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52 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 405. Author Association Copy Musgrave (Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, From the Arrival of the English, 2 vols. large 4to Dublin (for J. Milliken). 1801. Second Edn., L.P. Copy, 2 hf. titles, 10 fold. engd. maps, Appendix in Vol. II, uncut, in recent fine professional hf. calf, marble sides, gilt spines, mor. V. good copy. (2) * This copy, a presentation to Mr. Wm. Turner, Oct. 30th, 1801, from author and with long complimentary m/ss note from Turner about Musgrave. Also with m/ss slip Signed by Rd. Musgrave, concerning payment from John Milliken, publisher. €425 - €650 406. Fishing: Greenhalgh (M.) & Smalley (J.) Fishing Flies, 2009; Buckland (J.) & Oglesby (A.) A Guide to Salmon Flies, 1990; Griffiths (T.) The Essential Kelson - A Fly-Tyer’s Compendium, 2011; Waltham (J.) Classic Salmon Flies - The Francis Collection, L. 1983; Grewcock (B.) The Fly Dresser’s Guide to Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Flies, folio 2014, Signed by Author; & 2 others sim. (7) €90 - €150 407. Fishing: Mallock (P.D.) Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout and other Freshwater Fish, 4to Lond. 1910. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. pict. cloth; Hutton (J.A.) The Life History of The Salmon, 4to Aberdeen 1924, illus.; West (Leonard) The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitations, 8vo St. Helen’s n.d. [Privately Printed] cold. plts. etc., also Second Edn., of same work, Liverpool 1921, cold. plts., buckram. (4) €100 - €150 408. Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (H.)illus. The Admirable Crichton, 4to, L. (Hodder & Stoughton) n.d., cold. frontis & 19 cold. plts. (complete), gilt decor. cloth & spine. Good calf. (1) €180 - €220 409. Genealogy: Young (A.I.) Three Hundred Years in Inishowen, Being more Particularly an Account of the Family of Young of Culdaff, lg. 8vo, Belfast (M’Caw, Stevenson & Orr Ltd.) 1929, First Edn., photo frontis, text illus., green cloth, gilt text. Scarce. (1) €180 - €220 410 – See page 53 411. Walker (Joseph C.) Historical Memoirs of The Irish Bards, 4to Dublin 1786. First Edn., eng. plts. & ports. (1 fold.) engd. text illus., engd. music, later hf. calf, worn. Ex. Library copy. (1) €200 - €300 412. Edgeworth (Maria) & (R.L.) Practical Education, 2 vols. 4to Lond. 1798. First Edn., 2 fold. plts. lacks hf. titles, cont. calf, rebacked, worn. Ex. Library. (2) €180 - €250 413. Borlase (Wm. Copeland) The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1897. First Edn., cold. & other plts. later mor. backed boards. Ex. Library. (3) €250 - €350 414. Simon (James) Essay on Irish Coins, with Supplement. Lg. 4to Dublin 1810. First Edn., engd. plts. uncut, later hf. mor. Ex. Library. (1) €120 - €180 415. Genealogy: Ponsonby (Maj. Gen. Sir J.) The Ponsonby Family, Lond. 1929. First Edn.,; A Genealogical History of the Savage Family in Ulster, lg. 4to Lond. 1906. First Edn., plts. & maps; Jephson (M.D.) An Anglo-Irish Miscellany, lg. 4to Dublin 1964. First Edn., illus. & pedigrees, all cloth. Ex. Library copies. (3) €200 - €300 405 408 413 416. Most Desirable Copy with large Coloured Plates Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 lg. folio vols. in one, Lond. [1879] Fist Edn., illus. with 41 fine full page cold. plts., text illus., a.e.g., now bound in fine bright crushed crimson levant mor., raised bands, spine tooled gilt in panels with fishing motifs etc. An Extremely Fine Copy. (1) €650 - €950