29 July 2010 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale

#0207

Lot 1/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Napoleon: Bingham (Hon. D.A.) The Marriages of The Bonapartes, 2 vols. L. 1882, hf. green mor.; O’Meara (Barry E.) Napoleon in Exile; or A Voice from St. Helena, 2 vols. L. 1834, hf. mor. lacks some labels; De Sequr – Napoleons Expedition to Russia, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1836, hf. calf; 1 other. (7)

Lot 2/0207

Carleton (Wm.) Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1834., 1 engd. frontis & 2 engd. plts. text illus. etc., hf. mor.; also Griffin (G.) The Beautiful Queen of Leix, or The Self-Consumed. An Irish Tale, D. 1906; & 1 other. (3)

Lot 3/0207

SOLD Hammer price €60

Porny (Mr.) The Elements of Heraldry, 8vo L. 1777, THIRD EDN., engd. frontis & plts., thro-out, later hf. mor. mor. labels; also A Dictionary of Musicians, 2 vols. L. 1824. A.e.g. cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders, spine with tooled decor. in panels, raised bands, mor. labels. All very good copies. (3)

Lot 4/0207

SOLD Hammer price €80

Wexford interest: Kennedy (Patrick) Legendary Fictions of The Irish Celts, 8vo L. 1891, decor. title, & frontis, cloth; also The Book of Modern Irish anecdotes, D. n.d.; Lacy (T.) Home Sketches on Both Sides of the Channel, L. 1852, cloth. (3)

Lot 5/0207

SOLD Hammer price €110

Wright (G.N.) Scenes in Ireland, sm. 8vo L. 1834. 10 engd. plts. with 30 views, cont. hf. mor. raised bands, gilt lettered. (1)

Lot 6/0207

SOLD Hammer price €280

[Allan (Rob.)] ‘A Cosmopolite’ – The Sportsman in Ireland, with His Summer Route through the Highlands of Scotland. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1840. FIRST EDN., 2 litho. frontis, text illus., recent. mor. backed marble boards, mor. labels, raised bands. V. good. (2)

Lot 7/0207

Bassett (Geo. H.) County Down Guide and Directory including The Borough of Newry, 8vo D. 1886. FIRST EDN., fold. cold. map, adverts etc; also Armagh, 8vo D. 1886, lacks title & fold. map, uniform red cloth. (2)

Lot 7A/0207

Genealogy: The Irish Compendium: or Rudiments of Honour, Vol. IV, 16mo L. 1735. THIRD EDN., engd. frontis & fine engd. plts., recent hf. mor; Kimber (Mr.) The Peerage of Ireland, 16mo L. 1768, engd. plts. & recent full mor.; The Arms of the Peers, Peeress’s of Great Britain, 16mo L. n.d. c. 1780, engd. plts. full cont. calf; & 1 other sim. (4)

Lot 8/0207

Military interest: Morrison (Maj. C.G.) Tactics of the Drill Books, 8vo L. 1897, fold. plans, cloth; Regulations for Mobilization, L. 1909 cloth; Manual of Field Engineering, 12mo L. 1911; Manual of Elementary Field Engineering, 16mo L. 1877, illus. thro-out, calf; & 4 others sim. (8)

Lot 9/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Fishing etc: Shaw (Fred G.) The Science of Dry Fly Fishing, 4to L. 1906. cold. frontis, fine plts., & illus., decor. cloth; Rooper (G.) Themes and Tweed, L. 1894; & 3 others on fishing & other outdoor sports, (2 leather bound). (5)

Lot 10/0207

SOLD Hammer price €30

Stewart (Sam. A.) Corry (T.H.) A Flora of the North-East of Ireland, Cambridge (Published by Belfast Naturalist’s Field Club) 1888, orig. decor. cloth; Adams (J.) A Student’s Illustrated Flora, 1931, illus., cloth; & A Supplement to Colgan’s Flora of the County Dublin, 8vo D. 1961, orig. wrappers. (3)

Lot 11/0207

SOLD Hammer price €360

Co. Kildare: Rawson (Thos. James) Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare, with Observations. … By Direction of The Dublin Society. 8vo D. 1807. FIRST EDN., errata leaf, lg. fold. engd. map after Maj. Taylor, 2 single page maps, fold. table, & 10 varied plts. (4 fold.) bind dam. but content very good. (1)
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Lot 12/0207

SOLD Hammer price €550

[Handel (George Fred.)] Townsend (Horatio) An Account of the visit of Handel to Dublin, sm. 8vo D. 1852. FIRST EDN., hf. title, orig. embossed cloth, & later cloth slip case. Rare. (1)
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Lot 13/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Tagore (Rabindranath) Sadhana The Realisation of Life, L. 1914; The Crescent Moon, L. 1914, 8 cold. plts.; Gitanjali (Song Offerings) 8vo L. 1915, Intro. by W.B. Yeats; and Fireflies, N.Y. 1928, illus., & d.w.; Housman (A.E.) More Poems, L. 1936, and Last Poems, L. 1922; Reid (Forrest) The Retreat or The Machinations of Henry, L. 1936, d.w.; and Milk of Paradise, L. 1946, d.w.; & 2 items by T.S. Eliot. (11)

Lot 14/0207

SOLD Hammer price €80

Lavin (Mary) The Patriot Son and other Stories, L. 1956; In the Middle of the Fields, L. 1967; Happiness and other Stories, L. 1969, ALL FIRST EDNS., & d.w.’s; Bowen (Eliz.) The Heat of the Day, L. 1949. FIRST EDN. Signed by Mary Lavin; Bowen (Eliz.) The House in Paris, N.Y. 1936. FIRST EDN., d.w.; & The Little Girls, L. 1964, FIRST EDN., d.w.; & 1 other by Mary Lavin. (7)

Lot 15/0207

SOLD Hammer price €100

Potter (Beatrix) The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit; The Tailor of Gloucester; The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny; 2 others sim. Good. (6)

Lot 16/0207

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)

Lot 17/0207

Dublin Charities: Williams (G.D.) Dublin Charities being a Handbook of Dublin Philanthropic Organisations and Charities, 8vo D. n.d. c. 1902. FIRST EDN. THUS, adverts front & back, some L.S.s., orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 18/0207

SOLD Hammer price €260

Bindings: Campbell (Dr. J.) Naval History of Great Britain, 8 vols. 8vo L. 1813. FIRST EDN., 8 engd. port. frontis., numerous fold. maps & charts, plts. etc., cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines with naval motifs, mor. labels. Good. (8)

Lot 19/0207

SOLD Hammer price €80

Blackstone (Wm.) Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vols. 8vo L. 1803. Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (4)