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Lot 2/0222
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No. 1 of Large Paper Edition
In Special Binding
Yeats (W.B.)ed. The Poems of William Blake, sm. 8vo L. (Lawrence & Bullen) 1893. No. 1 of 200 Copies, Larger Paper Edn., engd. port. frontis, uncut, t.e.g., in unusual decor. gilt stamped mor binding, rebacked with orig. spine laid down. Possibly unique. (1)More details › -
Lot 4/0222
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[Malcolme (David)] An Essay on the Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland: 8vo Edin. 1738. A collection of papers, one of which appears to be incomplete, later hf. calf, w.a.f.
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Lot 7/0222
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Theatre: Hughes (S.C.) The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin, 12mo D. 1907. First Edn.,; The History of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, 12mo D. 1870. First Edn., both orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 9/0222
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Merryman (Bryan) Cuairt an Mheadhon Oidhche, 8vo D. 1912. Engd. port. frontis, cloth backed boards; O’Foghludha (r.)ed. Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche, D. 1949; O’Connor (F.)trans. The Midnight Court, D. (Hourglass Press) 1945; & 4 other items sim. (6)
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Lot 11/0222
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McNeice (Louis) Plant and Phantom L. 1941; Holes in theSky, Poems, 1944 – 1947, L. 1948; Springhboard Poems 1941 – 1944, L. 1944. All First Edns; Poems, L. 1937, Second, Signed; also Autumn Journal, L. 1940, Second, all d.w.’s; also The Strings are False, An unfinished Autobiography, L. 1965, First; & 3 others sim. (9)
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Lot 12/0222
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Joyce (James) A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man, L. 1924, cloth; Ulysses, 2 vols. Hamburg 1932. First Edn., by The Odyssey Press, paperback; Slocum & Cahoon A Bibliography of James Joyce, 8vo L. 1953, First, with some m/ss notes Criticism on ‘Finnegan’s Wake,’ etc. by Dr. Maurice Craig; 5 others by Joyce. As a lot. (1)
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Lot 13/0222
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Modern English Poetry: A very good collection of approx. 18 volumes, containing mostly First Edns., of works by Robert Graves, Stevie Smith, Rex Warner, Andrew Young, Nicholas Moore, T.S. Eliot, Terence Tiler, Anne Ridler, R.M. Rilke, Laurence Housman, & including Betjeman (John) Continental Dew A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse, 8vo L. 1937, First, Signed Copy, d.w., & 1 other same author, all mostly d.w.’s. As a coll, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 15/0222
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A Splendid Copy with the Plates in 2 States
[Mahony (Rev. F.)] The Reliques of Father Prout, P.P. of Waterglasshill, Co. Cork, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1836. First Edn., With the plates in two states, t.e.g., in fine tan mor., dble gilt fillet borders raised bands, mor. labels, spine profusely gilt in panels, with shamrock decoration. Ex. Fine copy. (2)More details › -
Lot 17/0222
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Bibliography: Mac Lochlann (Alf)ed. The Irish Book, Vol. I No. 1, Spring 1959 – Vol. III No. 1, Summer 1964, together 9 issues in 8, D. 1959 – 1964. Illus. etc. Orig. ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 19/0222
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Russell (George) ‘A.E.’ – Denson (Alan) Printed Writings by George W. Russell (A.E.,) A Bibliography. Evanston 1961, First Edn., d.w.; Eglinton (J.) A Memoir of A.E., L. 1937; Gibbon (Monk)ed. The Living Torch A.E., 8vo L. 1937. Pres. Copy Signed by Editor; & 1 other. (4)
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Lot 20/0222
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Earliest Biography of Joyce
[Joyce (James)] Gorman (Herbet S.) James Joyce His First Forty Years, sm. 8vo L.[1926] First Edn., Port. frontis, orig. cloth backed boards. Not listed by Ellman; also James Joyce A Definitive Biography, L. 1941; & Ellman (R.) James Joyce, N.Y. 1959. First, cloth; & 1 other. (4)More details › -
Lot 21/0222
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[Behan (Brendan)] Mikhail (E.H.) Brendan Behan Interviews and Recollections, 2 vols. L. 1982. First; & 5 other biographies of Behan by U. O’Connor, Beatrice Behan, Rae Jeffs, Ted Boyle & Peter Arthurs, all d.w.’s. (7)
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Lot 23/0222
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Fine Binding: Lecky (W.E.H. A History of England in the 18th Century, 8 vols. 8vo L. 1883. Attractive cont. hf. vellum, marble sides, mor. labels & profusely gilt spines. V. good. (8)
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Lot 25/0222
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Berry (H.F.) A History of the Royal Dublin Society, 8vo L. 1915. First Edn., illus., orig. cloth, v. good; & 1 other item. (2)
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Lot 26/0222
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Quakers: Rutty (John) A History of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers in Ireland, 4to D. 1750. Title repaired, late mor. backed cloth; An Account of the Life and Travels in the Work of the Ministry of John Fothergill, 8vo L. 1773. Second, full calf. (2)
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Lot 29/0222
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Irish & other Saints: Reeves (Wm.)ed. Life of Saint Columba Founder of Hy, Written by Adamnan. Edin. 1874; Moran (Rt. Rev. P.F.) Irish Saints in Great Britain, D. 1879; Res (Rev. Rice) An Essay on the Welsh Saints, L. 1837; Rees (Rev. W.J.) Lives of the Cambro British Saints, roy 8vo Llandovery 1853. frontis & 1 plts.; & 1 other odd vol. (5)
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Lot 30/0222
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Gilbert (J.T.) History of the City of Dublin, 3 vols. D. 1859, binds dam. etc; Hyde (Douglas) & O’Donoghue (D.J.) Catalogue of The Books and Manuscripts … of the late Sir John T. Gilbert, roy 8vo D. 1918. First, orig. ptd. wrappers. (4)
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Lot 33/0222
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Book Binding: Middleton (B.C.) A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 8vo L. 1963. First Edn., cold. & other illus. d.w.; Ramsden (Chas.) Bookbinders of the United Kingdom outside London 1780 – 1840, 4to L. 1954 illus.; Fletcher (W.Y.) Bookbinding in France, sm. folio L. 1894, Fine cold plates, cloth; & 1 other. (4)
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Lot 34/0222
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Craig (Maurice) Dublin 1660 – 1860, roy 8vo L. 1952. First, illus. fold. maps, d.w.; Curran (C.P.) Dublin Decorative Plasterwork, 4to L. 1967 First, illus. d.w.; Loeber (R.) A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland, L. 1981; Walsh (T.J.) Opera in Dublin 1705 – 1797, 4to D. 1973, d.w. (4)
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Lot 35/0222
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Dublin interest, 6 varied hardbacks of Dublin interest. (6)
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