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history gives pride of place to the role of his own family …” - OCIH.
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DAVIES (John).
Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland
was never Entirely Subdued. Introduction by Professor John
Barry.
Shannon: Irish University Press
1969. Pages viii, (4),284, (4),
8vo, quarter vellum over printed boards, gilt, edges gilt, in a
matching slip-case: a fine, fresh, unmarked copy.
A fine facsimile reprint of the rare original edition of 1612, and, though
not so stated, one of a few copies handsomely bound by Museum
Bookbinders, Dublin.
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CROKER (Thomas Crofton),
ed.
Narratives illustrative of
the contests in Ireland in 1641 and 1690.
Printed for the Camden
Society,
1841. FIRST EDITION, pp xiv, (2), 149, (1), 35
(adverts), 4to, original cloth: a very good copy
Comprises Cuffe’s ‘The Siege of Ballyally Castle, Co. Clare’ & O’Kelly’s
‘Macariae excidium, or, the destruction of Cyprus. ‘ Croker helped to
found the Camden Society in 1839, and was even more energetic in
setting up the Percy Society
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€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1283
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SHUTE (Nevil).
Vinland the Good.
William Heinemann
1946
FIRST EDITION, pages vi, 143, small 8vo, original cloth: a
nice copy in a very good (very slight wear at corners) dust
wrapper, not price clipped.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
GRAVES (Robert).
No More
Ghosts. Selected poems.
Faber and Faber,
1940. FIRST
EDITION, 79-pages, 8vo, original printed boards: a nice copy in
the dust wrapper.
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MUSGRAVE (Susan).
Two Poems.
Knotting, Bedford, The
Sceptre Press,
1975. FIRST EDITION, (8)-pages, 8vo, original
stiff printed paper wrappers: a fine copy.
Number 54 of 150 copies printed. With a signed four-line inscription by
the author.
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OSBORNE (John).
The Entertainer. A play.
Faber and Faber,
1957. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original cloth: a nice copy in a
very good to nice dust wrapper. (4)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1284
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SIGONIUS (Carolus).
De Republica Hebraeorum libri
VII, ad Gregorium XIII Pontificem Maximum, Cum indice
rerum & verborum locupletiss.
Francofurti apud haeredes Andreae
Wecheleli,
1583
With woodcut device on title-page, pages 393, (23), small 8vo,
eighteenth century unlettered sheep, gilt bordered sides: binding
a little worn at corners and upper joint tender but cords very
strong, a tiny holy in final leaf affecting only a few letters, still a
very good copy.
Adams S 1109. Second edition of an important work on the religious,
political and military system of the Hebrews by a noted humanist, jurist
& historian (1524-85).
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
1285
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SIMPSON (Thomas), FRS.
Elements of Plane
Geometry. To which are added, an essay on the maxima and
minima of geometrical quantities, and a brief treatise of regular
solids; also, the mensuration of both superficies and solids,
together with the construction of a large variety of geometrical
problems. Designed for the use of schools.
Printed for John
Nourse,
1747
FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, with diagrams, pp (2), v,
(1), 193, (1, errata), with the preliminary advert leaf for books
by Simpson, 8vo, contemporary calf, wanting label: the binding
worn but very strong, a brown stain on the first few leaves, a
good, sound, copy.
First published, ‘For the Author’ during the same year. This printing for
John Nurse is represented in ESTC by six copies only (Bristol: Toulouse,
Torun, Columbia, Cornell, Witwatersrand), without mention of the
preliminary advert leaf: but COPAC locates copies at Edinburgh and
Bodleian which do. “This book, unlike many others with the same title,
is not an edition of Euclid’s Elements, but an independent treatise, and
the solutions of problems contained in it are in general exceedingly
ingenious. “ - ODNB.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
OVID.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in
fifteen books. Translated by Mr. Dryden. Mr. Addison. Dr.
Garth. Mr. Mainwaring. Mr. Congreve. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Pope.
Mr. Gay. Mr. Eusden. Mr. Croxall. And other eminent hands.
Publish’d by Sir Samuel Garth, M. D.
Dublin: Printed by S.
Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, booksellers, in Dame’s-
street,
1727. FIRST IRISH EDITION, with frontispiece and 16
engraved plates, pp (8), xlv, (7),234, (2, adverts): (2),277, (1,
adverts),2 vols bound in 1, large 12mo, contemporary calf: a
little worn at headband, wanting spine label and an end flyleaf,
lower outer blank corner of one plate broken off, some very
light signs of use: a strongly bound and good to very good copy
with the contemporary signatures on first title-page of Owen
Wynne and Mary Wynne.
An edition not listed in either Case or NCBEL.
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CATULLUS.
Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii Opera.
Birminghamiae: typis Johannis Baskerville.
1772. Pages (2),276,
12mo, contemporary diced calf, gilt bordered sides, gilt spine,
with double lettering pieces, gilt: the labels chipped slightly and
with a little wear to the joints, but the binding strong and
otherwise a very good copy.
Gaskell 45. The issue with the very slightly larger ‘T’ in the first word of
title.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1286
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SIMS (George R.).
The Dagonet Ballads. 1879-80-83
FIRST OR FIRST COLLECTED EDITIONS, pp (6), 128: ix,
153, (3): 150, (2), 3 works in 1 volume, cr 8vo, contemporary
straight-grained dark blue morocco, gilt ruled and lettered spine,
with the signature and monogram of H. A. Woolverton: in very
good state
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MONTGOMERY (Florence).
Misunderstood.
Richard Bentley,
1869. FIRST EDITION,
SECOND ISSUE, pp vi, 321, (1, adverts), 8vo, contemporary
half calf: with some staining and fingering, yet a good, sound
copy.
Sadleir 1758a. Wolff 4847. Regarded as a noteworthy contribution to
the literature of child-study and psychology
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[HELPS (Sir Arthur)].
Oulita the Serf. A tragedy.
John W.
Parker
1858. FIRST EDITION, pp (4), 190, (2, blank), small
8vo, original brown cloth: very light, neat pencil notes in places,
still nice & fresh, with “Presented by the Publisher” stamp on
title.
Stratman 2146, noting that no indication is given that the drama was
ever staged.
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WARREN (Samuel), FRS.
Miscellanies, critical,
imaginative, and juridical, contributed to Blackwood’s
Magazine.
Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and Sons,
1855. FIRST
COLLECTED EDITION, pp xi, 466, 8(ads): (8),504, with half-
titles and the preliminary blank leaf to vol two,2 vols, 8vo,
original reddish brown cloth, by Edmonds & Remnants, with
their ticket: with some very light foxing, but still a nice copy.
Inscribed “With the Author’s Compliments” and with the neat
booklabel of William Warham. Warren (1807-77), a student of
medicine at Edinburgh, then a barrister, MP for Midhurst and a master
in lunacy, and the author of many legal textbooks, particularly
remembered for his novel “Ten Thousand a Year”.
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