29 July 2010 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale

#0207

Lot 561/0207

Periodical: Murphy (Patricia)ed. Non Plus, Numbers 1 – 4 [All Published]. together 4 nos. 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1959 – 1960. Illus., orig. pict. boards, soiled. Scarce. (4)
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Lot 562/0207

SOLD Hammer price €50

Lavin (Mary) The House in Clewe Street, 8vo L. 1945. First, The Becker Wives & other Stories, L. 1946, First, d.w.; Happiness and other Stories, L. 1969, First, d.w.; A Memory and other Stories, L. 1972, First, d.w.; A Likely Story, D. 1967, First, paperback; & The Long Ago & other Stories, L. 1944. Second, d.w. (6)
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Lot 563/0207

Bound by J.W. Andrews of Waterford
[Scott (Sir W.)] Waverley Novels, 24 vols. (ex. 25) 12mo Edin. 1841. Engd. titles, & frontis, very good & attractive cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines in panels. (24)

Lot 564/0207

SOLD Hammer price €150

Association Copy: [de Vere (S.)] – [Scott (Sir W.)ed.] Secret History of the Court of James I, 2 vols. Edin. 1811. Port. frontis. cont. calf professional reback, profusely tooled gilt spines.
* With bookplates of Monare / Curragh Chase Library, & each copy signed by Stephen de Vere, Poet. (2)

Lot 565/0207

Ball (J.)ed. The Shepherd’s Calendar, containing Twelve Aeghogues, Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. … 8vo L. 1732. L.P. Engd. port. frontis & 12 fine engd. plts. cont. panel calf, lacks label, tooled gilt spine. (1)

Lot 566/0207

SOLD Hammer price €200

Travel: The World Displayed; or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, ….. 9 vols. (ex. 10), 8vo D. (J. Christe) 1814. Engd. plts. thro.-out, hf. calf, mor. labels. (9)

Lot 567/0207

Novels: Broderick (John) An Apology for Roses, L. 1973; The Pride of Summer, L. 1976; & London Irish, L. 1979; Trevor (Wm.) The Love Department, L. 1966; Nights at the Alexandra, L. 1987, ALL FIRST EDNS.; also Trevor (Wm.) Other People’s Worlds, L. 1980, all d.w.’s. (6)

Lot 568/0207

SOLD Hammer price €90

Novels etc: O’Brien (Edna) The Love Object, L. 1968; A Pagan Place, L. 1970; A Scandalous Woman, 1974; Johnny I hardly knew You, L. 1977; Mrs. Reinkardt & Other Stories, L. 1978; & Down by the River, L. 1996, ALL FIRST EDNS., & all d.w.s. except first item, good. (6)

Lot 569/0207

SOLD Hammer price €140

Novels: Macken (Walter) Quench the Moon, L. 1948, FIRST EDN., signed by ‘Brinsley Mac Namara, 1948’ on fornt loose flyleaf, cloth; Donleavy (J.P.) A Singular Man, L. 1964. FIRST EDN., d.w.; Roman (F.) The Man who loved Evelyn Cotton, L. 1989. FIRST EDN., d.w.; & 3 others by M. Hartnett, & Tom Murphy, & A. Carpenter. (6)

Lot 570/0207

SOLD Hammer price €200

Kavanagh (Patrick) A Soul for Sale, L. 1947. FIRST,; Lapped Furrows, N.Y. (P. Kavanagh Hand Press) 1969; November Haggard, N.Y. 1971, all cloth, no d.w.’s. (3)
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Lot 571/0207

Melish (John) Travels through the United States of America, … and Travels through various Parts of Britain, Ireland and Canada. 8vo Belfast (J. Smith) 1818. Fold. map frontis, soiled copy, uncut, later cloth. (1)

Lot 572/0207

SOLD Hammer price €220

Cuala Press: Yeats (John Butler) Early Memories: Some Chapters of Autobiography, D. 1923, LIM. EDN. (500); also Further Letters of John Butler Yeats: Selected by Lennox Robinson. D. 1920. LIM. EDN. (400), orig. cloth backed boards; Cuala Press: Rossi (Mario M.) Pilgrimage in the West, trans by J.M. Hone, 8vo D. 1933. LIM. EDN. (300); also Masefield (John) Some Memories of W.B. Yeats, D. 1940. LIM. EDN. No. 88 (375), pict. frontis., both orig. cloth backed boards. (5)

Lot 573/0207

SOLD Hammer price €220

Cuala Press: Gogarty (Oliver) An Offering of Swans, 8vo D. 1923. LIM. EDN. (300); Robinson (Lennox) A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse, D. 1928. LIM. EDN. (300); and [Harmsworth (D.)] Desmond’s Poems, D. 1930. LIM. EDN (75), 2 copies. All orig. cloth backed boards. (4)

Lot 574/0207

SOLD Hammer price €60

Celtic Society: O’Donovan (John) Miscellany of The Celtic Society, 8vo D. 1849. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth backed boards. (1)

Lot 575/0207

SOLD Hammer price €320

Modern Irish Poetry: Mahon (Derek) The Hudson Letter, Gallery Press 1995, Words in the Air, Gallery 1998, both signed by Author; also The Yellow Book, 1997, & Selected Poems, 1991; Longley (Michael) No Continuing City, U.S.A. 1969. First, Signed by Author; Carson (Ciaran) Opera et Ceteta, Gallery 1996, First, & Signed; Muldoon (P.) The Annals of Chile, L. 1994, First; Coffey (B.) Selected Poems, New Writers Press 1971, First, & Signed by Author; Murphy (R.) The Battle of Aughrim, L. 1968, First,; Boland (Eavan) An Origin Life Water, roy 8vo N.Y. 1996, First American Edn, no U.K. Edn; Casey (J.) The Circus, D. 1974; & 1 other ed. by M. Longley. All clean with d.w.’s. (12)
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Lot 577/0207

SOLD Hammer price €50

[Steel (Richard)] The Englishman: Being the Sequel of the Guardian, 12mo L. 1714. Rebound antique calf, mor. labels, in custom made box. (1)

Lot 578/0207

Lever (Charles) The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, d. 1839. First, hf. mor.; the Knight of Gwynne, L. 1847. First, hf. mor.; also The Martins of Cro Martin, L. 1856, First, hf. calf, all engd. titles, engd. frontis, & numerous plates. Good lot. (3)

Lot 579/0207

SOLD Hammer price €90

Antarctic Travel: Young Husband (Sir F.) The Epic of Mount Everest, 1927; Fuchs (Sir V.) & Sir Ed. Hillary – The Crossing of Antarctica, L. 1958. FIRST EDN., illus. & d.w.; Fisher (M. & J.) Shackleton, L. 1957, First, illus. & d.w.; Scott (J.M.) Portrait of an ice Cap, L. 1955. first, illus. & d.w.; & 3 others. (7)

Lot 580/0207

SOLD Hammer price €120

Irish Biography: O’Shea (Katherine) Charles Stewart Parnell, 2 vols. L. 1914; Callwell (Sir C.E.) field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, His Life and Diaries, 2 vols. L. 1927; O’Connor (T.P.) Memoirs of an old Parliamentarian, 2 vols. L. 1929; Healy (Tim) Letters & Leaders of my Day, 2 vols. L. n.d., d.w.’s; Lyall (Sir A.) The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 2 vols. L. 1905, d.w.’s. (10)

Lot 581/0207

SOLD Hammer price €120

Medicine: Ormsby (Lambert Hepenstal) Medical History of the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary …. All Students Who Studied at the Hospital from the Year 1838, 8vo D. (Fannon & Co.) 1888, SECOND EDN., illus, inscription on front end paper, some pps. loose, original gilt lettered cloth, stained. Good reference copy. (1)