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COLMAN (George).
The Jealous Wife. A comedy. As it is
acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for
Geo. Burnett,
1775. 84-pages, 12mo, recent wraps: very good
copy inscribed “Robt. Wm. Lowry / March 1811”.
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REYNOLDS (Frederick).
How to grow rich: a comedy. As
it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden.
Dublin:
Printed for Messrs. Patrick Byrne, Grafton-Street, W. Jones, J. Jones,
and J. Rice,
1793. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages (4), 66, (2),
12mo, recent paper wrapper: some light old marginal staining,
but a very good copy. (6)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
112
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COLMAN (George), the younger.
The Iron Chest: a play;
in three acts. Written by George Colman, the younger. With a
preface and postscript. First represented at the Theatre-Royal, in
Drury-Lane, On Saturday, 12th March, 1796. The second
edition.
London: Printed by W. Woodfall. For Messrs. Cadell and
Davies, in the Strand,
1796
Pages (4), xxvii, (1), 107, (1, blank), complete with the half-title,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: light soiling at beginning and end but
a very good copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
FRANKLIN (Andrew).
A trip to
the Nore. A musical entertainment …
London: Printed and
published by George Cawthorn …,
1797. FIRST EDITION, pages
8, 8*, 9-22 [i. e. 24], 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good
copy.
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MOORE (Edward).
The Gamester. A tragedy. As it is acted
at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Printed for R. Francklin …
and sold by R. Dodsley
1753. FIRST EDITION, pages iv, (4), 84,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
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FRANKLIN (Andrew).
The Wandering Jew: or, love’s
masquerade. A comedy …
London: Printed and published by
George Cawthorn …,
1797. FIRST EDITION, pp 55, (1, blank),
8vo, recent wrapper: title dusty, otherwise very good.
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HOLMAN (Joseph G.).
The Red-Cross Knights. A play …
London: Printed and sold by Geo. Cawthorn …,
1799. FIRST
EDITION, pp (2), iv, (4), 7-68, 8vo, recent wraps: final page
lightly soiled: very good.
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MACKLIN (Charles).
Love a la mode. A farce …
London:
Printed by John Bell …,
1793. Pages 42, (2, blank), 8vo, recent
paper wrapper: a very good copy. (6)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
113.
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COMTE (Auguste).
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste
Comte. Freely translated and condensed by Harriet Martineau.
In two volumes.
John Chapman (: Chapman’s Quarterly series, nos 3
and 4),
1853
FIRST EDITION THUS, pp xxxvi, 480: xvi, 561, (1) & advert
leaf, with half-titles, 2 vols, 8vo, original cloth, uncut: slight wear
at headbands, but bindings sound and strong, though the boards
are just lightly discoloured, and otherwise in very good to nice
original stated.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
PROCTOR (Richard A.).
Myths
and Marvels of Astronomy. 1878. FIRST EDITION, pages vi,
(1), 363, 36 (advertisements), 8vo, original red cloth: the binding
slightly shaken and a little rubbed at the corners but a clean and
very good copy.
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O’DELL (Stackpool E. and Geelossapuss E.).
Phrenology:
essays and studies.
The London Phrenological Institution,
1899.
FIRST EDITION, with a few illustrations, pages (8), 293, (3,
adverts) and tipped in errata slip, cr 8vo, original red cloth, gilt:
a very good to nice copy.
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MAYHEW (Anthony L.).
Synopsis of Old English
Phonology, being a systematic account of Old English vowels
and consonants and their correspondences in the cognate
languages.
Oxford, Clarendon Press,
1891. FIRST EDITION,
pages xix, 327, 20 (adverts), cr 8vo, original green cloth: a nice
copy.
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COLLIE (Alexander).
On Fevers: their history, etiology,
diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
H. K. Lewis, Lewis’s Practical
Series,
1887. FIRST EDITION, with 4 coloured plates (2
folding) and 2 plates of charts, pages viii, (1), 288, 16 (adverts),
8vo, original red cloth, gilt: a very good copy.; (5)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
115
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CONDON (Lizzie G.).
Killeeny of Lough Corrib and
miscellaneous poems.
Dublin: McGlashan & Gill,
1872
FIRST EDITION, pages viii, 207, (1, blank), small 8vo, original
green cloth, gilt, by F. Cavenagh, with ticket: binding worn and
rubbed, but strong, inside hinges cracked, childish pencil
scribbling on front endpaper and flyleaf, signs of use, a good,
sound copy, inscribed on half-title “Edmund P. Burke / From
Wm. F. McCarthy / Christian Schools / Francis St”.
COPAC locates copies at O, NLS, L, C, D, Dt. WorldCat adds only
Boston College. Aparently, the only published collection by this
Waterford author. O’Donoghue 76.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
GUNN (John).
A Casket of Irish
Pearls, being subjects in prose and verse relating chiefly to
Ireland. By Rev. Dean Gunn.
Dublin: M. H. Gill,
1890. FIRST
EDITION, ppv, (3), 109, (3, blank), square 12mo, original
brown cloth, gilt: very good
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SCOT (Michael).
Three Tales of the Times.
Dublin: Talbot
Press …,
1921. FIRST EDITION, pages 60, (2, blank), large 12o,
original printed wrappers: very good.
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JOYCE (Trevor).
Sole Glum Trek [: verse].
Dublin: New
Writers’ Press, New Irish Poets series,
1967. FIRST EDITION, 30-
pages, 8vo, original printed wrappers: a nice, fresh copy.
His first
published book.
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SHANE (Elizabeth), pseud of Gertrude Hind.
The
Collected Poems.
Dundalk,
1945. FIRST COLLECTED
EDITION, with 21 plates, pages 104: 103, 2 vols, 8vo, original
cloth-backed boards, gilt: fine copies in justly slightly worn dust
wrappers.
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SHANE (Elizabeth), pseud of Gertrude Hind.
Piper’s
Tunes from Donegal and Antrim [: verse].
Selwyn & Blount,
1945. FIRST EDITION, with 8 plates, 70-pages, 8vo, original
cloth-backed boards, with printed paper labels: a very good to
nice copy in a lightly rubbed dust wrapper.
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SALKELD (Blanaid).
Hello, Eternity ! [: verse].
Elkin
Mathews,
1933. FIRST EDITION, 60-pages, 8vo, original
printed paper boards: a very good copy.
Her first published book.
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HAYDEN (John J.).
Poems: original & translated.
Dublin:
Talbot Press …,
1938. FIRST EDITION, 48-pages, square 12mo,
original printed paper wrappers: a nice copy.
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MacILWAINE (Colin).
Elfinesque. Poems.
Dublin: G. F.
Healy & Co.,
1927. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, pp (2), 36,
12mo, original cloth paper labels: very good.
Uncommon (NUC
has ICN only).
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MacKENNA (Michael).
Poems by Michael McKenna.
Dublin: Talbot
[1939]. FIRST EDITION, 64-pp, 12mo, original
green cloth, gilt: nice in original clear glasine.
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SHORTER (Dora), née SIGERSON.
As the Sparks Fly
Upward. Poems and Ballads.
Alexander Moring, at the De la More
Press
[1904]. FIRST EDITION, pages (8), 34, 8vo, original green
cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: the boards worn at the corners and
stained, clean internally: a good, sound copy.
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MacCOURT (Gerard).
Ballads of a Vagabond Bard.
Dublin: Fitzpatrick,
1940. FIRST EDITION, 32-pages, 8vo,
original printed paper wrappers: a very good-nice copy.
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MacCORMACK (Donald).
Songs of a Citizen [: verse].
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