15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 583/0237

In Fine Vellum Binding

Street (George Ed.) The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Commonly called Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Lg. atlas folio L. 1882. Sole Edn., port. frontis & other full page plts., also fine cold. chromo plts., text illus. etc. Orig. full decor. vellum. V. good. (1)

Lot 584/0237

Fine Signed Limited Edition

Sex (Susan) & Sayers (Brendan A.) Ireland’s Wild Orchids, lg. atlas folio Lim. Edn. 474 (700) Signed by both, 35 full page cold. plts. & numerous cold. illus. in text, orig. cloth & cloth slip case. V. good. (1)

Lot 585/0237

Special Signed Limited Edition

[Shakespeare] Kokoschka (Oskar) Shakespeare King Lear, lg. atlas folio L. (Ganymed Original Editions Ltd.) 1963. Lim. Edn. No. 8 (275), Signed by Artist, frontis, also frontis signed by artist, and with orig. ptd. prospectus for the volume loosely inserted together with original purchase bill from publisher to the owners, with 16 full page illus. & with extra variant plate of No. 8, also signed, uncut, in full calf binding by Wigmore Bindery, in cloth slipcase. Fine. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 586/0237

Kilkenny Ordnance Survey

Atlas: Ordnance Survey of Ireland – Townland Survey of the County of Kilkenny and the County of the City of Kilkenny. Large Atlas folio D. 1842. With dbl. page hand coloured Index Map, & 47 lg. dbl. page maps, hd. cold. in outline, a.e.g., later hf. mor. As an Atlas, w.a.f.

* M/ss note inside front cover by Mr. D. O’Neill Flanagan, dated 1980, states his father purchased this atlas at Duke of Ormonde’s Sale at Kilkenny Castle, 1935. (1)

Lot 587/0237

Rare Irish Edition

Medicine: Smith (R.W.) A Treatise on the Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neuroma, Lg. atlas folio D. 1849. First Edn. list of subs & 15 full page plts. cont. hf. calf, worn, & spine dam. (1)

Lot 588/0237

Printed by John Baskerville

Medicine: Hunter (Wm.) The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, Lg. atlas folio Birmingham 1774. First Edn., in English & Latin, 34 full page plts. some badly damp stained, cont. full calf, worn. (1)

Lot 589/0237

The Loss of Pet Cats

Broadside: Poster, “£2 Reward / Stolen From 41 Stephen’s Green, East / On the 18th & 25th July, 1881 – Two Grey Brindled Cats / Male and Female,” Above Reward will be given to whosever brings those Cats to above address, or gives information to Mr. T.C. Irwin, No. 1 Lincoln Place, Dublin by letter of otherwise, leading to the recovery.” Approx. 42cms x 27 1/2″ cms, printed in red & black, some slight damaged, framed. As ephemera, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 590/0237

Madden (Richard R.) The United Irishmen Their Lives and Times, 3 vols., 8vo, D. (Martin Lester) n.d., illus., cloth. (3)

Lot 591/0237

Wales: Williams (Rev. P.B.) The Tourist’s Guide through the County of Caernarvon, containing A Short Sketch of History, Antiquities etc. 8vo Caernarvon 1821. First Edn., list of subs, browned, boards; Williams (Rev. R.) The History and Antiquities of the the Town of Aberconwy and its Neighbourhood, 8vo Denbigh 1835. First, list of subs., cloth backed boards; Parry (R.) Llandudno: its History and Natural History, 8vo Llandudno 1861. Second, engd. frontis engd. plan, cloth gilt; A Llandudno Pocket Railway Guide for July 1899, wrappers; Morgan (Rev. T.) Handbook of the Origin of Place-Names in Wales and Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil 1887, cloth; Bingley (Rev. W.) North Wales, L. 1814; & one other sim. As a lot. (7)

Lot 592/0237

Joyce (P.W.) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. L. & D. 1913. Second, illus.; also The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 vols. D. & L. n.d., all orig. cloth, gilt. (5)

Lot 593/0237

All Signed Limited Editions

Dolmen Edition: Kinsella (Thomas) Fifteen Dead, also One and Other Poems, each 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1979. Each No. 123 of 150 copies & signed by author vellum backed boards, in slipcase; Colum (P.) The Poet’s Circuits, Collected Poems of Ireland. Centenary Edn., Signed by Editor Ben Kiely No. 42 (175) copies, with coloured frontis after J.B. Yeats, mor. backed, slipcase; O’Callaghan (Julie) Edible Anecdotes and other Poems, D. 1983. Signed, Lim. Edn. No. 66 (175), vellum backed; Deane (John F.) High Sacrifice, D. 1981. Signed Lim. Edn. 75 Copies Only; O’Meara (John J.) The Voyage of Saint Brendan, D. 1976, Signed Lim. Edn. No. 54 (750), illus. cloth & d.w. A very desirable collection. (6)

Lot 594/0237

[Friel (Brian)] The Gold In the Sea, 8vo L. 1966, Signed, cloth; Philadelphia Here I Come, 8vo N.Y. 1965, Signed, cloth, d.w.; Philadelphia Here I Come – Theatre Programmes 1991 (Tivoli) & 1995 (Abbey), both Signed by Friel, ptd. wrappers; Molly Sweeney, 8vo (Gallery Press) 1994, Signed, ptd. wrappers; Molly Sweeney, Theatre Programme, 1994 (Gate) Signed, ptd. wrappers; Dancing at Lughnasa, L. 1990, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Translations, 8vo L. 1984, (Reprint) Signed, ptd. wrappers; Faith Healer, 8vo L. 1980, Signed, ptd. wrappers; Faith Healer, Theatre Programme, 1980 (Abbey) signed, ptd. wrappers; Volunteers, 8vo L. 1979, ptd. wrappers; The Freedom of the City, 8vo L. 1974, ptd. wrappers; Crystal & Fox, 8vo L. 1970, cloth & d.j. & 3 others, as a collection. (16)

Lot 595/0237

Mc Gahern (John) The Pornographer, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1979, First Edn., cloth & dust jacket; Kiely (Ben) Proxopera, 8vo L. 1977, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Kilroy (Th.) The Big Chapel, 8vo, L. 1971, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; & The Arrow – W.B. Yeats Commemoration Number, Summer 1939, & 1 other. (5)

Lot 596/0237

In Attractive Cloth Binding

Irish Travel: Bayne (S.G.) On An Irish Jaunting Car through Donegal and Connemara, 8vo N.Y. & L. 1902. First Edn., frontis & photo plts., attractive gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 597/0237

Rare Irish Travel Volume

Holmes (G.) Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland, collected during a Tour in the Autumn, 1797. 8vo L. 1801. First Edn., 6 aquatint plts. (include. frontis) & 1 other, recent buckram. Good. Rare. (1)

Lot 598/0237

Signed Presentation Copy

Co. Carlow: Brophy (Michael) Carlow Past and Present; .. Short Historical Notes and Miscellaneous Gleanings of the Town and County of Carlow. 8vo Carlow 1858. Sole Edn., frontis, & in recent cloth, with orig. pict. wrapper laid down. V. Scarce. (1)

* Inscribed Copy ‘From Thomas Echlin to Revd. E. O’Leary P.P., 10th Dec. ’94,’ Fr. O’Leary was also historian of Queens County. (1)

Lot 599/0237

Scarce Travel Volume

Co. Clare: H.B.H. – Holiday Haunts on the West Coast of Clare, Ireland, 8vo Limerick 1891. Sole Edn., frontis, dbl. page map & 3 plts. orig. decor. cloth. Good. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 600/0237

Co. Clare: Frost (James) County of Clare Irish Local Names Explained, sm. 8vo Limerick 1906. First Edn., orig. brown cloth gilt. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 601/0237

Co. Wexford: Kirk (Rev. F.J.) Some Notable Conversions in the County of Wexford, sm. 8vo L. 1901. First Edn., orig. gilt buckram. V. good Scarce. (1)

Lot 602/0237

Including Coal and Mining Districts

Hughes (Wm.) Geological Notes of Ireland, also Coal and Mining Districts, 12mo D. 1876. First Edn., orig. cloth gilt lettered. V. Scarce. (1)