15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 201/0237

Signed by The Author

Bennett (Douglas) Irish Georgian Silver, 4to L. 1972. First Edn., signed on title page, illus. thro-out, orig. cloth & d.w. Scarce. (1)

Lot 202/0237

The Colgen Facsimile Reprints

Colgen (Rev. John) Acta Sanctorum, Veteris et Maioris Scotiae sev Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae … . Folio D. (Stationary Office) 1948. Frontis, hf. blue mor.; also Trias Thaumaturga, folio D. (de Burca) 1997. Cold. frontis, blue mor. backed boards, slipcase. (2)

Lot 203/0237

Very Fine Set

Bewick (Thos.) The Works of Thomas Bewick, 5 vols. roy 8vo Newcastle (For Emerson, Charnley & Hodgson) 1822. L.P. 5 wd. cut frontis (1 port), & wd. cut illus. thro-out, a.e.g., cont. full purple mor. blind tooled panels & gilt tooled borders, profusely gilt spines. V. good copy. (5)

Lot 204/0237

Ulster: Annala Ulagh – Annals of Ulster, from the earliest times to the Year 1541, 4 vols. roy 8vo D. 1998. Reprint Second Edn., Intro. by N. O’Muraile, frontis, cloth & slipcase. (4)

Lot 205/0237

Sadlier (Thos.) & Dickinson (Page L.) Georgian Mansions of Ireland, Lg. 4to D. 1915. First Lim. Edn. No. 387 of 700 Copies, illus. orig. decor. buckram. V. good. (1)

Lot 206/0237

Co. Meath interest: A very good Victorian Scrap Book, kept by the Farrell family of Moynalty and containing newscuttings, invitations, menus, tickets, programmes and other ephemera including cards for Moynalty Sportsmen Races, 1872 & 1873, Auction Catalogue Card for Sale at Moynalty in 1874, a poster for “Prizes to be Given to the Tenants on the Estate of John Farrell, Esq. at a Show to be held at Moynalty Monday 13th Oct. 1845, signed by Thomas Barnes, Jnr.,” “An Ode .. to The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gormanston on attaining his 21st Year 1797,” poster “New Weekly Market Moynalty.. Every Thursday.. First Market … Thursday 30th Sept. 1841,” printed by Henderson, Kells; printed card for “Sires at Moynalty… 1875,” some original watercolour drawings etc. etc. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 207/0237

Genealogy: Turner (Rev. S. Blois) The Genealogy of the Family of Turner, Lg. 4to L. 1884. Privately Printed, port. frontis. cold. arms on title, 5 cold. chromo plts. & others, fac-similes, errata slip, uncut, orig. cloth.
* With orig. A.L.s. from Marian Turner to Emily Turner. V. good. (1)

Lot 208/0237

Ware (James) The Whole Works of Sir James Ware Concerning Ireland, Revised and Improved. 3 vols. in 2, folio D. 1739 – 1745. 2 port. frontis, 16 fold. plts. & plans of Churches, 3 varied plts. & 18 port. plts., full later blind tooled calf, raised bands, one cover lacking, otherwise a clean copy. Bookplate of Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Drayton Manor. (2)

Lot 209/0237

Signed by Artist & Author

Walsh (Wendy) & Nelson (Chas.) An Irish Florilegium, Wild and Garden Plants in Ireland. Folio L. 1983. First Edn., Signed by Wendy Walsh & C. Nelson, lg. cold. plts. cloth & pict. d.w. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 210/0237

Fine Reprint in Special Binding

Shirley (Evelyn Philip) The History of The County of Monaghan, Folio L. (Pickering & Co.) 1879. re-printed by Patrick O’D. Fox, Bangor, 1988. cold. frontis, fold. map, illus. thro-out, heavy hf. green mor. marble sides, mor. labels. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 211/0237

Stokes (Margaret) Notes on The Cross of Cong, lg. 4to D. 1895. For Private Circulation Only Lim. Edn. NO. 65 (200, hf. title, 2 full page cold. litho plts., orig. ptd. boards, top cover edges frayed. Scarce. (1)

Lot 212/0237

Castlecomer Valuation

Co. Kilkenny: Griffith (Richard) … Barony of Fassadinin, Unions of Castlecomer, Kilkenny and Urlingford – Valuation of The Several Tenements .. arranged in Townlands, Parishes, and Electoral Divisions. Folio D. 1850. First Edn., 116pps., orig. blue printed wrapper bound in, recent full green cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1)

Lot 213/0237

Presentation Copy

Co. Monaghan Shirley (Evelyn Philip) Some Account of The Territory or Dominion of Farney in the Province of Ulster, 4to L. (Wm. Pickering) 1845. Sole Edn., VIII, 212pp. orig. cloth, paper label. Scarce. (1)

* Inscribed on hf. title, ‘From the Author’.

Lot 214/0237

Fishing: Fraser (Robert) A Review of the Domestic Fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland, lg. 4to Edin. 1818. First, fold. map, recent cloth, good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 215/0237

Dublin House Inventory: Montgomery & Son (Wm.) Valuers, Inventory and Valuation of Household Goods, Personal Effects, Live Stock and Outdoor Effects, the Property of J. Koenigs Esq. at Castletown House, Castleknock, Co. Dublin,… 31st May, 1900, An extensive manuscript account of contents, hf. mor., with items loosely inserted; also another 4to manuscript volume, with lists of Koenigs stocks, shares & other investments. As m/ss, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 216/0237

Monck-Mason (Wm.) Hibernia Antiqua et Hodierna… History … of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick…, Lg. 4to D. 1819. For the Author, engd. frontis, engd. plan, & 5 plts., later cloth. V. clean copy. (1)

Lot 217/0237

MacNamara – Photographs: A Victorian Carte-de-Visite photograph Album, of the MacNamara (Unthank) Family of County Clare, thick 4to, many identified, full decor. calf, as an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 218/0237

Architecture: Papers Read Before The Down and Connor and Dromore Church Architectural Society, During the Year 1844, 4to Belfast 1845. First Edn., & full page litho plts. & map, cont. diced calf, tooled blind borders with gilt fillets spine etc., worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 219/0237

Graves (Rev. J.) & Prim (J.G. Aug.) The History, Architecture, and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, 4to D. 1857. First, plts. & illus., cloth. (1)

Lot 220/0237

Margaret Stokes Copy

Ancient Architecture of Ireland: Petit (Rev. John L.) On the Abbeys of Ireland, l. 1863, 14 FULL PAGE PLTS.; Bound with: Parker (J.H.) Observations on the Ancient Domestic Architecture of Ireland, 4to L. 1859. 1 full page plt. & text illus., cont. hf. mor. As a coll. (1)