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to some eight editions within the first year.
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MORTON (Thomas).
Columbus: or, a world discovered.
An historical play. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal,
Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed for P. Wogan … (and four others),
1793
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp (8), 61, (1, blank), (2, epilogue),
12mo, unbound, sewn as issued, wanting original blue paper
wrappers, lightly soiled at beginning and end, a little dog-eared,
contemporary signature of Sam Cooke [Brownstown] on title-
page: a good, uncut copy.
The first published play by this prolific author, derived from
Marmontel’s tale of the Incas. Sabin 51029 mentions only the first and
second London editions.
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[SMITH (Charlotte)].
What is she? A comedy, in five acts.
As performed at the Theatre-Ryal, Covent-Garden.
Dublin:
Printed by George Folingsby, No. 59, Dame-street,
1799
FIRST DUBLIN EDITION, pages 70 and advert leaf, 12mo,
unbound, sewn as issued, uncut: dog-eared and lightly dusty at
beginning and end, the advert leaf torn without loss, inscribed
on title in a contemporary hand “Sam. Cooke / Brownstown”:
a good, sound copy.
Although Wordsworth remembered Smith in the 1830s as ‘a lady to
whom English verse is under greater obligations than are likely to be
either acknowledged or remembered’, her influence on her
contemporaries and successors is widely documented. Coleridge and
others credited her with revitalizing the English sonnet. In her lifetime
she was perhaps most frequently praised for her poetic and prose
landscapes (ODNB).
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[WALPOLE (Horace)].
The Mysterious Mother; a tragedy.
Dublin: Printed for John Archer, William Jones, and Richard White,
1791
Pages x, (1, blank), (5) - 102, 12mo, old wraps over original blue
paper wraps, title lightly soiled, a little dog-eared, upper outer
corner of leaf a2 torn off with loss of “the” on verso,
contemporary signature of Mary Cooke [of Brownstown?] on
title: a good, sound copy.
A reissue of the 1790 Dublin edition, with a cancel titlepage and
without the engraved vignette of Strawberry Hill on the title-page.
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€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1071
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MacCOMB (Wm.).
The repealer repulsed ! A correct
narrative of the rise and progress of the repeal invasion of
Ulster: Dr. Cooke’s challenge and Mr. O’Connell’s declinature,
tactics, and flight. With appropriate poetical and pictorial
illustrations. Also, an authentic report of the great Conservative
demonstrations, in Belfast, on the 21st and 23d of January,
1841.
Belfast: William M’Comb … Dublin, W. Curry, Jun …,
1841
FIRST EDITION, 6 plates (evenly browned), 160-pp, 8vo,
recent wraps: good copy.
An account of Daniel O’Connell’s visit to Belfast in January 1840.
Henry Cooke, the celebrated Presbyterian leader, publicly challenged
O’Connell to debate Repeal during the visit. O’Connell refused, partly
because of his unwillingness to elevate Cooke’s stature and also for fear
of violence. In contrast to O’Connell’s usual triumphant rallies, the
Belfast visit produced extensive rioting and the planned ceremonial
welcomes for him in border towns were cancelled for fear of disorder and
he himself travelled in disguise. Written and published in haste to
discredit O’Connell, this book has been described as a foundation text of
Ulster unionism. It contains one of the earliest statements of the
economic case for Ulster unionism, provides valuable insight into the
construction of political Protestantism and is successful in providing a
foundation text for Ulster unionism. It contains one of the earliest
polemics to cite the industrial development of Belfast as an argument in
favour of the Union and provides valuable insight into the construction
of contemporary political Protestantism.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
POOLER (James Galbraith).
A
vindication of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts from the charges of “Clericus Dunensis”, briefly
set forth in a letter to the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor and
Dromore [Robert Bent Knox]. Second edition.
Dublin: Hodges &
Smith, Phillips, Belfast [printed]: M’Watters, Armagh,
1853. 19-
pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
COPAC has the first edition of the same year (Lambeth only) and
WorldCat has this, apparently unchaged, second edition only (Missouri
and Boston). Neither edition is to be found in either D or Dt on-line.
Pooler (1826-96),
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MURRAY (JOHN).
Logical science as an educational
element: an inaugural address delivered in the theatre of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, on Monday, May 23,
1853.
Dublin: Hodges and Smith,
1853. FIRST EDITION, 40-
pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
Inscribed “With the Author’s Compliments”. Murray was professor of
logic in the college and a gold medalist in science and arts.
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HAYES (James), C. E.
Irish waste land settlements versus
emigration and foreign wild land settlements. Specially
addressed to the Poor Law Guardians of Ireland.
Dublin:
Published by W. B. Kelly
(1858). FIRST EDITION, 32-pages, 8vo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
Black 7783, noting two copies: RIA and NL.
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TREVOR (Arthur Hill-), third Viscount Dungannon.
A
short address to the glorious memory of King William the
Third, delivered before the Grand Lodge of Ireland, in Dublin,
on Wednesday, November 16th, 1853. By Arthur Viscount
Dungannon, County Grand Master of Antrim. Published by
request.
Dublin: Printed by Roe and Brierley, 42, Mabbot-Street,
1853. FIRST EDITION, 8-pp, 8vo, recent wraps: very good
copy, inscribed by author on title.
No copy found in COPAC, WorldCat or on-line in D, Dt or L.
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DAWSON (Arthur Altham).
Free Parish Churches and Free
Will Offerings. An address to the inhabitants of the new
parochial district of S. Bartholomew, Dublin.
Dublin: George
Hughes, printer and stationer, 7, Merrion Row
(1865). FIRST
EDITION, 8-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to
nice copy.
COPAC locates two copies: O & E. Not found on-line in D or Dt - both
of which have only the second edition of the same year.
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€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1072
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MACDONALD (Angus J. N. and Archibald).
The
Macdonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry.
Inverness: The Northern
Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company, Limited,
1911
FIRST EDITION, pages xcii, 408, with subscriber list, roy 8vo,
original two-tone cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: some light foxing of
the endleaves, but otherwise a very good to nice copy.
A remarkably scarce anthology, with biographical details. It consists
almost entirely of poems previously unpublished.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
THORKELIN (Grimur J.),
transl. &
ed.
Fragments of English and Irish history in the ninth
and tenth century. In two parts. Translated from the original
Icelandic, and illustrated with some notes, by Grimr Johnson
Thorkelin. …
Printed by and for John Nichols,
1788. FIRST
EDITION, with engraved frontispiece map of GB and Ireland,
pages xi, (1),59, (1, blank); 95, (1, blank), without half-title, large
4to, recent wrapper: a very good copy.
Issued as number 48 in the series Bibliotheca topographica Britannica.
English and Icelandic parallel texts, in both parts, with annotations,
and a final passage (pp 71-87) in Latin..
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O’FLAHERTY (Roderic).
A chorographical description of
west or H-Iar Connaught, written in A. D. 1684 … Edited, from
a ms. In … Trinity College, Dublin, with notes and illustrations,
by James Hardiman.
Dublin: The Irish Archaeological Society, 1846,
258