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without the frontispiece we believe should be present, 8vo, recent
paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Both COPAC and WorldCat locate only a single copy (Guildhall) and in
each case quote Parnell rather than Purnell in the title.
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€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
692
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[COOKE (Thomas Lalor)].
The Picture of Parsonstown [i.
e. Birr] in the King’s County [i. e. Offaly], containing the history
of that town, from the earliest period to the year 1798, together
with its description at the present day.
Dublin: W. De Veaux,
1826
FIRST EDITION, with 9 engraved plates, pages 259 and errata
leaf, 8vo, original cloth-backed marbled boards, edges uncut,
recently and neatly repaired, retaining most of the original
backstrip: a very good copy in a matching cloth slip-case, with
morocco label, gilt.
A notable Irish local history rarity: this is only Fenning’s second copy in
nigh on fifty years.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
693
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COOPER (George).
Letters on the Irish nation: written
during a visit to that kingdom, in the autumn of the year 1799.
The second edition.
Printed by J. Davis, for J. White,
1801
Pages xl, 354, without the advert leaf at end and with a small,
faint stamp on the title-page, otherwise a very good, pleasantly
bound copy, 8vo, contemporary polished calf, gilt, fully gilt spine:
with the armorial bookplate of Henry Hunfrey and, at head of
contents leaf, the signature “Daniel O’Connell / Dublin”.
McVeagh 44. The Liberator’s copy of a critical and valuable series of
observations by an English lawyer written just before the Union. It is
here greatly enlarged on the 201-pages of the original edition of 1800
and is also in a larger format. The new 3-page preface is dated October
18, 1800. In it Cooper claims that there is nothing in the recently passed
Act of Union “that at all weakens the reasonings contained in the
following pages”. Cooper was accompanied on his travels in Ireland by
James Clarke, a fellow barrister. Both editions are rare and have not
previously come our way.
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
694
.
COOPER (George).
Letters on the Irish nation: written
during a visit to that kingdom, in the autumn of the year 1799.
Printed by J. Davis, for J. White,
1800
FIRST EDITION, pages xxviii, 201, (1, blank), small 8vo, recent
boards: with some light browning, but a very good copy.
McVeagh 44. Sharp, critical and valuable observations by an English
lawyer written just before the Union. It is a very rare book and one we
have not previously handed.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
FREEHOLDERS’ SOCIETY.
Some
proceedings of the Freeholder’s-Society [sic], now collected and
re-published, at their desire. Together with some further queries
from that Society, never publish’d before.
Dublin: Printed by
Mathew Williamson,
1757. FIRST EDITION, 28-pages, 8vo, old
marbled paper wrapper: a nice copy.
Black 338. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths’ or Higgs. Apparently the only
edition.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
695
.
COOPER (James Fennimore).
Afloat and Ashore; or, The
Adventures of Miles Wallingford.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s
Standard Novels series 124),
1854
With engraved frontispiece, pp vii, 463, (1), small 8vo,
contemporary half deep olive green morocco, gilt, gilt spine, top
edges gilt: light foxing of endleaves, still a very good copy.
A notable rarity in the series, regarded by Sadleir as “a genuine rarity,
among the undiscoverables”. From volume 93 onwards in this series, no
additional engraved title-pages were issued and from volume 115 to the
end series-titles were not issued and the volumes carried no evidence of
their actual number in the series.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MARRYAT (Frederick).
Percival
Keene.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 113),
1848.
First one-voume edition, with engraved frontispiece portrait of
Marryat and series title, pages xi, 386, small 8vo, contemporary
half deep olive green morocco, gilt, gilt spine, top edges gilt:
some light foxing of endleaves, but still a very good copy.
With a
7-page memoir of the author. From vol 93 onwards in this series, no
additional engraved title-pages were issued.
AND THE FOLLOWING TITLES BY THE SAME AUTHOR AND
IN THE SAME SERIES:
All with engraved frontispiece,small 8vo, contemporary half deep
olive green morocco, gilt, gilt spine, top edges gilt: some light
foxing of endleaves, but still very good copies.
(2) The Dog Fiend; or, Snarleyyow.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s
Standard Novels series 107),
1847.
From vol 93 onwards in this series, no additional engraved title-pages
were issued.
(3) The Phantom Ship.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels
series 106),
1847. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION.
From vol 93 onwards in this series, no additional engraved title-pages
were issued.
(4) The Poacher.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series
104),
1846. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION.
(5) Jacob Faithful.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series
63),
1838.
The first one-volume edition.
(6) Peter Simple.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series
62),
1838.
(7) Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service.
Richard Bentley
(Bentley’s Standard Novels series 67),
1838.
(8) The Pacha of Many Tales. or, The Merchant Service.
Richard
Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 68),
1838..
(9) The King’s Own.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels
series 65),
1838.
One of but five titles in this series which were not in Sadleir’s own
collection.
(10)
.
Japhet, in search of a father.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s
Standard Novels series 64),
1838..
(11) Mr. Midshipman Easy.
Richard Bentley (Bentley’s Standard
Novels series 66),
1838.
All with engraved frontispiece, small 8vo, contemporary half
deep olive green morocco, gilt, gilt spine, top edges gilt: some
light foxing of endleaves, but still very good copies. (12)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
696
.
COOPER (James Fennimore).
The Last of the Mohicans;
a narrative of 1757. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a
new introduction, etc. by the author.
Henry Colburn and Richard
Bentley (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 6),
1831
With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title-page,
pages x, 401, (1), with the series title, small 8vo, contemporary
half deep olive green morocco, gilt, gilt spine, top edges gilt: with
light endpaper foxing, but still a very good copy.
An important revised edition.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT BY THE SAME AUTHOR:
(1) Homeward Bound; or, The Chase: a tale of the sea.
Richard
Bentley, (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 89),
1842..
(2) The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea.
Richard Bentley, (Bentley’s
Standard Novels series 90),
1850.
(3) Precaution: a novel. A new edition, revised by the author.
Richard Bentley, (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 74),
1839.
An
important revised edition, with a new preface. The first illustrated and
first one-volume edition of Cooper’s first published work.
(4) The Red Rover; a tale. Revised, corrected, and illustrated
with a new preface, notes, etc. by the author.
Richard Bentley,
(successor to Henry Colburn), (Bentley’s Standard Novels series 38),
161