2. Lot 735 – 1913 All-Ireland Sliotar
Lot 734 – John T. Power All-Ireland Medal Collection
fm
3. 1Design & Print: Lion Print, Cashel. 062-61258
RARE BOOK &
COLLECTORS’ SALE
To include the Library of the late Mr.
& Mrs. Adrian & Nin Bligh,
Circular Road, Kilkenny City;
& other important Estates & Clients,
& to include approximately 80 boxed
lots
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On Tuesday May 19th, 2015
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The Old Cinema, Chatsworth St., Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Front Cover Illustration: Lot 306
Inside Front Cover Illustration: Lot 734 735
Inside Back Cover Illustration: Lot 736
Back Cover Illustration: Lot 609
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10. 1
Republican interest: Nine varied items on Sinn Fein James Connolly.
(9)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 1
11. 2
Travel: [Holes (Dean R.)] A Little Tour in Ireland, sm. 4to L. 1859. First
Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis plts. etc. cloth, gilt; Flinn (D.E.) Ireland:
It’s Health - Resorts and Watering Places, D. 1895, Second, illus. cloth;
1 other item. (3)
Estimate €120 - €160
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 2
12. 2
Travel: [Holes (Dean R.)] A Little Tour in Ireland, sm. 4to L. 1859. First
Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis plts. etc. cloth, gilt; Flinn (D.E.) Ireland:
It’s Health - Resorts and Watering Places, D. 1895, Second, illus. cloth;
1 other item. (3)
Estimate €120 - €160
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 2
13. 3
Bassett (Geo. Henry) Wexford County Guide and Directory, D. 1885;
Louth County Guide and Directory, D. 1886; The Book of Tipperary,
... Directory.. D. 1889. All First Edns. fold. cold. maps, adverts. etc.,
orig. decor. cloth. Good Scarce. (3)
Estimate €280 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 3
14. 4
Co. Waterford interest: Hare (Aug. J.C.) The Story of Two Noble
Lives, Being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa,
Marchioness of Waterford. 3 vols. L. 1893. First Edn., illus. cloth; 2
others by same author. (5)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 4
15. 5
1798: Byrne (M.) Memoirs of Myles Byrne, ed. by S. Gwynn 2 vols. D.
1907. New Edn.; 5 others on same subject. (7)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 5
16. 6
Waterford interest: Cunningham (Timothy) Magna Charta Libertatum
Civitatis Waterford, 8vo D. (A. Long) 1752. First Edn., red bl. title,
uncut, orig. marble wrappers; Egan (P.M.) History Guide Directory
of County and City of Waterford, sm. 8vo Kilkenny n.d. First Edn., fold.
map, illus. etc, cloth, gilt. (2)
Estimate €180 - €240
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 6
17. 7
Baker (John Wynn) An Abridgement of the Six Weeks, and Six Months
Tour’s of Arthur Young, 12mo D. 1771. fold. plt., later hf. calf; Clergy
(M.) A Journal of Occurences at The Temple, during the Confinement of
Louis XVI, 12mo Cork 1798, later hf. calf; Lavater (J.C.) Physiognomy,
12mo L. n.d., c. 1790, frontis 4 plts. cont. calf. (3) Provenance:
de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 7
18. 8
Republican interest: Breen (Dan) My Fight for Irish Freedom, D. 1924;
Mac Swiney (Terence) Principles of Freedom, D. 1921; Clarke (Tom
J.) Glimpses of an Irish Felon’s Prison Life, D. 1922; Mac Manus (M.J.)
Eamon de Valera - A Biography, D. 1944; O’Hegarty (P.S.) A Short
Memoir of Terence Mac Swiney, D. 1922; Kerr (S. Parnell) What the Irish
Regiments have Done, L. 1916; 2 others, mostly First Edns. (8)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 8
19. 9
Republican Publications: [O’Casey (Sean)] ‘P. O’Cathasaigh,’ The Story
of the Irish Citizen Army, D. 1919; Stephens (James) The Insurrection in
Dublin, D. 1916; Milroy (Sean) Memories of Mountjoy, D. 1917; Ryan
(Desmond) The Man Called Pearse, D. 1919; Figgis (D.) The Gaelic State
in the Past Future, D. 1917, All First Edns.; 3 others. (8)
Estimate €130 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 9
20. 10
Attractive Coloured Plates Bennett (A.W.) The Flora of the Alps, 2 vols.
8vo L. 1896. FIRST EDN., 120 fine cold. plts. orig. cloth, gilt. Good set.
(2)
Estimate €50 - €80
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 10
21. 11
Association Copies Mac Liammoir (M.) Edwards (Hilton) The
Weekend Book, L. 1932. Inscribed ‘Hilton Edwards and Michael Mac
Liammoir Dublin Gate Theatre, 1934; also Byrne (Patrick) The Wildes
of Merrion Square, L. 1953, inscribed ‘Fior Hilton - always and forever
Michael ‘53’, both cloth. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 11
22. 11
Association Copies Mac Liammoir (M.) Edwards (Hilton) The
Weekend Book, L. 1932. Inscribed ‘Hilton Edwards and Michael Mac
Liammoir Dublin Gate Theatre, 1934; also Byrne (Patrick) The Wildes
of Merrion Square, L. 1953, inscribed ‘Fior Hilton - always and forever
Michael ‘53’, both cloth. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 11
23. 12
Munster: O’Sullivan (Thos. F.) Romantic Hidden Kerry, Tralee 1931 First
Edn., illus.; O’Mahony (J.) West Cork and its Story, Tralee n.d. First,
d.w.; Begley (J. Archdeacon) The Diocese of Limerick, From 1691 to the
Present Time., D. 1938. (3)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 12
24. 13
Farquhar (G.) The Works of the late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar, 2
vols. sm. 8vo L. 1772, a.e.g. attractive full calf, blind tooled borders, gilt
spines. Good. (2)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 13
25. 14
1798: Croker (T. Crofton) Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of The
Irish Rebels, in 1798, 2 vols. L. 1838. First Edn., 2 frontis, cont. hf. mor.;
Maxwell (W.H.) History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, L. 1864. Sixth,
engd. plts., hf. mor.; Dickson (C.) The Wexford Rising in 1798, Tralee
n.d., d.w. V. good. (4)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 14
26. 15
M’Leod (John) Voyage of His Majesty’s Ship Alceste along the Coast
of Corea to the Island of Lewchew, L. 1818. Second, port. frontis
some cold. plts.; 2 others on travel, Irish etc. (3) Provenance:
de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 15
27. 16
Evening Telegraph: Wakeman (W.F.), Joyce (W. St. J.) eds. etc. Evening
Telegraph Reprints, Nos. 1 - 3, 6 - 9, together 7 nos., 8vo D. 1890, wd.-
cut illus., orig. ptd. wrappers, some loose or missing. Scarce. (7)
Estimate €40 - €70
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 16
28. 17
Kilkenny: Ossory Archaeological Society - Transactions, Vol. I No.1 -
Vol. III, No. 2. Kilkenny 1874 - 1886. Complete File, Vol. I lacks gen. ptd.
title, cloth ptd. wrappers. as a periodical, w.a.f. Scarce. (4)
Estimate €125 - €175
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 17
29. 18
Kilkenny: Hogan (John) Kilkenny, The Ancient City of Ossory, The Seat
of its Kings, The See of its Bishops... 8vo Kilkenny 1884. First, list of
subs., fold. map, plan table; Egan (P.M.) The Illustrated Guide to the
City and County of Kilkenny, sm. 8vo Kilkenny n.d. [c. 1884], First, illus.
adverts etc. Both cloth. (2)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 18
30. 19
Hayes (Rich.) Ireland and Irishmen in the French Revolution, L. 1932;
Irish Swordsmen of France, D. 1934; The Last Invasion of Ireland
(when Connacht Rose,) D. 1939; Old Irish Links with France, D. 1940;
Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France, D. 1949, All First Edns.
(5)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 19
31. 20
Co. Wexford interest: Griffith (G.) Chronicles of the County Wexford,
Enniscorthy n.d. First,; Kennedy (P.) Legendary Fictions of The Irish
Celts, L. 1891; Doyle (Martin) [Wm. Hickey] A Cyclopedia of Practical
Husbandry, 8vo L. 1844, ed. by Rev. W. Rham; also Works of Martin
Doyle, Vol. I only D. 1831. Contains several separately printed items,
cloth; Grattan-Flood (W.H.) A History of Irish Music, D. 1927, new
cloth. (5)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 20
32. 21
[Fox (Chas. James)] Substance of the Speech ... upon a Motion for the
Commitment of the Bill... ‘’For Vesting the Affairs of the East-India
Company...’’ 8vo D. 1784, FIRST EDN., hf. title, 35pp; also The Speech
... in the House of Commons ... on a Motion ‘’That the House resolve
itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider the State of
the Nation,’’ D. 1795. FIRST EDN., 47pp. both recent 1/4 calf. Not in
Bradshaw. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 21
33. 22
Connemara: Lyne (Pat) Out of the Mist, ... Connemara Pony, 4to 1990
Signed Lim. Edn.; other pamphlets etc. on Connemara, The Burren
etc. A lot. (1)
Estimate €50 - €80
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 22
34. 23
Genealogy: Seaver (Geo.) History of The Seaver Family, 4to Dundalk
1950. For Private Circulation Only, illus. fold. tables, cloth; Clarke (G.
T.) The Earls, Earldom and Castle of Pembroke, 8vo Tenby 1880 plts.
cloth. Good. (2)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 23
35. 24
Kilkenny interest: Wright (Thos.)ed. A Contemporary Narrative of the
Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler.. in 1324. 4to L. 1843, First; and
two others from Camden Society, all uniform cloth. Good. (3)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 24
36. 25
Genealogy: Irish Family History The Journal of the Irish Family History
Society. Vol. 1 - Vol. 23, together 23 vols. 8vo Tullamore 1985 - Naas
2007, unbroken, profusely illustrated, all orig. pict. wrappers. Scarce. As
a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 25
37. 26
Carlow Kilkenny: Ryan (John) The History and Antiquities of the
County of Carlow, D. 1833. First, recent mor. backed marble boards;
Healy (Rev. Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and
City), Vol. I [Al Published] Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) 1893. First, plts. cloth;
[Healy (Fr. Wm.)] G.P.O. - Criticism of History and Antiquities of the
Diocese of Ossory, D. 1905. Sole Edn., orig. boards. All v. good. (3)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 26
38. 26A
Sharkey (P.A.) The Heart of Ireland, Boyle [1927] First, illus., gilt
cloth, v. good; Ryle (M.P.) The Kingdom of Kerry, D. 1899, First, illus.
decor. cloth; Ua Ruogbhardain (M.) ‘Twix Skelling and Scattery, Tralee
1932, illus. wrappers; King’s History of Kerry, parts 1,2,4 6, 4 parts,
Liverpool n.d. wrappers; 2 other items. As a lot. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 26A
39. 27
Genealogy: de Lacy - Bellingari - The Roll of the House of Lacy,
Baltimore 1928. First, Signed, illus. extra notes; Grubb (W.G.) The
Grubbs of Tipperary, Cork 1972. First, illus., d.w.; Warren (Rev. F.) A
History and Genealogy of the Warren Family, 1982, reprint. (3)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 27
40. 28
Stack (Rev. J.) A Short System of Optics, D. 1820. Third, 6 fold. plts.,
uncut, recent cloth; Priestley (Jos.) Lectures on History and General
Policy, D. 1791, Third, recent cloth; Wright (G.N.) A Historical Guide to
the City of Dublin, 12mo L. 1825, 14 plts. (lacks plan), mor.; 1 other
on Science. (4)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 28
41. 29
Beaslai (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland,
2 vols., thick 4to D. 1926. Second Printing, 2 cold. frontis 16 illus.
(complete), orig. cloth; 1 other Irish book. Good. (3)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 29
42. 30
Yeats (W.B.) - Wade (Allan) A Bibliography of The Writings of W.B.
Yeats, 8vo L. 1958. Second Edn., cloth d.w.; 5 others on Yeats. Good.
(6)
Estimate €60 - €90
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 30
43. 31
Reprints: Ball (F.E.) A History of the County of Dublin, 6 vols. Sackville
Library Edn., 1979, illus.; Joyce (P.W.) Irish Names of Places, D. (de
Burca) 1995, all cloth slipcases. V. good. (9)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 31
44. 32
Wright (Thos.) Rutty (John) A History of the Rise and Progress of the
People called Quakers in Ireland, 4to D. 1751, cont. sprinkled calf, upr.
cover loose. (1) * Ex Collection R.C.P.
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 32
45. 33
Edwards (R.D.) Church and State in Tudor Ireland, D. 1935; Ryan
(Rev. J.) Irish Monasticism, L. 1931; Murphy (Rev. D.) Triumphalia
Chronologica Monasterii Sanctae Crucis in Hibernia [Holy Cross], 4to
D. 1891. All First Edns., orig. cloth. (3)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 33
46. 34
Grattan Flood (W.H.) History of the Diocese of Ferns, 4to Waterford
1916. First, map frontis, recent cloth; Godkin (J.) The Land-War in
Ireland, L. 1870, hf. mor.; Education in Ireland, L. D. 1862; The
Religious History of Ireland, L. 1873, All First Edns. (4)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 34
47. 35
Irish Economics: Longfield (Ada K.) Anglo-Irish Trade in the Sixteenth
Century, L. 1929; Maguire (W.A.) The Downshire Estates in Ireland 1801
- 1845, Oxford 1972; Bottigheimer (K.S.) English Money and Irish Land,
Oxford 1971; Webb (J.J.) The Guilds of Dublin, L. 1929; First Annual
Report of The Commissioners for .. Relief of the Poor in Ireland, D.
1848, fold. plts. (some hd. cold.), cloth; 3 others. (8)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 35
48. 36
Engraved Folding Maps: The Present State of Europe, Vol. II, 4to [L.]
c. 1727, with 6 engd. plts. (some fold.) 17 fold. maps of Europe by H.
Moll, orig. calf, worn. As a coll. of maps. (1)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 36
49. 37
Co. Waterford etc: Flynn (Paul J.) The Book of The Galtees and The
Golden Vein, D. 1926. First, map illus. buckram d.w.; Egan (P.M.)
History, Guide Directory of County and City of Waterford, Kilkenny
n.d. [1894], First, illus. plts. cloth; 2 others on Waterford. (4)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 37
50. 38
Kilkenny, Callan interest: Irish Texts - Cinnlae Amhlaoibh ui
Shuileabhain (The Diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan), 4 vols. L. 1936 -
1937. Illus., orig. green cloth, gilt. Good. (4)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 38
51. 39
Dublin interest: Shaw (Henry) publ. New City Pictorial Directory 1850,
roy 8vo D. 1850. First Edn., Engraved frontis, decor. title with several
outline panoramic views of the streets of Dublin (2 in zerox), in recent
hf. mor. gilt spine. Rare; Wright (G.N.) An Historical Guide to Ancient
and Modern Dublin, 12mo L. 1821. Engd. frontis, lg. fold. plan 16
engd. plts., cont. full calf, gilt tooled borders, rebacked with orig. spine
laid down. (2)
Estimate €180 - €240
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 39
52. 40
Kipling (Rudyard) The Irish Guards in the Great War, 2 vols. N.Y. 1923.
First American Edn. dbl. page other maps, orig. hf. green mor., tooled
gilt spine. Good. (2)
Estimate €140 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 40
53. 41
Gaughan (J. Anthony) Listowel and its Vicinity, Cork 1974, Second Edn.;
Livingstone (P.) The Monaghan Story, Enniskillen 1980, First; Gillespie
(R.) Moran (G.) Longford: Essay in County History, D. 1991, First, all
d.w. (3)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 41
54. 42
Vicars (Sir A.) Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536 - 1810,
roy 8vo D. 1897. First, buckram; Berry (H.F.) Register of Wills and
Inventories of the Diocese of Dublin... 1457 - 1483, roy 8vo D. 1898,
cloth. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 42
55. 43
R.D.S.: Berry (Henry F.) A History of the Royal Dublin Society, L.
1915. First Edn., illus. cloth; Mollon (Charles) It’s Part of What We
Are, Science and Irish Culture, 2 vols. D. (R.D.S.) 2007. First, Signed
by Author, illus. cloth slipcase; also two other vols. in Science Irish
Culture Series, Vols. I II, each volume signed. A lot, all v. good. (6)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 43
56. 44
Genealogy: Glazier (Ira A.)ed. The Famine Immigrants, Lists of Irish
Immigrants arriving at the Port of New York 1846 - 1851. 7 vols. thick
8vo Baltimore 1983. Cloth. (7)
Estimate €170 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 44
57. 45
Periodical: The Dublin Penny Journal, Vols. I - IV complete, sm. folio D.
1832 - 1836, illus. hf.mor. mor. labels, good. As a periodical, w.a.f. (4)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 45
58. 46
Scrapbook: A Victorian Scrapbook, with original pencil sketches,
watercolours and prints, flowers (some dried examples) birds,
landscapes, etc, 4to in cont. full leather binding. (1)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 46
59. 46
Scrapbook: A Victorian Scrapbook, with original pencil sketches,
watercolours and prints, flowers (some dried examples) birds,
landscapes, etc, 4to in cont. full leather binding. (1)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 46
60. 47
Co. Kilkenny: Manuscript: Jones of Mulinabro, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny.
Deed of Settlement on the Inter-marriage of John Hawhey Jones Esq.
with Miss Anne Milwall dated 22 day of August 1840, by Tandy’s Co.
Dublin, 4to D. 1840, approx. 83pps, cont. hf. crimson mor. As a m/ss,
w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 47
61. 48
Scarce Irish Family History Genealogy: Greene (Lt. Col. J.J.) Pedigree
of The Family of Greene, sm. folio D. 1899. Lim. Edn. No. 93 (150), red
bl. title, plts. numerous illus, uncut, orig. vellum backed boards. V.
Scarce. (1)
Estimate €220 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 48
62. 48
Scarce Irish Family History Genealogy: Greene (Lt. Col. J.J.) Pedigree
of The Family of Greene, sm. folio D. 1899. Lim. Edn. No. 93 (150), red
bl. title, plts. numerous illus, uncut, orig. vellum backed boards. V.
Scarce. (1)
Estimate €220 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 48
63. 49
Crofton Croker (T.) Researches in the South of Ireland, lg. 4to L. 1824.
First Edn., litho frontis 16 plts. with ‘Appendix’ by Jane Adams,
incut, orig. boards, rebacked. (1)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 49
64. 50
Cork Printing: Craig (John) Savings Bank Interest Tables, 4to Cork (Geo.
Purcell Co.) 1844. First Edn. 190pp orig. cloth, paper label. (1)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 50
65. 51
Bibliography: Bradshaw (H.) A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection
of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge, 3 vols. roy 8vo
Cambridge 1916. First Edn., orig. cloth. (3)
Estimate €150 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 51
66. 52
Carrigan (Rev. Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of
Ossory, 4 vols. Reprint (Wellbrook Press) 1981 Lim. Edn. (800), illus. etc.
cloth; Nolan (Wm.) Fassadinin: Land, Settlement and Society in South
East Ireland 1600 - 1850, D. 1979. First Edn., illus. d.w.; approx. 12
other publications on Kilkenny. A lot. (1) Provenance: de’Montmorency,
Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 52
67. 53
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Military: Wylly (Col. H.C.) Neill’s ‘Blue Caps’, 3
vols. 4to Aldershot, c. 1923. For Private Circulation Only, cold. other
plts., some finger marks, orig. cloth, dam. Ex. Libris Copy. (3)
Estimate €70 - €110
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 53
68. 54
Reprints: Cogan (Rev. A.) The Diocese of Meath Ancient and Modern, 4
vols. D. (Four Courts Press) 1992, Reprint, cloth slipcase; The Book of
Kells, folio L. (Thames Hutton) 1974, fine cold. plts. orig. orange cloth
slipcase; together with add. folder of cold. plts. As a lot. (5)
Estimate €75 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 54
69. 55
de Valera (R.) O’Nuallain (S.) Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of
Ireland, 5 vols. folio D. 1961 - 1989. First Edns., profusely illustrated,
cloth d.w.’s. V. good. (5)
Estimate €260 - €320
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 55
70. 56
Gibbings (Rob.) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, lg. 4to L.
1959. First, illus., buckram; Westropp (D.) Irish Glass, 4to D. 1978,
Reprint; Lyons (M. Cecelia) Illustrated Incumbered Estate Ireland, 1850
- 1905, folio Whitegate 1993, illus.; 2 books on Dublin. (5)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 56
71. 57
Cuala Press: Broadsides, 1935 1937, 2 vols. sm. folio Shannon Reprints
1971, cold. plts.; Miller (L.) The Dun Emer Press Later The Cuala Press,
sm. folio Dolmen 1973; Rouault (G.), de Brun (P.) Miserere, 4to D. 1971,
illus, oatmeal cloth; 1 other. (5)
Estimate €125 - €175
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 57
72. 58
Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of
Wakefield, folio L. 1914. Special Signed Lim. Edn. 251 (500), fine cold.
plts. cloth, mor. label. good. (1)
Estimate €70 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 58
73. 58
Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of
Wakefield, folio L. 1914. Special Signed Lim. Edn. 251 (500), fine cold.
plts. cloth, mor. label. good. (1)
Estimate €70 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 58
74. 59
Co. Roscommon: General Valuation of Ratable Property: - Griffith (R.)
Valuation of the Several Tenements - in the Union of Castlerea in the
Counties of Roscommon and Mayo, Folio D. 1857. First Edn., XI, 208pp,
orig. ptd. wrappers, v. good; also Castlerea Union - Collection Book for
Poor Rate on the Coolougher Electoral Division by the Guardians of
the Poor, Made on 21st Day of Novender 1896, by Patrick Bligh. Lg. 4to
Athlone 1896. The entire approx. 826 entries, all entered in manuscript.
As a lot. (2)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 59
75. 59
Co. Roscommon: General Valuation of Ratable Property: - Griffith (R.)
Valuation of the Several Tenements - in the Union of Castlerea in the
Counties of Roscommon and Mayo, Folio D. 1857. First Edn., XI, 208pp,
orig. ptd. wrappers, v. good; also Castlerea Union - Collection Book for
Poor Rate on the Coolougher Electoral Division by the Guardians of
the Poor, Made on 21st Day of Novender 1896, by Patrick Bligh. Lg. 4to
Athlone 1896. The entire approx. 826 entries, all entered in manuscript.
As a lot. (2)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 59
76. 60
Kilkenny City: General Valuation of Ratable Property: - Griffith (R.) City
of Kilkenny, Union and Electoral Division of Kilkenny, Folio D. 1850.
First Edn., IV, 71pp, orig. cloth backed printed boards. (1)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 60
77. 61
Herity (Michael) Irish Passage Graves, folio D. (I.U.P.) 1974; Hunt (John)
Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture, 2 vols. folio D. 1974.; Rynne (Etienne)
ed. Figures from the Past, Studies on Figurative Art in Christian Ireland.
Folio D. 1987. Signed, All First Edns.; Mc Clintock (H.F.) Old Irish
Dress, 4to Dundalk 1950, d.w. (5)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 61
78. 62
Engraved Plates: Battie (Wm.) Bartlett (W.H.) Scotland Illustrated, 2
vols. lg. 4to L. 1842. First Edn. 2 add. engd. titles, lg. fold. map, 118
engd. plts. all v. clean, a.e.g., orig. gilt decor. cloth. Good. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 62
79. 63
Engraved Plates: Costello (Dudley) Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to
the Tiber. 2 vols. in one, 4to L. n.d. [c. 1860] 2 port. frontis 2 add titles,
fold., map, 3 dbl. page cold. maps 141 engd. plts. some stains, hf. mor.;
Ponley (Aaron) Sketching from Nature in Watercolour, folio L. n.d., add.
chrome title, 14 chrome plts. (include. frontis), orig. gilt cloth. (2)
Estimate €170 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 63
80. 64
Engraved Maps: An Universal History, Vols. I, IV VII, 3 vols. folio
D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1744, several fold. engraved maps, cont. calf; also
Portfolio of Arts, lg. folio c. 1870, containing a large collection of cold.
litho plts., hf. mor., w.a.f. (4)
Estimate €75 - €125
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 64
81. 65
Fine Reprint in Special Binding Shirley (Evelyn Philip) The History of
The County of Monaghan, Folio L. (Pickering Co.) 1879. re-printed by
Patrick O’D. Fox, Bangor, 1988. cold. frontis, fold. map, illus. thro-out,
heavy hf. green mor. marble sides, mor. labels. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 65
82. 66
Coloured Plates other illus: Carleton, Lover Lever, Irish Pleasantry
and Fun, 4to D. 1885. New Edn., 16 cold. plts. by J.F. O’Hea, orig. gilt
pict. cloth; Hindley (Chas.) The True History of Tom and Jerry, 4to L.
[1888] Lim. Edn. 250 Copies Only, Signed Pres. Copy, with hd. cold. plts.
other illus.; The Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. II No. 104,
2 vols. in one, sm. folio D. June 1832 - June 1834, illus. orig. cloth; 1
other sim. (4)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 66
83. 67
Inscribed by E. de Valera Waverley Book Company - The New Standard
Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. thick 4to L. 1922. Illus. thro.
out, cold. plts., cont. hf. mor., worn. * Both volumes signed by Eamon
de Valera (13-9-57) on front loose blank, with B.P. of E. de Valera. (2)
Estimate €75 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 67
84. 67
Inscribed by E. de Valera Waverley Book Company - The New Standard
Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. thick 4to L. 1922. Illus. thro.
out, cold. plts., cont. hf. mor., worn. * Both volumes signed by Eamon
de Valera (13-9-57) on front loose blank, with B.P. of E. de Valera. (2)
Estimate €75 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 67
85. 68
With Hand-Coloured Plates Atlas: Lewis (Sam.) Atlas Comprising the
Counties of Ireland and a General Map, folio L. 1846. First Edn., engd.
title, lg. fold. map, 32 full page maps, all hd. cold., orig. cloth; also
I.M.C. - Simmington (R.C.) Books of Survey and Distribution - Vol. I of
Roscommon, lg. oblong folio D. 1949, cloth. (2)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 68
86. 69
Periodical: Buckthorn Club, Editor: The Dublin Satirist, Vol. I No. II -
Vol. I No. 52 (incomplete), August 31st 1833 - June 14, 1834, a good run
of a scarce newspaper, cont. hf. mor. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 69
87. 70
Architecture: Shaw (Rob. Norman) Architectural Sketches from the
Continent, lg. folio L. 1872. decor. title, 100 full page plts. (some
loosening from binding), a.e.g., orig. mor. backed gilt decor. cloth
boards, spine dam.; Allan (Fred. H.) The Great Cathedrals of the World,
2 vols. lg. folio Boston n.d. [1886] full page photogravure plts. some
loose, orig. cloth, dam. As a coll. plts. w.a.f. (3)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 70
88. 71
Somerville (E.O.E.) Ross (M.) The Silver Fox, 1912; An Irish Cousin,
1915; All on the Irish Shore, L. 1903; Some Irish Yesterday’s, L. 1906; An
Enthusiast, L. 1921; 7 others, same authors. A lot. (12) Provenance:
de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 71
89. 72
First Edition of Dracula In Irish Stoker (Bram) O’Cuivin (Sean)trans.
Dracula, 8vo D. 1933, hf. title, cloth. (1)
Estimate €80 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 72
90. 73
Illustrated Books: Young (Ella) Celtic Wonder Tales, sm. 4to D. 1910
First Edn., with cold.illus. by Maud Gonne; Stephens (James) Irish Fairy
Tales, sm. 4to L. 1924. Cold. plts. by Arthur Rackham; O’Floinn (T.)
Mac Cana (P.) Scealaiocht na Rithe, sm. 4to D. 1956, illus. by Michael
Mac Liammoir. (3)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 73
91. 74
Odyssey Press Edition Joyce (James) Ulysses, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Hamburg
(The Odyssey Press) 1933 Second Impression, orig. ptd. wrappers, in slip
case. (2)
Estimate €70 - €90
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 74
92. 75
Early Printing: Almanac Ordo diuin[i] officii secund[um] curiz
Ro[manum] p. Ano MDXX[i], sm. 8vo Rome 1521 8 leaves, printed in
red bl. title some pps. defective, each leaf mounted, bound in blue
crushed mor, a.e.g. gilt fillet borders, w.a.f. * This Almanac issued by
the Vatican Authorities for 1521 is of great rarity, possibly unique? (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 75
93. 76
O’Flaherty (Rod.) Ogygia, or, A Chronological Account of Irish Events,
2 vols. in one, 8vo D. 1793. Trans. by Rev. James Hely, some browning,
later dark mor. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 76
94. 77
[Toland (John)] The Life of John Milton, 8vo L. (John Darby) 1699. First
and Only Wing Printing, in an attractive recent antique style panel calf
binding, tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands mor. label. V. Clean
copy of a scarce vol. (1)
Estimate €350 - €450
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 77
95. 78
1798: Gordon (Rev. James) History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the
Year 1798, D. 1801. First Edn., cont. hf. calf, B.P. of J. Grave White;
Cloney (Thos.) A Personal Narrative of .. Transactions in the County
of Wexford, in ... 1798, D. 1832. First Edn., uncut, later cloth backed
boards. (2)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 78
96. 79
Heaney (Seamus) Door into The Dark, 8vo L. 1969. First Edn., One
of 1000 copies. with tipped-in Signature of Author, cloth, orig. ptd.
wrappers, fine copy; also North, L. 1975. First Edn., orig. wrappers. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 79
97. 80
Kilkenny: [Power (John)] Memoir of The Kilkenny Hunt, Compiled .. in
the Year of its Centenary, 1897. Sm. 8vo D. 1897. First, illus. orig. cloth;
also Records of the Kilkenny Hunt, during the Mastership of Sir H.
Langrishe, 1899 - 1908. 8vo Kilkenny 1908, illus., wrappers. Scarce. (2)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 80
98. 81
[Crowe (Eyre Evans)] To-Day in Ireland, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1825. First
Edn., 3 hf. titles, 6 pp adverts, uncut, blue boards, recent paper labels, a
very good set. (3)
Estimate €220 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 81
99. 82
Female interest: Leadbeater (Mary) Memoirs and Letters of Richard and
Elizabeth Shackleton, L. 1822; Tighe (Mary) Phyche with Other Poems,
L. 1811; Sadlier (Mrs. J.) The Confederate Chieftains; A Tale... roy 8vo L.
n.d.; Langdale (Hon. Chas.) Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert, L. 1856; 1
other all leather backed. (5)
Estimate €70 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 82
100. 83
Very fine Copy in Contemporary Binding [Dunlevy (Rev. Andrew)]
An Teagasg Criosduidhe de Reir, 8vo Paris (James Guerin) 1742. First
Edn. Text in French and Irish, presentation inscription loose blank, cont.
mottled calf, rebacked orig. gilt tooled spine laid down. V. good. Ex.
Scarce. (1)
Estimate €700 - €900
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 83
101. 84
With 3pp A.L.s. from Author Theatre: Martyn (Edward) The Tale of
a Town and An Enchanted Sea, published at Kilkenny by Standish
O’Grady. 8vo L. 1902. First, With 3pp A.L.s. from Author at Kildare
Street Club, Dublin, 28th Sept. 1905, cloth; Gwynn (D.) Edward Martyn
and The Irish Revival, L. 1930 First, Signed Pres. Copy to Miss Purser,
from Author; also Gwynn (S.) Irish Literature and Drama, L. 1936; 2
others sim. (5)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 84
102. 85
Robinson (Lennox) The Irish Theatre, L. 1939; also Ireland’s Abbey
Theatre, A History, L. 1951, First Edns., 4 others same author. (6)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 85
103. 86
Rare First Edition Doyle (Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles,
another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, 8vo L. 1902. First Edn. [ with
‘you’ for ‘your’ on line 3, page 13], hf. title, frontis 15 plts., lacks front
end loose blanks, orig. crimson cloth, with gilt black pictorial
decoration. In a recent cloth clam box. (1)
Estimate €550 - €750
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 86
104. 87
Theatre: [Croker (J. Wilson)] Familiar Epistles to Frederick E. Jones Esq.
on the Present State of the Irish Stage, 12mo D. 1805, uncut, boards;
Molloy (J. Fitzgerald) The Romance of the Irish Stage, 2 vols. L. 1897.
Second; Fitzgerald (Percy) The Romance of the English Stage, 2 vols. L.
1874. First, hf. mor. (5)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 87
105. 88
In Gaelic Script: A’Kempis (Thos.) Searc-Learnhathn Chriosd, Trans. to
Irish by Fr. Donald O’Sullivan, 20mo D. 1822. First Edn., full blue mor.
blind tooled decoration, by J.W. Andrews, Waterford, with ticket. Scarce.
(1)
Estimate €125 - €175
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 88
106. 89
Kilkenny interest: I.A.S. - Butler (Rev. R.)ed. The Annals of Ireland
by Friar John Clyn and Thady Dowling, 4to D. 1849; Healy (Rev.
Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County City) Vol. I [All
Published] Kilkenny 1893. First, plts.; Hogan (J.) Kilkenny: The Ancient
City of Ossory, Kilkenny n.d. Reprint; Hogan (J.) St. Ciaran Patron of
Ossory, Kilkenny 1876, cloth; Rothe (D.) Anelecta, D. 1884; 1 other.
(6)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 89
107. 90
Brennan (Rev. M.) Schools of Kildare Leighlin A.D. 1775 - 1835, D.
1935, First, d.w.; Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Ferns Clergy and Parishes, D. 1936.
First; Moran (Rt. Rev. P.F.) The Letters of Rev. James Maher, D.D., late
P.P. of Carlow-Graigue, D. 1877. First, all cloth Good. (3)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 90
108. 91
Fishing: Young (Lambton J.H.) Sea-Fishing as a Sport, L. 1865. First,
frontis + 7 plts. 4pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth, v. good; Wilcocks (J.C.)
The Sea-Fisherman; L. 1868, Second, plts. adverts; Cholmondeley
- Pennell (H.) The Book of the Pike, L. 1865 First, cold. frontis plts.
illus. adverts., orig. green cloth, v. good; Walker (C.E.) Old Flies in New
Dresses, roy 8vo L. 1898. First, frontis 2 plts. orig. cloth. Good lot. (4)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 91
109. 92
Kilkenny Interest: Pilsworth (W.J.) History of Thomastown and District,
Kilkenny [1953]; Mac Donald (Rev. Walter) History of the Parish
of Mooncoin, Kilkenny [1959]’ Langrishe (R.)ed. Handbook to the
Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, Kilkenny 1879; Birth (Peter)
St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, D. 1951. First, Signed, d.w.; 10 others of
sim. interest. (14)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 92
110. 93
Orpen (G.H.) Ireland Under The Normans, 1169 - 1216, 4 vols. Oxford
1968, d.w.’s; Maxwell (C.) Dublin Under the Georges 1714 - 1830, L.
1946; 2 others same author. (7)
Estimate €120 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 93
111. 94
Tipperary interest: Maher (James)ed. The Valley near Slievenamon,
Kilkenny 1941; Romantic Slievenamon, Mullinahone 1954; Chief of the
Comeraghs, 1957, d.w.; 3 others of sim. interest. (6)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 94
112. 95
Francis (B. Bernard) Student in Divinity, The Christian Duty, This is the
Way, Walk in it. 4to Aire (Claude Francois Tuliet) 1684. First Edn., [VIII]
306, 7pp. orig. cont. calf, raised bands, worn. Rare. Wing B. 1993. (1)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 95
113. 96
Mills (Thomas) M.D. An Essay on The Utility of Blood Letting in Fever,
illustrated by numerous Cases; 8vo, D. (J. Barlow) 1813, First Edn., dedit,
VIII, 222 pps, orig. boards, worn. Scarce. (1) * Ex Collection R.C.P.
Estimate €125 - €175
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 96
114. 97
Tuomy (Martin) A Treatise on the Principal Disease of Dublin, 8vo, D.
(Wm. Folds.) 1810, First Edn. hf. title, XVI, 399pp, uncut, orig. boards.
Good Copy. Rare. (1) * Ex Collection R.C.P.
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 97
115. 98
Birmingham (Thos.) The Social State of Great Britain and Ireland
Considered, with regard to the Labouring Population, 8vo L. 1835. First
Edn., 2 engd. maps, lacks fold. map? 214pp, plus Additional Statements
on the Subject of the River Shannon ... 1831, 8vo L. 1834, 40pp, orig.
boards, recent cloth reback. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 98
116. 99
Praeger (Rob. Lloyd) Irish Topographical Botany, 8vo D. 1901. First
Edn., fold. cold. maps, orig. green cloth. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €75 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 99
117. 100
Moore (David) More (Alex Goodman) Contributions towards a
Cybele Hibernica, 8vo D. 1866. First Edn. List of subs., hd. cold. map,
orig. cloth. Good. (1)
Estimate €90 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 100
118. 101
Kilkenny interest: Bughclere (Lady) The Life of James First Duke of
Ormond 1610 - 1688, 2 vols. L. 1912, First, illus.; Coffey (D.) O’Neill and
Ormond, D. 1914, First, all cloth. (3)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 101
119. 102
1798: Wolfe Tone (W.T.)ed. Memoirs of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 2 vols.
L. 1827. Port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels; Teeling (C.H.)
History of the Rebellion of 1798, 8vo Glasgow, n.d., hf. mor. good. (3)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 102
120. 103
Co. Kilkenny: Hutton (Annie)ed. The Embassy in Ireland of Mons. G.B.
Rinuccini, D. 1873, First, orig. cloth, good. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €170 - €230
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 103
121. 104
The Father O’Keeffe Case Co. Kilkenny: O’Keeffe (Fr. Robert) Callan,
Co. Kilkenny, Ultramontanism versus Civil and Religious Liberty, D.
1875. First, hf. title, orig. cloth, gilt. V. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 104
122. 105
Album: Irish Castles, Noble Houses Ruins. An album of approx. 175
mostly wood-cut illus., a few postcards, a few photos, in a 4to album,
full block green mor., as an album, w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €75 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 105
123. 106
Bindings: The Plays of William Shakespeare, 8 vols. L. 1823, port. frontis
Vol. I, cont. hf. calf, profusely tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. good. (8)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co.
Kilkenny.
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 106
124. 107
With Folding Maps Prize Bindings: Jones (Sir J.T. Maj. Gen.) Journal
of the Sieges carried on by The Army under the Duke of Wellington, in
Spain, 3 vols. L. 1846, one engd. port. frontis 26 fold. plans maps,
a.e.g., full calf, gilt coat of arms, Royal Military College, Presented for
... The Study of Fortification .. to Harvey J. de Montmorency, with book
plate. V. good. (3) Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House;
Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 107
125. 108
Genealogy: Gallwey (Hubert) The Wall Family, in Ireland 1170 - 1970,
4to Naas 1970; O’Hart (J.) Irish Pedigrees, D. 1881; Mullen (T.H.)
Families of Ballyrashene, Belfast 1969; ffolliott (R.) The Pooles of
Mayfield, lg. 4to D. 1958; 5 others, paperbacks. As a lot. (9)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 108
126. 109
Devoy (John) Recollections of an Irish Rebel, 8vo N.Y. 1929; O’Brien
(Wm.), Ryan (D.) Devoy’s Post Bag, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1948 - 53; Ryan
(Dr. M.) Fenian Memories, D. 1945; Mitchel (John) An Apology for the
British Government in Ireland, D. 1905; others on Fenians. (8)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 109
127. 110
Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the
Kingdom of Ireland, 4to L. 1776. First Edn., engd. title, dedit index
text thro-out, plus 37 full page hd. cold. engd. maps, later hf. green mor.,
marble boards, clean copy. (1)
Estimate €500 - €700
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 110
128. 110
Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the
Kingdom of Ireland, 4to L. 1776. First Edn., engd. title, dedit index
text thro-out, plus 37 full page hd. cold. engd. maps, later hf. green mor.,
marble boards, clean copy. (1)
Estimate €500 - €700
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 110
129. 111
Fine Printing: Horace - Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, 2 vols. in one, roy
8vo L. (Wm. Sandby) 1749. Red bl. title, frontis 34 engd. plts. J.S.
Muller, later tree calf, mor. label. Good copy. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 111
130. 112
Day (St. John V.) The Prehistoric Use of Iron Steel, L. 1877. 4 plts.
(loose), Signed Pres. Copy; also Papers on The Great Pyramid, Edin.
1870. Pres. Copy; Ashburner (J.) Physico-Physiological Researches ... by
Baron Charles Von Reichenback, L. 1851, all orig. cloth. (3)
Estimate €60 - €90
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 112
131. 113
Kilkenny Genealogy: Anderson (of Kilkenny) 1680 - 1910, L. 1910.
Sole Edn. Signed Pres. Copy; Doyle (Col. Arthur) A Hundred Years of
Conflict, Being Some Records of The Services of Six Generals of The
Doyle Family 1756 - 1856, L. 1911. First, illus., both cloth. Scarce. (2)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 113
132. 114
Inscribed Presentation Copies Kilkenny interest: Kilroy (Thos.) Callan,
Co. Kilkenny, The Big Chapel, L. 1971. First Edn., cloth d.w.; Gregory
(Vere R.T.) The House of Gregory, D. 1943. First, Signed Copy, with
A.L.’s loosely inserted; Kiely (Ben.) Poor Scholar, L. 1948, Signed Pres.
Inscription; Craig (M.J.) The Volunteer Earl, L. 1948. First, Signed. (4)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 114
133. 115
Shearman (Rev. J.F.) Loca Patriciana: An Identification of Localities,
chiefly in Leinster visited by St. Patrick, roy 8vo D. 1879, First, illus;
Murphy (Rev. D.) Triumphalia Chronologica Monasterii Sanctae Crucis
in Hibernia, De Cisterciensium Hibernorum ... 4to D. 1895. First, frontis
cold. tinted plts., both cloth. Good. (2)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 115
134. 116
Indian interest: Buck (E.J.) Simla Past and Present, thick roy 8vo Bombay
1925. Second Signed Pres. Copy, with m/ss A.L.s. to Sir Geoffrey de
Montmorency; Yeats-Brown (F.) Bengal Lancer, L. 1930. First, inscribed
G. de Montmorency; Blunt (Sir Ed.) The I.C.S.: The Indian Civil Service,
L. 1937; Garrett (H.L.O.) The Punjab a Hundred Years Ago, roy 8vo
Punjab 1935; The Prince of Wales Eastern Book, 4to L. 1922, illus. plts.
etc.; 1 other sim. (6) Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch
House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 116
135. 117
Livingstone (Peadar) The Monaghan Story, Enniskillen 1980. Second,
Signed Copy; also The Fermanagh Story, Enniskillen 1990, illus. etc.,
both yellow d.w.’s; Swan (H. Percival) Romanic Donegal, its Songs,
Poetry and Ballads, Belfast 1964. First Edn. With orig. m/ss. note, signed
by Seamus Mac Manus, dated 5-12-1900, tipped in, d.w. (3)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 117
136. 118
O’Grady (Standish)ed. Pacata Hibernia, or A History of the Wars in
Ireland, 2 vols. L. 1896, fold. maps illus., cloth; D’Alton (J.) King
James’s Irish Army List 1689, D. 1855, cloth stained; Prendergast -
Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, D. 1922. (4)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 118
137. 119
Kilkenny Genealogy: Brennan (Tom A.) A History of the Brennans of
Idough, Co. Kilkenny, N. York 1979. Sole Edn. ilus, cloth d.w. V. good.
Scarce. (1)
Estimate €175 - €225
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 119
138. 120
Forestry: Loudon (J.C.) Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 8vols.
thick 8vo L. 1844. Second, illus. plts., cont. hf. crimson mor. (8)
Estimate €160 - €230
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 120
139. 121
Irish Coins: Simon (James) An Essay on Irish Coins, 4to D. 1810, engd.
plts. hf. calf; Lindsay (John) A View of the Coinage of Ireland, 4to Cork
1839. First Edn., signed Pres. Copy to Rev. Thos. Dix Hincks, engd. plts.;
cloth boards; Roth (B.) Hiberno Danish Coins, 4to L. 1910, Signed Pres.
Copy, plts. buckram; Coffey (Geo.) Catalogue of Irish Coins (R.I.A.),
Part II Anglo-Irish Coins, 8vo D. 1895, boards; 4 other sim. items. (8)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 121
140. 122
Mahaffy (J.P.) The Plate in Trinity College, Dublin. A History and A
Catalogue, 4to L. 1918; also Buckley (J.J.) Some Irish Altar Plate, D. 1943,
both First Edns., illus. orig. bindings. Good. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 122
141. 123
Coloured illustrations: Black (A. C.) publ. The Arabian Nights, lg. 4to
L. 1913. Signed Lim. Edn., 182 (250), fine cold. plts. by Charles Folkard,
attractive cold. pict. cloth. V. good. (1)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 123
142. 124
I.A.S.: O’Donovan (J.)ed. The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-
Fiachrach Commonly called O’Dowda’s Country, 4to D. 1844. First, fold.
map, lg. fold. table; also Tracts Relating to Ireland, printed for The Irish
Archaeological Society. 2 vols. 4to D. 1841 - 42. First, all uniform cloth.
(3)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 124
143. 125
Kilkenny interest: De Burgo (Thos.) Hibernia Dominicana, 4to Coloniae
Agrippinae (Kilkenny) 1762. First Edn., cont. calf rebacked. * Pg. 137 -
146 relating to James IIs Irish Parliament, lacking as in 95% of copies. A
very good copy of this rare work. With a file of papers relating to same.
(1)
Estimate €300 - €400
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 125
144. 126
Coloured Plates: Thompson (Rob.) The Gardener’s Assistant, thick roy
8vo Glasgow n.d. c. 1860. With 12 fine hd. cold. plts. orig, cloth, worn.
(1)
Estimate €90 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 126
145. 127
Genealogy: Ponsonby (Maj. Gen. Sir J.) The Ponsonby Family, roy 8vo L.
1929. First, illus., buckram; Gallwey (Hubert) The Wall Family in Ireland
1170 - 1970, sm. 4to Naas 1970. First, Signed Copy, illus. d.w. (2)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 127
146. 128
Co. Kilkenny: [O’Donovan (J.)] Letters ... Relative to the Antiquities
of the County of Kilkenny Collected during .. the Ordnance Survey in
1839. 2 vols. in one, 4to Bray 1930, First Edn., reporduced under the
direction of Rev. Michael O’Flanagan. Illus., orig. cloth. Good. (1)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 128
147. 129
Co. Kilkenny: Lyng (Tom) Castlecomer Connections, sm. 4to Freshford
1984. Sole Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, illus.; Nolan (Willie) Fassadinin, D.
1979. First Edn., illus., both d.w.’s Scarce. (2)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 129
148. 130
Kilkenny interest: Leslie (Rev. J.B.) Ossory Clergy and Parishes, roy 8vo
Enniskillen 1933, First, fold. map; I.M.C. - Mc Neill (C.)ed. Liber Primus
Kilkenniensis, D. 1931; Carney (J.)ed. Poems on The Butlers, D. 1945. All
v. good copies. (3)
Estimate €80 - €130
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 130
149. 131
Kilkenny Genealogy: Grace (Sheffield) Memoirs of the Grace Family,
thick roy 8vo L. 1823. Lim. Edn., profusely illus. plts., ports. maps etc.
cont. mor. backed boards. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €180 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 131
150. 132
Signed Limited Edition Kilkenny Interest: Grace (Sheffield) An Ancient
Feudal War-Song entitled Grasagh Aboe (The Cause of the Graces)
.... Barons of Courtstown..., 8vo L. 1839. Sole Edition 50 Copies Only,
Signed, plts. ports. etc. orig. cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €180 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 132
151. 133
Warren (Phelps) Irish Glass, L. 1970, illus., d.w.; Stannus (Mrs. Graydon)
Old Irish Glass, 4to N.Y. n.d. illus. pict. cloth; Honey (W.B.) Glass A
Handbook and Guide to the Victorian Albert Museum Collection, 4to
L. 1946, illus. wrappers. (3)
Estimate €40 - €80
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 133
152. 134
Wright (Thomas) Louthiana, Or An Introduction to the Antiquities of
Ireland. 4to L. 1758. Second Edn., red bl. title (top of title repaired),
engd. head on dedit preface, sm. vignette map other vignette illus,
also 66 full page plts., some letters cut-out, some finger marks, recent
boards, a working copy. S.N.S.R. (1)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 134
153. 135
Kilkenny: Graves (Rev. J.) Prim (J.G. Aug.) The History, Architecture
and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny. 4to D.
1857. First, plts. illus., orig. cloth. (1)
Estimate €140 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 135
154. 136
With Fine Litho Plates O’Neill (Henry) The Fine Arts and Civilization of
Ancient Ireland, folio L. 1863. Sole Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis 6 cold.
plts. (1 fold.), text illus., orig. cloth with Celtic design gilt decor covers.
V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €300 - €400
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 136
155. 137
Children’s interest: Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim’s Progress, lg. 4to L.
n.d., illus. thro-out, approx. 12 others by J.H. Ewing others, mostly
illustrated. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch
House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €60 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 137
156. 138
In Full Crimson Morocco Binding Burke (Rev. Wm. P.) History of
Clonmel, 4to Waterford 1907. First Edn. engd. frontis plts. illus. t.e.g.
orig. full crimson mor. tooled gilt decor. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €180 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 138
157. 139
Morris (Rev. F.O.) Tegetmeier (W.B.) A Natural History of the Nests
and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1896. Fourth, 248 cold. plts.,
untrimmed copy, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (3)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 139
158. 139
Morris (Rev. F.O.) Tegetmeier (W.B.) A Natural History of the Nests
and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1896. Fourth, 248 cold. plts.,
untrimmed copy, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (3)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 139
159. 140
Rackham (Arthur) illus. Ingoldsby (T.) The Ingoldsby Legends, 4to L.
N.Y. 1907. Mtd. cold. frontis, decor. title 23 others sim. other illus.,
uncut, orig. gilt decor. cloth, some stains. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 140
160. 141
Lowe (E.J.) Our Native Ferns, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1867. 80 cold. plts., orig.
cloth, gilt. Good. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 141
161. 141
Lowe (E.J.) Our Native Ferns, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1867. 80 cold. plts., orig.
cloth, gilt. Good. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 141
162. 142
Horses Dogs: Nine large illustrated Volumes on dogs and horses, with
plates and decorations by Cecil Aldin, K.F. Barker, T. Ivester Lloyd, John
Board, Warren T. Halpin. As a lot. (9) Provenance: de’Montmorency,
Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €80 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 142
163. 143
Signed Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) Poems and A Memoir,
selected and illustrated by Henry Pearson. Introd. by Thomas Flanagan.
Sm. folio N. York (The Limited Editions Club) 1982. Signed by all three,
Limited to 2000 (1848) Copies. Uncut, in full decor. sheep slip case.
V. good. (1)
Estimate €350 - €500
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 143
164. 144
Coffee Table Books: Bradley (John) Treasures of Kilkenny, Charters
and Civic Records of Kilkenny City. Lg. 4to Kilkenny 2003; Fitzgerald
(Olda) Irish Gardens, folio 1988; Pakenham (Valesie) The Big House in
Ireland, lg. 4to L. 2000; others, a lot. (1) Provenance: de’Montmorency,
Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 144
165. 145
Irish Theatre: De Burca (S.) The Queens Royal Theatre Dublin, 1829 -
1969, Lg. 4to D. 1983. Lim. Edn. No. 3 (1000) Special Bound Copy, illus.,
full mor., slip case; also Stockwell (La Tuorette) Dublin Theatres and
Theatre Customs, Tennessee 1938. First Edn., illus., cloth d.w. (2)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 145
166. 146
Monck Mason (Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate
and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin... lg. 4to D. 1819, for
the Author, engd. frontis, engd. plan 5 plts., uncut, rebacked boards.
Worn. (1)
Estimate €140 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 146
167. 147
Scarce First Edition Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased
and Reduced. Or a History of the Late Warres in Ireland. Folio L. 1633.
First Edn., 2 engd. ports., lg. fold. map of Munster, + 16 (mostly) fold.
maps plts. some re-backed, complete, plus 1 extra Map of Ireland at
end, 19th Century diced calf, rebacked spine dam. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €600 - €800
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 147
168. 148
[Ussher] Parr (Bp. Richard) The Life of the Most Rev. Father in God,
James Ussher, Late Lord Archbishop of Armagh, ... Ireland. Folio L.
(for N. Ranew) 1686. First Edn. red bl. title, old bookplates from Ely
Cathedral Library, orig. full sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. label,
joints worn. (1)
Estimate €280 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 148
169. 149
Very Fine Copy Irish Travel: Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, 4to L.
1780 First Edn., engd. frontis, list of subs 1 engd. plt. cont. full calf, gilt
rolled decor. borders, professional reback, mor. label. V. good. (1)
Estimate €275 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 149
170. 150
1798 etc: Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of The Different Rebellions
in Ireland, 4to D. 1801. Second Edn., 10 lg. fold. maps plts. etc. cont.
sprinkled calf dbl. gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good
copy. (1)
Estimate €220 - €320
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 150
171. 151
Usher (James) A Body of Divinitie, or the Summe and Substance of
Christian Religion. Folio L. 1645. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, cont.
panelled sprinkled calf, later mor. label, raised bands. V. good. Sweeney
5328. (1)
Estimate €380 - €480
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 151
172. 152
Walker (Joseph C.) Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, 4to L. 1786.
First Edn., Engd. port, engd. vignettes 4pp engd.music, cont. tree calf,
gilt fillet border, mor. label. V. Good. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €650 - €850
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 152
173. 153
Petrie (George) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language, 2 vols. lg.
4to D. 1872. First Edn., approx. 134 full page plts. some orig. ptd. photos,
1 fold, some damp stains, cont. hf. mor. (2)
Estimate €120 - €160
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 153
174. 154
Signed by The Author Bennett (Douglas) Irish Georgian Silver, 4to L.
1972. First Edn., Signed by Author on title, profusely illus., cloth illus.
d.w. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 154
175. 155
Craig (Maurice) Irish Book Bindings 1600 - 1800, lg. 4to L. 1954. First
Edn., cold. other plts., cloth d.w.; Thom (Alex) Progress in Irish
Printing, folio D. 1936. First Edn., illus. etc. orig. ptd. boards. The second
item also has articles on book binding. (2)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 155
176. 156
Kilkenny interest: O’Phelan (John) Epitaphs on the Tombs in the
Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, Folio D. 1813. Sole Edn.,
engd. frontis, 11 full page plts. maps, 2 engd. text illus., cont. calf,
rebacked. A very good copy. (1)
Estimate €280 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 156
177. 157
Engraved Plates: Knight (F.) publishers, Knights Vases and Ornaments,
Vol. II only, lg. 4to L. 1833, engd. title, 49 engd. full page plts., mor
backed boards, as a coll. of plts. (1)
Estimate €45 - €75
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 157
178. 158
Atlas - Blackie (W.G.) The Comprehensive Atlas and Geography of the
World, folio L. 1886. cold. plts. text illus., 67 mostly dbl. page cold.
maps, cont. hf. mor., rubbed. As an atlas, w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €70 - €110
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 158
179. 159
Scarce Kilkenny Printing Engraved Plates: Robertson (James George)
ed. Antiquities and Scenery of the County of Kilkenny, oblong folio,
Kilkenny (Thomas Shearman) 1851, Rare First Edn., title dedit, with
decor. lined borders, 33 engravings, lithos, plans etc., contemp. hf. calf,
some wear. Otherwise a very good copy of an extremely rare book. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co.
Kilkenny.
Estimate €1500 - €2000
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 159
180. 160
Signed by The Artist Walsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium, Wild and
Garden Plants of Ireland. Lg. folio L. 1983. First Edn. Signed by the
Artist, 48 mtd. cold. plts., cloth d.w. (faded at edges). (1)
Estimate €280 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 160
181. 161
Signed by Both Author Artist Nelson (E. Chas.) Walsh (Wendy)
Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized, folio D. (Lilliput Press) 1993.
First Edn., Signed with fine cold. plts., cloth d.w. V. good. (1)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 161
182. 162
Butler (A.G.) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols., lg. 4to L. [1907
- 08], 107 cold. chromo litho plates, (complete), contemp. hf. mor. cloth
boards. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 162
183. 162
Butler (A.G.) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols., lg. 4to L. [1907
- 08], 107 cold. chromo litho plates, (complete), contemp. hf. mor. cloth
boards. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 162
184. 163
Blackshaw: Mallie (Eamon)ed. Blackshaw, lg. thick 4to Belfast 2003.
Limited Edn. Signed by Artist, illus. thro.-out, cloth pict. d.w., in
orig. slipcase. (1)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 163
185. 164
Signed Limited Edition Illustrated: Clarke (Harry) Faust, by J. Wolfgang
Von Goethe, 4to N.Y. [1925]. Trans. by John Auster. Lim. Edn. 954
(1000) signed by H. Clarke, 21 plts. (8 cold. include frontis) decor. end,
orig. vellum backed boards. (1)
Estimate €350 - €500
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 164
186. 164
Signed Limited Edition Illustrated: Clarke (Harry) Faust, by J. Wolfgang
Von Goethe, 4to N.Y. [1925]. Trans. by John Auster. Lim. Edn. 954
(1000) signed by H. Clarke, 21 plts. (8 cold. include frontis) decor. end,
orig. vellum backed boards. (1)
Estimate €350 - €500
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 164
187. 165
Clarke (Harry)illus: Walters (L.D’O.) The Years at the Spring, An
Anthology of Recent Poetry. 4to L. 1920. First Edn., cold. frontis 23
other full page cold. bl. white plts., text illus. thro-out, uncut, orig.
decor. cloth. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €120 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 165
188. 166
Bowe (Nicola Gordon) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, lg. 4to Mountrath
(The Dolmen Press) 1983, Signed Limited Edn., No. 39 (125) illus., gilt
decor. cloth, in slipcase; The Life and Work of Harry Clarke, 8vo D.
(I.A.P.) 1989, illus. cloth d.j. (2)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 166
189. 167
Illustrated Volume: Poe (E.A.) Clarke (H.) illus. Tales of Mystery and
Imagination, lg. 4to L. 1909, frontis 23 plts., green decor. cloth, d.j.
worn. (1)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 167
190. 168
Illustrations by Harry Clarke Clarke (Harry) illus. Fairy Tales by Hans
Christian Anderson, 4to L. (George G. Harrup Co.) 1931, cold. frontis
39 plates (15 cold.), decor. cloth; Wolfe (H.) intro. Clarke (H.) illus.
Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, 8vo L. 1928, illus., cloth
d.j.; Saorstat Eireann, Irish Free State Official Handbook, 8vo D.
(Talbot Press) 1932, illus., decor. cloth. (3)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 168
191. 169
Good Copy of a Very Rare Volume Lhuyd (Edward) Archaeologia
Britannica, giving some account .. of the Language, Histories
and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain; Vol. I
Glossography. [All Published] First Edn. engd. vign. on title,
headpiece, list of subs, some damp stains, cont. full sprinkled calf,
professional reback with orig. spine laid down. Rare (1)
Estimate €600 - €800
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 169
192. 170
Records of The Tower of London Bayley (J. Whitcomb) The History
and Antiquities of the Tower of London, with Memoirs of Royal and
Distinguished Persons, 2 vols. 4to London 1825, First Edn. plates in Vol.
1 (some repairs). Also Arthur Henry Cook, Prisoners of the Tower, one
of 45 copies of a MS history compiled by a Chief Yeoman Warder prior
to his retirement in 1954. Comprises biographical sketches of prisoners
from 1101 (Bishop Flambard) to 1941 (Rudolf Hess), in chronological
order. (There are very few entries after 1820). Also lists of executions,
escapes and deaths from natural causes, and an alphabetical index of
all prisoners. All uniform cloth. Many of the most illustrious names
in British and Irish history feature. The Irish entries include the 8th,
9th, 10th and 11th Earls of Kildare (1494 - 1582), Arthur and Roger
O’Connor (1798), and Sir Roger Casement (1916), besides several other
well known national figures and a few rogues. These volumes were
acquired by Dennis H.N. Sellers in 1991-2 to be used in his proposed
biographical dictionary of all prisoners in the Tower. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
Estimate €180 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 170
193. 171
With Fine Engraved Plates Maitland (Wm.) The History of London,
Folio L. 1739. First, list of subs., fold. dble page plan; engd. vignettes
thro-out, woodcut coats of arms, 24 lg. engd. plts. some dbl. page),
all very clean, later cloth binding, raised bands. Good; also Petermann
(A.) Milner (Rev. T.) The Atlas of Physical Geography, Folio L. n.d. [c.
1870] cold. plts. Cloth. (2) Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch
House; Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny.
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 171
194. 172
Republican interest: Breen (Dan) My Fight for Irish Freedom, D. 1924;
O’Cathasaigh (P.) [Sean O’Casey], The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, D.
1919. First Edn. wrappers; Mackay (H.O.) The Life and Times of Roger
Casement, D. 1954; Fox (R.M.) The History of The Irish Citizen Army,
D. 1943; Ryan (Des.) Sean Treacy and The 3rd Tipperary Brigade, Tralee
1946; Lynch (D.) The I.R.B. and The 1916 Insurrection, Cork 1957; 10
other books pamphlets, as a lot. (1)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 172
195. 173
A Kempis (T.) The Christian’s Exercise: or, Rules to Live Above the
World, 8vo L. 1717, SECOND EDN. Revised by R. Nelson. Engd.
frontis., cont. panel calf; Rotheram (J.) An Essay on Faith, and its
Connection with Good Works, L. 1766. FIRST EDN., recent hf. mor.;
1 other sim. (3)
Estimate €80 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 173
196. 174
Brassey (Mrs.) A Voyage in the Sunbeam, 8vo L. 1880 illus., a.e.g.,
attractive full tree calf, tooled gilt spine; The Englishwoman in Russia; ..
By A Lady, 8vo L. 1855, illus., hf. calf; Thurtle (Frances) The History of
Spain, 12mo L. 1820, hf. mor.mor. label. (3)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 174
197. 174
Brassey (Mrs.) A Voyage in the Sunbeam, 8vo L. 1880 illus., a.e.g.,
attractive full tree calf, tooled gilt spine; The Englishwoman in Russia; ..
By A Lady, 8vo L. 1855, illus., hf. calf; Thurtle (Frances) The History of
Spain, 12mo L. 1820, hf. mor.mor. label. (3)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 174
198. 175
Hopkins (Manley) Hawaii: The Past, Present, and Future of its Island-
Kingdom, 8vo L. 1866. Second Edn., frontis port., fold. map 6 plts.
complete, recent cloth. (1)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 175
199. 175
Hopkins (Manley) Hawaii: The Past, Present, and Future of its Island-
Kingdom, 8vo L. 1866. Second Edn., frontis port., fold. map 6 plts.
complete, recent cloth. (1)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 175
200. 176
Mc Namee (J.J.) History of the Diocese of Ardagh, D. 1954; Hurley
(V. Rev. T. Conon) St. Patrick’s and the Parish of Kilkeevin, Vol. I [All
Published], D. 1943; Keaney (M.) Westmeath Authors, Mullingar 1969,
All First Edns.; White (J.) My Clonmel Scrap Book, Waterford 1907; 2
other vols. (6)
Estimate €75 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 176
201. 177
Knott (Mary John) Two Months at Kilkee, 12mo, D. 1836, First Edn.,
engd. frontis, add. engd. t.p., engd. fold. map 4 plts. (1 fold.), advert
leaf at end, cloth and orig. ptd. labels. Worn. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €140 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 177
202. 178
Fishing Sport etc: Peard (W.) A Year of Liberty; or, Salmon Angling in
Ireland, L. 1867. First; [Davy (Sir H.)] Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing,
12mo L. 1828. First, small piece cut-out from pp. 243, boards; Walsh
(R.F.) On Improved Facilities .. and how these matters affect Irish
Fisheries, L. 1883, new boards; 1 other on Sport. (4)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 178
203. 179
Prichard (J. Cowles) The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations, 8vo L.
1857, cloth; Mac Lean (Magnus) The Literature of the Celts, Its History
and Romance, L. 1902. First, cont. hf. green mor. (2)
Estimate €70 - €90
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 179
204. 180
Bindings: The Works of William Robertson, 12 vols. 8vo L. 1817. New
Edn., fold. maps etc., full straight grained calf, blind tooled borders,
spines etc. Good. (12)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 180
205. 181
Railways: Dublin and Drogheda Railway, In the House of Commons,
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, 8vo L. 1836, First,
834 + 17pp; also Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Report of the Directors,
1845 - 1852, a collection, 8vo D. 1845 - 1852, both cloth. Good Scarce.
(2)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 181
206. 182
Genealogy: The British Compendium or Rudiments of Honour, 3 vols.
16mo L. 1726. Engd. frontis plts. coats of arms, cont. sprinkled calf,
raised bands. (3)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 182
207. 183
Webster (Wm. Bullock) Ireland Considered as A Field for Investment or
Residence, 12mo D. 1853. Second, 2 fold. cold. maps, some L.S.s. orig.
cloth. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 183
208. 184
Berkely (George) Alciphron: or The Minute Philosopher, 2 vols. 8vo L.
1732. First Edn., with engraved vignettes on both titles, cont. sprinkled
calf, dble. gilt fillet borders, raised bands, lacks labels. V. good set. (2)
Estimate €425 - €650
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 184
209. 185
Dewar (Daniel) Observations on the Character, Customs and
Superstitions of the Irish; and on Some of the Causes which have
Retarded the Moral and Political Improvement of Ireland, 8vo L. 1812,
First Edn., hf. title, dedit, hf. calf, marble boards, rebacked; [Prentiss
(Charles)]ed. The Life of the Late General William Eaton, Several years
an Officer in the United States of Army.. Principally Collected from his
Correspondence and other Manuscripts, 8vo Brookfield (E. Merriam
Co.) 1813, First Edn., contemp. calf, worn. Scarce. (2) Note: William
Eaton (1764-1811) is known as America’s Lawrence of Arabia. Eaton
was a soldier and diplomat based in North Africa at the turn of the
eighteenth century, at a time when American shipping was preyed upon
by those states. In an effort to depose the hostile Dey of Tripoli Eaton led
a small band of American soldiers and mercenaries across 600 miles of
Libyan Desert and captured the important city of Derna near Tripoli. It
was the first foreign United States Military Victory. During World War
II both the Allies and Germans studied Eatons campaign while they
criss-crossed the same territory during the North African campaign.
Estimate €150 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 185
210. 186
Church of Ireland Articles of Religion, Agreed Upon By The
Archbishops, and Bishops, and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland, in the
Conuocation Holden at Dublin in ... 1615 ... . Sm. 4to L. 1628. Lacks A1,
title, text within lined borders, recent full calf, mor. label. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €300 - €400
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 186
211. 187
Exceptionally Fine Copy of Scarce First Edition Molyneux (William)
The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England
Stated, 12mo D. 1698. First Edn., title within double ruled borders,
bookplate of Barba Villa, in orig. fine panel calf, the corners with
blind tooled tulip heads, raised bands, in a recent full green mor. box,
with gilt defined raised bands. A most desirable copy. * Barbavilla, at
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath was the home of the Smythe family. (1)
Estimate €750 - €1000
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 187
212. 188
[Maxwell (W.H)] Wild Sports of The West, with Legendary Tales. 2 vols.
sm. 8vo L 1832. First Edn., 2 litho frontis 3 sim. plts., some stains,
cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. Scarce. (2)
Estimate €300 - €400
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 188
213. 189
Parker (Capt. Rob.) Memoirs of the Most Remarkable Military
Transactions from the Year 1683 to 1718... in Ireland and Flanders, 8vo
L. 1747. First, cont. sprinkled calf, very good; The Earl of Castlehaven’s
Memoirs, D. 1815, tree calf, very good; D’Alton (J.) The History of
Ireland ... The Annals of Boyle .. and ... Notices of the Barony of Boyle, 2
vols. D. 1845, engd. plts., cloth. (4)
Estimate €140 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 189
214. 190
Charity Schools etc: An Account of the Charity Schools lately Erected in
Great Britain and Ireland, 4to L. 1710 [2], 61, [1], some browning, later
qtr. mor.; [King (Wm.)] The State of the Protestants of Ireland, L. 1692,
Fourth, Imprim. leaf, full calf, gilt border, later reback. (2)
Estimate €120 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 190
215. 191
Hogan (Desmond) The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea Other
Stories, L. 1979; The Ikon Maker, N.Y. 1979; The Leaves of Grey, L. 1980;
Children of Lir, L. 1981; A Curious Street, L. 1984, Second Impression;
A New Shirt, L. 1986. With long m/ss note on title to Frank Mc Evoy;
Lebanon Lodge, L. 1988; Larks Eggs, D. 2005 Mostly First Edn., all
signed except last two items, all orig. ptd. d.w.’s (8)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 191
216. 192
[Wilson (W.)] The Post Chaise Companion; or, Travellers Directory
through Ireland, 8vo D.n.d.Third Edn., engd. frontis, title, lg. fold. map,
fold. plan, 2 fold. plts. cont. tree calf. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 192
217. 193
Scarce First Edition Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped Being
memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751. First Edn.
L. (Cassell Company) 1886, hf. title, cold. fold. map frontis (re folded)
‘’Treasure Island’’ advert on verso of final leaf of text, 2 lists of adverts at
end, each of 8pp dated respectively 5G.4.86, 5B.4.86, some stains or
finger marks throughout, a couple of advert pages repaired at corners.,
orig. dark brown cloth. Scarce. (1)
Estimate €250 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 193
218. 194
Townshend - Baratariana. A Select Collection of Fugitive Political
Pieces, 12mo D. 1773. Second, port. frontis fold. plt., calf; Parsons
(Sir L.) Observations on The Bequest of Henry Flood, Esq. to T.C.D.,
8vo D. 1794, uncut, boards; Flood (W.) Memoirs of the Life and
Correspondence of Rt. Hon. Henry Flood, M.P., D. 1838; Curran - The
Speeches of John Philpot Curran Esq., D. 1805, tree calf. (4)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 194
219. 194
Townshend - Baratariana. A Select Collection of Fugitive Political
Pieces, 12mo D. 1773. Second, port. frontis fold. plt., calf; Parsons
(Sir L.) Observations on The Bequest of Henry Flood, Esq. to T.C.D.,
8vo D. 1794, uncut, boards; Flood (W.) Memoirs of the Life and
Correspondence of Rt. Hon. Henry Flood, M.P., D. 1838; Curran - The
Speeches of John Philpot Curran Esq., D. 1805, tree calf. (4)
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 194
220. 195
Illustrated Volumes Theatre: Colum (Padraic) Three Plays, Boston
1916 Signed; Thomas Muskerry. A Play in Three Acts, D. 1910. Signed,
wrappers; Castle Conquer, N. York 1923, First, d.w.; The Story of Lowry
Maen, N.Y. 1937, Signed; The King of Ireland’s Son, N.Y. 1916, illus.;
The Frenzied Prince, being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland, 4to
Philadelphia 1943. First, illus. d.w.; 5 others. As a lot. (11)
Estimate €150 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 195
221. 196
Ossian: M’Callum (H. J.) An Original Collection of the Poems
of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin other Bards, 8vo Montrose 1816. uncut,
later cloth; Campbell (H.)ed. The Poems of Ossian, Translated by J.
Macpherson, 2 vols. in one, 8vo L. 1822., 2 engd. frontis, wd.-cut vignette
on titles, fold. map 1 other plt., hf. mor.; another Edn., 2 vols. in one,
16mo L. 1806, hf. mor. (4)
Estimate €65 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 196
222. 197
Theatre: Kavanagh (Peter) The Irish Theatre, roy 8vo Tralee 1946. First,
illus. d.w.; Hughes (Rev. S.C.) The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin,
12mo D. 1904; Boyd (E.A.) The Contemporary Drama of Ireland, D.
1918; (St. John Ervine) The Organised Theatre, L. 1924, d.w. (4)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 197
223. 198
Theatre: O’Keeffe (John) Recollection of The Life of John O’Keeffe, 2
vols. L. 1826. First, port. frontis cont. hf.mor.; Fitzgerald (P.) The Life of
David Garrick, L. 1899; Lawrence (W.J.) The Life of Gustavus Vaughan
Brooke, roy 8vo Belfast 1892, First, port. cloth. Good. (4)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 198
224. 199
Aviation: Corkey (A.) The Truth about Ireland or Through the Emerald
Isle with an Aeroplane, 8vo Iowa [c. 1910], First Edn. frontis 9 plts.,
orig. green cloth. Good. (1)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 199
225. 200
Inscribed Copies, with Letters etc Theatre: Clark (Wm. Smith) The Early
Irish Stage, Oxford 1955; also The Irish Stage in the Country Towns
1720 to 1800, Oxford 1965. Both inscribed First Edns., with many
items from the author loosely inserted, illus. d.w.’s; Duggan (G.C.) The
Stage Irishman, D. 1937. First, illus. d.w.; Ellis Fermor (Una) The Irish
Dramatic Movement, L. 1939, First. (4)
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 200
226. 201
Periodical: O’Higgins (Brian)ed. The Wolfe Tone Annual, Nos. 1 - 30
unbroken, together 30 Nos. 8vo D. 1932 - 1962, bound in 4 vols., with
orig. pict. wrappers bound in, full green mor., blind gilt tooled with
Celtic decor., good set. (4)
Estimate €250 - €350
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 201
227. 202
Seymour (St. John D.) Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, D. 1913; also
True Irish Ghost Stories, D. 1914, both First Edns; Sharpe (C.K.) A
Historical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland, L. 1884; 2
others sim. (5)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 202
228. 203
Whitehead (G. Ken.) The Deer of Great Britain and Ireland, roy 8vo
L. 1964. First, illus. d.w.; Praeger (R.L.) Some Irish Naturalists, A
Biographical Note-Book. Dundalk 1949, First, d.w. Good. (2)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 203
229. 204
Gilbert (J.T.) History of the Viceroys of Ireland, D. 1865. First;
O’Callaghan (J.C.) History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France,
Glasgow 1870. First, illus. ports., map, both orig. cloth. Good. (2)
Estimate €120 - €160
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 204
230. 205
Donovan (V. Rev. Jer.) Rome Ancient and Modern and its Environs, 4
vols. Rome 1842. First Edn., fold. hd. cold. map, engd. plts, fold. plans
etc., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels, good. (4)
Estimate €175 - €225
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 205
231. 206
Porter (Wm. H.) Observations on the Surgical Pathology and Treatment
of Aneurysm, Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures... during the
Session 1839 - 40. Part I, 8vo D. n.d. [1840] First Edn., XV, 214pp, full
cont. blue mor. blind gilt fillet borders. Good. (1) * Ex Collection
R.C.P.
Estimate €120 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 206
232. 207
Kilkenny interest: O’Keeffe Case - Court of Queen’s Bench (Ireland)
Report of the Action for Libel Brought by the Rev. Robert O’Keeffe,
P.P. against His Eminence Cardinal Cullen, 8vo L. 1874. First Edn., ed.
by H.C. Kirkpatrick; Walsh (Rev. W.J.) Evidence given in the Case of
O’Keeffe V. M’Donald at the Wicklow Summer Assizes, 1875, D. 1875.
First Edn., both cloth. (2)
Estimate €120 - €170
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 207
233. 208
Bindings: Kelly (Rev. M.)ed. Cambrensis Eversus, 3 vols. D. (Celtic
Society) 1848 - 52. Frontis, cont. prize Maynooth Binding by Galwey
Co.; Brenan (Rev. M.J.) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 2 vols. D.
1840. First Edn., cont. hf. calf, gilt spines. (5)
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 208
234. 209
Periodical: Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of
Science, Belles-Lettres, and History. 4 vols. D. 1793 - 1794. Engraved
topographical plts. maps, etc., cont. hf. calf, worn. (4)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 209
235. 210
Irish Poetry etc: Longley (M.) The Echo Gate, L. 1979. Signed Pres;
Kennelly (B.) Salvation the Stranger, D. 1972 The Boats are Home,
1980, both Signed Copies; Montague (John) Tides, D. 1970, A New
Siege, 1970; Murphy (Richard) Sailing to an Island, L. 1963, The Last
Galway Hooker, D. 1961, Lim. Edn.; O’Connor (F.) Three Old Brothers
and Other Poems, L. 1936, First, d.w.; Mac Neice (L.) The Burning Perch,
L. 1963, First, d.w.; Retrospect, The Work of Seamus O’Sullivan
Estella F. Solomons D. 1973. Lim. Edn., illus.; O’Grady (D.) Chords
Orchestrations Poems, Limerick (Mc Kerns) 1956. The Author’s First
book Signed Pres. Copy, orig. decor, wrappers. Good lot. (11)
Estimate €150 - €200
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 210
236. 211
Genealogy: Hill (Rev. G.) An Historical Account of the Mac Donnells
of Antrim, 4to Belfast 1873, with m/ss A.L.s., m/ss notes cuttings etc.
loosely inserted; Mac Airt (S.)ed. Leabhar Branach - The Book of
The O’Byrnes, D. 1944; Ferrall (Russell B.) History of the Ferralls Ui
Fearghail and American Genealogy, Wisconsin 1981; Gregory (Vere
R.T.) The House of Gregory, D. 1943. (4)
Estimate €130 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 211
237. 212
Sullivan (Sir E.) Buck Whaley’s Memoirs, roy 8vo L. 1906. First Edn.,
port. frontis plts, cloth. (1)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 212
238. 213
Co. Antrim: Royal Dublin Society: Dubourdieu (Rev. J.) Statistical
Survey of the County of Antrim, thick 8vo D. 1812. First Edn., fold. map
17 litho type plts. plans etc. (10 fold), later hf. calf. V. good. (1)
Estimate €220 - €320
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 213
239. 213
Co. Antrim: Royal Dublin Society: Dubourdieu (Rev. J.) Statistical
Survey of the County of Antrim, thick 8vo D. 1812. First Edn., fold. map
17 litho type plts. plans etc. (10 fold), later hf. calf. V. good. (1)
Estimate €220 - €320
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 213
240. 214
Cusack (M.F.) A History of the Kingdom of Kerry, 8vo L. 1871. First
Edn. cold. map frontis text illus hf. mor. rebacked with orig. spine laid
down. Good copy. (1)
Estimate €150 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 214
241. 215
The Marquis of Kildare’s Own Copy I.A.S.: O’Flaherty (Rod) A
Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught, ed. by James
Hardiman. 4to D. (Irish Arch. Soc.) 1846. First Edn. thus, engd. map
frontis, fold. pedigree, cont. diced calf, gilt fillet borders, mor. labels
tooled gilt panels with Carton Crest in gilt on spine. V. good copy. (1)
Estimate €180 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 215
242. 216
Quakers: Advices and Rules agreed to by The Yearly Meeting of Friends
in Ireland, 4to D. 1811. First Edn., with some Genealogical Notes on the
Beale Family on front loose blank, cont. tree calf, upr. joint cracked. (1)
Estimate €100 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 216
243. 217
India etc: Sheppard (S.R.) Bombay, 8vo Bombay 1932. Pres. Copy to Sir
G.F. de Montmorencey: Bruce (J.F.) A History of the University of the
Panjab, Lahore 1933; also Bonomi (Jos) Nineveh and its Palaces, L. 1853,
Second, illus.; Pictures from Sicily, roy 8vo L. 1853. First, engd. ptls. (4)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co.
Kilkenny.
Estimate €80 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 217
244. 218
Genealogy: Hamilton (Sir J.) The Hamilton Manuscripts, 4to Belfast
[1867] First, cloth; Hitchcock (F.R. Montgomery) The Midland Septs of
The Pale, D. 1908. (2)
Estimate €70 - €100
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 218
245. 219
Wills (James) The Irish Nation: its History its Biography, 4 vols. thick
roy 8vo Edin, L. D. 1875. Illus. cont. hf. mor. worn. (4)
Estimate €80 - €120
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 219
246. 220
Fine Clean Copy Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio
L. 1791. First Edn., 2 engd. titles 259 engd. plts., all very clean, in cont.
sprinkled calf, roll borders, mor. labels. V. good. (2)
Estimate €300 - €400
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 220
247. 221
Coloured Plates: Wooster (David)ed. Alpine Plants: Figures and
Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of The Alpine
Flowers, thick 8vo, L. 1874, 2 vols. in one, Second Edn. Second Series,
107 chromo litho prints, leather backed cloth boards, gilt decor. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co.
Kilkenny.
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 221
248. 221
Coloured Plates: Wooster (David)ed. Alpine Plants: Figures and
Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of The Alpine
Flowers, thick 8vo, L. 1874, 2 vols. in one, Second Edn. Second Series,
107 chromo litho prints, leather backed cloth boards, gilt decor. (1)
Provenance: de’Montmorency, Burnchurch House; Castle Morres, Co.
Kilkenny.
Estimate €200 - €300
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 221
249. 222
Rare Limited Edition Mac Donagh (Thomas) Lyrical Poems, 4to D. (The
Irish Review) 1913. First Limited Edn. (500), t.e.g., uncut, orig. blue
cloth ptd. d.w. (frayed). Scarce. (1)
Estimate €180 - €250
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 222
250. 223
Hall (Mr. Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: its Scenery, Character etc, 3 vols. roy 8vo
L.n.d. New Edn., engd. views, maps text illus. a.e.g., cont. hf. green
mor. tooled gilt spines. V. good clean set. (3)
Estimate €120 - €150
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 223
251. 224
Carrigan (Rev. Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese
of Ossory, 4 vols. 4to D. 1905. First Edn. port. frontis illus. plts. etc.
orig. green gilt cloth; also [Healy (Fr. Wm.)] Criticism of History and
Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 8vo D. 1907. Sole Edn., orig.
boards, good. (5)
Estimate €400 - €500
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 224
252. 225
Geoghegan (Ed.) A Commentary on the Treatment of Ruptures
Particularly in a State of Strangulation, 8vo L. (Sm. Highlay) 1810, First
Edn., hf. title, dedit, orig. boards, ptd. label, spine worn. Scarce. (1) * No
in Bradshaw, Wellcome or ESTC * Ex Collection R.C.P.
Estimate €120 - €180
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 225
253. 226
Very Fine Set Bewick (Thos.) The Works of Thomas Bewick, 5 vols. roy
8vo Newcastle (For Emerson, Charnley Hodgson) 1822. L.P. 5 wd. cut
frontis (1 port), wd. cut illus. thro-out, a.e.g., cont. full purple mor.
blind tooled panels gilt tooled borders, profusely gilt spines. V. good
copy. (5)
Estimate €375 - €475
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 226
254. 227
Todd (James Henthorn)ed. The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, roy
8vo L. 1867. First, 2 litho plts. (1 fold.) cloth; Graves (Rev. J.)ed. A Roll of
the Proceedings of the King’s Council in Ireland... Richard The Second,
roy 8vo L. 1877. Lg. fold. frontis. mor. backed boards. Both v. good. (2
Estimate €160 - €220
Large Image, More Info Place Bid Lot 227