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 605/0220
Allom (Thos.) & Walsh (Rev. R.) Constantinople and the Scenery of The Seven Churches of Asia Minor Illustrated, 2 vols. 4to L. n.d. 2 engd. frontis, 2 add engd. titles, a.e.g., full green mor. tooled gilt panels. (2)
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Lot 606/0220
D’Alton (John) The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin, roy 8vo D. 1838. L.P. copy, recent cloth. (1)
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Lot 607/0220
Parnell (Dr. Thos.) Poems on Several Occasions, 4to D. (Thos. Ewing) 1773. NEW EDN., cont. full calf professional reback with the attractive bookplate of Clement K. Shorter. (1)
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Lot 608/0220
Military: Atkinson (C.T.) History of the Royal Dragoons 1661 – 1934, 4to Glasgow n.d. [1934] Lim. Edn. No. 114 (125) Copies, list of subs. cold. frontis & plts. fold. maps, text illus., uncut, orig. mor. backed blue cloth, gilt. Attractive copy.
* This Regiment was active in Ireland during the Campaigns of William III. (1)More details › -
Lot 609/0220
Milner (Rev. J.) A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages, 8vo L. 1811. First Edn., 10 engd. plts. cloth dam.; Webster (Alias Geo. Puttenham) The Arte of English Poesie, 4to L. 1811. First, thus, uncut, boards. (2)
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Lot 610/0220
Graham (H. Davenport) Antiquities of Iona, 4to L. (Day & Son) 1850. FIRST EDN., litho title, list of subs., litho map, & 49 litho plts. (ex. 50, lacks no. 39), recent full buckram. Good. (1)
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Lot 611/0220
Kirkpatrick (T. Percy C.) The History of Doctor Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin, 1720 – 1920, 4to D. 1924. First, plts. buckram backed boards; Widdess (J.D.H.) A History of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 1654-1963, roy 8vo Edin. & L. 1963. First Edn., illus. d.w. (2)
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Lot 612/0220
Kirkpatrick (T. Percy C.) The Book of the Rotunda Hospital, lg. 4to L. 1913. First, plts.; also Browne (O’Donel T.D.) The Rotunda Hospital 1745-1945, 4to Edin. 1947, First Edn., frontis plts., cloth & d.w. (2)
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Lot 613/0220
Bibliography: Chubb (T.) The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, 4to L. 1927. First Edn., illus., buckram. (1)
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Lot 614/0220
Chempneys (A.C.) Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture, sm. folio L. 1910. First Edn., illus. orig. cloth,v.good copy. (1)
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Lot 615/0220
Sweeney (Tony) Irish Stuart Silver, folio D. 1995. Lim. Edn.; Mc Donnell (Joe.) Irish 18th Century Stuccowork and its European Sources, folio D. 1991; Bartlett (T.) Macartney in Ireland 1768-72, Belfast 1978; Brayton (A.) George Berkeley in Apulia, 4to Boston 1946; also Report .. for Ireland .. of Marriages, Birth and Death Registered in Ireland, … 1912, folio L. 1913, hf. calf. (5)
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Lot 616/0220
Irish Famine: Irish University Press Series – Famine – Ireland, Vols. 1 – 8, folio Shannon 1968 – 1970, orig. mor. backed cloth, etc. Good. (8)
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Lot 617/0220
R.I.A.: Mallet (Rob); Lloyd (Humphrey); Boole (George) & Others, The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. XXI, Part I, 4to D. 1846. Engd. fold. plts. etc., some cold. orig. cloth backed boards. As an odd vol., w.a.f.
* Contains articles on Earthquakes by R. Mallet, articles by George Boole, H. Lloyd, James Mc Cullagh, & others. (1)More details › -
Lot 618/0220
Ross (Martin) & Somerville (E.O.E.) A Patrick’s Day Hunt, oblong folio L. n.d. First Edn., 8 cold. plts. (loose) orig. pict. cold. cloth; Edwards (Lionel) Sketches in Stable and Kennels, 4to L. 1944, cold. & other plts.; also Snaffles A Half Century of Memories, 4to L. 1950, cold. & other plts.; & 3 others sim. (6)
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Lot 619/0220
Valuation of the City of Dublin
Griffith (Richard) General Valuation of Ratable Property in Ireland – City of Dublin, North Dublin and South Dublin Unions, 2 vols. folio D. 1854, First Edns., vol. I in orig. wrappers, & Vol. II in cont. hf. calf, worn. Scarce. (2)More details › -
Lot 620/0220
Agricultural Statistics, Ireland: Tables showing the Extent in Statute Acres and the Produce of the Crops for 1881, folio D. 1881; and ditto for 1899, folio D. 1900, 2 vols.; also Report … To Inquire into the Condition of The Civil Service in Ireland, folio D. 1873, all recent full cloth. (3)
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Lot 621/0220
Illustrations by Frank Brangwyn
Hutton (Ed.) The Pageant of Venice, lg. 4to L. 1922. Illus. by F. Brangwyn, uncut, cloth; Facett (F. Burlington) Broadside Ballads, folio L. (Bodley Head) 1930. Lim. Edn.; Reed (E.T.) A Book of Arms, 4to L. 1899, illus., vellum; & 1 other item. (4)More details › -
Lot 622/0220
Waddington (Victor) Twelve Irish Artists, folio D. (Three Candles) 1940. First Edn. 12 attractive lg. mtd. cold. plts. orig. cloth backed boards, & d.w., V. good. (1)
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Lot 623/0220
Story (Thomas) A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story;… Principles of Truth, as held by the People called Quakers. Folio Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1747, cont. calf, worn; & 1 other sim. (2)
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Lot 624/0220
Irish Georgian Society: Records of Eighteenth – Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, Vol. 3, 4, & 5, together 3 vols. (ex. 5), lg. 4to D. 1912 – 1913; also Sadlier (T.U.) & Dickinson (Page L.) Georgian Mansions in Ireland, lg. 4to D. 1915. All Lim. Edns. all profusely illustrated, orig. decor. buckram. V. good. (4)
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