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54 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 450. Astronomy: Keill (J.) An Introduction to the True Astronomy, 8vo Lond. 1778. Sixth, 28 fold. plts. (1 dam. with loss). Title inscribed ‘Ross Mahon, 1783’ [Castlegar Hse. Co. Galway], cont. calf; [ Emerson (W.)] A System of Astronomy, 8vo Lond. 1769. 15 (ex 16) fold. plts. hf. calf; Proctor (R.A.) A New Star Atlas, Lond. 1875, dbl. page maps, full calf; & 1 other. (4) €100 - €150 451. Poetry: Carolan - The Countess of Carrick; A Love Tale, and Clandestine Marriage, of The Thirteenth Century, Sm. 8vo Lond. (R.Ackerman) 1819. Sole Edn., Dedication Signed, Carmona, Belfast, Antrim County, 1818. XIV [IV] 197, [2]pp uncut orig. boards; also Howard (Gorges Edmond) The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, 3 vols. 8vo Dublin (R. Marchbank) 1782. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, port. frontis Vol. I, list of subscribers, orig. full calf, worn. Very Scarce. (4) €100 - €150 452. All First Editions O’Flaherty (Liam) Land, L. 1946; Insurrection, L. 1950; Two Years, L. 1930; Hollywood Cemetery, L. 1935, all 8vo; O’Connor (F.) My Father’s Son, L. 1968; O’Faolain (S.) Midsummer Nights Madness, L. 1932, all 8vo, cloth, mostly with d.j, as a lot. (6) €150 - €200 453. Signed Presentation Copy Murray (Pat Joseph) The Life of John Banim, The Irish Novelist, sm. 8vo London 1857. First Edn., hf. title, Signed ‘From the Author’ to Rev. M. O’Ferrall, port. frontis, orig. cloth. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 454. Unusual Association Copy Arciprete Ori Segret (Gaspar)ed. Regole ed Istruzzioni da osservarsi Nell, Accompagnamento del Ssmo. Viatico... 12mo Rome 1758. Hf. titles, wd. cut illus. heads. etc. 158pp., orig. vellum. Inscribed on front blank ‘Docr. Troy for Docr. Delany.’ V. good. (1) €150 - €200 455. Travels in China Martin (Martin) Regni Sinensis a Tartaris devestti Enarratio,.. 16mo Amsterdam 1661. Engd. title, fld. engd. map, & 12 fold. plts. cont. full vellum. (1) €120 - €180 456. Henry (Paul) An Irish Portrait, 8vo, L. (B.T. Batsford Ltd.) 1951, First Edn., Signed on f.e.p., cold. frontis & plts., red cloth, d.j.; typescript Letter from Mabel Young loosely inserted to Mrs. Coppoch referring to the signing of this book, dated Oct. 10th, 1951; Davidson (J.) The Ballad of a Nun, 12mo, L. (J. Lane) 1905, First Edn., frontis & 6 plts., illustrated by Paul Henry, green cloth; Lynch (P.) The Grey Goose of Kilnevin, 8vo L. (J.M. Dent) 1939, cold. frontis & text illus. by Sean Keating, grey cloth, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 457. Co. Louth etc: House of Commons - Minutes of Evidence... before the Committee on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Lond. 1836, cloth dam; Hall (B.)ed. Name Index to Tombstone Inscriptions of Co. Louth Ireland, 2 vols 2001, wrappers; Leslie (Canon J.B.)ed. Swanzy’s Succession Lists of the Diocese of Dromore, Belfast 1933. First Edn., port. frontis with numerous additions thro.-out, & with A.L.s. to editor loosely inserted, cloth. The Editor’s Own Copy, Signed.. (4) €130 - €170 458. Hyde (Douglas) Beside the Fire, A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories, Lond. 1890. First Edn., cloth, v. good; Dulac (Ed.)illus. Stories from The Arabian Nights, Lond. 1919. Cold. illus; & Yeats’ Fairy and Folk Tales, Lond. 1994. (3) €100 - €150 459. Stack (Rev. John) A Short System of Optics, ... designed for the Use of Undergraduates in the University of Dublin, 8vo Dublin (Wm. M’Kenzie) 1793, 5 fold. plts. cont. hf calf; Rudlam (w.) The Rudiments of Mathematics,... 8vo Cambridge 1787. Second Edn., 1 fold. plt. only, hf. calf, mor. label. (2) €130 - €180 460. Genealogy: Bailie (Geo. Alex.) A History and Genealogy of the Family of Bailie of Northern Ireland, 8vo Augusta, Georgia 1902. Sole Edn., port. & photos, & 5 fold. tables. Pres. Copy., orig. cloth. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 461. Scarce Irish Travel Volume Clarke (Dr. E.D.) A Tour through the South of England, Wales and Part of Ireland, made during the Summer of1791, Lond. (Minerva Press) 1793. First Edn., hf. title, 12 aquatint plts., in orig. tree calf rebacked, spine rough. Clean copy. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 453 454 456