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12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 62. Vallencey (Lt. Gen. Chas.) An Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish Language, 8vo Lond. 1822. Uncut, cont. full drab cloth. Scarce. (1) €180 - €240 63. Boate (G.) Molineaux (T.) & others A Natural History of Ireland, in Three Parts, 4to Dublin 1755., 10 engd. plts. (8 lg. fold.) some repair to edges, some damp stains, cont. hf. calf. Old Bridge House, Drogheda, copy with bookplate. (1) €200 - €300 64. [Lever (Charles)]ed. Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols. 8vo Dublin 1841. First Edn., 2 engd. add. titles, 2 frontis & other plts., by Phiz, adverts at front Vol. I, uncut, orig. blind decor. cloth, gilt spines. (2) €180 - €250 65. Inscribed Presentation Copy Craig (Maurice) Twelve Poems, by Maurice James Craig. 8vo Dublin 1942. Privately Printed. Orig. ptd. wrappers. Inscribed Pres. Copy from Author to fellow Author Arland Ussher. Now in cloth backed marble folder, with bookplate designed by Author’s son, Michael Craig. Rare. The Author’s First Book. (1) €200 - €300 66. Heaney (Seamus) The Haw Lantern, Lond. 1987. Signed Copy, d.w.; Kennelly (Brendan) Selected Poems, Dublin 1985. Signed Limited Edition, d.w.; Montague (John) A Chosen Light, Lond. 1967. Signed Copy, d.w.; Ennis (J.) A Drink of Spring, Gallery Books 1979. Signed Pres. Copy; also O’Sullivan (Seamus) Mud and Purple, 8vo D. & L. 1917. First Edn., with the author’s attractive bookplate. (5) €200 - €300 67. MacDonagh (Donagh) Happy as Larry, Dublin (Maurice Fridberg) 1946. First Edn., illus. by Francis Rose, Signed Presentation Copy, cloth & pict. wrappers; also The Hungry Grass, Lond. 1947. First- Presentation Copy, d.w.; MacDonagh (Patrick) One Landscape Still, Signed Pres. Copy, d.w.; & 1 other same author; Brownlow (T.) & Carew (Rivers) Figures out of Mist, Dublin (New Square Publications) 1966. Signed Pres. Limited Edn.; O’Sullivan (S.) Mud and Purple, Dublin 1917, frontis, d.w.; also Essays and Recollections, D. 1944, d.w.; and The Rose and Bottle, Dublin 1946 First Edn., d.w. Good. (8) €120 - €180 68. In Original Boards - With All the Plates Irish Travel: The Complete Irish Traveler; Containing a general description of the most Noted Cities, Towns, Seats, Buildings Loughs etc., in the Kingdom of Ireland.. 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1788. First Edn., engd. frontis. Vol. I, 2 engd. vignette titles, 24 engd. plates (some lg. fold.,) uncut orig. boards. V. good copy. Ex. Scarce. (2) €350 - €500 69. Association Copy 1798: Hay (Edward) History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, A.D. 1798, Dublin 1803. First Edn., hf title, lg. fold. map of Co. Wexford, fold. table, some L.S.’s bound with ‘Authentic Detail,’ cont. tree calf, mor. label. Good copy. (1) * Signed by Rev. Thos. Betagh, Pioneering Jesuit priest. €150 - €200 70. Wilde (W.R.) Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Tenerife, and along the Shores of the Mediterranean, 8vo Dublin 1844. Second Edn., hd. cold. map frontis, text illus. dedit leaf soiled & pce. torn away (no loss of print) cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Good. (1) €140 - €180 71. D’Alton (John) The History of Drogheda, with its Environs; ... Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 2vols. 8vo Dublin 1844. First Edn., engd. title Vol. I engd. view frontis & map, 2 fold. engd. maps & plans, & 19 plts., list of subs., orig. hf. calf, rebacked, one spine faded, but v. clean copy. (1) €220 - €350 72. Bookplates: Vinycomb (John) On the Processes for the Production of Ex Libris (Book-Plates), Sm. 8vo Lond. 1894. First Edn., fine cold. frontis & other plts., orig. cloth, gilt, very scarce; also same author, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to their Use in British Heraldry, 8vo Lond. 1906. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, cloth, with orig. prospectus loosely inserted; Johnson (F.) A Treasury of Bookplates, folio N. York 1977, illus; & A Brief History of Bookplates in Britain, oblong 8vo Lond. V. & A. Museum. (4) €130 - €180 63 66 68 65