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of Luneburg; or, tradition from the Hartz. In three volumes.
Printed for Longman, Hurst …,
1824. FIRST EDITION, pp viii,
357, (1): (4), 416: (4), 402, 6(adverts), complete with the half-
titles and with a further 4-pp adverts for ‘Popular Novels’ dated
‘Jan. 1824’ tipped in at front of vol one, 3 vols, large 12mo,
original blue paper boards, original or contemporary brown
paper spines, with contemporary manuscript paper spine labels,
uncut, and ‘Donegall’ in ink on upper board of vol one: the blue
paper missing from one upper and one lower board, the spines
worn at headbands but all bindings strong, otherwise very good
in original state.
Garside 1824: 77. Wolff 5605. George IV had suggested the subject of
this novel to Miss Porter and here merits a fulsome dedication.
(6)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx.)
991
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KENNEDY (Matthew).
A chronological genealogical and
historical dissertation of the royal family of the Stuarts.
Beginning with Milesius the stock of those they call the
Milesian Irish, and of the old Scotish race; and ending with his
present Majesty K. James the 3d. of England and Ireland and of
Scotland the 8th.
Printed in Paris by Lewis Coignard in St. James
street at the Eagle d’Or,
1705
FIRST EDITION, pages 40,249, (3), 8vo, with some very light
old fingering, but still a well-margined and attractive copy in
nineteenth-century full crimson morocco, gilt bordered sides,
fully gilt spine, edges gilt.
An attractive copy of a notably scarce work by this Limerick author
asserting the royal family’s Irish origin: it was replied to by Richard
Hay, Edinburgh, 1722.
€350-€450 (£280-£360 approx.)
992
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KENTISH (Thomas).
The Pyrotechnist’s Treasury; or,
complete art of making fireworks.
Chatto & Windus,
1878
FIRST EDITION, with 16 plates, pages xii,200, 40 (adverts
dated July 1878), 8vo, original blue cloth, decorated in silver:
very light foxing on first and last few leaves, the upper one and a
half inches of the outer joints worn but the inner joints intact
without any weakness, light evidence of bookplate having been
removed from the front endpaper, in spite of these minor points
this is still a very good to nice copy of a book rarely found in
fine condition.
An early issue (we know of no copy with adverts of an earlier date) of
this pyrotechnic classic. Kentish, claiming thirty-five years experience,
provides full details of equipment and methods of construction for a
range of fireworks. “Despite having first been printed over 100 years ago
this remains one of the greatest classic how-to-do pyrotechnic books that
has ever been written. Much of its detailed description and practical
advice is as relevant today as it was in the latter part of the 19th
century. The reviewer of the reprint, American Pyrotechnist Fireworks
News, September 1976, said ‘One could well believe that he is reading a
recently-published new book on fireworks, except that none printed in
the intervening 71 years are so concise, detailed and painstakingly
illustrated. ‘“ - Philip, A Bibliography of Firework Books, K010. 1.
€800-€1,250 (£640-£1,000 approx.)
993
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KEPPEL (Augustus), Viscount.
The proceedings at large
of the court-martial, on the trial of the Honourable Augustus
Keppel, admiral of the blue. Held on board his majesty’s ship
the Britannia, on Thursday, January 7th, 1779. And adjourned
to the house of the governor of Portsmouth, and held there till
Thursday, February 11th, when the admiral was honourably
acquitted. Taken in short hand, by W. Blanchard, for the
admiral and published by his permission.
Printed for J Almon,
1779
Pages (2), 184, 10, folio, calf-backed marbled boards: a very
good to nice copy.
Todd 30e, the first edition of the revised version of Keppel’s defence,
written by Edmund Burke and John Lee. The charge against Keppel
was effectively refuted, at the oratorial level, chiefly through the efforts of
Edmund Burke (Todd). When he fought against France in 1778 as
commander of the western squadron, Keppel believed that the 4th Earl
of Sandwich, who was then first lord of the Admiralty, would be glad to
see his defeat. Sir Hugh Palliser, a member of the Admiralty Board,
went to sea with Keppel in a subordinate command, and Keppel
believed that the indecisive outcome of his battle against the French
(July 27, 1778) off Ushant (a small island near Brittany), the first fleet
action of the American Revolution, was partly due to Palliser’s
deliberate disregard of his orders. Palliser in return pressed for a court-
martial of Keppel by the Admiralty on charges of misconduct and
neglect of duty. Recriminations in the press then led to the trial and
acquittal of Keppel for neglect of duty and of Palliser for
insubordination. The affair was one of the most notorious, and
unfortunate, episodes in 18C British naval history.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
994
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KERNOFF (Harry).
Woodcuts.
Dublin: Cahill and
Company,
1942
FIRST EDITION, with 34 woodcut plates, each measuring 6.
75 by 5. 25 cms, titled in Irish and English and each with tissue
guard, 4to, original cloth: a very good copy.
Limited edition of 220 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Kernoff
(1900-74), Irish artist of London/Russian extraction, noted for his
sympathetic interest in Dublin and its people. He depicted street and
pub scenes, as well as Dublin landmarks with sympathy and
understanding, particularly in his woodcuts. He was one of the few
artists at work in Dublin at the time whose work demonstrated a social
conscience and awareness of the plight of the unemployed (DIB).
€350-€400 (£280-£320 approx.)
995
. NO LOT
996
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[KING (Wm.)].
The Toast. An heroic poem in four books,
written originally in Latin, by Frederick Scheffer: now done into
English. And illustrated with notes and observations by
Peregrine O Donald Esq;
Dublin: Printed, London: Reprinted in the
Year 1747
[1736]
With engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black,
pp lxvi, (2), 88, *89 - *104, 89 - 118, *113 - *118, 119 - 232 and
leaf of music, 4to, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards,
with green label, gilt: a large (22. 5 by 27. 5 cms) and very good
to nice copy.
Foxon K83 (with press-figures). Teerink 1314. An attack on the
Countess of Newburgh with whom King was engaged in a bitter
lawsuit. The piece came to Swift’s notice and he was so impressed with
it that he said that if he had read it when he was twenty he would never
have written a satire, adding that it was very malicious and worth
reading. “ This present edition is dedicated to Swift in the person of
Cadenus and there are many references to him in the text and the notes.
It was printed in 1736 but King made a second issue in 1747 altering
the date on the title-page in manuscript to 1747 and inserting nine
additional leaves as cancellands. The book was never published, the
author “presented a few copies to some friends, on giving me their
honour that they would not suffer the book to go out of their hands
without my consent”. This caution was, perhaps, justified because a
contemporary called it the most infamous of all books and said that it
had a dirty subject which it did not become King to spend so much time
raking into. In later years King became ashamed of it, remarking that
“there are some parts which my riper judgment condemns, and which I
wish were expunged: particularly the description of Myra‘s (the
Countess of Newburgh) person in the third book is fulsome and
unsuitable to the polite manners of the present age. “
€1,500-€1, 800 (£1,200-£1, 440 approx.)
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