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Lot 570/0217
The Dolmen Press: Kinsella (Thomas) Longes Mac n Usnig: Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of Usnech, [trans. from the Irish text in the Book of Leinster] illus. by Mia Cranwill, 8vo D. (The Dolmen Press) 1954, Ltd. Edn. No. 28 (225), cloth backed boards. Miller 16. Good. (1)
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Lot 571/0217
Naipaul (V.S.) An Inheritance, 8vo Oklahoma (Mc Farlin Library) 1994, Signed Ltd. Edn., No: 80 (125), ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 572/0217
Illusrated by Beatrice Salkeld
Irish Juvenalia: Lynch (Patricia), Deevy (T.) & Staunton (Helen), Lisheen at the Valley Farm & other Stories, 4to D. (Gayfield Press) 1945. First Edn., illus. plts. text illus. & cover by B. Salkeld, orig. decor. wrappers; also O’Faolain (Eileen) Puca Ban Chorcaighe. Miss Pennyfeather and the Pooka, 4to D. 1955. First Edn., illus. & other plts. etc., pict. cold. decor. boards. Both good. Scarce. (2)More details › -
Lot 573/0217
Clarke (Austin) The Second Kiss, a Light Comedy, 4to, D. (The Bridge Press) [1946], Ltd. Edn., together with an autograph Letter signed to Edmund Blunden (Times Liteary Editor), looking for the Play The Second Kiss, to be reviewed dated 17th June, 1947. Good clean copy, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 574/0217
Montague (John) The Rough Field, 8vo D. (The Dolmen Press) 1972, Signed Ltd. Edn. No: 108 (150), illus. cold. plts., leather backed boards; The Bread God, 8vo D. (The Dolmen Press) 1968, Signed by the Author, ptd. wrappers, both clean copies. (2)
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Lot 575/0217
Irish Printing: Thom. (Alex & Co.) Progress in Printing, folio D. 1936. Sole Edition, illus. thro.-out, also interesting illus. adverts, orig. cold. decor. wrappers. V. good clean copy. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 576/0217
Rupert Barber – (Fl. 1736-72)
[Swift (Johnathan)] Pastel – An important “Medallion Portrait of Jonathan Swift,” with attractive still life of books, branches, manuscript and drapes, approx. 23 1/2″ x 19 1/2″, in a contemporary carved giltwood frame, slight damage to frame. Attractive and Rare. (1)
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Lot 577/0217
Special Edition in Vellum Binding
Christ Church Cathedral: Street (Geo. Edmund) The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. An Account o the Restoration of the Fabric, Lg. folio L. 1882. Port. frontis, 24 full page plts. includ. 5 fine chrome-lithographs & numerous text & other illus., orig. full gilt & red decor. vellum. V. good. (1)More details › -
Lot 578/0217
Architecture: Neale (James) The Abbey Church of Saint Alban: Hertfordshire., V. lg. atlas folio L.n.d. Printed for Subscribers – Not Published. Fine cold. litho title, list of subs & 59 full page plts. plans etc. (some dbl. page). Original Prospectus loosely inserted, with other cuttings etc. Orig. mor. backed salmon cloth sides, some staining, otherwise v. good copy. (1)
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Lot 580/0217
de Choisy (Abe) Memoirs Pour Servir a l’Histoire de Louis XIV, 3 vols. in one 12mo Utrecht 1727, Fifth, red & bl. titles; de la Fontaine – Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vols. in one, 12mo Amsterdam 1731. New Edn., end. frontis & red & bl. title Vol. I; de Trancheville, Le Siecle de Louis XIV, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1752. New Edn., all cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels, some spines gilt. (4)
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Lot 581/0217
Fine Dublin Printing
Gray (Thomas) Poems By Mr. Gray, 12mo D. (Wm. Sleater) 1768. Engd. frontis, engd. vign. title, 2 engd. text vignettes & wd. cut ditto, & wd. cut heads & tails, 187pp. cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. Scarce. (1)More details › -
Lot 582/0217
The Author living at Carlow, Ireland
Jenner (Thos.) Quakerism Anatomiz’d and Confuted, 12mo [L.] 1670. First Edn., [XXXX], 221pp. past down loose & torn, cont. calf, worn. Scarce. (1)More details › -
Lot 583/0217
de Sevigne (Madame) Lettres a Sa Fille et a Ses Amis, 12 vols. 16mo, Paris 1811. Edition Stereotype. New Edn. ed. by Ph. A. Grouvelle, titles with wd.-cut oval port. vignette, cont. tree calf, attractive tooled gilt spines, green & red mor. labels. (12)
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Lot 584/0217
Dublin Edition: Marana (Paola Giovanni) Letters writ by A. Turkish Spy, 8 vols. 12mo D. 1736. Engd. frontis. Vol. I, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. (8)
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Lot 585/0217
Fine Collection by Wexford Author
Kennedy (Patrick) Legendary Fictions of The Irish Celts, 8vo L. 1866. Frontis, vingnette title, gilt decor. cloth; The Banks of the Boro, A Chronicle of The County of Wexford, 12mo L. 1867. Bookplate of Fr. Joseph Ranson; Evenings in The Duffrey, 12mo D. 1869; The Fireside Stories of Ireland, 12mo D. 1870; and The Bardic Stories of Ireland, 12mo D. 1871. Pres. copy from Morgan O’Connell, inscribed. All First Edns. All orig. cloth. A very scarce collection. (5)More details › -
Lot 586/0217
Congreve (WM.) The Works of …, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1730. Fifth; Dryden (J.) The Works of Virgil, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1730. Sixth, port. forntis. Vol. I & 1 other port., also 101 engd. plts. by Fourdriniere; Milton (John) Paradise Lost, [and] Paradise Regain’d, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1738 & 1743. 2 engd. frontis red & bl. titles, & 12 engd. plts. all cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. (8)
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Lot 587/0217
Vertot (Abbe de) Histoire des Revolutions de Suede, 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1736, and Revolutions de Portugal, 12mo Paris 1737, each Fourth Edns; [Lobineau (Fr. G.A.)] Les Ruses de Guerre de Polyen, 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1739. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, all cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels, spines profusely gilt in panels. V. good; and also Histoire des Revolutions Arrivees dans le Gouvernement de le Republique Romaine, 3 vols. 12mo Paris 1734. (8)
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Lot 588/0217
All with Engraved Plates
Dacier (Mme) Les Comedies de Terence, 3 vols. 12mo Amsterdam 1724. Engd. frontis. Vol. I, red & bl. titles, engd. plts. thro.-out; Fenelon (Fran. de Sal. de la Motte) Les Aventures de Telemaque Fils d’Ulysse, 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1729. Third Edn. hf. titles, red & bl. titles, fold. engd. map, engd. port. + 24 plts. by Gifart after Bonnart, all cont. full French calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, raised bands. V. good. (5)More details › -
Lot 589/0217
[George-Louis Le Rouge] Les Curiositez de Paris, de Versailles, de Marly, de Vincennes, de S. Cloud, et des Environs. Avec les Antiquitez. 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1733. New Edn., hf. title, & engd. frontis Vol. I, also 29 engd. plts. mostly fold.; also Nouveau Voyage de France Geographique, Historique et Curieux, 12mo Paris 1730. Last Edn. Lg. fold.map, & 10 fold. plts., all uniform cont. calf, raised spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. labels. V. good. (3)
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Lot 590/0217
Goldsmith (Oliver) The Gracium History, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1774. First Dublin Edn. cont. calf, mor. labels; A History of England, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1772, calf badly worn or dam.; also Poems and Plays, 12mo L. (B. Newberry) 1780. Engd. port. fronts, + title, 2 engd. plts. calf, worn. (5)
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