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37 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 261. Batty (Capt.) French Scenery, folio Lond. 1822. Engd. title, & 64 engd. plts., a.e.g., most plts. v. clean, many with tissue guards, few stained, cont. hf. mor. (1) €200 - €300 262. Co. Clare: O’Donovan (J.)ed. Letters... Antiquities of the County of Clare, 3 vols. 4to Typescript with maps, cloth backed boards; Westropp (Thos. J.) Articles (From Journals) relating to County Clare, 2 vols. roy 8vo Dublin c. 1900-1913, numerous illus. photos maps etc., recent hf. mor. (5) €200 - €300 263. Lenihan (Maurice) Limerick; its History and Antiquities, roy 8vo Cork Reprint (Mercier) 1967. Limited Edn., illus., & recent fine mor. backed marble boards; I.M.C. - Ainsworth (John)ed. The Inchiquin Manuscripts, roy 8vo Dublin 1961, cloth. (2) €100 - €150 264. Co. Kerry: Cusack (M.F.) A History of the Kingdom of Kerry, Lond. 1871. First Edn., cold. map frontis, text illus., recent hf. mor.; Ainsworth (Wm.) An Account of the Caves of Ballybunian, Co. Kerry, with some Mineralogical Details. 8vo Dublin 1834. First Edn., text illus. recent mor. backed boards; O’Donovan (J.) The Antiquities of the County of Kerry, Cork 1983. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies. (3) €160 - €220 265. Donegal Interest: Shrubsole (E.S.) Picturesque Donegal, 8vo, L. (Wm. Cate) 1908, First Edn., fold. maps, illus. and adverts, cloth; The Land of Lakes, 8vo L. (Wm. Cate) 1906, First Edn., fold. maps, illus., and adverts, decor. cloth (worn); Swan (H.P.) Highlights of Donegal Highlands, 8vo Belfast (H.R. Carter) 1958, illus., cloth & d.j.; Romantic Inishowen, Ireland’s Wonderful Peninsula, 8vo D. (H. Figgis & Co.) 1941 First Edn., illus., cloth & d.j.; Twixt Foyle and Swilly, 8vo D. (H. Figgis) 1949, First Edn., illus. cloth (lacks d.j.) as a lot. (5) €200 - €300 266. Ussher (R.) &Warren (Rbt.) The Birds of Ireland, 8vo, L. (Gurney & Jackson) 1900 First Edn., cold.frontis, maps & illus., decor. cloth; Montague (George) Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary of Synopsis of British Birds, 8vo Exeter (S. Woolmer) 1813, First Edn., uncut, original boards (worn); Patterson (R.L.) The Birds, Fishes, & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, 8vo, L. 1881, Second Edn., map frontis decor. cloth, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 267. [R.D.S.] Townsend (Rev. Horatio) A General Statistical Survey of the County of Cork, 2 vols., hf. title, Cork (Ed. & Savage) 1815, First Edn., dedit, some wear, recent boards. As is. (2) €130 - €180 268. Co. Galway: Egan (Rev. P.K.) The Parish of Ballinasloe, D. 1960. First Edn., illus. d.w.; Coen (Rev. Fr. M.) The Wardenship of Galway, Galway 1984. First Edn., illus. d.w.; Lynch (Ronan) The Kirwans of Castlehacket, Co. Galway, Dublin 2006. First Edn., d.w. All v. clean copies. (3) €80 - €130 269. With Hand-Coloured Plates Fishing: [Hutchinson (Mrs.?)] Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water, 8vo Lond. 1851. First Edn., hf. title & 6 engd. plts. (5 hand- coloured) 74pp, Part Map of Co. Galway in text, advert leaf at end, orig. cloth. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) €300 - €400 270. Lynch (Wm.) A View of the Legal Institutions Honorary Hereditary Offices and Feudal Baronies... in Ireland, Sm. folio Lond. 1830. First Edn., recent hf. mor.; Hore (H.J.) & Graves (Rev. J.) The Social State of the Southern and Eastern Counties of Ireland in the Sixteenth Century, roy 8vo Dublin 1870. First Edn., cont. mor. backed cloth. Ex. Library copies. (2) €180 - €260 271 – See page 38 272. Bookbinding: Maggs Bros. Bookbinding in the British Isles - Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Catalogue 1212. Two vols. folio Lond. 1996. Sole Edn., illus. thro.-out, now in cloth slipcase; Ramsden (C.) London Book Binders, 4to Lond. 1987, d.w.; Stevick (Rob. D.) The Earliest Irish and English Book Arts, 4to Philadelphia 1994, d.w. (4) €75 - €125 273. Fishing: Berners (Dame Juliana) A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book on ... Fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde ... in 1496. Lg. 4to Lond. 1880. With introduction by Rev. .G. Watkins, M.A. advert leaf at front, hf. title, woodcut illus., B.L., uncut, orig. blind stamp vellum. Good. (1) €250 - €350 274. Wakefield (Edward) An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1812. First Edn., two hf. titles, dble page engd. map, & lg. fold. plt., cont. full calf, triple gilt fillets, gilt spines (some dam.), rebacked. good. Bookplate of T. Dawson Brodie. (2) €400 - €600 262 265 269