24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 281/0217

Gaskin (James J.) Varieties of Irish History, 8vo D. 1869. First Edn., cold.litho frontis & 3 other sim. plts., lg. fold. cold. map, advert list at end, orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 282/0217

[Grant (James)] Impressions of Ireland and The Irish, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1844. First Edn., later cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 283/0217

With Extra Map

Monro (Alexander) New Brunswick; with a Brief Outline of Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, 8vo Halifax N.S. (Richard Nugent) 1855. First Edn. Fold.map frontis & 1 other fold.map VI[1] 384pp, errata, and advert leaf at end. With large fold.map loosely inserted, Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and Part of New Brunswick, Published by James Dawson & Son, Pictou, N.S. 1854. Third Edn., approx. 56cms x 73cms, hd. cold. in outline. Orig. cloth backed boards, new paper label. V. Rare & good. Sabin 50007.

Lot 284/0217

Polack (J.S.) New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures .. between the Years 1831 and 1837. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1838. First Edn. 2 litho frontis, fold. map & 4 engd. litho plts., text illus. etc., cont. full green mor., tooled gitl fillet borders & corner decor., gilt spine mor. labels. (2)

Lot 285/0217

Campbell (Rev. John) Travels in South Africa, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1822. First Edn. lg. fold. cold.map, 2 hd. cold. frontis & 5 hd. cold. plts. only recent hf. wine coloured mor., raised bands, gilt decor. (2)

Lot 286/0217

Lewis (Meriwether) The Travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke, From St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific Ocean; Performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, By Order of the Government of the United States. 8vo L. 1809. First Edn. Fold. map frontis, ‘Message’ from the President Th. Jefferson. IX, 309pp some spotting. Bookplate of William Harvey, Cork & signed by him, cont. tree calf, gilt roll border, gilt panel spine, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 287/0217

Lyon (Capt. G.F.) The Private Journal of Captian G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Heala During The RecentVoyage of Discovery under Captain Perry, 8vo L. 1824. First Edn., Engd.frontis, lg. fold.map, & 5 plts. (ex. 56), hf. calf, worn. (1)

Lot 288/0217

Military: D’Alton (John) Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James’s irish Army List (1689), 2 vols. 8vo D. n.d. [1860] Second Edn., red & bl. titles, list of subs., orig. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 289/0217

O’Conor (Mathew) The Irish Brigades; or, Memoirs of the Most Eminent Irish Military Commanders … in the Elizabethan and Williamite Wars in their Own Country and in the Service of France, Spain, etc., 8vo D. 1855. First Edn., some leaves soiled; O’Callaghan (J. Corn.) History of the Irish Brigades in The Service of France, Vol. I [All Published] 8vo D. 1854. First Edn., cloth. (2)

Lot 290/0217

Joyce (P.W.) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. D. 1913. Second Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt decor. cloth, in Celtic design. Good. (2)

Lot 291/0217

Burns (John) of Monaghan. An Historical and Chronological Remembrancer of All Remarkable Occurrences … to … 1775, 8vo Dublin (Wm. Watson) 1775. For the Author. List of subs., recent antique calf.
* The Author was born deaf & dumb. (1)

Lot 292/0217

[Voltaire (Francois M. Arouet de)] Histoire de l’Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, Par l’Auteur de l’histoire de Charles XII, 2 vols. 8vo n.p. 1759-1765. 2 hf. title,s engd. frontis & red & bl. title Vol. I, wd.-cut vignette titles, wd.-cut heads & tails, 2 lg. fold.map (clean tear, noloss) hd. cold. in outline, orig.mottled calf,mor.labels, profusely tooled gilt spines.V. good. (2)

Lot 293/0217

Dublin Editions: [Dodlsey (Rob.)] The Perceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, 2 vols. 8vo D. (G. Faulkner) 1749. 2 Engd. frontis, 6 fold. hd. cold.maps, 26 fold. plts. & 1 single plt. cont. full calf, raised band,mor.labels, some slight wear. (2)

Lot 294/0217

Burnet (Thos.) The Sacred Theory of the Earth: With an Account of it sOriginal Creation, 2 vols. L. 1759. Seventh. Engd port. frontis & add. engd. title Vol. I, 11 engd. plts. (mostly fold.), cont. full mottled calf, raised bands., mor.labels. A very good copy. (2)

Lot 295/0217

Butler (Sam.) Hudibras, In Three Parts, … Corrected and Amended… By Zachary Grey. 2 vols. Cambridge 1744. End. port., 42pp. subs. list, & 16 fold. & other plts. cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels, good. (2)

Lot 296/0217

[Blagdon (Francis Wm.)] Paris as it Was and As it is or a Sketch of the French Capital, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1803. First Edn. booklates of Sir Henry Bellingham, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels; Pinkey (Lt. Col.) Travels through the South of France, L. 1814. Second Edn., fold.map hd. cold. in outline, cont. tree calf. (3)

Lot 297/0217

Bland (Humphrey) A Treatise of Military Discipline, 8vo D. (M. Rhames) 1743. Fifth, 6 fold. tables / plts., damp stains at fore-edge thro.-out, cont. calf, mor. label. (1)

Lot 298/0217

Ozanam (D.) Tabulae Sinuum Tangentium et Secantium ad 10000000 partium Radium. Nec non Legarithmorum Sinuum ac Tangentium ad 10000000000 partium Radium, 8vo Amsterdam (Geo. Gallet) 1697. First Edn., wd. – cut decor. on title, cont. calf, raised bands, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 299/0217

Anon: Elemens des Mathematiques, 4to [n.p.] 1725. 165pp + 3pp of Errata; Bound with, Elemens de Geometrie, 4to Yverdon (Jean Jaques Genath) 1725, 20 fold. plts. 142pp; Bound with Traite de Triogonometrie Rectiligne, 4to Yverdon 1725. 2 fold. plts. 30pp +3pp errata cont. hd. cold. wd.-cut decor. on titles, & tails, cont. old. sheep, raised band,s spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. Rare & good. (1)

Lot 300/0217

Vallencey (Maj. Gen. Chas.)ed. A Chorographical Description of the County of West-Meath, Written A.D. 1682. By Sir Henry Piers. (From No. 1, “Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis,”). 8vo D. 1770. Lg. fold. engd. map, also containing Nos. 2,3,&4, with 1 fold. plt., tree calf, spine broken, & dam., needs rebinding, but clean, w.a.f. (1)