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56 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 473 480 484 471. O’Donovan (Ed.) The Merv Oasis, Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1882. First Edn., engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cold. frontis. Vol. II, 13 fold. & other plts., & fac-similes, complete except for map, cloth, worn. (2) €100 - €150 472. Synge (John M.) The Aran Islands, 8vo, D.. (Maunsel & Co.) 1912, illus by Jack B. Yeats; Poems and Translations, Four Plays and Two Plays, all 8vo, R. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1911, uniformly bound, blue cloth, gilt lettering; Yeats (W.B.) On the Boiler, D. (Cuala Press) 1939, ptd. wrappers; Wellesley (D.) Letters on poetry fromW.B. Yeats to Dorothy Wellesley, L. (O.U.P.)1940, cloth, as a lot. (6) €250 - €320 473. Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, Lond. 1958. First Edn., pict. d.w.; The Honorary Consul, Lond. 1973. First Edn., d.w.; Islands in the Stream, Lond. 1970. First Edn., d.w.; & others. (6) €100 - €150 474. Waugh (Evelyn) Men at Arms, L. 1952, cloth & d.j.; Officers and Gentlemen, L. 1955, cloth & d.j.; Love Among the Ruins, L. 1953, cloth & d.j.; Scoop, L. 1959 (New Imp.) cloth & d.j.; Birdeshead Revisited, Boston 1945, cloth; Helena, L. 1950, cloth; Put Out More Flags, L. 1948, cloth and one other, all 8vo, as a lot. (8) €80 - €120 475. O’Connor (Frank) An Only Child, L. 1961; My Father’s Son, L. 1968; The Backward Look, L. 1967; all 8vo, cloth & d.j., and four others, as a lot, w.a.f. (6) €80 - €100 476. Architecture etc: Stokes (M.) Early Christian Architecture in Ireland, sm. folio Lond. 1878; Crawford (H.S.) & Macalister (R.A.S.) Handbook of Carved Ornament, sm. folio Dublin 1926; & Ancient Ireland, Lond. 1935, d.w; Curtis (E.) Richard II in Ireland 1394-5, Oxford 1927, & Medieval Ireland, D. 1927, both d.w.’s. (5) €100 - €150 477. Hartnett (Michael) A Farewell to English, D.1978, Signed in Irish, Translations, D. 2003; A Book of Strays, D. 2002; Haicead, D. 1993; Adharca Broic, D. 1978; Selected and New Poems, D. 1994; A Farewell to English, D. 1978, Signed & Limited; The Killing of Dreams, D. 1992; Tao, D.1964, Signed; Collected Poems, D. 2001, all 8vo, cloth & d.j.; and five paperback editions by the same author, as a lot, w.a.f. (15) €200 - €300 478. Medical interest: Ormsby (L. Hepenstal) Medical History of the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, Dublin 1888, First Edn., fold. plt. & photos; Kirkpatrick (T. Percy) The History of Dr. Steeven’s Hospital, 4to Dublin 1924. First Edn., illus., boards; also History of the Medical Teaching in T.C.D., Dubin 1912, First Edn., d.w. (3) €100 - €150 479. O’Brien (Wm.) & Ryan (Des.) Devoy’s Post Bag 1871 - 1928, Vol. I & II, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1948. First Edn., illus., both cloth, Vol. I, orig. d.w. Complete Set, Vol. II. V. Scarce. (2) €100 - €150 480. Durcan (Paul) Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela, 8vo, D. (Raven Arts) 1983, First Edn., Signed, printed wrappers; The Berlin Wall Café, 8vo, L. (Harvill) 1995, Signed, ptd. wrappers; Ark of the North for Francis Stuart on his Eightieth Birthday, 28(29) April 1982, 8vo, D. (Raven) 1982, Signed, ptd. wrappers; Life is a Dream, 8vo, L. 2009, Signed, cloth & d.j., along with 8 other books by Paul Durcan, as a lot. (12) €180 - €220 481. Ecclesiastical Register: Erck (John C.) An Account of the Ecclesiastical Establishments in Ireland, as also an Ecclesiastical Register, 8vo Dublin 1830. First Edn., list of subs., uncut, cloth backed boards, worn. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 482. [Croly (George)]? Ireland in Past Times; An Historical Retrospect, Ecclesiastical and Civil, With Illustrative Notes. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1826. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, unopened, orig. cloth, paper labels, one spine worn. Scarce. (2) €70 - €130 483. Hippisley (Sir J.C.) The Substance of Additional Observations .. in the House of Commons in the Debate of the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the 13th & 14th May 1805, 8vo Lond. 1806. First Edn., Hf. title, & errata at front, uncut orig. boards; Wellesley (Viscount) The Irish Question Considered in its Integrity, 8vo Lond. 1844. First Edn., orig. cloth. Two Scarce items. (2) €70 - €120 484. Clanricarde - Memoirs of the Rt. Honourable The Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General of Ireland, 8vo Lond. (for James Woodman) 1722. First Edn., Large Paper Copy, title in red & black, list of subscribers, Limited to 250 Copies, orig. calf, worn, & recent re-back with orig. label. (1) €180 - €250