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114 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 845. Special Limited Edition, Signed [James Joyce] Brown (Terence) & Davis (Gerald) The Joycean Year, 8vo D. (Irish Uni Review) 1985. Lim. Edn. No 80 (150) Copies. 12 cold. plts. Signed by author & artist. (1) * Inscribed Copy, & with A.Ls. from artist loosely inserted. Special gilt lettered vellum boards. V. good. €120 - €170 846. Orpen (Goddard H.) Ireland Under The Normans, 1169-1216, 4 vols. Oxford 1911. First Edn., recent mor. backed cloth. Ex. Library. (4) €100 - €150 847. Celtic Periodical: Meyer (Kuno), Stern (L.C.), Thurneysen (R.) & Pokorny (J.) & others. Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie, Vols. 1 - 13. Together 13 vols., complete. 8vo Halle 1897-1921. First Edns., some plts. & illus., cont. hf. green mor. marble sides. A very good set. V. Scarce. As a periodical. (13) €275 - €350 848. 1798: Taylor (George) A History of the Rise, Progress and Suppression of the Rebellion in Co. Wexford, 1798, Sm. 8vo Dublin 1829. New Edn.; Mac Neven (Wm. James) publisher. Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland,... The Political System of the United Irishmen,... 8vo N. York 1807, title inscribed ‘Luke Cullen,’ recent cloth; Hayes (R.) The Last Invasion of Ireland, Dublin 1937, & Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France, Dublin 1949. All Ex. Library. (4) €130 - €180 849. Irish Literature: Heaney (Seamus) Beowulf, Lond. 1999. First Edn., d.w.; Banville (John) The Infinitirs, Lond. 2009. First Edn., Signed by Author, d.w.; Healy (John) Nineteen Acres, Galway 1978. First Edn, d.w.; Toibin (Colm) Nora Webster, Lond. 1914. First Edn., Signed by Author, d.w.; Smiley (Jane) At Paradise Gate, N.Y. 1981. First Edn. Signed by Author, d.w.; Keane (J.B.) The Man from Clare, Cork 1969, paperback, & 2 others. As a lot. (8) €130 - €180 850. Fox (C. Milligan) Four Irish Songs, words by Edith Wheeler & Alice Milligan, 4to Dublin n.d. [c. 1910] 4 lg. plates by Seaghan Mac Cathmhaoil, music thro-out, orig. cloth; also Annals of the Irish Harpers, 8vo Lond. 1917, cloth; and O’Donoghue (D.J.) The Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan, roy 8vo Dublin & Edin. 1897. port. frontis, orig. cloth, gilt. (3) €120 - €180 852. 1798: Chart (D.A.)ed. The Drennan Letters, Being a Selection from the Correspondence which passed between William Drennan, M.D., & his Brother- in Law and Sister, Samuel and Martha McTier, during 1776-1819. Tall 8vo Belfast 1931. First Edn., Port. frontis plts., cloth. (1) €150 - €200 853. Periodical: Captain Rock in London; or, The Chieftain’s Gazette, For Years 1825 & 1826, 2 vols. 4to Lond. 1825. First Edn., port. frontis Vol. I some text illus., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. As a periodical. Ex. Library. (2) €80 - €120 850 854. With Fine Hand Coloured Maps Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, Divided into Provinces; with its sub- divisions of Counties, Baronies etc., 4to Lond. (Rob. Laurie & Jas. Whittle) 1798. First Edn., Engd. title, dedit, preface & index, hand cold. engd. map of Ireland, & 36 maps of Provinces & Counties of Ireland, orig. boards, later reback & mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €750 - €1250 851. Rare Complete Set 1798 - Periodical - The Anti-Union, Part 1 - 32 In 32 Parts, 4to Dublin (J. Moore) 27 Dec. 1798-March 1799. All Published. Bound as one, recent hf. calf, marble sides, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. (1) * A fine complete run of this Irish Nationalist paper, published three times weekly for the purpose of preserving Irish legislative Independence. €450 - €650