, other edges untrimmed, orig. gilt lettered & decorated blue cloth. V. good copy. Mason 388. (1)
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Lot 131/0216
SOLD Hammer price €180
Frontispiece by J.B. Yeats
Yeats (Wm. B.) The Celtic Twilight. Men and Women, Dhouls and Faeries. 12mo L. (Lawrence and Bullen) 1893. First Edn., advert leaf at front, hf. title, frontis by J.B. Yeats, lacks loose end blanks, edge untrimmed some inscriptions removed, orig. green cloth. Wade 8. (1)More details › -
Lot 132/0216
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Yeats (W.B.) The King’s Threshold, and The King’s Threshold: and On Baile’s Strand, Being Vol. One and Volume Three of Plays for an Irish Theatre, 2 vols. L. 1903 – 1904. First Edns; also Ideas of Good and Evil, L. 1904, Second Edn., all orig. cloth backed grey/blue boards. Ware 45; Ware 56; & Ware [46]. (3)
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Lot 133/0216
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Yeats (W.B.) Responsibilities and Other Poems, 8vo L. 1916. First Edn., and The Wild Swans at Coole, L. 1919. First Trade Edn., both hf. titles, & both orig. blue cloth with gilt designs after Sturge Moore. Wade 115; Wade 124. (2)
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Lot 134/0216
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King (Wm.) Bishop of Derry. De Origine Mali, 8vo D. (Andrew Crook) 1702. First Edn., errata leaf, inscribed names on title, [4], errata leaf, 214, [22]pp., with pencil annots thro-out, cont. panel calf, worn. Rare. (1)
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Lot 137/0216
SOLD Hammer price €300
Rare Three Candles Press
Young (Ella) The Rose of Heaven, Poems, Sm. 4to D. (Candle Press) 1920. Limited First Edn., One of 350 Copies, With illustrations & decorative by Maude Gonne, uncut, orig. decorated boards. V. good and Scarce. (1)More details › -
Lot 138/0216
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Signed by Author
Juvenalia: Gallwey (Nora) Fairy Moonbeams, To Light the Path of some Little Child. Sm. 4to D. 1939. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy. Illustrated by Naomi Heather, orig. pict. board, & v. good cold. decor. d.w. Desirable copy of this scarce work. (1)More details › -
Lot 139/0216
SOLD Hammer price €320
Illustrations by Norah Mc Guinness & Beatrice Elvery
Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, Sm. 4to L. n.d. First Edn., cold. frontis plts. & text illus. by Norah Mc Guinness, orig. decor. cloth backed boards; Russell (Violet) Heroes of the Dawn, 8vo D. n.d. First Edn., hf. title, mtd. cold. frontis & 3 sim. plts. plus bl. & white plts. by Beatrice Elvery, gilt decor. purple cloth. Both Scarce.(2)More details › -
Lot 140/0216
SOLD Hammer price €130
Illustrated by Richard Doyle
Juvenalia: [Hughes (Thos.)] The Scouring of the White Horse, or The Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk. Sm. 4to Cambridge 1859. First Edn., dble page frontis, decor. initials & text illus. by Richard Doyle, a.e.g. orig. profusely gilt decor. blue cloth. V. good clean copy. (1)More details ›