- A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE METAL WARES.
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE METAL WARES. INCLUDING AN EMBOSSED WALLPLAQUE, WITH ANOTHER REPOUSSE PEERAGE PLAQUE. A PAIR OF SILVER PLATE WINE COASTERS, BRASS MONKEYS AND FOUR HORSE BRASS.
- SIX EARLY ENGLISH TEXTSSix early English
SIX EARLY ENGLISH TEXTSSix early English texts including Kearsley's Complete Peerage , The Scheme of Literal Prophecy , Life of William Pitt , The Gentleman's Calling , and The Sinners Last Sentence , and Useful Transactions in Philosophy .
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- GROUP OF 34 LEATHERBOUND BOOKS ON HISTORYsome
GROUP OF 34 LEATHERBOUND BOOKS ON HISTORYsome fine bindings, The History of England , with a continuation to the year 1859, by Hume and Smollett, London: James S. Virtue, three volumes, in full blue leather, morocco spine label, elaborately gilt spine; Macaulay's History of England , tree calf leather, with morocco spine labels, elaborately gilt spine, marbled endpapers and matching edges, eight volumes (complete), plus two volume Life and Letters ; Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage , London: Dean and Son, 1911, teg; Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters , by Logan Marshall, illustrated; Historical Memorials of Canterbury , by Arthur P. Stanley, London: John Murray, 1895; English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century , by James Anthony Froude, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Company, 1909; two sets of Prescott's Works , Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1860, including three volume set Conquest of Mexico , three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, elaborately gilt decorated spines, teg
Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection
Condition:
general wear, bumped corners, interior inscriptions, foxing, at least one with interior bookplate
- (5) BOOKS: FROM DROMOLAND CASTLE, IRELAND,
(5) BOOKS: FROM DROMOLAND CASTLE, IRELAND, 18THCFive books from the library of Dromoland Castle, including:
2 Volumes of The History of Ireland, by Thomas Leland, 1773.
The Peerage of Ireland, Volume 3, by Mr. Lodge, 1754
History of Italy, Empire of Napoleon Buonaparte, by Carlo Botta, 1828
Pharsalia, Published in Glasgow, 1816
Provenance: Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland. From the library of Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (1705-1765), inherited by his son, Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet (1731-1795), then by his son, Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet (1773-1837). The library was pretty much intact until 1962, when Donough O'Brien, the 16th Baron Inchiquin, was forced to sell the castle and its contents at public auction. The December 1962 sale -- conducted by James Adams & Sons of Dublin -- was attended by Gioia Marconi Braga, the daughter of Beatrice O'Brien and inventor Guglielmo Marconi. O'Brien was the daughter of the 14th Baron Inchiquin (1839-1900). Braga purchased a number of volumes from the auction and brought them to the U.S. Thence by descent in the family. Largest book measures 10 1/4" high x 8 1/2" wide.
- TWENTY-FOUR PIECE SET OF ASTRAL, PEERAGE
TWENTY-FOUR PIECE SET OF ASTRAL, PEERAGE CRYSTAL STEMWARE Including (12) wine goblets (7.75 in.), and (12) water goblets (8.5 in.), unmarked.
- EIGHTEEN CENTURY HERALDRY CRESTS, SIX
EIGHTEEN CENTURY HERALDRY CRESTS, SIX BOOK PLATESEIGHTEEN CENTURY HERALDRY CRESTS, SIX HAND COLORED BOOK PLATES from "The Peerage of England" by Arthur Collins. Openings measure 3.5" x 4". In six matching gilt wood frames; 11" x 11.25" overall.
- GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of antique
GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of antique books, to include The Peerage of Ireland , by Lodge, in four volumes, published in London for Johnston, 1754; A History of the Conquest of Peru , by Prescott, published by Lippincott, 1864; Handbook of Painting , in four volumes, published by Murray, 1869; The History of England , by Macaulay, in five volumes, published by Butler, 1861; George Selwyn and His Contemporaries , by Jesse, in four volumes, published by Scribner and Welford, 1882; The Tatler , published by Woodward, 1831, Salad For The Solitary and The Social , published by De Witt, 1872; The Comic History of England , by A 'Beckett, in two volumes, published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co; Fairy Tales and Romances , by Count Anthony Hamilton, published by Bohn, 1849; Thackerayana , by Thackeray, published by Chatto and Windus, 1875; Gleanings From The Harvest-Fields of Literature , by Bombaugh, published by Kurtz, 1867; The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax , published by Murray, 1869; A History of Cari
Condition:
Good condition overall, expected wear, bumped corners, etc., Peerage of Ireland 3 of 4 volumes with loose covers.
- COLLECTION OF (4) HISTORICAL VOLUMES
COLLECTION OF (4) HISTORICAL VOLUMES Includes: 1) An Authentic Account of All the Proceedings on the Fourth of July, 1815, With Regard to Laying the Corner Stone of the Washington Monument, Now Erecting in the City of Baltimore. John Horace Pratt, 1815, frontispiece engraving, 44 pgs., 8"h x 4.75"w; 2) Rev. Ezra Ripley. A History of the Fight at Concord on the 19th of April, 1775. Allen & Atwill, 1827, 60 pgs., orig. covers bound in, 9"h x 5.5"w; 3) The Peerage of England: or, an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Present Nobility. Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, London, 1709, frontispiece engraving, 470 pages, 8"h x 5"w; 4) A Collection of more than Four Hundred Autographs...Reproduced in Facsimile..., Bank of Manhattan Company, 1919, unpaginated, 17"h x 11"w
- Berkeley family, mid 19th c. Album of
Berkeley family, mid 19th c. Album of watercolours, etc., mounted, small 4to., cont. black morocco gilt. With another containing press cuttings relating to the Berkeley peerage (2)
- Burkes Peerage, two vols and Nicholas,
Burkes Peerage, two vols and Nicholas, Thomas. Annals & Antiquities of the County Families of Wales, two vols.
- Genealogy. Gibbon, John. Introductio
Genealogy. Gibbon, John. Introductio ad Latinun Blasoniam…, J. M. for the Author, 1682 - Heylyn, Peter. A Help to English History, 1709. 12mo., cont. panelled calf. Woodcut text ills. - Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols., 1833. 8vo., cont. half calf (wear to spines). Portrait frontispieces in 3 vols. -- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 4 vols., 1824 - 25. 12mo., cont. half calf. With 10 others (20)/Provenance: Spetchley Park
- A quantity of volumes including Carter
A quantity of volumes including Carter (Thomas) Medals of the British Army, 3 vols, London 1861, Debretts, Burkes Peerage etc.