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 259/0220
Niven (Ninian) The Visitor’s Companion to the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, 12mo D. 1838. First (Sole) Edn., engd. frontis & add. title, fold. plan & 5 plts. orig. cloth. V. good. (1)
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Lot 260/0220
Irish Travel: Chartlerton Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1839. Second Edn., 8 litho plts. inlcud. forntis, text illus. calf backed cloth; Barrow (John) A Tour Round Ireland, L. 1836. Engd. frontis, title, fold map, wd.-cut plts. & illus., cloth. (3)
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Lot 261/0220
George (Henry) Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. 8vo L. 1882. Second Edn., hf. title, 32pp. Cat. at end, unopened, orig. cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 262/0220
Travel: Forbes (Sir John) Memorandums made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852, 2 vols. in one, sm. 8vo L. 1853. First Edn., 2 litho frontis fold. map, & 2 litho plts., plus text illus. a.e.g. cont. block tooled gilt panel mor. V. good. (1)
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Lot 263/0220
Signed by Brinsley La Fanu, 1880
Le Fanu (J. Sheridan) A Lost Name, 3 vols. in one, sm. 8vo L. 1868. First Edn., orig. green cloth, loose. V. Scarce. (1)More details › -
Lot 264/0220
Aderfield (M. Gustavus) The Military History of Charles XII, King of Sweden, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1740. Engd. port. frontis, 6 fold. plans, 1 hf. title, & 1 advert leaf at end, cont. calf, worn. (3)
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Lot 265/0220
With Folding Maps after Moll
[Miege (Guy)] The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland, 8vo L. 1718. Fourth, 4 fold engd. maps by H. Moll of England, Scotland, Ireland & Germany, and a fold. table, cont. panel calf worn. (1)More details › -
Lot 266/0220
Quakers: Woolman (John) late of Mount Holly, N. Jersey, N. America. A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences…, 8vo D. 1776, First Dub. Edn. XV, 434pp. advert leaf at end, cont. calf, mor. label; also Barclay (Rob.) An Aplogy for the True Christian Divinity,.. of the People called Quakers, 8vo D. 1780, cont. calf, mor. label. (2)
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Lot 267/0220
Irish Novels: Hall (Mrs. S.C.) The Whiteboy: A Story of Ireland in 1822, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1845. First Edn., advert leaf and hf. title Vol. I, some pencil annots, as if for re-printing, orig. cloth; [Gibson (C.B.)] The Last Earl of Desmond: A Historical Romance of 1599-1603. 2 vols. in one, sm. 8vo D. 1854. a.e.g., full mor. gilt fillet borders, gilt decor. spine. (3)
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Lot 268/0220
Illustrations by Phiz, or H. Thompson
Lever (C.) Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols. D. 1841. First Edn., illus. by Phiz, cont. hf. calf; Reade (Chas.) Peg Woffington, 8vo L. 1899, illus. by Hugh Thompson, decor. gilt cloth; & 2 others sim. illus. by H. Thompson. (5)More details › -
Lot 269/0220
O’Donovan (Ed.) The Merv Oasis, Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1882. First Edn., engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cold. frontis. Vol. II, 13 fold. and other plts. & fac-similes complete, but lacks map, cloth. (2)
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Lot 270/0220
1798: Wheeler (H.F.B.) & Broadley (A.M.) The War in Wexford, 8vo L. 1910, First Edn., illus. cloth; also Some Notes of an Irish Exile of 1798, Being the Chapters from the Memoirs of Miles Byrne relating to Ireland. 8vo D. n.d, hf. mor. (2)
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Lot 271/0220
[Campbell] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D. 8vo D. 1778. First Edn. 6 engd. plts. (2 fold. both with tears, one with loss), cont. calf, mor. label. (1)
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Lot 272/0220
D’Alton (John) & O’Flanagan (J.R.) The History of Dundalk and its Environs, 8vo Dundalk, 1864, First Edn., frontispiece, 8 plts. (some folding plts.), orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 273/0220
[Yeats (Jack B. & W.B.)] Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, 8vo D. 1911. Illus. by Jack B. Yeats; also Birmingham (Geo. A.) Irishmen All, 8vo L. & Edin. 1914, fine cold. illus. by Jack B. Yeats, both buckram; Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre, L. 1913, illus. by Gordon Craig, cloth backed boards. (3)
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Lot 274/0220
Muldoon (P.) Wayside Shrines, 8vo Meath (The Gallery Press) 2009, Signed Ltd. Edn., No. 178 (400), illus. by Keith Wilson, cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 275/0220
Barlow (Peter) A Treatise on The Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and other Materials, 8vo L. 1845. New Edn. 7 fold. plts.,cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Clean copy. (1)
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Lot 276/0220
Locke (John) Two Treatises of Government, 8vo D. (Wm. Mc Kenzie) 1794. Owners name etc. inscribed on title, cont. tree calf, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 277/0220
Adams (George) A Treatise Describing the Construction and Explaining the Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes…, 8vo L. 1782, Fifth, engd. frontis & 13 other plts. (some fold.) complete, 18pp. Cat. of Instruments at end, some damp stains, cont. calf, worn & stained. (1)
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Lot 278/0220
[Shaw (G.B.)] Lee (Geo. J.) The Voice: Its Artistic Production, Development and Preservation, 4to L. & D. 1870. Second, frontis & 4 plts. orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. Scarce; and 1 other similar. (2)
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