Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

98 Tuesday 24th April 200 HEANEY, SEAMUS The Burial atThebes, Dublin, 2004, limited edition of 260 copies (182), quarter cloth on paper boards, in slipcase. € 350 - 450 201 JOYCE, P.W. Irish Names of Places. 3 volumes. Dublin, Phoenix, [1920], recent cloth. € 200 - 300 202 KIPLING, RUDYARD The Irish Guards in the GreatWars, 2 volumes, NewYork,1923, with coloured maps, cloth € 150 - 250 203 MAGNA CHARTA Magna Charta: cum Statutis quae Antiqua vocantur, iam recens excusa, & summa fide emendata, iuxta vetnsta [sic] exemplaria ad Parliamenti rotulos examinata: quibns [sic] accesserunt uonnulla [sic] nunc primum typis edita: apud RichardumTottelum. 12 Iun, 1556. Londini: In aedibus RichardiTottelli anno. do. 1556 [i.e. 1560?]. 16mo, Imprint from colophon. [8], 170, [2]; 72 leaves, woodcut initials, later tree calf, spine professionally restored General Collections of Statutes, for Periods beginning with Magna Charta. In two parts; “ Secunda pars veterum statutorum ” has separate dated title page, foliation and register.Actual publication date conjectured by STC. Magna Carta (Latin for “the Great Charter”), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, nearWindsor, over eight hundred years ago. Magna Carta continues to have a powerful iconic status in British society, being cited by politicians and lawyers in support of constitutional positions. € 350 - 450