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35 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 236. Political: [Co. Down] An Historical Account of the late Election of Knights of the Shire for the County of Down. together with The Petition to Parliament, complaining of an Undue Election and Return for the Said County, 8vo [Belfast] 1784, First Edn., bookplate “Crawfordsburn,” contemp. full calf, gilt decor. spine., mor. label. (1) €150 - €200 237. Political: [An Eye-Witness] Narrative of the Proceeding of the Contested Election for the County of Down in the Year 1830; with the Squibs, Placards, Songs, also with the Publications of the Down Elector..., 8vo, Belfast (Henry Lanktree) 1830, First Edn., frontis & 7 fold. plts., bookplate “Crawfordsburn,” contemp. hf. green leather, marble boards, mor. label. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 238. Anon: Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, 8vo Dublin (Grierson) 1852. Hf. title, cont. hf. mor. (1) €140 - €180 239. Newenham (Thomas) A Statistical and Historical Inquiry into the Progress and Magnitude of the Population of Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1805. First Edn., errata leaf, fold. tables, cont. hf. calf. Ex. Library Copy. (1) €200 - €300 240. Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1927. hf. title, First Edn., illus. cold. frontis, plts. by Norah McGuinness, decor. red cloth, d.j. Good copy. [Wade 157] (1) €180 - €220 241. Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols., 8vo, L. (Reeve, Benham & Reeve) 1849-1856, First Edn., hf. titles, portrait frontis Vol. IV, contemp. uniform blind tooled green cloth, clean set. (4) €275 - €350 242. Genealogies: Strange (Mary A.) The Bourne(s) Families of Ireland, 8vo U.S.A. 1970. Orig. cloth; Warren (Rev. T.) A History and Genealogy of the Warren Family, 1982 Reprint, orig. cloth. V. good. (2) €100 - €150 243. Egan (P.M.) The Illustrated Guide to the City and County of Kilkenny, sm. 8vo Kilkenny 1884. First Edn., cloth; Burghclere (Lady) The Life of James First Duke of Ormonde 1610-1688, 2 vols. Lond. 1912, orig. cloth. Ex. Library. (3) €120 - €170 244. Neilson (Rev. Wm.) An Introduction to the Irish Language, 8vo Dublin 1808,hf.calf; Connellan (Owen) A Dissertation on Irish Grammar, sm. 8vo Dublin 1834, recent mor. backed boards; O’Brien(J.) An Irish- English Dictionary, 8vo Dublin 1832, hf. mor. Ex. Library. (3) €120 - €170 245. [Brown (R.N. Rudmose), Mossman (R.C.) & Pirie (J.H. Harvey)] ‘Three of the Staff’ The Voyage of the ‘Scotia’, Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas, 8vo Edin. & L. 1906 First Edn., Hf. title, frontis, 3 maps (2 fold.) & numerous plates, orig. pict. cloth, spine faded. Ex. Library. (1) €220 - €350 246. Scully (Reg. W.) Flora of County Kerry, 8vo Dublin 1916. First Edn., hf. title, fold. map, & 6 plts. later buckram. Ex. Library. (1) €200 - €300 247. Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols. Lond. 1849-50. First Edn., engd. port frontis, Vol. IV, 4 hf. titles, later cloth. Ex. Library. (4) €200 - €300 248. Brooke (Miss) The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke Esq., 2 vols. D. (printed for the Editor) 1792, Third Edn, Vol. 1 rebound full calf, mor. labels. Vol. 2 original full tree calf, mor. label, worn, as a lot. (2) €150 - €200 238 241 246 245