71. [Hansard, Luke].

The Imperial Review ; or London and Dublin Literary Journal [From 1805 on called “The Imperial Review or London, Edinburgh and Dublin Literary Journal”].

First and only Edition. Five Volumes. London, Printed by Luke Hansard, for T.Cadell and W. Davies, in The Strand, also for J.Archer, J. Cooke (Ormond Quay); and M.N.Mahon (Grafton Street, Dublin); A. Edwards (Cork Printer); J. Barry (Limerick) and W. Magee (Belfast), 1804 – 1805. Octavo. Two Annuals (complete for the Year 1804 and 1805) of this Rare Periodical, bound in five Volumes. Year 1804: Volume the First: (January to April, 1804) XII, 654 pages including Index / Volume the Second: (May to August, 1804) VIII, 639 pages including Index / Volume the Third: (September to December, 1804) VIII, 628 pages including Index // Year 1805: Volume the Fourth [Titlepage missing] (January to June, 1805): VII, 733 pages including Index / Volume the Fifth (July to December, 1805): VII, 706 pages including Index. Original Hardcover with new spinelabels. All Volumes in collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Minor browning only. Titlepage of Volume four missing, otherwise complete and the interior in excellent condition. A very rare find, this is one of the more elusive periodicals of the early 19th century, printed just after the Act of Union in 1800 was established and printed by english printer Luke Hansard for publishers and printers in London, Dublin and Cork.

72. [Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

The Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of the Picturesque – A Poem [plus: “Volume Second”: “The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of Consolation – A Poem”].

Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 – 1820. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition !

73. [Hofland, Barbara] / Hofland, Mrs. [Barbara Wreakes].

Ellen, The Teacher – A Tale for Youth.

A New Edition. London, John Harris, c.1840. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, 185 pages plus two unnumbered pages of a catalogue of books published by Barbara Hofland [″The following Works, written by the same AUthor, may be had of the Publisher”]. Hardcover / Original half-leather of the time with gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed and corners bumped strongly. Binding very firm and fully intact. Some browning and pencil – marks inside. Very Rare publication by one of the most successful female authors of children’s books, educational and moral stories in the early 19th century.

74. Strickland, Agnes / [and Elizabeth Strickland].

Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman conquest. Now first published from official records and other authentic documents, private as well as public. A new edition, revised and greatly augmented, embellished with Portraits of every Queen.

8 Volumes (complete set). London, Colburn & Co., 1851. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Agnes Strickland and engraved titlepage, XXII, 614 pages with 15 illustrations (including Froontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait of Isabella of Valois, engraved titlepage, VIII, 704 pages with 16 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait of Jane Seymour, engraved titlepage, [4], 588 pages with 10 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume IV: Frontispiece-Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, engraved titlepage, [4], 790 pages with 4 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume V: Frontispiece-Portrait of Anne of Denmark, engraved titlepage, [4], 703 pages with 8 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VI: Frontispiece-Portrait of Mary of Modena, engraved titlepage, [2], 672 pages with 5 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VII: Frontispiece-Portrait of Mary II when Princess of Orange, engraved titlepage, [3], 466 pages with 4 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VIII: Frontispiece-Portrait of Queen Anne, engraved titlepage, [2], 556 pages with 3 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) // Original, very decorative half-leather bindings with gilt lettering and ornaments on spines, marbled-paper-covered-boards and marbled edges. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The set comes frm the private library of Major General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill, with his armorial bookplate / Ex Libris to the pastedown of each Volume, bearing his family-motto: “Ne Vile Velis” [″Wish for nothing Vile”].

75. Montagu, Mary Wortley.

The Works of the Right Honorable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu – Including Her Correspondence, Poems, and Essays. Published by Permission from Her Genuine Papers. [Including a Facsimile – “Extract from a letter written by Lady Montagu Wortleyfrom Belgrade to Mr. Wortley at Pera, describing the effects of inoculation for the Small Pox”].

First Edition. In Five Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1803. Small Octavo. Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece of Lady Montagu by Sir Godfrey Kneller, V,309, [1] pages with 11 illustrations/folded facsimiles (including frontispiece) / Volume II: XI, 339 pages / Volume III: 288 pages / Volume IV: 326 pages / Volume V: 292 pages plus 36 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather-bindings of the early 19th century with original spine-labels and gilt lettering on spine. Besides some minor rubbing and some minor discoloration to the spines from white paint, the complete set is in firm and overall very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Previous owner’s name in ink on

76. Thackeray, William Makepeace.

The Virginians – A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author.

First Edition in book-form (the title originally published in 24 monthly parts). Two Volumes (complete set). London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858 – 1859. Octavo. Volume I: VIII, 382 pages / Volume II: VIII, 376 pages. With Frontispiece and illustrated titlepages included in both Volumes. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover / Original green morocco – bindings with red spine-labels with gilt lettering and gilt ornament to spine and boards. Masterbindings by Victorian Bookbindery “Thomas Bosworth in Regent Street”. Very good condition with minor signs of wear only. As usual with some foxing and spotting to illustrations

77. [Shakespeare, William / Malone, Edmond].

The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare [sic], in Sixteen Volumes [15 Volumes only since Volume 9 is missing]. Collated verbatim with the most authentic copies, and revised: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are added, An Essay on the Chronological Order of his Plays; An Essay Relative to Shakspeare and [Ben] Jonson; A Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI. An Historical Account of the English Stage, And Notes; by Edmond Malone.

15 Volumes (of 16). Dublin, Printed for John Exshaw, No.98, Grafton-Street, 1794. Octavo. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

78. Waller, Edmund / [Provenance: John Morrison].

The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in Verse and Prose.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed by W.G.Jones for W. and W.Smith and T.Ewing in Dame-Street, 1768. Small-Octavo. [8], LXIV, 272 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Binding very firm and only slightly bumped and rubbed. Overall in a very good condition with some signs of external wear. With the name “John Morrison” on the titlepage [possibly the 18th century – Architect John Morrison from Midleton, with a connection to Castlemartyr]. This book came subsequently from the Library of Daniel Conner, Connerville / Bandon / Manch House in which also a set of Buffon, from the library of Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge was included.

79. Dickens, Charles.

The Major Works – Unabridged Cambridge Scholars Classic Texts Edition [The Major Works of Charles Dickens in 29 Volumes].

29 Volumes. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Octavo. c.5000 pages in 29 Volumes. Original Softcover / Paperback Edition. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. All the texts have been newly typeset for this edition.

80. [Lehman, John] Hardy, Thomas.

The Dynasts – An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon. Parts I and II and III. [John Lehman’s personal copy, signed on

Three Parts in two Volumes (complete set). London, Macmillan and Co., 1934-1941. Small Octavo. Volume I: XIX, 322 pages (includes Part I and II) / Volume II: VII, continued paginaton: pages 323 – 569 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s red cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private library of John Lehman, with his name to the endpaper of both Volumes.