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36 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 249. Travel: Robertson (Wm.) An Historical Disquisition Concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India;.... of Trade...., 8vo Dublin 1791. First Edn., lg. fold. map, cont. calf, Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the History and Antiquities, The Arts, Sciences and Literature of Asia, 8vo Dublin 1793 Hf. title, cont. tree calf; An Account of a Voyage to India, China, etc. in His Majesty’s Ship Caroline,... in 1803 - 4 - 5, By An Officer of The Caroline. 8vo Lond. 1806. lacks map & plts. mor. backed. (3) €80 - €130 250. Orpen (G.H.) Ireland Under the Normans - 1169-1216, 4vols. Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1911-1920, First Edn., hf. titles, full green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Good set. (4) €200 - €300 251. [Michael Collins] O’Connor (Batt) With Michael Collins in the Fight for Irish Independence, 8vo L. (Peter Davies Ltd.) 1929, First Edn., inscribed “ To Mrs. Frank Hugh O’Donnell, with kind regards from the Author, Batt O’Connor T.D., Dublin, Aug. 1932, ” green cloth; Talbot (Haydon) Michael Collins Own Story, 8vo L. (Hutchinson & Co.) n.d., port. frontis, adverts at end, cloth; Beaslai (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols. L. (G.G. Harrap & Co.) 1926, First Edn., frontis (both volumes) plts. throughout, rebound blue cloth; Neeson (E.) The Life and Death of Michael Collins, 8vo, Cork (Mercier) 1968, illus. cloth & d.j. as a lot. (5) €350 - €420 252. Mayo (Earl of,) & Boulton (W.B.) A History of the Kildare Hunt, 8vo Lond. 1913. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis & 30 plts. & ports., orig. crimson cloth. Ex. Library. (1) €220 - €350 253. Robinson (Tim) Connemara - Listening to the Wind, ... The Last Pool of Darkness, ... A Little Gaelic Kingdom, 3 vols. (Penguin Ireland) 2006, 2008 & 2011. First Edns., & 4 others by same author, all orig. d.w.s. V. good. (7) €160 - €220 254. Pepper (George) The History of Ireland, from the First Colonization... the Topography of the Scenes of Battles, and Memorable Events, as well as a Review of the Rise and Progress of Irish Literature and the Fine Arts. In One Volume. roy 8vo Boston (Deveraus & Donahoe) 1835. First Edn., as usual spotted thro-out, in recent mor. backed boards, raised bands, mor. label. Good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 255. Americana: M’Kenney (Thos. L) Memoirs Official & Personal; with Sketches of Travels among the Northern and Southern Indians, Two vols. in one, roy 8vo N. York 1846. Second Edn., port. frontis Vol. I & hd. cold. port. frontis Vol. II, plus other plts. & items tipped-in later, orig. cloth, gilt spine. (1) €100 - €150 256. Directory: Pigot (J. & C.) Pigot & Co’s City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory, roy 8vo Lond. 1824. With lg. fold. hand. cold. Maps of Ireland & Scotland, recent hf. mor. Ex. Library. As a directory, w.a.f. (1) €160 - €220 257. Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, thick 8vo, L. (Bradbury & Evans) 1853, First Edn., engd. frontis & title, illustrated by H.K. Browne, hf. calf, cloth boards; Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. in 1, thick 8vo, L. (Chapman & Hall) 1865, First Edn., illustrated by Marcus Stone, frontis, hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label; Little Dorrit, thick 8vo L. (Bradbury & Evans) 1857, First Edn., frontis & engd. t.p., dedit, illustrated by H.K. Browne, hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label, as a lot. (3) €180 - €220 258. Ball (Francis Elrington) A History of the County of Dublin, 6 vols roy 8vo Dublin 1902 - 1920. First Edns., profusely illus. fold. maps etc. orig. cloth, v. clean set. (6) €130 - €180 259. O’Byrne (Daniel) The History of the Queen’s County, roy 8vo Dublin 1856. First Edn., recent hf. mor. Ex. Library. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 260. Barnard (Alfred) The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols. 4to Lond. n.d. [c. 1890] Illus. thro.-out, some pps. photocopied, mor. backed cloth boards. Ex. Library Copy. (4) €160 - €220 251 252 260 257