15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 762/0237

Rutland (Duke of) [Manners (John Henry)] A Tour through Port of Belgium and the Rhenish Provinces, 4to L. 1822 first Edn., 13 litho plts. on India Paper, uncut, orig. boards, soiled, mor. label, worn. (1)

Lot 763/0237

Northern Ireland: Day (Angelique) & McWilliams (P.)eds. Ordnance Survey, Memoirs of Ireland, Vol.s 1 – 40, complete with ‘Index of People and Places,’ together 41 vols. 4to Belfast (Queens) & Dublin (R.I.A.) 1990 – 1998 & 2002, Sole Edns., some illus., orig. d.w.’s & cloth. As a lot. A Complete Set. (41)

Lot 764/0237

Photographs: Italian Views: A large oblong folio Album containing approx. 69 ful page photos, & 10 smaller ditto, some signed Brogi, Peli, & Bosetti & some earlier, also a few of The Alps, etc., cont. hf. mor. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 765/0237

White (J.) Rural Architecture: A Series of Designs, for Ornamental Cottages and Villas…, folio L. (Blackie & Son) 1857, hf. title, 84pts., mor. reback with orig. spine. (1)

Lot 766/0237

Ludolphus (Jacob) A New History of Ethiopia, folio L. 1682, First English Edn., fold. genealogical table, engd. Alphabet plt. & 7 engd. fold. plts. (ex. 8) lacks map, soiled, some damp stains, some repaired edges, calf, rebacked. (1)

Lot 767/0237

Hope (Wm. H. St. John) The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348 – 1485, Folio L. 1901. 90 chromo plts., orig. green buckram, later professional mor. back. V. good. (1)

Lot 768/0237

Fine Engraved Views

Belfast Binding: Sherer (John) Europe Illustrated, … France, Belgium, The Rhine, 2 vols. v. lg. 4to L. n.d. 2 engd. add. titles, 2 engd. frontis & 116 full page engd. plts. a.e.g. strongly bound in hf. crimson mor. by MacArthur & Co., Wellington Place, Belfast, with ticket. A very good clean set. (2)

Lot 769/0237

With over 200 Plates

Hand-coloured Plates: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge – Natural History Prints, Thick oblong folio L. c. 1860, with 150 + 30 – 29, together 209 full page hand coloured plates (include. “Dartons Childrens Pictures”), cont. hf. crimson mor. A very fine collection, all in fine condition. (1)

Lot 770/0237

Hand Coloured Litho Plates

French Periodicals: Paris Bloque, 4to Paris c. 1850. 24 lg. hd. coloured plates No. 1 – 24; Bound with, Draner – Paris Assiege, Scenes de la Vie Parisienne, lg. 4to Paris c. 1850. Hd. cold. title, & 31 hd. cold. plts. (Nos. 1 – 31); also Paris dans les Caves, lg. 4to Paris c. 1850., 27 hd. cold. plts., together 82 full page hd. cold. plts., both full cont. blue & green mor. gilt fillet borders & corner decoration. as a coll., w.a.f. V. good & clean. (2)

Lot 771/0237

Rare Signed Limited Edition
With Additions

[C. Lavat Fraser] Drinkwater (John) & Rutherston (A.) Claud Lovat Fraser, v. lg. 4to L. 1923. Lim. Edn. No. 294 (450) Signed by both Editors. Frontis portrait, & 39 cold. & other plts. uncut, orig. buckram, & ptd. d.w. (sm. tear) otherwise a very good copy.
* The above contains, loosely inserted, an A.L.s. from Fraser to Ambrose Heal, Jany. 1918 re some of his designs; an original design & verse by Fraser, dedicated to Gareth Manfe, dated July 1918; & some printed & cold. Rhyme Sheets by John Drinkwater & others. As a lot. Scarce. (1)

Lot 772/0237

With Coloured Illustrations

Grant (James) The Clans of Scotland, folio Edin. & L. 1886. First Edn. dbl. page cold. map, & cold. coats of arms, recent attractive hf. cloth, mor. labels. Good. (1)

Lot 773/0237

Hampden (J.) The Tryal of John Hampden.. In the Great Case of Ship-Money…, To which is added The Tryal of Thomas Harrison, Accusing.. him of High Treason… folio, L. 1719, later calf backed marble boards. (1)

Lot 774/0237

Box: Irish Books etc: O’Suilliobhan (Fr. D.) Searc-Leamnhain Chriosd, by Thomas A Kempis, 20mo Dublin 1822 in old Gaelic script, uncut, orig. boards, & other sim.; Hogan (Ed.) The Description of Ireland, 4to D. & L. 1878, First, cloth, gilt; some books on genealogy, children’s interest, some early printings, odd vols. etc. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)