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 665/0220
Parnell (Dr. Thos.) Poems on Several Occasions, 8vo L. (for Bernard Lintot) 1726. Red & black title, 34pp. Catalogue at end, cont. panel calf, raised bands, mor. label. Nice copy of this early edition. (1)
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Lot 666/0220
Irish Poetry: Blunt (Wm. Scawen) In Vinculis, 12mo L. 1889. First Edn., Dedit to Priests & Peasants of Ireland, port. frontis uncut, cloth; Waller (J. Francis) Poems, 12mo D. 1863 Second; & Joyce (Rob Dwyer) Deirdre, 12mo D. 1877. First Edn., cloth. All Scarce; Yeats (Jack B.) The Careless Flower, L. 1947, First; Moore (Geo.) Evelyn Innes, L. 1898; & 2 others Irish interest. (7)
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Lot 667/0220
Wright (T.) & Rutty (J.) A History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers in Ireland from the Year 1653 to 1700, 8vo L. 1800. Second Edn., calf, covers detached; Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb, 8vo D. 1792. First Edn., orig. calf, spine cracked needs re-binding. (2)
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Lot 668/0220
Limited Edition: O’Donnell (Peadar) Proud Island, D 1975. Signed Lim. Edn. 24 (50), a.e.g., calf backed boards inatching slip case. V. good. (1)
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Lot 669/0220
Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, … by Lemuel Gulliver. Vol. III of The Authors Works. 8vo D. (George Faulkner) 1735. Engd. port. frontis, 5 single page maps & 1 plt., wd. heads & tails, some finger or other marks, cont. calf, lacks label. Teerink 49. (1)
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Lot 670/0220
Hawkins (Sir John) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 8vo D. (Chambers) 1787. First Dublin Edn., wd. cut device on title, cont. calf, mor. label. Good. (1)
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Lot 671/0220
Noble (Mark) Memoirs of the Protectoral House of Cromwell, 2 vols. Birmingham 1777. Second Edn., 1 port. frontis, 12 fold. & other plts., tables etc., recent calf backed; [Drake (Francis) Abridged from] Eboracum: or, The History and Antiquities of the City of York, 2 vols. York 1788., 17 end. plts. (some fold.), cont. diced calf, rebacked. (4)
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Lot 672/0220
Aircraft, Pilots, etc: Lewis (Peter) The British Fighter since 1912, L. 1979; Thetford (Owen) British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, L. 1962; Butler (F. Hedges) Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water and Air, L. 1920; & 6 other items sim. (9)
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Lot 673/0220
Hardy (Thos.) Jude the Obscure, L. 1896. First Edn., The Mayor of Casterbridge, L. 1895, & others same author; also Barrie (J.M.) Tommy and Grizel, L. 1900, and The Little White Bird, L. 1902. First Edn., First Appearance of Peter Pan Character, both orig. cloth; Hope (Anthony) Rupert of Hentzau, Bristol n.d. First, illus.; & 1 other. (8)
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Lot 674/0220
Pamphlets: Two volumes of varied pamphlets include: many on The Treaty, Partition, Home Rule etc., and some scarce Catholic Truth Society publications, approx 18 items, mor. backed boards & cloth. As a coll., w.a.f. Some scarce items. (2)
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Lot 675/0220
Very Good Set
O’Keeffe (John) Recollections of The Life of John O’Keeffe, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1826. First Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. tan, marble sides, mor. labels, spine profusely tooled in panels, attractive set. (2)More details › -
Lot 676/0220
First English Edition
Goguet (A.Y.) The Origins of Laws, Arts, and Sciences and their Progress among the Most Ancient Nations, 3 vols., 8vo, Edinburgh 1775, 9 fold. copper plates & 3 lg. fold. charts, contemp. sprinkled calf, mor. labels, raised bands, joints cracked or loose, worn. Scarce. (3)More details › -
Lot 677/0220
Special Edition in Fine Binding
Walton (Izaak) The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson, 8vo L. (J. Major) 1825. Engd. frontis on India paper & 10 sim. ports. & plts., fine text illus., a.e.g., full cont. green mor. with gilt line borders, and gilt decor. spine with raised bands. V. good & desirable copy. (1)More details › -
Lot 678/0220
Lyon (Capt. G.F.) The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla During The Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Perry, 8vo L. 1824. First Edn., Engd. frontis, lg. fold. map, & 5 plts. (ex. 56), hf. calf, worn. (1)
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Lot 679/0220
Sleater (Rev. M.) Introductory Essay to a New System of Civil and Ecclesiastical Topography …, 8vo D. 1806. First Edn., list of subs., recent cloth. Clean copy. (1)
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Lot 680/0220
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 vols., 8vo, Oxford 1826, port. frontis, contemp. hf. mor., marble boards, gilt letter spine, book plates, some foxing, otherwise good. (4)
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Lot 681/0220
Bindings: Collier (J. Payne)ed. The Works of Edmund Spencer, 5 vols. 8vo L. (Chiswick Press) 1862. A.e.g., full cont. str. grained crimson mor., with blind tooled & gilt fillet borders, & circular school prize arms of Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, by Hawes of Cambridge. V. good. (5)
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Lot 682/0220
British Association in Ireland: Reports of the Meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 44th Meeting, Belfast 1874; also 47th Meeting, Dublin 1878; & 78th Meeting held at Dublin 1908. Together 3 vols. uniform 8vo L. 1875-1909. Plts. (some fold.) orig. & other photos, tables etc. orig. orange cloth. As a periodical.
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Lot 683/0220
Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1780 & L. 1780 (Second Edn.) 2 engd. plts. Vol. I tree calf, Vol. II lacks upr. cover; also Boutcher (Wm.) A Treatise on Forest Trees, 8vo D. 1776. First Dublin Edn. lacks front and end loose blanks, cont. calf. (3)
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Lot 684/0220
With Attractive Illustrations
Campbell (Joseph) Mearing Stones, Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal. Sm. 4to D. 1911. First Edn., frontis & 15 illus. plts. by author orig. boards; Freamacha na h-Eireann Aodhmain Mac Triodoir Cruinneadoir, Sm. 4to D. n.d. [1906]. Hf. title, red & black decor. title, & 8 plts. by Joseph Campbell, recent mor. backed marble boards. V. good. Scarce. (2)More details ›