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 141/0220
Binding: Goldsmith (O.) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 8 vols. 8vo, D. 1819. 80 engd. plts. only, cont. tree calf,mor. labels. (8)
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Lot 142/0220
Binding: Yarrell (Wm.) A History of British Birds, 3 vols., 8vo L. 1843. First Edn., wd. cut illus., a.e.g., cont. ful greenmor. tooled gilt fillet borders, corner decor., profusely tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. (3)
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Lot 143/0220
1798: Castlereagh – Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, Ed. by his brother, 4 vols. L. 1848. Port. frontis Vol. I. Orig. cloth. Clean set. (4)
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Lot 144/0220
Kildare interest: Kavanagh (M.V.) A Bibliography of the History of County Kildare in Printed Books, Kildare 1976. First Edn., d.w.; Bunbury (Turtle) the Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Kildare, Bunclody 2004, d.w.; Cummins (John) Carbury Gaelic Football Club: A History, c. 1984, d.w.; & 7 local Kildare histories, mostly paperbacks. As a lot, w.a.f. (10)
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Lot 145/0220
Genealogy: Blake Forster (C. ffrench) The Irish Chieftains: or A Struggle for the Crown; roy 8vo D. 1872, later cloth; Hitchcock (F.R.M.) The Midland Septs and The Pale, D. 1908; Mac Lysaght (E.) Short Study of a Transplanted Family in the 17th Century, D. 1935; Madden (R.R.) The Memoirs Chiefly (Autobiographical) from 1798 to 1886, 8vo L. 1891. (4)
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Lot 146/0220
Surenne (J.T.) & Robinson (Francis) ed. The Songs of Ireland, without Words: For the Pianoforte. Lg. 8vo D. n.d., cloth, good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 147/0220
Tuckey (Franics H.) The County and City of Cork Remembrancer; and Annals of the City and County fo Cork, 8vo Cork 1857. Sole Edn., end. frontis, fold. map, list of subs., Pres. Copy, cloth, spine dam; also O’Sulivan (Wm.) The Economic History of Cork City,.. 8vo Cork 1937. First, Pres. Copy,, cloth. (2)
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Lot 148/0220
Smith (Chas.) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1774. Second Edn., 6 engd. plts. only hf. mor.; also Gibson (Rev. C.P.) The History of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. L. 1861. First Edn., cloth. (4)
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Lot 149/0220
Bennett (George) The History of Bandon, and The Principal Towns in the West Riding of County Cork. 8vo Cork 1869. First Edn. Inscribed Pres. Copy to ‘John P. Prendergast, Esq,’ port. frontis & 2 other plts; also O’Hart Irish Pedigrees, 8vo D. 1881. Both uniform hf. calf, marble sides, mor. labels by Kenny’s. (2)
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Lot 150/0220
Bibliography: Hyde (Douglas) & O’Donoghue (D.J.) Catalogue of The Books & Manuscript … the Library of the late Sir John T. Gilbert, roy 8vo D. 1918. First Edn., recent cloth. Good. (1)
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Lot 151/0220
With Original ALs Tipped-in
Bibliography: Belfast Literary Society 1801 – 1902, 4to Belfast 1902. Lim. Edn. 153 (300), mtd. ports. thro-out, & with two orig. ALs, one from Henry Joy, and the other from Prof. Wm. Cairns, tipped in,later cloth; & Linen Hall Library – Catalogue of Books in the Irish Section, Belfast 1917, cloth. (2)More details › -
Lot 152/0220
Stamps & Coins: Meredith (F.W.) Old Irish Postage Stamps and Franks, roy 8vo L. n.d. [1923] First Edn., illus. cloth; Dolley (M.) Medieval Anglo-Irish Coins, 4o L. 1972. First Edn., illus., d.w.; & Young (Derek) Coin Catalogue of Ireland 1928 – 1966, 4to D. 1967. First Edn., boards. All v. good. (3)
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Lot 153/0220
Fraser (J.), Grosjean (P.) & O’Keeffee (J.G.) Irish Texts, Fasciculus I – V, All Published, together 5 vols. 8vo L. 1931 – 1934, orig. ptd. wrappers; also O’Donnchadha (T.) Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, D. 1931, cloth. (6)
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Lot 154/0220
Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: its Scenery, Character etc, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1841. First Edn., decor. titles 17 engd. maps & 2 plts. (only) text illus. thro-out, a.e.g. cont. hf. mor., clean. (3)
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Lot 155/0220
Dublin Directory: Shaw (Henry) The Dublin Pictorial Guide and Directory of 1850, roy 8vo D. 1850. This reprint edition 1988, illus. recent mor. backed boards. (1)
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Lot 156/0220
I.M.C.: Moody (T.W.) & Simms (J.G.) The Bishopric of Derry and The Irish Society of London 1602 – 1705, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1968-1983. First,cloth & d.w.’s. (2)
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Lot 157/0220
Lepper (J. Heron) & Crossle (Philip) History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland, roy 8vo D. 1925. First Edn., ilus. recent hf. blue mor. V. good. (1)
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Lot 158/0220
Hall (Mrs. S.C.) Sketches of Irish Character, sm. folio L. 1844. Illustrated Edn., plts. & illus., cont. hf. green mor. profusely tooled gilt spine; Steuart Trench (W.) Realities of Irish Life, L. 1869. Second Edn. engd. frontis fold. cold. maps & other plts. hf. mor. (2)
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Lot 159/0220
Autographs: A very good collection of 19th and early 20th Century Autographs, mainly gentry and military, in a small quarto hf. mor. album, includes Lord Charlemont (on a slip), Lord Milltown, Lords Lisburne, Wicklow, Limerick, Inchiquin, Powerscourt, Cloncurry, Londonderry etc. etc., mostly on slips laid down, also some full letters, some addressed to Lord Bangor. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 160/0220
Berry (Henry F.) A History of The Royal Dublin Society, 8vo L. 1915. First Edn., frontis & 41 other plts. orig. cloth, gilt lettered & decorated. V. good copy. (1)
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