[Rarebooks] FS: St. Patrick's Day list

Fri Mar 17 11:49:01 EST 2006

1. AN OXONIAN (HOLE, S. REYNOLDS). LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND, A. 
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1859. Illustrated by Jon Leech with a 
fold-out hand-colored plate showing a crowd of colorfully dressed 
Irish peasants. This plate is backed by linen and is in fine 
condition s are the black and white plates that follow. First 
edition. 3/4 dark green crushed morocco over linen-covered boards 
with raised bands and gilt rules and florets in the compartments, top 
edge gilt. Original cloth boards and spine bound-in at rear. Fine. 
The author describes his journey through Dublin, Galway, Connemara, 
Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengariff, Cork etc. Previous owner's 
signature "Rene Henderson, Dublin 1923" and bookplate of Henry S. 
Guinness, member of the first Irish Free State Senate in 1922. 
<A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/72128.jpg'> . $325.00

2. BARTLETT, W[ILLIAM]. H[ENRY]. SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
IRELAND, THE. London: Virtue, (1841). Illustrated by map and 121 
engravings by Bartlett. First edition. 3/4 dark green crushed morocco 
over marbled paper-covered boards with raised bands and gilt rules, 
all edges marbled. Near fine. Twentieth century binding. 2 " diameter 
damp stain to top of 2 pages (frontis and title). Another smaller 
damp stain to one margin. Extra clean and almost totally free of 
foxing. 2 volumes bound together. Two engraved title pages. A 
gorgeous copy of this scarce book <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/72096.jpg'> . $1250.00

3. CARR, SIR JOHN. STRANGER IN IRELAND. New York: J. Riley & Co., 
1807. Third American edition. Original calf with red leather label. 
Very good. Starting at front hinge, otherwise tight and clean. 
Scarce. <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71923.jpg'> 
 . $275.00 {71923}
4. HALL, MR & MRS. S.C. IRELAND: ITS SCENERY, CHARACTER, ETC. . New 
York: A. W. Lovering, ca 1880. Illustrated by 3 steel engraved titles 
pages, 47 full-page steel engravings with tissue guards by Wm. 
Bartlett and others, 4 maps in color and 6 color plates. Later 
edition. 3 volumes. Original green cloth, highly decorated in gilt 
designs. Small 4to. [436/468/512 pgs] Near fine. Complete. Gorgeous 
books with only a bit of soiling to boards. Contents clean with no 
foxing. Plates excellent. Three owner's signatures. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71832.jpg'> . $450.00

5. JACOBS, JOSEPH (SELECTED AND EDITED BY). CELTIC FAIRY TALES. 
London: David Nutt, 1892. Illustrated by John B Batten with 8 b & w 
plates plus numerous vignettes. First edition. Green cloth 
pictorially stamped in dark green.. [xvi, 267 pgs] Near fine. Very 
mild scattered foxing, else fine bright tight copy of a handsome 
book. 28 captivating tales from Celtic legend collected by the editor 
of "Folklore" magazine. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71996.jpg'> . $150.00

6. KENNEDY, PATRICK, 1801-73. LEGENDARY FICTIONS OF THE IRISH CELTS 
. London: Macmillan and Co, 1866. Illustrated by W. Small. First 
edition. 3/4 contemporary green polished calf with green and red 
marbled cloth boards, gilt decorated raised bands and florets in 
spine compartments with red leather title label and gilt lettering. 
All edges marbled. [352 pgs] Fine. Some of a sub-genre of Irish 
stories and legends covered here are: Household Stories, Legends Of 
The "Good People". ;Witchcraft, Sorcery, Ghosts,and Fetches; Ossianic 
and Other Early Legends; and Legends Of The Celtic Saints. Gorgeous 
book. <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71920.jpg'> 
 . $250.00

7. MACGEOGHEGAN, ABBE AND MITCHEL, JOHN. HISTORY OF IRELAND, THE. 
New York: D & J Sadlier, 1868. Illustrated by Chromolithographed 
frontis, engraved second title page, portraits and steel engraving by 
W. H. Bartlett. First edition. Full dark brown decorated leather, 
decorated dentelles, all edges gilt. Thick 4to. Fine. 630 and 640 
pages. Two volumes in one. The first is Abbe MacGeoghegan's History 
to the Treaty of Limerick and the second by Mitchel takes us up to 
the present (1868). Mitchel was the son of a Presbyterian minister 
who became an Irish Patriot. He founded the "United Irishmen", for 
which he was condemned by the English to 14 years transportation. He 
escaped and came to New York, where he promptly lost popularity among 
Northern Americans by publishing newspapers which defended slavery. A 
gorgeous binding. Almost no foxing. Some offsetting from leather to 
white silk-like end papers. Massive and magnificent. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/72126.jpg'> . $450.00

8. MOORE, THOMAS. POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE. New York: 
Appleton & Company, 1867. Illustrated by steel engravings, including 
frontispiece and 8 full-page plates. Bound in publisher's full brown 
morocco with marbled end papers, cover and spine have an embossed 
design stamped with gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Large 8vo (9 3/8 
x 6 2/8"). [747 pgs] Very minor rubbing to extreme edges of boards, 
scattered foxing to text and plates, overall in very good condition. 
A very attractive book. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/72492.jpg'> . $150.00

9. O'REILLY, EDWARD (CA, 1770-1829). IRISH ENGLISH DICTIONARY, AN. 
Dublin: A O'Neil, 1821. Second edition. Full polished calf with coat 
of arms of Maynooth College in gilt on both boards. Elaborate gilt 
border on both boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Raised bands 
with gilt designs in compartments. 4to. [Lexicon & [10], 28, [4] pgs] 
Title continues; containing upwards of twenty thousand words that 
never appeared in any former Irish lexicon: with copious quotations 
from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers, to elucidate the 
meaning of obscure words, and numerous comparisons of the Irish 
words, with those of similar orthography, sense, or sound, in the 
Welch and English... To which is annexed a compendious Irish 
grammar.Wear to extremities, both boards detached but present. Old 
small library bookplate; no other library marks. Contents amazingly 
clean and free of foxing.Born at Cavan; came to Dublin ca.1790 
[var. 1791 DIH]; learned Irish; asst. secretary to the Iberno-Celtic 
Society; wrote prize essays on Brehon laws (1823), and the 
authenticity of Macpherson's Ossian (1828-30); worked in TCD and 
other Dublin libraries preparing Irish manuscript catalogues, with 
others; used material collected by William Haliday to compile Sanas 
Gaoidhilge/Sags-bhearla: An Irish-English Dictionary (1817), 
supplement by John O'Donovan, prefixed by concise grammar; A 
Chronicle Account of Nearly 400 Irish Writers (1820), financed by the 
Iberno-Celtic Society and commonly known as O'Reilly's Dictionary of 
Irish Writers; edited An Biobla Naomta for the Hibernian Bible 
Society (1830); wrote on Brehon law and the Ossianic poetry of 
Macpherson; employed in Ordnance Survey of Ireland [at the time of 
his death] and hence became the first toponymic field-worker of the 
Commission, dying within six months, to be succeeded by John 
O'Donovan. DNB RAF DIB DIH OCIL <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71825a.jpg'> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71825b.jpg'> . $925.00

10. THACKERAY. IRISH SKETCH BOOK. London., 1843. First edition. 2 
volumes. Original green embossed cloth housed in custom-made tri-fold 
pull-cases within a half morocco slipcase with gilt lettering, raised 
bands and gilt rules. Near fine. The half-title pages, which are 
often absent in this title are here present. The binding has been 
professionally and almost invisibly reinforced at outer hinges. 
Residue to pastedowns where bookplates have been removed. Contents 
clean and tight, nearly free of foxing. Scarce in this lovely 
condition. VAN DUZER 96 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71921.jpg'> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71921a.jpg'> . $950.00

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