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28 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 159. Inscribed by The Countess [Gore Booth (Constance)] Burdy (S.) The Life of Philip Skelton, 8vo Oxford 1914. Inscribed in ink on the front paste down by ‘Constance de Markievicz,’ cloth backed boards. * Skelton was a distinguished Ulster clergyman of the 18th Century. (1) €100 - €150 160. With Hand-Coloured Plates Hewitson (Wm. C.) British Oology; Being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. [1831-38] Subscribers Copy approx. 157 hd. cold. plts. (a few loose), cont. hf. mor., tooled gilt panels, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €300 - €400 161. Chauncy (Sir Henry) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, 2 vols. thick 8vo Lond. & Bishops Stopford (J.M. Mullinger) 1826. Engd. port. frontis., subscribers list, lg. fold. map, 43 engd. plts. of which 38 are dble-page, cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines; also [Young (Arthur)] Secretary of the Board, General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire, 8vo Lond. 1813. First Edn.? lg. fold. hd. coloured map, text illus., 2 fold. plts., uncut, unopened, orig. boards. All good. (3) €325‑€450 162. Selby (Prideaux John) Illustrations of British Ornithology, 2 vols. 8vo Edin. 1833. Second Edn. Text only, full purple mor., gilt fillet borders, blind & gilt tooled spines, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €200 - €300 163. Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo Newcastle 1826. Sixth Edn., Engd. illus. thro.-out, cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders, blind & gilt tooled spines, mor. labels; and another copy of the same work, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels, spines faded. Very good copies. (4) €300 - €400 164. Echard (L.) The Roman History , Vols. I - V, 5 vols. L. 1699 - 1705. Vol. I Fourth Edn., remainder Second Edn., 5 engd. frontis, 5 red & bl. titles, cont. panel calf. Good. (5) €75‑€125 165. Signed by the Author Hartnett (Michael) The Naked Surgeon, 8vo D. (Pharple Surgeon) n.d., illustrated woodcuts, throughout, signed by the author, blue boards, decor. d.j. V. Good copy. Very Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 166. Signed Limited Edition of 150 Copies Only Kennelly (Brendan) Cromwell, A Poem, 8vo Donnybrook (Beaver Row Press) 1983, No. 68 (150) copies, signed by the author and illustrator, hf. title, cloth, decor. d.j. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 167. Northern Ireland Poets: Hewitt (John) Time Enough Poems New and Revised, Belfast 1976; The Rain Dance, Belfast 1978; Mosaic, Belfast 1981; Ormsby (Frank) The Collected Poems of John Hewitt, Belfast 1991, d.w.; & one other same author; Dawe (Gerard)ed. The New Younger Irish Poets, Belfast 1991; Boyd (John)ed. The Selected Roy McFadden, Belfast 1983; McFadden (Roy) Collected Poems 1943- 1995, Belfast 1996. Signed, together 9 works. (9) €120 - €180 168. Newry Printing: The Curiosities of Literature, roy 8vo Newry (Alex. Wilkinson) 1817. New Edn., Enlarged. Uncut, recent hf. tan calf, mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 166 168 162 160 & detail 165