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incautiously tipped in some small pieces of silver foil in volume
two which has resulted in a disfiguring stain on four plates
(Nightjar, Red-Necked Nightjar, Egyptian Nightjar and Swift),
otherwise this is a bright, fresh and attractive set.
The final edition of this ornithological classic.
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€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
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MORRIS (Francis Orpen).
A History of British Birds.
Third edition, newly revised, corrected, and enlarged.
John C.
Nimmo,
1891
With the full tally of 394 attractive hand-coloured plates by
Benjamin Fawcett, 6 vols, roy 8vo, original green cloth, gilt: with
a neat repair to a very small puncture in one backstrip, barely
noticeable and otherwise an attractive set with all volumes in
strong, sound state with no cracks or weaknesses in the inside
higes.
A nice set of this ornithological classic.
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€180-€220 (£144-£176 approx.)
1131
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[MURPHY (Arthur)].
No one’s enemy but his own. A
comedy in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in
Covent-garden.
Dublin: Printed for G. Faulkner (and ten others),
1764
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp 59, (1, blank), with half-title, 12mo,
recent wraps: nice copy.
Uncommon edition: ESTC locates copies at D, Dt, L, O, C and ICD
only in the USA.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley).
A Trip to Scarborough, a comedy. As performed at the Theatre
Royal in Drury Lane. Altered from Vanbrugh’s Relapse; or,
Virtue in Danger.
Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank for the Company
…,
1781. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp vi [i. e. iv], (2), 42, 49-72,
complete thus with p. ‘iv’ numbered ‘vi’, 12mo, recent wraps: one
leaf torn with loss of a few letters, otherwise a very good copy.
The first Irish edition of Sheridan’s ssuccessful musical play version,
considerably rewritten with coarse language carefully expunged. With a
prologue by Garrick.
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GRIFFITH (Elizabeth), Mrs.
The School for Rakes: a
comedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for W. and W. Smith, P. and W. Wilson, B. Grierson
(and eight others)
1769. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages (8), 76,
12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Adapted from Caron de Beaumarchais’ ’Eugénie’ with the assistance of
David Garrick. Of this edition ESTC locates copies at D, Dt, L, C, O, E
and only two copies in USA - Dfo & IU.
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SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley).
The Critic: or, a tragedy
rehearsed. A dramatic piece of three acts. As it is performed at
the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs.
Sheppard, Wilkinson … (and thirteen others),
1781. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pages vi, (4), 61, (1, blank), without the half-title,
12mo, recent wrapper: light contemporary scribbling on two
blank pages, but otherwise a very good copy.
The first Dublin printing of this important play.
COLMAN
(George), the younger.
The Surrender of Calais. A play. In three
acts. By George Coleman, Jun. Esq. As performed at the Little
Theatre Hay-Market.
Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne,
1792. FIRST
IRISH EDITION (?), pp 59, (1, blank),2mo, recent wrapper: a
very good copy.
A piracy, preceding the first authorized edition by some sixteen years.
Colman”s name is spelled “Coleman” on the title. ESTC locates seven
copies of this issue.
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HOARE (Prince).
My Grand-Mother. A ballad farce in two
acts.
Dublin: Printed by T. M’Donnel,
1795. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pages 34 and advert leaf, 12mo, recent wrapper: a
nice copy.
Hoare, a native of Bath, highly talented artist and writer, a fellow of the
Royal Society of Literature and also of the Society of Antiquaries.
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€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1132
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MURRAY (Amelia), Hon.
Remarks on education in
1847. Dedicated, by permission, to the Queen and the Prince
Consort.
Henry Colburn,
1847
FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 97, (1, blank), 12mo, original green
cloth, gilt: the binding sound and strong but wanting most of the
backstrip and otherwise a very good copy.
Apparently the only edition of this scarce collection of observations on
education by a maid-of-honour to Queen Victoria and strong advocate of
the Children’s Friend Society. Ms Murray also planned and collected
money for a College for Women, later amalgamated into Queen’s College,
London.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[IRELAND (Wm. Henry)].
Chalcographimania; or, the portrait-collector and printseller’s
chronicle, with infatuations of every description. A humorous
poem, in four books. With copious notes explanatory. By
Satiricus Sculptor, Esq.
Printed for R. S. Kirby,
1814. FIRST
EDITION, with an engraved frontispiece, pages x, (3,
advertisements containing a list of portraits available to those
desirous of extra-illustrating the work), (1, errata),212, 8vo,
original brick-red paper boards, with printed paper spine label,
edges uncut: with some very light foxing of the title-page but
otherwise a very good to nice copy in original state.
“The poem is anything but humorous, and the notes are throughout,
tinctured with malevolence. “ - Lowndes.
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EDUCATION: GREAT BRITAIN.
Minutes of the
Committee of Council on Education: with appendices. Volume
the second.
W. Clowes for H. M. S. O.,
1847. Volume 2 (of 2), with
2 folding plates of school plans (but without the map of England
called for), pages (4), 687, 8vo, original cloth: a very good copy.
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[BARRETT (Eaton Stannard)].
All the Talents; a satirical
poem, in four dialogues, to which is added, a pastoral epilogue.
By Polypus. Eighteenth edition …
Printed for John Joseph Stockdale,
1807. With the striking engraved frontispiece, in bistre, by
Rowlandson, pages xxiv, (25)-152, (4, adverts), 8vo, original
brown printed paper boards, uncut: with a little wear to the
headbands, but the binding strong and otherwise, a bright, fresh
copy in original state.
An extremely clever poem ridiculing the whig administration of the day,
the most successful of the political satires by this noted Cork wit: it ran to
some nineteen editions and provided the name by which that government
is still known. Byron alludes to the work in English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers (ll. 741–6).
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EDUCATION: IRELAND.
The Seventy-First Report
Dublin, HMSO,
1905. Pages iv, 104, (2): 155: iv,234: vi, 76, in 1
vol, roy 8vo, strongly bound in contemporary half red calf, with
contrasting labels, gilt: in very good to nice state.
The report complete with its three appendices.
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EDUCATION: IRELAND.
The Seventieth Report of the
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, year 1903.
Dublin, for H. M. S. O.,
1905. Pages iv, 74, (1): 231: iv,211: v, 84:
297, in 1 vol, roy 8vo, strongly bound in contemporary half red
calf, with contrasting labels, gilt: in very good to nice state.
The report complete with its four appendices.
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EDUCATION: IRELAND.
The Sixty-Eighth Report of the
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, year 1901.
Dublin, for H. M. S. O.,
1902-03. Pages 64, (2): (4), 164: iv, 125: v,
83, in 1 vol, roy 8vo, strongly bound in contemporary half red
calf, with contrasting labels, gilt: in very good to nice state.
The report complete with its three appendices.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1133
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MUSPRATT (James S.).
Chemistry, theoretical, practical
& analytical, as applied and relating to the arts and
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