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any of the jury, he answered like an Irish St. Omer, Me like dem well,
they be all honest men. Being asked, if he used to kiss the Girl and set
her upon his knee; he answered Yes my Lor the chile be so pretty and do
twenty pretty tings make me laugh a hundred times. Being asked if he
ever gave her money, he said, My Lord that be my Charitee, when her
Mother bee in Prison, I tooke her to eat half my dinner, and I say this
bee pretty Shile, I had love for the Shile and gave her any ting I had: she
used to come often for my Charitee. But amongst the rest of his
discourse he owned the matter in effect in these words, which happened
about entering her body, he said, Me enter her dis far, pointing his finger
to the Court.“
€350-€450 (£280-£360 approx.)
1355
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TROLLOPE (Thomas Adolphus).
A Summer in
Brittany. Edited by Frances Trollope.
Henry Colburn,
1840
FIRST EDITION, with engraved vignette titles,2 attractive
coloured plates of costume and 10 engraved plates, all after
Hervieu, pages xi, (1), 433: vii, 410,2 vols, 8vo, contemporary
half red calf over marbled boards, gilt ruled spines, with black
labels, gilt: a nice copy.
Sadleir 3239. Wolff 6865A. Abbey, Travel, 96. First edition of his first
book. The author was Anthony Trollope’s elder brother and became a
more prolific author than he. Frances Trollope, his mother, helped him
with this book.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
THIERRY (Jacques N. A.).
Histoire de la conquête de l’Angleterre par les Normands...
Cinquième édition, entièrement revue et augmentée.
Bruxelles,
1841. With 4 folding maps, pages 404: 403: 571, with the half-
titles, 3 vols, 8vo, contemporary half vellum, gilt spines, with red
and green labels, gilt, silk markers, with Cangort in gilt at foot of
spines: with some very light foxing of the preliminary leaves, but
still a nice copy in attractive bindings in nice state. (5)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1356
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[TRUSLER (John)].
The difference, between words,
esteemed synonymous, in the English language; and the proper
choice of them determined: together with so much of Abbé
Girard’s treatise [Synonymes François], on this subject, as
would agree, with our mode of expression. Useful, to all who
would, either, write or speak, with propriety, and, elegance. In
two volumes.
Dublin: Printed for R. Moncrieffe,
1776
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages (2), (v) - xxiii, (1, blank), 158:
126, (30),2 vols bound in 1, large 12mo, contemporary mottled
calf, with contrasting label, gilt: a nice, unpressed copy
ESTC locates eight copies. Alston III. 516. The first Irish edition of the
first thesaurus in the English language, by an eccentric parson (1720-
1835) who studied medicine under Hunter and Fordyce and took a
foreign medical degree. It ran to four editions by 1794 and was reprinted
at Leipzig in 1804 and at Calcutta in 1835.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
1357
. NO LOT
1358
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[TRUSLER (John)].
The Honours of the Table, or, rules
for behaviour during meals; with the whole art of carving,
illustrated by a variety of cuts. Together with directions for
going to market, and for the method of distinguishing good
provisions from bad; to which is added a number of hints or
concise lessons for the improvement of youth, on all occasions
in life. By the author of Principles of Politeness, &c. For the use
of young people. The second edition.
Printed for the Author, at the
Literary-Press …,
1791
With 26 large woodcut illustrations, pages 120, 12 (adverts for
books by Trusler, dated 1792), 12mo, original roan-backed
marbled paper boards: a nice copy in original state.
Provides curious and interesting information on household etiquette, i.
e. it had formerly been correct for ladies to sit together, according to
rank: “custom, however, has lately introduced a new mode of seating. A
gentleman and a lady sitting alternately round the table … But not
withstanding this promiscuous seating, the ladies, whether above or
below, are to be served in order, according to their rank or age, and after
them the gentlemen, in the same manner… Eating quick or very slow is
characteristic of the vulgar, the first infers poverty … the last … that
you dislike your entertainment … Drinking of healths is now growing
out of fashion … Habit has made a pint of wine after dinner almost
necessary to a man who eats freely … etc. “ First published London
1788, this second edition, apparently unchanged, is equally uncommon,
particularly so in original state, as here. The Osborne Catalogue
attributes the woodcuts to John Bewick.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
1359
.
TURNER (Samuel).
Siberia. A record of travel, climbing
and exploration.
T. Fisher Unwin,
1905
FIRST EDITION, with a portrait,2 folding maps and 107 full-
page and other illustrations, pp xxiv, 420, 8vo, original red
pictorial cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: very good to nice copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
OLIPHANT (Laurence).
The
Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the autumn of 1852. With a
voyage down the Volga, and a tour through the country of the
Don Cossacks. Third edition - revised and enlarged.
Edinburgh:
William Blackwood and Sons,
1854. With a tinted litho
frontispiece view, 33 illustrations and 2 maps (1 folding, with a
short neat marginal repair without loss), pages xiv, (1), 380,
16(adverts), 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt, by Edmonds &
Remnants, with their ticket: a very good to nice copy.
Abbey, Travel,233. This third edition appears to be an unchanged
reprint of the second edition of 1853 which included an extra chapter
prompted by the imminent prospect of war in the area.
(2)
NEMIROVITCH-DANTCHENKO, (Vasyli I.).
With a
Diploma and The Whirlwind. Translated from the Russian,
with an introduction by W. J. Stanton Pyper.
London and Dublin,
Maunsl and Company (The Modern Russian Library series),
1915.
FIRST EDITION THUS, pp xii,251, (1), 8vo, original green
cloth, gilt: very good copy.
With ms note on the front flyleaf mentioning that a Gerald Byrne had
assisted in the translation and describing curious circumstances of its
selection for translation. With neat ownership stamp of Gerald Malone
on endpaper and title-page.
(3)
ENGEL’GARDT (Aleksander Platonovich).
A Russian
Province of the North. By Alexander Platonovich Engelhardt,
Governor of the Ptovince of Archangel. Translated from the
Russian by Henry Cooke. With illustrations after photographs
by Messrs. Leitzinger of Archangel and Engineer Podgaetski.
Archibald Constable,
1899. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with 90
illustrations, many full-page, and 3 maps (2 folding), pages xix,
356, (2, adverts), (2, blank), 8vo, original cloth, gilt: a very good
copy.
A valuable account of the province of Archangel, with much on
fisheries, hunting, etc. As governor, the author was closely concerned
with the Archangel-Moscow and Perm-Kotlass railways.
(4)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1360
.
TWAMLEY (Louisa Anne), later Meredith.
The
Romance of Nature; or, the flower-seasons illustrated.
Charles
Tilt,
1836
FIRST EDITION, with a charming additional decorative title-
page and 26 fine floral plates, all in attractive contemporary
colouring, pages xviii, (1),253, (1), (2, advertisements), 8vo,
original publisher’s blind-stamped and gilt green morocco, edges
gilt: the spine lightly and evenly faded, otherwise an attractive
copy of this charming book.
An elegant gift book, dedicated to Wordsworth, written and illustrated
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