29 July 2010 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale

#0207

Lot 642/0207

SOLD Hammer price €90

Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie, 8vo L. (Hogarth Press) 1959. FIRST EDN., illus. & decor. d.w. by John Ward. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 643/0207

SOLD Hammer price €380

Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, L. 1970, d.w.; Selected Poems 1965 – 1975, L. 1980, First, d.w.; Station Island, L. 1984, First, d.w.; North, L. 1975. First, Signed by Author, paperback; Seeing Things, L. 1991. First, d.w.; & Vendler (Helen) Seamus Heaney, L. 1998, d.w. (6)
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Lot 644/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Irish Female Authors: Johnston (J.) Shadows on our Skin, L. 1977, First, d.w. & 1 other same author; Keane (Molly) Time After Time, L. 1983, First, & other same author; Bowen (Eliz.) Collected Impressions, L. 1950, First; & others by Dervla Murphy; Maeve Binhcy; Eilis Dillon & Polly Devlin, all d.w.’s. (9)

Lot 645/0207

SOLD Hammer price €120

Cameron (Sir Chas. A.) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland of the Irish Schools of Medicine, also a Medical Bibliography. Thick 8vo D. 1886. FIRST EDN., frontis & plts. & illus. (some fold.) complete, a.e.g., orig. hf. mor. gilt decor. spine, upr. cover loose, otherwise v. good. (1)

Lot 646/0207

SOLD Hammer price €130

Bibliographies: Denson (Alan) Printed Writings by George Russell (A.E.) – A Bibliography Illinois 1961 illus; also Gilcher (Edwin) A Bibliography of George Moore, roy 8vo Illinois 1970, both FIRST EDNS., 2 port. frontis, cloth & d.w.’s. (2)

Lot 647/0207

SOLD Hammer price €140

Scarce Reference Book
Banknotes: O’Kelly (Eoin) The Old Private Banks and Bankers of Munster, 8vo Cork 1959. FIRST EDN., illus., orig. cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 648/0207

SOLD Hammer price €100

Anon: The Parson’s Horn-Book, 8vo D. 1831. SECOND EDN., Engd. frontis & 12 engd. plts., cont. hf. calf, joints cracked; Kohl (J.G.) Ireland, 8vo L. 1843. FIRST EDN., later hf. mor. (2)
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Lot 649/0207

SOLD Hammer price €110

Stuart (J.) Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh, ed. by Rev. A. Coleman. 4to D. 1900. NEW EDN., illus. v. good copy; Moran (Fr. P.F.) Memoire of the Most Rev. Oliver Plunkett, D. 1861. First; & Magee (Rev. H.) Fifty Years in ‘The Irish Mission’ Belfast n.d. All fine copies in leather bindings. (3)

Lot 650/0207

House of Commons: [Thorp (C.)] Debates, Evidence, and Documents, connected with the Investigation of the Charges Brought by the Attorney-General for Ireland, against Charles Thorp, Esq., High Sheriff of Dublin, …. 8vo L. 1823. FIRST EDN., CXI, 416pp, good hf. green mor., raised bands, gilt decor. spine. (1)

Lot 651/0207

SOLD Hammer price €300

Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols. L. 1849-1856. FIRST EDN., unopened, orig. cloth. (4)
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Lot 652/0207

SOLD Hammer price €150

Ryan (John) The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow, 8vo D. 1833. FIRST EDN., lacking fold. map, cloth, dam. Scarce (1)

Lot 653/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Belcham (W.) Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1793. 2 hf. titles, cont. tree calf, mor. labels, raised bands, possibly Irish. (2)

Lot 654/0207

SOLD Hammer price €70

Presentation Copy: Dwyer (Rev. P.) The Diocese of Killaloe, 8vo D. 1878. FIRST EDN., frontis fold. map, plts. (some lacking), cloth dam. Pres. copy from Author to Capt. Corn. O’Callaghan; Inglis (H.D.) A Journey throughout Ireland, L. 1838, 2 fold. maps, cloth dam., w.a.f. (2)

Lot 655/0207

Dublin Printing: Chesterfield – Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, ed. by M. Maty. 3 vols. 8vo D. 1777. FIRST DUBLIN EDN., 3 hf. titles, port. frontis. Vol. I & 7 other ports. & 1 plt., cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels, worn. (3)

Lot 656/0207

SOLD Hammer price €50

Music: Hogan (Ita Margaret) Anglo-Irish Music 1780-1830, 8vo Cork University Press 1966. FIRST EDN., illus., cloth & d.w. Good & Scarce. (1)

Lot 657/0207

Cusack (M.F.) History of the City and County of Cork, roy 8vo D. & C. 1875. FIRST EDN., fold. cold. map, fold. table. plts., hf. mor. Good. (1)

Lot 658/0207

SOLD Hammer price €90

West of Ireland: Webb (D.A.), Scannell (M.J.P.) Flora of Connemara and The Burren, D. (R.D.S.) 1983; Cunningham (Jack) Galway’s Own, Galway 1977; & 4 others sim, mostly on Connemara. (6)

Lot 659/0207

SOLD Hammer price €80

Directories: The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 8vo D. (Pettigrew & Oulton) 1836. Third Year of Publication, detached; also The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar for 1899, 8vo D. (A. Thom. & Co.) 1899. Lg. fold. map & end, (some tears), adverts etc., a few gatherings loose, orig. cloth. As directories, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 660/0207

SOLD Hammer price €50

Hanley (J.E.) The Irish in Scotland 1798 – 1845, Cork 1945; also The Irish in Modern Scotland, Oxford (Cork Uni Press) 1947. FIRST EDN.; O’Rahilly (C.) Ireland and Wales, Their Historical and Literary Relations, L. 1924; & O’Driscoll (C.B.) Kansas Irish, L. Glasgow 1946, all cloth. (4)

Lot 661/0207

[Swift (Jon.)] Hay (James) Swift The Mystery of His Life and Love, roy 8vo L. 1891. SECOND EDN., L.P. uncut, cloth; & 8 others on Swift. (9)