Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
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Lot 1/0220
Connolly (James) Labour in Ireland, 8vo D. 1917; Mac Swiney (Terence) Principles of Freedom, D. 1921. First Irish Edn., port. frontis; Henry (R. Mitchell) The Evolution of Sinn Fein, D. n.d.; O’Shiel (Kevin R.) The Making of A Republic, D. n.d., all cloth. Good. (4)
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Joyce (P.W.) Irish Names of Places, Vols. I & II, 2 vols. L. & D. 1898; Hitchcock (F.R. Montgomery) Types of Celtic Life & Art, D. n.d.; Stokes (M.) Early Christian Art in Ireland, sm. 8vo L. 1887, illus.; & another copy of same, all green cloth. (5)
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Shiel (R.L.) Sketches Legal and Political by the Late Rt. Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1855. First Edn., ed. by M.W. Savage, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels; Mitchel (John) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo D. 1869. cont. hf. green mor. All good. (4)
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The Titanic: Bullock (Shan F.) Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder, With an Introduction by Sir H. Plunkett, 8vo D. 1912. Second Edn., port. frontis, & 5 plts., orig. cloth. Good.
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Lot 5/0220
de Bovet (Mme) Three Month’s Tour in Ireland, 8vo L. 1891. Illus. thro.-out orig. decor. cloth; Mandat-Grancey (Baron E. de) Paddy at Home (‘Chez Paddy’) L. 1887. Second Edn., orig. cloth. V. good. (2)
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[O’Mahony (Fr.)] The Reliques of Father Prout, late P.P. of Watergrasshill in the County of Cork, Ireland. Collected by Oliver Yorke Esq., 2 vols. 12mo L. 1836. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis, 2 add. engd. titles, 1 engd. plt. & varied engd. text vignettes, cont. cloth, gilt. Good copy. (2)
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Lot 7/0220
Monck Mason (Henry J.) Primitive Christianity in Ireland, A Leter to Thomas Moore Esq., 12mo D. 1836. First Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy to Dean Burgh, orig. cloth. (1)
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Lot 8/0220
Co. Offaly: The King’s County Directory, 8vo Parsonstown (Birr) 1890. FIRST EDN., dbl. page map at front, hf. title, wd.-cut illus. through-out 344pp & 24pp. of adverts etc., recent cloth. Clean. Scarce. (1)
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Co. Wexford interest: Kirk (Rev. F.J.) Some Notable Conversions in the County of Wexford, 12mo L. 1901. Sole Edn., orig. cloth, gilt; O’Byrne (M.L.) Ill-Won Peerages or An Unhallowed Union, D. 1884, cloth, worn. (2)
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Lot 10/0220
Scarce First Edition
[Thackeray (Wm. M.)] The Irish Sketch-Book, By Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1843. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis, 2 hf. titles, & text illus. uncut, in orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 11/0220
Dublin interest: Wright (G.N.) An Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin, 12mo L. 1821. Lg. fold. map, engd. views, etc., later cloth; Smith (J. Huband) A Day at Howth, 12mo D. 1857. Second, bound with another guide, cloth; & 3 other guides to Dublin. As a lot. (5)
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Lot 12/0220
Carleton (Wm.) Traits and Stories of The Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. L. 1868, plts. & illus., gilt cloth; Colum (P.) The King of Ireland’s Son, L. 1920, illus. by Willy Pogany; Hull (Eleanor) Cuchulain The Hound of Ulster, L. n.d. illus. hf. mor.; Reade (C.) Peg Woffington, L. 1899, illus. by Hugh Thompson, a.e.g., gilt cloth. All good. (5)
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Lot 13/0220
Irish Poetry: Synge (J.M.) Poems and Translations, 12mo D. 1912. orig. vellum backed boards. Inscribed to ‘H.M.V.O. Brien from Denis Gwynn, Christmas 1912,’; Rowley (R.) City Songs and Others, D. 1918 & The City of Refuge, D. 1917, Firsts; Ledwidge (F.) Songs of the Fields, 1916; & Meyer (K.) Ancient Irish Poetry, L. 1911, each inscribed H.M.V. O’Brien, & 5 others, poetry. (10)
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Lot 14/0220
Co. Tipperary interest: Herbert (Dorothea) Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert, 2 vols. L. 1929. First Edn., 2 cold. frontis. orig. cloth backed boards. (2)
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Lot 15/0220
Juvenalia: Lever (Charles) St. Patrick’s Eve, 12mo L. 1845. First Edn., engd. frontis, decor. title, 3 plts. & text illus., later hf. calf; O’Grady (Standish) Finn and His Companions, 12mo L. & Leipzig n.d. Frontis (loose), & other plts. early illus. by Jack B. Yeats, orig. decor. cloth, joints cracked. Scarce. From O’Brien Family, Limerick. (2)
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Lot 16/0220
Patterson (A.J.) The Magyars: Their Country and Institution, 2 vols. L. 1869. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 3 fold. cold. maps & advert. Vol. II, orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 17/0220
Wilson – The Post-Chaise Companion … through Ireland, 8vo D. 1786. First, engd. frontis, list of subs, fold. plan & 1 fold. plt. calf; Cary (J.) New Itinerary… throughout England & Wales; … Scotland, sm. 8vo L. n.d. c. 1800. fold. map, hf. calf. (2)
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Lot 18/0220
[Allan] ‘A Cosmopolite’ – The Sportsman in Ireland, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1840. First Edn., 1 hf. title, 2 litho frontis & text illus. adverts at end of each vol. orig. cloth. V. good. (2)
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Lot 19/0220
Fishing: [Fitzgibbon (Ed.)] A Handbook of Angling, By Ephemera, 12mo L. 1845. Second Edn.,; Stewart (W.C.) The Practical Angler, or The Art of Trout Fishing, 12mo Edin. 1857, First, cloth; Browne (Moses) The Complete Angler; or Contemplative Man’s Recreation, 12mo L. 1750, frontis & 5 plts., text illus., later boards; Zouch (T.) The Life of Isaac Walton, 8vo L. 1823, extra plts. tipped in, hf. mor. (4)
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Lot 20/0220
Fishing etc: Kingsmill Moore – A Man May Fish, L. 1960, d.w.; Hi-Regan, How and Where to Fish in Ireland, L. 1887; Fitzgerald (Gerald) Pot Luck Rough Shooting in the West of Ireland, L. 1938, first, illus., d.w.; robb (J.) Notable angling Literature, L. n.d. first, illus., d.w.; & Hampton (J. Fitzgrald) Modern Angling Bibliography, L. 1947. Pres. Copy Signed, illus., d.w. (5)
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