19 May 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0234

Lot 138/0234

SOLD Hammer price €260

In Full Crimson Morocco Binding

Burke (Rev. Wm. P.) History of Clonmel, 4to Waterford 1907. First Edn. engd. frontis plts. & illus. t.e.g. orig. full crimson mor. tooled gilt decor. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 139/0234

SOLD Hammer price €80

Morris (Rev. F.O.) & Tegetmeier (W.B.) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1896. Fourth, 248 cold. plts., untrimmed copy, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (3)

Lot 140/0234

SOLD Hammer price €130

Rackham (Arthur) illus. Ingoldsby (T.) The Ingoldsby Legends, 4to L. & N.Y. 1907. Mtd. cold. frontis, decor. title & 23 others sim. other illus., uncut, orig. gilt decor. cloth, some stains. (1)

Lot 141/0234

SOLD Hammer price €120

Lowe (E.J.) Our Native Ferns, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1867. 80 cold. plts., orig. cloth, gilt. Good. (2)

Lot 142/0234

SOLD Hammer price €110

Horses & Dogs: Nine large illustrated Volumes on dogs and horses, with plates and decorations by Cecil Aldin, K.F. Barker, T. Ivester Lloyd, John Board, & Warren T. Halpin. As a lot. (9)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.

Lot 144/0234

SOLD Hammer price €80

Coffee Table Books: Bradley (John) Treasures of Kilkenny, Charters and Civic Records of Kilkenny City. Lg. 4to Kilkenny 2003; Fitzgerald (Olda) Irish Gardens, folio 1988; Pakenham (Valesie) The Big House in Ireland, lg. 4to L. 2000; & others, a lot. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.

Lot 145/0234

SOLD Hammer price €100

Irish Theatre: De Burca (S.) The Queens Royal Theatre Dublin, 1829 – 1969, Lg. 4to D. 1983. Lim. Edn. No. 3 (1000) Special Bound Copy, illus., full mor., slip case; also Stockwell (La Tuorette) Dublin Theatres and Theatre Customs, Tennessee 1938. First Edn., illus., cloth & d.w. (2)

Lot 146/0234

SOLD Hammer price €120

Monck Mason (Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin… lg. 4to D. 1819, for the Author, engd. frontis, engd. plan & 5 plts., uncut, rebacked boards. Worn. (1)

Lot 147/0234

SOLD Hammer price €1300

Scarce First Edition

Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Or a History of the Late Warres in Ireland. Folio L. 1633. First Edn., 2 engd. ports., lg. fold. map of Munster, + 16 (mostly) fold. maps & plts. some re-backed, complete, plus 1 extra Map of Ireland at end, 19th Century diced calf, rebacked spine dam. Scarce. (1)

Lot 149/0234

SOLD Hammer price €400

Very Fine Copy

Irish Travel: Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, 4to L. 1780 First Edn., engd. frontis, list of subs & 1 engd. plt. cont. full calf, gilt rolled decor. borders, professional reback, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 150/0234

SOLD Hammer price €240

1798 etc: Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of The Different Rebellions in Ireland, 4to D. 1801. Second Edn., 10 lg. fold. maps & plts. etc. cont. sprinkled calf dbl. gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 153/0234

SOLD Hammer price €140

Petrie (George) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language, 2 vols. lg. 4to D. 1872. First Edn., approx. 134 full page plts. some orig. ptd. photos, 1 fold, some damp stains, cont. hf. mor. (2)

Lot 154/0234

SOLD Hammer price €230

Signed by The Author

Bennett (Douglas) Irish Georgian Silver, 4to L. 1972. First Edn., Signed by Author on title, profusely illus., cloth & illus. d.w. Scarce. (1)

Lot 155/0234

SOLD Hammer price €420

Craig (Maurice) Irish Book Bindings 1600 – 1800, lg. 4to L. 1954. First Edn., cold. & other plts., cloth & d.w.; Thom (Alex) Progress in Irish Printing, folio D. 1936. First Edn., illus. etc. orig. ptd. boards. The second item also has articles on book binding. (2)

Lot 156/0234

SOLD Hammer price €300

Kilkenny interest: O’Phelan (John) Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, Folio D. 1813. Sole Edn., engd. frontis, 11 full page plts. & maps, & 2 engd. text illus., cont. calf, rebacked. A very good copy. (1)

Lot 159/0234

SOLD Hammer price €2700

Scarce Kilkenny Printing

Engraved Plates: Robertson (James George) ed. Antiquities and Scenery of the County of Kilkenny, oblong folio, Kilkenny (Thomas Shearman) 1851, Rare First Edn., title & dedit, with decor. lined borders, 33 engravings, lithos, plans etc., contemp. hf. calf, some wear. Otherwise a very good copy of an extremely rare book. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.

Lot 160/0234

SOLD Hammer price €460

Signed by The Artist

Walsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium, Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. Lg. folio L. 1983. First Edn. Signed by the Artist, 48 mtd. cold. plts., cloth & d.w. (faded at edges). (1)

Lot 161/0234

SOLD Hammer price €360

Signed by Both Author & Artist

Nelson (E. Chas.) & Walsh (Wendy) Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized, folio D. (Lilliput Press) 1993. First Edn., Signed with fine cold. plts., cloth & d.w. V. good. (1)

Lot 162/0234

SOLD Hammer price €150

Butler (A.G.) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols., lg. 4to L. [1907 – 08], 107 cold. chromo litho plates, (complete), contemp. hf. mor. cloth boards. (2)

Lot 164/0234

SOLD Hammer price €400

Signed Limited Edition

Illustrated: Clarke (Harry) Faust, by J. Wolfgang Von Goethe, 4to N.Y. [1925]. Trans. by John Auster. Lim. Edn. 954 (1000) signed by H. Clarke, 21 plts. (8 cold. include frontis) decor. end, orig. vellum backed boards. (1)