14 December 2010 - Rare Book Sale

#0210

Lot 929/0210

Doughty (Chas. M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vols. 4to L. 1936; Ball (C.J.) Light from the East, or The Witness of the Monuments, 4to L. 1899, First, cold. frontis plts. & illus.; Ward (J.) Pyramids and Progress: Sketches from Egypt, Sm. 4to L. 1900, illus.; & 1 other sim. all cloth. (5)

Lot 930/0210

SOLD Hammer price €300

Shackleton (E.H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols. thick roy 8vo L. 1909. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, numerous plts. (some cold.) photos, 3 fold. maps etc. in pocket at end, orig. cloth, faded, spine of vol. II detached, but present. (2)

Lot 931/0210

Juvenalia: Cheatham (Kitty) A Nursery Garland, folio N.Y. & Boston n.d. [1917] FIRST EDN., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cold. port. frontis & 13 plts. by Graham Robertson, orig. cloth backed pict. cold. boards, v. good; Brickdale (E. Fortescue) The Book of Old English Songs & Ballads, 4to L. n.d. cold. frontis & 23 mtd. cold. plts. orig. decor. cloth; Pogany (Wm.) Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, 4to L. n.d. cold. frontis & 15 mtd. cold. plts., other plts. & illus., decor. cloth. (3)

Lot 932/0210

SOLD Hammer price €110

Hogarth (Wm.) The Works of …., Ed. by John Trusler. 2 vols. 4to L. n.d. 2 add. engd. titles, & 142 engd. plts. approx., generally v. clean, cont. hf. purple mor. tooled gilt spines, in panels. V. good. (2)

Lot 933/0210

Rice (William) “Indian Game,” (From Quail to Tiger), roy 8vo L. 1884. FIRST EDN., 12 tinted plts., include frontis, orig. pict. gilt cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 934/0210

SOLD Hammer price €80

Opie (John) Lectures on Painting, 4to L. 1809, sepia port. frontis; also Barry (J.) Lectures Delivered in the Royal Academy, 4to L. 1811. Vol. I only, both uniform cont. calf, with lg. gilt borders, & presentation inscription on front covers, upr. joints weak. Scarce. (2)

Lot 935/0210

Rare Book Catalogues: Robinson (Wm. H.) A Selection of Precious Manuscripts, Historic Documents and Rare Books, Catalogue 81, lg. 4to L. 1950. Profusely illus. some fold. plts. Most of the contents from the renowned Collection of Sir Thomas Phillips; also Kraus (H.P.) Choice Manuscripts and Books, Bindings and Autographs, sm. folio N.Y. n.d. illus. thro-out, both orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good & scarce. (2)

Lot 936A/0210

Presentation Copy

Trollope (Anthony) How the ‘Mastiffs’ Went to Iceland, Lg. 4to L. (Virtue & Co.) 1878. FIRST EDN., hf. title, cold. map frontis, 16 full page illus. plts. (includ. 2 orig. photos), by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, a.e.g., orig. blue cloth, gilt decor. front cover. Scarce.
* Pres. Copy, inscribed on hf. title, “The Lady Gough from J.B. [John Burns, Host for the Journey], Castle Wemyss, Nov. 79′” [from whence the journey started.] (1)

Lot 936/0210

SOLD Hammer price €60

Illustrated Volume: Thompson (Hugh) illustrator, Barrie (J.M.) Quality Street, 4to L. 1901. FIRST EDN., cold. frontis & 21 mtd. cold. plts., decor. gilt cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 937/0210

Binding: An attractive Victorian Album containing some orig. pencil sketches, small watercolour drawings & poetry in pen & pencil, some dated c. 1830 – 1850, possibly some original material. In a very attractive straight grained crimson mor. binding, profusely tooled, in a similar tooled gilt mor. slip case. (1)

Lot 938/0210

SOLD Hammer price €500

Marryat (Frank S.) Borneo and The Indian Archipelago, roy 8vo L. 1848. FIRST EDN., hf. title, cold. frontis, & add. cold. title, plus 20 cold. litho plts. complete, text illus. thro-out, recent mor. backed marble boards, tooled gilt spine, revised bands. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 939/0210

SOLD Hammer price €160

With Original Cameo Photographs

Shadbolt (Sydney H.) The Afghan Campaigns of 1878 – 1880, lg. 4to L. 1882. FIRST EDN., orig. photo port. of Lord Roberts (to whom the volume is dedicated) frontis & 20 plts. each containing 7 orig. port. photos mounted (140 in all), lacks maps, loosening from binding, a.e.g. orig. cloth, stained.
* A considerable Irish content. (1)

Lot 940/0210

Snaffles: Osses and Obstacles, folio L. 1935, cloth & d.w.; also My Sketch Book in the Shiny, 4to L. n.d. all with tinted plts., & other illus., both cloth. (2)

Lot 941/0210

Signed Limited Edition

[Fortescue-Brickdale (Eleanor)] illus. Tennyson (Lord A.) Idylls of the King, lg. 4to L. n.d. L.P. Lim. Edn. 122 (350), Signed by artist, 21 fine mtd. plts. includ. frontis, uncut, orig. gilt decor. vellum. V. good. Fine copy. (1)

Lot 942/0210

SOLD Hammer price €220

Dulac (Edmond)illus. Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam, lg. 4to Paris 1910. Lim. Edn. 388 (700) Signed by Illustrator. 20 mtd. cold. plts. In hf. vellum binding. Rare. (1)

Lot 943/0210

Illustrated Volumes: Thackeray (Wm. Makepeace) Vanity Fair, 4to L. n.d. Lim. Edn. 230 (350), signed by Artist Lewis Baumer, cold. title, 2 mtd. cold. plts. include. frontis uncut, gilt decor. vellum; also Faber’s Book of Insects, 4to L. n.d. 12 mtd. cold. plts. include. frontis, gilt decor. cloth. (2)

Lot 944/0210

SOLD Hammer price €150

Scott O’Connor (V.C.) The Charm of Kashmir, 4to L. 1920. Cold. frontis & 15 mtd. cold. plts. & photo plts., t.e.g. orig. gilt decor. white buckram. Good. (1)

Lot 945/0210

De Luxe Limited Editions

Black (A. & C.) Publishers: Menpes (Mortimer) Artist. The Dunbar, 4to L. 1903. Signed Limited Edn. 239 (1000); Brittany, 4to L. 1905. Signed Limited Edn. 48 (350); & World’s Children, 4to L. 1903, signed, Lim. Edn. 433 (500), all with fine cold. plts. by artist, uncut, & orig. decor. cloth. (3)

Lot 946/0210

SOLD Hammer price €360

De Luxe Limited Editions

Black (A. & C.) Publishers: Kelly (R. Talbot) illus. Burma Printed & Described, 4to L. 1905. Signed Limited Edn. 268 (300), cold. plts., uncut, decor. cloth. v. good; also Conway (M.) The Alps, 4to L. 1904. Illus. by A.D. Mc Cormack. Lim. Edn. 134 (300). Signed by Publishers, cold. plts. decor. cloth, joints cracked. (2)

Lot 947/0210

SOLD Hammer price €300

De Luxe Limited Edition’s

Black (A. & C.) Publishers: Cruickshank’s Watercolours, 4to L. 1903. Lim. Edn. 30 (300) Signed by Publishers, cold. plts., uncut; also Huish (Marcus B.) British Water-Colour Art, 4to L. 1904, Lim. Edn. 161 (500), Signed by Editor, cold. plts., uncut, slipcase, both attractive decor. cloth. (2)