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the University of Dublin. With some account of its present
condition, and suggestions for improvement.
Dublin: James
McGlashan …W. S. Orr … London … Fraser... Edinburgh,
1847.
FIRST EDITION, with an attractive tinted litho view of the
college, pp xiii, (1, errata), 256 and (8)-pp of McGlashan’s list,
printed in blue, of new or recent publications, 8vo, original
blind-stamped cloth, by Cavenagh of Dublin, with their ticket:
light wear at headbands but the binding sound and strong and
otherwise a very good to nice copy, inscribed on half-title “Prof.
Sullivan / with / James Heywood’s Compts. / 1847” and with
the bookplate of E. P. Wright, M. D. (“Botany Wright”, 1834-
1908, the noted Dublin-born naturalist). (4)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx.)
672
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CLARENDON (Edward Hyde), first Earl of.
The history
of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. To which is added,
an historical view of the affairs of Ireland. A new edition,
exhibiting a faithful collation of the original MS., with all the
suppressed passages; also, the unpublished notes of Bishop
Warburton.
Oxford, at the Clarendon Press,
1826
Bound with half-titles, 8 vols, 8vo, finely bound in near
contemporary mid-brown polished calf, gilt bordered sides, the
spines gilt in compartments, with dark green double lettering
pieces: with just minor foxing of the endpapers, but still a fine
and most attractive set.
An excellent edition of the most important single authority for the
period it covers and the first great work of historical writing in English
literature.
(8)
€180-€220 (£144-£176 approx.)
673
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CLARENDON (Edward Hyde), Earl of.
The history of
the rebellion and civil wars in Ireland, with the true state and
condition of that kingdom before the year 1640; and the most
material passages and actions which since that time have
contributed to the calamities it hath undergone.
Dublin: Printed
for Patrick Dugan,
1719-20 [1720]
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, pp (4), 217, (1, adverts for
books published by Dugan), 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly
rebacked, gilt ruled spine, contrasting labels, gilt: very good.
Complete with the preliminary leaf containing the publisher’s statement
that “This Edition is much more Correct than that of London, having
being compared with two Manuscripts, in his Grace the Lord Arch-
Bishop’s Library, in one of which his Grace has Writ these Words with
his own Hand, which we set down here for the Readers Satisfaction … “
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
674
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CLARKE (Harry): - Goethe (Johann W. von).
Faust, by
Goethe, from the German by John Anster. Illustrated by Harry
Clarke.
New York: Dingwall-Rock Limited
[1925]
With many striking illustrations including 8 coloured plates,
pages 254, (1), 4to, original quarter vellum over grey paper
boards, top edges gilt: a nice copy.
Limited edition of 1000 copies for England and 1000 copies for the
United States, of which this is copy 502 of the American issue, signed
by Clarke.
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx.)
675
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CLARKE (Harry): - Poe (Edgar A.).
Tales of Mystery
and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
New York: Tudor
Publishing Co.,
1939
With 8 striking mounted coloured plates, 24 other plates and
some other illustrations by Harry Clarke, pages 412, (1), (3,
blank), 4to, original black cloth, top edges gilt, with large printed
pictorial label on the upper cover: a nice, fresh, unmarked copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MOORE (George).
Aphrodite in
Aulis.
William Heinemann,
1930. FIRST EDITION, pp vi, 340,
(1), roy 8vo, original full vellum, gilt: a nice, fresh copy.
Gilcher A56. Copy 190, signed by the author, of an edition of 1825
copies. Hand-set and printed on English hand-made paper by the
Riverside Press, Edinburgh. An historical novel, his last published work,
a family saga of ancient Greece, celebrating the ordinariness of family
life across the generations. Its vivid attention to detail reflect’s M’s
returning energy as he recovered from an operation.
(2)
RACKHAM (Arthur): - [Barham (Richard H.)].
The
Ingoldsby Legends, or mirth & marvels. By Thomas Ingoldsby
Esqr.
William Heinemann,
1919. With coloured title, 24 mounted
colour plates, each with printed tissue guard, 14 tinted plates
and many other illustrs, pp xix, 549, (3, blank), 4to, original
cloth, gilt: very good.
(3)
MASEFIELD (John).
The Wanderer of Liverpool.
William
Heinemann,
1930. With a coloured frontispiece, 33 plates and 4
plans (3 large folding), pages viii, (1), 190, (1), large 4to, original
buckram, gilt, top edges gilt, silk marker: a very good copy. (4)
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
676
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CLARKE (Sir Arthur).
A code of instructions for the
treatment of sufferers from railroad and steam-boat accidents;
sudden attacks of illness, and suspended animation from various
causes, until medical aid can be procured. Also, an essay on the
cure of diseases, by means of water, exercise, and diet.
Dublin:
Printed for the Author. Alexander Thom, printer and publisher … sold
also by the Author, and at the railroad and steam packet stations,
1849
FIRST EDITION, pages xvi, 176, 8vo, original cloth, gilt, by F.
Pilkington of Dublin, with his ticket: the front blank flyleaf
neatly removed, otherwise a very good copy.
Apparently the only edition. NUC has Bethesda copy only and COPAC
has BL and Wellcome. D on-line has a copy, but not Dt. A manual of
first aid for those working or travelling on boats or trains, covering
accidents caused by the mode of transport and those simply occurring
on them. The second part concerns the cure of disease by means of
water, exercise and diet, with analyses of the Russian bath and the
efficacy of wet sheets or bandages. “The Profits arising from the sale of
this Work, will be appropriated to the Relief of the Starving Poor of the
West and South of Ireland. “ - printed note on verso of half-title.
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
677
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CLAUDIANUS.
Opera, quae exstant, omnia, ad
membranarum veterum fidem castigata. Cum notis integris
Martini Antonii Delrii, Stephani Claverii, et Thomae
Dempsteri, auctioribus Nicolai Heinsii, & ineditis Petri
Burmanni. Accedit sylloge variantium lectionum ex ingenti
numero codd. MSS. a N. Heinsio collatorum digesta.
Subjungitur Lactantii Elegia de Phoenice, vulgo Claudiano
adscripta; cum curis secundis Nicolai Heinsii, & adnotationibus
Petri Burmanni secundi.
Amstelaedami: ex officina Schouteniana,
1760
FIRST EDITION THUS, title-page printed in red and black, pp
(16), xxxii, (2), 31, (5), 600, 609-1112, complete thus in spite of
pagination jump, with preliminaryy blank leaf, large 4to,
contemporary full straight-grained crimson morocco, inside gilt
borders, single gilt rule on boards, gilt ruled and lettered spine,
all edges gilt: the attractive binding just a little rubbed but sound
and very strong, a large copy with some lower edges uncut: with
a small circular stamp on the blank margin of title-page and
with some very light foxing of preliminary leaves, with the small
oval vellum, gilt label of the Gosford library on the front
endpaper.
A handsome copy from the Gosford Library. “This is unquestionably a
very superior edition, and it contains a greater fund of critical
illustration than the preceding by Gesner. “ - Dibdin I. 472
€180-€220 (£144-£176 approx.)
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