14 December 2010 - Rare Book Sale

#0210

Lot 889/0210

Co. Wexford interest: A group of six large ledgers two containing printed and manuscript attendance records at Co. Wexford National Schools at Killahard (Boys), 1940, and Cill Leath Aird (same), 1960’s, also four Districts Inspector’s Observation Books for Ballaghkeane N.S. circa 1900 – 1950; Killahard N.S., 1894 and later; Kildangan Boys, 1886 – 1938, with list of teachers at front; and Castledockrell N.S., 1884 – 1946, with names of staff. Some bindings very worn, some contents loose or stained, as a collection, w.a.f. A valuable source for local and educational historians. S.N.S.R. (6)

Lot 890/0210

Juvenalia: Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Titemouse, 16mo L. (Fred. Warne & Co.) n.d. [1910], cold. illus. & pict. boards, good; Kate Greenway’s Painting Book, 4to L. n.d. cold. plts., orig. pict. boards, worn; Caldecott (Randolph) Come Lasses and Lads, sm. 4to L. n.d. 6 mtd. cold. plts. orig. pict. boards, spine dam.; R. Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures & Songs, 4to L. n.d. numerous fine cold. plts., orig. pict. cloth; & 1 other same author. (5)

Lot 891/0210

SOLD Hammer price €100

Mollerum (Christ.) Admirandum Propugnaculum, 4to Frankfurt 1655. Engd. add. title, text in German, 2pp. cont. manuscript leaf bound in at end, cont. blind tooled calf, rebacked. (1)

Lot 892/0210

SOLD Hammer price €450

Luther (Martin) A Commentarie of M. Doctor, Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians, first collected and gathered word by word out of his preach, and now out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the unlearned, 8vo L. (thos. Vautroullier) 1577 Second Edn. Printers device on t.p., wd.-cut heads & tails, B.L. [XII] 296 folios, early 19th Cent. mottled calf. Rare & good. (1)

Lot 893/0210

SOLD Hammer price €280

Baskerville Press Classics: Virgil (Publ. M.) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, sm. 8vo Birmingham (John Baskerville) 1766, engd. frontis; Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii Opera, 1772; Titi Lucretii Cari – De Rerum Natura, 1773; C. Crispus Sallustuis et L. Annaeus Florus, 1774, all titles with circular L.S., bookplates Rob. Rutledge, all uniform cont. full calf, single gilt fillet profusely tooled gilt spines, in panels, mor. labels. (4)

Lot 894/0210

SOLD Hammer price €500

[Bronte (Charolte, Emily & Annie)] Poems, By Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Sm. 8vo L. (Smith, Elder & Co.) 1846. FIRST EDN., First Issue, with errata slip, 165pp. advert leaf at end, orig. green cloth, some stains, joints worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 895/0210

Barri (Giacomo) The Painter’s Voyage of Italy, sm. 8vo L. 1679. Trans. by W. Lodge First English Edn., frontis ‘Licence’ leaf, lacks plts., [XII], 159pp., orig. calf. Good. (1)

Lot 896/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

[Haklander (Fred. W.)] Clara; Slave Life in Europe, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1856. With a Preface by Sir A. Alison, SECOND EDN., cont. hf. mor., tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. V. good copy. (3)

Lot 897/0210

With Fine Engraved Plates

Foulis Press – Tasso (Torq.) La Gierusalemme Liberata, 2 vols. 16mo Glasgow (R. & A. Foulis) 1763. Engd. port. & other engd. frontis, & 20 fine engd. plts. cont. calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels (1 upr. board lacking), otherwise v. good. (2)

Lot 898/0210

SOLD Hammer price €480

Smith (John) The Art of Painting in Oyl, 16mo L. 1687 [XII], 100pp., orig. calf. Good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 899/0210

Philadelphia Printing: The Pleasures of Contemplation….. To which is added, some Causes of Popular Poverty, arising from the enriching nature of interest, rents, duties, inheritances, and church establishments… . By C.C. Blatchley, of N.York. 12mo Philadelphia (Eastwick & Stacy) 1817. Engd. frontis, wd. cut port. & end, orig. tree calf, mor. label, worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 900/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Unique Collection of early 18th Century Almanacks, 1710

Alamancks: 1. The Ladies Diary: or, The Woman’s Almanack, for … 1710, 12mo L. 1710, red & bl. title with engd. port. of Q. Anne; 2. Tipper (J.) Great Britian’s Diary: or The Union Almanack… 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title, with wd. cut armorial; 3. Moore (Francis) Vox Stellarum; Being An Almanack for 1710…, L. 1710, red & bl. title, some wd. cut illus.; 4. Chattock (J.) Telescopium Anglicanum or An Ephem-eris of the Coelestrial Motions and Aspects,… 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title; 5. Gibson (Rich.) Astrologus Brittannicus: or Almanack for … 1710, L. 1710, red. & bl. title, wd. cut illus.; 6. Andrews (Wm.) Great News from the Stars or, An Ephemeris for …. 1710, L. 1710, red & bl. title; 8 others sim., together 14 items, bound as one vol., full cont. mor. dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & with gilt tooled Royal cipher on each corner, & on spine, spine dam. As a coll. of Almanacks, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 901/0210

Hand-Coloured Plates: Morris (Rev. F.O.) A History of British Birds, 6 vols. sm. 8vo L. n.d., 270 (ex 272) hd. cold. plts. all very clean, orig. decor. cloth, faded. (6)

Lot 902/0210

SOLD Hammer price €500

[Clemens (Sam. L.)] ‘Mark Twain’ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 8vo L. (Chatto & Windus) 1884. FIRST EDN., hf. title, frontis, decor. titles & illus., orig. pict. cloth, gilt, water stain; also Life on the Mississippi, 8vo L. 1883. FIRST LONDON EDN., hf. title, frontis, decor. title, & illus. thro-out, 1 gathering loose, orig. pict. cloth, gilt. (2)

Lot 903/0210

SOLD Hammer price €400

Fine Collection of Aberdeen Rare Book Sale Catalogues

Scottish Book Sales: Brown (Alex) & Son, Auctioneers, Aberdeen. A collection of 35 varied Rare Book Sale Catalogues (include a few of antiques), conducted in Aberdeen between 1881 – 1895, include many well known libraries, and also including, Library of the late Mr. John Edmond, Bookbinder, conducted 13 Nov. 1882, many of the catalogues with prices added in manuscript, all in orig. ptd. wrappers. As a coll., w.a.f. Rare. (1)

Lot 904/0210

SOLD Hammer price €260

[Clemens (Samuel L.)] ‘Mark Twain’ Roughing It, 8vo Hartford 1872. First Edn. First Issue, (no missing words on p.242) 2 frontis & illus. thro.-out; also A Tramp Abroad, 8vo Hartford 1880. First Edn., port. & 1 other frontis profusely illustrated thro-out, both orig. dark cloth, gilt decor. on front covers, both professional rebacks, orig. spines laid down. Rare.(2)

Lot 905/0210

SOLD Hammer price €3000

Rare Darwin Title

Darwin (Charles) Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836, 8vo L. 1839. First Edn., Separate Issue, 2 fold. maps (1 sm. tear, no loss), 4 text ilus. orig. hf. calf, spine worn. Rare. (1)

Lot 906/0210

SOLD Hammer price €850

Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1871. FIRST EDN., 2 hf. titles, illus. 16pp. Catalogues at end of each vol. both dated Jan. 1871, some spotting inner, joints worn, B.P. of Richard Beamish (Cork), orig. cloth, damp stained. Rare. (2)

Lot 907/0210

SOLD Hammer price €100

Signed by the Author

Moore (Henry) Shelter Sketch-Book, oblong 8vo L. n.d. [1940]. Signed by artist ‘Henry Moore October 1940’ on front loose blank, cold. plts., cloth & orig. ptd. & pict. d.w. (1)

Lot 908/0210

SOLD Hammer price €200

Speechly (Wm.) A Treatise on the Culture of the Pineapple and the Management of the Hot-House, 8vo York (A. Ward) 1779. First Edn., List of Subscribers, with orig. receipt signed by author, to Charles Anderson Pelham Esq. for One Guinea for Subscription to above Vol. tipped in, 1 lg. fold. plan, 1 engd. plts. & fold ‘explanation,’ cont. full calf, tooled gilt roll borders, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label, joints weak. Rare. (1)