Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel
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Lot 1/0299
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Barrow (John) A Tour Round Ireland, 8vo L. 1836. First, frontis vign. title, fold. map, plts. & illus., hf. mor.; Barrington (Sir J.) Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation, roy 8vo Paris 1833. Hf. mor.; O’Sullivan (S.) Collected Poems, D. 1940. First, Lim. Edn. (300), D.W.; ‘An Seabhac’- An Seanchaidhe Muimhneach, D. 1932, First, unopened, d.w. & 3 others sim. A lot. (1)
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Lot 2/0299
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[Maxwell (W.H.)] Wild Sports of The West, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1833. New Edn. 5 litho plts. (2 frontis) text illus., cont. diced calf, mor. labels; Thackeray (W.H.) The Irish Sketch Book, L. 1860. Third Edn., frontis, text illus. cont. calf, with gilt armorials, lacks labels. (3)
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Lot 3/0299
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Signed Presentation CopyDavitt (Michael) Leaves from A Prison Diary, or, Lectures to a ‘Solitary’ Audience, 8vo L. 1885. First Edn., illus. frontis, cloth. V. good. (1)* Inscribed ‘Lady Agatha Russell as a small token of personal esteem and of Appreciation of her warm sympathy for Ireland and labour in her Cause. Michael Davitt, Land League Cottage, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin Aug. 5th, 1889’ Lady Agatha Russell was the daughter of Lord John Russell, who served as Prime Minister of England on two occasions.
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Lot 4/0299
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O’Laverty (Rev. J.) An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down & Connor, Ancient & Modern, Vols. I, II & III, plus The Bishops, 4 vols. sm. 8vo D. 1878 – 1895, First Edns., with Author’s compliments, uniform green, gilt decor. V. good. (4)
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Lot 5/0299
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Directory: Parson (Wm.) & White (Wm.) History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, 2 vols. sm. thick 8vo Leeds 1827 – 28, calf; also Excursions in the County of Suffolk, Vol. II only (ex. 2), L. 1819. engd. frontis & title & plts., fold. map, attractive gilt decor crimson mor. (3)
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Lot 6/0299
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Rennison (Rev. Wm. H.) Succession List of the Bishops Cathedral and Parochial Clergy of the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore, 8vo Waterford [1920] First, cloth; Grattan Esmonde (Sir T.H.) More Hunting Memories, 8vo D. (Levins Press) 1930. Sole Edn. illus. cloth Both v. good. (2)
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Lot 7/0299
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Kippis (Andrew) The Life of Captain James Cook, D. 1788. Rare First Dublin Edn., hf. title & title dam, worn some damp dam., calf dam., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 8/0299
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Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of The County and City of Cork, 2 vols. 8vo Cork 1815. New Edn. 2 frontis (1 port) Vol. I, lg. fold. map of Cork, lg. fold. Plan of Cork, & 12 other plts. (some fold. panoramas), list of subscribers, uncut, later cloth. V. clean copy. (2)
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Lot 9/0299
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[Wilson (W.)] The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. 1786. First, frontis, fold. map, 2 dble page plts. & 1 dbl. page plan, uncut boards; Slater’s Commercial Directory of Ireland, roy 8vo Manchester 1846, loose in binding; Ridgeway (Wm.) Reports of Cases… in the High Court of Parliament in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1795, boards, loose. (4)
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Lot 10/0299
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Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanists Guide to The North of Ireland, 8vo, Belfast (C. Aitchison) 1864, First Edn., rebacked cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 11/0299
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Charles Powell Leslie’s CopyByron (John) The Narrative of The Honourable John Byron, (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, … 12mo D. 1768. First Dublin Edn., X, 244pp., title inscribed ‘Charles Powell Leslie,’ & with B.P. of Sir John Leslie, Glaslough House, orig. calf, mor. label. V. good. (1)
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Lot 12/0299
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[O’Nuallain (Brian)] ‘Myles na gCopaleen,’ An Beal Bocht, 8vo D. [1941] First Edn., pict. end papers & cold. pict. stiff boards, v. good; At Swim Two-Birds, L. 1966, d.w.; Merryman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche, roy 8vo D. 1912. Port. frontis. Tomas O’Deirg’s copy, with his bookplate, cloth backed boards; 2 other items. (5)
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Lot 13/0299
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O’Rorke (T.) The History of Sligo: Town and Country, 2 vols. D. n.d. First Edn. 2 fold. map frontis, other maps & plts. orig. cloth, gilt v. good copy; also Gibson (Rev. C.B.) History of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. Cork Reprint 1974, boards. v. good. (4)
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[James Joyce] Flood (J.M.) Ireland: its Saints and Scholars, 8vo D. n.d. Ill orig. cloth stained. (1)* Known source used by James Joyce for sections of “Finnegan’s Wake”.
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Lot 15/0299
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Francis (B. Bernard) Student in Divinity, The Christian Duty, This is the Way, Walk in it. 4to Aire (Claude Francois Tuliet) 1684. First Edn., [VIII] 306, 7pp. orig. cont. calf, raised bands, worn. Rare. Wing B. 1993. (1)
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Lot 16/0299
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Sharkey (P.A.) The Heart of Ireland, Boyle [1927] First Edn., illus., orig. cloth; Mac Namee (Rev. J.J.) History of the Diocese of Ardagh, D. 1954 First, illus; Livingstone (Peadar) The Fermanagh Story, Enniskillen 1969. First, Signed Pres. Copy, illus. d.w. All v. good. (3)
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Lot 17/0299
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Bourke (Rev. Ulick J.) The College Irish Grammar, sm. 8vo D. 1868. Engd. frontis, orig. cloth; Merryman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche, D. (Hodges Figgis) 1912. Port. frontis, cloth backed boards. Both good copies. (2)
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Lot 18/0299
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D’Alton (John) The History of Drogheda with its Environs, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1844. First Edn., Engd. title Vol. I, 1 engd. title, map frontis, fold. map, and fold. plan & 19 single page plts., orig. cloth. Good. (2)
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Lot 19/0299
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Bellesheim (Alpons) Geschichte den Katholischen Kirche in Schottland, 2 vols. Mainz 1883. First Edn., 2 cold. maps, orig. mor. backed boards. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 20/0299
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Milton (John) Eikonoklastes, in Answer To a book Intitul’d Eikon Basilike, sm. 8vo Amsterdam 1690. Second Edn., [14], [208]pp, recent full mor. mor. labels, in cloth clamshell box. (1)
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