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 446/0220
Box: Irish literary interest, books by J.A. Froude, G.A. Birmingham, James Stephens, F. O’Connor, W.B. Yeats, Somerville & Ross etc., approx. 25 vols., some good, as a box, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 447/0220
Box: Irish interest: Gogarty – As I Was Going Down Sackville Street, 1937; Somerville & Ross, Sweet Cry of Hounds, 1936; also The states through Irish Eyes, L. 1931; Froude, The Two Chiefs of Dunboy, L. 1889; Cronin (A.) No Laughing Matter, The Life and Times of Flann O’Brien, 1989; Moorehead A Short History of Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital, D. 1942; Browne – The Rotunda Hospital, 4to Edin. 1947; Graves (r.) Proceed Sergeant Lamb, L. 1941, d.w.; Gregory (Lady) Gods and fighting Men, .. L. 1926; & 31 others of Irish interest. A good clean lot. As a box. (1)
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Lot 448/0220
Box: Irish History etc: O’Connor – History of Ireland, 1798 – 1924, 2 vols.; Elliott – Wolfe Tone, 1989; Dickson – The Wexford Rising; Kane – the Industrial Resources of Ireland, D. 1845; Malcolmson – John Foster The Politics of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, 1978; Tatlow (J.) Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland & Ireland, L. 1920; Thorp – The Destinies of the British Empire, L. 1831; An Historical Letter from Francis Plowden to Sir Richard Musgrave, L. & D. 1805; The Times – Report of the Trial of William Palmer, L. 1856, illus.; Sarratt – Life of Bonaparte, L. n.d.,; & some others on Irish history, and some odd vols., antiquarian. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 449/0220
Box: Vellum Bindings: Le Opera di Vittorio Alfier, 32 vols. Padova 1809, full vellum, gilt decor spines; & 10 others smaller but similar. As a coll. of bindings, wa.f. Good, a box. (1)
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Lot 450/0220
Box: James Bond: Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, L. (J. Cape) 1965 Third Edn.; & 6 others by Fleming in the Bond Seris; also 7 other Bond related Novels, by Kingsley Amis, O.F. Snelling, J. Gardners, O. del Buono et. Allin orig. d.w. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 451/0220
Box: English Novels by Le Carre & S. King: Le Carre (J.) The Honourable Schoolboy, L. 1977, no d.w.; A Perfect Spy, L. 1986; also Absolute Friends, L. 2003, both d.w.’s, All First Edns.; and Beahm (G.)ed. The Stephen King Companion, 1989, with 9 novels by King, all d.w.’s; & 1 other vol. As a box lot, w.a.f. Good. (1)
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Lot 452/0220
Box: Children’s interest: Nichols (Beverley) A Book of Old Ballads, 4to L. 1934. Fine cold. Illus. by H.M. Brock, uncut, suede binding; & others, all of children’s interest. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 453/0220
Bindings: Scott (Sir W.) Waverley’s Novels & Tales, 12 vols.; also Historical Romances, 6 vols. full crimson mor. tooled gilt decor; Lockharts Life of Sir W. Scott, 4 vols.; Hume’s History of England, 13 vols. full diced calf, gilt spines; Belshem – Memoirs of the Reign of George III, 8 vols. full tree calf, gilt spines,mor. labels. As bindings, a nice lot, w.a.f. A box. (1)
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Lot 454/0220
Box: Children’s interest: The Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor, Vol. IV, 1845 – 1863, together 12 vols. (incomplete) 20mo 1845-1863, plts. & illus., cloth; Howitt (Wm.) The Boy’s Country Book, 12mo L. 1841; Domesticated Animals, 12mo L. 1834, illus; Sermons for Children, 20mo L. 1830; Agathes and other Sunday Stories by a Clergyman, 20mo L. 1839; Peter Parley’s Tales, and many other small and miniature volumes, all subjects, also books of Religious instruction etc. A large collection. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 455/0220
Box: Irish interest etc: Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1780. Fold. frontis. Vol. I, calf, worn; Hyde (D.) Love Songs of Connacht, D. 1903, wrappers; H-Regan – How and Where to Fish in Ireland, L. 1881, fold. map; Mac Donagh (T.) Songs of Myself, D. 1910, First Edn.; Sharkey (P.A.) The Heart of Ireland, Boyle n.d.; 4 others of Irish interest; also Shaw (R. Norman) Architectural Sketches of the Continent, lg. atlas folio L. 1858. Numerous litho plts. all loose. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 456/0220
Box: Modern Irish etc: Lyne (Gerald J.) The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W.S. Trench 1849 – 72, 8vo D. 2001. Signed Pres. Copy; O’Brien (Grania R.) These My Friends and Forebears, 4to Whitegate, Co. Clare, 1991, signed; Miller (Audrey S.)ed. The Journal for Mary O’Brien 1828 – 1838, Toronto 1968; Atthill (L.) The Recollections of an Irish Doctor, 2007, Lim. Edn.; Mitchel (F.) The Irish Landscape, L. 1976; & 12 others, mostly Irish. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 457/0220
Box: Antiquarian Volumes: Coryate (Thos.) Three Crude Veines, 4to L. 1611; Bacon (f.) The Historie of the Reign of King Henry VII, folio L. 1629; The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, sm. 4to L. 1634; The Book of Common Prayer, thick 4to Oxford 1743; The Works of Flavius Josephus, folio L. 1725; The Family Bible, thick 4to L. 1816, full tooled crimson mor., & 2 others, as a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 458/0220
Box: Ulster interest: A good selection of varied books of Ulster interest, History, Literature & Poetry, Biography, Archaeology & Social interest, approx. 34 vols., as a box, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 459/0220
Box: Leather bindings etc: Dickens (Charles) The Pickwick Papers, 8vo L. 1837. First Edn., engd. frontis & add. title, plts. etc. cont. hf. calf; Furnivall (Fred. J.) The Babes Book, … The Babes of Nurture etc., 8vo L. 1868, hf. mor.; Hoyne ed. P. Virgilius Maro in Usum Scholarum, roy 8vo L. 1809. a.e.g. full gilt mor. v. good; & approx. 12 other bindings. As a box, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 460/0220
Box: War Interest, Modern hardbacks, mostly World War I & II, The Army etc., approx. 30 vols., good. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 461/0220
Box: W.W. 1 & II English Paperbacks, many on World Wars I & II, & others varied, a good lot, approx. 100 vols. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 462/0220
Box: Postcards, Photographs, etc. Two old photograph albums, one with good cabinet photo of John Redmond some lg. photos of Paris, mounted on card, some Irish & general postcards, some Edwardian Ladies, collection of late Victorian, Edwardian colourful greeting cards, empty albums etc. As a lot, w.a.f.
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Lot 463/0220
Box: Thoms Official Directories, & Dublin Directory, together 6 vols., all cloth, some dam. As a box lot, w.a.f (1)
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Lot 464/0220
Box: Irish interest: O’Connor (James) the Irish Justice of the Peace, thick 8vo D. 1911. Signed Pres. Copy, mor. backing; O’Sullivan (S.) Collected Poems, D. (Orwell Press) 1940. Lim. Edn., d.w.; Shaw (G.B.) Prefaces, roy 8vo L. 1938, d.w.; Mitchel (J.) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. D. 1869; Mac Neill (J.G. Swift) the Constitutional and Parliamentary History of Ireland till The Union, D. 1917; O’Byrne (Rev. J.W.) History of the Wexford Men’s Confraternity of the Holy Family, 8vo Wexford 1910; the Book of Trinity College, Dublin 1591 – 1891, lg. 4to Belfast 1892; and approx. 20 others of Irish interest. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 465/0220
Box: Beaglehole (J.C.)ed The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, 2 vols. thick imp. 8vo Cambridge 1955, numerous fold. maps illus. etc.;also The Life of Captain James Cook, L. 1974; Fenn (John) Original Letters Written during the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III, 2 vols 4to L. 1787., 2 add. vign. titles, plts. (some cold.) calf, 1 cover lacking; approx. 70 vols. varied, as a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
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