14 December 2010 - Rare Book Sale

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Lot 709/0210

SOLD Hammer price €8750

Rare First Limited Edition of 20th Century Literary Classic

Joyce (James) Ulysses, 4to Paris (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922. First Edition. No. 516 of 750 Copies on hand made paper (from edition of 1000 Copies). In a recent attractive full patinated tan Morocco binding, with original printed blue upper wrapper bound in, t.e.g. others untrimmed, pp (VIII), 732, (4), lacking back blue wrapper and 2 blanks, an excellent copy, little short of fine, and extremely rare in this condition.
* With an original autograph signed note from James Joyce to ‘Cher Monsieur Dugard’ in France, dated 10.2.[1]922, just 8 days after publication of Ulysses, from his address at Rue de l’universite, Paris, on pale blue plain paper, asking for a copy of a periodical ‘contenant l’autre nouvelle Eveline, Malheureusement je l’ai perdu’ (‘Unfortunately i have lost it’). As a m/ss., w.a.f.
N.B. Copies of the first edition of Ulysses are particularly desirable, not just because of their priority, but because the hand-made paper used, lasts much better than the lighter papers used in later printings. The first edition becomes scarcer every year as copies are increasingly absorbed into libraries and other institutions. (2)

Lot 710/0210

SOLD Hammer price €2400

Signed by the Cream of Modern Irish Writers

Carpenter (Andrew) & Fallon (Peter)eds. The Writers – A Sense of Ireland, roy 8vo D. (O’Brien Press) 1980. Lim. Edn. One of only 24 Copies No. 5, Signed by editors, publisher, photographer etc., Signed by 44 of the Greatest Writers of Modern Ireland. Port. illus., full mor., & matching slip case. Fine copy. Extremely Rare. (1)

Lot 711/0210

SOLD Hammer price €2400

Life of St. Canice
Sole Copy, Printed on Vellum

Ormonde (Marquis of,)ed. Vita Sancti Kannechi, a Codice in Bibliotheca Burgundiana extante Bruxellis transcripta et cum Codice in Bibliotheca marsiana Dublinii adservato collata MDCCCLIII, 4to L. (W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press) 1853. Privately Printed. This the Sole Copy Printed on Vellum. Edited by John Butler (2nd Marquis of Ormonde), & given by the editor to R. Curzon of Parham, with original m/ss note by Parham tipped in at front, printed entirely on vellum, the main text in B.L., with hf. title, & title in red & black. T.e.g. in full cont. crimson mor. with the circular arms of Curzon both covers. From the Foyle Collection, with the leather Beeleigh Abbey bookplate. Fine. Excessively Rare. (1)

Lot 712/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Simon (James) Essay on Irish Coins… with Mr. Snelling’s Supplement also An Additional Plate, 4to D. 1810. First Edn., 12 engd. plts., uncut, unopened, orig. boards. Good. (1)

Lot 713/0210

SOLD Hammer price €450

Attractively Bound Uniform Set

Ancient Irish Histories etc: The Works of Spencer, Campion Hanmer and Marleburrough, 2 vols. sm. folio D. (Hibernia Press) 1809. First Edn.,; also Swift (Ed. L.) The Life and Acts of St. Patrick, sm. folio D. 1809. First Edn., engd. frontis all cont., full diced calf, lg. tooled gilt borders, raised bands, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. A very good set. (3)

Lot 714/0210

Periodical: Reportorium Novum, Dublin Diocesan Historical Record. Vol. I No. 1 – Vol 4 No. 1, together 7 nos. [All Published], roy 8vo D. 1955 – 1971. First Edns., some illus., orig. ptd. wrappers. Good, as a periodical, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 715/0210

Hennessy (Wm. M.) The Annals of Loch Ce, A Chronicle of Irish Affairs. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1871. First Edn., fold. cold. litho plt., cloth backed boards, recased. Good. (2)

Lot 716/0210

SOLD Hammer price €240

Folding Maps & Plates

Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, L. 1810 Edition, sm. folio atlas with dbl. page map of Ireland, & 17 fold maps (some lg.) & plts., cont. full diced calf, tooled gilt borders, raised bands, & tooled gilt spine in panels, v. good. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 717/0210

SOLD Hammer price €1000

Wakefield (Edward) An Account of Ireland Statistical and Political, 2 vols., 4to L. 1812. First Edn., Fold. map frontis, orig. full tree calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. labels. V. good copy.
* Kilkenny Castle copy with bookplate of Earl of Ormonde and Ossory. (2)

Lot 718/0210

With Rare Shannon Plates

Trench (H.) Congort Park Roscrea, Shannon Floods, Lough Derg Level. The 25 Miles North from Killaloe. 4to [Belfast, Marcus Ward] 1880. Sole Edn. Privately Printed, 14pp., cold. dbl. page map & 7 litho plts. (1 dbl. page), orig. cloth backed boards, ups. cover loose. V. Scarce.
* From the library of J. Cherloner Smith, inscribed by him. (1)

Lot 719/0210

SOLD Hammer price €1400

With fine Woodcut Illustrations

Holinshed (Raphael) The Historie of Irelande, from the first inhabitation thereof, unto the yeare 1509. Collected by Raphaell Holinshed, and continued till the yeare 1547, by Richarde Stanyhurst. Folio L. (John Harison) 1577. First Edn., engd. title, with coat of arms on verso, 28 folios, 115pp [I] [V], wd. cut initials, & 62 wd. cut illus., printers device on last leaf, a few fore-edges frayed, recent full calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good copy. Extremely Rare. (1)

Lot 720/0210

SOLD Hammer price €340

County Galway Interest

[Guinness (Sir Arthur)] A Lay of Ashford, [Cong, Co. Galway] oblong sm. folio n.d. n.p. [D. c. 1870] Engd. title, & 22 leaves with engd. illus. & verse, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt, worn. V. Rare. (1)

Lot 721/0210

Special Limited Presentation Copy

O’Brien (Eoin), Crookshank (Anne) & Wolstenholme (Sir G.) A Portrait of Irish Medicine, folio D. (Ward River Press) 1984. Special Lim. Edn. No. 7 of (250) copies only, Signed by authors, designer, bookbinder etc., cold. & other illus. thro-out a.e.g., silk ends, full armorial crimson mor., with gilt coat-of-arms on front cover, & over laid mor. labels & decor. on spine, orig. mor. bound slip case. Excellent copy.
* This copy special presentation to Patrick Meehan, Dean Medical Faculty, U.C.D. from President, etc. of Royal College of Surgeons. (1)

Lot 722/0210

SOLD Hammer price €4000

Rare Artist Sketch Book of Shannon Views

Waller: A delightful Artists Sketch Book of 27 full page views on the Shannon, From Thomond Bridge to Carriaholt, oblong folio n.d. [c. 1820], 27 orig. fine quality sepia watercolour drawings of various views, ruins & large houses on The Shannon, and with 2 views of Limerick city, each approx. 13cms x 21cms, attractively presented in a full mor bound album, a.e.g., tooled gilt panels with corner decorations and titled ‘Sketches’ in gilt on front cover. As an album, w.a.f.
The following is a full list of the drawings:
1. Hermitage
2. Limerick
3. Limerick
4. Carrigogunnell
5. Bunratty
6 Carrigogunnell
7. Bunratty
8. Ringmoylan
9. Castletown Waller
10. Castletown Waller
11. Near Castletown Waller
12. Beagh Castle
13. Beagh Castle
14. Askeaton
15. Cahircon Co. Clare
16. Mount Trenchand
17. Glin
18. Tarbert House
19. Near Kilrush
20. Scattery Island
21. Scattery Island
22. Scattery Island
23. Mouth of Shannon
24. Mouth of Shannon
25. Mouth of Shannon
26. Mouth of Shannon
27. Loophead
Provenance: By one of the Waller Family of Castletown, see entry 105, on catalogue for An Tostal Civic Exhibition, Limerick Past & Present, held at The Limerick Art Gallery in April 1953. (1)

Lot 723/0210

Limited Editions: Corbett (R. John H.) Tales of Old Ireland, sm. folio Siena (Sator Print) 2001. Lim. Edn. No. 229 (250), with slip signed by author, 10 wd. cut illus. by Pascate Quiviger, hd. made paper, orig. cloth & d.w.; New Cuala Press – O’Connor (Frank) A Lament for Art O’Leary, roy 8vo D. 1971, Lim. Edn. (Out of Series), cold. plts. after Jack B. Yeats, orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (2)

Lot 724/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Cuala Press: Broadsides. A Collection of Old and New Songs, 1935, and Broadsides A Collection of New Irish and English Songs, 1937, 2 vols. sm. folio Shannon (Irish University Press) 1971, Reprints, attractive cold. illus. after Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Maurice Mc Gonigle, Victor Brown, etc., orig. cloth backed boards. V. good. (2)

Lot 725/0210

SOLD Hammer price €6000

Special Edition, One of 50 Copies Only

Kinsella (Thos.)trans. The Tain, … With Brush Drawings by Louis le Brocquy. Folio D. (Dolmen Prss) 1968. Special Lim. Edn. No. 9 of 50 Copies Only, with an extra suite of the ‘Wasp Spasm’ drawings. Signed by Translator, Artist & Printer. Fine illus., t.e.g., & in full gilt decor. crimson oasis niger mor. designed by Desmond Smith, in orig. cloth box. Excellent copy. (1)

Lot 726/0210

SOLD Hammer price €3200

Signed by the Author & Louis le Brocquy

Heaney (Seamus) Ugolino, Folio D. (Andrew Carpenter) 1979. Illustrated by Louis le Brocquy. Lim. Edn. No. 12 of 125 Copies. Signed by Author, Illustrator, Publisher, Printer, Liam Miller, & Binder Paddy Kavanagh, uncut, orig. limp mor. binding, in black slip case. Pristine copy. (1)

Lot 727/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Rare Arts Periodical: Merrill (Chas.)ed. The Arts in Ireland, Vol. I No. 1 – Vol. 2 No. 4 [All Published?] together 8 nos., folio D. Autumn 1972 – 1974, profusely illustrated, orig. pict. wrappers. Scarce. As periodical, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 728/0210

SOLD Hammer price €110

I.M.C. – Ainsworth (John)ed. The Inchiquin Manuscripts, roy 8vo D. 1961. First Edn., cloth & d.w. V. good. (1)