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

32 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 210. Fishing: [Belton (Wm. B.)] The Angler in Ireland: or, An Englishman’s Ramble through Connaught and Munster, during ... 1833. 2 vols. Lond. 1834. First Edn., Two litho frontis & fold. map recent attractive hf. mottled calf, marble sides, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €350 - €500 211. Fishing: Newland (Rev. H.) The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-Fishing, 8vo Lond. 1851. First Edn., Fine hand coloured frontis, hand coloured vignette title, lg. fold. map, & 4 bl. & white plts., recent hf. calf, raised bands, gilt decorations in panels, mor. labels. A v. attractive copy. Scarce. (1) €550 - €750 212. Harris (Walter) The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin, 8vo D. 1766. First Edn., 2 lg. fold. plans, fold. table, & 15 engd. views on 8 lg. fold. plts. (v. clean), 2 other views (not called for), recent calf backed buckram. V. good. (1) €100 - €150 213. Fishing Interest: Peard (W.) A Year of Liberty or Salmon Angling in Ireland, 8vo, L. (Horace Cox) 1867, First Edn., errata slip, blind tooled cloth, gilt lettering; Geen (P.) Fishing in Ireland, 8vo L. n.d., Second Edn., frontis, illus., cloth; Adams (J.) The Anglers Guide to the Irish Fisheries, 8vo L. (Hutchinson & Co.) 1924, First Edn., hf. title, frontis, illus.cloth; Drought (Capt. J.B.) A Sportsman Looks at Eire, 8vo, L. (Hutchinsons) n.d., frontis & illus., cloth; Luce (A.A.) Fishing and Thinking, 8vo, L. 1959, First Edn., cloth; Went (A.E.J.) Irish Salmon & Salmon Fisheries, 8vo L. 1955, First Edn., illus., cloth & d.j.; and two others on Fishing in Ulster. As a lot. (8) €200 - €300 214. [Lodge]- Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica: or A Select Collection of State Papers. 2 vols. Dublin 1772; Chatterton (Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland, 2 vols. Lond. 1839. Plates & illus., recent cloth; Rambles through Ireland; By a French Emigrant. 2 vols. in one, sm. 8vo Cork 1798, calf; Twiss (R.) A Tour in Ireland in 1775, sm. 8vo Dublin 1777. Third, engd. frontis calf. Ex. Library copies. (6) €150 - €200 215. Irish Literature: Cross (Eric) The Tailor and Antsy, Lond. 1942. First Edn., port. frontis, cloth & d.w. Signed ‘J.R. Cross,’ March 1944 on f.l.e.; Keane (J.B.) Big Maggie, Cork 1969. First Edn., d.w.; Behan (Brendan) The Scarperer, Lond. 1966. Uncorrected Proof Copy, ptd. wrappers; Kiely (Ben) A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly, Lond. 1973. Mor. backed boards; O’hEithir (B.) Lead us into Temptation, Lond. 1978, Signed Lim. Edn., No. 11 of 50 Copies, mor. backed; O’Donnell (Geo.) Reminiscences of a Country Boy, Dublin 1949. First Edn., cloth. (6) €200 - €300 216. Inscribed by the Author Mackay (William) Pro Patria, The Autobiography of an Irish Conspirator, 2 vols. 8vo, L. (Remington & Co.) 1883, First Edn., Signed on f.e.p. Vol. 1 ‘ To His Friend Lee from the author, 5 days after St. Partridge’ orig. decor. cloth. Nice Association Copy. (2) €180 - €250 217. Donegal: How (F.D.) A Hero of Donegal, A Memoir of Dr. William Symth of Burtonport, 8vo L. 1902, First Edn., frontis & other illus., cloth; [Maghtochair] Inishowen: its History, Traditions and Antiquities, 8vo Donegal (P.H. Doherty) 1935, First Edn., cloth; Doherty (W.J.) Inisowen and Tirconnell, 8vo D. (P. Traynor) 1895, Second Series, cloth; and also Illustrated Handbook of the Scenery and Antiquities of South-Western Donegal, 8vo, D. 1872, frontis, illus. decor. cloth. As a lot. (4) €180 - €220 218. Binns (Jonathan) The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland, 2 vols. Lond. 1837. First Edn., fold. map frontis hd. cold. in outline, & 9 litho plts., uncut, orig. cloth, stained. Scarce. (2) €120 - €180 219. [J.K.] Letters to the North, from a Traveller in the South, sm. 8vo, Belfast (Hodgson & Milliken & Son) 1837. First Edn., hf. title, 110pps., later green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 220. Harris (Walter) & Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County of Down, 8vo D. (A. Reilly) 1744, First Edn., dedit, lg. fold. map (rebacked), contemp. full mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 210 211 216