19 May 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0234

Lot 114/0234

SOLD Hammer price €160

Inscribed Presentation Copies

Kilkenny interest: Kilroy (Thos.) Callan, Co. Kilkenny, The Big Chapel, L. 1971. First Edn., cloth & d.w.; Gregory (Vere R.T.) The House of Gregory, D. 1943. First, Signed Copy, with A.L.’s loosely inserted; Kiely (Ben.) Poor Scholar, L. 1948, Signed Pres. Inscription; Craig (M.J.) The Volunteer Earl, L. 1948. First, Signed. (4)

Lot 115/0234

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Shearman (Rev. J.F.) Loca Patriciana: An Identification of Localities, chiefly in Leinster visited by St. Patrick, roy 8vo D. 1879, First, illus; Murphy (Rev. D.) Triumphalia Chronologica Monasterii Sanctae Crucis in Hibernia, De Cisterciensium Hibernorum … 4to D. 1895. First, frontis & cold. & tinted plts., both cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 116/0234

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Indian interest: Buck (E.J.) Simla Past and Present, thick roy 8vo Bombay 1925. Second Signed Pres. Copy, with m/ss A.L.s. to Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency; Yeats-Brown (F.) Bengal Lancer, L. 1930. First, inscribed G. de Montmorency; Blunt (Sir Ed.) The I.C.S.: The Indian Civil Service, L. 1937; Garrett (H.L.O.) The Punjab a Hundred Years Ago, roy 8vo Punjab 1935; The Prince of Wales Eastern Book, 4to L. 1922, illus. plts. etc.; & 1 other sim. (6)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.

Lot 117/0234

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Livingstone (Peadar) The Monaghan Story, Enniskillen 1980. Second, Signed Copy; also The Fermanagh Story, Enniskillen 1990, illus. etc., both yellow d.w.’s; Swan (H. Percival) Romanic Donegal, its Songs, Poetry and Ballads, Belfast 1964. First Edn. With orig. m/ss. note, signed by Seamus Mac Manus, dated 5-12-1900, tipped in, d.w. (3)

Lot 118/0234

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O’Grady (Standish)ed. Pacata Hibernia, or A History of the Wars in Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1896, fold. maps & illus., cloth; D’Alton (J.) King James’s Irish Army List 1689, D. 1855, cloth stained; Prendergast – Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, D. 1922. (4)

Lot 119/0234

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Kilkenny Genealogy: Brennan (Tom A.) A History of the Brennans of Idough, Co. Kilkenny, N. York 1979. Sole Edn. ilus, cloth & d.w. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 120/0234

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Forestry: Loudon (J.C.) Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 8vols. thick 8vo L. 1844. Second, illus. & plts., cont. hf. crimson mor. (8)

Lot 121/0234

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Irish Coins: Simon (James) An Essay on Irish Coins, 4to D. 1810, engd. plts. hf. calf; Lindsay (John) A View of the Coinage of Ireland, 4to Cork 1839. First Edn., signed Pres. Copy to Rev. Thos. Dix Hincks, engd. plts.; cloth boards; Roth (B.) Hiberno Danish Coins, 4to L. 1910, Signed Pres. Copy, plts. buckram; Coffey (Geo.) Catalogue of Irish Coins (R.I.A.), Part II Anglo-Irish Coins, 8vo D. 1895, boards; & 4 other sim. items. (8)

Lot 123/0234

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Coloured illustrations: Black (A. & C.) publ. The Arabian Nights, lg. 4to L. 1913. Signed Lim. Edn., 182 (250), fine cold. plts. by Charles Folkard, attractive cold. pict. cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 124/0234

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I.A.S.: O’Donovan (J.)ed. The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach Commonly called O’Dowda’s Country, 4to D. 1844. First, fold. map, lg. fold. table; also Tracts Relating to Ireland, printed for The Irish Archaeological Society. 2 vols. 4to D. 1841 – 42. First, all uniform cloth. (3)

Lot 126/0234

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Coloured Plates: Thompson (Rob.) The Gardener’s Assistant, thick roy 8vo Glasgow n.d. c. 1860. With 12 fine hd. cold. plts. orig, cloth, worn. (1)

Lot 127/0234

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Genealogy: Ponsonby (Maj. Gen. Sir J.) The Ponsonby Family, roy 8vo L. 1929. First, illus., buckram; Gallwey (Hubert) The Wall Family in Ireland 1170 – 1970, sm. 4to Naas 1970. First, Signed Copy, illus. d.w. (2)

Lot 128/0234

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Co. Kilkenny: [O’Donovan (J.)] Letters … Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Kilkenny Collected during .. the Ordnance Survey in 1839. 2 vols. in one, 4to Bray 1930, First Edn., reporduced under the direction of Rev. Michael O’Flanagan. Illus., orig. cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 129/0234

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Co. Kilkenny: Lyng (Tom) Castlecomer Connections, sm. 4to Freshford 1984. Sole Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, illus.; Nolan (Willie) Fassadinin, D. 1979. First Edn., illus., both d.w.’s & Scarce. (2)

Lot 130/0234

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Kilkenny interest: Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Ossory Clergy and Parishes, roy 8vo Enniskillen 1933, First, fold. map; I.M.C. – Mc Neill (C.)ed. Liber Primus Kilkenniensis, D. 1931; Carney (J.)ed. Poems on The Butlers, D. 1945. All v. good copies. (3)

Lot 131/0234

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Kilkenny Genealogy: Grace (Sheffield) Memoirs of the Grace Family, thick roy 8vo L. 1823. Lim. Edn., profusely illus. plts., ports. maps etc. cont. mor. backed boards. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 132/0234

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Signed Limited Edition

Kilkenny Interest: Grace (Sheffield) An Ancient Feudal War-Song entitled Grasagh Aboe (The Cause of the Graces) …. Barons of Courtstown…, 8vo L. 1839. Sole Edition 50 Copies Only, Signed, plts. ports. etc. orig. cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 133/0234

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Warren (Phelps) Irish Glass, L. 1970, illus., d.w.; Stannus (Mrs. Graydon) Old Irish Glass, 4to N.Y. n.d. illus. & pict. cloth; Honey (W.B.) Glass A Handbook and Guide to the Victorian & Albert Museum Collection, 4to L. 1946, illus. wrappers. (3)

Lot 135/0234

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Kilkenny: Graves (Rev. J.) & Prim (J.G. Aug.) The History, Architecture and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny. 4to D. 1857. First, plts. & illus., orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 137/0234

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Children’s interest: Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim’s Progress, lg. 4to L. n.d., illus. thro-out, & approx. 12 others by J.H. Ewing & others, mostly illustrated. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.