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Lot 207
A collection of Star Wars toys, all boxed, to include a first order special forces tie fighter, a Princess Leia ceremonial gown 1999 portrait edition, 3 droid starfighters, a first order flame trooper, a 30th edition coin album, an episode 1 yo-yo, An Aurra Sing figure, A die-cast clone trooper, a Darth Vaderfigure, 2 x Constable Zuvio figure, a Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa figure set, A Jar Jar Binks Micro Machines set, A Monopoly Star Wars cd-rom edition, a Chewbacca figure, a Dexter Jettster figure and a Djas Puhr figure .
Lot 534
Two boxes of, mostly reference books, to include: 'The Art of Painting in Pastel', L. Richmond & J Littlejohns, first edition, 1930, 'The Great European schools of Classical Dressage', Alain Laurioux & Guillaume Henry, 2009, 'The Oxford Companion to Music', 'Best of James Herriot', 'The Illustrated book of birds', 'The Royal National Rose Society 1968', 'Songs from Robert Burns' published 1947, 'The Naming of Names, the Search for Order in the World of Plants', Anna Pavord, 2005, etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 1
Royal Worcester 'The First Royal Worcester Father Christmas' figurine sculpted by Scott Thomas, limited edition 202/4950 with COA. Together with a John Humphreys pottery Staffordshire first edition Dewars Santa Clause character jug, together with a Past Times Christmas Sweethearts water globe in original box and a Royal Doulton 'A Well-Earned Break' collectors plate. (4) (B.P. 21% + VAT) No obvious damage.
Lot 4
Two cuttings from a bifolium of Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Liber comitis, including his quotation of Bede, De octo quaestionibus, quaestio II, with one of the earliest references to English illuminated manuscript ownership, in Latin, manuscript on parchment[Germany or perhaps France, third quarter of the ninth century] Substantial parts of a large bifolium, cut through the middle horizontally to use on a later binding as board supports, with sections cut out of the two halves for the thongs at the spine, trimmed at foot with loss of about 6 lines there, text showing that this once the innermost bifolium from a gathering, wanting probably a single line where bifolium was sliced through horizontally, cuttings now with remains of double column of 27 lines in a good rounded Carolingian minuscule with integral et-ligature within words, a notably long capital 'S' which sits with its midpoint on the baseline, and a distinctive 'r' with a long and undulating horizontal stroke, capitals in same pen, some offset, scuffs (especially to reverse, obscuring some areas of text there), splits and areas of discolouration, overall fair and presentable condition, in total 215 by 400mm.; set in glass on both sides, and in a large black fitted case Provenance:1. Quaritch of London; with a postcard dated 29 May 1991 from Bernard Bischoff, with his opinions on the cuttings, enclosed.2. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 1380, acquired from Quaritch in June 1991. Text: These cuttings contain Smaragdus of St-Mihiel's commentary on Corinthians 11, citing John Chrysostom and Ambrose (recto first leaf to verso first leaf, col. 1 and first half of col. 2), but with the text truncated at its end (compare the first half of col. 2 of fol. 1v here with that in Patrologia Latina 102, cols. 104-105), followed by Smaragdus' extensive quotation of Bede, De octo quaestionibus, quaestio II (verso first leaf, second half of col. 2 through to first half of col. 1 on recto of second leaf, this again truncated at end), and ending with Bede's commentary on Luke VIII (remaining recto and verso of second leaf). The De octo quaestionibus is by far the rarest here and deserves some individual attention. The initial publication of this text by Johann Herwagen in 1563 (reprinted from there by Migne, Patrologia Latina, 93 in 1862, and there called the Aliquot quaestionem liber) served to confuse rather than elucidate its authorship, as Herwegan used a manuscript which had interpolated non-Bede material at its end. This lead to the publication of the text by Migne among the 'dubia et spuria' and similarly among the uncertain works of Bede by M.W.L. Laistner and H.H. King in their Handlist of Bede Manuscripts (1943). Moreover, J.A. Giles went so far as to exclude it from his edition of Bede's work in 1843-1844. However, the Carolingians certainly knew of the text in a form usually described as 'eight questions' (it is cited by Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Claudius of Turin, Hrabanus Maurus and Haimo of Auxerre, and in 852, Lupus of Ferrières sent a request to Abbot Altsig of York requesting a number of works, including 'questions by your Bede on both Testaments'), and strong academic defences of Bede's authorship of some part of this material were made by Paul Lehmann in 1919 ('Wert und Echtheit einer Beda abgesprochenen Schrift', in Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Phil. Und der Hist. Klasse der bayer. Akad. Der Wissenschaften, Abhandlung 4) and again in 1999 and 2008 (M. Gorman, 'Bede's VIII Quaestiones and Carolingian Scholarship', Revue Bénédictine, 109, 1999, pp. 32-74; and E. Knibbs, 'The Manuscript Evidence for the De Octo Quaestionibus Ascribed to Bede', Traditio, 63, 2008, pp. 129-183). An initial core of eight 'questions' are now firmly thought to be of the eighth century, with four of these confidently ascribed to Bede (including the quaestio cited here). These cuttings here did not, however, come from a manuscript of that text in its unadulterated form, but from a copy of Smaragdus Liber Comitis, which quotes quaestio II of Bede's text. That quaestio is famous for its record, in its explanation of II Corinthians 11:24, of an illuminated manuscript brought from Rome by the most reverend and most learned Cuthwine, bishop of the East Angles (probably fl. mid-eighth century; here "reverentissimus ac doctissimus vir Chudo [in error for 'Cuduinus', which seems to have confused our scribe, leading to the erasure following] orientalium anglorum antistes", 5th to 3rd lines from end of col. 2 on fol. 1v). The brief description given by Bede of the miniatures of that volume allows the tentative conclusion that the illuminated manuscript brought back from Rome was a copy of Arator, De actibus apostolorum. However, Cuthwine may have owned more than one such manuscript. An illustrated copy of Sedulius' Carmen Paschale survives in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, their M 17.4. It dates to the ninth century, but its scribe copied in ornamental capitals an apparent ex libris from its earlier exemplar on fol. 68v: "Finit fines fines Cuðuuini" (noted by L. Traube in 1902; see also J.J.G. Alexander, Insular Manuscripts: 6th to the 9th Century, 1978, p. 83; and M. Lapidge, The Anglo-Saxon Library, 2006, pp. 26-27). This is not the sole record of its kind (Bede also records Benedict Biscop's bringing of an illustrated Apocalypse to Monkwearmouth-Jarrow from Rome in the seventh century), but it does stand among the very earliest such accounts, and its author was most probably an eye-witness to Cuthwine's manuscript. In addition, as no manuscript of the complete text of Bede's De octo quaestionibus or Smaragdus' Liber Comitis has ever come to the market, and no other commentator on Bede's text quotes the relevant passage about Cuthwine, this is most probably the only chance to ever acquire this important early bibliophilic record in manuscript.
Lot 168
A group of J.D. Beazley and A.D. Trendall publications Comprising: J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase Painters, 1956; J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, Second edition, vols. I, II and III (indexes) 1963; J.D. Beazley, The Pan Painter, 1974 (unbound); J.D. Beazley, 'Ελενις 'Απαιτησις, undated x3; J.D. Beazley, Attic White Lekythoi, 1938; J.D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting, 1947; J.D. Beazley, Potter and Painter in Ancient Athens, 1949; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, vol. I, text, 1967; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, vol II, indexes and plates, 1967; A.D. Trendall, Greek Vases in the Logie Collection, 1971; A.D. Trendall, Early South Italian Vase Painting, 1973; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, second supplement, 1973; A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, First Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, 1983; A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, vols I-II and indexes, 1982; L. Burn, and R. Glynn, Beazley Addenda, 1982 (19)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 173
A group of books on Greek sculpture Comprising: G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vols I-III, London, 1965; G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the Greek Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, 1954; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, Virginia, 1988; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Sculpture: an Introduction, London, 1985; F.P. Johnson, Corinth, Volume IX, Sculpture, Cambridge, Mass., 1931; G. Dickins, Damophon, 1905; K. Lapatin, Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Oxford, 2001; E. Wasmuth, Frühgriechische Plastik, Band 3; Berlin; J. Dorig, The Olympia Master and his Collaborators, Leiden, 1987; A. Kozloff & D.G. Mitten, The Gods Delight; The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, Cleveland, 1988; M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, New York, 1961; B.S. Ridgway, The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1977; B.S. Ridgway, The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1970; P.C. Bol, Die Skulpturen Des Schiffsfundes von Antikythera, Berlin, 1972; C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986; M.L. Saflund, The East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Göteborg, 1970; D. Buitron-Oliver, The Greek Miracle; Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy – The Fifth Century BC, Washington, 1992; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Text, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Tafeln, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger, Parthenon Metopen in Basel, Tafeln, Mainz, 1986; E. Berger, Das Basler Arztrelief, Basel, 1970; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, second edition, 1950; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, first edition, undated. (25)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 102
Limited to 500 Copies Only Book of Kells: Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis, Book of Kells. 3 vols. folio Berne (Urs Graf) 1950. Lim. Edition, No. 315 of 500 Copies Only Complete facsimile, with fine mounted coloured plts., first 2 volumes in full vellum, with Celtic decor., the third volume in vellum backed boards, all in fine clean orig. condition, & in original cardboard shipping boxes. (3)
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Lot 186
Important History of the Connaught Rangers Jourdain (Lieut. Col.) & Fraser (Ed.) The Connaught Rangers, 3 vols., L. (Royal United Service Institution) 1924, First Edn., frontis in each volume, illus. with plts., photographs and maps, Ex. Libris bookplate Langton, full green cloth, motif (variant) to each front cover, gilt lettered spine. Good Set. Scarce First Edition. (3)
Lot 201
Broderick (John) The Pilgrimage, Lond. 1961. First Edn. of the Author's First Novel. with Signed Dedication to his good friend from Athlone, Billy English; also The Chameleons, N.Y. (Obolensky) 1961, which is the First American Edition of the above; The Fugitives, Lond. 1962, First Edn.; The Waking of Willie Ryan, Lond. 1965, First Edn.; An Apology for Roses, Lond. 1973, First Edn., The Pride of Summer, Lond. 1976. First Edn.; London Irish, Lond. 1979. First Edn.,; A Prayer for Fair Weather, 1984, First Edn., The Rose Tree, Lond. 1985. First Edn.; all with orig. pict. d.w.'s; and The Irish Magdalen, Lond. 1991, First Edn. A very good lot. (10)
Lot 217
Renaudot (Eusebius) Trans. Ancient Account of India and China By Two Mohammedan Travellers. Who went to those Parts in the 9th Century, Translated from the Arabic, 8vo Lond. (For Sam. Harding.) 1733. First English Edn., Two Parts in one Vol. Title printed in red and black with wood engraved device, pps XXXVII [1] 99, 260 [12] Index. A few pages creased at fore-edge, also some browning at fore-edges, some stains, some m/ss annotations & notes, the first loose blank with one page of notes in pen, signed James Bedoon, cont. calf, worn & joints cracked. Ex. Scarce. (1) Ref: [Cordier, Sinica 1923; Lust 299] * The First Edition in English of important accounts by "Sulaiman, the merchant" and Hasan ibn Yazid al Sirafi of journeys undertaken in the ninth century A.D., translated from the Arabic by the French linguist Eusebius Renaudot.
Lot 288
With Attractive Coloured Plate Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, folio Shaftesbury & Lond. (By the Author & Chas. Knight & Co.) 1823. First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis & add. hd. cold. title, engd. plan, lg. fold. map, hand cold. in outline, & 11 full page engd. plts. (1 hd. cold.), plus engd. text illus. thro-out, lists of subscribers, t.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor., spine profusely gilt in panels. V. clean copy. (1)
Lot 290
The Book of Kells - Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN. (1480), in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1)
Lot 537
McGahern (John) Nightlines, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1970. First English & American Editions; The Leavetaking, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1974. First English Edn.; also High Ground, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1985. First English Edn., with First American Edition, Viking 1987. All orig. pict. d.w.'s. V. good. (5)
Lot 648
Possibly Unique Issue Usher (James) Strange and Remarkable Prophesies and Predictions of the Holy, Learned, and Excellent James Usher, Late L. Arch-Bishop of Armagh, and Lord Primate of Ireland, Sm. 4to London (For R.G.) 1678. First Edn. (1 of 4 issues), 8pp. disbound. Ex. Rare. ESTC R504328, Notes one copy only. Not recorded by Sweeney; also Pamphlet: A List of Such of the Names of the Nobility, Gentry and Commonalty of England and Ireland, (Amongst whom are several Women and Children) .. . Sm. 4to Lond. (For R. Clavel .. and J. Watts) 1690. First and Only Edition. Title within dbl. lined border, pp [2], 5 - 52, 49 - 70, disbound, good. Scarce. Sweeney 2520?. (2)
Lot 752
AA WORLD-CHANGING DOCUMENTUnited States Declaration of Independence. An original engraved facsimile copy of the Declaration of Independence of 4 July 1776, N.B. On careful examination The Auctioneers believe that this item is a copy of the Peter Force Edition of 1833, not 1823 as stated in printed catalogue.This copy with direct provenance to Charles O’Conor, the distinguished Irish-American attorney and politician. Measurement: 30.5 in (77cm) x 25.5 in (65cm) "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled .. do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States .. and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.”The Declaration followed a period of stressed relations with Great Britain over trade and other matters. It was drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson, with amendments by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and others, and was adopted on 4 July 1776 by delegates from 13 States assembled in the Second Continental Conference. It provided the essential basis for the Treaty with revolutionary France agreed in 1778. It is no exaggeration to say that this document changed the world, marking a decisive turn away from the era of unchallenged imperial expansion and the subjection of colonial peoples, and was thereafter a shining beacon to subject peoples everywhere, most notably the Irish. Three of the 56 signatories were born in Ireland, with a further 8 of Irish descent.The Declaration of Independence was initially published as a broadside, printed by Robert Dunlap, in which form it was widely distributed and read to the public. The source copy used for this printing has been lost. The best-known version is a signed copy that is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and which is popularly regarded as the official document. In 1820, when the ink on the Archives copy was seen to be fading, Congress commissioned the engraver William J. Stone to execute a full-scale facsimile, printed in 1823 in 200 copies on parchment, and issued to surviving signatories (including Jefferson and Adams) and other distinguished personalities. It was issued to Charles O’Conor of New York, a son of Thomas O’Conor of the O’Conor Don family of Roscommon. Charles' father, Thomas was sworn into the United Irishmen by Wolfe Tone personally, and went to America after the failure of the 1798 Rebellion.Charles O’Conor (1804-1884) was born in New York, and was called to the Bar in 1824. He quickly made his name as a trial lawyer; after his success in a major divorce and alimony case, he was presented with two silver vases - one by a group of 30 leading New York ladies, the other by sixty members of the Bar. Both vases are now in the New York Law Institute Library.He was active in Irish support groups, including one intended to support a Fenian rising in Ireland, and for many years he was a major figure in Democratic politics. He was U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York 1853-54. After the Civil War he was senior counsel for the Southern leader Jefferson Davis in his trial for treason. In the 1870s he was prominent in the successful campaign against William (Boss) Tweed of Tammany Hall. In 1872 he was nominated for the Presidency of America by a southern Democratic group. He declined the nomination, but his name still appeared on the ballot paper – the first Catholic to receive such a nomination. After the 1876 election, he was advocate for his friend Samuel Tilden in his unsuccessful attempt to claim the Presidency, having won a plurality of the popular vote.The present engraving came to light recently in a country house in the West of Ireland, where presumably it was brought by Charles O’Conor on a visit to his ancestral homeland. Of the 200 original copies issued, a recent census (Coleman 1991*) could find only 31 surviving, of which institutions held 19 and only 12 (to which the present copy can be added) were in private hands.An exceptionally rare and important document, truly one that has changed the world.A superb memorial to a very distinguished Irish-American, and a confirmation and celebration of the Irish contribution to the constitutional development of the United States. In excellent condition.Provenance: Charles O’Conor of New York [1804-1884]; by unbroken family descent.*W.R. Coleman, ‘Counting the Stones – a Census of the Stone Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence’. Manuscripts vol. 43 no. 2 pp 97-105.With acknowledgements to Wikipedia.N.B. On careful examination The Auctioneers believe that this item is a copy of the Peter Force Edition of 1833, not 1823 as stated in printed catalogue.
Lot 761
The Atlas that Changed the World Ortelius (Abraham) ?Theatrum Orbis Terrarum?, folio, Antwerp (Aegidius Coppenius Diesth) 1570, First Edition (Second Issue) [?Catalogus auctorum with 91 names] 14pps, 53 double-page engraved Maps, contemporary hand colouring, and manuscript notes in borders on reverse, hand coloured architectural title page (loose and cut-down border), the maps include the following : 1. Typus Orbis Terrarum; 2. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova descriptio; 3. ?Asia Nova Descriptio?; 4. ?Africa?, Cae Ta Bula Nova; 5. ?Europae?; 6. ?Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio ; 7. ? Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locupleissi Ma Descriptio?; 8. ?Portugalliae que olim Lusitania nouissima et exactisima desriptio Auctore Vernando Aluara Secco; 9. ?Galliae Regni Potentiss : Nova Descriptio Joanne Joliveto Auctore?; 10. ?Biturigum Regio?, and ?Limanla? 11. ?Caletes et Bononienses? and ?Veromandui? ; 12. ?Galliae Nar Bonensis ora Maritima? and ?Burgundiae Comitatus?; 13. ?Germania?; 14. ?Descrip Tio Germania Inferioris?; 15. ?Gelriae, Cliviae, Fini Timorumque Locorum Verissima Desriptio Christiano Schnot, Auctore?; 16. ?Brabantiae, Germaniae Inferioris Nobilissimae Provinciae de Scriptio?; 17. ?Flandria? 18. ?Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova descriptio,Auctore D. Jaobo A. Daventria, 19. ?Hollandia Anti Quorum Catthorum Sedis Nova descriptio, Auctore J.A. Daventria?; 20. ?Utriusque Frisiorum Regionis Novis Descriptio (1568); 21. ?Daniae Regni Typus?; 22. ?Thietmarsia? & Prussia?; 23. ?Saxoniae Misniae, Thuringiae, Nova Exactissimaq Descriptio?; 24. ?Franconia? and ?Monasteriensis? 25. ?Regni Bohemiae Descriptio? 26. ?Silesiae Typus Descriptus et Editus Martino Heil Wig Neisense et Nobili Viro Nicolao Rhedinger dedicatus (Anno 1561); 27. "Austriae Ducatus Chorographia, Wolf Gango Lazio Auctore" 28. "Salisburgensis Iurisdictionjs, Locorumingue, Vicinorum, Vera descripto Auctore Marco S. Salisburgense?; 29. ?Tipus Vindeliciae Sive Utriusque Bavariae Secundum? [dated 1533]; 30. ?Nortgoia vel Bavariae Palatinatus? and ?Wirtenbergensis Ducatus?; 31. ?Helvetia?; 32. ?Italia Novissima Descriptio Auctore J.C. Pedemontano?; 33. ?Mediolanensis Ducatus?; 34. ?Pedemontana Regio?; 35. ?Lacus Comensis Olim Larius?, ?Forum Iula? and ?Romae Territorium?; 36. ?Thusciae Descriptio Descriptio Auctore Hieronymo Bellarmato?; 37. ?Regnum Neapolitanum?; 38. ?Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio? (Sardinia, Malta, Corfu, Sicily, Zerbi and Elba) 39. ?Cyprus Insula? and ?Candia, Olim Creta?; 40. ?Graeciae Universiae Secundum Hodieanum Sitcum Neoterica Descriptio?; 41. ?Sclavonia? 42. ?Hungariae Descriptio Wolfgango Lazio Auct.?; 43. ?Transsylvania?; 44. ?Poloniae Regnum?; 45. ?Scandia Siue Regones Septentrionales?; 46. ?Russia Aut potius Magni Ducis Moscoviae Imperium?; 47. ?Tartaria siue Magni Chami Imperium?; 48. ?Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus" ; 49. ?Persia Regnum Siue Sophorum Imperium"; 50. ?Turcicum Imperium"; 51. ? Palaestina Vel Terra Sancta"; 52. ?Natolia Olim Asia Minor?, ?Aegyptus?, and ?Carthaginensis Portus?; 53. ?Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio?, All contemporary hand coloured, 60pps text at end (including Colophon) in somewhat later full leather gilt decorated armorial binding, with crest to front cover and back (thought to be that of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis XIV known as the 'Petit Dauphin' (the Little Dolphin). He became heir to the French Throne in 1711 on the death of his father, but subsequently died the following year. The spine with raised bands, and fleur de ly panels. Some slight wear but otherwise tight and v. good. A most attractive volume. (1) Reference: Koeman III ort 1A; Van der Krogt 31:001A: Shirley, British Library T.ort ? 1A.
Lot 859
First Editions Macnamara (Brinsley) The Mirror in the Dusk, D. & L. 1921. First Edn., Signed by Bernard Duffy, cloth; also 1928 London Edition of same, cloth; The Smiling Faces and other Stories, 12mo Lond. 1929. First Edn. cloth backed boards; Return to Ebontheever, Lond. 1930. First Edn., cloth; Margaret Gillan, A Play in Three Acts. Lond. 1934. First Edn., ptd boards; Michael Caravan, Dub. 1946. First Edn., cloth & orig. d.w.; O'Farrell (Padraic) The Burning of Brinsley Macnamara, Dub. 1990. First Edn., pict. boards; & 1 other. (8)
Lot 904
Signed Limited Edition Joyce (James) Anna Livia Plurabelle, sm. 8vo, New York (Crosby Gaige) 1928, First Edn., Signed by the Author No. 721 (800) Copies, t.e.g., uncut, original brown cloth, gilt design to front cover, gilt lettered spine. Good Copy. [Slocum & Cahoon A32]. (1) * The Preface to this work is by his fellow Irish Author, Padraic Colum.
Lot 908
First Printed English Edition of Ulysses Joyce (James) Ulysses, 4to, L. (The Egoist Press) 1922, Limited Edn. No. 860 (2000) Copies Only, hf. title, original blue wrappers bound in, uncut, loosely inserted 8pps "Errata", recased hf. blue leather cloth boards, mor. label. Good. [Slocum & Cahoon A18]. (1) * Printed in Paris, published by Egoist from the First Edition Plates. it was reported that approx. 500 copies were destroyed by U.S. Custom Officials.
Lot 909
A Centenary Opportunity Joyce (James) Ulysses. Shakespeare & Co., Rue de l?Odeon, Paris 1922. No. 559 of 1000 Copies of the First Edn.,, one of 750 Copies on handmade paper. A Superb Copy, internally immaculate, bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full blue patinated morocco, gilt title on spine, turn-ins gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, marbled e.p.s, original paper covers (strengthened) bound in at rear, in a matching blue morocco backed folding clamshell box. (1) As we approach the 100th Anniversary of its publication on 2 February (Joyce?s birthday), there can be no better occasion to purchase a copy of this wonderful and revolutionary book, still full of mysteries a century after publication, and there can certainly be no better copy on the market. The First Edition of just 1000 copies is distinguished from all later printings by the use of fine hand-made paper, which has survived a century between covers as though printed just yesterday. The cornerstone of any Irish collection, Ulysses looks likely to dominate the literature and criticism of the 21st century as it has dominated the 20th. A magnificent copy, offered at a price which may look like the bargain of the century in a few years? time.
Lot 910
One of Thirteen Copies on Dutch Hand-Made Paper Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach, 20mo Paris (Shakespeare and Co.) 1927 Rare First Edn., Limited Edn. hf. title, errata slip, orig. printed boards, text loose from binding. V. Scarce. (1)N.B. Please note that this the general edition, not the limited first edition.
Lot 928
Special Collectors' First Edition Rowling (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Translated form the Original Runes by Hermione Granger, with commentary by Professor Albus Dumbledore, sm. 8vo London (Children's High level Group) 2008, First Edn., marble end papers, full leather with ornate silvered mounts, in velvet pouch; together with portfolio of Collectors Edn., Prints, housed in original full leather decorated box. (2)
Lot 967
Signed Presentation Copy O'Byrne (Robert) The Irish Georgian Society, A Celebration, 4to D. (Ass. Edition) 2008, Signed Presentation Copy, illus., leather backed cloth, slipcase. Good Copy.; Watson (F.G.) Building Over the Centuries, A History of McLaughlin & Harvey, 4to Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2010, First, illus., hf. calf marble boards. Clean Copy. (2)
Lot 225
A complete set of enamelled Halcyon Days Limited Edition Christmas trinket boxes, dating from 1971 to 1982, each with a hand-decorated top with a festive motif, the bodies enamelled in various colours, with gilt mounts, each editioned out of 365 or 366, each with their corresponding certificate of authenticity, each boxed, 4.8-5.4cm wide, together with, Susan Benjamin, 'The First 25 Years of Halcyon Days Enamels - The Revival of an English 18th-Century Craft', 1999, published by Benjamin Dent & Co Ltd, 23 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2PJCondition report: The trinket boxes with minimal wear. The storage boxes with some minor wear and marks. The dust cover of the book with some marks and folds.Please see additional images.
Lot 442
BLIGHT, J.T - Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall : Bound with - Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities in the West of Cornwall : 2 works bound in one, illust, half crimson morocco, 4to, 1858. * second work is a second edition. With - Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities, in the West of Cornwall, illustrated by the Author, rebound quarter morocco, 4to, first edition, 1856. With one other by the same author.(2)
Lot 327
WELLS, H. G - The Croquet Player : org. decorative boards with paper label in torn d/w, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, first edition, 1936. With another copy without d/w, and 2 'Mr Bellocs' and Orwell, George, The Lion and the Unicorn, org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Seachlight Book, first edition, 1941. With an H.G. Wells Bibliography.(6)
Lot 725
WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Wild Red Deer of Exmoor : org. boards in d/w, 8vo, Faber, second edition, 1931. With - Stumberleap a story taken from the Old Stag : org. printed wrappers, 8vo, Putman, (1926). With - The Golden Falcon or the Haggard of Love : org. cloth in a made-up d/w, 8vo, Faber, first edit, 1933. With 4 others.(7)
Lot 330
WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Lone Swallows : org. black buckram spine with printed paper title-label, plain boards, 8vo, Collins, first edit, 1922.(two copies). With another copy illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, org. green cloth, 8vo, Putnam's, first illustrated edition, 1933. With another edition, 1937.(4)
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