19 May 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0234

Lot 186/0234

SOLD Hammer price €260

Church of Ireland Articles of Religion, Agreed Upon By The Archbishops, and Bishops, and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland, in the Conuocation Holden at Dublin in … 1615 … . Sm. 4to L. 1628. Lacks A1, title, & text within lined borders, recent full calf, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 187/0234

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Exceptionally Fine Copy of Scarce First Edition

Molyneux (William) The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated, 12mo D. 1698. First Edn., title within double ruled borders, bookplate of Barba Villa, in orig. fine panel calf, the corners with blind tooled tulip heads, raised bands, in a recent full green mor. box, with gilt defined raised bands. A most desirable copy.
* Barbavilla, at Collinstown, Co. Westmeath was the home of the Smythe family. (1)

Lot 188/0234

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[Maxwell (W.H)] Wild Sports of The West, with Legendary Tales. 2 vols. sm. 8vo L 1832. First Edn., 2 litho frontis & 3 sim. plts., some stains, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. Scarce. (2)

Lot 189/0234

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Parker (Capt. Rob.) Memoirs of the Most Remarkable Military Transactions from the Year 1683 to 1718… in Ireland and Flanders, 8vo L. 1747. First, cont. sprinkled calf, very good; The Earl of Castlehaven’s Memoirs, D. 1815, tree calf, very good; D’Alton (J.) The History of Ireland … The Annals of Boyle .. and … Notices of the Barony of Boyle, 2 vols. D. 1845, engd. plts., cloth. (4)

Lot 190/0234

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Charity Schools etc: An Account of the Charity Schools lately Erected in Great Britain and Ireland, 4to L. 1710 [2], 61, [1], some browning, later qtr. mor.; [King (Wm.)] The State of the Protestants of Ireland, L. 1692, Fourth, Imprim. leaf, full calf, gilt border, later reback. (2)

Lot 192/0234

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[Wilson (W.)] The Post Chaise Companion; or, Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo D.n.d.Third Edn., engd. frontis, title, lg. fold. map, fold. plan, & 2 fold. plts. cont. tree calf. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 194/0234

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Townshend – Baratariana. A Select Collection of Fugitive Political Pieces, 12mo D. 1773. Second, port. frontis & fold. plt., calf; Parsons (Sir L.) Observations on The Bequest of Henry Flood, Esq. to T.C.D., 8vo D. 1794, uncut, boards; Flood (W.) Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Rt. Hon. Henry Flood, M.P., D. 1838; Curran – The Speeches of John Philpot Curran Esq., D. 1805, tree calf. (4)

Lot 195/0234

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Illustrated Volumes

Theatre: Colum (Padraic) Three Plays, Boston 1916 Signed; Thomas Muskerry. A Play in Three Acts, D. 1910. Signed, wrappers; Castle Conquer, N. York 1923, First, d.w.; The Story of Lowry Maen, N.Y. 1937, Signed; The King of Ireland’s Son, N.Y. 1916, illus.; The Frenzied Prince, being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland, 4to Philadelphia 1943. First, illus. d.w.; & 5 others. As a lot. (11)

Lot 196/0234

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Ossian: M’Callum (H. & J.) An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin & other Bards, 8vo Montrose 1816. uncut, later cloth; Campbell (H.)ed. The Poems of Ossian, Translated by J. Macpherson, 2 vols. in one, 8vo L. 1822., 2 engd. frontis, wd.-cut vignette on titles, fold. map & 1 other plt., hf. mor.; another Edn., 2 vols. in one, 16mo L. 1806, hf. mor. (4)

Lot 200/0234

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Inscribed Copies, with Letters etc

Theatre: Clark (Wm. Smith) The Early Irish Stage, Oxford 1955; also The Irish Stage in the Country Towns 1720 to 1800, Oxford 1965. Both inscribed First Edns., & with many items from the author loosely inserted, illus. & d.w.’s; Duggan (G.C.) The Stage Irishman, D. 1937. First, illus. d.w.; Ellis Fermor (Una) The Irish Dramatic Movement, L. 1939, First. (4)

Lot 201/0234

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Periodical: O’Higgins (Brian)ed. The Wolfe Tone Annual, Nos. 1 – 30 unbroken, together 30 Nos. 8vo D. 1932 – 1962, bound in 4 vols., with orig. pict. wrappers bound in, full green mor., blind & gilt tooled with Celtic decor., good set. (4)

Lot 202/0234

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Seymour (St. John D.) Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, D. 1913; also True Irish Ghost Stories, D. 1914, both First Edns; Sharpe (C.K.) A Historical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland, L. 1884; & 2 others sim. (5)

Lot 203/0234

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Whitehead (G. Ken.) The Deer of Great Britain and Ireland, roy 8vo L. 1964. First, illus. d.w.; Praeger (R.L.) Some Irish Naturalists, A Biographical Note-Book. Dundalk 1949, First, d.w. Good. (2)

Lot 204/0234

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Gilbert (J.T.) History of the Viceroys of Ireland, D. 1865. First; O’Callaghan (J.C.) History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France, Glasgow 1870. First, illus. ports., map, both orig. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 205/0234

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Donovan (V. Rev. Jer.) Rome Ancient and Modern and its Environs, 4 vols. Rome 1842. First Edn., fold. hd. cold. map, engd. plts, fold. plans etc., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels, good. (4)

Lot 207/0234

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Kilkenny interest: O’Keeffe Case – Court of Queen’s Bench (Ireland) Report of the Action for Libel Brought by the Rev. Robert O’Keeffe, P.P. against His Eminence Cardinal Cullen, 8vo L. 1874. First Edn., ed. by H.C. Kirkpatrick; Walsh (Rev. W.J.) Evidence given in the Case of O’Keeffe V. M’Donald at the Wicklow Summer Assizes, 1875, D. 1875. First Edn., both cloth. (2)

Lot 208/0234

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Bindings: Kelly (Rev. M.)ed. Cambrensis Eversus, 3 vols. D. (Celtic Society) 1848 – 52. Frontis, cont. prize Maynooth Binding by Galwey & Co.; Brenan (Rev. M.J.) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 2 vols. D. 1840. First Edn., cont. hf. calf, gilt spines. (5)

Lot 209/0234

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Periodical: Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-Lettres, and History. 4 vols. D. 1793 – 1794. Engraved topographical plts. maps, etc., cont. hf. calf, worn. (4)

Lot 210/0234

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Irish Poetry etc: Longley (M.) The Echo Gate, L. 1979. Signed Pres; Kennelly (B.) Salvation the Stranger, D. 1972 & The Boats are Home, 1980, both Signed Copies; Montague (John) Tides, D. 1970, & A New Siege, 1970; Murphy (Richard) Sailing to an Island, L. 1963, & The Last Galway Hooker, D. 1961, Lim. Edn.; O’Connor (F.) Three Old Brothers and Other Poems, L. 1936, First, d.w.; Mac Neice (L.) The Burning Perch, L. 1963, First, d.w.; & Retrospect, The Work of Seamus O’Sullivan & Estella F. Solomons D. 1973. Lim. Edn., illus.; O’Grady (D.) Chords & Orchestrations Poems, Limerick (Mc Kerns) 1956. The Author’s First book Signed Pres. Copy, orig. decor, wrappers. Good lot. (11)

Lot 211/0234

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Genealogy: Hill (Rev. G.) An Historical Account of the Mac Donnells of Antrim, 4to Belfast 1873, with m/ss A.L.s., m/ss notes cuttings etc. loosely inserted; Mac Airt (S.)ed. Leabhar Branach – The Book of The O’Byrnes, D. 1944; Ferrall (Russell B.) History of the Ferralls Ui Fearghail and American Genealogy, Wisconsin 1981; Gregory (Vere R.T.) The House of Gregory, D. 1943. (4)