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11 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 53. Quaker interest: A Memorial to William Penn in Ireland at Newtown School, in the Province of Munster 1798-1948, Lg. 4to Dublin 1946. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only. Illus., map, ptd. boards, & orig. d.w.; Wigham (Hannah Maria) A Christian Philanthropist in Dublin - A Memoir of Richard Allen, Lond. 1886. First Edn., orig. photo frontis., orig. cloth, gilt. (2) €130 - €180 54. Hayes (Richard) Ireland and Irishmen in the French Revolution, Dublin 1932; Irish Swordsmen of France, Dublin 1934; Old Irish Links with France - Some Echoes of Exiled Ireland, Dublin 1940; Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France, Dublin 1949. All First Edns. & original d.w.’s. V. good. (4) €170 - €250 55. Lanigan (Rev. John) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 4 vols. Dublin 1822. First Edn., list of subs., later hf. mor. mor. labels. Good set. (4) €180 - €240 56. Inscribed Presentation Copy to John Barrington Carleton (Wm.) Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1864. Fifth Edn., engd. port. frontis Vol. I, with plts. & text illus. a few stains, orig. cloth, gilt, in later slip case. (2) * With lengthy pres. inscription to John Barrington, Lord Mayor of Dublin, on verso of title, Vol. I. €120 - €180 57. Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country, roy 8vo Lond. 1812. First Edn., engd. title, fold. map & panoramas, single page map & 16 plts., cont. diced calf. Carton Copy with bookplate; Ritchie (Leitch) Ireland Picturesque and Romantic, roy 8vo Lond. 1837. Add. engd. title, frontis & plts. a.e.g., cont. hf. vellum, gilt spine. V. good. (2) €150 - €200 58. Rackham Illustrations: Stephens (James) Irish Fairy Tales, 4to Lond. 1920. First Edn., cold. plts. & other illus. gilt decor. green cloth, & d.w. (torn) Inscribed ‘To Kitty from James, Xmas 1920’; de la Motte Fouque Undine, trans. by W.L. Courtney. 4to Lond. 1909. First Edn., cold. plts. etc., gilt decor. blue cloth; also Dickens (Chas.) A Christmas Carol, sm. 4to Lond. & Philadelphia 1915. Cold. plts., gilt decor. blue cloth. All illus. by Arthur Rackham. Good. (3) €300 - €400 59. Co. Tipperary: Gleeson (Rev. J.) Cashel of the Kings, Dublin 1927. First Edn., frontis & illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth; Maher (James) Chief of the Comeraghs, Mullinahone 1957 . First Edn., Signed by Author, illus. thro.-out, cloth & pict. d.w. V. good. (2) €140 - €200 60. 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) €150 - €200 61. Kilkenny interest: Hogan (John) Kilkenny: The Ancient City of Ossory, The Seat of its Kings, The See of its Bishops and The Site of its Cathedral, Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) 1884. First Edn., cold title, fold. maps, orig. gilt cloth; Healy (Rev. Wm.) History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City), Vol. I [All Published] 8vo Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) 1893. First Edn., litho illus. plts. orig. cloth; Birch (Rev. P.) St. Kieran’s College Kilkenny, Dub. 1951. First Edn., illus. d.w.; Anderson (Paris) Nooks and Corners of Co. Kilkenny, 12mo Kilkenny 1940, wrappers. Good. (4) €200 - €300 58 54 55 56 & detail