15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 281/0237

Carson (Ciaran), Shawcross (Neil) & Heaney (Seamus) From The Small Back Room, A Festschrift for Ciaran Carson, 8vo Belfast (Netherlea) 2008, signed Limited Edn. 35 (150), illus. hf. title, full suede covers, gilt lettered spine, orig. slip case. (1)

Lot 282/0237

Heaney (Seamus) The Door Stands Open: Czeslaw Milosz 1911 – 2004, 8vo D. (Irish Writers Centre) 2005, Signed Ltd. Edn., No. 143 (200), bound in Stainless Steel panels mounted on cloth, with fold-out silk screen collage, housed in a black card fold. slip case. (1)

Lot 283/0237

With Illustrations by Louis le Brocquy

O’Grady (Desmond) The Gododdin, sm. folio, D. (Dolmen) 1977, Ltd. Edn., (650), signed by the Artist, pict. cloth, d.j. (1)

Lot 284/0237

Illustrations by Louis Le Brocquy

Synge (J.M.) The Playboy of the Western World, sm. folio, Massachusetts (Imprint Society) 1970, Ltd. Edn. No. 205 (1950) Signed by Stanley Sultan ed. & Louis le Brocquy illus., bright yellow cloth, gilt decor. (1)

Lot 285/0237

Birr Printing: Cooke (Th. Lalor) The Early History of the Town of Birr or Parsonstown, 8vo Birr (Offaly Chronicle) c. 1890’s, cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 286/0237

Illustrations by Harry Clarke

Binding: Walters (L.D.’O.) The Year’s at the Spring, 4to L. 1920. First Edn., text illus. thro-out & 24 cold. & other plts. t.e.g., fine light blue mor. with gilt tooled decor., & 2 oval vellucent panel either cover, in recent cloth slipcase. A delightful example. Ex fine. (1)

Lot 287/0237

I.M.C.: Simington (Rob. C.) The Civil Survey, A.D. 1654 – 1656, Vols. I – X, containing Co’s. Tipperary, Donegal, Derry & Tyrone, Limerick, Meath, Waterford, Dublin, Kildare, Wexford & Miscelanea.10 vols. 4to D. 1931 – 1961, maps etc. varied crimson cloth. Good complete set. (10)

Lot 288/0237

Signed Limited Edition

1798: Bartlett (T.), Dickson (D.), Keogh (D.) & Kevin Whelan, 1798 A Bicentenary Perspective, Thick roy 8vo D. 2003. Lim. Edn. 38 (100), signed by all four authors, cloth & slipcase. V. good. (1)

Lot 289/0237

Sheehy (Maurice P.)ed Pontificia Hibernica, Medieval Papal Chancry Documents Concerning Ireland. 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1962 & 1965. First Edn. buckram, & 1 d.w.; Plummer Carolus) Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae, and Bethada Naem n’Erenn – Lives of the Irish Saints, 2 + 2 vols. Together 4 vols. Oxford 1968. Both second Edns., cloth & d.w.’s. clean. (6)

Lot 290/0237

Gilbert (John T.)ed. Chartularies of St. Mary’s Abbey, Dublin: with The Register of its House at Dunbrody, and Annals of Ireland. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1884. First Edn. 2 fold. litho frontis, orig. cloth mor. backed cloth. V. good. (2)

Lot 291/0237

Stokes (Whitley)ed. The Tripartite Life of Patrick with other Documents relating to that Saint. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1887. First, litho frontis, unopened, orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (2)

Lot 292/0237

Signed Limited Edition, 50 Copies Only

Dolmen Press: Miller (Liam) Dolmen XXV. An Illustrated Bibliography of the Dolmen Press 1951 – 1976, Sm. folio D. 1976. Lim. Edn. No. 48 (50). Signed by The Compiler, L. Miller. Red & bl. title, portrait frontis & other illus., orig. mor. backed decor. boards, & orig. slipcase. Fine (1)

Lot 293/0237

Signed by the Author

O’Flaherty (Liam) The Ecstasy of Angus, 4to L. (Joiner & Steele) 1931, signed Ltd. Edn., 247 (365), cloth, gilt lettered spine. (1)

Lot 294/0237

Field Day Publications: Deane (Seamus)ed. The Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature, 3 vols. Derry 1992. Orig. cloth, in matching slipcase. Good. (3)

Lot 295/0237

Signed Limited Edition

O’Connor (Joseph) Redemption Falls, roy 8vo L. 2007. First, Signed Lim. Edn. 59 (100), cream & blue mor., in slipcase. (1)

Lot 296/0237

Periodical: Irish Texts Society, Vols. 1 – 19, 23, 25 & 26, together 22 vols. L. 1899 – 1929, orig. gilt decor. cloth. As a periodical. (22)

Lot 297/0237

Includes Section on Ireland

Holingshed (Raphael) The Second Volume of Chronicles, by John Hooker alias Vowell Gent. Folio [L.] 1586. Engd. title & wd. cut initials. B.L., 61pp; Bound with, The Irish Historie composed and written by Giraldus Combrensis, and translated into English (with scholies to the same) by John Hooker of the Cittie of Excester… 1587, .. And dedicated to the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh… . Folio [L.] 1586. Engd. title, wd. cut initials, head & tails, B.L. [XII], pp. 1 – 183, later hf. calf, upr. cover loose, otherwise a very clean copy. V. Rare. (1)

Lot 298/0237

In Very Fine Binding by Hering of London

Ussher (James) Britannicum, Ecclesiarum Antiquitates, folio L. 1687. Second Edn., licence leaf, title within dble ruled borders, a.e.g., in v. fine full mor. with profusely decorated borders, fillets, green key & other designs & with the arms of John Lumley Seville, 8th Earl of Scarbrough in the centre of both covers. (1)

Lot 299/0237

Newenham (Thomas) A View of The Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland, Lg. 4to L. 1809. First Edn., lg. fold. map of Ireland, hd. cold. in outline, errata [XXX]333pp + appendix [62]pp, orig. calf, rebacked, mor. labels. (1)

Lot 300/0237

Medicine: Macartney (James) A Treatise on Inflammation, 4to L. 1838. First Edn. 2 full page plts. (1 cold.); orig. cloth recent reback. (1)