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Click here to subscribeTodd (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
Galway interest: Griffith (R.) Valuation of Ratable Property in Ireland.. Union of Cliften ... situated in the County of Galway, in which is included The Island of Inishbofin in the Co. of Mayo, Folio D. 1855. First, orig. blue ptd. wrappers, & recent cloth; Hardiman (J.)ed. .. Description of West or h'Iar Connaught .. by Rod. O'Flaherty, 4to Galway Reprint 1978. De Luxe Edn. mor. backed; also History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, 4to Galway Tribune 1926, illus., cloth. All v. good. (3)
Irish Literature: O'Sullivan (Seamus) An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems, D. 1914, & Essays and Recollections, D. 1944, both First Edns. & Signed; & 1 other same author; Higgins (F.R.) Island Blood, L. 1925, d.w.; & The Gap of Brightness, L. 1940, both First Edns.; Campbell (Jos.) Irishry, D. 1913. First; Gibbon (Monk) For Daws to Peck At, L. 1929, & This Insubstantial Pageant, L. 1951, First Edns; Figgis (D.) The Mount of Transfiguration, D. 1915, First, d.w.; & 2 works by James Stephens. (11)
Dublin Printings: Garth (S.) The Works of Sir Samuel Garth, Knt, 12mo D. (for Thos Ewing) 1769. First Edn. red & bl. title, cont. mottled calf, upr. cover loose; Goulard (Ms.) A Treatise on the Effects .. of Lead, 12mo D. 1777, some damp stains etc., calf; Tissot (Dr.) Advice with Respect to Health, 12mo D. 1809, bound with, Wesley (Rev. J.) Primitive Physic: or An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases, 12mo D. 1809, tree calf. As a lot. (3) * Ex Collection R.C.P.
Mc Laverty (Michael) Lost Fields, A Novel, L. 1942, First,; The Three Brothers, 8vo L. 1948. First,; Truth in the Night, L. 1952. First; School of Hope, L. 1954; and The Choice, N.Y. 1958 First American Edn.,; Mac Laverty (Bernard) Cal, L. 1983. First Edn. Signed; also Secrets and other Stories, Belfast 1977 First, and the Authors First Book. All good in orig. ptd. d.w.'s. (7)
O'Brien (Edna) Girls in their Married Bliss, L. 1964. Reprinted; August is a Wicked Month, L. 1965. First; Casualties of Peace, L. 1966. First; The Love Object, L. 1968. First; A Pagan Place, L. 1970 First; Zee & Co.,L. 1971. First; Night, L. 1972. First; Scandalous Woman, L. 1974. First, All with orig. dust wrappers. (8)
Binding: Evered (Philip) Staghunting with the 'Devon and Somerset' 1887 - 1901, An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor. sm. 4to L. 1902. FIRST EDN., frontis & other plts., & illus., a.e.g., most attractive full mor. with overlaid decor. of insects, buds, & yellow panel. Unusual. (1)
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)
Irish Religion: Ryan (Rev. J.) Irish Monasticism, roy 8vo D. 1931; Burke (Rev. Wm. P.) Irish Priests in The Penal Times, Waterford 1914; Meehan (Rev. C.P.) Lives of Painters, Sculpture & Architects of The Order of S. Dominic, 2 vols. D. 1852; Coonan (T.L.) The Irish Catholic Confederacy and the Puritan Revolution, D. 1954, All First Edns & d.w.'s; & 2 others. (7)
O'Hegarty (P.S.) A History of Ireland under The Union 1801 to 1922, roy 8vo L. 1952; O'Sullivan (D.) The Irish Free State and its Senate, L. 1940; Simms (J.G.) The Williamite Confiscation in Ireland 1690 - 1703, L. 1956. Signed; Inglis (B.) The Freedom of the Press in Ireland, L. 1954, All First Edns & d.w.'s. (4)
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 Rioghbhardain (M.) 'Twix Skellig 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)
Irish Female Biography: Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert, 1770 - 1806, 2 vols. L. 1929 - 1930, First, d.w.'s; Fitzgerald (Brian) Emily Duchess of Leinster 1731 - 1814, and Lady Louise Conolly, 1743 - 1821, L. 1949 - 1950, d.w.'s; Bell (Mrs. G.H.)ed. The Hamwood Papers of The Ladies of Llangollen & Caroline Hamilton, L. 1930; Bessborough (Earl of,)ed. Lady Bessborough and Her Family Circle, L. 1940; & 1 other. (7)
Russell (Geo. W.) Selected Poems by A.E., L. 1935, First, d.w.; also Denson (Alan) Printed Writings by George W. Russell (A.E.) A Bibliography, Illinois 1961. First, d.w.; Shaw (Bernard) The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, L. 1932, wd. cut illus., decor. boards; Beckett (S.) & others Our Examination Round this Factification for Incamination for Work in Progress, sm. 4to L. n.d.; O'Casey (S.) Two Plays, L. 1930, d.w.; & 7 others same authors. (12)
Signed Presentation Copies Theatre: Mac Liammoir (Michael) Put Money in thy Purse, L. 1952; All For Hecuba, L. 1946; Each Actor on His Ass, L. 1961; An Oscar of No Importance, L. 1968, All First Edns, Signed Pres. Copies; Edwards (Hilton) The Mantle of Harlequin, D. 1958, First, d.w.; & 5 others sim. (10)
Collection of over 75 Dolmen Editions Dolmen Press: Raine (K.) The Lost Country, sm. folio L. 1971. Lim. Edn. Signed, mor. backed; French (Frances Jane) The Abbey Theatre Series of Plays, D. 1969; Guinness (Bryan) The Clock, Poems and A Play, D. 1973; Montague (J.) Tides, Chicago 1971; Kinsella (T.) Another September, 1962; Murphy (Rich.) The Last Galway Hooker, 1961; Clarke (A.) Old Fashioned Pilgrimage, 1967; Clarke (David R.) Dry Tree-Poems, 1966; Hutchinson (P.) Expansions, 1970; Beckett (S.) Zone, trans., D. 1972; Webber (R.) Lady and Gentleman, D. 1963; & approx. 63 others sim., mostly First Edns., many hard backs, all v. clean. As a coll., w.a.f. A lot. (1)
Gilbert (John T.)ed. Narratives ... of Maria Clementina Stuart 4to D. 1894. First, illus., new cloth; also Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, roy 8vo L. 1870. First, recent cloth; O'Grady (Standish H.) & Flower (R.)eds. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1926, First, orig. cloth; Petty (W.) History of the ... Down Survey, 1967 Reprint. (5)
Box: O'Grady (Standish) Finn and His Companions, 16mo L. 1892. First Edn., illus. by J.B. Yeats, decor. cloth; The Masque of Finn, 8vo D. n.d. Enacted in Kilkenny 1907, cloth & another copy of same; History of Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1878 - 1880. First Edn., cloth; Pebbles from a Brook, by John Eglington & published at Kilkenny by Standish O'Grady, 1901, wrappers; & 13 others by same author, good lot. as a box, w.a.f. (1)
Box: Good Irish Books: Curran (C.P.) Dublin Decorative Plasterwork, 4to L. 1967; Craig (M.) The Architecture of Ireland, L. 1983; Fleming (J.S.) The Town Wall Fortification of Ireland, 4to Paisley 1914; Mc Clintock (J.F.) Old Irish and Highland Dress, Dundalk 1958; Malins (E.) & The Knight of Glin - Lost Demesnes Irish Landscape Gardening 1660 - 1845, folio L. 1976, mostly First Edns. & 8 others. All v. good. As a box. (1)
Box: Bibliography: Americana - Sabin (J.) A Dictionary of Books relating to America, Full Set in 2 vols. oblong roy 8vo N.Y. (Mini - Print Corp) Reprint; Howes (W.) U.S. IANA (1650 - 1950), roy 8vo N.Y. 1962; Staton (F.M.) & Tremaine (M.) A Bibliography of Canadiana roy 8vo Toronto 1934, plus First Supplement, roy 8vo Toronto 1959, some illus; also The Streeter Collection of Americana, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 & Index, 6 vols. 4to N.Y. 1966 - 1970, illus. cloth; Prus (Mme) A Residence in Algeria, L. 1852, cloth. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
Box: Irish interest, include, O'Regan (Wm.) Memoirs of John Philpot Curran, 1817; De Volkeersbeke (Bn. K.) La Lutte de l'Irlande, Lille n.d. c. 1880; Colles (R.) In Castle and Court House, L. n.d.; Webb (J.J.) Industrial Dublin since 1698... D. 1913; O'Neill (E.) The Woman at the Window and other Stories, D. n.d. illus by M. Mac Liammoir; O'Donnell (Peadar) The Gates Flew Open, L. 1932, First, d.w.; Lavey & O'Rorke - Annals of the Theatre Royal Dublin, 1880; [Moore (T.)] Memoirs of Captain Rock, The Celebrated Irish Chieftain, 12mo L. 1824; Feenachty (T.) Forgive and Forget, A Tale by Maria Edgeworth for The Ulster Gaelic Society, in Irish, 8vo D. 1833, orig. rag cloth; & approx. 36 others of Irish interest, some in Irish etc. As a box, w.a.f. (1)
Box: Modern Irish Hardbacks: Anderson (E.B.) Sailing Ships of Ireland, D. 1951; Gwynn (D.) Young Ireland and 1848, Oxford 1849, First, Signed; Castletown (Lord) 'Ego' Random Records of Sport ... Travel, L. 1923; Kavanagh (P.) Collected Pruse, L. 1967; Mc Gahern (J.) That they Face the Rising Sun, L. 2002; Kiely (Ben) Drink to the Bird, L. 1991; Potter (G.) To the Golden Door, ... The Irish in Ireland and America. Boston 1960; & approx. 18 others sim., all in d.w.'s Good clean lot. As a box, w.a.f. (1)
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)
Box: Kilkenny Authors: Hackett (Francis) Henry VIII, L. 1950. Signed Pres. Copy; also Taksvig (Frithjof) The Red Garden, N.Y. 1922, Pres. Copy from Author to Florence Hackett; & 7 others by Hackett; Mac Manus (Francis) Watergate, D. 1942, First, Signed, d.w.; also Statue for a Square, D. 1946, with A.L.s. loosely inserted, d.w.; & 8 others by Mac Manus, many First Edns., as a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
Box: Gibbings (Rob.)illus. The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 4to L. 1959; Trumpets from Montparnasse, L. 1955; Sweet Cork of Thee, L. 1951; Over the Reefs, L. 1948, all First Edns, illus. & d.w.'s; with 10 others sim. by same author; also Speaight (R.) The Life of Eric Gill, roy 8vo L. 1966. First. A good lot, as a box, w.a.f. (1)
A collection of pictures and prints by members of the Bristol Savages including a study of the HMS Victory in the Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta signed A V Pace, 33 x 23 cm, a further study by the same artist showing the SS Huntress, First World War hospital ship, also signed, a charcoal and chalk study of the three masted sailing ship Serendipity, signed Vincent Neave, a pastel study of a river scene at Bristol, signed George Cutter, etc, all with Bristol Savages labels verso from The Two Hour Evening Sketch
A William IV silver pair-case watch with verge movement no.40922 (un-named), the 47 mm enamel dial with subsidiary seconds dial, the case by John West, London 1834, to/w a Victorian silver pair-case watch with verge movement no.27115 by J. Tabor of Pickering, the case Birmingham 1873 (possibly) (2 - both a/f) Condition Report First watch not ticking, glass scratched, 2nd watch lacking escape wheel
A pair of cloisonné enamel double crane censers, each group finely modelled as a large crane and young standing on an elaborate champlevé and cloisonné enamel rockwork- shaped pedestals interspersed with blooming flowers, standing on tall legs detailed with cylindrical bands, the smaller crane with one leg slightly bent, their long necks naturalistically curved, the taller crane grasping a double-peach sprig in its pointed beak, the bodies and feathers realistically detailed in black and white enamels within gilded borders, with the red crests wings covering the hollow body, 150cm high Cranes are an important component of the Chinese decorative system which is based on the use of images whose auspicious symbolism was conveyed by their intrinsic qualities and the homophonic nature of the Chinese language. The underlying principle to such a system was the belief that all natural phenomena and things on Earth were an expression of Heaven's will towards the human conduct. Auspicious events, therefore, were reproduced in writing or images in China and believed to function just like their physical counterpart and thus perpetuate their benign effects. In this way, buildings, tombs, gardens, paintings, ceramic, lacquer, metal wares and textiles were decorated with flowers, birds, animals and other auspicious symbols. Cranes have a long-lived tradition of connection with immortality beliefs in China. As birds with a long life span, they were associated with longevity, immortality and wisdom, especially following the rise of Daoism from the Han dynasty. We may recall the flying cranes appearing on the domed ceiling of the tomb of Wang Chuzhi of the Five Dynasties and the high-ranking tombs of the Liao, and the frequent occurrence of cranes in relation to the miraculous rebirth as immortal beings in vernacular literature dating from the 12th century. Cranes were also praised for their ability to dance to music and described in the Ruiying tu of the sixth century BC as gathering around the legendary Yellow Emperor as he practiced music on Kunlun mountains, accompanying scholars as they played music in Tang and Song paintings and appearing in official celebrations and gatherings. Accompanying the rites, music provided a moral and physical definition to a dynastic rule. In this context, therefore, cranes were interpreted as heavenly indicators of the emperor's benevolence and sage governance. It may not be incidental that the word for crane is in fact homophone with the Chinese word for harmony he. Cranes became even more closely related to a successful reign/emperor during the prosperous period of Northern Song Emperor Huizong (r. AD 1100-1126) as the search for auspicious images increased and the Xuanhe ruilan ce, comprising some thousand volumes recording auspicious sightings, was compiled. During this time, cranes appeared as pennants and employed as part of the imperial regalia that accompanied many official affairs on the court. Cranes also appeared in many Song court paintings. Cranes above Kaifeng, in particular, has been attributed to or commissioned by Emperor Huizong. The work depicts twenty cranes appearing in flight above the Golden Gate to the Imperial Palace on the 3rd day of the Lantern Festival - believed to be 26th February 1126) as if sent by Heaven to sanction and celebrate one of the most glorious days of Huizong's reign when the court was at its highest splendour and the emperor was united with his subjects as they wished him longevity for the year to come. It may therefore be little surprising that cranes were also ubiquitously found at the court of the Qing emperors, especially that of Qianlong (AD 1735-1795), emperor known for his virtuousness and appreciation of antiquity. In this instance, cranes not only appeared in paintings but even three-dimensionally as components of miniaturised immortal palaces made of jades, agate and other precious stones and in greater size flanking the imperial throne, such as the one presented here. Standing on an elaborate cloisonné stand, not only does this creature serve a highly visual appealing purpose, but in much the same way as the glorious emperors of the past, was surely employed by the Imperial House of the Qing as a powerful symbol embodying the contemporary brilliance of the Chinese Empire. For the occurrence of cranes in the arts of the Qing dynasty see Pine, plum and cranes pained by Shen Quan (AD 1682-1760), Cranes against Sky and Waters by Yu Xing (AD 1692-after 1767), and the miniature landscape representing the immortal island of Penglai in gold, pearls and precious stones, all part of the Imperial Collection at the Palace Museum in Beijing and illustrated in the Royal Academy catalogue China. The Three Emperors 1662-1795, 2005, figs 268-269. For an account on the interpretation of auspicious images see Jessica Rawson, The power of images: the model universe of the First Emperor and its legacy, in Historical Research 75, May 2002, p.123-154 and The Auspicious Universe, by the same author, in China. The Three Emperors 1662-1795, Royal Academy, 2005, p. 270-305. For an account on the interpretation of cranes at the court of Huizong see Peter Sturman, Cranes above Kaifeng: The Auspicious Image at the Court of Huizong, in Ars Orientalis, 1990, p. 33-68. For the occurrence of cranes during the Han dynasty see Anna Seidel, Post-Mortem Immortality or The Taoist Resurrection of the Body, 1987. Please note: this lot is sold as undated and the Chinese character Qing should be discounted
Sir Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)/ Magnificat/The autograph compositional manuscripts of Herbert Brewer's most famous works for SATB and organ, 3½ pages large 4to, dated at the end 24 January 1927 and at the foot of the third page 21 January, thus indicating the progress of composition. Headed 'Composed for the Three Choirs Festival at Hereford 1927'. Nunc Dimittis, 2½ pages dated at the end 17 January 1927, indicating that it was composed first. These are original manuscripts of two of the standard works of the Anglican church repertoire. With the autograph manuscript of the anthem 'God Within' (originally entitled 'Great and Powerful God'), 11 pages with separate organ part and a separate and probably earlier autograph of the same work, 16 pages/see illustration
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