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

80 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 623. Welsh (Thomas) Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt, 4to Lond. 1803. First Edn., lg. fold. h. cold. map frontis, list of subs., & 47 other plts. (6 hd. cold.) maps some fold. (complete), & hd. cold. some text browned, cont. calf, gilt borders, tooled gilt spine with mor. label. (1) €150 - €200 624. Barrington (Sir J.) Historic Memoirs of Ireland, comprising Secret Records of ... The Rebellion, and The Union,2 vols. sq. folio Lond. 1833 Engd. ports. thro.-out, cont. hf. calf; also by same author, Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union, between Great Britain and Ireland, folio Lond. 1809. L.P. engd. title, & portraits thro.-out, uncut, later hf. mor. Ex. Library. (3) €170 - €220 625. Box: Yeats (W.B. & Jack) A collection of 22 volumes varied, mostly hardbacks, include. On the Boiler, 4to Dublin (Cuala Press) n.d. orig. wrappers; The Dun Emer Press, Late Cuala Press - List of Book, Broadsides etc, Sm. folio Dublin (Cuala Press) 1973 Lim. Edn. NO. 249/250 Copies, illus. orig. cloth, etc. A box, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 626. Fine Collection on Co. Mayo, etc. Postcards: A very good collection of over 170 original Postcards, many real photographic of Co. Mayo, and with a few of Co. Galway. Towns included, Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, Newport, Ballina, Claremorris, Ballinrobe, Balla, Killala, Achill Sound, Duagh, hotels etc., Croagh Patrick & Clew Bay, Mulranny, Clare Island, Pontoon etc. Also Galway City, The Claddagh, An Spideal, Connemara, Military Barracks, Oughterard, Eviction Scene at Loughrea, real photo cards of Aran. A very fine clean collection, in 4to Album, a few loose. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 627. Abbey (Maj. J.R.) Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, - A Bibliographical Catalogue. Folio San Francisco 1991. Illus. thro.-out, cloth & d.w. (1) €80 - €120 628. Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1837. Plus Original Atlas Lond. 1837. All First Editions & Uniform. Engd. title, lg. fold. Map of Ireland, & 32 full page maps, all orig. cloth. V. clean set. (3) €250 - €350 629. Reports from Uruguay, 1894-1896 Harvey (John) of Malin, Co. Donegal - A hard backed Letter-Book containing carbon copies of monthly reports from the London Times reporter in Montevideo to his editor from 2 May 1894 to 14 December 1896, commenting in detail on politics, personalities, trade, finances etc. The writer during most of this period was O. Schoones, succeeded on 7 May 1896 by John Harvey (from Malin Hall, Co. Donegal), who continued the series until his return to Ireland at the end of the year. Pp 1-212 plus several loose letters; rest of volume blank. Uruguay at this time had moved from military to civilian rule, but the policy of “collectivism” enabled President Juan Idiarte Borda to ensure that control of government remained within a cabal of the ruling Colorado party, to the exclusion of the opposition Blanco (National) party. At the same time, the country was rapidly modernising, with improved education, the development of the port of Montevideo, and the establishment of a state bank. These letters vividly chart the wobbly progress of a Latin-American state, still unsure of its course in a changing world (there was a Blanco uprising in March of the following year, and in August President Idiarte was assassinated). As a Manuscript Ledger, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 630. With 35 Large Folding Maps Irish Boroughs : Instructions given by The Chief Secretary for Ireland with Reference to The Cities and Boroughs in Ireland..., Folio Lond. 1832. First Edn. 35 lg. fold. hd. coloured maps, uncut, orig. printed boards, stained & upr. cover loose. Scarce. (1) €450 - €600 628 629 630 626 623