All by Irish Authors Rome: Whiteside (James) The Vicissitudes of the Eternal City; or Ancient Rome with Notes Classical and Historical, 8vo Lond. 1849. First Edn., fold. map frontis, title inscribed in m/ss, orig. cloth; Neligan (Rev. Wm. H.) Rome: It's Churches, its Charities and its Schools, 8vo N. York 1858. First Edn., port. frontis, browned as usual thro-out, from Christian Brothers Library, Peacock Lane, Cork, inscribed, orig. cloth; Nolan (Rev. J.) History of The Irish National Pilgrimage to Rome; 8vo Lond. 1893. Peoples Edition, adverts at front & end part, frontis & illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt lettered cloth. All Scarce. (3) * Inscribed Presentation Copy.
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Glas (Capt. George) The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, 2 vols. 12mo D. (for D. Chamberlain and James Williams ..) 1767. First Dublin Edn. Lg. fold. map Vol. I, [IV], VIII [XII], 227pp; Vol. II, 223pp orig. full calf, raised bands, recent mor. labels. V. good set. Ex. Rare. (2)
Co. Down Born Author - Presentation Copy Americana: Chesney (Capt. C.C.) A Military View of Recent Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, 8vo Lond. 1863. First Edn., hf. title, fold. map frontis & 3 other maps on one fold. plt., orig. cloth recased, spine dam. (1) * Hf. title inscribed 'From the Author.'
Beaufort (Emily A.) Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including some stay in The Lebanon, at Palmyra, and Western Turkey. 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts) 1861. First Edn., lg. fold. cold. litho panorama, & 5 chromo litho plts. & fold. cold. map, complete, cont. hf. mor. blind tooled spines, mor. labels. Good. Blackmer 101. (2)
Martin (John) An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, With An Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language, 2vols. 8vo Lond. 1818. Second Edn., Two hf. titles one engd. frontis, fold. map, cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spines. V. good. (2) * Each title signed 'Catherine Osborne,' of Newtown Anner, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Famous Co. Louth Explorer M'Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, 8vo L. 1859. First Edn., frontis, fold. map in pocket at end, & all plts. & illus., previous owners names on title, orig. cloth, gilt, recent professional re-back. V. good copy. (1) * The author, Sir Francis Leopold Mc Clintock 1819-1907, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Signed Limited Edition Fishing: Pickard (F.W.) Trout and Salmon Fishing in Ireland, 8vo N. York (G.P. Putnam's & Sons) 1938. First Limited Edn. No. 66 of 150 Copies Signed by Author, hf. title, frontis, many illus., fold. map in pocket at end, unopened & uncut, orig. cloth backed boards, fac-simile, d.w. (1)
Co. Tipperary Born Author Butler (Col. Sir W.F.) The Campaign of the Cataracts, Being a Personal Narrative of the Great Nile Expedition of 1884 - 5. Roy 8vo L. 1887. First Edn., frontis, 6 plts. lg. fold. map & text illus. 32pp. Cat at end, orig. pict. cloth. Scarce. (1) * The Author was born at Ballyslateen, Golden, Co. Tipperary. He was instrumental in the formation of the Canadian Mounted Police. His wife Lady Elizabeth Butler was a painter of international frame.
Co. Cork Author, Lord Chancellor of Ireland Sullivan (Sir Edward) The Conquerors, Warriors & Statesmen of India, roy 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1866. First Edn., Hf. title, fold. map, errata slip & 32pp catalogue at end, orig. crimson cloth. V. good. (1) * The author was born in Cork, an Irish lawyer, and a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mallow, Co. Cork, in the English House of Commons. He was instrumental in plans to stamp out the Fenians, and responsible for the arrest of leader John O'Leary, and Thos. Clarke Luby. He had one of the most valuable libraries in Ireland, part of which fetched £11,000 at auction in 1890. His eldest son, also Sir Edward, was a founding member of the Arts & Crafts Society of Ireland in 1894 & world Authority on Irish Bindings.
Americana: Squier (E.G.) Notes on Central America, roy 8vo N.Y. 1855. First Edn., lg. fold. map also other fold. maps etc., litho & other plts. & text illus. complete, recent full mor., blind tooled & gilt spine. Good; also, Stephens (J. Lloyd) Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 8vo Lond. 1854. First Edn., Thus, frontis, port., map & 28 plts. plus full page & other illus., orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. (2)
Special Travel: Smith (E. Eaton) Flying Visits to the City of Mexico and the Pacific Coast, 4to Liverpool 1903. Special Lim. Edition No. 18 of 25 Copies, Signed Presentation Copy. Hf. title, illus. L.P., hf.mor. upr. cover loose; Naylor (Rob. Anderson) Across the Atlantic, 4to Lond. (Roxburghe Press) 1893. First Edn., hf. title, L.P., uncut, orig. cloth; Stubbs (Laura) Stevenson's Shrine The Record of Pilgrimage, 4to Lond. (The De la Mare Press) 1903. First Edn., frontis illus., fold. map, uncut, cloth backed illustrated cloth. (3)
Fishing: Newland (Rev. H.) The Erne, Its Legends and its Fly-Fishing. Tall 8vo Lond. (Flyfisher's Classic Library) 1999. Special Lim. Edn. No. 14 of 45 Copies Only, with inset fly, 'Jack the Giant Killer,' tied by Frankie McPhillips, cold. frontis fold. map, a.e.g., full green mor., gilt stamp on front cover, in green cloth clam box. (1)
The Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland Manuscripts: A good collection of: . 23 leases for the year 1818, mostly dated 4 March, granting lands in Farra, Co. Westmeath, to farmers; · 7 May 1828: lease to William Norwood of Dunmanway of the late school lands of Dunmanway, Co. Cork; · 6 March 1839: Lease of land to Richard Ring of Farra (with M/ss map) · 1 December 1847: 2 copies of lease (on vellum) to Edward Fitzgerald Esq. of Rockfield near Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, of part of Shannon Grove “on which the large and extensive building formerly used as a school house by the said Incorporated Society now stands” (with m/ss map). The Incorporated Society was established in 1733 with the aim of providing free elementary education for destitute Catholic children who would be brought up as Protestants. Landlords anxious to obtain a trained workforce supported the scheme by providing lands and building schools. By the end of the 18th century, reports showed that conditions in the schools were appalling, and they were eventually discontinued on the recommendations of a Government Commission of Enquiry of 1825. As a m/ss., w.a.f., a good collection. These deeds show how the Society leased out lands it had been given to local farmers. (1)
English Fox Hunting Maps: Walker (J. & C.) Warwickshire, fold. linen backed map, hand-coloured, Lond. c. 1870, approx. 43cms x 35cms (17" x 13 3/4"), cloth; & 4 other sim. but later folding linen backed maps, for Belvoir Hunt, South Dorset Hunt, Portman, & Quorn Hunt, all cloth bindings. As a lot, w.a.f. (5)
Irish Map: Railwayana [Arrowsmith (J.)] Skeleton Map of Ireland having Delineated there on the Course of the Several Projected Railways, which have been deposited at the Board of Trade for the Session 1846, printed in parts (backed as one and folded) worn, with some loss, as a map, approx. 180cms x 145cms (71" x 57"). Scarce. (1)
Estate Map of the Burrin Co. Clare: Mac Namara (Mar.) A Map of the Lands of Lisseneh, .. Barony of Burrin and County of Clare, part of the Estate of Pierce Creagh ... containing approx. 690 acres,.. Surveyed in February 1728/9. A colourful map on vellum, approx. 53cms x 42cms (21" x 16 12") framed. V. good condition. as a map, w.a.f. Very Rare. (1)
Malcolm (Col Sir John) The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to The Present Time, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (for John Murray) 1815. First Edn., Fold. map frontis Vol. I & 23 engd. views or ports on 22 full page plts., all damp stained, some text also stained, recent hf. mor. mor. labels. Engraved bookplates of Michael, Earl of Rosse. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate
Ducerceau (Fr.)trans. The History of the Revolution of Persia: Taken from the Memoirs of Father Krusinski, Procurator of the Jesuits at Isaphan;.. 2 vols. in one, 8vo D. (S. Powell) 1729. First Dublin Edn., Fold. engd. map, XXII, 326, XVIIIpp., small worm holes, in margins (generally not affecting text), mostly in Index at end, cont. panel calf, worn & repaired, new mor. label. (1)
Fishing: Greendrake (Gregory) The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq., in Counties of Wicklow, Meath, Westmeath, Longford & Cavan, With additions by Geoffrey Greendrake. Sm. 8vo Dublin (Grant & Bolton) 1832. Fourth Edn., Engd. frontis & map plate, errata slip, rebound, recent hf. calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)
Americana: Glazier (Capt. W.W.) The Capture, the Prison Pen, and the Escape, Giving a Complete History of Prison Life in the South, 8vo N. York (United States Publishing Company) 1868. Engd. port. frontis & 12 plts. orig. gilt decor. blue cloth; also same Author Three Years in the Federal Cavalry, N. York (R.H. Ferguson & Co.) 1874. Hf. title, port. frontis & 9 plts. lacks front loose end, orig. gilt decor. brown cloth; and Down the Great River; ... discovery of the True Source of the Mississippi, 8vo Philadelphia (Hubbard Bros.) 1888. Frontis port. & fold. map, & 32 plts. & maps, orig. gilt decor. green cloth, stained somewhat. All clean. (3)
Fly-fishing in Connemara Fishing: Anon. [Smith (R. Bowden)] Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water, With Six Plates, Representing Artificial Flies, Etc., roy 8vo Lond. (J. Van Voorst) 1851. First & Only Edition. Hf. title, hand-cold. frontis & 6 other plts. (5 hd.-cold.) illustrated map of Lake Ina in text, various advert. leaves at end, a few leaves at start strengthened at gutter, orig. cloth. Extremely Scarce. V. good. (1) * With detailed accounts of fishing in Connemara.
Fishing: Newland (Rev. Henry) The Erne, its Legends and its Fly Fishing, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1851. First Edn., add. engd. hd. cold. title, fold. map, hand-cold. frontis & 4 engd. bl. & white plts., recent hf. calf, raised bands, mor. label & gilt motifs in panels, & matching slipcase. V. good. (1)
1- Parkyns, M: Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country. In 2 vols. Murray, 1853, Lacking the title page in vol. 2 Cont. half leather rubbed; 2- Oliphant, L: Narrative Of the Earl Of Elgin's Mission To China And Japan In The Years 1857, '58, '59. in 2 vols. Blackwood, 1859, 1st. edn. With colour and sepia plates. the map of China is torn (with the loss of most of it); 3- Bonomi, J: Nineveh and its palaces. Ingram, 1853. Cont. full leather. (5)
GREEK HISTORY: Finlay, George:1- The History Of Greece Under Ottoman And Venetian Domination, 1856, 1st. edn; 2- History of the Greek Revolution in 2 volumes. 1861, 1st. edn. Ex-Cambridge University library, with their withdrawal label & stamp to front pastedown, No other stamp. Original boards, Very Good set; 3- History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, 2 vols. vol.1- Blackwood, 1856, 2nd. edn. (2 leaves of the preface detached and edges frayed); vol.2- Blackwood, 1854, 1st. edn. Both vols. in the original boards; Plus: Phillips, WA: The War of Greek Independence 1821 to 1833. 1897, 1st. edn, with a large folding coloured map; VG; Dawkins, R M: Modern Greek Folktales. 1st. edn. DW; Edmonds: Rhigas Pheraios, The Promartyr of Greek Independence. 1890, 1st. edn. Frontis; VG; Plus one other. (10)
Brown, C: History of Newark-On-Trent, 2 Vols. Newark, 1904-07, Signed Limited Large paper edn. #40 of 100 copies only, Vol.2 also with a tipped-in signature of the author. Large 4to. Original half leather gilt; VG; The descriptive part of Mr. West’s guide to the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland & Lancashire. Kendal, 1809, 1st. edn. with a folding map. Cont. full calf; rubber & upper cover detached; White, W: History, Gazetteer & directory of Leicester & Rutland. Sheffield, 1863, 2nd. Edn. Lacking the map. Full leather & later spine; & Speight, H: Nidderdale & the garden of the Nidd; a Yorkshire Rhineland. 1894, 1st. 4to. Folding cold ma, plates, etc. Cont. half leather; VG. (5)
MAPS: MORDEN: Middlesex Olima Trinoban Tibus. (34 x 27cm), hand coloured, mounted, framed & glazed; CARY: Great Britain & Ireland, with Judges Circuits. (47 x 36cm), hand coloured, mounted, framed & glazed; CARY: Road Map: London to Highgate & Hampstead to London; London to St. Albans. (19 x13cm), hand coloured, mounted (3)
Cary (John) Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales shewing the immediate route to every Market and Borough Two throughout the Kingdom, printed for G & J Cary London 1826, calligraphic title, contents page and advertisement, 44 engraved maps including one folding map of Yorkshire (folding tears evident). Green embossed calves leather binding with gilt tooling, bumped corners.
Lady Wentworth Arabian Horse and Crabbet Stud interest, including The Authentic Arabian Horse by Lady Wentworth published George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1945, 1st edition, a companion volume to the thorough bred Racing Stock, blue gilt cloth with 26 colour plates and 265 black and white, 388 pp; Thoroughbred Racing Stock and Its Ancestors, The Authentic Origin of Pure Blood by Lady Wentworth, published George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1935, 1st edition, red gilt cloth with 21 colour plates and 388 black and white, 475 pp, fold out map at rear is complete but torn, plus supplement plates at rear; The Crabbet Arabian Stud, its History and Influence by Archer, Pearson and Covey published by Alexander Heriot of Northleach 352pp in dust jacket, very well illustrated. (3)
ASSORTED VOLUMES; comprising MEYRICK (SAMUEL RUSH). The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan. Collected from the few Remaining Documents which have Escaped the Destructive Ravages of Time, as well as from Actual Observation, London: Longman et al. 1810, 20 eng. plts. including one folding, list of subscribers, half calf, gilt spine in compartments, marbled boards, cut pages, thick 4to(some scattered spotting, replaced endpapers, spine spotted, rubbed and scuffed) thick 4to; JEFFERIES (RICHARD). The Gamekeeper at Home - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life, London: Smith Elder 1878 (1st edition), half title, and Round About a Great Estate, London: Smith Elder 1880 1st edition, half title, orig. green or blue cloth gilt respectively, both with bookplates; (both bumped spines, endpapers and interior foxed esp. Gamekeeper, brown endpaper torn); HALL (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.). The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast, London: Arthur Hall, 1861, map, num. wood-engs. in the text, marbled edges, half calf, spine lettering in gilt in compartments between raised bands, 8to (enpapers applied with newspaper clippings relating to Wales, owners stamp to half title, a good clean copy) (4)
FLINTSHIRE. Speed (John), Flint-shire, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1610, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Flint and Saint Asaph and a vignette of St Winifrid's Well, 39 x 52cm, English text verso; DENBIGHSHIRE. Speed (John) Denbigh Shire, John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1610, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Denbigh, 38 x 51cm, English text verso; PENBROKSHIRE & CARMARTHENSHIRE. Blaeu (Johannes), Penbrochia comitatus et comitatus Caermaridunum, Amsterdam, circa. 1648, hand-ccoloured map, 40 x 53cm, Latin text on verso (3)
GLAMORGANSHIRE. Speed (John), Glamorgan Shyre, with the situations of the Cheife Towne Cardyff and ancient Landaffe described, published John Sudbury and George Humbell, c.1627, hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Cardiff and Llandaff, 38 x 50cm, English text on verso; RADNORSHIRE. Speed (John), The countie of Radnor described and the shyretownes sittuatione, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Radnor, 38 x 51cm, English text on verso (2)
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