BOOK AUCTION AT THE AUCTION ROOMS JOHN STREET, KELLS, CO. MEATH WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY AT 11am CONTENTS FROM A GENTLEMAN’S PRIVATE LIBRARY VIEWING: Monday 7th 11am - 7pm Tuesday 9.30am – 7pm Morning of Sale 9.30am OLIVER USHER Auctioneer & Valuer, John Street, Kells, Co. Meath. 046/9241097 & 086/1706767 www.usherauctions.com [email protected] 2 1. BOX FINE ART AUCTION CATALOGUES 2. LOT MAGAZINES – RELATING TO THE MONARCHY 3. 3 BOXES RELIGIOUS BOOKS 4. LOT OLD CALENDARS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES ETC 5. SHELF OF MIXED BOOKS INCL. THE LIVING INDIA ETC 6. A BOUND COLLECTION OF THE FAR EAST MAGAZINES 7. SHELF OF ROYAL INTEREST BOOKS 8. LOT ART + TRAVEL BOOKS INCL. THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ART (A SHELF) 9. MEATH G.A.A. YEAR BOOKS – A LARGE COLLECTION 10. LOT IRISH INTEREST INCL. EXPLORING THE BOOK OF KELLS ETC 11. CHILDREN’S BOOKS INCL. BEATRIX POTTER + WALT DISNEY ETC 12. 4 MOTOR RACING BOOKS INCL. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER 13. MAP IRELAND CIVIL + ECCLESIASTICAL BY REV. DANIEL AUGUSTUS BEAUFORT + 3 MEATH COPY MAPS 14. LOT HALLEL PERIODICALS 15. 3 VOLS ROLLAND JEAN-CHRISTOPHE 16. CONOR NEWMAN-TARA AN ARCHAELOGICAL SURVEY + NEWGRANGE BY MICHAEL O’KELLY 17. STONEHENGE – IN ITS LANDSCAPE BOOK 18. SEANCHAS BY ALFRED SMYTH + 3 OTHERS 19. 1881 CENSUS MEATH – CENSUS OF LOUTH + 1971 CENSUS OF IRELAND –VOL 1 20. VOLS 1 AND 2 A.M. BELL -LOCOMOTIVES 21. VANITY FAIR’S HOLLYWOOD + OTHER FILM AND MOVIE BOOKS 22. KNIGHT + THE LADY + OTHER ROYALTY BOOKS + PAPERS 23. HISTORY OF THE BISHOPS OF IRELAND BY SIR JAMES WARE LONDON 1756 24. GAELIC SCRIPT LEATHER COVER BIBLE 25. A COLLECTION OF OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS 26. LOT PENGUIN + PELICAN PAPERBACKS 27. 8 VOLS THE MONTH 28. 12 VOLS. NELSONS PERPETUAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA 29. 11 VOLS WM. THACKERAY 30. 5 VOLS. SELECT WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING 1812 + 7 OTHER LEATHER BOUND 3 31. BISHOP BURNETS HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME FROM THE RESTORATION OF KING CHARLES 11 TO KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY VOLS. 1 + 2. DUBLIN 1724 32. THE SECRET UNIVERSE OF NAMES + BALLET BOOKS + TRAVEL LOT 33. MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC, A PURNELL WEEKLY COLLECTION, 112 PARTS COMPLETE IN 7 PUBLISHER’S BINDERS, WITH INDEX. 1971 (7 VOLS) 34. THE GREAT ARTISTS, A MARSHALL CAVENDISH WEEKLY COLLECTION, 96 PARTS COMPLETE IN 8 PUBLISHER’S BINDERS, WITH INTRODUCTION AND INDEX 1985/86 35. 3 VOLS. DAIL EIREANN REPORTS 36. 5 VOLS THE CASQUET OF LITERATURE 37. 2 VOLS. LEATHER BOUND HISTORY OF SCOTLAND + HISTORY OF ENGLAND 38. 3 BEATLES BOOKS INCL. JOHN LENNON, THE LIFE BY PHILIP NORMAN 39. INTERNATIONAL ARTS & CRAFTS, THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW + COLLECTORS 40. 5 ART BOOKS INCL. ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST ETC 41. FLOCK BOOK OF THE SOCIETY OF BORDER LEICESTER SHEEP BREEDERS 1949-1967 (WANTING 1953 + 1966 ONLY) 42. HERD BOOK OF THE ENGLISH JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY 1936-1978, 54 VOLS. SOME DAMP DAMAGE TO COVERS 43. 2 SHELVES OF BOOKS INCL. EAMON DE VALERA BY M.J. MCMANUS 44. BOX OLD NOVELS 1920-1940’S - (33) 45. BOX ON IRISH CURRENT AFFAIRS (27) 46. BOX ON WARFARE –(27) 47. BOX OLD NOVELS (PRE W.W.I) – (33) 48. LOT MEGALATHIC + NEOLITHIC + EARLY CIVILIZATION REFERENCE BOOKS 49. BOX OF WELSH BOOKS + WEDGEWOOD SEMINAR BOOK 50. BOX LEATHER BOUND BOOKS 51. LOT MIXED BIOGRAPHICAL + REFERENCE BOOKS 52. THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WORLD + OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS 53. IRISH RELIGIOUS 54. CHURCHILL INTEREST, RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL-WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, VOLS 1 + 2, 1966/67, V.B. CARTER-WINSTON CHURCHILL AS I KNEW HIM 1966 (16) 4 55. IRISH BIOGRAPHY, MAUD GONNE MACBRIDE – A SERVANT OF THE QUEEN, SIGNED 1950, PATRICK BYRNE –LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD, 1955, PATRICK LINDSAY-MEMORIES 1992 (20) 56. 2 VOLS. THE HOLY BIBLE 57. HUNTING, SHOOTING & FISHING: HARRY HAREWOOD, A DICTIONARY OF SPORT RACING, SHOOTING, HUNTING, FISHING ETC (1835), E.P. LEVINGE, THE GAME LAWS OF IRELAND (1858), FUR & FEATHER SERIES – 3 VOLS, THE GROUSE (1893), THE PARTRIDGE (1985) + THE SALMON (1898) (6) EST 100-170 58. G.A.A. BOOKS INCL. BOOKS BY RAYMOND SMITH (6) EST. 40-70 59. ALICE ALUIN THOMAS, OUR WONDERFUL WORLD MATURE STORIES FOR CHILDREN, JAYNE EYRE –FRYER 3 VOLS, THE MARY FRANCES HOUSEKEEPER, COOK BOOK & KNITTING & CROCHET BOOK (4) EST 30 -50 60. IRISH TEXTS SOCIETY – A BATCH (9) EST 100-130 61. THE IRISH GENEALOGIST - 12 ISSUES 62. IRELAND TODAY – A BATCH 1930’S EST. 50 -70 63. CAPUCHIN ANNUALS 10 VOLS EST. 80 -140 64. IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS – A BOX EST 30-40 65. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, LANGGUTH – PATRIOTS 1988, TUCHMAN – THE FIRST SALUTE, 1989 LONDON, HIBBERT –REDCOATS AND REBELS LONDON 1990, BIRNBAUM – RED DAWN AT LEXINGTON 1986 (9) 66. RUGBY BOOKS 67. GOLFING INTEREST – C.O’CONNOR-HIMSELF, P. ALLIS-GOLF HEROES 2002, SAM SNEAD-THE EDUCATION OF A GOLFER 1962 (14) 68. CRICKET – TAYLOR –WICKETKEEPING LONDON 1979, D’OLIVEIRA- TIME TO DECLARE 1980, BRITTON –JESSOP 1935, ROEBUCK –ASHES TO ASHES 1987 (24) 69. HORSE RACING –THOROUGHBREDS OF 1976 SIGNED BY BERT FIRESTONE, HERBERT- ARKLE 1966, WELCOME – THE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP 1984, WELCOME – IRISH HORSE RACING 1982, HISLOP – RACING REFLECTIONS 1955 (14 BOOKS) 70. 8 VOLS. HARMSWORTH – HISTORY OF THE WORLD 71. MODEL OF DECORATION ON KERB-STONE 67 AT NEWGRANGE PASSAGE GRAVE 5 72. D.A. WEBB. AN IRISH FLORA + 4 OTHER IRISH WORKS 73. LADY MORGAN. FLORENCE MCCARTHY – AN IRISH TALE 1818. 1ST EDITION. 4 VOLUME SET 74. REV. F. MORRIS. PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS OF GENTRY IN ENGLAND & IRELAND. C. 1890. 4 VOLS. COLOURED PLATES OF MANSIONS 75. JONES VIEWS OF SEATS. MANSIONS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND. 1829 3 VOLS 76. JOHN BRITTON. ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN 1807. 4 FOLIO VOLUMES, NUMEROUS PLATES 77. AN ALBUM OF EARLY IRISH POSTCARDS 78. THE CABINET MAKERS ASSISTANT 1853. FOLIO. FURNITURE PLATES. FINE BINDING 79. ACKERMAN’S HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE 1815, 2 VOLS. FOLIO. FINE BINDING. COLOUR PLATES 80. ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 1903 ILLUS. 81. KATHLEEN MULCHRONE. THE BOOK OF LECAN. 1939 82. AN ACT FOR TO REPAIR THE ROAD FROM DUBLIN TO DUNLEER, CO. LOUTH. DUBLIN PRINTED 1731 WITH 28 PAGES. DISBOUND 83. LARGE FOLDING UNFRAMED MAP OF DROGHEDA, DUNDALK BAY, CARLINGFORD LOUGH + OTHER PORTS DATED 1831 84. WEXFORD HARBOUR PAMPHLET DATED 1859. 16 PAGES WITH LARGE PARTLY COLOURED MAP OF WEXFORD HARBOUR IN 1845 85. 2 NEWSPAPERS DATED APRIL 1966 RE: EASTER RISING CELEBRATIONS 1916/66. IRISH TIMES & IRISH PRESS SUPPLEMENTS 86. 2 EARLY PROPAGANDA PAMPHLETS RE: MICHAEL COLLINS & “FREE STATE ELECTIONS” 87. FOLIO ALBUM ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUDAN, MALTA ETC 88. THE CELTIC REVIEW. 7 VOLS. 1905/1912 89. SAMUEL CHEARNLEY. MISCELANEA STRUCTURA CURIOSA. FOLIO. FIRST PRINTED COPY OF BIRR CASTLE MANUSCRIPT. LARGE FOLIO ILLUSTRATED 90. FIELD & LEVITT. BLOOMSDAY 1972. ILLUSTRATED 91. 3 SCRAP ALBUMS, ONE WITH BOTANICAL + NAUTICAL WATER- COLOURS DATED 1830/1855 6 92. ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT OF A TRIP TO HUNGARY IN 1888 BY A DUBLIN LADY, ADDRESS 23 CLARE STREET, WITH A VOLUME OF VISITING CARDS AND A CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM WITH BRASS CLASP 93. C. NORMAND. LE VIGNOLE DES ARCHITECTURE. 1828. ILLUSTRATED 94. SAMUEL PROUT. THE ARTISTS SKETCH BOOK 1881. FOLIO. PLATES 95. H. C. BECHER. A TRIP TO MEXICO, 1880. NUMEROUS ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEXICAN TOPOGRAPHY. EST. 150 - 250 96. GALLERY OF LANDSCAPES OF SWITZERLAND. 1872. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS TIPPED IN. GILT BINDING 97. T. BLANCHARD. ATLAS GEOGRAPHIQUE. 1844. FOLIO MAPS/PLATES 98. SWITZERLAND – ITS SCENERY & PEOPLE. 1880. FOLIO. GILT CLOTH. ILLUSTRATED 99. THE PICTURESQUE MEDITERANNEAN. 1890. 2 VOLS. FOLIO. ILLUSTRATED. FINE BINDING 100. FATHER HEALY OF BRAY, L.S.GOGAN –ARDAGH CHALICE, MORRRISSEY T. – PETER KENNEY S.S. – KENNEY –SOURCES OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF IRELAND, IRISH CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000 (5) EST. 70 - 100 101. BOX – IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD 100 + EST. 50 - 90 102. CONCANNON H. – DEFENDERS OF THE FORD, LADY GREGORY – CUCHULAIN OF MUIRCHEMME (FIRST EDITION 1902), DALY DOMINIC – THE YOUNG DOUGLAS HYDE, MCCABE LO – WOLFE TONE AND THE UNITED IRISHMEN VOL. 1 (ALL PUBLISHED), MATTHEW F. – IRELAND (PAINTINGS BY F. WALKER RHA) 79 COLOURED PRINTS (5) EST . 80 - 120 103. BOX – LEON O’BRIEN – THE CHIEF SECRETARY, FRANK GALLAGHER – THE UNDIVISIBLE IRELAND, HENRY R.M. – THE EVOLUTION OF SINN FEIN + 12 OTHERS (15) EST. 60 -80 104. GWYNN STEPHEN – IRISH LITERATURE AND DRAMA, DOUGLAS HYDE – LITERARY HISTORY OF IRELAND, DE BLACAN AODH – GAELIC LITERATURE SURVEYED, CORKERY DANIEL – SYNGE AND ANGLO- IRISH LITERATURE, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IRISH PHILOLOGY AND OF PRINTED IRISH LITERATURE (5) EST 50 -80 105. SAORSTAT EIREANN OFFICIAL HANDBOOK, I.O. (CECIL J.C. STREET) THE ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND 1920, BENEDICT FITZPATRICK – IRELAND & THE MAKING OF BRITAIN (3) EST 70 - 100 7 106. W.J. FITZPATRICK – LORD CLONCURRY (1855), JOHN O’HART – IRISH PEDIGREES (2) EST 60 - 90 107. G.A.A. INTEREST (9) EST 30 -60 108. COYLE REV. J. – SAINT FEICHIN OF FORE, FLOWER R. – THE WESTERN ISLAND, EGAN REV. P.K. – BALLINASLOE O’HARA BERNARD – MAYO, M.F. O’CONCHUIR – O’CONNORCORCOMROE (5) EST 30 - 50 109. TERENCE DE VERE WHITE – THE ROAD OF EXCESS, DE TOCQUEVILLE – JOURNEYS TO ENGLAND & IRELAND, JOHN GIBBONS – ABROAD IN IRELAND, THOMAS F. O’REILLY – EARLY IRISH HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY (4) EST. 30 -50 110. M.J. MACMANUS – EAMON DE VALERA, MARY C. BROMAGE – DE VALERA & THE MARCH OF A NATION, M. FARRY – SLIGO 1921-23, D. HOGAN – FOUR GLORIOUS YEARS, FRANK PAKENHAM – PEACE BY ORDEAL, F. MCGARRY – REPUBLICANISM IN MODERN IRELAND, J.E.A. CONNELL – WHERE’S WHERE IN DUBLIN, SEAN D. FARRAGHER – DEV & LIS ALMA MALER (8) EST. 80 - 100 111. EDWARD SULLIVAN – BOOK OF KELLS, REV. MEEHAN – DYSERT – DIARMADA ON IRISH PLACE NAMES, P.K. KAVANAGH – INSURRECTION OF 1798, THOMAS WALL – SIGN OF DOCTOR HAY’S HEAD + 6 OTHERS (10) EST.