14 December 2010 - Rare Book Sale

#0210

Lot 359/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Signed by the Author
Montague (John) Hymn to the New Omagh Road, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1968. Lim. Edn. (175) Signed by Author; also The Bread God, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1968. Lim. Edn. (250) Signed by Author, both orig. ptd. wrappers; also A Fair House Versions of Irish Poetry, 8vo D. (New Cuala Press) 1972. Lim. Edn. No. 284 (350), orig. cloth backed boards; & 2 other items on Montague. (5)

Lot 360/0210

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Signed by the Author
Kinsella (Thomas) Finistere 4to D. (Dolmen) 1972. Lim. Edn. No. 132 of 250 Copies, Signed by Author, illus. of carvings at Knowth & Newgrange, Co. Meath & Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, uncut, special mor. backed binding. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 361/0210

SOLD Hammer price €110

Le Brocquy (Louis) A la Recherche de W.B. Yeats, Cent Portraits Imaginaires. Lg. 4to Paris 1976, illus., orig. cold. pict. wrappers; A Collection of Irish Linens, presented by John Mc Guire. 4to D. 1953 – 54. Contains works by le Brocquy, Patrick Scott & others; & 5 other Exhibition Catalogues of le Brocquy’s work. (7)

Lot 362/0210

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Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock, Linen Hall Library, Belfast 1990. Lim. Edn. (870), cloth & d.w.; Poems for Alan Hancox, sm. folio Lr. Marston (Whittington Press) 1993. Lim. Edn. 116 (350), orig. cloth backed boards; Soundings ’72, ed. by S. Heaney, 4to Belfast 1972; Door into the Dark, L. 1972, cloth; & 3 other items by Heavey. (7)

Lot 363/0210

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Bibliography: Dix (E.R. Mc C.) Printing in Dublin, Prior to 1601, 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1932. Second, d.w.; Miller (L.) The Dun Emer Press later Cuala Press, D. (Dolmen) 1973, wrappers; Carty (James) Bibliography of Irish History 1912 – 1921, 8vo D. 1936, cloth; Linenhall Library – Catalogue of the Books in the Irish Section, 4to Belfast 1917, cloth; & 3 other items. (7)

Lot 364/0210

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Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster, … 1608 – 1620. 4to Belfast 1877. First Edn., orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 365/0210

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Genealogy: Hill (Rev. G.)ed. The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603 – 1706). Compiled from Family Papers, by Wm. Montgomery of Rosemount, 4to Belfast 1869. Red. & bl. title, uncut, m/ss notes on front paste down & loose blank, orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 366/0210

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Murphy (Ignatius) The Diocese of Killaloe, 3 vols. (18th Century; 1800 – 1850; 1850 – 1904) roy 8vo D. 1991 – 1995, First Edns., illus., orig. pict. d.w.’s. (3)

Lot 367/0210

Genealogy: O’Donoghue (J.) Historical Memoirs of The O’Briens, 8vo D. 1860 First Edns., cloth; O’Brien (Hon. Donough) History of the O’Briens, L. 1949, illus. cloth; & O’Brien (Ivor) O’Brien of Thomond, … 1500 – 1865, 4to 1986, Signed by Author, illus., d.w. newscutting in all. (3)

Lot 368/0210

Co. Clare: Lynch (M.), Nugent (P.)eds. Clare History and Society, D. (Geography Publications) 2008, illus., d.w.; Mc Carthy (D.) Ireland’s Banner County, Ennis 2002, Signed by Author, d.w.; & 2 other sim. (3)

Lot 369/0210

Military: D’Alton (John) Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James’s Irish Army List (1689), thick 8vo D. 1855. First, list of subscribers, orig. green cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 370/0210

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O’Curry (Eugene) On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols. L. 1873. First Edn., illus., adverts at end of 2 vols., partly unopened, orig. cloth. V. good set. (3)

Lot 371/0210

Co. Louth: Gogarty (Rev. T.)ed. Council Book of the Corporation of Drogheda, Vol. I [All Published] from year 1649 to 1734, 4to Drogheda 1915, Second Edn., recently rebound, hf. mor. mor. labels. (1)

Lot 372/0210

Minute Book of St. John’s Newport, Co. Tipperary
Co. Tipperary Manuscript: Church of Ireland, Diocese of Cashel – Parish of St. John the Evangelist Newport, Minute Book, 1917, A substantial folio manuscript minute book, consisting of approx. 200 pp covering the period August 1917 – April 1958, describing in detail the activities and workings in this rural Church of Ireland Parish. Together with many m/ss letters, orders, manuscript and typed notes, broadsides, in a moroco backed ledger, spine damaged. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 373/0210

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Wright (Thomas) Louthiana: or, An Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland, 4to L. 1748. First Edn., red & bl. title, engd. frontis, list of subscribers, 66 engd. full page plts. & numerous other engd. views, heads & tails, some damp stains, later hf. calf, joints & spine worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 374/0210

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Rare Irish Travel Book
[Gascoigne (Miss)] A Fortnights’ Ramble in Ireland; or, Pen and Pencil Sketches of a Tour in the Autumn of 1846. Printed for the Benefit of the Limerick Protestant Orphan Society Bazaar. 4to Leeds (Slocombe & Simms) 1846. Sole Edn., add. litho title, & 10 full page litho plts., cont. hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine. Good. V. Rare. (1)

Lot 375/0210

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Irish Bibliography: Lyster (T.W.) & Best (R.I.) Bibliography of Irish Philology and of Printed Irish Literature, roy 8vo D. 1913, and Bibliography of Irish Philology and Manuscript Literature, roy 8vo D. 1942. Both First Edns., buckram, mor. labels; & 2 others sim. interest. (4)

Lot 376/0210

de Hae (Risteard) & Ni Dhonnchadha (B.) Clar Litridh-eacht na Nua-Ghaedhilge, 3 vols. (complete,) roy 8vo D. 1938-1950. First Edns., orig. green cloth. V. good. Scarce. (3)

Lot 377/0210

Shearman (Rev. J.F.) Loca Patriciana: An identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, Visited by St. Patrick, roy 8vo D. 1879. First Edn., frontis illus. numerous fold. genealogical tables, orig. mor. backed cloth. (1)

Lot 378/0210

Todd (James Henthorn) The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, roy 8vo L. 1867. First Edn., 2 cold. litho frontis (1 fold.) orig. mor. backed boards. Good. (1)