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Lot 180/0210
Bindings: Collier (J. Payne)ed. The Works of Edmund Spencer, 5 vols. 8vo L. (Chiswick Press) 1862. A.e.g., full cont. str. grained crimson mor., with blind tooled & gilt fillet borders, & circular school prize arms of Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, by Hawes of Cambridge. V. good. (5)
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Lot 181/0210
N. Ireland interest: Macafee (Rev. D.) The Anatomy of Popery, including Letters to O’Connell, 8vo Belfast 1860, cloth; Killen (W.D.)ed. Mackenzie’s Memorials of the Siege of Derry, 4to Belfast 1861, mor. backed boards, with Bookplate of John Gillespie Mayor of Londonderry; Armour (W.S.) Armour of Ballymoney, L. 1934. FIRST EDN., port. frontis cloth & d.w. Armour was a staunch defender of Catholic Rights. (3)
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Lot 182/0210
Ainsworth (William) An Account of the Caves of Ballybunian, County of Kerry, with some Mineralogical Details, 8vo D. 1834. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis. text illus. fold. table, ex. Libris copy, orig. cloth, paper label. Good & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 183/0210
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Mann (I.J.) River Bars, Notes on the causes of their formation, and on their treatment by ‘Induced Tidal Scour,’ with a description of the successful reduction by this method of the Bar at Dublin. 8vo L. 1881. First Edn., plan, 2 fold. plts. & other text illus. orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 184/0210
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Transport & Railways: Mc Neill (D.B.) Irish Passenger Steamship Services, 2 vols. 1969 – 1971; Shepherd (W. Ernest) The Dublin & South Eastern Railway, 1974; Gribbon (H.D.) the History of Water Power in Ulster, 1969; Flanagan (P.) The Ballinamore & Ballyconnell Canal, 1972; & 5 other booklets on Railways. (10)
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Lot 185/0210
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[Maxwell (John), later Arch. Bishop of Tuam.] Presbytery Displayed: or, Holy Discipline of the Kirk Describ’d for Instruction of the Occasional Communicants, 4to L. for (J. Nutt) 1703. Hf. title, 52pp. hf. title, & title browned, recent hf. cloth. (1)
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Lot 186/0210
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[Boyse] Remarks on Some Passages in Mr. Boyse’s Sermond Vol. 1 More particularly in the Preface and The Last Sermon, entitled The Office of a Scriptural Bishop, sm. 4to D. 1709. FIRST EDN., title repaired, uncut, recent mor. backed boards. (1)
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Lot 187/0210
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Mercer (Ed. Smyth) The Mercer Chronicle, By An Irish Sennachy. 8vo L. 1866. For Private Circulation. Sole Edn., list of subs., 99pp. interleaved, with Mercer Bookplate, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 188/0210
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Religious Pamphlets & Sermons: 1. Pooler (J. Galbraith) A Vindication of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts .. in a letter to The Lord Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, D. 1853. Second, 19pp; 2. Dungannon (A. Viscount) A Letter to the Lord Bishop of Bangor, Oswestry 1847, 11pp; 3. Dungannon – A Short Address on the Glorious Memory of King William The Third, D. 1853, 8pp; 4. O’Hagan (T.) The Future of Ireland, in some of its Industrial and Social Aspects, D. 1854, 40pp; 5. Whately (R.) Dr. Paley’s Works. A Lecture, L. 1859, 47pp; 6. Salmon (G.) Two Sermons preached in the Chapel of T.C.D., D. 1864, 58pp; 7. Wynne (Rev. H.) Three Sermons Preached on .. the Re-Opening of the Church of Ardcolm in the Diocese of Ferns, D. 1847, 49pp; 8. Hincks (Rev. E.) God’s Work and Satan’s Counter Works … in the N. of Ireland, Belfast 1859, 16pp; 9. The Ragged School Shoe-Black Society, L. 1854, engd. cold. title, 19pp; 10. Ringwood (F.H.) A Letter to the Commissioner of Education in Ireland, D. 1853, 40pp; & 19 others sim, together 29 works, bound as 2 vols., cont. hf. mor. profusely tooled gilt spines, mor. labels, by Marcus Ward, with tickets. V. good collection. (2)
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Lot 189/0210
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Dublin Society: Co. Kildare: Rawson (Thos. James) Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare, 8vo D. 1807. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. map after Alex. Taylor, errata leaf, fold. table, 2 engd. maps & 10 plts. (4 fold.) some sepia recent attractive hf. calf, using orig. marble boards, tooled gilt spine. V. good copy of this scarce work. (1)
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Lot 190/0210
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Lodge (John) The Peerage of Ireland: or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, 7 vols. D. (James Moore) 1789. enlarged by Mervyn Archdall. With engd. coats-of-arms etc., recent full mottled calf, spines with gilt fillets & mor. labels. A most desirable set. (7)
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Lot 191/0210
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Dolmen Press: Dolmen Chapbooks, A Miscellany in Twelve Parts, edited by Liam Miller. Roy 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1954 – 1960. Complete set 1 – X11, varied limitations from 250 to 300 copies each, mostly with wd.-cut illus., some hand. cold., all loose as issued in a slip case of decorated boards. Very good copies. V. Rare. Miler 17.
* Chapbooks by D. Mac Donagh, R. Gibbings, Thos. Kinsella, Padraic Colum & others. As a coll. (1)More details › -
Lot 192/0210
Wellington – Gurwood (Lt. Col.) Selection from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington, roy 8vo L. 1842. FIRST EDN., orig. embossed cloth, gilt coats of arms on covers, gilt spine, v. good. (1)
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Lot 193/0210
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The Old & New Testaments in Irish
Bedel (Wm.) Leabhuir na Sein-tiomna, 4to L. 1685; bound with O’Donnell (Wm.) Tiomna Nuadh ar Dtighearna agus ar Slanuigheora Iosa Criosd, 4to L. 1681. FIRST EDN., of first item, with title & first 2 leaves, together with leaves 555-560 in fac-simile, some pages repaired thro-out, New Testament lacks final leaf, cont. calf, restored. Fair copies of these scarce works.
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Lot 194/0210
SOLD Hammer price €280
Fine Limited Edition
Hartnett (Michael) Collected Poems, roy 8vo Gallery 2001. Lim. Edn. No. 26 (125), with Portrait of the Author by John Shinnors & Signed by the artist, orig. cloth backed vellum, with matching slip case. (1)More details › -
Lot 195/0210
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Genealogy: Sainthill (Richard) The Old Countess of Desmond: An Inquiry, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1861 – 1863. Sole Edn. Printed for Private Distribution Only. Inscribed in pencil on title Vol. I by Author., 3 fold. tables, 1 litho & 1 other plt., orig. cloth. V. good. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 196/0210
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[O’Nolan (Brian)] ‘Myles na gCopaleen’ Cruiskeen Lawn, 8vo [D. Irish Times] n.d. First Edn. Thus, No title as issue, 80pp. with text illus., orig. cold. ptd. wrappers, in recent marble boards. Rare. (1)
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Lot 197/0210
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From Sir Lucius O’Brien’s Library
Economic Pamphlets: 1. Bacon (Thos.) A Complete System of the Revenue of Ireland, In its Several Branches of of Import, Export, and Inland Duties. 8vo D. (R. Reilly) 1737. For the Author FIRST EDN., 456pp + Appendix 79pp; bound with, 2. An Act for the Better Regulating the Collection of His Majesty’s Revenue, and for Preventing of Frauds therein;… 4to D. (Boulter Grierson) 1760. FIRST EDN. 86pp + Index, the entire contents of both items interleaved,in a cont. full reversed calf binding mor. label. With bookplate of Sir Lucius O’Brien. Rare. (1)More details › -
Lot 198/0210
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Northern Ireland Railways etc: Patterson (E.M.) The County Donegal Railways, 1962, The Lough Swilly Railway, 1962, & The Lough Swilly Railway, 1964, illus. d.w.; & 10 other booklets of sim. interest. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 199/0210
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Celtic Society: O’Donovan (John) Leabhar na g’Ceart or The Book of Rights, roy 8vo D. 1847. First Edn., add. litho title, orig. cloth. (1)
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