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Gipsy; a tale. By the author of “Richelieu”, “Mary of
Burgundy”, &c.
Printed for Longman, Rees …,
1835. FIRST
EDITION, pp iv, 336: (4), 330: (4), 341, (1, imprint), 2 (adverts),
with half-titles in vols 2 and 3 (none called for in vol 1), 3 vols,
8vo, old half roan, gilt lettered spines, old neat repair: the
headbands worn slightly but the bindings strong, otherwise a
very good copy.
Not in Sadleir. Wolff 3518 - his copy had no half-titles or advertisement
leaf and he expressed the opinion that this work was published without
half-titles.
(2)
LENK (Torsten).
The Flintlock: its origin and development.
Translated [from the Swedish] by G. A. Urquhart. Edited by J.
F. Hayward.
The Holland Press,
1965. FIRST UK EDITION,
with 139 full-page and other illustrations, pages xii, 188, large
4to, original cloth: a nice, fresh copy in a worn and repaired dust
wrapper.
(3)
LYALL (Edna), pseud, i. e. Ada Ellen Bayly.
In the Golden
Days. Second edition.
Hurst and Blackett,
1885. Pages (10), 335:
(6), 315: (4), 328, with half-titles in the first two vols only, 3 vols,
8vo, with just the occasional finger mark, still a very good copy
in contemporary half roan. (4)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
319
.
MURDOCH (Iris).
The Flight from the Enchanter.
Chatto
& Windus,
1956
FIRST EDITION, pages 316, (1), cr 8vo, original brown cloth: a
very good to nice copy in a slightly worn and lightly chipped
dust wrapper.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
TREVOR (Wm.).
Beyond the
Pale, and other stories.
The Bodley Head,
1981. FIRST
EDITION, 255-pages, 8vo, original cloth: a fine copy in a fine
dust wrapper.
(2)
CLEEVE (Brian).
Cry of Morning [: a novel].
Michael
Joseph,
1971. FIRST EDITION, pages (8), 355, 8vo, original
cloth: a nice copy in the dust wrapper.
With a signed inscription by
the author.
(3)
YEATS (W. B.) & KINSELLA (Thomas).
Davis, Mangan,
Ferguson? Tradition & the Irish writer. (Introduction by Roger
McHugh).
Dublin: The Dolmen Press, The Tower Series of Anglo-
Irish Studies II,
1970. FIRST EDITION, 72-pages, 8vo, quarter
calf over cloth boards: a fine copy. (4)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
320
.
MURPHY (Arthur).
Alzuma, a tragedy. As it is performed
at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed for
Messrs. Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater … (and ten others),
1773
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages 70, (1), (1, blank), 12mo, recent
paper wrapper: two leaves cut close at fore-edge without serious
loss: a very good copy.
Stratman 4654.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MURPHY (Arthur).
The Old
Maid. A comedy in two acts, as it is performed at the Theatre-
Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for A. Leathly, H. Saunders,
R. Watts (and four others)
1762. FIRST IRISH EDITION, 36-
pages, 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a nice copy.
Based upon C. B.
Fagan’s ’L’étourderie’.
(2)
KELLY (Hugh).
The School for Wives. A comedy. As it is
performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed
by and for James Parker and Co. … and for James Williams …,
1774.
FIRST IRISH EDITION (?), pages (8), 88, 12mo, recent paper
wrapper: a few leaves cut close in lower margin affecting, at
most, some catch-words: a very good copy.
ESTC locates only five copies of this Dublin edition: D (2), O / NjP,
KU-S.
(3)
COWLEY (Hannah).
The town before you. A comedy, as
acted at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed for P.
Wogan, P. Byrne… (and four others),
1795. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pp ix, (3), 82 and epilogue leaf, 12mo, recent wraps:
very good.
(4)
CONWAY (Henry Seymour).
False Appearances; a
comedy. Altered from the French, and performed at the Theatre-
Royal, Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Chamberlaine,
Gilbert, Byrne, Wogan (and 7 others) …,
1789. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pp viii, (2), 74 (i. e. 66), large 12mo, recent wrapper:
a very good, well-margined copy yet leaf of prologue cut close
at foot affecting most of the final line. (5)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
321
.
NANCE (Robert M.).
Sailing-Ship Models. A selection
from European and American collections, with an introductory
text.
Halton and Truscott Smith
1924
With a coloured frontispiece, 124 plates and 24 other
illustrations, pp viii, 80, large 4to, original blue cloth, gilt, top
edges gilt: with a tiny puncture in the spine, otherwise nice &
fresh.
Original and best edition. Limited edition of 1750 numbered
copies.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
PHILLIP (Arthur).
The Voyage
of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the
establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island
… 1789 [1982]. With folding and other maps, plates and
illustrations, pages (6), 6, (2), viii, x, (12), 298, lxxiv, 4to,
original cloth: a fine, fresh copy in the dust wrapper.
(2)
O’CROULEY (Pedro Alonso).
A description of the
kingdom of New Spain … 1774. Translated and edited by Séan
Galvin.
Dublin,
1972. With 33 plates (13 coloured) and a large
folding map in an end pocket, pages (21), 148, small folio,
original blue cloth, gilt: a nice copy in the dust wrapper. (3)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
322
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NESFIELD (Wm. Eden).
Specimens of Mediaeval
Architecture, chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and
13th centuries in France & Italy.
Day and Son,
1862
FIRST EDITION, with decorative title-page, 100 litho plates (1
col), leaf of dedication, leaf of preface and 8-page list of plates,
folio, original red cloth, gilt, edges gilt: little wear at headbands
but binding very strong with all inside hinges firm: a very good-
nice copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
VIENNA, Ausstellung für
kirchliche Kunt, 1912.
(cover title) Ausstellung für kirchlice
Kunst.
Vienna, Anton Schroll & Co. G. m. b. H.
[1912]. Comprising
49 of 50 plates, folio, original cloth-backed printed boards: very
good-nice.
Not found in NUC, which has only a 96-pp unillustrated catalogue.
(2)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
323
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NEUBAUER (Franz Christoph ?).
Three duetts for a
violin and violoncello, composed by M. Neubauer.
Printed & sold
by L. Lavenu, circa
1796
Parts. Pages (2), 11: 11, folio, disbound, paper watermarked
1795: with some faint old staining but still in very good state.
Not represented in ESTC, BUC or COPAC.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
ELEY (Christian Friedrich).
Three
duetts for a violin, and a violoncello, composed by C. F. Eley,
Op. 1.
Printed for the Author at Mr Fikes …, circa
1790. Parts,
engraved on pages (1), 15: (1), 15, (3, blank), disbound: some
very light staining in places, but still in very good state.
Not in
ESTC. Both COPAC and BUC have the British Library copy only.
(2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
324
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NICHOLSON (Wm.).
An Almanac of Twelve Sports.
Words by Rudyard Kipling.
William Heineman,
1898
With a coloured vignette title-page and 12 colour-printed
lithographs after Nicholson, each of a different seasonal sport,
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