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Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson illustrated
by Harry Clarke, folio, London (n.d.), edition limited
to 125 copies, this one no. 32, signed by Clarke, with
the mounted coloured plates and the numerous
black and white engravings, bound in vellum with gilt
lettering, the upper cover with Clarke’s design of the
princess, bookplate of Benjamin John Plunket, some
pages slightly foxed, the cover stained at the top,
lacking the plates at pp. 22 and 44.
Provenance: St Anne’s, Clontarf
€ 800 - 1,400
ARCHDALES
with the Descents of Some Allied Families, 4to.
Enniskillen 1928, coloured armorial frontispiece and
photographs, dedication by the author 28th October
1926, linen boards with printed paper label.
Provenance: St Anne’s, Clontarf
€ 100 - 200
The St. Anne’s sale catalogue, with annotations “by
the direction of the Right Reverend, The Honourable
Benjamin Plunket D.D. Catalogue of the Entire Con-
tents of St. Anne’s, Clontarf ... to be sold at St. Anne’s
commencing Monday, 9th October, 1939 at 12 Noon
each day and continuing for two weeks”. Illustrated,
printed armorial boards with buckram spine.
Provenance: St Anne’s, Clontarf
€ 300 - 500
155 x 100mm. A notebook signed “The Revd. Philip
le Brocq M.A. at Shepperson & Reynolds, No. 137
Oxford Street”, with a meticulous list of botanical
names with sub-species, a summary of English /
Latin nomenculture and a further list designating old
Authors, Generic Names rejected, English names,
Linnean Genera. In a nice crimson Morocco and gilt
tooled 18th century binding with metal clasps, book-
plate of Peter Vere.
This is a most detailed and neat reference work of a
botanist. In 1786, Shepperson & Reynolds published
his “A Description of Certain Methods of Planting,
Draining and Managing All Kinds of Fruit Trees, etc.”.
In 1788, he advertised: “At Ashley-Hill, near Lyming-
ton, that’s one mile from the sea, and one of the most
dry, chearful and healthy spots in the Kingdom, pupils
of future rank and fortune are educated upon a most
vast and liberal, extensive, rational and consistent
plan by the Rev. Philip le Brocq.”;
together with, Shirley Hibberd, “The Amateur’s Green-
house and Conservatory”, London 1875, with fold-out
coloured lithographs, decorated cloth.
€ 500 - 800