26 September 2012 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale
#0220
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
26 September 2012 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale
#0220
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Lot 219/0220
Co. Doengal: Doherty (Wm J.) Inis-Owen and Tirconnell, 8vo D. 1895 First Edn.; Traynor (M.) The English Dialect of Donegal, D. 1953. First,; Swan (H. Percival) Th Book of Inishowen, Buncrana 1938, cloth; Hamilton (J.S.) My Tiems and Other Times, Ballyshannon 1950. Signed by Author, cloth; Gaileys Guide to Derrry.. and County of Donegal, Londonderry 1892, illus., cloth. (5)
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Lot 220/0220
I.A.C.S.: O’Donovan (John)ed. The Martyrology of Donegal, A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland. Roy 8vo D. 1864. First Edn., unopened thro-out, orig. cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 221/0220
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Silmarillion, Ed. by C. Tolkien, 8vo L. 1977. First Edn., cloth & d.w. (frayed at top of spine); also The Tale of the Children of Hurin, L. 2007. First Edn., d.w., good. (2)
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Lot 222/0220
Wolfe Tone (Wm. T.)ed. Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 2 vols. 8vo Washington 1826. First Edn., port. frontis (loose) Vol. I, fold. table, uncut, recent cloth. (2)
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Lot 223/0220
Strickland (Walter G.) A Dictionary of Irish Artists, 2 vols. thick roy 8vo D. & L. 1913. First Edn., plts. thro-out, orig. blue cloth. (2)
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Lot 224/0220
Burns (R.E.) Irish Parliamentary Politics in the 18th Century, 2 vols. 1989 – 90; Mc Nally – Parties Patriots & Undertakers, D. 1997; Jupp (P.) British & Irish Elections 1784 – 1831, 1973; Steele Irish Land and British Politics, 1974; Brady – Guardians of the Peace, 1974; Mac Greil – Prejudice and Tolerance in Ireland, 1977; & 3 others, all d.w.s. (10)
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Lot 225/0220
Irish interest: Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 8vo L. (Castle ress) 1948. First Thus, illus. by A. Wragg, d.w.; Butler (Mary E.L.) A Bundle of Rushes, 12mo D. 1900, cloth; Cavanagh (Maeve) A Voice of Insurgency, D. 1916, wrappers; O’Duffy (R.J.) Historic Graves in Glasnevin Cemetery, D. 1915, fold. map; & other items, pamphlets, books etc. of Irish interest. As alot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 226/0220
Bindings: Turner (S) The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 3 vols. L. 1828; De Lolme (J.L.) The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, 2 vols. L. 1838; Warburton – The Conquest of Canada, 2 vols. 1849; Pontalis – John de Witt Grand Pensionary of Holland, 2 vols. L. 1885. All cont. mor. tooled gilt spines, mor. labels, v. good & attractive. As bindings. (9)
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Lot 227/0220
Military: Mc Cance (Capt. S.) History of the Royal Munster Fusilier’s, 2 vols. 4to Aldershot 1927. For Private Circulation Only, cold. & other illus. fold. maps, orig. gilt cloth. (2)
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Lot 228/0220
Children’s interest: Ki;ling (Rudyard) All the Mowgli Stories, 4to L. 1933, illus by Stuart Tresilian; also Animal Stories, 4to L. 1932, illus. both pict. cloth; Coward (T.A.) Birds and their Young, 4to L. 1923. Fine mtd. cold. plts. by Roland Green, cloth. (3)
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Lot 229/0220
Weapons & Armour: Knotel (H.) & Sieg (H.)ed. Uniforms of the World, 1700 – 1937, Dorset 1980, illus; Blair (C.) European Armour 1066 – 1700, L. 1979; Burton (R.F.) The Book of the Sword, N.Y. 1987; & 3 others. (6)
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Lot 230/0220
Irish Economics etc: O’Brien (G.) Economic History of Ireland in the 18th Century, 1918; Murray (A.E.) Commercial Relations between England and Ireland, 1903; Longfield (A.K.) Anglo-Irish Trade in the 16th Century, 1929; others on Irish Woods, & Banking, and books by L. M. Cullen, E.D. Steele, & T.M. Truxes. A good lot. (9)
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Lot 231/0220
Geography Publications: Nolan (Wm.)ed. & others. Tipperary, History and Society, 1985; Cork, D. 1993; Galway, D. 1996; & Armagh, D. 2001, together 4 vols., d.w.’s. (4)
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Lot 232/0220
Sheldon (E.K.) Thomas Sheridan of Smock-alley, 1967, d.w.; Walsh (T.J.) Opera in Dublin 1705 – 1797, The Social Scene, D. 1973; Maxwell (c.) Dublin Under The Georges, L. 1956; Moffat (A.) The Minstrelsy of Ireland, sm. folio L. 1897, gilt decor. cloth. (4)
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Lot 233/0220
Periodical: Crone (John S.)ed. The Irish Book Lover, A Monthly Review of Irish Literature and Bibliography. Vols. I – VIII, Vols. 11 – 15, together 13 vols. bound as 6 vols. only, 8vo D. 1910 – 1925, illus. etc., cont. hf. green mor. gilt spines,mor. labels. As a periodical, w.a.f. (6)
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Lot 234/0220
John Devoy – O’Brien (Wm) & Ryan (D.) Devoy’s Post Bag 1871 – 1928, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1948 – 1953. First Edn., illus. cloth. Scarce. (2)
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Lot 235/0220
Military: Maxse (Col. F.I.) Seymour Vandeleur Lt. Colonel, Scots Guards & Irish Guards, 4to L. 1906. First Edn., cold. frontis, fold. maps & plts., decor. cloth; Ewing (John) The History of the 9th (Scottish Division 1914 – 1919) 8vo L. 1921. First Edn., fold. maps, plts. (some cold.) cloth. (2)
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Lot 236/0220
T.C.D.: Stubbs (J.W.) The History of the University of Dublin, 8vo D. 1889; Records of the Tercentenary Festival of the University of Dublin, 4to D. 1894; Mahaffy (J.P.) The Plate in Trinity College Dublin, 4to L. 1918, illus.; Murray (R.H.) Dublin University and the New World, L. 1921, Pres. Copy; Urwick (Wm.) The Early History of T.C.D., L. 1892; others by Murphy Bailey & C. Maxwell. (9)
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Lot 237/0220
Bibliography & Binding: Morrison (Paul G.) Index of Printers, Publishers & Booksellers in Wings Short title Catalogue, 4to 1955; & in Pollard & Redgrave,; Ramage (D.) A Finding List of English Books to 1640 in Libraries in the British Isles, 4to 1958; & 7 others sim. on illustrations in books, & in English Bookbinding. (10)
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Lot 238/0220
In Attractive Full Morocco Binding
Bartlett (W.H.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to L. n.d. First Edn. 2 add. engd. titles, port. frontis, engd. map & 116 engd. plts. a.e.g. very attractive full green mor. with gilt fillet & lg. gilt tooled leaf borders, tooled gilt spines,mor. labels. V. good clean set. (2)More details ›