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

113 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 834. Pre-Famine Travel in Ireland Barrow (John) A Tour Round Ireland, through the Sea-Coast Counties in the Autumn of 1835. 8vo Lond. 1836. First Edn., title spotted as usual, frontis fold. map & 4 plts. text illus., orig. cloth good; Nicholson (A.) of N. York, Ireland’s Welcome to the Stranger: or Excursions through Ireland in 1844 & 1845. 8vo Lond. 1847. First Edn., later cloth. (2) €150 - €200 835. Fine Copy in Original Boards with the Plates 1798: Jones (John) An Impartial Narrative of the most Important Engagements which took place between His Majesty’s Forces and The Rebels during The Irish Rebellion, 1798, 8vo Dublin 1799. Third Edition Revised [In Two Parts] Two large folding plates, ‘Battle of Arklow,’ & ‘Battle at Tara,’VIII, [94], [XIV], [97] - [330]pp uncut, partly unopened, orig. blue boards, joints cracked, but a v. clean copy. Very Scarce. (1) €350 - €500 836. 1798: O’Connor (A.) & others, The Beauties of The Press; with An Appendix, containing The Speech of Arthur O’Connor, on The Catholic Question in the House of Commons of Ireland, on Monday, May 4, 1795; also His Letter to Lord Castlereagh. 8vo London 1800. First Edn., VI, 602, 48pp cont. mottled calf, gilt tooled border, professional re-back, with orig. mor. label. Scarce. Good. (1) €200 - €300 837. 1798: Gordon (Rev. James) History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798 etc., Containing An Impartial Account of the Proceedings of The Irish Revolutionists, 8vo Lond. 1803. First Edn., XL, [454]pp cont. hf. mor. raised bands. Scarce & good. (1) €200 - €300 838. Gough (John) A History of the People called Quakers, From their Rise to the Present Time, 4 vols. 8vo Dublin (For Rob. Jackson) 1789. First Dublin Edn., cont. full calf, mor. labels. Good copy. (4) €120 - €180 839. Quakers: Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the yearly Meeting of Friends held in London, from its First Institution, 4to [Lond.] James Phillips, 1783. Cont. full calf; Barclay (Rob.) An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: .. of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers, 8vo D. (R. Napper) 1800, cont. calf, mor. label; Scrope (John)ed. A Treatise on Peace of Soul and Content of Mind, 2 vols. Salisbury 1765. First Edn. thus, list of subscribers, cont. full calf. (4) €80 - €140 840. Keane (John B.) The Voice of an Angel and Other Christmas Stories, 8vo Cork 1995, First Edn.,; The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, Dublin 1978; & 11 others, paperbacks, some First Edns., as a lot. (13) €100 - €150 841. Irish Directories: Watson’s, The Treble Almanack for the Year 1827, (include. ‘Dubin Directory’) 8vo Dublin 1827. Engd. frontis coat of arms, engd. gen. title, fold. Map of Dublin at end, a.e.g., cont. full straight grained crimson mor. gilt floral border, & Royal cipher. V. good; also The Treble Almanack for the Year 1810, 8vo D. 1810. Engd. frontis & gen. title, lacks fold. map cont. full tree calf, mor. labels; and The Treble Almanack for the Year 1830. Engd. title & frontis, lacks map, cont. full mor. Wear. A good collection. (3) €300 - €400 842. Irish interest: Trevelyan (C.E.) The Irish Crisis, sm. 8vo Lond. 1848. First Edn. in Book form Printed year of Great Famine, cloth; [Hogan (E.)]ed. The History of the Warr of Ireland from 1641 to 1553, by a British Officer. Sm. 8vo Dublin 1873; Ferguson (M.C.) The Story of the Irish before the Conquest, Lond. 1868; Hughes (Rev. S.C.) The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin, Dublin 1904; Chart (D.A.) An Economic History of Ireland, Dublin 1920; & 7 others sim. As a lot. (12) €130 - €180 843. Allingham (William) Ashby Manor, A Play, 12mo L. (David Scott) 1882. First Edition, red & bl. title, advert. slip tipped in, Inscribed on hf. title, ‘Bill Friel from Edie Allingham,’ unopened, original red & black ptd. wrappers, with decoration. V. Scarce. Good. (1) €120 - €180 844. Manuscript: Smith (John Chaloner) A manuscript Notebook containing various engineering works from 1898-1901. It includes surveys for works such as the Polawaddy Road Bridge in Belmulet Union, and the Ring of Rath na Sonaid on Tara Hill (with a sketch), 8vo. In full mor., as a m/ss., w.a.f. With the author’s bookplate. (1) * John Chaloner was an inspector in the O.P.W. and his expertise was in water levels (his research formed the basis of the Shannon Hydro Programme.) €200 - €300 836 840 841