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31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 238. Pepper (George) The History of Ireland, from the First Colonization... the Topography of the Scenes of Battles, and Memorable Events, as well as a Review of the Rise and Progress of Irish Literature and the Fine Arts. In One Volume. Roy 8vo Boston (Deveraux & Donahoe) 1835. First Edn., as usual spotted thro-out, in recent mor. backed boards, raised bands, mor. label. Good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €170 - €220 239. Taaffe (Dennis) An Impartial History of Ireland, From the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time.4 vols. roy 8vo Dublin (J. Christie) 1811. First Edn., each with woodcut device on title, with attractive hf. green mor., raised bands. V. good. (4) €200 - €300 240. Binding: Dobson (W.T.) A Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign 1807-1814, Its Battles and Sieges, 8vo Lond. 1889. Fold. map, & 10 plts. a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor. fillet & lg. tooled gilt borders, spine gilt in panels, by Bickers, Lond. V. good. (1) €130 - €180 241. Martin (R. Montgomery) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, Lond. 1843. First Edn., fold. map frontis, fold. & other tables, orig. cloth; Barrington (Sir J.) Personal Sketches of His Own Times, 2 vols. Lond. 1827. First Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, attractive hf. calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. labels. (3) €150 - €200 242. Africa: Wissmann (Her. Von) My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa from the Congo to the Zambesi, ... 1886 and 1887, Lond. 1891. First Edn., port. frontis & fold. map, cold. in outline, orig. full cont. calf, gilt borders & gilt spine in panels, v. good by Belfe Bros; also Brocklehurst (Capt. H.C.) Game Animals of the Sudan, Their Habits and Distributions, roy 8vo Lond. 1931. First Edn., fold. map, cold. plts. good cloth & pic. d.w.; & Jackson (Sir F.J.) Notes on the Game Birds of Kenya and Uganda, Lond. 1926. First Edn., cold. plts. cloth & d.w. All good. (3) €200 - €300 243. Genealogy: De Salis (R. Eliz. Francis Fane) De Salis Family: English Branch, 8vo Henley-on-Thames 1934. First Edn., ports. & illus. fold. tables orig. gilt decor. vellum coloured cloth. V. good. (1) €180 - €240 244. Military: Walker (G.A. Cooper) The Book of the Seventh Service Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Tipperary to Ypres, 8vo Dublin [1920] First Edn., illus.; The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle, 1924, Winchester 1925, illus.; & 1 other, all cloth. (3) €80 - €120 245. Pamphlet: Co. Louth Trial - A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of James Bird, Roger Hamill, and Casimir Delahoyde, Merchants; Patrick Kenny, Bartholomew Welsh, Matthew Read and Patrick Tiernan, before The Hon. Mr. Justice Downes in the Criminal Court of Drogheda, April 23rd 1794, 8vo Dublin 1794. First Edn., 48pp some repairs, recent cloth. V. Scarce. (1) €175 - €225 246. Co. Louth Author: Byrne (P. Jones) An Outline of the Duties of a Clerk of the Crown, with Practical Directions, 8vo Dublin 1867. First Edn., cloth, rebacked. (1) €100 - €150 247. R.D.S.: - Sewart (Donald) The Report of Donal Stewart, Itinerant Mineralogist to the R.D.S., 8vo Dublin 1800. First Edn., reports on 25 Counties, 142pp., recent full cloth. (1) €130 - €180 239 245 240 247 244