15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 161/0237

Military: D’Alton (John) Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James’s Irish Army List (1689), 2 vols. D. n.d. Published for The Subscribers. Second Edn., Enlarged, red & bl. title, orig. cloth, v. good copy, as published. (2)

Lot 162/0237

1798: Hay (Ed.) History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, A.D. 1798, 8vo D. 1803. First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. map, fold. leaf ‘Analysis – Return,’ and with ‘Authentic Detail,’ 20pp. bound in at end, uncut, orig. boards, worn. Scarce in orig. boards. (1)

Lot 163/0237

Irish Trials: Ridgeway (Wm.) A Report of the Proceedings in the Cases of Thomas Kirwan, Merchant and Edward Sheridan, M.D. for Misdemeanors … in Violation of The Convention Act, 8vo D. 1811. First Edn.; Greene (Rich. Wilson) A Report of the Trial of James Forbes, William Graham .. and William Brownlow, for a Conspiracy to create Riot and to Insult and Assault .. the Lord Lieutenant, in the Theatre Royal… 8vo D. 1823. First Edn., hf. title, both uncut, orig. wrappers, and boards. (2)

Lot 164/0237

All with Engraved Plates

Lever (Charles) The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, 8vo D. 1839. First Edn. engd. frontis & add. engd. title, & 20 plts.; also Tom Burke of ‘Ours,’ 2 vols. D. 1844. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis & 42 engd. plts. by Phiz, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. (3)

Lot 165/0237

Goldsmith (Oliver) An History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 8vols. D. (for James Williams) 1776. Engd. plts., cont. sprinkled calf, lacks labels. (8)

Lot 166/0237

[Young (Arthur)] A Six Months Tour through the North of England, 3 vols. roy 8vo D. 1770. First Dublin Edn.? 22 engd. plts. (mostly fold.), & 5 fold. tables, cont. sprinkled calf, mor. labels. (3)

Lot 167/0237

Attractive Hand Coloured Copy

[Wilson (W.)] The Post-Chaise Companion: or Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. 1786. First Edn., list of subs., hd. cold. frontis, lg. hd. cold. fold. Map of Ireland, & 3 hd. cold. dbl. page plts. (1 map), uncut, recent full calf, v. good copy. (1)

Lot 168/0237

Co. Roscommon: Weld (Isaac) Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon, … under the Directions of the Royal Dublin Society. First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. hd. cold. map frontis, 710pp plus Appendix LXXII, unopened, uncut, cloth. V. clean copy. (1)

Lot 169/0237

1798: Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, lg. 4to D. 1801. First Edn., lg. fold. map of Ireland, & 9 other fold. maps, plans, plts. complete, errata leaf at end, recent hf. purple mor., raised bands, marble sides. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 170/0237

Carr (John) The Stranger in Ireland, lg. 4to L. 1806. First Edn., lg. sepia fold. frontis & 15 sepia plts. (some fold.) plus hd. cold. map, complete, later hf. calf. Good. (1)

Lot 171/0237

Walker (Joseph C.) Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, 4to L. 1786. First Edn., Engd. port, engd. vignettes & 4pp engd.music, cont. tree calf, gilt fillet border, mor. label. V. Good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 172/0237

1798 etc: Emmet (Thos. Addis) Ireland Under English Rule or A Plea for this Plaintiff. 2 vols. N.Y. 1903 First Edn., uncut,orig. green cloth, gilt decor. V. good. (2)

Lot 173/0237

Brady (W. Maziere) State Papers concerning The Irish Church, L. 1868; Wiseman (Cardinal) William Shakespeare, L. 1865; Mac Hale (Rev. John) Togha Abhran Air Eireinn, ro chan Tomas Ua Mordha, 8vo D. 1842. First Edn., Moores Melodies in Irish, & another item. (4)

Lot 174/0237

Dolmen Press: Montague (John) The Rough Field, roy 8vo D. 1972. Special Lim. Edn. No. 91 of 150 Copies, Signed by Author. Cold. illus., partly unopened, mor. backed pict. boards. (1)

Lot 175/0237

Signed Limited Edition

Kernoff (Harry) Thirty-Six Woodcuts, 4to [Dublin] 1951. Sole Edn. Limited to 300 Copies. Privately Printed, 36 plts. orig. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 176/0237

[Yeats (W.B.)] Coinage of Saorstat Eireann, 1928, 4to D. 1928. Sole Edn., 10 full page plts. (includ. frontis), orig. buckram, stained, otherwise a very good copy.

* N.B. Yeats was chairman of the Board which also included Thomas Bodkin, Dermod O’Brien & others. Some of the designs were by Jerome Connor, Albert Power, Oliver Sheppard, & Percy Metcalfe, whose designs were accepted for the coinage of the New Irish State. (1)

Lot 177/0237

Extremely Rare Lithographic Views on the Shannon

Privately Printed: Trench (Henry) Cangort Park Roscrea Shannon Floods, Lough Derg Level. The 25 Miles North from Killaloe, 4to n.p. Belfast, Marcus Ward 1879/1880. FIRST & ONLY EDN., dble. page map & 7 cold. litho. plts. (1 dble page), cont. cloth backed printed boards.

* Extremely Rare, very good Copy. (1)

Lot 178/0237

In fine Bindings by Cavanagh, Dublin

Engraved Plates: Bartlett (W.H.) Jerusalem Revisited, roy 8vo L. 1855, and Pictures from Sicily, roy 8vo L. 1853. Both with fine clean engd. views, a.e.g., in matching full purple mor., blind and gilt tooled decor.; profusely gilt spines in panels very fine copies, both stamped Cavanagh, Dublin. (2)

Lot 179/0237

Chancery Rolls: Calendar of Patent… Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, of the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1861 – 1862, 2 fold. litho frontis; also Rolls of Chancery in Ireland of the Reign of Charles I, roy 8vo D. 1863. First Edns., all 3 vols. uniform mor. backed cloth. (3)

Lot 180/0237

[Dublin Cemetery Committee] Extracts from The Bye-Laws of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee for the Management and Maintenance of the Cemeteries at Prospect (Glasnevin) and Golden Bridge…, D. (Dollard) 1906, illus., gilt decor. cloth, nice clean copy. Scarce. (1)