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22 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 111. Special Limited Edition Architecture: Shaffrey (P. & Maura) Buildings of Irish Towns, folio Dublin 1983. First Edn., No. 27 of Limited Edition of 100 Copies Only, Signed by Authors, Publisher, Editor & Printer. Illus. thro.-out, unusual hf. mor., & slipcase. Good. (1) €200 - €300 112. Architecture: Stokes (Margaret) Early Christian Architecture in Ireland, folio Lond. 1878. First Edn., illus., orig. Celtic design cloth; Champneys (A.C.) Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture, folio Lond. & D. 1910. First Edn., photo illus. thro.-out, cloth. Good. (2) €150 - €200 113. Signed by the Author Co. Roscommon: Thorne (Kathleen Hegarty) They Put the Flag-a- Flying, The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923, Folio Oregon, U.S.A. 2005. First Edition. Signed by Author, profusely illustrated, cloth & illus. d.w. V. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 114. Illustrations by Séan Keating Synge (John M.) The Playboy of the Western World , folio London 1927. Limited Edn. No. 396 of 1000 Copies. Fine cold. plts. by Sean Keating, orig. cloth backed boards, & orig. box. (1) €220 - €350 111 & detail 114 115. Fine Hand-Coloured Copy Wright (G.N.) Petrie, Bartlett, etc. , Ireland Illustrated, lg. 4to Lond. 1831. First Edn., engd. hd. cold. title, & 40 engd. full page plts. each with 2 hand cold. views, tissue guards etc in cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt lined spine with raised bands, by Root & Son. In recent cloth Solander box. V. fine. Rare. (1) €1000 - €1500 116. Fifteen Signed Copies Only Feehan (John) The Bogs of Ireland, An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands. Folio Dublin (U.C.D.) 1996. Limited Edition No. 10 of 15 Copies Only, Signed by Authors, Printer, & Binder. Profusely illustrated in colour & bl. & white, fine mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. label, & slipcase. V. good copy. Ex. Rare. (1) €650 - €900