821. Staunton, Howard [Provenance: William Joseph O’Hanlon brother of irish chess player John’O’Hanlon].

The Chess-Player’s Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, And Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions.

Second Edition, revised. London, Henry G.Bohn, 1848. Octavo. Coloured Frontispiece showing a Chessboard (″The Spynx”) with the position of “White Playing First Mates in Eleven Moves”, VIII, 518 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Red cloth with gilt-embossed chess board on front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very interesting names of 19th and 20th century irish preowners written inside the book: J.J.O’Sullivan in Bantry / W. O’Hanlon (Cork) /

822. Mac Piarais, Pádraic / [Pádraig Pearse].

Bodach an Chóta Lachtna [The Carle in the Drab Coat].

Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaeilge, No year [c. 1926]. 8°. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

823. Grotius, Hugo / [and Clerici, Joannis (that is Jean Le Clerc)].

De Veritate Religionis Christianæ [Christianae]. Cum Notulis Joannis Clerici ; Accesserunt Ejusdem de Eligenda inter Christianos Dissentientes Sententia, et Contra Indifferentiam Religionum Libri Duo.

Editio Novissima, ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium Emendata. London, F. Wingrave, 1804. Small Octavo. XVI, 315 pages. Hardcover / Modern half leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. Recently rebound by our favourite bookbindery in Germany. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

824. Wooley, Roger.

Modern Trout Fly Dressing. With many Illustrations and Dressings of over 400 Flies.

First Edition. London, Offices of the Fishing Gazette, 1932. Duodecimo. 215 pages plus pages for notes and a large fold-out-plate. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

825. Whelan, Ken.

The Angler in Ireland – Game, Coarse & Sea.

Dublin, Country House, 1989. Quarto. 408 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper missing but otherwise firm and excellent inside.

826. Waterhouse, T.A.

With Nets and Lines.

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1947. Small Octavo. 235 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

827. Walton, Izaak.

The Complete Angler – Or: The Contemplative Man’s Recreation – Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

London, Harrap, 1985. Octavo. 224 pages. Beautifully Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

828. Towner-Coston, H.E.

Water Symphony – Fishing with a Camera [With a Photograph oif the Grave of Izaak Walton]. Photographs by the Author.

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. Quarto. 53 pages text plus 53 full-page-photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

829. Stoker, Hugh.

Complete Guide to Sea Fishing. Tackle Drawings by Author – Fish Drawings by R.E.Legge.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1961. Octavo. 160 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With manuscript poem to the rear endpaper (see image).

830. Stoddart, Thomas Tod.

The Angler’s Companion To The Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland [With the Large Fold-Out-Map, hand-coloured border-colouring: “Map of Scotland, to illustrate the Angler’s Companion”].

First Edition. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Octavo (13 cm wide x 20.5 cm high). Frontispiece, XIII, 431 pages plus Publisher’s “Catalogue of Books” bound into the rear. The often missing, large fold-out-map of Scotland is safe in the rear pocket of the Volume. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Recently rebound by using the original binding, strengthen it and Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.