19 May 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0234

Lot 465/0234

SOLD Hammer price €220

Box: Fishing: Mallock (P.D.) Life History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout and other Freshwater Fish, 4to L. 1910; Skues (G.E.M.) Side-lines, Side-lights & Reflections, Fugitive Papers of a Chalk-Stream Angler, L.n.d. First; & 2 other titles by same author; books by H. Falkus; Jock Scott, L. West, Major R.C. Simpson; C. Ritz; J.A.Hutton, & others; Sea & Lake Trout Fishing, Salmon Fishing, Fly-Fishing, Fishing in Australia, and many others, some Fishing Catalogues by Hardy, Farlow & Allcock, approx. 42 vols., an interesting lot. As a box, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 466/0234

SOLD Hammer price €110

Photographs: South Africa, a thick 4to Album containing approx. 26 orig. photo of Kimberley, South Africa, principally of the Water Works, the building of same, construction of town & various buildings, groups of workers, etc., some dam., each approx. 14cms x 19cms (5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″), & mounted on card, heavy hf. mor. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 468/0234

SOLD Hammer price €2300

Unique Work on Irish Architecture

Dunraven (Edwin, Earl of,) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. thick folio L. (Geo. Bell & Sons) 1875. First & Only Edn., 125 orig. photographs mounted on card, a few fore-edges of the card repaired, errata slip, orig. gilt & blind tooled green cloth with gilt Celtic decoration.
* A very sound copy of this work, which is scarce in any condition. (2)

Lot 469/0234

SOLD Hammer price €130

Box: Wild Sport: Shooting, Deer Stalking, Game-Keeping, Guns, Rifles, and some books on butterflies and moths, approx. 20 items, interesting lot, a box. (1)

Lot 471/0234

SOLD Hammer price €200

Box: Fishing, a good varied collection of approx. 34 vols., Salmon and Trout, River, Lough and Sea Fishing, books by W. Earl Hodgson, G.D. Luard, R.C. Bridgett, A. Walness, and others, and more recent vols., a good lot. As a box, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 472/0234

SOLD Hammer price €75

Dickens (Chas.) David Copperfield, L. 1850, First in Bk. Form, illus. after H.K. Browne, also Martin Chuzzlewit, L. 1844, First, illus., cont. hf. calf, gilt; also Irish translation of David Copperfield; Scott (Sir W.) The Monastery A Romance, 3 vols. 12mo Edin 1820; Ivanhoe. A Romance, 3 vols. Edin. 1820; Tales of the Crusaders, 4 vols. 12mo Edin. 1825, all First Edns, & 4 others, all cont. hf. crimson mor. Together 17 vols. (17)

Lot 473/0234

SOLD Hammer price €120

Cheyne (Geo.) An Essay of Health and Long Life, 12mo D. 1749, Tenth Edn. cont. full calf; also Fourth Edn. of same, disbound; and The English Malady: or A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds,… 8vo L. & Dublin Re-printed, 1733. In Three parts, First Dublin Edn., disbound. As a lot. (3)
* Ex Collection R.C.P.

Lot 474/0234

SOLD Hammer price €240

Republican interest: Pearse (P.H.) Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics, sm. 8vo D. (Gill & Son) 1898. First Edn. of Author’s First Book, cloth; & 8 others of Republican interest. (9)

Lot 475/0234

SOLD Hammer price €100

Signed by the Author

Moore (George) Hail and Farewell! 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1925. Lim. Edn. 541 (750) Signed by Author, First English Two-Volume Edn., uncut, vellum backed boards, v. clean set; & 2 other vols. same author. (4)

Lot 476/0234

SOLD Hammer price €110

Old Irish Script: Leabhar na nUrnaighe Comhchoitchionn, sm. 8vo D. 1825. In attractive Irish Gaelic Script, later cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 477/0234

SOLD Hammer price €240

Medical: Evans (John T.) Lectures on Pulmonary Phthisis, delivered in Jervis Street Hospital, D. 1844. First,; Tufnell (Jolliffe) Practical Remarks on The Treatment of Aneurism by Compression, D. 1851, First; Ledwich (E. L’E.) The Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy of the Inguinal and Femoral Regions Considered in Relation to Hernia, D. 1884, First. Inscribed Pres. Copy, 10 plts.; Franks (K.) On the Nature of Scrofulous Glands in the Neck, and their Surgical Treatment, roy 8vo D. 1886; Heuston (F.T.) Micro-Organisms in relation to Surgery, 8vo D. 1886, 2 cold. plts., ptd. wrappers; Wheeler (W.I.) What Society has gained by the Progress of Modern Surgery, L. 1887; M’Ardle (J.S.) Clinical & Operative Surgery, Part I, D. 1900; Notes on Operative Surgery, Catholic University School of Medicine. 8vo D. 1895. Together 8 works, all cloth. As a lot. (8)
* Ex Collection R.C.P.

Lot 478/0234

SOLD Hammer price €130

Signed by Author to Frank Mc Evoy

O’Grady (Desmond) Reilly – Roma MCMLXI, (Published Phoenix Press) 1961. First Edn. Signed to F. Mc Evoy Sept. 1961, & with a note inserted from author concerning the above volume. Also with an A.L.s. from author to F. Mc E. dated 1963, d.w.; The Dying Gaul, L. 1968. First, with a 2pp A.L.s. from author to F. Mc E. loosely inserted .d.w; and Hellas, roy 8vo D. (New Writers Press) 1971. Lim. Edn. (500), decor. wrappers. (3)

Lot 479/0234

SOLD Hammer price €120

Clarke (Austin) The Cattle Drive in Connaught & other Poems, L. 1925, d.w.; Collected Poems, L. 1936; Collected Plays, D. 1963; The Third Kiss, A comedy, D. 1976; A Tribute on His Seventieth Birthday, D. 1966; Mnemosyne Lay in Dust, D. 1966; 4 others same author; Russell (Geo.) A.E. Voices of the Stones, 1925; Song and its Fountains, L. 1932; The House of the Titans, L. 1934, all d.w.’s & 2 others same author; also Retrospect.. S. O’Sullivan & Estella Solomons. Mostly First Edns. As a lot. (16)

Lot 480/0234

SOLD Hammer price €100

O’Connor (Frank) The Fountain of Magic, L. 1939. First Edn., d.w.; The Mirror in the Roadway, L. 1957, First, d.w.; Kings Lords Commons, L. 1961. First English Edn., d.w.; Steinman (M.)ed. The Happiness of Getting it Right, Letters of Frank O’Connor and William Maxwell, N.Y. 1996, d.w.; Matthews (J.) Voices, A Life of Frank O’Connor, D. 1983, d.w. (5)

Lot 481/0234

SOLD Hammer price €220

Irish Plays etc: Gregory (Lady) Irish Folk History Plays, First & Second Series N.Y. 1912; Seven Short Plays, 1909; Hugh Lane, L. 1921; & 1 other same author; Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, D. 1911. Illus. by Jack B. Yeats; and In Wicklow West Kerry and Connemara, D. 1911 illus. by Jack B. Yeats, hf. mor.; 1 other Exhibition Catalogue T.C.D., 1959; O’Casey (S.) Within the Gates, L. 1933; Fay (W.G.) & Carswell (C.) The Fays of the Abbey Theatre, L. 1935, d.w.; French (Frances-Jane) The Abbey Theatre Series of Plays, roy 8vo D. 1969; & 3 other sim. items. As a lot. (14)

Lot 483/0234

SOLD Hammer price €120

With Signed Copies

Colum (Padraic) Castle Conquer, L. 1923. First, Signed; A Half-Day’s Ride, or Estates in Corsica. L. 1932. First Edn., inscribed ‘for Frank Mc Evoy, Padraic Colum.’ ; Poems, L. 1932. First, inscribed ‘For Frank Mc Evoy, Padraic Colum Kilkenny April 17 1958’; The Road Round Ireland, N.Y. 1937; A Treasury of Irish Folklore, N.Y. 1954 & Signed, with A.L.s. from Author to F. Mc E. loosely inserted; Irish Elegies, Dolmen 1963, Signed; & Images of Departure, Dolmen 1969, d.w. (7)

Lot 484/0234

SOLD Hammer price €600

Periodical: Co. Louth, Tempest’s Almanac or Annual – Local Directory.. County of Louth, 1891 – 1976, approx. 60 issues, illus. & adverts, mostly ptd. wrappers, as a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 486/0234

SOLD Hammer price €540

Periodical: Irish Manuscript Commission – Analecta Hibernica, NO. 1 – No. 40 (unbroken) together 4 vols. 8vo D. 1930 – 2007. In modern crimson buckram, last 7 vols. in orig. wrappers. V. good clean set. As a periodical. (1)

Lot 487/0234

SOLD Hammer price €80

Evanson (R.T.) & Maunsell (H.) A Practical Treatise on the Management and Diseases of Children, sm. 8vo D. 1836. First; Duke (Valentine) An Essay on the Cerebral Affections occurring most commonly in Infancy and Childhood. 8vo D. 18489. First; & a copy of the Fourth Edn. of the first item. All cloth. (3)
* Ex Collection R.C.P.

Lot 488/0234

SOLD Hammer price €70

Mulder (John) Historia Litteraria et Critica Forcipum et Vectium Obstetriciorum, 8vo Leyden 1794. First, 11 fold. plts. & 4 fold. tables, later hf. mor. mor. label, marble sides. (1)
* Ex Collection R.C.P.