3 October 2017 - Rare Books, Collectors' & Ephemera Items

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Lot 791/0299

SOLD Hammer price €70

Yeats Family: Pyle (Hilary) The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations. 4to D. 1994; Birmingham (Geo.) Irishmen All, L. 1913. First Edn., cold. plts. by Jack. B. Yeats; Reid (Forrest) W.B. Yeats, A Critical Study, L. 1915; Yeats (W.B.) The Celtic Twilight, L. 1902, gilt decor. cloth; & 4 others sim. (8)

Lot 792/0299

SOLD Hammer price €90

O’Sullivan (A.) & Sheehan (J.) The Iveragh Peninsula, folio Cork 1996;Chandler (Eddie) Photography in Ireland – 19th Century, D. 2001; Dunlevy (Mairead) Dress in Ireland, folio L. 1989; Clinton (Mark) The Souterrains of Ireland, Bray 2001; & 9 others. (13)

Lot 793/0299

SOLD Hammer price €120

With Hand-coloured & Other PlatesIllustrated items: Myra’s Journal of Dress & Fashion, 4to L. 1879. Lg. hd. cold. panorama paint, & 14 other hd. cold. plts., hf. mor.; Sewell Stokes (H.) The Vale of Lanherne & other Poems, sm. folio L. 1853. Second, 6 full page sepia plts. (include. frontis) attractive gilt cloth; Rogers (S.) Poems, lg. 4to L. 1838, illus. plts., cloth; & 1 other vol. with hd. cold. plts. of shells. as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 794/0299

Poetry in Manuscript – Bouchiez (Jonathan) Aftermath of English Lyrical Poetry, Being a Supplement to Francis Turner Palgrave’s ‘Golden Treasury’ thick 4to n.p. [Replay] 1889. Orig. M/ss of 730pp plus Index 22pp Presentation inscription on first leaf ‘To Florence Lee: from her friend the Compiler,’ cont. hf. crimson mor. with gilt letters ‘F.L.’ As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 795/0299

SOLD Hammer price €100

Irish Art: Strickland (W.) A Dictionary of Irish Artists, 2 vols. D. (I.A.P.) 1989 Reprint; Stewart (Ann M.) Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Index of Exhibitors 1826 – 1979. 3 vols. D. 1985, all d.w.’s; also Irish Art Societies and Sketching Clubs, 1870 – 1980, 2 vols. D. 1977; & 1 other. (8)

Lot 796/0299

SOLD Hammer price €50

Bennett (Douglas) The Silver Collection Trinity College Dublin, D. 1988. First Edn., d.w. Scarce; Buckley (J.J.) Some Irish Alter Plate, roy 8vo D. 1943, First, illus. cloth; & 3 others on Irish silver. (5)

Lot 797/0299

SOLD Hammer price €80

Irish Art: Snoddy (Theo.) Dictionary of Irish Artists 20th Century, 4to D. 1996; & 5 others on Modern Irish Printing. (6)

Lot 798/0299

SOLD Hammer price €110

Irish Arts & Crafts: Larmour (P.) The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, folio Belfast 1992; Gordon-Bowe (N.) & Cumming (E.) The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885 – 1925, 4to D. 1998; Gordon Bowe (N.) Harry Clarke: His Graphic art, folio Dolmen Press 1983; & 3 books on Stained Glass; & Feis na nGleann, A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens, folio 2005, illus. (7)

Lot 799/0299

SOLD Hammer price €180

Lord Rosse’s ObservatoryThe Milky Way from Co. OffalyCo. Offaly: Boeddicker (Otto) The Milky Way from The North Pole to 10 of South Declination, drawn at the Earl of Rosse’s Observatory at Birr Castle, folio L. (Longmens, Green & Co.) 1892, First Edn., portfolio, t.p. with black and white engraving of Birr Castle, Offaly, four loose litho plts after W.H. Wesley, together with the six part plts., fold. plt. & loose plts. in the off print of Lord Oxmantown on the Great Nebula in Orion, also the original ptd. prospectus, all housed in original blue cloth folder, ptd. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 800/0299

SOLD Hammer price €180

Box: Irish History, Literature etc: A very good box of book all Irish interest include., Woodfall (Wm.) An Impartial Sketch of the Debate in the House of Commons of Ireland, … 1785 on A Motion .. by the Rrt. Hon. Thomas Orde …, 8vo D. n.d. [1785], First Edn., uncut, a few leaves with small tears, cat. at end, recent boards; Vicars (Sir A.) Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536 – 1810, roy 8vo D. 1897, First, gilt buckram; Crawford (H.S.) Celtic Ornament from Irish Monuments, 4to D. 1926, First, Eliz. Hickey, Author, her copy; Broadsides, 2 vols. + 40 other vols., a good collection. As a box. (1)

Lot 801/0299

SOLD Hammer price €500

Box: Irish Topographical interest – West of Ireland, Clare, Limerick, Sligo, etc., also Offaly, Longford, Roscommon, Breifne, Midlands, Laois, Louth & some items of Belfast interest, approx. 55 items, mixed, some scarce, vols. include Feehan – Slieve Bloom, Co. Westmeath – Valuations of the Several Tenements, and a good collection on Co. Meath, books, maps etc. A very good lot. (1)