24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 872/0217

Nonesuch Press: Burton (R.) Teh Anatomy of Melancholy, 2 vols. folio L. 1925. Lim. Edn. 386 (750), wd. cut frontis title & illus. thro-out, orig. vellum backed decor. cltoh; & Tennyson (A. Lord) In Memoriam, folio L. 1933. Lim. Edn. 1310 (2000), unopened, decor. boards, in slip case. (3)

Lot 873/0217

Aldin (Cecil) Old Inns, 4to L. 1921. Lim. Edn. 154 (380) Signed by Author; Lubbock (Basil) Adventures by Sean from Art of Old Time, 4to L. (Studio) 1925. Preface by John Masefield, Lim. Edn. 1486 (1750); Belloc (Hilaire) The Highway and its Vechicles, 4to L. (Studio) 1926. Lim. Edn. 1050 (1250),all illus., cloth & vellum backed. (3)

Lot 874/0217

Irish Art: Kinmonth (Claudia) Irish Rural Interiors in Art, 4to 2006. First Edn., profusely illusrated, d.w.; & 7 other coffee table type books on Irish Art. (8)

Lot 875/0217

In Fine Binding

Coloured Plates: Our Native Land: Its Scenery and Associations, lg. 4to L. (Marcus Ward) 1880. First Edn. A series of 36 mtd. cold. plts. after Rowbotham, Read, Needham etc., a.e.g. cont. full gilt decor. crimson mor. binding. Fine copy.
* Twelve cold. plts. of Killarney & North of Ireland. (1)

Lot 876/0217

Petrie (George) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Lanuage, 2 vols. in one 4to D. 1872. First Edn., 131 litho plts. (includ. some orig. photos), bound from 6 orig. parts. as one vol. (with wrappers, adverts etc., bound in), later mor. backed cloth boards, v. good. (1)

Lot 877/0217

Colby (Col.) Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, Vol. I only [All Published] 4to D. 1837. Fold.map, end. plts. (a couple in fac-simile) some hd. cold., orig. cloth.
* Inscribed Pres. Copy from The O’Gorman Mahon to Eugene Curry. (1)

Lot 878/0217

Bunting (Ed.) The Ancient Music of Ireland, folio D. 1840. First Edn., cold. add. litho title, red & bl. t.p., text illus., 3 engd. plts. of harps, & 109 pp. of end. music, cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 879/0217

1901 Irish Census: General Topographical Index… to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland – Census of ireland, 1901, Folio D. 1904. First Edn., orig. mor. backed cloth boards. (1)

Lot 880/0217

V. Good Set

Warburton (J.), Whitelaw (J.) & Walsh (Rob.) History of the City of Dublin, 2 vols. thick lg. 4to L. 1818. First Edn., 2 engd. map frontis (1 fold.), & 26 engd. plts. maps etc., later hf. mor. raised bands, blind tooled & gilt letered spines. V. good set. (2)

Lot 881/0217

Fine Bindings; Moore (Thos.) The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, 10 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1840. First Edn., engd. port. forntis, & others, engd. add. titles, t.e.g., attrctive cont. hf. green mor., spine profusely gilt in panels by Ramage of London; The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, 6 vols., 12mo L. 1857. New Edn., cont. full blue mor. dbl. gilt fillet borders,mor. labels, & spiens gilt in panels; The Works of Laurence Sterne, 4 vols. 12mo L. 1827, recent hf. calf, mor. labels; Don Quixote, 5 vols. 16mo L. n.d. engd. plts. etc. cont. tree calf; & 4 others sim. all v. good. As a box lot,w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1001/0217

Newspaper: [Markievicz (Countess)] Le Mirror, 21 May 1916, Paris, with headline “La Comtesse Markievicz Regagne La Prison Apres sa Condomnation,” roy 8vo Paris 1916, 16pps, illus. Good copy, as a newspaper, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1002/0217

The 1920 Bloody Sunday Incident

Newspaper: “The Vancouver Sun,” Vancouver November 22, 1920, with headline, “British Officers Dragged from Beds by Assasin Bands,” folio newsprint, 16pps, illus., some wear; as a newspaper, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1003/0217

Newspapers: The Daily Mirror, No. 5, 136 – Thursday April 15, 1920, Remarkable Scenes in Dublin, Policeman Shot Dead, illus. & adverts, 16pps; The Daily Mirror, No. 5648, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1921 – Irish Peace in Sight: Parliament to Meet, illus. & adverts, 16pps, as newspapers, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 1004/0217

Newspaper: [Mac Swiney (T.), Lawrence Telegram: A group of four American Newspaper dated October 23rd, 25th, 26th, & 27th, with the following banner headlines “Mac Swiney Dying,” “Lod Mayor Mac Swiney Dead,” “Believe Mac Swiney’s Body will be turned oer to Relatives,” and “Inquest Held Over Body of Mac Swiney,” broadsides, Lawrence, Mass. 1920, illus. & adverts, as newspapers, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 1005/0217

Rare Michael Collins Memorial Number

Newspaper: An Saorstat – The Free State, Vol. I, No. 28 Tuesday August 29th, 1922, ‘Michael Collins Memorial Number.’ First Edn., 8pp lg. folio, with portrait of Collins on front cover, and many other photo illus.
* Because of his iconic status, and his tragic end, this newspaper was reprinted many times, but the present issue is the original First Edn., and is in good condition, with just a few stains and some edges frayed. (1)

Lot 1006/0217

[Collins (M.)] Yeates (P.) & Wren (J.) Michael Collins, An Illustrated Life, 4to, D. 1989, illus. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

Lot 1007/0217

Republican Newspaper: Daily Sketch, a collection of 9 papers, dating from April 28th, 1916 – to December 7th, 1921, covering the Easter Rising Treaty, etc., as a collection of Newspapers, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1008/0217

Newspaper: Wolfe Tone Weekly, a collection of approx. 40 issues, dating from June 18th 1938 – Vol. 1 No. 42 – to – Sept. 13th, 1939 Vol. 3, No. 3, incomplete, as newspapers, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1009/0217

Republican Postcards: Civil War 1922, a set of five Picture Postcards of Military Operations, Dublin June – July 1922 [Hogan, Dublin 1922] all unused, as postcards. Good. (5)

Lot 1010/0217

Republican Postcards: 1916 Rebellion, a collection of eleven Picture Postcards of “Irish Rebellion – May 1916,” the ruins of Dublin Land marks, Daily Sketch (Messrs. Eason & Sons Ltd., Dublin), unused. Good collection, as postcards. (11)