15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 623/0237

Cusack (M.F.) A History of the Kingdom of Kerry, 8vo L. 1871. First, cold. map frontis, hf. title, text illus. & list of subs, cont. hf. mor. gilt spine. Good copy. (1)

Lot 624/0237

Co. Kilkenny: Genealogy: Brennan (Thos. A.) A History of The Brennans of Idough, County Kilkenny, roy 8vo N.Y. 1979. First Edn., maps, orig. cloth, & pict. d.w. V. clean. Ex. Scarce. (1)

Lot 625/0237

O’Curry (Eugene) On the Manners and Customs of The Ancient Irish, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1873. First Edn., text illus., unopened, orig. embossed green cloth, gilt decorated. V. good copy. (3)

Lot 626/0237

Mac Donagh (Thos.) Lyrical Poems, 4to D. (Irish Review) 1913. First Edn., uncut, orig. blue cloth, good; Orpen (Sir Wm.) Stories of Old Ireland and Myself, 4to L. 1924. First Edn., illus. orig. buckram backed cloth, good. (2)

Lot 627/0237

Isle of Man: Stokes (E.P.) The Barrow Route to the Isle of Man, sm. folio L. n.d. [c. 1885] Frontis & illus. title, fold. maps & other, by W.S. Whitworth, adverts etc., orig. gilt decor. cloth; Walpole (Spencer) The Land of Home Rule, An Essay on the History and Constitution of The Isle of Man, 8vo L. 1893, orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 628/0237

With Very Fine Original Watercolours

Album: A very good early 19th Century Scrap Album containing 14 very fine original watercolours, 8 original pencil sketches & 6 original silhouettes (male & female) together with numerous engraved views etc, attractively mounted with decorative border designs, and a large content of m/ss prose & verse, all c. 1830, a.e.g., in cont. tooled gilt green mor. binding, spine dam., otherwise a very attractive item. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 629/0237

Young (R.M.) Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity, 4to Belfast (Marcus Ward) 1896. First Edn., cold. frontis dbl. page map, plts. illus. etc., Orig. cloth, gilt; Stuart (J.) Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh, 4to D. 1900. New Edn., port. frontis maps & illus. cloth. Both V. good. (2)

Lot 630/0237

Rosc Catalogues: A Collection of six Official Catalogues for the years 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984 and 1988; together with associated Exhibition Catalogues for Irish Art 1900 – 1950; Irish Delftware, Castletown, The Irish Imagination 1954 – 1971, as a collection. (9)

Lot 631/0237

Signed Modern First Editions

Forsyth (Frederick) The Devils Alternative, 8vo L. 1979, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Archer (Jeffrey) Twelve Red Herrings, 8vo L. 1994, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Harns (Rbt.) Pompeii, 8vo L. 2003, Signed, cloth & d.j.; James (P.D.) Death Comes to Pemberley, 8vo L. 2011, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Okri (Ben) Infinite Riches, 8vo L. 1998, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Bradford (Barbara Taylor) Voice of the Heart, 8vo N.Y. c. 1990, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Binchy (Maeve) Quentins, 8vo L. 2002, Signed, cloth & d.j., as a collection. (7)

Lot 632/0237

Mac Alister (R.A.S.) The Archaeology of Ireland, L. 1928, First Edn., illus. cloth & d.w.; together with Second Edn. of same; also Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times, roy 8vo D. n.d.; Wakeman (W.F.) A Hand-Book of Irish Antiquities, D. 1891; Caffey (Geo.) Guide to the Celtic Antiquities of the Christian Period, D. 1909; & one other sim. (6)

Lot 633/0237

Dublin interest: Falkiner (Sir Fred. R.) Foundation of the Hospital of King Charles II, Dublin, 8vo D. 1906. First; Webb (J.J.) The Guilds of Dublin, D. (Three Candles) 1929. First, d.w.; Dixon (W. Mac Neile) Trinity College Dublin, 1337 – 1346, roy 8vo D. (R.S.A.I.) 1891; and Calendar of The Gormanston Register, roy 8vo D. (R.S.A.I.) 1916, both cloth. (6)

Lot 634/0237

Ormonde Papers: Report on the Manuscripts of The Marquis of Ormonde K.P., Preserved at The Castle, Kilkenny, Vols. I & II, L. 1895 – 1899, also New Series, Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Ormonde, Vols. I – VIII, 8 vols. roy 8vo L. 1902 – 1920, together 10 vols, mostly orig. cloth, one mor. backed & one orig. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (10)

Lot 635/0237

Wood-Martin (W.G.) The Lake Dwellings of Ireland, sm. folio D. 1886. First Edn., illus., also Pagan Ireland, L. 1895, First. illus.; Coffey (Geo.) The Bronze Age in Ireland, folio D. 1913, and New Grange (Brugh na Boinne), sm. folio D. 1912, First, all cloth. (4)

Lot 636/0237

Hull (Eleanor) A Text Book of Irish Literature, 2 vols. D. 1910. Second; O’Grady (Standish Hayes) Silva Gadelica, 2 vols. N.Y. 1970. Reprint, all cloth. (4)

Lot 637/0237

Frost (James) The History and Topography of The County of Clare, D. 1893. First, cold. map frontis & plts. cloth; Dowling (P.J.) The Hedge Schools of Ireland, D. n.d. First, MacLysaght (E.) Irish Life in the Seventeenth Century, Oxford 1950, Second, plts. cloth & d.w. (3)

Lot 638/0237

Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster… 1608 – 1620, 4to Belfast 1877. First Edn., recent cloth, clean copy. (1)

Lot 639/0237

Lanigan (Rev. J.) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 4 vols. 8vo D. 1822. 3 vols. in full calf, early Maynooth Prize Binding, & one hf. calf; Phillips (W.A.)ed. History of the Church of Ireland, 3 vols. Oxford 1933, cloth. (7)

Lot 640/0237

Periodical: Journal of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society, Vols. IX – Vol. XVII, together 9 vols. roy 8vo Waterford 1906 – 1914, fold. & other illus., L.S.s. thro-out, cont. mor. worn, as a periodical, w.a.f. (9)

Lot 641/0237

Irish Fishing: Matson (W.J.) Salmon & Trout Fishing in Ireland, sm. 8vo D. 1910 First Edn., mtd. cold. plts., gilt cloth; Adams (J.) The Angler’s Guide to the Irish Fisheries, L. 1924. First, illus.; & 7 others by Peter O’Reilly, Kingsmill Moore, L.T.C. Rolt, & others. (9)

Lot 642/0237

Irish Railway interest: A very good collection of approx. 58 volumes on Irish Railway History mostly, including titles by E.M. Patterson; O.S. Nock; J.R.L. Currie; H.C. Casserley; Tom Ferris; R.M. Armonda and many others, some signed copies, mostly hardbacks but some soft backs, all in good condition. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)