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binding lightly rubbed but sound and strong and with just a
slight suggestion of foxing on the first three leaves, otherwise a
nice, clean copy.
Dedicated to William Butterfield, in whose office Davie was a pupil,
and reflecting Butterfield interests in its plates of coloured tiles and
mediaeval gold and enamel church furnishings. Davie’s drawings of
French gothic mouldings and details are in rather a different vein.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
721
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DAVIS (Richard).
An important narrative of facts; in
answer to the erroneous statement, given by Dr. Withers in his
pamphlet of Alfred, containing the correspondence between Dr.
Withers and J. Ridgway, on the publication of the history of the
royal malady, &c. and the author’s motives for submitting this
detail to the public, in a letter to the publisher.
London: Printed for
J. Ridgway, No. 1, York-street, St. James’s-square,
1789
FIRST EDITION, pp (2),56, without half-title, 8vo, recent
wrapper: very good-nice copy.
The only edition. ESTC finds five copies: Di, Mru / NNC, CSmH,
DNLM. Not in L, O or C.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
JERVIS (Sir John J. W.).
A letter
addressed to the gentlemen of England and Ireland, on the
inexpediency of a federal union between the two kingdoms.
Dublin printed: London, reprinted for J. Debrett,
1798. FIRST
LONDON EDITION, pages 71, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: with old, faint, small stamps on title-page and with a
light marginal stain: a very good copy.
Mc Cormack L 4. ESTC locates five copies of this edition: C(2), Du /
CaOHM, PU. Not on-line in D or Dt.
(2)
COMMERCIAL PROPOSITIONS.
A short view of the
proposals lately made for the final adjustment of the
commercial system between Great-Britain and Ireland.
Printed
for John Stockdale,
1785. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, pp 27, (1,
adverts), wantng some further adverts at end, 8vo, recent wraps:
a very good copy with contemporary signature of Francis
Annesley on title
Kress B 966. Goldsmiths’ 12881. Sometimes attributed to George
Chalmers.
(3)
[BENTLEY (Thomas Richard)].
Considerations upon the
state of public affairs, in the year MDCCXCIX. Ireland.
Printed
for F. and C. Rivington … and J. Hatchard,
1799. FIRST
LONDON EDITION, pages (2), 99, (1, advertisements),
without the half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to
nice copy.
(5)
DE LOLME (Jean Louis).
Observations upon the late
national embarrassment, and the proceedings in parliament
relative to the same.
London: J. Debrett,
1789. SECOND
EDITION, pages (2), 81, (1, blank), without the advert leaves at
end, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a little dusty at beginning and
end but otherwise a very good copy.
First published in 1789 as ’The present national embarrassment
considered’. “This Pamphlet is again offered to the Public, with
considerable altrerations … A Postscript has been added, containing an
explanation of the rights of the Heir apparent …”
(6)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
722
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DE JEAN (J.),
pseud.
Poems: by J. De Jean, author of
“Eva O’Connor”, “Poems for the People”, &c.
Dublin: James
M’Glashan …Wm. S. Orr and Co., London and Liverpool,
1851
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, pages viii, (4),240, 12mo,
original cloth, edges gilt: with just a little wear at the headbands,
otherwise a very good to nice copy.
Not in O’Donoghue. COPAC, quoting an incomplete pagination, has L,
C and Manchester. Not found on-line in D or Dt. This “A selection from
my contributions to the Dublin University Magazinem the Nation, and
other leading periodicals - is published by subscription - and edited by a
few friends, through want of a more hopeful means to do me a
permanent service. “ - Preface. It is dedicated to the memory of the late
Mrs. Smith of Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SMIDDY (Richard).
An essay on
the druids, the ancient churches, and the round towers of
Ireland.
Dublin: W. B. Kelly …, London: Simpkin Marshall,
1871.
FIRST EDITION, pp vii, (3),242, 12mo, original cloth, gilt:
little wear to spine, but very good.
(2)
[CASEY (James)].
Intemperance. An ethical poem in three
parts. By J. K. C.
Dublin: James Duffy and Sons …,
1876. FIRST
EDITION,56-pages, cr 8vo, original cloth, gilt: a very good to
nice copy.
One of the most popular of the temperance poets. O’Donoghue
incorrectly dates this 1877: it ran to a third edition by 1885.
(3)
BARRY (Michael Joseph).
Heinrich and Leonore, an
alpine story. Correggio: and some miscellaneous verses, original
and translated.
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co. … London: Simpkin,
Marshall …,
1886. FIRST EDITION, pp viii, 95, (1, adverts),
large 12mo, original blue cloth, gilt, edges gilt, by Galwey, with
ticket: a very good-nice copy, inscribed
(4)
DAVIS (Francis).
Earlier and Later Leaves: or, an autumn
gathering [: verse]. With an introductory essay by the Rev.
Columban O’Grady, C. P.
Belfast: Patrick Mullan, (overlaid with the
printed imprint slip of William Mullan & Son, Belfast, 1878) …
1878.
FIRST EDITION, with a portrait, pages xxvii, (5), (9) - 638,
complete thus in spite of pagination jump, 8vo, original green
cloth, gilt: a very good copy. (5)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
723
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DE VERE (Sir Aubrey).
Mary Tudor. An historical drama
in two parts, and Sonnets.
Basil Montagu Pickering,
1875
Pages li, (1), large 12mo, original mauve cloth, gilt: a very good
to nice copy, inscribed on front flyleaf “Lady Ferguson / from
Aubrey de Vere / May 3. 1880”.
His most ambitious work, first published, posthumously, in 1847. His
son republished it in 1875, with a 9-page memoir of his father and a 32-
pp introduction to the verse drama. In this present volume, we have the
preliminary leaves, the memoir and the introduction only, in an original
publisher’s unlettered binding, gilt: presumably this specially prepared
volume was intended for circulation amongst close family and friends
with a view to possible corrections.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
LANYON (Helen).
The Hill O’
Dreams, and other verses.
Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker,
1909.
FIRST EDITION, 32-pages, 12mo, original brown cloth, gilt: a
nice copy.
(2)
O’SHAUGHNESSY (Arthur W. E.).
Music and
Moonlight. Poems and songs.
London: Chatto and Windus,
1874.
FIRST EDITION, pages vii, (1, blank),208, 7(adverts), with leaf
B2 in uncancelled state, 8vo, original deep blue cloth, gilt,
uncut: a bright, fresh and attractive copy.
(3)
IGNOTUS,
pseud.
Poems. By Ignotus.
Cork: Francis Guy,
1870. FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, pp (8), 72, including initial
blank leaf, large 12mo, original green cloth: binding lightly
discoloured, otherwise a very good to nice, unopened copy.
Not
in NUC. Comprising two poems, Lily of the Valley, and, Little Ida.
(4)
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
724
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DE VERE (Sir Stephen E.).
Grave and Gay; verses of
many years.
(London: Charles Skipper & East, printers). (For Private
Circulation Only).
1883
FIRST EDITION, pp (4), 70 and leaf of imprint, 8vo, full dark
green morocco, gilt bordered sides, gilt ruled and lettered spine
(“Poems / Sir Stephen De Vere / 1826 / to / 1893”), inside gilt
borders, edges gilt, by Birdsall & Son, Northampton: light pale
ink stain on the extreme upper edge and upper portion of the
fore-edge on the first ten leaves, otherwise a very good to nice
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