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

74 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 581. Mangan (James Clarence) Anthologia Germanica - German Anthology: A Series of Translations,... 2 vols. sm. 8vo Dublin 1845. First Edn., Essays in Prose and Verse, by J. Clarence Mangan, Ed. by C.P. Meehan, C.C., 12mo Dublin 1884; O’Donoghue (D.J.) The Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan, Edn. Dublin etc. 1897. Illus. etc. annots & corrections thro.-out in m/ss for a proposed revised edition, uncut, cloth; & 1 other sim. (5) €150 - €200 582. O’Keeffe (John) Recollections of the Life of John O’Keeffe, written by Himself, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1826. First Edn., port. frontis, later cloth, mor. label. Good. (2) €100 - €150 583. Harkin (Wm.) Scenery and Antiquities of North-West Donegal, 8vo Londonderry 1893. First Edn., Fold. map, & 12 plts., advert. leaves, orig. cloth, v. good clean copy. Rare. (1) €140 - €180 584. Reid (John) Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica, or, An Account of all the Books which have been Printed in the Gaelic Language. 8vo Glasgow 1832. First Edn., Interleaved copy, in recent attractive hf. calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1) €120 - €180 585. Stephenson (S.M.) An Historical Essay on the Parish and Congregation of Templepatrick, compiled in the Year 1824 , 8vo Belfast (Joseph Smyth) 1825, First Edn., errata slip, 48pps, fold. plt. later full cloth, gilt decor. spine. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 586. [Irish Politics] The Debate in the Irish House of Peers, on a Motion made by the Earl of Moira, Monday, February 19th, 1798, 8vo D. (J. Milliken) 1798, First Edn., hf. title, 163pps, & Appendix (17pps with notes), later leather backed cloth, gilt lettering; [Cooke (G.)] Arguments for and against a Union, between Great Britain and Ireland Considered, 8vo, L. (J. Wright) 1798 (Dec.) Second, 58pps., recent full cloth, gilt lettered spine; and Grattan (H.) An Answer to a Pamphlet, entitled The Speech of the Earl of Clare, on the Subject of a Legislative Union, between Great Britain and Ireland, 8vo L.(G.G. & J. Robinson) 1800, First Edn., 48pps, later leather backed cloth boards, gilt lettered spine. (3) €200 - €300 587. Parnell (William) An Historical Apology for the Irish Catholics, 8vo, D. (H. Fitzpatrick) 1807, Second Edn., dedit., VIII, 747pps, recent leather backed cloth boards. Good copy. (1) €140 - €180 588. M’Ilroy (Archibald) When Lint was in The Bell, 8vo Belfast (M’Caw, Stevenson & Orr) 1897. First Edn., Hf. title, Signed Pres. Copy to R. Aikin... June ‘98, uncut, cont. hf. mor. gilt spine. V. good copy. (1) €120 - €170 589. Mant (Rt. Rev. R.) History of the Church of Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1840. First Edn., fold. map frontis, Vol. I, one fac-simile, & 1 plt., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. V. good; also Killen (W.D.) The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 2 vols. Lond. 1875. First Edn., unopened, orig. cloth. Good. (4) €140 - €200 590. Griffith (Richard) Geological and Mining Surveys of the Coal Districts of the Counties of Tyrone and Antrim in Ireland, 8vo, D. (R. Graisberg) 1829, First Edn., dedit., IX, 72pps, and 4 large cold. fold. plts. at end, contemp. boards, spine worn. Otherwise good copy. Scarce. (1) €220 - €350 591. Fishing: Hardy (J.J.) Salmon Fishing, Lond. 1907, plts. & illus.; Hardy’s Anglers Guide, Coronation Number, 8vo 1937; C. Farlow & Co. Ltd., Fishing Tackle Catalogue, c. 1927, illus.; Hardy (J.L.) The House the Hardy Brothers Built, 2006; Coleby (R.J.W.) Regional Angling Literature, A Check-list of Books on Angling and Salmon Fisheries in Scotland, Northern England, Wales and Ireland, 8vo Lincoln 1979, cloth; Westwood (T.) & Satchell (T.) Bibliotheca Piscatoria, with Supplement by R.B. Marsden, 8vo N.Y. 1991; & 12 other varied catalogues, Hardy’s, Farlow etc., some reprints. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 592. D’Alton (John) Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James’s Irish Army List (1689), thick 8vo Dub. 1855. For Subscribers. First Edn., orig. cloth gilt lettered spine; O’Conor (M.) Military History of the Irish Nation, Dublin 1845. First Edn., recent cloth. (2) €90 - €140 593. McGahern (John) The Barracks, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1963, First Edn., red cloth, d.j. (not clipped); The Barracks, 8vo L. (Panther) 1966, First Paperback, illus. wrappers; Memoir , 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2005, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Love of the World, 8vo L. 2009, cloth & d.j. together with paperback copies of The Dark, and Getting Through, as a lot. (6) €200 - €300 594. Train (Joseph) A Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest Times to the Present Date. 2 vols. in one, 8vo Douglas 1845. Two fold. maps (1 hd. cold.), text illus. cont. hf. mor. raised bands mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 585 590