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26 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 163. With Fine Coloured Plates Fishing: Kelson (Geo. M.) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress it and How to Use it, 4to Lond. 1895. First Edn., port. frontis., 8 fine full page cold. plts. & other bl. & white plts. text illus., adverts at end, orig. gilt decor. cloth, in recent slipcase. A v. good copy. (1) €300 - €400 164. With Inset Original Fly Fishing: Macky (John) The Diary of an Irish Water Bailiff 1791-1809, roy 8vo 2008. Ed. by E.J. Malone. Special Lim. Edn. No. 2 of 50 Copies, Signed, and with original fly inset on verso of front cover. Full mor., & matching slipcase. Pristine copy. (1) €350 - €450 165. Fishing: Fahy (Edward) Child of the Tides - A Sea Trout Handbook, sm. folio Dublin 1985; also same author The Brown Trout in Ireland, sm. folio Lond. 1995. Both First Edn., illus. & pict. d.w.’s. Good. Scarce. (2) €100 - €150 166. R.I.A. - Antiquities -The Aran Islands, by J.T. O’Flaherty, 4to 1824, & On The History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, by Geo. Petrie, 4to 1837, plus numerous other articles, uncut, later full cloth, with numerous loose newscuttings. As a coll. of articles, w.a.f. (2) €80 - €120 167. Plumptre (Anne) Narrative of a Residence in Ireland, during The Summer of 1814, and that of 1815. Lg. 4to Lond. 1817. First Edn., engd. port. frontis & 11 sepia plts. (one with dble view) one folding. In unusual cont. decor. purple cloth, spine faded. A v. good copy. (1) €325‑€450 168. Wright (Thos.) Louthiana: or, An Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland, Folio Lond. (W. Faden), 1748. For the Author. First Edn. List of Subscribers, red & bl. title, engd. frontis & upwards of 90 engd. views & plans (Complete) engd. by Paul Fourdrinier, fine cont. full calf, raised bands, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label (later). V. good copy. (1) €350 - €500 169. Signed Limited Edition Dulac (Edmund) A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French, Lg. 4to Lond. & N.Y. (Chas. Scrbiner’s Sons) 1928. Limited Edn. No. 61 of 1000 Copies, Signed by Artist. 12 fine lg. cold. plts., uncut, orig. vellum backed blue boards. V. good copy. (1) €450 - €700 170. Special Signed Edition [Pogany (Willy) Illustrator] Fitzgerald (Ed.) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Folio Lond. n.d. Special, Limited Edn. No. 24 of 525 Copies, Signed by Artist. Illus. thro.- out, fine tipped in cold. plts.,in attractive gilt decor. limp green suede, in orig. box (dam.). V. good copy. (1) €300 - €400 163 168 164 & detail 170 169 & detail