15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 643/0237

With Hand-Coloured Plates

Musset (Paul de) Voyage Pittoresque en Italie, roy 8vo Paris 1864. New Edn., 17 engd. plts., includ. frontis & 6 hd. cold. plts. cont. mor. backed cloth boards, clean copy. (1)

Lot 644/0237

Very Complete Set

O’Hanlon (Rev. John) Lives of the Irish Saints, Vols. I – X, together 10 vols. roy 8vo D. n.d. [c. 1875]. First Edn., frontis plt. & text illus., 9 vols. in orig. buckram, Vol. X in orig. ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f.

* Vol. X is scarce in any condition. (10)

Lot 645/0237

H.M. – Public Records: Sweatman (H.S.)ed. Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1171 – 1301, in 5 vols. roy 8vo L. 1875 – 1881, orig. cloth, spines worn. (5)

Lot 646/0237

Bulleid (A.) & Gray (Harold St. George) The Glastonbury Lake Village, A Full Description of the Excavations and the Relics Discovered 1892 – 1907, 2 vols. lg. 4to 1911 – 12 First Edn., profusely illus., plts. illus. etc. t.e.g., orig. gilt decor. green buckram. V. good. (2)

Lot 647/0237

[Jack B. Yeats] Pyle (Hilary) The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons & Illustrations, 4to D. 1994, illus., cloth & d.j.; Jack B. Yeats, His Watercolours, Drawings & Pastels, 4to D. 1993, illus., cloth & d.j.; together with 9 other items of Jack B. Yeats interest, pamphlets, exhibitions, catalogues etc., as a lot. (1)

Lot 648/0237

With Turner’s Views

Engraved Plates: Turner (J.M.W.) An Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour Round the Southern Coast of England, lg. 4to L. 1849. Engd. vignette titles, 49 full page, & engd. vignette illus. a.e.g., orig. cloth, worn; Leighton (J.M.) & Prof. Wilson, Swan’s Views of the Lakes of Scotland. A Series of Views. 2 vols. Sm. folio Glasgow 1836. Second Edn. engd. titles, & full page proof plts., some loose, uncut, orig. cloth, clean copy. As a coll. of plts. (3)

Lot 649/0237

Illustrated by Harry Clarke

Walters (L. D’O) comp. & Clarke (H.)illus. The Year’s at the Spring, 4to, L. (G.G. Harrap & Co.) 1920, First Edn., cold. frontis, illus. t.p., 23 plts. (cold. & b. & w.), full calf, with blind tooled decoration. (1)

Lot 650/0237

[Clarke (H.) illus.] The Year’s at the Spring, 4to N.Y. 1920, First U.S. Edn., cold. frontis, decor. t.p., 23 plts. (cold. & b. & w.) decor. cloth; Fairy Tales by Hans Anderson, 4to L. 1931, First Edn., cold. frontis, decor. t.p., 39 plts. (cold. & b. & w.), decor. cloth. (2)

Lot 651/0237

Engraved Plates: Picturesque Canada, 32 parts (ex. 36) lg. 4to Toronto (Art Publishing Co.) c. 1875. Engd. titles, engd. frontis & full page plts., also other full page plts. & illus., uncut, loose in orig. wrappers, as issued. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 652/0237

Pinkerton (John) Modern Geography, A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas and Isles: In All Parts of the World. 2 vols. 4to L. 1811. Third. Numerous fold. & single page maps & plts., uncut, orig. boards. V. good. (2)

Lot 653/0237

Mahr (Adolf) Christian Art in Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. Complete, folio D. 1932 – 1941. Sole Edn., 130 full page plts. orig. cloth. Good & Scarce. (2)

Lot 654/0237

Fine Example
Of the Work of George Bellew

Binding: Missale Romanum, Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Councilli Tridentini ….. Lg. folio Mechliniae 1835., title with engd. vignette, red & bl. thro-out, engd. plts., a.e.g., in full crimson mor., with attractive gilt tooled & blind decor., spine profusely gilt, by G. Bellew, with his ticket. a very good copy. As a binding, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 655/0237

R.I.A.: Leabhar Breac, The Speckled Book,… The Great Book of Dun Doighre; A Collection of Pieces in Irish and Latin. Lg. folio D. 1876, with some plts., recent mor. backed cloth boards; Atkinson (Rob.) The Yellow Book of Lecan. Lg. folio D. 1896, some fac-simile plts., recent cloth, clean. As a lot, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 656/0237

Ordnance Survey: James (Lt. Col. Henry) Meteorological Observations, taken during the Years 1829 to 1853 at the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Folio D. 1856. Ed. by Capt. Cameron. First Edn., engd. frontis, 603pp later hf. cloth. (1)

Lot 657/0237

Extremely Fine Copy
In Original Panel Calf

Earl of Strafforde (Sir Thomas Wentworth) – Knowler (Wm.) The Earl of Strafforde’s Letters and Dispatches, with An Essay towards his Life by Sir George Radcliffe. 2 vols. folio L. 1739. First Edn. 2 Engd. port. frontis, end. coat of arms, in very fine full tooled gilt panel calf, recent professional reback, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. labels. V. desirable copy. (2)

Lot 658/0237

Westall (Wm.) & Moule (Th.) Great Britain Illustrated, 4to L. 1830. Add. engd. vign. title, & 118 views on 59 plts. engd. by E. Finden, cont. hf. crimson mor., tooled gilt spine. (1)

Lot 659/0237

Northern Ireland interest, etc: Bradshaw (W.H.) Enniskillen Long Ago, D. 1878, illus.; Mc Neill (Rev. H.) The Annals of the Parish of Derrykeighan, Sm. 4to Belfast 1910; Atkinson (E. Dupre) An Ulster Parish: being a History of Donaghcloney, D. 1898; Marshall (J.J.) History of the Parish of Tynan… Co. Armagh, Dungannon 1932; Kyle (Rev. R. Wood) Nox Observanda, A Sermon Preached in Drumbanagher Church, Co. Armagh, 1826. 8vos D. 1827, disbound; Watson (R.) An Apology for the Bible in a Series of Letters addressed to Thomas Paine… 8vo Belfast 1819, disbound; [de Daillon (James)] The Ax Laid to the Rest of Popery, Sm. 8vo L. 1721, recent boards; Report … on the Carrickfergus Election Petition, folio L. 1833, new cloth; Cartoons from The Belfast Weekly News, 4to Belfast n.d. illus. by A. Grear, orig. wrappers; & approx. 7 other items, varied. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 660/0237

Atlas: [Mercator – Hondius – Janssonius] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum – Series of Atlas in Facsimile, 2 vols. folio, Chicago & London 1968, Reprint Edn., red cloth. (2)

Lot 660A/0237

Coloured Caricature Portraits by Spy, etc.

Portrait Caricatures: Two large Albums containing approx. 130 original caricature portraits by Spy, Lib, Ape, and others, for 1876 & 1886, many of Irish interest including, Marquess of Headford, Earl of Belmore, Hon. Rob. Bourke, Mr. H.A. Herbert of Muckross, Duke of Connaught, Marcus Beresford, J.G. Biggar, Marquess of Londonderry, Viscount Newry and Mourie, and others also musicians, jockeys, writers, emperors, etc. Folio, hf. mor. As a coll., w.a.f. (2)

Lot 661/0237

Travel: Milton (Viscount) and Cheadle (W.B.) The North-West Passage by Land, L. n.d. [1865], frontis plts. & fold. map, hd. cold. in outline in pocket at front; Chisholm (Mrs.) Stories of Arctic Adventure, L. 1874, fold. map & plts.; Knight (E.F.) The ‘Falcon’ on the Baltic, L. 1889, illus.; Soddard (Chas. Warren) Summer Cruising in the South Seas, L. n.d. [c. 1873]. First, plts.; & 2 other sim., all orig. pict. cloth. Good. (6)