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40 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 296. With 10 Fine Coloured Plates Fishing: Day (Francis) British and Irish Salmonidae, sm. folio Lond. 1887. First Edn., 12 engd. plts., (10 Plates in Colour), uncut, partly unopened, orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 297. Moryson (Fynes) Ten Yeeres Travell through The Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turkey, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, Folio Lond. (John Beale) 1617. Divided into III Parts. woodcut illus. in text. Without the first and final blanks, later cloth. Ex. Library copy. V. Scarce. (1) €250 - €350 298. Irish Art: Waddington(Victor) Twelve Irish Artists, lg. folio D. (Three Candles) 1940. First Edn., 12 cold. plts.; Conor (Wm.) The Irish Scene, folio Belfast 1944, First Edn., 12 plts.; de Gennaro (Gaetano) Pastels and Paintings, folio D. (Three Candles) 1945. Lim. Edn. Signed, plts. all cloth. Ex. Library. (3) €140 - €180 299. Jacobsthal (Paul) Early Celtic Art, 2 vols. lg. sq. folio Oxford 1944, plates, orig. buckram; Robinson (Rev. Standford F.H.) Celtic Illuminative Art, lg. sq. folio Dublin 1908. Cold. & other plts. cloth. Ex. Library. (3) €100 - €150 300. Henry (Francoise) La Sculpture Irlandaise, 2 vols. folio Paris 1933. First Edn., numerous plts. text illus. etc., later mor. backed cloth. Ex. Library. (2) €200 - €300 301. Bary (Valerie) Houses of Kerry, folio Co. Clare 1994; Hajba (Anna Maria) Houses of Cork, Vol. 1 North , folio Co. Clare 2002; Blennerville Gateway to Tralee’s Past, folio Tralee 1989; Herity (M.) Irish Passage Graves, folio I.U.P. 1974, Hogg (W.E.) The Millers and The Mills of Ireland, of about 1850, folio Dublin 1997. As a lot, w.a.f. (5) €100 - €150 302. Swift (Jonathan) Publisher. Letters Written by Sir William Temple, Bart, & Other Ministers of State, ... 1665 to 1672, 2 vols. in one, Folio Lond. 1720. Lacks portrait Vol. I, paginator ends at 265 in Vol. I, & Vol. II starts 283 - 585, later hf. calf, worn, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 303. Percheron (R.) & Brouder (C.) Matisse from Colour to Architecture, sq. folio N. York 2004. First Edn., fine cold. plts. cloth, pict. d.w. & slipcase; Cappock (M.) Francis Bacon’s Studio, 4to Lond. 2005. (2) €150 - €200 304. Co. Kerry Valuation: with Numerous Manuscript Additions & Notes: Griffith (Rich.) Co. Kerry - Barony of Iraghticonnor, Unions of Glin and Listowel; and Barony of Clanmaurice, Unions of Listowel and Tralee, 2 vols. folio Dublin 1851-1852. Both vols. interleaved, & with a wealth of additional manuscript material, notes etc., cont. hf. mor. badly worn. Those probably for official use. V. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 305. Irish Railways: List of Shareholders - Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland, Folio Dublin (A. Thom & Co.) 1903 First Edn. Thus., 501pp, cloth backed printed boards. (1) €80 - €130 306. Limited Edition: Gwynn (John)ed. Liber Ardmachanus The Book of Armagh, Lg. thick 4to Dublin (R.I.A.) 1913. Limited Edn. No. 36 of 400 Copies, uncut, orig. blind stamp Celtic design buckram. Good. (1) €325 - €450 307. Walker (Francis S.) Killarney’s Lakes and Falls, oblong folio Lond. 1902. 12 mezzotint engravings, orig. cloth; also The Book of Kells, described by Sir Ed. Sullivan, folio Lond. (Studio) 1914. cold. & other plts., orig. Celtic decor. cloth. Good. (2) €120 - €180 308. Harris (Walter) The History of the Life and Reign of William-Henry, Prince of Orange, folio Dublin 1749. First Edn., list of subs., 12 engd. plts. mostly fold., maps & coins, cont. full calf, joints cracked. Ex. Library. (1) €180 - €250 309. Galletly (Alex) & Taylor (A.) Ancient Towers and Doorways, folio Lond. 1896. First Edn., Lim. Edn. No. 202 of 300 Copies, frontis & plts. old buckram, gilt lettered. Good. (1) €90 - €150 297 306 304