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39 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 308. Scarce First Edition Smith (John) Choir Gaur; The Grand Orrery of The Ancient Druids, Commonly called Stonehenge, on Salibury Plain,.., Lg. 4to Salisbury 1771. Printed for the Author. First Edn., With 3 lg. fold. plates & 2 original contemporary drawings of same, bound in, VI, 73pp, a few cont. m/ss notes & corrections, with some additional material loosely inserted, later boards. V. clean copy. Rare. (1) €400 - €600 309. Irish Railways: List of Shareholders - Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland, Folio Dublin (A. Thom & Co.) 1903 First Edn. Thus., 501pp, cloth backed printed boards. (1) €150 - €200 310. Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: The Andalusian Sketch Book , edited by Honan (Michael Burke) folio London 1837. First Edition. Hd. cold. frontis & 11 others sim. all clean, orig. cloth, gilt spine. Scarce. (1) €450 - €750 311. Robinson (Rev. Stanford F.H.) Celtic Illuminative Art, In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne and Kells. Lg. 4to Dublin (Hodges, Figgis & Co.) 1908. First Edn. cold. frontis & 51 plts. t.e.g., uncut, attractive git Celtic decorated buckram. V. good. (1) €160 - €220 312. Somerville (E.OE.) & Ross (Martin) A Patrick’s Day Hunt, oblong folio Lond. n.d. Second Impression, 8 cold. plts. pictorial boards. (1) €120 - €180 313. O’Donovan (Donal) God’s Architect - A Life of Raymond McGrath, folio Bray 1995. First Edn.,; McGrath (R.) & Frost (A.C.) Glass in Architecture and Decoration, folio Lond. 1961, New Edn., revised by Mc Grath, both illus. thro.-out, both orig. d.w. (2) €70 - €100 314. Northern Ireland interest: House of Commons, Report from Select Committee on the Newry Borough Election Petition: and also The Minutes of Evidence, folio Lond. 1833, 49pp., recent full cloth; Gosset (Wm.) Copy of the Report of the Investigation held at Portadown on 10th April 1834, ... into the Conduct of Chief Constable of Police, Brennan, and the Result,.. the subject of the Disturbances,.. in the Town of Portadown ... Easter Monday preceeding, Folio Lond. 1835. 17pp in recent full cloth folder. Both v. good. Scarce. (2) €130 - €180 315. Irish Prisons: House of Commons - Fifteenth Report of the Inspector General of the General State of the Prisons of Ireland, 1836, Folio Lond. 1837. First Edn., 145pp. Later limp cloth. Good. (1) €140 - €200 316. [Harris (Walter)] Hibernica: Or, some Ancient Pieces relating to Ireland, Never hitherto made public (No. VI excepted) Folio Dublin (Ed. Bate) 1747. First Edn., recent fine calf backed boards, raised bands mor. label. V. good clean copy. (1) €200 - €300 317. Genealogy: [Fortescue] Thomas, Lord Clermont, A History of The Family of Fortescue in all its Branches, Lg. 4to Lond. 1880. Second Edn., L.P. Copy, port. frontis (loose) & numerous other plts. text illus. etc. tables etc., mor. backed cloth (cracked at spine). Scarce. (1) €160 - €240 313 308 315 309 310