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ROBERTS (Brian).
Those Bloody Women. Three heroines
of the Boer War.
John Murray,
1991. FIRST EDITION, map and
plates, pp xii, 292, 8vo, original cloth: bright & fresh in dw.
Lady
Sarah Wilson, Johanna van Warmelo and Emily Hobhouse.
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TAYLOR (Wm. P.).
African treasures: sixty years among
diamonds and gold.
John Long,
1932. FIRST EDITION, with 24
plates, 288-pp, 8vo, original cloth: very good in torn d. w.
With a
15-line signed manuscript inscription by the author dated March 1933.
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[DOUGLAS (Mary) ].
The Cape and its story, or, the
struggle for South Africa.
Thomas Nelson and Sons,
1902. With
additional coloured title-page and frontispiece of the defence of
Rorke’s Drift, pages 314, (6, adverts), 8vo, original green cloth,
gilt: a very good copy. (11)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
417
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STAUNTON (Michael).
A reply to Mr. Montgomery
Martin’s “Ireland before and after the Union with Great
Britain”; being a series of articles taken from The Dublin
Weekly Register, edited by M. Staunton, Esq. and ordered to be
re-published by the Loyal and National Repeal Association of
Ireland.
Dublin: John Browne,
1844
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 56-pages, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
A strong rebuttal of Martin’s pro union
claims by the radical Co Clare journalist, owner and editor of the
Dublin Weekly Register and the Dublin Evening Herald.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MERMILLOD (Gaspard),
Cardinal.
Sermon … on behalf of the distressed Irish, preached
in the Church of St. Clotilde, Paris, on the 22nd May, 1862.
Translated from the French, with permission, by John P.
Leonard.
Dublin: John F. Fowler … London: Burns and Lambert,
1862. FIRST EDITION THUS, 46-pp, wanting half-title, 8vo,
recent wrapper: very good copy.
COPAC has BL copy only, but
there is a copy in D on-line.
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D. (D. B.).
The Christian Sacrament. A concise exposition
of the nature and benefits of the Lord’s Supper, according to the
doctrine of the service used by the branch of the Catholic
Church established in Ireland: written in consequence of a
sermon preached in St. George’s Church, Dublin, on the 16th
February, 1866, by the Rev. Arthur A. Dawson, M. A. to whom
it is specially addressed. By D. B. D.
Dublin: George Herbert, J.
Robertson & Co., Grafton-St. William M’Ghee, 18, Nassau-Street.
[1867?]. FIRST EDITION, 12-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper:
a very good to nice copy.
COPAC has Edinburgh only: WorldCat
makes no addition. Not found on-line in D or Dt.
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YOUNG (Samuel).
Stray thoughts on the rule of faith, in
letters to a presbyterian minister.
Belfast: Printed by Moat, Jackson
& Johnston,
1901. FIRST EDITION, 19-pages, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
Privately published, apparently the only edition. Not in WorldCat,
COPAC or on-line in D. Young (1822–1918), Co Down-born
businessman and MP.
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HEALY (Timothy Michael).
A Word for Ireland.
Dublin: M.
H. Gill … London: Simpkin, Marshall …,
1886. FIRST EDITION,
pages xvi, 162, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Essentially a history of the Irish question, especially from the Famine to
Fenianism, Land League, Home Rule, etc.
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€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
418
. NO LOT
419
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STEVENSON (Andrew).
Two letters addressed to the Rev.
Alexander Carson.
Londonderry: Printed by Samuel Boys,
1810
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, pages x, 97, (1, errata), 12mo,
recent half calf, gilt, with label, gilt: with a small, faint stamp in
the lower blank margin of the title-page and with the final leaf
repaired without loss, otherwise a very good copy.
COPAC locates copies at NLS, C and E and WorldCat adds Queen’s
Belfast and NLI.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
420
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STEVENSON (Robert Louis).
Island Nights’
Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesá, The Bottle
Imp, The Isle of Voices.
Cassell & Company,
1893
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 28 plates by Gordon
Browne and W. Hatherell, including a coloured map, pages x,
(2), 277, (3, blank), (16, adverts dated “7 G - 12 91. “), 8vo,
original blue cloth, gilt: with altered price on the advert leaf
facing half-title, the frontispiece tissue guard lightly foxed,
otherwise a nice copy.
We are not aware of another copy with December 1891 advertisements.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
ALFIERI (Dino) & FREDDI
(Luigi).
Partito Nazionale Fascista. Mostra della Rivoluzione
Fascista. Guida historica. 1 Decennale della Marcia su Roma.
Roma,
1933. With frontispiece facsimile letter, 12 coloured
plates and very many other illustrations, pages 258, (4) and leaf
of colophon, roy 8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial printed
boards: one tiny nick at foot of spine and just very slight wear at
lower outer corner of both boards, but still a sound and very
good copy of a fragile book usually found in poor shape.
An exhibition, designed by Mario Sironi, chief image-maker of the
Fascist govern-ment, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the March to
Rome which brought Mussolini to power.
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FRY (Danby Palmer).
of the United Kingdom: containing a
digest of the law, with a summary of statistical information
concerning the several local taxes in England, Scotland, and
Ireland (the local taxes of Scotland by J. Hill Burton)... 1846,
small cancelled stamp on verso of title, otherwise very good -
nice.
Kress C 6841 & C 6892. “A well organized digest. “ - Williams I.
373.
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CARADOC PRESS.
Quia amore langueo.
Caradoc Press,
1902. With woodcut borders and initials, pages 16, (1), (3,
blank), 8vo, original calf: the binding very lightly spotted, but
still a nice copy.
Limited edition of 270 copies.
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TURKEY: - Hertslet (Edward).
Treaties and tariffs
regulating the trade between Great Britain and foreign nations..
in force on the 1st January, 1875. Turkey. 1875. Pages vi, (2),
193, roy 8vo, original red cloth, gilt: the inside joints cracked
and with a small snag in the spine, but still a clean and very
good copy.
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FRANCIS-LEWIS (Cécile).
The Art & Craft of
Leatherwork. A detailed & practical guide to the tooling,
modelling, carving & other means of decorating leather …
Seeley, Service & Co., (New Art Library),
[1928]. FIRST EDITION,
164 plates & illustrations, 256-pp, 8vo, original cloth: nice, fresh
copy in dw. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
421
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STEWART (Wm.).
Comments on the Act 1 George IV.
cap. 87, for enabling landlords to recover possession of lands,
and tenements unlawfully held over by tenants in England,
Wales and Ireland … with an appendix of practical forms …
The second edition. Carefully revised and corrected, containing
several recent and highly important decisions; to which is added
a copious index.
London: Printed for H. Butterworth … J. Vcooke,
R. Milliken … Dublin,
1826
SECOND AND BETTER EDITION, pages (2), 48, 14, 5, (1,
adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Black
3683, noting RIA only. An edition not in COPAC or on-line in either D
or Dt.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
STEWART (Wm.).
Comments on
the Civil Bill Ejectment Acts, 56th Geo. III. C. 88; - 58th George
III. C. 39; - and 1st George IV. C. 41. Adapted to the practice of
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