Merwin Clayton Sales Company: Catalogue of A Valuable Collection of Books Relating to Ireland Formed by Stephen J. Richardson of New York City Part II To be Sold at Auction Friday Morning and Afternoon February 27th. 1914. By Merwin Sales Company, 16 East 40th Street, New York City., 548,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 27, 1914 - February 27, 1914

Page Size: 483 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
285	PHILLIPS (CHARLES)	Speeches Delivered at the Bar, etc., in England and Ireland.	New York	1817	USD -	1.00
286	PHILLIPS (CHARLES)	Specimens of Irish Eloquence.	New York	1820	USD -	Unknown
286a		PHOTOGRAPHS of Prominent and Distinguished Irish Men and Women, Authors, Poets, Statesmen, Artists ...			USD -	Unknown
287		POETRY. Little Books of Verse. Gems from the Heather and Songs of Donegal (J. Bawn McLoughlin ...	Letterkenny and Wexford	1901, and n. d.	USD -	Unknown
288		PORTRAITS. 44 Engraved Portraits on Steel of Irish Patriots, Soldiers, Statesmen, etc., Commodore ...			USD -	3.25
289		PORTRAITS.			USD -	Unknown
289a		PORTRAITS. Over 300 Portraits in half-tone, photogravure and line reproduction of Prominent Irish ...			USD -	Unknown
289b	POSTE (BEALE)	A Vindication of the Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins with Vignettes and a plate of ...	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
290		PRIZE ESSAYS. Repeal Prize Essays. With a Supplemental Essay.	Dublin	1845	USD -	Unknown
291	Temple (Sir John)	REBELLION OF 1641. The Irish Rebellion; or, A History of the Attempts of the Irish Papists to ...	London	1746, 1812 Reprinted	USD -	Unknown
292	Warner (Ferd.)	REBELLION OF 1641. The History of the Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland (1641).	Dublin	1768	USD -	Unknown
293		REBELLION OF 1641. The History of the War of Ireland, from 1641 to 1653.	Dublin	1873	USD -	Unknown
294	(J. Jones)	REBELLION OF 1798. An Impartial Narrative of the Most Important Engagements which took place between ...	Cambridge, New York	(1804)	USD -	3.00
295		REBELLION OF 1798. An Impartial Narrative of the Most Important Engagements which Took Place between ...	South Newberlin, New York	1834	USD -	1.75
296	Hay (Edward)	REBELLION OF 1798. History of the Irish Insurrection of 1798, Giving an Authentic Account of the ...	New York	1846	USD -	1.50
297	REDMOND (C. P.)	Beauty Spots in the South East of Ireland and how to see them by Car and Cycle.	London	1801	USD -	Unknown
298	REDMOND (JOHN)	Home Rule Speeches.	London	1910	USD -	1.00
299		The Home Rule B ll.	London	1912	USD -	Unknown
300	REID (J. S.)	History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and an Appendix consisting of Original Papers ...	Belfast	1867	USD -	Unknown
301		REYNOLDS (THOMAS), The Informer who Betrayed Lord Edward Fitzgerald and other United Irishmen, The ...	London	1838	USD -	1.25
302	ROCK (CAPT.)	Memoirs of Captain Rock; Captain Rock Detected, by A Munster Farmer (O'Sullivan).	London	1824	USD -	2.25
303	ROEHRIG (F. L. O.)	The Irish Language.	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
304	ROLLESTON (T. W.)	The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland.	New York	(1911)	USD -	2.00
305	Isaac Weld	ROSCOMMON COUNTY. Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon.	Dublin	1832	USD -	1.90
306		RUBBINGS. An Important and Unique Collection of 117 Rubbings (with a few tracings and drawings (some ...			USD -	15.00
307		RUBBINGS. Ten Rubbings from Monumental Brasses in Llanrst Church in North Wales; Various Sizes ...			USD -	Unknown
308	RUSHE (REV. JAMES P.)	A Second Thebaid: being a Popular Account of the Ancient Monastaries of Ireland.	Dublin	1905	USD -	Unknown
309	[RUSSELL (GEORGE)]	Homeward Songs by the Way.	Portland	1895	USD -	Unknown
310	RUSSELL (GEORGE)	New Songs: a Lyric Selection; from Poems by Padraic Colum, Eva Gore-Booth, Thomas Keohler, Alice ...	Dublin	1904	USD -	1.00
311	RYAN (JOHN)	The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow.	Dublin	1833	USD -	1.75
312		SAINT PATRICK: a National Tale of the Fifth Century.	Edinburgh	1819	USD -	Unknown
313		SAINT PATRICK: Friendly Sons of. Dinners, Speeches, etc.	New York	1904-09	USD -	Unknown
314		SAMHAIN. A Periodical Edited for the Irish Literary Theatre by W. B. Yeats. This copy contains a ...	Dublin	1901	USD -	Unknown
315		SCRAP-BOOK.			USD -	Unknown
316	SEWARD (WILLIAM WENMAN)	Topographia Hibernica; or, The Topography of Ireland, Ancient and Modern, With its Antiquities ...	Dublin	1795	USD -	1.75
317	SHEEHAN (CANON)	The Intellectuals: an Experiment in Irish Club-Life.	New York	1911	USD -	Unknown
318	SHEPARD (SAMUEL)	Part of the Poetical Works of, Rector and Vicar of the Parishes of Teniahoe, Ballymack William and ...	Dublin	1790	USD -	Unknown
319	Thomas Moore	SHERIDAN (RICHARD BRINSLEY), Memoirs of the Life of.	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
320	SHIEL (RICHARD L.)	Sketches of the Irish Bar.	New York	[1854]	USD -	Unknown
321	SHIEL (RICHARD L.)	Sketches of the Irish Bar.	Chicago	1882	USD -	Unknown
322	SHIPP (JOHN)	Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, a Lieutenant in his Majesty's 87th ...	New York	1829	USD -	1.25
323	SMITH (JOHN T.)	A History of the Diocese of Ogdensburg (New York).	New York	n. d.	USD -	1.50
324	SOMERVILLE (THOMAS)	A History of Political Transactions from Restoration of Charles II. to Death of King William.	Dublin	1793	USD -	Unknown
325	William Collins	SONGS. Ballads, Songs and Poems.	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
326	Croker (T. C.)	SONGS. The Popular Songs of Ireland.	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
327	Welsh (Charles)	SONGS. The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics.	New York	[1907]	USD -	2.00
328		SONG BOOKS. Wehman's Irish Song Books, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.	New York	1887-1893	USD -	Unknown
329	Croker (T. Crofton)	SONGS OF IRELAND. The Popular Songs of Ireland.	London	1839	USD -	1.50
330	Edited by Thomas Wright	SORCERY. A Contemporary Narrative of the Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler, prosecuted for ...	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
331	STEPHENS (DR. GEORGE)	Handbook of the Old Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England.	Edinburgh	1884	USD -	1.50
332	STEPHENS (DR. GEORGE)	The Old Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England.	London and Kobenhavn	1866-84	USD -	8.00
333	STOKES (WILLIAM)	His Life and Work, 1804-78.	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
334		STORY AND SONG of Black Roderick (The). By Dora Sigerson; Mickey Finn: Irresistible Stories and ...	New York	1906	USD -	Unknown
335	John Rushworth	STRAFFORD (EARL). The Tryal of Thomas, Earl of Stafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon an ...	London	1680	USD -	2.00
336		STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, in Celebration of the Seventieth Birthday of James M. Hart, Nov ...	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
337	SULLIVAN (KATHLEEN A.)	Memories (a volume of Poems).	Boston	1905	USD -	Unknown
338	SULLIVAN (M. F.)	Ireland of Today. The Causes and Aims of Irish Agitation.	Philadelphia	(1881)	USD -	Unknown
339		SWIFTIANA. The case of Mr. Daniel Kimberly, Attorney at Law, executed at Dublin, May 26, 1730, for ...		(1730)	USD -	3.00
340	SYNGE (J. M.)	The Well of the Saints; a Drama.	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
341	SYNGE (J. M.)	In Wicklow, West Kerry, The Congested Districts, Under Ether.	Boston	1912	USD -	Unknown
342	L. W. Faraday	TAIN BO CUAILNGE. The Cattle Raid of Cuailnge: an Old Irish Prose Epic.	London	1905	USD -	1.60
343	TAYLOR (W. B. S.)	The Origin, Progress and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland.	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
344	TAYLOR (W. C.)	History of Ireland, from the Anglo-Norman Invasion till the Union.	New York	(1847)	USD -	Unknown
345	TONE (T. W.)	Life of Theobald W. Tone, Founder of the United Irish Society.	Washington	1826	USD -	2.75
346	TRENCH (HERBERT)	Deirdre Wed and other Poems.	London	1901	USD -	Unknown
347		TRIAL FOR SEDUCTION. Report of the Trial of Rev. Thomas Maguire on a Charge of Seduction.	Dublin	1827	USD -	1.55
348		TRINITY COLLEGE. The Particular Book of Trinity College, Dublin: a facsimile from the original.	London	1904	USD -	4.00
349	ULADH (Samhain Number)	Contains an Irish Historical Playse; The Irish Literary Society Gazette; Graves and Monuments of ...			USD -	Unknown
350		UNITED IRISHMEN. Recollections of the Life of John Binns.	Philadelphia	1854	USD -	Unknown
351		VIEWS. 204 large Photographs of Ancient Irish Churches, Round Towers, High Crosses, Archways, Tombs ...			USD -	5.00
352	VILLARS (P.)	L'Angleterre, L'Ecosse et L'Irelande.	Paris	(circa 1880)	USD -	Unknown
353		VINDICATION of the Bardie Accounts of the Early Invasions of Ireland.	Dublin	1850	USD -	Unknown
354	WADDELL (P. HATELY)	Ossian and the Clyde, Fingal in Ireland, etc.	Glasgow	1875	USD -	1.00
355	WAKEMAN (WILLIAM F.)	Archaeologia Hibernica. A Hand-Book of Irish Antiquities, Pagan and Christian.	Dublin	1848	USD -	Unknown
356	WALPOLE (CHARLES G.)	A Short History of the Kingdom of Ireland, from the earliest Times to the Union with Great Britain.	New York	1882	USD -	Unknown
357	WALSH (EDWARD)	Irish Popular Songs, with English Metrical Translations and Introductory Remarks and Notes.	Dublin	1847	USD -	1.00
358	WALSH (REV. THOMAS)	History of the Irish Heirarchy.	New York	1854	USD -	Unknown
359	WARNER (FERDINAND)	The History of Ireland (including the Rebellion and Civil War).	London	1763-67	USD -	Unknown
360		WELSH ROMANCES. The Mabi Nogion.	New York	1902	USD -	Unknown
361	WELD (ISAAC)	Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.	London	1812	USD -	1.50
362	R. H. Sherard	WILDE. Oscar Wilde: the Story of an Unhappy Friendship.	London	1909	USD -	Unknown
363	WILDE (SIR W. R.)	On Scandinavian Antiquities lately Discovered at Islandbridge, near Dublin.	[Dublin]	[1866]	USD -	Unknown
364	WILDE (SIR W. R.)	On Antique Gold Ornaments found in Ireland, prior to 1747.	[Dublin]	[1747]	USD -	Unknown
365	WILKES (ANNA)	Ireland; Ur of the Chaldees.	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
366	WILKES (ANNA)	Ireland; Ur of the Chaldees.	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
367	WILSON (G. W.)	Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery. Dunkeld, 12 views; The Caledonian Canal, 12 views.	Aberdeen and London	1866-7	USD -	Unknown
368		WITH THE PALE (Davitt); A Conspiracy of Yesterday, Mical ui Niall; Irish Race Convention, Dublin ...			USD -	Unknown
369	WOOD-MARTIN (COL. W. G.)	Sligo and the Enniskillerers, from 1688-1691.	Dublin	1880	USD -	Unknown
370	WRIGHT (THOMAS)	The History of Ireland.	London	n. d.	USD -	1.25
371	WYNNE (JOHN H.)	A General History of Ireland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.	Dublin	1773	USD -	1.00
372	YEATS (JACK B.)	A Broadsheet. Containing an old Irish ballad Bold Trainor O!	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
373	YEATS (JACK B.)	Plays for the Miniature Stage. The Scourge; James Flaunty, or the Terror of the Western Seas.	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
374	YEATS (W. B.)	J. M. Synge and the Ireland of his Day.	N. P.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
375	YEATS (W. B.)	Where There Is Nothing.	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
376	Gulielmus Dubliniensis Humoriensis	ZOZIMUS (MICHAEL MORAN, the Blind Beggar of Dublin), Memoir of.	Dublin	1871	USD -	Unknown
377		PTOLEMY'S MAP OF EIRIN. Corrected by the aid of Bardic History and including the posterity of those ...	Dublin	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
378		HIBERNIA, A. D. 1567. Facsimile of a rare and curious map of Ireland made in the reign of Queen ...			USD -	Unknown
379		ERYN, IRLANDT, 1572. An Ancient Map of Ireland printed from the original copper plate (discovered ...			USD -	Unknown
380		MAP OF IRELAND, 1590. Hiberno Regnum--Vulgo Ireland.			USD -	Unknown
381		MAP OF IRELAND, 1590. Hiberno Regnum--Vulgo Ireland.			USD -	Unknown

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