CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

72 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 563. Limerick Periodical: Journal of the Limerick Field Club, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. III, No. 12, together 12 numbers [All Published] Limerick 1897-1908. First Edn., illus. thro.- out, a few damp stains. In recent mor. backed cloth boards. V. good. Full sets, v. scarce. (3) Provenance: Mr. Thos. J. Westropp. €300 - €400 564. Fishing, mostly Irish interest - Drought (Capt. J.B.) Green Memory of Days with Gun and Rod, Lond. 1937. First Edn., d.w. also A Sportsman Looks at Eire, 8vo Lond. First Edn., illus. orig. d.w.; Gwynn (S.) Fishing Holidays, Lond. 1904; Gedney (C.W.) Angling Holidays in Pursuit of Salmon, Trout and Pike, Bromley 1896. First Edn., illus; Headlam (M.) Holiday Fisherman, L. 1949, d.w. (5) €80 - €120 566. Fishing & Other Sport: Bickerdyke (J.) Wild Sports in Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1897. First Edn., Plates & illus. plus adverts. thro.-out, gilt decor. boards; Long (Maj. A.W.) Irish Sport of Yesterday, Lond. n.d. First Edn., illus.; Seigne (J.W.) Irish Bogs, Sport and Country Life in the Irish Free State, Lond. 1928. First Edn., illus.; Le Fanu (W.R.) Seventy Years of Irish Life, Lond. 1893; Corballis (J.H.) Forty-Five Years of Sport, L. 1891, all cloth. (5) €100 - €150 567. Drummond (William H.) The Giants Causeway, A Poem, 8vo, Belfast (Joseph Smyth) 1811, First Edn., fold. & single page map frontis, dedit, errata, 3 fold plt., & 3 single plts., uncut, orig. boards, m/ss label. (1) €180 - €220 568. Wilde (W.R.) The Closing Years of Dean Swift’s Life; with Remarks on Stella..., 8vo Dublin 1849. Second Edn. Revised & Enlarged. Port. frontis text illus. full unopened copy, orig. cloth, gilt lettered front cover. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 569. [Doyle (Bp. James)] ‘J.K.L.’ [James, Kildare & Leighlin] Letters on the State of Ireland; Addressed... to a Friend in England, 8vo Dublin 1825. First Edn., 364pp., cont. hf. calf, upr. joint cracked. (1) €150 - €200 570. Duignan (Patrick) An Answer to the Address of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan, Ex.-Representative of the City of Dublin, 8vo, D. (Milliken) 1798, First Edn., advert, 303 pps., contemp. full calf, (worn) otherwise good. (1) €160 - €240 571. [1798 Interest] Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Lords, with an Appendix - Printed by Authority, 8vo D. (W. Sleater) 1798, First Edn., 1 - 67; Report of Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons - Ordered to be Printed 15th March, 1799, D. (J. Milliken) 1799, First Edn., 1 - 38, Appendix (40-112pps), later full green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 572. U.S. Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) The Haw Lantern, 8vo N.Y. (Farrar Straus Giroux) 1987, Signed Limited Edition No. 152 (250) copies, claret cloth, gilt lettered label, matching slipcase. (1) [Bandes & Durkan A41e] €250 - €320 565. Humphries (Thomas) Measurer, The Irish Builder’s Guide, Exhibiting the Valuation of Buildings throughout Ireland, Dedicated to Francis Johnston. 8vo Dublin (James Charles) 1813. First Edn., lg. fold. frontis, list of subscriptions, & 4 other plates (3 fold.), recent full crimson mor., gilt fillet border, raised bands, mor. label, & gilt decor in panels, in cloth slipcase. Ex. Scarce. V. good copy. (1) €1000 - €1500 563 571