14 December 2010 - Rare Book Sale

#0210

Lot 789/0210

SOLD Hammer price €260

Presentation Copy from G.B. Shaw

Shaw (George Bernard) The Adventures of The Black Girl in her Search for God, 8vo L. (Constable) 1932. First Edn., Presentation Copy, inscribed ‘To Geoffrey Mahony from Bernard Shaw 31st Dec. 1932,’on hf. title, Decor. title, & wd. cut design etc by John Farleigh thro-out orig. wd. cut ends, & decor. black pict. boards, stains on front cover & spine somewhat worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 790/0210

[Russell (George)] ‘A.E.’ Imaginations and Reveries, D. & L. 1915; and The National Being Some Thoughts on An Irish Polity, D. & L. 1916. First Edns.,; Eglington (J.) A Memoir of A.E., L. 1937; Robinson (Lennox) Two Plays – Harvest: The Clancy Home, D. 1911; and The Dreamers, L. 1915, both First Edns.,; Dunsany (Lord) Rory and Bren, L. 1936, First, all cloth. (6)

Lot 791/0210

SOLD Hammer price €400

Co. Kerry: Foley (Patrick) History of the County Kerry in Baronies – Corkaguiny, 23mo D. 1907. First Edn., adverts at end, orig. cloth, stained. Scarce. (1)

Lot 792/0210

Limerick interest: The Civil and Military Articles of Limerick, Exactly Printed from the Letters Patents., Reprinted from a Copy published by Authority in 1692. sm. 8vo L. (for P. Meighan & others) 1729. 28pp., recent hf. green mor., marble sides, paper label on front cover. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 793/0210

Co. Clare: Wills (Rev. Canon S.R.) Kilkee: A Poem, sm. 8vo Limerick 1880. First Edn., frontis & illus. plts., adverts at end, orig. cloth, partly stained; also Mescal (Daniel) The Story of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island), sm. 8vo D. 1902. First Edn., frontis, orig. cloth. Both Scarce. (2)

Lot 794/0210

SOLD Hammer price €130

Moore (Thos.) The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1831, Second, port. frontis & fold. map, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels; also another vol. sim. (3)

Lot 795/0210

Fitzpatrick (W.J.) Correspondence of Daniel O’Connell The Liberator, 2 vols. L. 1888. First Edn., 1 port. frontis. adverts in both; O’Brien (R. Barry) The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell 1846 – 1891, 2 vols. L. 1898. First, 2 frontis, all orig. cloth. (4)

Lot 796/0210

SOLD Hammer price €120

Yeats (W.B.) Last Poems and Two Plays, 8vo, D. (Cuala Press) 1939, Limited Edn., (of 500), uncut, cloth backed boards; Yeats (J.B.)illus. Irish Men All, by George A. Birmingham, frontis and tipped in cold. plates, 8vo, L. 1914 (Reprint), cloth. Good clean copy. (2)

Lot 797/0210

SOLD Hammer price €670

Signed by W.B. Yeats & Lennox Robinson

Association Copies: Yeats (W.B.) Plays in Prose and Verse, L. 1931, Signed by W.B. Yeats to Shawn Barlow, cloth; Robinson (Lennox) Lady Gregorys Journals 1916 – 1930, 8vo L. 1946, and Ireland’s Abbey Theatre, A History 1899 – 1951, L. 1951. Both First Edns., & both with signed inscriptions from the Author to Sean Barlow; Fay (W.G.) & Carswell (Catherine) The Fays of the Abbey Theatre, 8vo L. 1935. First Edn., signed inscription, and a Brain O’Higgins Card to Sean Barlow from Tanya Moiseiuitsch, Abbey Theatre, 1936, all cloth. As association item. Interesting lot. (4)

Lot 798/0210

SOLD Hammer price €240

Fahey (J.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, D. 1893. First Edn., 7 plts., orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 799/0210

Dwyer (Rev. R.) The Diocese of Killaloe, 8vo D. 1878. First Edn., frontis, fold. map, port. & orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 800/0210

SOLD Hammer price €240

White (Rev. P.) History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans, D. 1893. First Edn., 2 fold. cold. maps (1 loose), orig. green cloth. V. good. (1)

Lot 801/0210

SOLD Hammer price €280

County of Clare: Summer Assizes – 1885. Undischarged Queries with Abstract of Presentments Granted at Summer Assizes 1885, 8vo Ennis (J. Persons & Sons) 1885. An interleaved copy with numerous m/ss additions & annotations etc., recent mor. backed boards. V. good & Scarce. (1)

Lot 802/0210

SOLD Hammer price €330

Dutton (Hely) Statistical Survey of the County of Clare, 8vo D. 1808. First Edn., fold. hd. cold. map, attractive cont. hf. calf, blind & gilt tooled spine, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 803/0210

Ferrar (J.) The History of Limerick, Ecclesiastical Civil, and Military. 8vo Limerick (A. Watson) 1787, 15 fold. & other plts., maps, plans & engd. dedications complete, orig. calf, tooled gilt spine. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 804/0210

Begley (Rev. J.) The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Medieval, and From 1691 to the Present Time, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1906 & 1938. First Edn., ports. & plts., orig. cloth, gilt decor. Good. (2)

Lot 805/0210

SOLD Hammer price €280

Frost (James) The History and Topography of The County of Clare, D. 1893. First Edn., map frontis & 15 (ex. 16) plts., orig. cloth, stained; also County of Clare Irish Local Names Explained, 8vo Limerick 1906. Sole Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cloth. (2)

Lot 806/0210

Co. Limerick: Fitzgerald (Rev. R.) & M’Gregor (J.J.) The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Limerick, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1826-27. FIRST EDN., lg. fold. map frontis., fold. plan, fold. table, 3 engd. plts., errata slip Vol. I, recent calf backed marble boards, good. Scarce. (2)

Lot 807/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

With Contributions by Seamus Heaney, J. Montague, Brian Friel & many Others

Periodical: Farrell (C.), Heaney (Seamus) & others, Everyman – [Aquarius], An Annual Religio – Cultural Review, 3 + 4 issues together 7 Nos., All Published, Benburb (Servite Priory) 1968 – 1974. First Edns., orig. ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 808/0210

SOLD Hammer price €300

Hedin (Sven) Across the Gobi Desert, L. 1931, fold. map & plts.; Riddles of the Gobi Desert, L. 1933, fold. map & plts.; Big Horse’s Flight, The Trail of War in Central Asia. L. 1936. First, port. frontis, fold. map etc., plts. cloth & d.w.; and The Wandering Lake, L. 1940, fold. map, plts. & illus., all cloth. (4)