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69 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 536. American interest: Hett Smith (Joshua) An Authentic Narrative of the Death of Major Andre, Adjutant-General of His Majesty’s Forces in North America, 8vo Lond. 1808. Engd. frontis, fold. map & 1 plt., cont. calf, rebacked; Lamb (R.) Memoir of His Own Life, 8vo Dublin 1811. First Edn., cont. full calf, good. (2) * Lamb was author of ‘A Journal of Occurrences during the late American War.’ €100 - €150 537. Binding: [Political [Mathew Johnson] A Collection of the Several Statutes and Parts of Statutes, now in Force, relating to High Treason, and Misprison of High Treason, 12mo., L. (Charles Bill) 1709, First Edn., with licence page hf. title, in contemporary gilt decorated full leather royal cypher on both covers. Good copy. (1) €220 - €350 538. Co.Clare: Knott (Mary John) Two Months at Kilkee, Sm. 8vo Dublin 1836. First Edn., Hf. title, add. engd. title, engd. frontis & 5 other plts.(fold. map etc), orig. cloth; Frost (James) County of Clare Irish Local Names Explained, 8vo Limerick 1906. First Edn., orig. gilt cloth. Both v. good. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 539. Co. Clare: [Dwyer (Philip)]? A Handbook to Lisdoonvarna and its Vicinity, Sm. 8vo Dublin 1876. First Edn., fold. map frontis text illus. adverts. orig. ptd. wrappers, now bound in full cloth; also Lloyd (John) A Short Tour in the County Clare 1780, sm. 8vo Cambridge 1893. Reprint ed. by Henry Henn. orig. boards.(2) €180 - €250 540. Botanical Interest: Tate (Ralph) Flora Belfastiensis - The Plants around Belfast, 12mo, B. (G. Phillips & Sons) 1863, First Edn., blind tooled cloth, gilt lettering; Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanists Guide to The North of Ireland, sm. 8vo, Belfast (C. Aitchison) 1864, First Edn., cloth; Adams (J.) A Student’s Illustrated Irish Flora, 8vo Ken (L. Reeve) 1931, map frontis, illus. throughout cloth & d.j.; Stewart (S.A.) A Flora of the North-East of Ireland, 8vo B. (Naturalists Field Club) 1888. First Edn., git decor. cloth; Deane (C.D.) The Ulster Country Club., 8vo, Belfast 1983, illus., ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (5) €200 - €300 541. Carton Copy [Blenkinsop (Dr. A.)] Paddiana; or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. 1847. First Edn., 2 title vignettes, cont. full calf, dble. gilt fillet & blind tooled borders, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. labels & Carton armorial motif on spines, with Carton bookplates. V. good copy. (2) €220 - €350 542. Yeats (W.B.) Irish Fairy Tales, sm. 8vo, L. (T. Fisher Unwin) 1892, Third Impression, illustrated by Jack B. Yeats, decor. boards (lacks spine), Scarce; Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, 8vo L. (Walter Scott) n.d., hf. title, decor. endpapers, illustrated frontis and other illus by James Torrance, adverts at end, decor. and gilt lettered cloth. Good copy. (2) €300 - €400 543. Yeats (W.B.) The Winding Stair and other Poems, 8vo L. (Macmillan & Co.) 1933, First Edn., original blind decor. green cloth by Sturge Moore, edges untrimmed, decor. d.j. (some wear), with small original photograph on f.p.d. of W.B. Yeats and Edith ?. Good copy. (1) [Wade 169] €350 - €450 539 541 537 542 543