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 81/0220
In Fine Binding
Balmanno (M.)ed. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, A New Collected Edition, thick 4to, New York (Johnson, Fry & Co.), n.d. illus, frontis & engd. add. title, m/ss notes to t.p. etc., contemp. full calf, with profusely decor. blind borders, with central gilt Irish motifs on front and back, the spine decor. with names “Mary E Walsh,” as a binding, w.a.f. (1)More details › -
Lot 82/0220
Engraved Views: Wright (Rev. G.N.) The Rhine, Italy and Greece, 2 vols. 4to L. n.d. c. 1850., 2 add. engd. titles, & 71 engd. plts. (includ. frontis), a.e.g., orig. gilt decor. cloth, v. clean set; also Bartlett (W.H.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Vol. II (ex 2), 4to L. n.d. c. 1850. Add. engd. title, & 62 engd. views, a.e.g., orig. full green mor. block tooled; & Fisher’s Drawing Room Scrap Book, 4to L. 1835. Engd. views, ports. etc., mor. backed cloth, v. good. As a coll. (4)
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Lot 83/0220
Engraved Plates: Stebbing (Henry) & Bartlett (W.H.) The Christian in Palestine, lg. 4to L. n.d. First Edn., vign. title, map & 78 engd. plts. (1 lg. fold.) cont. hf. mor. Good clean copy. (1)
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Lot 84/0220
Engraved Views: Bartlett (W.H. & Beattie (Wm.) The Danube, Its History, Scenery, & Topography, lg. 4to L. 1844. First Edn., engd. vign. title, & ptd. title, engd. map & 78 engd. plts. complete, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt. V. clean copy. (1)
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Lot 85/0220
Fine Edition: Liddy (Pat) Dublin Be Proud, folio D. 1987. Special Lim. Edn. 156 (250). Signed by Artist, illus. thro.-out, orig. blue mor. backed vellum, gilt decor. & matching slip case. (1)
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Lot 86/0220
Coaching Prints: An attractive set of 4 hand coloured Coaching Prints, after George Wright, bound as one, in recent cloth, oblong folio., v. good clean set. (1)
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Lot 87/0220
Atlas: Arrowsmith (A.) Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti Descriptio, .. Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography. Folio L. 1828. Engd. title, dedit, & 52 engd. hd. cold. maps (ex 54), cont. hf. mor. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 88/0220
Irish Genealogies: Mac Fhirbhisigh (D.) Leabar Mor na nGenealach – The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, 5 vols. lg. thick 4to D. (de Burca Reprint) 2003. Edn. by N. O’Nuraile, green cloth, in slip case. As new. (5)
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Lot 89/0220
Fine Art Volumes
Konemann Publications: Toman (Rolf) ed. The Art of Gothic, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Lg. 4to Cologne 1999; also Romanesque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, lg. 4to Cologne 1997; and Schulz (Regine) & Seidel (M.)eds. Egypt The World of the Pharaos, lg. 4to Cologne 1998. All profusely illustrated, orig. pict. d.w.’s. (3)More details › -
Lot 90/0220
Japanese Art etc: Morse (Peter) Hokusai One Hundred Poets, oblong folio N.Y. 1989; Hiroshige One Hundred Famous iews of Edo, folio N.Y. 1986; Salter (Rebecca) Japanese Popular Prints, 4to L. 2006; Du Hamel (Christ.) A History of Illuminated Manuscript, 4to L. 1994, all fine cold. plts., & orig. cloth, & pict. d.w.’s. (4)
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Lot 91/0220
Chinese Art: Elsworth (Rob. Hatfield) Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800 – 1950, 3 vols. folio N.Y. (Random House) 1987. First Edn., 2 vols. of plates & 1 text vol. a.e.g., orig. cloth, in orig. black cloth box. V. good. (3)
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Lot 92/0220
Periodical: Books Ireland. A Monthly Review, No. 1 – 313, together 313 nos, plus 2 Index vols. unbroken run, D. March 1976 – Summer 2009, illus. thro.-out, first 299 nos bound in 34 vols. cloth, remainder, loose, ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 93/0220
Dickens (Ch.) Little Dorrit, single volume in 2, 8vo, L. 1857. Engd. frontis, engd. title Vol. I, engd. plts., hf. calf, dam.; also Master Humphrey’s Clock, 3 vols. 12mo Leipzig 1846, cont. hf. mor. lacks labels. (5)
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Lot 94/0220
Irish Travel: A Journey throughout Ireland … 1834, 2 vols. L. 1835. Second Edn., 2 fold. map frontis, cloth, worn; Wright (G.N.) Scenes in Ireland, 12mo L. 1834, 12 engd. plts. with multiple views, recent cloth; Wakeman (W.F.) The Tourists’ Picturesque Guide to Ireland, D. n.d. illus. plts. etc. fold. map, gilt cloth & 1 other. (5)
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Lot 95/0220
Juvenile: Emblems for the Entertainment and Improvement of Youth, 8vo L. n.d.[c. 1760] Engd. frontis, t.page, & engd. plts. (some lacking), calf, worn; Grey (R.) Memoria Technica: or A New Method of Artificial Memory, 12mo L. 1756, calf worn; Knight (C.) The Old Printer and the Modern Press, 12mo L. 1854, cloth. (3)
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Lot 96/0220
From Slane Castle Library
Bindings: The British Imperial Calendar for … 1829, .. or General Register of the United Kingdom and Ireland and its Colononies. 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1829. A.e.g., cont. full straight grained crimson mor. with roll tooled & gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spines in panels. V. good. (2)More details › -
Lot 97/0220
Almanacks: Watson’s or the Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack .. 1838, sm. 8vo D. 1838, fac-simile fold. map, cont. crimson mor.; also Watsons… for 1840, sm. 8vo D. 1840, lacks map, recent red cloth; & Watson’s.. Almanack – English Registry – Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar for 1841, 8vo D. 1841, cont. crimson mor. All good. As almanacks, w.a.f. (3)
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Lot 98/0220
Comerford (T.) The History of Ireland, 12mo Cork (J. Haly) 1807. recent full calf; The Spirit of the Nation, By Writers of The Nation Newspaper. 12mo D. 1844, Second, hf. calf; Barrington (Sir J.) The Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation, sm. 8vo D. 1868, hf. mor.; Sketches of Ireland Sixty years Ago, 12mo D. 1849. Second, hf. mor. Nice lot. (4)
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Lot 99/0220
O’Conor (C.) Dissertations on the History of Ireland, 8vo D. 1812.; Mitchel (John) The History of Ireland from the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time, 2 vols. D. 1869; Moore (Thomas) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. Paris 1837, all cont. hf. calf. (5)
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Lot 100/0220
Mac Liammoir (Michael) All for Hecuba, An Irish Theatrical Autobiography. L. 1947. Second,; Each Actor on his Ass, L. 1961, First, d.w.; Put Money in thy Purse, L. 1952, First,; and Enter A Goldfish, Memoirs of an Irish Actor, Young and Old, L. 1977, First, d.w.; & 1 other sim.; also 2 others on Oscar Wilde, & Siobhan A Memoir of an Actress. (7)
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