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 545/0220
[de Genlis (Stephanie F. D. de Saint Aubin Comtess)] Lessons of a Governess to her Pupils, 3 vols. 12mo L. (G.G.J. & J. Robinson) 1792. Lacks front & end loose blanks, some stains, cont. tree calf, mor. labels. (3)
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Lot 546/0220
Dublin Printing: Tacquet (A.) The Elements of Euclid: With Select Theorems out of Archimedes, 8vo D. (J. Jackson) 1772. Tenth, engd. port. frontis., vign. title, 6 fold. plts., cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 547/0220
Belfast: The Belfast Harbour Acts 1847 to 1883, roy 8vo Belfast 1888 hf. calf, worn; Owen (D.J.) History of Belfast, Belfast 1921; & 7 others. (9)
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Lot 548/0220
Dublin Printings: Moore (John) A View of the Society and Manners in Italy, 3 vols. 12mo D. 1781; also A View of the Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and Germany, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1781, Third. All cont. calf, spines worn. (5)
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Lot 549/0220
Malby (Mse. G.B.de) Le Droit Public del’Europe, Fonde sur les Traites,… ed. by Mr. Rousset , 2 vols. 12mo Amsterdam, 1761. New Edn., red & bl. titles, 1 hf. title, cont. calf, raised bands. (2)
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Lot 550/0220
Begley (John Archdeacon) The Diocese of Limerick, 3 vols. 8vo D. 1906, 1927 & 1938. Complete. First Edns., illus. orig. gilt decor. green cloth, v. good set. (3)
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Lot 551/0220
Irish Fishing: Green (Philip) What I have Seen while Fishing and How I have Caught My Fish, L. 1905. Second Impression, illus. etc., mostly Irish content; Kingsmill Moore (T.C.) A Man May Fish, L. 1960. First Edn., d.w.; & 2 others sim. (4)
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Lot 552/0220
Liebig (Justus) M.R.I.A., Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology, 8vo L. 1842. Second Edn., ed. by Lyon Playfail, 10pp adverts at end. Orig. cloth. (1)
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Lot 553/0220
Streeter (Edwin W.) Pearls and Pearling Life, 8vo L. 1886. First Edn., 1 frontis & 8 plts. & fold. map, pict. gilt cloth; The Great Diamonds of the World Their History and Romance, L. [1882], Second Edn., cloth. (2)
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Lot 554/0220
Military: Cannon (Richard) Historical Record of The Eighteenth, or The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, 8vo L. 1848. First Edn., hd. cold. flag plate, & 2 other hd. cold. plts., orig. cloth. Good & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 555/0220
Woods (James) Annals of Westmeath Ancient and Modern, 8vo D. 1907. First, frontis & plts. cloth; Walsh (Paul) The Place Names of Westmeath, D. 1957. First, d.w. (2)
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Lot 556/0220
Wordsworth (Wm.) The River Duddon, 8vo L. 1820. First Edn. lacks hf. title etc?, lacks end blank, uncut, orig. boards, rebacked. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 557/0220
Fraser (Robert) General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy Present State and Circumstances of the County Wicklow,… Dublin Society. 8vo D. 1801. First Edn., fold. hd. cold. map, recent calf backed boards. V. clean copy. (1)
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Lot 558/0220
Caird (James) The Plantation System or The West of Ireland as a Field for Investments, 8vo Edin. & L. 1850. First Edn., fold. map frontis, hd. cold. in outline, & 1 plt., pce. torn from top of title, Cat. at end, orig. cloth. Clean. (1)
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Lot 559/0220
Head (Sir F.B.) A Fortnight in Ireland, 8vo L. 1852, First Edn., fold. map frontis, cat. at end; also Lacy (Thos.) Sights and Scenes in Our Fatherland, L. 1863. First Edn., engd. frontis. text illus. some hd. cold., both orig. cloth. (2)
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Lot 560/0220
Gilbert (J.T.) A History of the City of Dublin, 3 vols. 8vo D. 1861. First Edn., 3 fold. maps, orig. cloth. Good. (3)
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Lot 561/0220
Genealogy: Donoghue (John) Historical Memoir of The O’Briens, 8vo D. 1860. First Edn., hf. title, errata slip, orig. cloth; O’Brien (Hon. D.) History of The O’Briens, roy 8vo L. 1949. First Edn., cloth. (2)
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Lot 562/0220
Co. Tipperary: White (James) My Clonmel Scrap Book, 8vo Dundalk, n.d. Second Edn., illus.; Power (P.C.) Carrick-on-Suir and its People, D. 1976. First, illus.; Gleeson (J.) Cashel of the Kings, D. (de Burca Reprint) 2001, d.w.; Nolan (Wm.)ed. Tipperary: History and Society, D. (Geography Publ.) 1985. (4)
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Lot 563/0220
1798: Cloney (Thos.) A Personal Narrative of .. Transactions in the County Wexford … during the awful period of 1798, 8vo D. 1832. First Edn., list of subscribers, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (1)
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Lot 564/0220
1798: Gordan (Rev. James) History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the Year 1798, etc., 8vo L. 1803. First Edn., XL, 453pp, orig. calf, worn. (1)
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