WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
75
539
Bingham, Clifton:. Whirligig Pictures
Illustrated Hilda Robinson. London: Nister, First Edition. 4to. Pictorial
Boards. Pp. 16. Illustrated with 6 full page rotating moveable plates with
alternating images. A very good copy in good dustjacket.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
540
Me (Baby Writes A Book) illustrated by S. R. Praeger
Blackie and Son Ltd. London. With many colour illustrations
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100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
541
Britton, John. The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain
Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views Elevations Plans,
Sections, and Details, of Various Ancient English Edifices. With Historical
and Descriptive Accounts of Each. 5 Vols. London: Printed for Longman,
Hurse et. Al., 1807. First Edition. Folio. Half Calf Gilt. Good 5 vols. With
circa 363 plates - titles, plans etc. Lacking one plate: Priory Church Plate
S.E. View in vol. 3. Joints weak in 3 vols. Else a good+ set.
€
300-
€
400 (£250-£330 approx)
542
Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress second edition
‘The Pilgrim’s Progress, from this world to that which is to come:
delivered under the similitude of a dream ...’ London : P. Oriel; J.
Mathews; and J.W. Piercy, 1776. 2 vols bound as 1.
€
120-
€
150 (£100-£130 approx)
543
Campbell, Joseph. Earth of Cualann. With Twenty-one Designs by the
Author
Maunsel, Dublin, 1917. Limited to an edition of 500 of which this is 299.
Original wrappers. Also with Legends of Ireland by J. J. Campbell with
drawings by Louis le Brocquy, Batsford Ltd. London, 1955. Old Celtic
Romances by P. W. Joyce, Gill, Dublin, 1901 and An Irish English
Dictionary by Edward O’Reilly, James Duffy & Co., Dublin, 1864. (4 items)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
544
Carey, M.L.M. Four Months in Dahabeeh; or, Narrative of a Winter’s
Cruise on the Nile
London: Booth, 1863. First Edition. 8vo. Half Calf Gilt. Pp. 414. Illustrated
with 6 coloured chromolithographic plates. Later professionally rebound
in attractive half calf gilt with marbled boards. Attractive copy.
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100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
545
Carleton, William. Collection including Traits and Stories of the Irish
Peasantry
Two editions of Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. The first William
Curry & Co., Dublin, 1830, 2 vols. quarter calf with marbled boards. The
second Baldwin & Cradock, London and William F. Wakeman, Dublin
1836, 5 vols. quarter calf with gilt. Also Tales and Stories of the Irish
Peasantry, James Duffy, Dublin 1846, Carleton’s Country by Rose Shaw,
Talbot Press, Dublin 1930, William Carleton by Eileen A. Sullivan, Twayne
Publishers, Boston, 1983 (signed by the author), Carleton’s Traits and
Stories and the 19th Century Anglo-Irish Tradition by Barbara Hayley,
Colin Smythe, Bucks., 1983, and a bound compilation of Carleton
Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 1 to Vol 5 No. 2. (12 items)
€
250-
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350 (£210-£290 approx)
546
Carson, Ciaran. Collection of signed books including Opera Et Cetera
Three books signed by Ciaran Carson comprising of The Twelfth of Never,
Gallery Books Meath, 1998. Opera Et Cetera Gallery Books Meath, 1996.
The Ballad of HMS Belfast, Gallery Books Meath, 1999 (3 items)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
547
Cogan, T. The Rhine: Or, a Journey from Utrecht to Francfort;
Chiefly By the Borders of the Rhine, and Down the River, from Metz to
Bonn: Described in a Series of Letters, Written from Holland, to a Friend
in England, in the Years 1791 and 1792. London: Printed By G. Woodfall
for J. Johnson, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1794. First Edition. 8vo. Calf
Gilt. Very Good Embellished with twenty-four Views in Aqua Tinta, and a
Map of the Rhine from Metz to Bonn. Two vols. Pp. (1) viii, 329; (2) vi,
errata, 394. Six engravings in vol 1. with folding map and 18 in vol. 2. as
called for. An attractive pair in calf gilt with red mo. gilt labels and gilt
border on covers and decorative gilt spines. Ex institutional library with
neat label on top l/h corner of front covers and very light stamp on
bottom corners of title page in each vol. Scarce.
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€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
548
Cumming, W. F. Notes of a Wanderer, in search of Health, Through
Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Up the Danube, and down the Rhine
London: Saunders and Otley, , 1839. First Edition. 8vo. Half Calf &
Marbled Boards. 2 vols: Pp. (1) xix, 415; (2) xv, 360. Extremities rubbed.
and spine edges scuffed. Marble layer on back cover of vol.1. loose and
edge worn. Occasional foxing internally. All edges and endpapers and
pastedowns marbled. Good. Rare.
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300 (£170-£250 approx)
549
Da Sylveira, Iounnis. Olyssiponensis Carmelitae Regularis Observantiae
Sacra Theologiae ....
.... Primary Lectoris Jubilati Opuscula Varia Triplici Indice Illustrata.
Lugduni: Annissou, 1675. Folio. Full Vellum. Good Pages, (48), 540, index.
Ex - priory library with library marks on spine. Rare.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
550
Davie, Donald. Brides of Reason
Oxford: Fantasy Press, 1955. First Edition. Soft Cover Wraps. Signed &
Inscribed by Author. Good 39 pp. Signed & inscribed by the poet. Loosely
inserted is a note from Helen Watson with a typed 4 verse unpublished
poem by Davie. Staples rusted & paperclip rust mark overlaps onto front
cover inside & out & on transparent wrapper.
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150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
551
DICKENS ( Charles ). Oliver Twist ; or the parish boy’s progress. Very
rare first edition, first issue, 1838.
By “Boz”. In three volumes. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington
Street, 1838 FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the 24 plates by
George Cruikshank only very slightly spotted, including the “Fireside”
plate, with the half-titles in vols 1 and 2 and the initial advert leaf in
vol 3, pages (4), 331, (1, blank), (4, adverts) : (4), 307 (1, blank) : (4),
315, (1, blank), 3 vols, 8vo, in an original binding variant of
horizontally ribbed pale mauve cloth, with an arabesque design in
blind on boards, edges uncut, without the publisher’s name at foot of
spines : a very good to nice, completely unsophisticated copy with no
cracks in the inside joints and without any wear at the headbands,
with the attractive trade plates (5 x 6 cm) of the Dublin bookseller
Milliken on the first front endpaper and the neat inscription “Graham
Markham / 1838” on each title-page. Smith 4. One of the great
novels of the 19C. In later issues a leaf containing a list of the
illustrations was added to volume one and the publisher’s name was
added to the spines. A most desirable rarity of English literature with
an Irish connection. (3)
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4,000-
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6,000 (£3,330-£5,000 approx)
