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41 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 310. Fishing: Maxwell (Rt. Hon. Sir H.) Fishing at Home & Abroad, Lg. sq. folio Lond. 1913. Lim. Edn. No. 129 of 750 Copies. cold. & other plts. illus. etc., uncut, full cont. mor.; also British Fresh-Water Fishes, lg. 4to Lond. 1904. Cold. & other plts., orig. cloth; Aflalo (F.G.) A Book of Fishing Stories, folio Lond. 1913. Cold. & other plts., uncut, orig. buckram; and British Salt-Water Fishes, lg. 4to Lond. 1904, cold. & other plts., uncut, cloth; & The Fishing Gazette, ed.by R.B. Marsdon, folio 1923, with Irish Reports, illus. hf. mor. As a coll.,w.a.f. (5) €120 - €180 311. Kinloch (Col. Alexander A.) Large Game Shooting, Thibet and Northern India, lg. 4to Calcutta (Thacker, Spink & Co.) 1885, First Edn., frontis and illustrated photogravures throughout, errata, decor. cloth gilt lettered spine. Good copy. (1) €180 - €250 312. Graves (Rev. J.) & Prim (J.G. Augustus) The History, Architecture and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, Lg. 4to Dublin 1857. First Edn., text illus. orig. cloth. (1) €140 - €200 313. Association Copy: The Historical Scrap Book, sq. folio Lond. (Cassel & Co.) n.c. 1890 Illus. thro.-out, cloth backed pictorial boards. (1) * Robert Gregory’s copy, with his bookplate. Manuscript note stating it was bought at Lady Gregory’s Sale at Coole Park. €150 - €200 314. Lysons (Daniel) The Environs of London, 5 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1810 - 11. Second Edn., engd. titles & numerous engd. plts. (some fold.), in good stoutly bound hf. calf, mor. labels. Good. (5) €80 - €130 315. Catalogues: The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, thick lg. 4to London 1910. Profusely illustrated, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, very good copy; John Round & Son Ltd., Sheffield n.d. [c. 1880] Lacks title, profusely illustrated some coloured plates, cloth; Litchfield & Co. Furniture and Interiors of the 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries, folio n.d. [c. 1920], profusely illustrated, cloth. (3) €140 - €200 316. Periodical: Mac Neill (Eoin)ed. The Irish Volunteer, New Series. Vol. II No. 1 - 72, December 5, 1914 - April 22nd, 1916. In 2 Volume Folio etc. & pictorial adverts., later mor. backed cloth boards. As a periodical, w.a.f. Ex. Library. (2) €160 - €240 317. Binding: Franklin (John) Parables of Our Lord, lg. folio Lond. (Published by J. Mitchell) n.d. [c. 1852] Engd. title, 10 lg. engd. plts., printed in red black & blue on heavy card, gauffered gilt edges, green silk ends, in heavy gilt & blind tooled embossed panel green mor., profusely decorated with engraved & pieced brass mounts. Very unusual binding. Ex. Fine Copy. (1) €250 - €350 310 311 313 316 317