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 319/0220
Mitchel (Flora H.) Vanishing Dublin, lg. 4to D. 1966. First (Sole) Edn., 50 fine cold. plts., orig. cloth & pict. d.w. V. good.
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Lot 320/0220
Leland (Thos.) The History of Ireland, 3 vols. 4to L. 1773. Good 19th Century hf. calf, blind & gilt tooled spines, mor. labels. (3)
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Lot 321/0220
Periodical: Haverty (M.)ed. Duffy’s Hibernian Magazine,k No. 1 – No. 18, in 3 vols. 4to D. July 1860 – Dec. 1861. Complete File, 3 wd. cut frontis, orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. As a periodical. (3)
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Lot 322/0220
Gatty (Mrs. A.) The Book of Sun Dials, folio L. 1900. New Edn., Enlarged Port. frontis plts. & illus. thro-out, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1)
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Lot 323/0220
Presentation Copy
Shirley (E. Philip) Some Account of the Territory or Dominion of Farney, in the Province and Earldom of Ulster, 4to L. (Wm. Pickering) 1845. First Edn., inscribed on hf. title ‘From the Author’ text illus., orig. cloth, spine dam. (1)More details › -
Lot 324/0220
Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country, lg. 4to L. 1807. First Edn., engd. title, 2 engd. maps, engd. vign. heads, dbl. page panorama, 16 full page engd. plts. & other engd. plts. at rear, cont. hf. mor., new cloth spine. (1)
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Lot 325/0220
Lesberg (S.) The Cottages & Castles of Ireland, folio N.Y. 1976; Mac Liammoir (M.) Ireland, folio L. 1966; De Breffny (B.) & Mott (G.) The Churches and Abbeys of Ireland, 4to L. 1976; & 3 others. (6)
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Lot 326/0220
Genealogy etc: Burke Peerage and Baronetage, thick roy 8vo L. 1913, illus. later cloth; Kavanagh (Art) Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Kilkenny, Vol. I only, 2004; Bunbury (Turtle) The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Wicklow, Vol. I only D. 2005; Hyde (D.) A Literary History of Ireland, L. 1910; & 2 others. (6)
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Lot 327/0220
With Coloured Illustrations
Edwards (Lionel)illus. Royal Newmarket, by R.C. Lyle 4to L. 1941. First Edn., cold. plts. by Lionel Edwards; Quiller-Couch, The Sleeping Beauty & other Fairy Tales, roy 8vo L. 1938. With attractive cold. plts. by Edmund Dulac, decor. cloth. (2)More details › -
Lot 328/0220
With Fine Coloured Plates
Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols roy 8vo L. 1875. Numerous cold. litho plts., orig. cloth, gilt decor; Thomson (A.L.) Britain’s Birds and Their Nests, thick 8vo L. 1910, cold. plts. gilt decor. cloth. (4)More details › -
Lot 329/0220
With the Hand Coloured Maps
Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to L. 1837, together with, Atlas to the Counties of Ireland, 4to L. 1837. Lg. fold. hd. cold. linen backed map of Ireland (loose) & 32 single page maps all hd.-cold.in outline, orig. cloth, worn. (3)More details › -
Lot 330/0220
English Acts: Acts Relating to the Parish of Bermondsey, folio L. 1823, cont. hf. mor. with label, worn; & 6 others sim. c. 1738 – 1798, mostly disbound, as a coll., w.a.f. (7)
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Lot 331/0220
Binding: Racine (Louis) Oeuvres, Completes de J. Racine, sm. folio Paris n.d. [c. 1870], fine engd. plts. a.e.g. full Trinity College Prize, crimson mor., gilt decor. with coat of arms, by Hodges Foster & Co., Dublin. As a bind., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 332/0220
Gibbons (Rob.) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 4to L. 1959. First Edn., with orig.printed prospectus loosely inserted, illus., cloth etc. V. clean copy. (1)
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Lot 333/0220
Stanhope (Mrs. E.)ed. Letters of the Late Rt. Hon. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, 2 vols. 4to L. 1774. First, engd. port. frontis, cont. hf. calf. Good. (2)
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Lot 334/0220
Temple – The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart, 2 vols. folio L. 1750. Engd. port. frontis after P. Lely, cont. sprinkled calf, profusely gilt tooled spines in panels, raised bands, 1 label lacking. Good. (2)
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Lot 335/0220
Warburton (J.), Whitelaw (J.) & Walsh (R.) History of the City of Dublin, 2 vols. Lg. 4to L. 1818. First Edn., engd. plts. supplied in photocopy, later hf. tan calf, mor. labels, good, but .w.a.f. (2)
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Lot 336/0220
Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Folio L. 1633. First Edn., 2 engd. portraits, 11 engd. fold. & other maps & plans (ex 17) lacking Map of Mounster, but with extra contemporary maps of Connaught, Ulster & Leisnter by John Speed, cont. calf, blind tooled borders. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 337/0220
Municipal Corporations (Dublin) Appendix to the First Report of the Commissioners – Report on The City of Dublin, Folio L. 1836. 3 fold. tables, uncut, a few edges repaired, recent cloth. (1)
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Lot 338/0220
Edward (Lionel) My Hunting Sketch Book, lg. 4to L. 1928. Mounted cold. frontis & 14 mtd. cold. plts., oatmeal cloth. (1)
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