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22 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 131. Dwyer (Rev. Philip) The Diocese of Killaloe, Dublin 1878. First Edn., Frontis, fold. map, ports., orig. cloth; also Fahey (J.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, Dublin 1893. First Edn., 7 plts. orig. cloth.(2) €150 - €220 132. Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress... Religious Opinion ... in Dingle, and the West of the County of Kerry, Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1846. First Edn., fold. map frontis, vignette title, & 4 plts. orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €270 - €350 133. Rare First Limerick Printing Ferrar (John) The History of Limerick, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, from the Earliest Records to the Year 1787, 8vo Limerick (A. Watson & Co.) 1787. First Edn. list of subscribers, engd. fold. frontis, 2 engd. dedits., lg. fold. plan, fold. map of County, hd. cold. in outline, & other plts. (some fold.) complete, in fine cont. tree calf binding, single gilt fillet borders, and flat spine, gilt tooled in panels, mor. label. A most desirable copy. (1) €375 - €500 134. With Fine Hand-Coloured Plates [Apperley (Chas. James)] ‘Nimrod’ The Life of John Mytton, Esq. of Halston Shropshire. Roy 8vo Lond. n.d. Fourth Edn., hand cold. frontis engd. add. title, & 17 fine hand coloured plts., a.e.g., in attractive full gilt decor. crimson mor., tooled gilt spine; with, Beckford (Wm.) Thoughts on Hunting, In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. 8vo Lond. (Albion Press) 1810. Wd.-cut vignette, engd. frontis & add. engd. title, 8 plts. & one fold. plt. by John Scott, a.e.g., cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders, & attractive gilt spine with sporting motifs. V. good. (2) €300 - €400 130. First Six Editions - With Hand-Coloured Plates Fishing: Francis (Francis) A Book on Angling, 8vo Lond. 1867. First Edn., Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis & 14 other plts. (4 of which are hand cold.) adverts. at end, recent fine hf. wine cold. mor. raised bands gilt lettered. Also with, Second Edn., L. 1867, port. frontis & 15 plts. (5 hand. cold.) adverts at end, orig. cloth; with Third Edn., L. 1872, engd. frontis & 16 plts. (6 hand cold.) adverts, recent attractive hf. crimson mor., gilt flat spine; also Fourth Edn., Lond. 1876, frontis, 16 plts. (some hd. cold.) orig. cloth; also Fifth Edn., Lond. 1880, hd. cold. & other plts. recent hf. green mor.; and Sixth Edn., Lond. 1885. Port. frontis, engd. plts. some hand coloured, orig. cloth. (6) * A very unusual & Scarce Collection. €650 - €900 133 135. Signed by Author, Limited Edition Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. First Edn., Lim. Edn. No. 249 of 375, Signed by Author 2 port. frontis; orig. green buckram, in later slip box. V. good copy. (2) €1250 - €1750