24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 321/0217

Periodical: The Irish Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. I April 1857 – Vol. II March 1858. Together 12 nos bound as 2 vols., 8vo D. 1857-1858. Cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. V. good.
* Scarce. Not in Clyde, ‘Irish Literary Magazines.’ (2)

Lot 322/0217

Holmes (G.) Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland, Collected During a Tour in the Autumn, 1797. 8vo L. 1801. First Edn., litho. forntis & 5 litho plts., later cloth. Clean copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 323/0217

Trotter (J. Bernard) Walks through Ireland, in The Years 1812, 1814 & 1817, 8vo L. 1819. First Edn., adverts at end, recent mor. backed boards. Scarce. (1)

Lot 324/0217

Rome: Parboni – Nuova Roccolta Delle Principali Vedut Antiche, e Moderne Dell ‘Alma Citta di Roma e sue Vicinanze, oblong 8vo Rome 1824. 100 full page views top corner fore-edge of first few leaves stained, full cont. blind tooled mor., gilt fillets, & tooled gilt spine. (1)

Lot 325/0217

Theatre: Hogan (Robert) & Kilroy (James) The Irish Literary Theatre 1899-1901, & Laying The Foundations 1902 – 1904, 2 vols. D. (The Dolmen Press) 1975-76, cloth & d.j. Good. (2)

Lot 326/0217

Heaney (Seamus) Seeing Things, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, Signed Limited Edn., No: 141 (250), cloth backed boards, and slip case. Good. (1)

Lot 327/0217

Translation: Synge J.M.) & Jaujard (F.X.) trans, Poemes, 8vo La Delirante 1991, signed by the Translator & Artist, Ltd. Edn., 39 (100), illus. by Gerard Barthelemy, loose, ptd. wrappers,slip case. Scarce. (1)

Lot 328/0217

Translation: Yeats (W.B.) & El Etr (Fouad) trans. Byzance et autres Poemes, 8vo La Delirante 1990, Signed by translator & artist, Ltd. Edn. 38 (100), illus. by Olivier O’ Olivier, loose, ptd. wrappers, slip case. Scarce. (1)

Lot 329/0217

Translation: Synge (J.M.) & El Ete (Fouad) trans, Le Baladin du Monde Occidental, 8vo La Delirante 1974. Signed by Translator & Artist, Ltd. Edn. 69 (99) illus. by Roland Topor, frontis & 3 plts., loose, ptd. wrappers, slip case.(1)

Lot 330/0217

Signed by Louis Le Brocquy

Beckett (Samuel) Poems 1930 – 1989, 4to L. (Calder Publications) 2002, illus., Signed by Louis Le Brocquy, Limited Edn., No.: 36 (100), mor.backed marbelled boards with slip case. Good clean copy. (1)

Lot 331/0217

Cuala Press: Yeats (Jack B.) Broadside Characters, Drawings, roy 8vo, D. (The Cuala Press) 1971, Limited Edn., 14 (300), 8 hand cold. plts., unopened, cloth; Yeats (J.B.) A Little Book of Drawings, (gathered from “A Broadside”), 8vo D. (The Cuala Press) 1971, Limited Edn. 10 (1000), 9 hd. cold. plts., cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 332/0217

[Griffith (Richard)] Instruction to the Valuators… for the Uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Ireland, roy 8vo D. 1833. First Edn., 2 engd. maps of Townlands in Co. Derry, & 2 fold. tables, orig. cloth, clean copy. (1)

Lot 333/0217

Architecture: Barozzi (Jacomo) Regola della Cinque Ordini d’Architetura, 8vo n.p.n.d. [c. 1718] Engd. port. frontis/title, 46 engd. pages/plts. (ex. 48) & 1 engd. fold. plt. uncut,orig. boards. (1)

Lot 334/0217

Architecture: Montenari (Giovanni) Del Teatro Olipico di Andrea Palladio in Vincenza, 8vo Padua 1733. First Edn., engd. port. frontis & 5 fold. engd. plts. by Zucchi, orig. boards, v. clean copy. (1)

Lot 335/0217

Entick (Rev. J.) The General History of the Late War: containing its Rise Progress and Event in Europe, Asia, Africa and America., 5 vols. 8vo L. 1766. Third Edn. 5 port. forntis red. & bl. titles, 8 fold. maps & 36 engd. ports., cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good set. (5)

Lot 336/0217

Bell (James) A System of Geography Popular and Scientific, Or A Physical, Political and Statistical Account of the World,… 6 vols. 8vo Edin. 1844. 43 fold. engd.maps + 13 engd. plts. (some fold.), cont. hf. blue mor., gilt decor. bands, mor. labels. V. clean set. (6)

Lot 337/0217

O’Curry (Eugene) On the Manners and Customes of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1873. First Edn., hf. titles, some text illus., adverts, orig. green cloth (worn) gilt decor. Good. (3)

Lot 338/0217

Barlow (Peter) A Treatise on The Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and other Materials, 8vo L. 1845. New Edn. 7 fold. plts.,cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 339/0217

Coloured Plates: [Egan (Pierce)] (A Real Paddy) – Real Life In Ireland, or The Day and Night Scenes…, 8vo L. 1821, cold. frontis, and 18 cold. plates, fullmor., double gilt fillet borders, gitl decor. spine, raised band. Fine Copy. (1)

Lot 340/0217

Maillard (N. Doran) The History of the Republic of Texas, being the Discovery of the Country to the Present Time; and the Cause of her Separation from Republic of Mexico. 8vo L. (Smith, Elder, & Co. Cornhill) 1842. First Edn., lg. fold. engd. map frontis, hd. cold. in outline, 24pp. Cat. at end, L.S. on title, lacks front loose end, orig. green cloth, joints cracking. Rare. (1)