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Click here to subscribeEngraved Plates: Smith (J.) Select Views in Italy, with Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French. Vol. II only (ex. 2), lg. landscape folio Lond. 1796. Engd. frontis & 35 full page plts., a.e.g., cont. full straight grained dark mor. with lg. gilt tooled borders, & cental panel, gilt spine. (1)
The Atlantic Cable Russell (W.H.) The Atlantic Cable, Illustrated by Robert Dudley. Lg. atlas folio Lond. (Day & Son) n.d. Large Paper Copy, cold litho title, & 25 full page cold. litho plts. (Include chart) some edges frayed a little, rebound lg. crimson mor. with orig. gilt decor. cloth cover from smaller edition. (1)
Periodicals: Lover (Samuel) The Irish Magazine of Antiquities, Biography, Tales and Legends of The Emerald Isle, Folio Dublin 1842, First Edn., Vol. I No. 1 - No. 52. Jan. 2nd, 1841 - Dec. 25th 1851. Illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. mor; also The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - No. 52, July 4th 1840, - June 26, 1841, illus. thro.-out, recent mor. backed boards. As periodicals. Good. (2)
Castlereagh Reports, Lord Viscount Dillon's Copy 1798: Report from the Committee of Secrecy, [House of Commons], folio [Dublin] 21st August 1798, First Edn., 27pp. plus XXXIX Appendix, (include. some fold. tables) CCXCVIIIpp; Bound with Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Lords, folio [Dublin] 30th August 1798. First Edn., 18pp [1], plus VIII Appendix, XXXIX. The first report issued without a title. An exceptionally fine clean copy, in calf backed orig. marble boards, new label. Extremely Rare. (1)
Natural History: Praeger (Rob. Lloyd) The Way that I Went, An Irishman in Ireland. Roy 8vo D. 1937. First Edn., port. frontis illus., uncut, cloth & orig. d.w.; de Buitleár (E.) Ireland's Wild Countryside, folio Lond. 1993; Mitchell (F.) The Way that I followed, A Naturalist's Journey around Ireland. Sm. folio Dublin 1990. Signed by Author; Cabot (D.) Irish Birds, Dublin 2004; Whelan (Ken) The Angler in Ireland, 4to Dublin 1989; & 1 other sim. (6)
Pratchett (Terry) The Carpet People, 8vo, L. (Doubleday) 2004, Signed and numbered Collector's Edn., No. 20 (1000) copies, cloth and decor. d.j. matching slipcase; Mort, 8vo L. (Folio Society) 2016, illustrated by Omar Rayyan, cold. plts., black suede binding illus. paste-down on front cover, matching slipcase; Small Gods, 8vo L. (Folio Society) illustrated by Omar Rayyan, cold. illus., full red suede, illus. paste down on front cover, matching slipcase. (3)
Periodical: [Petrie (Geo.) & Otway (Rev. Caesar)] Editors - The Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. IV No. 208, bound in 2 vols., 4 vols. in 2, mostly from original parts, many of the orig. wrappers bound in, 2 vols.ms. folio Dublin June 30th, 1822 - June 25th, 1836. First Edn., profusely illus. thro.-out, now in fine hf. calf, tooled gilt spines with shamrock and harps, mor. labels, by J. Larkins, stamped. As a periodical, w.a.f. A very good set. (2)
Fine Presentation Item Le Brocquy (Louis) The Irish Landscape, (Gandon) 1992. Oblong folio grey cloth, titled in silver, black morocco spine, slipcase, 36 full colour reproductions (two folding) of original watercolours by Le Brocquy. Limited edition, by the artist, no. 62 of 250 copies specially bound by Kenny’s of Galway. A superb production, one of the finest Irish books of the period. Fine copy. Rare. (1)
Larmour (Paul) The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, lg. 4to Belfast 1992., orig. pict. d.w.; Gordon Bowe (Nicola) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, folio Mountrath 1983. illus. d.w. etc.; also Gordon Bowe, D. Caron, & M. Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass, Dublin 1988. All First Editions. (3)
In Fine Binding [Kay Nielsen] illustrator Fleur-de-Neige, et d'Autres Contes de Grimm. Folio Paris (L'Edition D'Art) [1929] Lim. Edn. No. 1232 of 2400 Copies. 12 attractive mounted colour plates, with tissue guards, decorative title & heads & tails, text within triple ruled borders, with orig. decorative printed wrappers, now in fine full citron mor. binding, with tooled borders, & large decoration on upper cover, by Cottage Bindery, Bath, stamped, cloth slipcase. Now in. V. good. (1)
The Full Collection in Folding Case Yeats (Jack B.) and others. Broadsides. A Collection of Old and New Songs. (Cuala Press) D. 1935, folio boards, linen spine, label on upper cover, hand coloured illus. by Jack Yeats and others, songs by W.B. Yeats and others. A compilation of the twelve-monthly issues, with a foreword on Anglo-Irish ballads by W.B. Yeats and F.R., Signed at end by both writers. Together with: Broadsides. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs. Cuala, D. 1937, folio boards, linen spine, label on upper board, original glassine d.w. (stained and torn). Compilation of the twelve-monthly issues for 1937, with a foreword on Music and Poetry by W.B. Yeats and Dorothy Wellesley, signed at end by both. Also with: The Irish University Press reprints of the 1935 and 1937 volumes; and with Yeats (Jack B.). Broadside Characters. Cuala, D. 1971, No. 270 of 300 hand coloured copies, each with eight Jack Yeats illus. printed from the original plates and hand coloured. Unopened. A very good collection, all housed in a recent folding cloth case with morocco spine. (1)
Genealogy: Burke (J.) & Burke (J.B.)ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1846. First Edn., attractive hf. calf, mor. labels; O'Hart (John) The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, roy 8vo Dublin 1884. First Edn., orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (3)
Murray (Paddy) Oracles of God, The Roman Catholic Church and Irish Politics, 1922-37. Roy 8vo Dublin 2000. First Edn., recent attractive mor. backed boards, raised bands, mor. labels, & gilt decor. in panels; also Church of Saints Peter and Paul Athlone, folio Athlone 2007. First Edn., illus. thro.-out d.w. (2) * Both Signed Pres. Copies to Noel Heavey.
Heavey (Aidan) The Aidan Heavey Collection, Books & Manuscripts of Irish Interest at Athlone Library, oblong folio Athlone (The Old Athlone Society) 2008. Lim. Edn. No. 1 of 37 Coies Only, Signed by Donor & the Publisher. Profusely illustrated, & with some relevant newscuttings inserted full cloth, & pict. d.w., in orig. pict. slipcase. Now contained in special full green mor. box with decor. borders, red mor. label & raised bands. Also included loosely are the typescripts of the speeches from the launch of this book in 2008. A delightful lot. (1)
Irish Artists - Jack B. Yeats 1871 - 1957. A Centenary Exhibition, Oblong folio Lond. 1971-72, leather binding; Walker (Dorothy) Louis le Brocquy, lg. 4to Dublin (Ward River Press) 1981, leather binding; Gerald Dillon An Illustrated Biography, folio Dublin 1994. Special Lim. Edn. No. 10 of 100 Copies Only, Signed by James White, cloth & slipcase; Kennedy (S.B.) David Crone Paintings 1963-1999, lg. 4to Dublin 2000. Special Lim. Edn. No. 4 of 60 Copies Only, orig. cloth & slipcase. All good. (4)
House of Commons: Reports from the Commissioners.. to execute the Measures Recommended in an Address of the House of Commons respecting The Public Records of Ireland, Lg. atlas folio [Lond.] 1813, 1814, & 1815. Contains First to Fifth Reports with 21 engd. facsimile & other fold. plates of The Four Courts etc. (some hd. cold.) recased in recent hf. mor. V. good. (1)
Bewick (Pauline) Ireland, An Artist Year, sm. folio Lond. 1990. First Edn., Signed by Artist; also Kelly (R.) & Bewick (P.) Kelly Roads Bewick, lg. atlas folio Galway 2001 Signed by artist; and Bewick - Seven Ages, lg. atlas folio Galway 2005. Signed by Artist, all cold. plts., cloth & illus. d.w.'s Good. (3)
Extremely Fine Clean Set Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. thick folio London 1791. First Edn., 2 engd. titles, & 268 engd. full page plts. (include. frontis) orig. full cont. diced mor. with dble gilt fillet, and tooled gilt floral borders, spines profusely gilt in panels, raised bands. A most desirable set with excellent plates. (2)
Genealogy: Daniell (Philip) Biographical History of the Family of Daniell or De Anyers of Cheshire 1066-1876, Comprehending the Houses of Daresbury, de Bradley and De Tabley. 4to Chelsea 1876. For Private Circulation, cloth; The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon from 1796 to the Present Year 1829 - The Genealogy of the Kings of Connaught - Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon & a Memoir of the Late Madame O'Conor, 4to Dublin typescript, cloth; The Frenchs of French Park, folio album of photographs created in 2007. As a lot, w.a.f. (3)
PARKER, B & N - The Aaaas and the Kkkks or Twice Three is Six. 24 chromo-lithograph plates. org. pictorial boards a little rubbed on the corners and edges (as usual), one page with a short tear without any loss. Oblong folio. W & R. Chambers, no date, c1900s...With - A Book of Baby-Birds. rubbed at the edges and spine. Lg. 4to. W & R. Chambers. N.d. c1900s.(2)
BIBLE : The Imperial Family Bible, or, a Complete Exposition and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures : 49 full-page plates, cont. calf, superb spine extra gilt morocco labels, alas the front board is detached, loose end papers and frontispiece detached and creased, folio, Printed for the Proprietor, and sold by Green & Co, no date (late 18th century), second edition.* this would have been a very attractive volume before the board became detached.
BIBLE : An Illustration of the Holy Bible, containing the sacred text of the Old Testament, and the New; together with the Apocrypha .. (etc). eng. plates, cont. reverse calf worn, stout folio, Birmingham printed at the Verulam Press, Nicholas Boden, 1771. With - The Holy Bible, with a complete Commentary Entirely Selected from the Writings of Poole, Henry, Doddridge, Brown, Coke,engraved plates, staining to first few pages, reverse calf worn on hinges, stout folio, blank preliminary carelessly creased, Russell & Allen, Manchester, no date c1810. With - Hammond, H. A Paraphrase, and Annotations upon all the books of the New Testament, briefly explaining all the Difficult places thereof : full calf worn, folio, seventh edition, folio, 1702.(3)
DOMESDAY BOOK : seu Liber censualis Willelmi primi, Regis Angliae in Domo capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus. Two volumes, edited by A. Farley, Folio, 382ff; 450pp, first edition, 1783. Contemporary full speckled calf, volume one skilfully rebacked retaining the original spine which is extra gilt within compartments with morocco title labels. Volume two in the same style but has been rebacked with weak hinges due to the weight of the book.* The register of the lands of England, framed by order of William the Conqueror. It was sometimes termed 'Rotulus Wintoniae',and was the book from which judgment was to be given upon the value, tenures, and services of the lands there in described.A unique record, unmatched in any other country at so early a date. The materials from which it was compiled were collected by Royal Commissioners in the shire courts.This was the first printing of the Domesday book, it was issued without printed title-pages (as with the original ).
GUILLIM, John - A Display of Heraldrie : Manifesting a more eaise accesse to the knowledge there . of hath been hitherto published by any, through the benefit of Method; ... arms throughout some hand coloured and offset. Lacking an couple of pages of the table at the end. Full calf later reback. Folio, Thomas Cotes & Jacob Blome, 1638. * To be sold with all faults not subject to return
HEYLYN, P - Cyprianus Anglicus : or, the History of the Life and Death, of the most Reverend and Renowned Prelate William ... full calf rebacked, folio, title-page printed in red and black, London, 1671. With - HEYLYN, Peter - Ecclesia Restaurata; or, the History of the Reformation of the Church of England ... Cont. panelled calf well rebacked. Folio. Title-page lightly soiled with torn lower margin with loss of a few letters, light staining also, mainly affecting margins. Possibly missing after Kkkk2. 1670.(2)
ADAMS-ACTON, Murray - Domestic Architecture & Old Furniture : plates, org. cloth in edge torn d/w, small folio, Geoffrey Bles, no date. With - The Gardens of England in the Southern & Western Counties, well illustrated, half morocco, small folio, Studio, 1907. With - Old English Country Cottages, well illustrated, cloth, small folio, Studio, 1906. With - Knight, Charles, Old England : two volumes bound in one, illustrated throughout, folio, n.d.
" PAMPHLETS " : Inc. The Report of the Trustees in whom the Estates of the late South-Sea Directors ... Publish'd by Order of the House of Commons. Five slim reports some incomplete. With numerous abstracts of Acts of Parliament such as "Act for continuing Acts for preventing Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of England; and for better regulating of Pilots; and Regulating the Price and Assize of Bread; and for better encouragement of the making of Sail-Cloth in Great Britain." . Also "The Report from the Committee of Secrecy, the ninth of June, 1715." Some browning and some old repairs with sellotape Half calf, Folio, circa early 17th cent. * sold with all faults not subject to return
WARING, Edward - Miscellanea Analytica, de aequationibus Algebraicis, et Curvarum Proprietatibus : full calf rebacked, 4to, Lacks the title-page which is supplied in manuscript in a very neat hand, 1762. With - Clarendon, Edward Earl of - The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England,Vol. one (only of two), engravings, full calf, folio, 1702.(2)
WHITELOCK, Bulstrode - Memorials of the English Affairs : or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the first, to King Charles the second ... calf worn rebacked, new endpapers, inner hinge pulling, mis-paginated in two places but complete, folio, printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1682
BANKES, Thomas (et al) A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern : (etc), eng. frontispiece, 12 folding maps, 11 full page maps, 13 full-page plates, 68 plates showing two engravings, one showing four engravings to one page, full calf morocco label hinges weak front cover held with just one cord, tear to page 588 without loss, stout folio, no date, c1780s. * includes Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World
DARTINGTON HALL : The Report of the International Conference of Craftsmen in Pottery & Textiles. Printed paper wrappers torn with ribbon binding. Folio. July 17-27. * 153 typescript pages + appendixes. Rare, a who's who of artists and craftsmen including Bernard Leach, David Leach, Shoji Hamada, Patrick Heron, Michael Cardew, Robin Tanner, etc.$$ To be included in our Book Sale on 6th December.$$ Illustration charges £5
GRAY, Todd & ROWE, Margery - (editors) Travels in Georgian Devon : The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800. 4 vols, copiously illustrated in colour, org. cloth in slipcase, folio, Devon Books, 1997-2000. * each volume has a limitation label which signed by both editors, and limited to 1000 copies. With - Ravenhill & Rowe, Devon Maps and Map-Makers, 2 vols * all in fine condition(6)
BACON, Sir Francis - Sylva Sylvarum : or. A Naturall History ... published after the author's death by William Rawley, additional engraved title-page, and contemporary map of Italy (not called for) laid down opposite engraved title, cont. calf nicely rebacked with new title-label and endpapers, folio, printed by J. F. for William Lee, sixth edition, 1651.
HOGARTH, William - The Complete Works ... in a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Superb Engravings on Steel : half brown morocco, cloth sides a little rubbed, 4to, no date.* Ed. J. Trusler With - Prout, Samuel, Prout's Microcosm. The Artist's Sketch-Book of Groups of Figures, Shipping, and other picturesque objects. Org. cloth with title within a floral gilt device on the upper cover, boards nearly detached, contents loose, 24 tinted lithograph plates folio, no date, circa 1840.(2)
SURREALISM : Leeds City Art Galleries. Angels of Anarchy and Machines for Making Clouds. Surrealism in Britain in the Thirties. Illustrated. Folio. Laminated pictorial card covers. 1986. With - 5 others on Surrealism. inc. In The MInd' (show box) and an angling book..(7)$$ To be included in our Book Sale on 6th December.$$ Illustration charges £5
FORBES - Elizabeth Stanhope : King Arthur's Wood : A Fairy Story. Written and Illustrated by E. S. F and with it the tale retold ... several short tears at edges , corners and final page due to the delicate nature of the art paper used in this publication ... 27 reproductions of charcoal drawn plates, 15 colour plates. half-title, title-page, dedication page, list of illustrations, 120 pages. Contents becoming loose from the binding, which is the original pictorial heavy duty hessian with wear especially at the edges, lightly stained. Oblong folio ( 510 x 390 mm), Simpkin, Hamilton, Marshall, Kent, printed by Edward Everard, First Edition, No Date. * Scarce, by the wife of the foremost Newlyn School painter, a capable artist in her own right. Full page advertising sheet for the book loosely present.
(...) daarbij gevoegd de vijf boeken van Egesippus Van de Joodsche oorlog en de verwoesting van Jerusalem. Amst., Marten Schagen, 1732. 3 vols. 1,44,482; 8,790; 26,112,12 p. Engr. frontisp., engr. fold. portrait after Van Mieris, 3 fold. maps, 9 fold. plates and 205 engr. text ills., most by Jan Luyken.(2) Jacob Basnage. Vervolg op Flavius Josephus of Algemene historie der Joodsche naatsie. Amst./ Delft, Onder de Linden/ Boitet, 1726-1727. 2 vols. Folio. 46,1940 p. Engr. frontisp., engr. half title, 6 plates (1 fold.) and num. engr. text ills., most by J. & C. Luyken, hcalf, spines w. mor. letterpieces and gilt lettering. Endpapers and back boards worn and dam., some wormholes in upper spine.(total 3)
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