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MAHONY (Robert),
ed.
Different Styles of Poetry. Verses
by Wentworth Dillon, Fourth Earl of Roscommon, Thomas
Parnell & Jonathan Swift.
Dublin: The Cadenus Press,
1978.
FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, pp 142, (1), 8vo, original quarter
calf: a very good copy. (4)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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DERHAM (Wm.).
Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration
of the being and attributes of God, from His works of creation.
Being the substance of sixteen sermons Preached in St. Mary le
Bow-Church, London, at the Honourable Mr. Boyle’s Lectures,
in the Year 1711 and 1712. With large Notes, and many curious
Observations.
London: Printed for W. Innys, at the Prince’s Arms in
St. Paul’s Church-Yard,
1714
With a folding engraved plate, pages (16), 447, (1, blank), (11),
(1, blank), (16, adverts for books printed for and sold by Wm.
Innys), 8vo, contemporary panelled calf: the binding worn,
wanting label, otherwise a very good copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
PUSEY (Edward Bouverie).
The
articles treated on in Tract 90 reconsidered and their
interpretation vindicated in a letter to the Rev. R. W. Jelf …
With an appendix from Abp. Ussher on the difference between
ancient and modern addresses to saints.
Oxford, John Henry Parker
…,
1841. FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 217, 8vo, original printed
paper wrappers, edges uncut, wanting backstrip, otherwise a
clean and very good copy.
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BERTI (Giovanni Lorenzo).
Ecclesiasticae historiae
breviarium. Editio novissima ab auctore ipso recognita, pluribus
in locis emendata … Pars prima [- secunda] …
Bassani, prostant
Venetiis apud Remondini,
1784. Pages 240: 304, 2 vols, complete,
bound in one, 8vo, contemporary calf: binding rubbed and worn
but sound and strong, light internal staining, but a good to very
good copy.
This 1784 edition is not represented in COPAC.
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BOUVIER (Jean Baptiste), Bp of Mans.
A treatise on
indulgences. Translated from the French. With a preface by the
Rev. Frederick Oakeley.
James Burns,
1848. FIRST EDITION
OF THIS TRANSLATION, pages xxxvi, 312, large 12mo,
original cloth, with printed paper spine label: with a little light
spotting, but still a very good copy.
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ALFONSO MARIA DE LIGUORI (B.).
Apparecchio Alla
Morte Ossia Considerazioni Sulle Massime Eterne Utile A Tutti
Per Meditare Ed Ai Sacerdoti Per Predicare 1832.
Opera Del B. Alfonso Maria De Liguori.
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[DIBDIN (Charles), the elder].
T[he] Waterm[an]. Or, the
First of August. A ballad opera, in two acts. As performed at the
Theatre-Royal, Crown-Street, with great applause.
Dublin:
Printed by Permission of the Company of Booksellers, for John Beatty
…,
1777
FIRST IRISH EDITION, 36-pp, 12mo, recent wrappers: piece
torn from upper outer corner of title-page affecting four letters as
indicated above: some liight browning but very good.
ESTC locates only two copies of this edition: C and CBMp. No copy in
an Irish library.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SHIRLEY (Wm.).
Edward the
Black Prince; or, The Battle of Poictiers: an historical tragedy.
Attempted after the manner of Shakespear. As it is acted at the
Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane …
Dublin: Printed for William
Smith,
1750. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages vii, (3), 61, (1),
12mo, recent wrapper: a very good copy.
Stratman 5818.
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KOTZEBUE (August von).
The Force of Calumny. A play,
in five acts. By Augustus von Kotzebue. Translated from the
German, by Anne Plumptre, translator of Kotzebue’s Natural
Son, and other plays.
Dublin: Printed by William Porter, Grafton-
Street, and Nicholas Kelly, George’s-Street,
1799. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, 107-pages, 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good
copy.
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MACREADY (Wm.).
The Irishman in London; or, the
happy African. A farce. In two acts. Performed at the Theatre
Royal, Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed by G. Perrin, for the
Company of Booksellers,
1793. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages 35,
(1, blank), 12mo, recent wrapper: a very good copy.
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YOUNG (Edward).
Busiris, King of Egypt. A tragedy. As it
is acted at the theatres.
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Risk,
G. Ewing …,
1730. Pages 65, (2), (1, adverts), 12mo, recent
wrapper: a sound, but used and fingered copy.
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O’KEEFE (John).
The Castle of Andalusia. A comic opera.
In three acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-
Garden.
Dublin: Messrs. G. Burnet … P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Jones
and J. Milliken,
1794. Pages (3), (1, blank), 67, (1, blank), 12mo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good copy. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
136
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DICKENS (Charles).
The Poor Traveller: Boots at the
Holly-Tree Inn: and, Mrs Gamp.
Bradbury & Evans,
1858
FIRST EDITION, pages 114 and advert leaf and the original
printed green paper wrappers bound in, small 8vo, full green
levant morocco, gilt bordered sides, fully gilt and lettered spine,
inside gilt borders, watered silk endleaves, top edges gilt, other
edges uncut, by Zaehnsdorf, with bookplate of Asa Lingard:
with some very light spotting of the endleaves, but still a very
good to nice copy, attractively bound.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
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DIRECTORY, DUBLIN, 1820.
The Treble Almanack for
the year 1820 Containing I. John Watson Stewarts Almanack II.
The English Court Registry III. Wilsons Dublin Directory with a
new correct plan of the city …
Dublin: sold by all the booksellers
(1820)
With engraved title-leaf and pages 215: 223: 216, (12), but bound
without the engraved title-page or the map called for, large
12mo, original red roan, gilt, gilt lettered spine, edges gilt: a little
rubbed at corners, but sound and strong and still an attractive
copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
GARRICK: - Murphy (Arthur).
The
life of David Garrick, Esq.
Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, for
Messrs. Wogan, Burnet, Porter …,
1801. FIRST IRISH EDITION,
pp (2), xxxi, 507, without half-title, 8vo, contemporary half calf,
gilt ruled spine, with label gilt: worn at corners and joints
cracked though the cords strong, otherwise very good with
signature and bookplate of Andrew Ferguson of Burt House.
Lowe, Arnott & Robinson 2943.
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€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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DIRECTORY, HOTELS.
The Hotels of Europe, America,
Asia, Australasia & Africa. With maps and railway and
steamship routes. 1898. Twenty-seventh year of publication.
J. P.
Segg & Co.
(1898)
With 20 double-page maps (including one of Ireland), illustrated
adverts, etc, each page within a deep decorative, gilt border,
pages viii, 348, roy 8co, original red cloth, gilt, edges gilt: with a
small, light stain on the lower board, otherwise a bright, fresh
copy.
Includes some 150-pp of pictorial adverts, principally for Hotels,
educational establishments, railway and shipping companies, theatres,
and also for tailors, gunsmiths and champagne. This copy has the name
of the Great Southern and Western Railway in gilt on the upper board
and the copy is probably a complimentary one to them from the
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