24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

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)

Lot 571/0217

Naipaul (V.S.) An Inheritance, 8vo Oklahoma (Mc Farlin Library) 1994, Signed Ltd. Edn., No: 80 (125), ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)
* For another version of this paitning see “Irish Painters” by Anne Cruikshank and Desmond Fitzgerald.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)