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 565/0220
Davitt (Michael) Leaves from a Prison Diary; Or, Lectures to a “Solitary” Audience, 2 vols. sm 8vo L. 1885. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, orig. cloth, v. good; also The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland, 8vo L. & N.Y. 1904. First Edn., uncut, cloth. Good. (3)
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Lot 566/0220
Gibbon (Edward) A Vindication of Some Passages in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8vo D. 1779. First Dublin Edn, 158pp., orig. calf, joints worn lacks label.
* The 15th & 16th Chapters of the Biggon’s History which dealt with the growth of Christianity and its part of the decline of the Empire, provoked several attacks from minor writers, although the church stayed clear of the debate. Gibbon’s defence was intended to deal with these irritants, and he had it printed in 8vo deliberately, so that it should not be bound up and preserved with the History. V. Rare. (1)More details › -
Lot 567/0220
Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man: Being An Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution. 8vo L. 1791. Fourth Edn. X, [7] – 171pp cont. tree calf, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 568/0220
Franklin (Capt. John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of The Polar Sea in Years 1819-20-21-22, 2 vols. L. 1824. Second Edn., cold. frontis. Vol. I, lacks charts, hf. calf, worn. (2)
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Lot 569/0220
Fine Engraved Plates
Creswick (Thos.) Picturesque Scenery in Ireland, 4to L. n.d. First, engd. frontis & plts. a.e.g.; also Tillotson (J.) Ireland and its Scenery, 4to L. n.d. engd. add. title, frontis & plts. orig gilt decor. cloth Both Scarce. (2)More details › -
Lot 570/0220
Limited Editions: Curwen Press – Disraeli the Younger, The Infernal Marriage, roy 8vo L. 1929. Lim. Edn. 463 (850), illus. by John Austen, vellum backed cloth; Nonesuch Press: Fontenelle (B.) A Plurality of Worlds, 8vo L. 1929, uncut, vellum; Fisk (Earl E.)ed. Lovely Laughter, An Anthology, roy 8vo N.Y. 1932. Lim. Edn. 867 (999). Illus. by Vera Willoughby, vellum backed decor. boards. (3)
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Lot 571/0220
Masai (F.) Essai sur Les Origines de la Miniature Dite Irlandaise, Folio Brussels 1947. 64 photo plts. 146pp., uncut, orig. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 572/0220
Davies (Ed.) Celtic Researches, on The Origin Tradition & Language of the Ancient Britons, roy 8vo L. 1804. First Edn., list of subs., cloth, joints cracked, mor. label. (1)
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Lot 573/0220
1798 etc: Chart (D.A.)ed. The Drennan Letters, roy 8vo Belfast 1931. First Edn., frontis cloth. (1)
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Lot 574/0220
Dun Laoghaire – Urban District Council of Kingstown – Reports, Minutes, etc. for the Year 1919, roy 8vo D. 1920. Fold. tables etc., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 575/0220
Irish Folklore Commission: Mac Neill (Maire) The Festival of Lughnasa, A Study of the Survival of the Celtic Festival of the Beginning of Harvest. Roy 8vo Oxford 1962. First Edn., fold. map & illus. plts. orig. cloth. Rare. Good. (1)
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Lot 576/0220
[Macken (S.J.) Publisher] Ireland as a Kingdom and Colony; or A Historical, Political and Military Sketch of its State … By ‘Brian Borohme the Younger.’ Roy 8vo L. 1843. First Edn., hf. title inscribed. Pres. Copy, adverts at end; also Martin (R. Montgomery) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, L. 1843. First Edn., fold. map, fold. table, errata slip,cloth. (2)
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Lot 577/0220
Stanfield (Clarkson) Stanfield’s Coast Scenery, A Series of Views in the British Channel. Roy 8vo L. 1836. First Edn., engd. frontis, add. engd. title & 38 engd. plts., a.e.g., cont. gilt stamped mor., tooled gilt spine. V. good clean copy. (1)
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Lot 578/0220
Robinson (Lennox) The Irish Theatre, L. 1939, also Ireland’s Abbey Theatre, A History, 1899-1951, L. 1951; Clarke (W.S.) The Early Irish Stage, Oxford 1955; and Ellis-Fermor (U.) The Irish Dramatic Movement, L. 1939. All First Edns., & d.w.’s. (4)
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Lot 579/0220
Irish Book Catalogues: Greer (Hugh) Cathedral Book Store, Belfast, A Catalogue of Books relating to Ireland, No’s 15 – 20; 24 – 28, together 11 catalogues, 8vo Belfast c. 1936 – 1951; also Battersby & Co. – Catalogue of Valuable Collection …. also The Valuable Library of Books, by direction of Henry Barnardo, 8vo D. April 1935, all orig. ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 580/0220
Yachting: Biddle (Tyrrell E.) The Corinthian Yachtsman or Hints on Yachting, 8vo L. 1881. First, illus., decor. cloth; Heckstall-Smith – The Complete Yachtsmen, L. 1931; Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, oblong roy 8vo L. 1923; Sailing Directions for the Coast of Ireland, Part I South East & North Coasts of Ireland, 8vo L. 1866, cloth; 2 books on yacht & boat building. (6)
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Lot 581/0220
Hand-Coloured Plates: Sowerby (J.) British Ferns, roy 8vo L. c. 1806, 54 hd. cold. plts., no title, hf. calf, worn. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 582/0220
Gebbie (Canon J.H.) An Introduction to The Abercorn Letters, 4to Omagh 1972. FIRST EDN., Authors own copy, with additional notes & cuttings loosely inserted; Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Derry Clergy and Parishes, Enniskillen 1937, FIRST EDN., Canon Gebbie’s copy, both cloth. (2)
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Lot 583/0220
Map: Dun Laoighaire City: Lg. fold. Ordnance Map of Dun Laoghaire & Environs, c. 1950, six inch scale, linen backed, with card covers. As a map. (1)
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Lot 584/0220
Topographical Watercolours: A sm. Victorian Scrap Album containing mostly sm. engraved views, some press cuttings etc., but include. two watercolours of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, S. Africa, & a another by members of the De Montmorency family. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
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