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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 759

Travel: Cranworth (Capt. Lord) Profit and Sport in British East Africa, 8vo Lond. 1919, cold. & other plts., cloth; Stock (Sarah Geraldina) Missionary Heroes of Africa, Lond. 1897, illus. decor. cloth; Heydemarch (H.) War Flying in Macedonia, Lond. n.d. port. frontis & plts. cloth. (3)

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Lot 255

[Cusack (Margaret Ann)] 'Nun of Kenmare,' Advice to Irish Girls in America, Sm. 8vo N. York (J.A. McGee) 1876. Wd. cut frontis text within lined borders, orig. black &gilt decor. green cloth. V. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 280

Cuala Press:  Yeats (Wm. Butler) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1915. Limited Edition No. 354 of 425 Copies, red & black printing; also Yeats (John Butler) Early Memoires; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edition, 500 Copies Only. unopened copy, front loose end Signed 'Cecil Harmsworth' both First Edns., orig. cloth backed grey boards. Good. (2)

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Lot 518

Lady Gregory's Copy Broadside Poster:  £100 Reward, Stolen From the Up Platform, at King's Cross Railway Station, on Thursday, the 25th September, 1890, A Lady's Dressing Case & Black Leather Bag. Containing the Following Articles:.. It goes on to list in detail, approx. 25 items. Printed one side only, approx. 38cms x 25.5cms (15" x 10"). As a poster, w.a.f. (1) * Lady Augusta Gregory's copy, corrected by her, and inscribed by her on reverse 'Mrs. Ridells Travelling Bag.' Unusual item.

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Lot 394

Club Founded by William Butler Yeats Poetry: The Book of the Rhymers Club; and The Second Book of the Rhymers Club, by W.B. Yeats, Ernest Dowden & others. Two vols. Lond. (Elkin Mathews & John Lane) 1892 & 1894. Both Limited Editions (450 & 650). Two hf. titles, [15]pp of adverts at end of second volume. Both orig. cloth first with ptd. label on spine and second with gilt lettering. V. good. (2) * First volume contains first book appearance of Yeats's 'Lake Isle of Innisfree.'

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Lot 915

Wood-Martin (W.G.) The Lake Dwellings of Ireland, Sm. folio Dublin 1886. First Edn., hf. title, frontis, plts., & other illus., orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good. Emf. (1)

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Lot 624

Two Original Drawings De Valera: Two original pen and ink Drawings of Eamon de Valera, one of him in military uniform and Signed  Pat F. Power, '17,' the other head & shoulders, with black jacket, Signed  'M.O.C.,' each approx. 28cms x 23cms (11" x 9"), unframed. (2)

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Lot 226

Miller (Philip) The Gardener's Dictionary, lg. folio Lond. (For the Author) 1759. Seventh Edn., Engraved frontis & 19 full page plts. (together 20 plts.) cont. full calf, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, upr. cover loose & worn. (1)

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Lot 365

Presentation Copy from The Author to his Mother Henry (James) M.D. An Account of the Proceedings of the Government Metropolitan Police in the City of Canton, sm. 8vo Dublin (Hardy & Walker) 1840. First Edn., Engd. frontis, 79pp orig. brown cloth. V. good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) * Inscribed on front loose blank, and dated Dublin July 15, 1840.

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Lot 893

[Daniel O'Connell] Godre (L. Nemours) Daniel O'Connell Sa Vie - Son Oeuvre, Roy 8vo Paris 1893. Signed Presentation Copy  'A Monsieur Albert Byrne, son ami L. Nemours Godre,' port fronts & 1 other port. & plts., uncut, orig. wrappers, later marble boards. Scarce; Zimmermann (A.) Daniel O'Connell der Befreirr, und seine politishce Bedeutung fur Irland und England. 8vo Paderborn 1909 Hf. title, port. frontis orig. ptd. wrappers bound in later hf. cloth, good. Rare; de Coutance (M.G.) L'Irlande et Les Irlandais, Memoire de Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 8vo Lyon 1843. First Edn. in French, hf. title, cloth backed, good.; & 6 others, some scarce, on O'Connell. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 105

Goodwin Smith (R.) English Domestic Metalwork, folio Lond. 1937. First Edn., Orig. full page photographic plts. & text illus. etc. orig. cream buckram. V. good. (1)

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Lot 282

Cuala Press: Robinson (Lennox) Further Letters of John Butler Yeats, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1920. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only, unopened; & Yeats (John Butler) Early Memories; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies Only, First Edn., both orig. cloth backed blue boards. (2)

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Lot 310

Hand-Coloured Plates Prichard (J. Cowles) The Natural History of Man, thick 8vo Lond. 1845. Second Edn. Enlarged. hf. title, Hd. cold. frontis & 43 other plts. (38 of which are hand coloured) Complete orig. gilt cloth, spine worn. (1)

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Lot 283

Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) The King of the Great Clock Tower, 8vo Dublin 1934. Limited Edn. 400 Copies Only; Yeats (W.B.) The Words upon the Window Pane: 8vo Dublin 1934. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only, boards stained; Yeats (W.B.) Seven Poems and a Fragment, 8vo Dublin 1922. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies Only, text loosening from binding; Yeats (Wm. B.) The Green Helmet and Other Poems, 8vo Churchtown Dundrum, 1910. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only. printed 'Error' slip attached, with boards soiled, & cloth back loose. As a lot, w.a.f. (4)

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Lot 372

Very Fine Clean Copy [A'Beckett (Gilbert A.)] The Comic Blackstone, 12mo Lond. (Publ. at Punch Office) 1846. First One Volume Edn. Etched frontis, red & bl. title with vignette & text illus. by Geo. Cruikshank, t.e.g. cont. full calf, with treble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels by Riviere & Son, & with original gilt stamped cloth bound in. V. good copy. (1)

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Lot 206

Hennessy (Wm. M.) Annals of Ulster, 4 vols. sm. folio Dublin (H.M.S.O.) 1887-1901. First Edn., some fold. tables, orig. mor. & cloth backed boards. Good. Emf. (4)

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Lot 782

[Rackham (Arthur)] Illustrator - Wagner (Richard) Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, Lg. 4to Lond. 1911. First Edn., Trans. by Margaret Armour. Hf. title, 30 fine mounted cold. illus. (includ. frontis) gilt decor. brown cloth, no d.w. A very clean copy. (1)

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Lot 1009

1948 All-Ireland Football Final Programme: G.A.A., (Football 1948) Clar Oifigiuil Craobh Peile na hEireann, Cavan v. Mayo, 26.9.48, 8vo, D. 1948, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, 24pps. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 463

Foppens (Joh. Francisa) Bibliotheca Belgica, 2 vols. thick 4to Brussels 1739. Engd. port. frontis red & bl. titles, engd. heads, & 145 engd. portraits (8 fold.) cont. mottled calf, tooled gilt spines. Good. (2)

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Lot 116

Galway interest:  Wilde (Sir W.) Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands, With Notices of Lough Mask. 8vo Dublin 1867, First Edn., Pres. Copy from Author, text illus. & fold. map, orig. cloth; [Otway (Caesar)] Tour in Connaught, sm. 8vo Dublin 1839. First Edn., text illus., a fold. map, lacks frontis cloth; Handbook to Galway, Connemara and the Irish Highlands, Lond. 1854. Fold. map, & profusely illustrated, cloth; de Bhaldraithe (Tomas) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway, Dub. 1944. First Edn. Signed Presentation Copy. Good. (4)

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Lot 608

James Stephens, Fenian - WANTED Proclamation:  Stephens (James) Fenian. The Police Gazette, or Hue-and-Cry, Dublin, Tuesday December 6, 1866. With the Governor-General's Proclamation, offering a reward of One Thousand Pounds for the arrest of James Stephens, following his escape from Richmond Prison in Dublin; also gives lists of deserters, etc. Lg. folio 4pp., approx. 42cms x 26cms (16 1/2" x 10 1/4"), now loosely framed. (1) *Probably the most celebrated issue of this entire publication. Stephens' escape from custody rocked the administration to its foundations. In spite of the enormous reward, he was not re-captured and made his escape to Paris & America. Stephens was the founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, better known as the Fenian Movement. (1)

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Lot 87

[Walsh (Wendy)] Wendy Walsh - A Lifetime of Painting, folio D. (Strawberry Tree) 2007, illus., cloth and d.j.; Nelson (E.C.) & McCracken (E.M.) The Brightest Jewel, 4to, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1987, First Edn., illus., cloth; Butler (P.) Irish Botanical Illustrators & Flower Painters, folio, Suffolk (A.C.C.) 2000, illus., cloth &d.j.; Nelson (E.C.) & Walsh (W.) The Burren, 8vo, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1991, illus. ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

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Lot 162

Tuam Bishops: D'Aray Sirr (Rev. J.) A Memoir of the Hon. and Most Reverend Power Le Poer Trench, Dublin 1845, port. frontis; The Letters of the Most Rev. John MacHale, D.D., Dublin 1847; Burke (Oliver J.) The History of The Catholic Archbishops of Tuam, Dublin 1882. Port. frontis, all First Edns., & cloth. (3)

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Lot 141

County Galway Author Americana:  Bodkin (M. Mc D.) A Trip through the States and a Talk with the President, 8vo Dublin 1907. First Edn., Frontis & 10 plts. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Tuam, Co. Galway. He was educated by the Jesuits and went on to be a noted journalist with The Freeman's Journal and later for C.S. Parnell's 'United Ireland,' He became an M.P. and later was appointed to the Bench. He married in 1885, Arabella Norman of Dublin. They had four daughters, and two sons, one of whom, Thomas Patrick, became Director of National Gallery of Ireland. (1)

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Lot 545

Irish Map: Griffith (Richard) Geological Map of Ireland to accompany the Instruction to Valuators, cold., D. (Forster & Co.) 1853, approx. 55cms x 38cms (22" x 15") unframed. (1)

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Lot 428

With 360 Hand-Coloured Plates Donovan (E.) The Natural History of British Insects, Vols. 1 - 10. In all 10 vols. roy 8vo Lond. (F. & C. Rivington) 1792-1801. First Edn., 360 hand-coloured full page plts., uncut, cont. hf. calf, marble sides, worn, & some covers loose. (10)

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Lot 749

Attractive Volume Irish Botanical Sketch Book Northern Ireland: Richardson (Anne Wakefield) A.W.R. & S.E.R. Richardson (Sarah Edith), Album of approx. 46 extremely attractive and competent botanical watercolours, mostly completed in N. Ireland, (a few from localities in England). They are mostly native wild flowers, from around their home, Moyallen, Newcastle, Drumlin, Knockbridge, Burtown etc., all circa 1874/1875, each approx. 14cms x 11cms (5 1/2" x 4 1/2"). All in good condition cont. hf. crimson mor. as an Album, w.a.f. (1)  * Anne Wakefield, & Sarah Edith, were twin sisters, two of eight children of Jane & John Grubb Richardson of Moyallon House, near Gildford in Co. Down. He was a prosperous linen merchant as well as being the founder of a major trans-Atlantic steamship company that served to bring many Irish emigrants to North America, fleeing the Great Hunger in the late 1840's. He was also a philanthropist, and the founder of the model village of Bessbrook, near Newry.

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Lot 685

O'Brien (Edna) A Manuscript Note, & drawing, 'Self-Portrait,' Signed  by author, and dated Jan. '75 from Algonquin Hotel. Black marker on paper, 9" x 6". Self portrait, done at the request of collector Burt Britton. A minimalist rendering of her own face, over a six-line note. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 201

Americana: Dartnell (Geo. R.) A Brief Narrative of the Shipwreck of The Transport 'Premier,' near the mouth of the River St. Lawrence, on the 4th November 1843. Having on Board the Head-Quarter Wing of the Second Battalion of the First or Royal Regiment, proceeding from North America to the West Indies. Lg. 4to Lond. (Jeremiah How) 1845. First Edn., 2 advert pages, 8pp List of Subscribers, & 6 litho plts. (include frontis, some damp stains to plts.,) text illus. thro-out, orig. gilt lettered cloth. Sabin 18635. (1) * Mostly Irish patrons are listed among the subscribers, Limerick, Donegal, Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim etc.

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Lot 769

Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, 8vo, N.Y. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) 1984, Signed Limited Edition, No. 133 (350) copies, illustrated by Barne Cooke, green cloth, slip case, cardboard box; Stations Island, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., cloth & d.j., clean copy. (2)

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Lot 670

Yeats (Jack B.) & others, A Broad Sheet, No. 3, March 1902, lg. printed & colour illustrated broadsheet, approx. 22" x 15" published and sold by Elkin Mathews, printed by Ferncombe Son, Lond. 1902. Framed. (1)

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Lot 345

In Fine Binding Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, folio Kilkenny Reprint (Boethius) 1989. Lim. Edition 585 Copies. Illus. thro.-out, now in fine binding, a.e.g., full crimson mor. with lg. gilt & blind tooled Celtic cross on covers, & in cloth box. V. good. (1)

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Lot 594

American Revolution. Autograph M/ss document signed Oliver Arnold, of the town of Norwich in the County of New London, State of Connecticut, dated 20 May 1784. Witnessed by Roger Griswold, then an attorney, later Governor of Connecticut. Arnold was a sailor on the Continental frigate Alliance, commanded by Peter Landais, for two years, 'in which timesaid. Frigate made captures of several legal prizes from the then enemies of the United States - to a share in which prizes I was & am entitled, but have never received my share & proportion thereof...'. He assigns the forty shillings he feels due to him to Dudley Woodbridge. With a long typescript account of the record of the Alliance in the fight against the British, including a collision with the U.S. flagship Bonhomme Richard during a storm, as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 811

Illustrated by L. le Brocquy Kinsella (Thomas) The Tain, folio Dublin 1969. Dolmen Edition IX. First Edn., bl. & white illus. thro.-out, orig. black buckram, & pict. d.w., & slipcase. V. good; also T.C.D. - Henry (Francois)ed. The Book of Kells, folio Lond. (Thames & Hudson) 1974. First Thus, fine cold. plts. & cloth d.w. (2)

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Lot 208

Mitchell (Flora H.) Vanishing Dublin, lg. 4to Dublin 1966. First Edn., hf. title, 50 cold. plates, cloth & orig. pict. dust wrappers. V good copy. (1)

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Lot 852

First English Edition Printed Sheets Joyce (James) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 8vo, London (Egoist Ltd.) [1918] (Second Edition), printed at Vister Printing Works Southport, green cloth, blind lettered front cover, gilt lettered spine. [Slocum & Cahoon A13]. (1)

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Lot 62

Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. roy 8vo Lond. & Dublin 1778. First Edn., engd. title & dedit., lg. fold. Map of Ireland (torn with loss) & 288 full page maps, cont. sheep, worn. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 462

Illustrated by Barrie Cooke, Only 150 Copies Heaney (Seamus) Bog Poems, Lg. 4to London (Rainbow Press) 1975. Special Limited Edition, No. 33 of 150 Copies, Signed by Author. Hf. title, illus. title & other plts. & illus by Barrie Cooke. Some minor spotting, mostly on blanks front & back. Uncut, special mor. & grain style cloth, cloth slipcase. Extremely Scarce. (1)

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Lot 507

"The Catholic Committee," [Keogh (John) & others] Proceedings at a General Meeting of the Catholics, Held at the Exhibition Room, William Street, on Saturday, April 18th, 1807, [The Earl of Fingall in the Chair] 8vo Dublin (H. Fitzpatrick) 1807. First Edn., 55pp, uncut unopened, orig. blue wrappers. V. good. V. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 76

Fine Sepia Plates Campbell (Alex.) A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain, 2 vols. lg. 4to L. 1810. New Edn., 2 sepia frontis, 2 v. large fold. engd. cold. maps & 42 engd. sepia plts. (all v. clean), uncut, recent hf. brown mor. cloth sides. V. clean set. (2)

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Lot 922

Delphi Classics: P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, 4to Paris (Simoneum Benard) 1675. Engd.frontis + vignette title, L.S.ontitle; C. Valerii Catulli Opera, 4to Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1684, engd. frontis, & wd. cut vignette title; Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae, Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1684, engd. frontis & wd. cut vignette title; and Titi Lucrettii Cari De Rerum Natura Libros Sex, 4to Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1680, wd. cut vignette title, lacks frontis. Three vols. orig. cont. calf, & one later. As a coll., w.a.f. (4)

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Lot 671

Photograph: [Layfayette Studios, Dublin] A black and white Photograph of The Irish Song Writer & Artist, Percy French (1854-1920), taken by E.H. Hills (photographer), framed. (1)

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Lot 246

[Wilson] The Post-Chaise Companion: or, Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1786. First Edn., engd. frontis, title, list of subs., fold. map, two dble page plts. & dble page map, inscribed on front blank 'From the Author,' tree calf; [Campbell] A Philosophical  Survey of the South of Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1778. First Edn., 3 engd. plts. (2 fold. plts.) calf. (2)

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Lot 75

O'Halloran (Sylvester) An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, Lg. 4to Lond. 1772. First Edn., 4 lg. fold. plts., lacks front & back loose blanks, uncut, orig. boards. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 468

Early Printing by Froben: En Amice lector. Thesaurum damus inaestimabilem D. Basilium Vere nagnum sua lingua dissertissime... Folio Basle (Ex. Officina Frobeniana) 1532, printers device and on title & last leaf. Text in Greek thro.-out, some wd.-initials (2 cut-out),one leaf badly stained, and one page of preliminaries lacking, in later full calf, mor. label, sound copy, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 390

Signed & Inscribed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Comedie et actes divers  8vo Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1966. First French Edition. Orig. cream wrappers lettered in blue and black and with publisher's device on both covers, glassine jacket. (1) * Half title inscribed by author to the writer Andre Marissel, dated July? 1966. Six short plays translated by author from English. V. good copy.

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Lot 15

Ware (James) De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus Disquisitiones, 8vo Lond (J. Grismond) 1654. First Edn., red & bl. title within ruled borders, lacks engd. frontis, cont. panel calf. Wing W843. Emf. (1)

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Lot 809

Dante: Lombardi (P. Baldassarre) La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri, corretta spiegata e difesa. 4 vols. 4to Rome (Nella Stamperia de Romanis) 1815-1817. Vol. I add. engd. title, engd. port. frontis Vol. IV, & 110 engd. outline illus., cont. full vellum, gilt lines spines, mor. labels. V. good set. (4)

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Lot 1019

1958 All-Ireland Football Final Programme: G.A.A. (Football 1958), Clar Oifigiuil Craobh Peile na hEireann, Croke Park, Dublin v. Derry, 8vo, D. 1958, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. (1)

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Lot 713

Celtic Society: O'Donovan (John) Leabhar na gCeart or The Book of Rights, 8vo Dublin 1847, also Miscellany of The Celtic Society, 8vo Dublin 1849. Both First Edns., & orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (2)

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Lot 272

Treatises on Husbandry, Bee Keeping etc Markham (Gervase) Markham's farewell to Husbandry, or, The enriching of all, sorts of Barren and Sterile grounds in our Kingdome, to be as fruitful in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasse, as the best grounds whatsoever, 4to Lond. (By M.F. for Roger Jackson) 1625. Newly reviewed, corrected and amended, [8] 177pp; Bound with, Countrey Contentments or The English Huswife,  4to Lond. 1623. [8], 133, [1]pp; Bound with, A New Orchard and Garden, 4to Lond. 1623. Title with wd.-cut vignette, [8], 57pp; Bound with, The Country Housewifes Garden, Lond. 1623, 41pp; Bound with, Butler (Chas.) The Feminine Monarchie: or The History of Bees, 4to Lond. 1623. Frontis wd. cut of hive, some printed music, text illus. Together 5 works bound as one, some mis-binding, but very good clean copy, paste-downs loose, cont. full calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands & recent mor. labels. V. good copy. (1) * Inscribed: 'The Rt. Hon. the Lady North's her book Anno Domino, 1678,' inscribed on front loose blank.

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Lot 63

Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia; or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 2 vols. in one, roy 8vo Dublin (Hibernia Press) 1810. Two engd. ports., map of Munster & 16 (ex 17) engd. maps, mostly lg. folding, later tree calf, mor. label. Emf. (1)

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Lot 179

Attractive Coloured Plates [Combe (Wm.)] The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque, A Poem, roy 8vo Lond. (Ackermann's Repository) 1813. Hd. cold. vignette title, hd. cold. frontis & 29 hd. cold. plts. after Rowlandson, one plt. dam. with loss, uncut, in fine crushed olive levant mor. by Riviere. Book plate of Henry Salvin, of Barn Hall, Co. Dublin. (1)

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Lot 335

Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint, A Daybook of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 and later Notes by 352087 A/S Ross, 4to Lond. 1955. Lim. Edn. No. 1634 of 2000 Copies, uncut, unopened, mor. backed cloth & slipcase; also Seven Pillars of Wisdom, lg. 4to Lond. 1935. Second Impression, illus., uncut, buckram, d.w. V. good. (2)

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Lot 124

Stanihurst (Rev. Wm.) Verteris Hominis Per Expensa Quatuor Novissima Metamorphosis et Novi Genesis, 8vo Antwerp 1670. First Edn., add. engd. title, & 3 engd. plts. lacks paste-downs, full orig. vellum. Emf. (1)

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Lot 572

With Interesting Inventory of Contents, 1772 Co. Dublin:  Lease of a House and Lands. Indenture on vellum (2 large membranes), dated 2 April, 1772 in which Thomas Burroughs of Dublin grants to John Adlercron of same, a lease for lives of part of Newtown, Co Dublin, together with his dwelling house, etc. Details of bounds given. Tenant is to spend £200 “on making a good and sufficient addition of lime and stone to the said dwelling house”. Curious schedule attached listing specific items in the house: marble and stone chimney pieces, landscape panels, kitchen grate, “A Large Copper Boyler, and “A Large Marble Rowling Stone with an Iron frame in the Garden”. Rare item. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) * Rare & interesting item.

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Lot 142

Alpine interest:  Ball (John)editor. Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club. 8vo Lond. 1859. Fourth. Hf. title, vignette title, 9 fold. maps, 8 coloured chromos., & wd. cut illus. thro.-out text, orig. gilt decor brown cloth. (1) * The editor was a member of Royal Irish Academy.

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Lot 314

Hand-Coloured Fashion Plates: Le Follet, A sm. folio Volume, containing approx. 188 hand-coloured plates of Paris fashion, a few loose, a few stained, all c. 1850-1870, generally bright & clean, cont. hf. mor. dam., lacks spine. As a coll. of plates, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 927

Papal Letters: H.M.S.O.: Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers, Relating to Great Britain and Ireland Vols. XIII, Parts I & II, 2 vols. & Vol. XIV, 1471-1492. Together 3 vols. Sm. folio Lond. 1955-1960. Orig. cloth (stained) & printed d.w. Emf. (3)

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Lot 639

Irish Army: Irisleabhar Oglach na hEireann - The Irish Army Handbook, 8vo Dublin (Cahill & Co.) 1940. First Edn., profusely illustrated, also pictorial and other illus., orig. cold. pictorial wrappers. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)

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