CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

10 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 37. Fishing: Grimble (Augustus) The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, roy 8vo Lond. 1913. Second Edn., Revised, fold. map frontis & others, plts. thro.-out, uncut, orig. vellum backed boards, ptd. label. V. good copy. (1) €160 - €240 38. Dutton (Hely) Observations on Mr. Archer’s Statistical Survey of the County of Dublin, tall 8vo Dublin 1802. First Edn., 4 engd. plts., uncut, recent fine calf backed boards, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1) €220 - €320 39. Blake-Forster (C. ffrench) The Irish Chieftains; or, A Struggle for the Crown, roy 8vo Dublin 1872. First Edn., Hf. title, recent mor. backed, raised bands, mor. labels; & O’Hart (John) Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland, Dublin 1887. Second Edn., orig. cloth. (2) €160 - €220 40. All Illustrated with Original Photographs Photographs: Moore (Thos.) Poetical Works, Lond. & N. York 1891. Photo port. frontis & 5 photos. Irish Scenery; Scott (Sir. W.) Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field, Lond. 1866, & 14 orig. photos by Thos. Annan; also The Lady of the Lake, Edin. 1869, title with sm. photo illus & 10 full page photo illus. orig. green gilt; The Works of Sir Walter Scott, Lond.; The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Lond. also with photo illus., limp mor. As a coll., w.a.f. (5) €80 - €130 41. Irish Legal interest: Gale (Peter) An Inquiry into the Ancient Corporate System of Ireland, Lond. 1834; and Nichols (Sir Geo.) A History of the Irish Poor Law, in connection with The Condition of the People., Lond. 1856, both First Edns., & cloth; also Filgate (Wm. Henry) of Charlestown, Co. Louth, A Popular Treatise on The Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland, D. 1849. First Edn., cloth. (3) €120 - €160 42. Limerick Medical Doctor Crumpe (Sam.) An Essay on the best means of Providing Employment for the People, Proposed by the Royal Irish Academy, 8vo D. 1793. First Edn., hf. title, one page creased, cont. tree calf, upr. cover loose, clean copy. (1) €100 - €150 43. Fitzgerald (Rev. P.) & M’Gregor (J.J.) The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Limerick, 2 vols. Dublin 1826. First Edn., Hf. title, Vol. I, lg. fold. map of Limerick, fold. plan of City, table & 5 engd. plts., hf. crimson mor. mor. labels. (2) €250 - €350 44. All Signed Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1969, inscribed on dedit page “ and for Sean Clerking Seamus Heaney” also inscribed t.p. by Sean Clerking (Author), black cloth, d.j. (some foxing); Death of a Naturalist , 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1973 (Reprint) signed on title page, ptd. wrappers; Station Island, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1984 (Reprint) inscribed on f.e.p. ‘For Sean Clerking, Slainte Seamus Heaney,’ ptd. wrappers. (3) €300 - €400 45. Montague (John) The Rough Field, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1972, First Edn., Signed, ptd. wrappers; The French Clock, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1978, First Edn., Signed, ptd. wrappers; Tides, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1970, First Edn., Signed with inscription ‘ Of Love that lifts us UP, of Deth that Hurls us Down, John for Sean (Clerkin), ptd. wrappers; Speech Lessons, 8vo, (Gallery Press) 2011, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; Mount Eagle, 8vo (Gallery Press) 1989, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; New Selected Poems, 8vo (Gallery Press) 1998, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; The Lost Notebook, 4to C. (Mercier Press) 1987, First Edn., Signed, ptd. wrappers; The Dead Kingdom, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1984, First Edn., inscribed Moving UP and Down the Central Spine, with Affection John (Montague), ptd. wrappers; Drunken Soldier, 8vo (Gallery Books) 2004, First Edn., Signed, ptd. wrappers; The Pear is Ripe, A Memoir, 8vo, D. (Liberties) 2007, First Edn., Signed, cloth & d.j.; Chosen Lights, 8vo First Edn., (Gallery Press) ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (11) €350 - €450 46. Doyle (Martin ) Notes and Gleanings Relating to the County of Wexford, in its Past and Present Conditions , 8vo Dublin 1868. First Edn., lg. fold. hand cold. map, orig. cloth, v. good copy. (1) €100 - €150 37 38 43 40