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38 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 275. Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, Lg. 4to Dublin 1820. First Edn., Fold. frontis lg. fold. 2 maps, plans of Galway Town, & 8 other plts. / maps (some fold.) complete, text illus., cont. hf. mor. (1) * Title page inscribed ‘Richard Martyn,’ Tulira? Scarce. €300 - €400 276. Fishing: O’Reilly (Peter) Trout and Salmon Rivers of Ireland, Ludlow 1995. Third Edn.,; Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland, roy 8vo Ludlow 1995. First Edn.,; Flyfishing in Ireland, roy 8vo Ludlow 2000, First Edn.,; Jorgensen (P.) Salmon Flies-Their Character, Style and Dressing, 4to 1999; Turner (E. Horsfall) Angler’s Cavalcade, Lond. 1966. First Edn., all illus. & d.w.’s.; & O'Reilly (P.) Rivers of Ireland, A Flyfisher's Guide, 8vo, Shropshire (Merkin Union) 2004, Sixth Edn., illus., cloth & d.j. (6) €80 - €120 277. Fishing: Radencich (Michael D.) Tying the Classic Salmon Fly, A Modern Approach, sm. folio Stackpole Books 1997, also Classic Salmon Fly Patterns, folio Stackpole Books 2012, with D.V.D.; Sawada (Ken) Classic Salmon Fly Dressing, Tulchan Books, n.d., Signed by Author; Frodin (M.) Classic Salmon Flies History and Patterns, sm. folio Gothenburg 1991; Alcott (Ron.) Building Classic Salmon Flies, roy 8vo Vermont 1995. All with cold. illus. etc., & cold. pict. d.w.’s. (5) €80 - €120 278. Signed Limited Edition Fishing: O’Reilly (Peter) Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland, 4to Ludlow 1995. First Special Edn. No. 33 of 100 Copies, Signed by Author andWith Original Fly mounted in recess on front cover, full mor. & slipcase. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 279. With Original Fly inset on Front Cover Fishing: Hard (Sven-Olov) Tied in the Hand-Odyssey of a Salmon Fly-Tyer, illus. by Lars. Sundstrom. Lg. 4to Powys (Coch- y-Bonddu Books) 2012. Special Limited Edition No. 35 of 35 Copies Only, Signed, and with Original Fly inset in Front Cover, full wine coloured red mor., and slipcase. Scarce. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 280. Co. Wexford: Hore (P.H.) History of the Town and County of Wexford, - Dunbrody Abbey, The Great Island, Ballyhack, etc., also Old and New Ross, 2 vols. 4to Lond. 1900 - 1901. First Edn., fold. maps, plts. & illus. orig. gilt decor. green cloth; Rowe (David) & Scallan (E.) Houses of Wexford, folio Whitegate 2004. Illus., d.w. Good. (3) €300 - €400 281. Feehan (John) The Landscape of Slieve Bloom, 4to Dublin 1979. First Edn., illus. thro.-out; also Laois An Environmental History , folio Stradbally 1983. First Edn., illus. both orig. pict. d.w.’s. (2) €100 - €150 271. Signed by James Joyce Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, roy 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen), hf. title, uncut orig. full red buckram, gilt lettered spine. Good Copy. (1) [Slocum & Cahoon A49] * This was the Author’s Final Novel, published two years before his passing, it was his most ambitious work, regarded as one of the definitive novels of the 20th Century. €3000 - €4000 278 279