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24 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 145. I.A.S. - Hardiman (J.)ed - A Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught, Written A.D. 1684 by Rod. O’Flaherty. 4to Dublin 1846. First Edn., engd. map frontis. Pres. copy from Editor to Henry Grattan Curran Esq., inscribed, orig. cloth rebacked; also Simington (R.C.) The Transplantation to Connacht, 1654-58, 4to D. 1970, cloth. (2) €140 - €200 146. Rolls Series: Hennessy (Wm. M.)ed. The Annals of Loch Ce, A Chronicle of Irish Affairs... 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1871. First Edn., Fold. cold. fac-simile, recent cloth backed marble boards, cloth labels. Good. (2) €150 - €200 147. O’Conor Don (Rt. Hon. C.O.) The O’Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir, 4to Dublin 1891. First Edn., Frontis & plts.; also I.A.S. - O’Donovan (John)ed. The Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, Commonly Called O’Kelly’s Country, 4to Dublin 1843. First Edn., map frontis fold. pedigree, both recent mor. backed boards, mor. labels. (2) €200 - €300 148. [Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator] Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, 4to Lond. 1936, 12 coloured illus. text illus., decor. end papers, orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (1) €175 ‑ €250 149. Fishing: Headley (Stan.) Trout & Salmon Flies of Wales, .. [and] Scotland, 2 vols. 4to 1996 & 1997, d.w.’s; Malone (E.J.) Irish Trout and Salmon Flies, 1993; Buckland (J.) & Oglesby (A.) A Guide to Salmon Flies, 1990; Veniard’s Further Guide to Fly Dressing, 1985; Lalor (J.) The River Suir, A Blue Riband River for Trout & Salmon Fishing, 2008 Signed by Author. As a lot. (6) € 75 ‑ €125 150. Fishing etc: Maxwell (Sir H.) Memories of the Months, First Series [-Seventh] Together 7 vols. Lond. 1907-1922. Plts. & illus. orig. cloth. (7) €80 - €140 151. Fishing: Yarrell (Wm.) A History of British Fishes, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1836. First Edn., Hf. titles, cont. hf. green mor. gilt decor. spine, recased; also Second Edition of same work, 2 vols. Lond. 1841, orig. hf. green mor. gilt spines. Both with wd.-cut illus. thro.-out. Good. (4) €200 - €300 152. Newman (Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Vols. I & II only (ex. 3) 4to Geneva 1739 - 40. Two hf. titles, Red & bl. titles with engd. vignettes, text illus. thro.-out, damp thro.-out, many pages loose, cont. T.C.D. Prize calf, with Prize Bookplate for Michael Kearney, later F.T.C.D. Sold not subject to Return. (2) €200 - €300 153. Shaffer (Jacob Christian) Piscium Bavarico - Ratisbonevium Pentas, 4o First Edn., Ratisbonae (Regensburg) 1761, dedit., 12pps., 82pps., 3 (ex. 4) hand cold. fold. plates. Ex.-libris ‘The Hirsel Library’ [Douglas Home, Prime Minister, 1st Earl of Home] later leather back marble boards, loose, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 154. Fishing: Kelson (Geo. M.) Tips, by the Author of The Salmon Fly, 4to Lond. 1901. First Edn., hf. title, plts. & illus. adverts. etc., orig. cloth, gilt decor. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 155. Signed Limited Edition Hole (Dean Reynolds) ‘Oxonian,’ A Little Tour in Ireland, Signed Lim. Edn., No. 23 of 100 Copies. Lg. 4to Lond. 1892. Lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis, plts. & text illus., buckram backed orig. cloth. V. good clean copy. (1) €150 - €200 152 148 150 154 151