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Click here to subscribeDu Maurier (Daphne) Hungry Hill, 8vo Lond. (Victor Gollancz) 1943; N. York (Doubleday, Doran & Co.) 1943; Toronto (Ryerson Press) 1943; Sydney (Angus and Robertson Ltd.) 1943. All First Editions, & Original dust wrappers (1 dam.); together with Philadelphia (The Blackson Company) 1947, pict. d.w. & 1 other sim. vol. Good lot. (6)
With 60 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Pyne (W.H.) The Costume of Great Britain, Lg. folio London (Wm. Miller) 1808. First Edition. Hf. title, with hand coloured vignette title, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates, some off-setting, but v. clean plts., a.e.g., original strait grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders, some rubbing. Good. (1)
Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1870. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, add. engd. title, & 12 full page illus.by S.L. Fildes, advert leaf at end, cont. hf. mor. gilt decor. spine, mor. label; also The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, 12mo Lond. (Bradbury & Evans) 1848. First Edn., frontis add. illus. title, & other illus. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth, lacks spine; also A Child's History of England, L. 1896, First in Bk. Form, illus. blue cloth. (3)
Fine Coloured Plates Russia: [Petrovick (Svin'in Pavel)] Sketches of Russia; Illustrated with Fifteen Engravings, 8vo London (for R. Ackerman) 1814. First Edn., 15 hd. cold. plts. & printed music, some spots or fading on pages,& 4pps with trimmed edges (not affecting text), fine later tan calf, tooled gilt spine.(1)
All Signed Presentation Copies Stefansson (Vilhjalmur) My Life with the Eskimo, lg. 8vo Lond. 1913. First Edn., hf. title, frontis, 2 fold. maps & 57 photo illus. plts. (ex. 58) some stains, orig. cloth; also The Friendly Arctic, 8vo Lond. 1921, First Edn., fold. maps & numerous plts., orig. cloth; and The Northward Course of Empire, 8vo Lond. 1922. First Edn., photo illus. & map, cloth, & d.w. (3) * All Signed Pres. Copies to C.N. Blood.
The Beresford Letters Politics in Waterford & Londonderry in the Wake of Catholic Emancipation 1829-1833 Beresford, Viscount (General Sir William Carr). An Archive of approx. 70 Letters, 6 July 1829 – 21 Sept. 1833 (but mainly 1829-1830) on political affairs in Waterford and Londonderry, written to the Kerry solicitor Pierce Mahony, mostly by Viscount Beresford (General Sir William Carr Beresford, natural son of the first Marquis of Waterford), with some by his half-brother General Lord George Beresford. In the general election of 1826, Lord George had lost his seat in Waterford County to the pro-Emancipation candidate, Henry Villiers-Stuart. However, the passing of the Emancipation Act in April 1829 caused a realignment of forces: Villiers-Stuart, job done, resigned his seat; Mahony, alienated by O’Connell’s campaign for the repeal of the Act of Union, allied himself with the Beresford faction – hence these letters. In the ensuing by-election (March 1830), Lord George regained his seat, easily defeating his O’Connellite rival, John Barron. Then, three months later, the King’s death precipitated a general election, in which Lord George and Daniel O’Connell won the two seats for Waterford County. Lord George again stood in the general election of May 1831, but, finding that his support had evaporated owing to his opposition to some provisions of the Reform Bill, withdrew at the last minute. The letters provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the Beresford faction towards their political allies and rivals, their political manoeuvrings, and their fond “hope we are now a united people, and that the political distinction between Protestant and R. Catholic is at an end. I trust it will be so in society, as politically”. The letters also deal with affairs in the Beresfords’ other home turf, the county and borough of Londonderry, and their rift with the sitting MPs, George Dawson and Sir George Hill. A very interesting insight to the period covered. As an Archive of manuscripts, w.a.f. (1)
Waterford interest: Egan (P.M.) History, Guide & Directory of City and County of the City of Waterford, Kilkenny c. 1880. First Edn., fold. map, plts., illus. & adverts. orig. cloth; Power (P.) Waterford & Lismore A Compendious History of the United Dioceses, Cork 1937, & The Place-Names of Decies, 8vo Cork 1952. Both First Edns., & d.w.'s; Sheehan (Rev. M.) Sean-Chaint na nDeise - The Idiom of Living Irish, Dublin 1944, First Edn., Emf. Good. (4)
Heaney (Seamus) Station Island, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., inscribed "Seamus Heaney, 3/12/85 in Maynooth," cloth & d.j.; Spelling It Out, 8vo D. (Gallery Press) 2009, Signed, illus. by Basil Blackshaw, full cloth gilt lettering; Human Chain, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2010, First Edn., cloth & d.j., all clean copies. (3)
Incunabula: Platina (Bart.) Platynae in vitas Pontificium ... ad Sixtum IIII Pontificum Maximum, ... Folio Venice (Printed at the expense of Giovanni de Colonia by Johannes Manthem) Venice 1479. Partly illuminated title, & illuminated capitals thro-out, some leaves lacking, in v. good condition. Armorial bookplate of John Spencer Esq., marble ends, later full calf, rebacked, raised bands, gilt spine, as is. Emf. (1) * The First Edition of Platina's outspoken and pioneering Lives of the Saints. * Please note this should read Lives of Popes.
Hall (R.N.) Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia, An Account of Two Years.. on behalf of The Government of Rhodesia 8vo Lond. 1907, frontis plts. & fold. map; Musters (G. Chaworth) A Home with The Patagonians, Lond. 1871. First Edn., fold. map with tears; Hudson (W.H.) Idle Days in Patagonia, N.Y. 1917, plts.; Talbot Kelly (R.) Egypt Painted and Described, L. (Black) 1912, cold. plts.; & 1 other all orig. cloth. (5)
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.D., 3 vols. 8vo Dublin 1792. First Dublin Edn., cont. calf, mor. labels, worn; Boswell (James) The Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., 8vo Lond. (Henry Baldwin) 1785. Second Edn., title with engd. vignette, orig. calf, worn, upr. cover loose. (3)
Cromwell. The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 8vo Dublin (for Thos. Moore) 1741. Fifth, lacks port., later mor. backed boards; Perrott, The History of that Most Eminent Statesman, Sir John Perrott, Knight of the Bath and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1728. First Edn., later sepia port. laid down as frontis, later calf, worn. Emf. (2)
First "Foreign Sport" at Croke Park Programme: Rugby [2007] Official Match Programme - Ireland v. France, 11.2.2007, at Croke Park, 8vo, D. 2007, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. (1) * Due to the rebuilding of Lansdown Road, Ireland's Home fixtures were staged at Croke Park. This was the first time that the doors were opened to foreign sports.
With Illustrations by Bewick Thompson (James) The Seasons, Roy 8vo London (by T. Bensley for James Wallis) 1805. First Edn., Large Paper, with engravings by Bewick from Thurston's Designs. A.e.g. attractive hf. green mor. raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, by Tout, Binder. V. good. Scarce Edition. (1)
Illustrated & Children's Books: Dahl (Roald) The Witches, illus. by Quentin Blake, roy 8vo Lond. 1983. First Edn., pict. d.w.; Greenaway (Kate) An Apple Pie, oblong, Lond. n.d. cold. plts., lacks loose ends, cold. boards; Gibson (C.D.) Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex, lg. oblong folio Lond. 1903, illus. thro.-out, boards; Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass, lg. folio N.Y. (Doubleday, Doran & Co.) 1940. Cold. & other illus., cloth. (as a lot). (4)
With a Fine Original Watercolour by the Author Masefield (John) With the Living Voice an Address... Given at the First General Meeting of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse 24th October 1924, [London: Heinemann, 1925]. Printed tan wrappers. Wrappers somewhat creased and lightly soiled, but a good copy. (1) First Edition, preceding the Limited and Board bound issues. Inscribed by the author on the title-page to an American admirer in April of 1948, below which Masefield has executed a lovely ink and watercolour drawing of a single-masted sailing ship at sea, with two crew members working the rigging. Formerly affixed to the half-title is a slip inscribed: With the Living Voice. Spoken soon after the founding of the S.A.S.V. John Masefield, This is among the most attractive Masefield inscriptions, incorporating a watercolour, which we have handled. Simmons 64.
The River Shannon Maps & Plans: River Shannon Navigation. Letter from Colonel John F. Burgoyne to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam. Hobhouse, Bart.; and further Reports of Mr. Rhodes on the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon, Lg. folio Lond. (House of Commons) 1833. First Report Part I, 42 lg. engd. hand-coloured fold. maps & plans (lacks Gen. Map of the Shannon & Chart of Lough Ree), some damp stains, & m/ss notes, recent buckram, mor. label. As maps, w.a.f. (1)
Macaulay (Rev. Mr. Kenneth) A Voyage to and History of St. Kilda, Containing a Description of this remarkable Island; ... with many other curious and interesting Particulars. 12mo Dublin (James Hoey jnr.) 1765. First Edn., Hf. title, pp. 241/242 recd 265/266, advert. leaf at end, orig. full calf, raised bands, mor. label, lower corners bumped. Otherwise v. good copy. (1)
With Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings; With Descriptions in English and French. Lg. folio Lond.(T. Bensley) 1802. First Edn., hd. cold. stipple vignette on title, & 60 hand coloured plates, some offsetting, a.e.g., orig. full straight grained crimson mor., lg. gilt and blind tooled borders. Good clean copy. (1)
Early Irish Almanack Almanacks: Watson (John) The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack, for 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, & 1741. Together 5 works 12mo, bound as one, Dublin (S. Powell for John Watson) 1737-1741. First volume lacks title page, cont. full calf, covers loose, spine cracked. As periodical, w.a.f. (1) * A rare set of early Irish Almanacks. The first appearance of this work was in 1729. (1)
De Grammont: [Hamilton(Anthony)] Memoires de la Vie du Comte de Grammont; Contenant Particulierement L'Historie Amoureuse de la Cour D'Angleterre, sous le Regne de Charles II. 12mo Cologne [Rotterdam] Pierre Marteau, 1713. Engd. frontis, red & bl. title, cont. m/ss names on title, cont. full calf, gilt tooled spine, lacks label, joints weak; also, Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont: 8vo Lond. (J. Round,.. W. Taylor, J. Brown, W. Lewis & J. Graves) 1714. First English Edn., translated by Abel Boyle. Red & bl. title, 2 wd.-cut head pieces, fore-edges at front and back with some wear, 16pp. Cat. at end, later full calf. (2)
With Illustrations by Patrick Newell Illustrated Volumes: Carroll (Lewis) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, & Through the Looking Glass, 2 vols. N.Y. & London (Harper & Brothers) 1902, First Edn., portrait frontis, black and white illustrations throughout by Peter Newell, decorated borders, uncut, gilt decor cream boards, original d.j. Good set. (2)
American Civil War Political Satire Americana: [Halpine (Chas. G.)] The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly (47th Regiment New York Volunteers), .. With Comic Illustrations by [Ed. "Ned"] Mullen, 8vo N. York (Carleton, Publisher) 1864. First Edn., Add. illus. title, & other plts. on yellow paper, plus comic illus. in text, advert. leaf at end, orig. gilt decor. blue / green cloth. V. good. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, in November 1829. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with the intention of joining the medical profession, but he preferred the law. In his spare time he wrote for the press. He emigrated to America in 1851, and later worked for the Boston Post, & the New York Times. He enlisted in the Army in 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, and served with various important Generals, including General Hunter, on his expedition to the Shenandoah Valley in the Spring of 1864.
The River Shannon Maps etc: River Shannon Navigation, Copies of a Letter from the Chief Secretary of Ireland, Respecting the River Shannon, and of Answers to Same, Lg. folio London (House of Commons) 11th August 1832. Bound with Report from Select Committee on Shannon Navigation, folio Lond. 1834. First Edns., 42 (44, Plts. 8 & 10 in two parts) lg. fold. hand - coloured maps & plans, recent buckram, mor. label. As maps, w.a.f. Very clean set. (1)
Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, 4to Lond. 1901. Second Edn., L. stamps. blue cloth; also Stories of Red Hanrahan; The Secret Rose; Rosa Alchemica, Lond. 1913, partly unopened, cloth backed boards; Ideas of Good and Evil, Lond. 1903. First Edn., cloth backed boards; and 6 others, same subject. (9)
With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates McLean (Thos.) Publisher. The Military Costume of Turkey, Folio Lond.(Howell & Brimmer) 1818. First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis port. & hd. cold. title plus 30 full page hand cold. plts., a.e.g., orig. full straight grained crimson mor., lg. gilt and blind tooled borders. V. good copy. (1)
Mac Liammoir (Michael) All for Hecuba - An Irish Theatrical Autobiography, Lond. 1947. Second Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy, d.w.; Put Money in Thy Purse, The Diary of the Film of Othelo, Lond. 1952. First Edn., d.w.; Ceo Meala la Seasa, Dublin (Sairseal agus Dill) 1952. First Edn.,; Aisteoiri faoi Dha Sholas, Dublin (Sairseal and Dill) 1956. First Edn., d.w.; & 2 other same author. (7)
With Attractive Plates Bury (Lady Charlotte) The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna: A Poem, Oblong folio Lond. (J. Murray) 1833, First Edn., full page engd. add. title, engd. port. list of subscribers, & 6 lg. full page sepia prints, orig. full cont. cloth, mor. label. (1) * Lady Charlotte Bury, was the mother Harriet Bury, Countess of Charleville, Co. Offaly.
Bewick (Thos. & John) Select Fables, with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others. 8vo Newcastle (S. Hodgson) 1820. First Edn., Port. frontis of Thos. Bewick, vignette title, several wd. cut heads & tails, and numerous illus., cont. hf. calf, lacks label, but good copy.(1)
[O'Nuallain (B.)] 'Flann O'Brien,' The Hard Life, An Exegesis of Squalor, Lond. (Macgibbon & Kee) 1961. First Edn., cloth & illus. d.w.; also The Dalkey Archive, Lond. 1968. First Edn., Ex. Libris Copy, front loose blank lacking, d.w.; The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht), trans. by Patrick C. Power. 8vo Lond. 1973. First Edn., illus. etc. boards & d.w.; also Flann O'Brien at War, edited by John Wyse-Jackson. 8vo Lond. 1999. First Edn., illus. & d.w.; & 1 other. (5)
Brazil: Agassiz (Prof. & Mrs.L.) A Journey in Brazil, 8vo Lond. 1868 First Edn., plts. & illus. orig. gilt cloth; de Graff (F.W.) Head Hunters of The Amazon, N. York 1923; First Edn., fold. map, photo plts. cloth, Signed, 'Archibald B. Roosevelt,' cloth; Roosevelt (Theodore) Through the Brazilian Wilderness, Lond. 1914. First Edn., map, cold. in outline, plts. cloth; Bridges (Lucas) Uttermost Part of the Earth, Lond. 1948, First Edn., port. frontis, maps, cloth; & 2 others sim. (6)
Griffin (James) Tratatus de Intellectu, et Voluntate Dei, Ad Mentem Joannis Duns-Scoti, .. Collegii Imaculatae Conceptionis Beatae Virginis Mariae R.R. Patrum Hibernorum Pragae, ... 4to Prague 1740. First few leaves frayed at fore-edge, some damp stains, cont. calf. Emf. (1) * A thesis defended at the Irish College at Prague, an Irishman.
Radcliffe (Rev. Thos.) A Report on The Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders; Drawn up at the Desire of the Farming Society of Ireland, with an Appendix, L. (for John Harding - & W. Porter) 1819. First Edition, fold. hd. cold. map frontis & 11 engd. plts. (4 fold.), cont. hf. calf, spine worn. V. Scarce. Good. (1)
Co. Waterford Interest: Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo, D. (W. Cater) 1774, Second Edn., port. frontis, fold. maps & plts., contemp. hf. calf marbled boards, gilt decor. spine, mor. label; Ryland (R.H.) The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo, L. (J. Murray) 1824, First Edn., fold. cold. map frontis and other fold. plts., contemp. hf. calf, cloth boards, mor. label, as a lot. (2)
Illustrations by Samuel Lover Magrath (T.W.) Authentic Letters from Upper Canada; with an Account of Canadian Field Sports. Edited by The Rev. T. Radcliff. Lg. 12mo Dublin (Wm. Curry Jun. & Co.) 1833. First Edn., Engd. frontis & 3 plts., by Samuel Lover, 330pp., some slight stains, orig. embossed brown cloth, recased, gilt lettered spine. Very good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1)
Scarce Life of Irish Monk Desmay (M. Jacques) La Vie de S. Fursy, Patron de la Ville de Peronne, 12mo Peronne 1715. New Edition, engd. frontis, Bound with, Histoire de la Vie de S. Fursy, Patron de Peronne avec, les Vies de S. Foillain, et de S. Ultain ses freres Par Mons.Mignon 12mo Peronne 1715. First Edn., cont. French calf, gilt spine. Emf. (1) * S. Fursy, was an Irish Saint, born near Lough Corrib, he established a monastery in East Anglia, c. 630. He was patron saint of Travellers.
Meyer (Kuno) Aislinge Meic Conglinne, The Vision of Mac Conglinne - A Middle Irish Wonder Tale. 8vo Lond. (David Nutt) 1892 First Edn., in fine gilt cloth binding, in Celtic design; Wilde (W.R.) The Beauties of the Boyne, D. 1852. Second Edn., fold. map & illus. thro.-out, recent blue cloth. (2)
Rare First Edition [Bronte (Charlotte)] 'Currer Bell,' The Professor, A Tale, 2 vols. London (Smith Elder, & Co.) 1857. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, Vol. I with 2pp. adverts at end, & Vol. II with 8pp adverts 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell,' & 16pp general catalogue of Smith, Elder & Co., dated June 1857, some gatherings becoming loose, orig. purple cloth, faded & joints worn. (2)
Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1915. Limited Edition No. 354 of 425 Copies, red & black printing; also Yeats (John Butler) Early Memoires; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edition, 500 Copies Only. unopened copy, front loose end Signed 'Cecil Harmsworth' both First Edns., orig. cloth backed grey boards. Good. (2)
Club Founded by William Butler Yeats Poetry: The Book of the Rhymers Club; and The Second Book of the Rhymers Club, by W.B. Yeats, Ernest Dowden & others. Two vols. Lond. (Elkin Mathews & John Lane) 1892 & 1894. Both Limited Editions (450 & 650). Two hf. titles, [15]pp of adverts at end of second volume. Both orig. cloth first with ptd. label on spine and second with gilt lettering. V. good. (2) * First volume contains first book appearance of Yeats's 'Lake Isle of Innisfree.'
O'Hanlon (Rev. J. Canon) Irish-American History of the United States, lg. thick 4to D. 1902. First Edn., illus. etc. cloth, stained; Roche (Jas. Jeffrey) Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, roy 8vo Philadelphia 1891. First Edn., illus. cloth; Thebaud (Rev. A.J.) The Irish Race in the Past and the Present, N.Y. 1883. Port. frontis, cloth. Emf. (3)
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