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32 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 196. Binding: Colletta (Gen. P.) History of the Kingdom of Naples, 1734 - 1825 , trans by S. Horner. 2 vols. Edin 1858. Cont. full calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. good. (2) €75‑€100 197. Dublin Society: Transactions of the Dublin Society, For 1800 Vol. II Part I, 8vo D. 1801. First Edn. Numerous articles, 8 fold. & other plts. (include. Map of the Gold Mines in Wicklow), complete, & some text illus., cont. hf. calf. Scarce. Bookplate of Owen Wynne, with his monogram. (1) €150 - €200 198. Lenihan (Maurice) Limerick: its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, roy 8vo Dublin 1866. First Edn., fold. plan frontis, two errata leaves, 4 engd. plts. & text wd. cuts, complete, orig. cloth. Good. (1) €200 - €300 199. Irish Language: O’Brien (Rev. Paul) A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language, 8vo D. 1809. First Edn., hf. title, fold. plts., mor. backed boards; Bhedel (Wm.) Leabhuir an tSean Tiomna, thick roy 8vo Dublin (G. & J. Grierson..) 1827. 1306pp., orig. blind stamped calf. Good. (2) €140 - €200 200. Architecture: Bell (Thos.) An Essay on the Origin and Progress of Gothic Architecture, 8vo Dublin 1829. First Edn., hf. title, 7 litho plts., recent full calf, raised bands, mor. label, cloth slipcase. Good. (1) €200 - €300 201. Moore (Thomas) Irish Melodies, lg. 4to D. n.d. [1859] Joseph Campbell’s copy, ‘Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, A Leabhar,’ with pen & pencil sketch; O’Connell (Mrs. M.J.) Charles Bianconi A Biography 1786- 1875, 8vo Lond. 1878, orig. photo illus., orig. cloth, & another on same subject; plus Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 , by Jeremy Williams. (4) €100 - €150 202. First Edition of Important Directory Pigot & Co : City of Dublin and Hibernian Directory... plus Comprehensive Directory of London, .. and Directories of Some of the Commercial and Manufacturing Towns of England, Thick roy 8vo Lond. & Manchester 1824. First Edn., 2 lg. folding hand coloured maps, fold. tables, in orig. diced calf, recent re-back. V. good. Ex. Scarce in this condition. (1) €300 - €400 203. Irish Sailing : O’Brien (Conor) Across Three Oceans, A Colonial Voyage in the Yacht ‘Saoirse’ 8vo L. 1926 illus. newscutting etc; also From Three Yachts, A Cruisers Outlook 8vo L. 1928 First Edn. port. frontis; also Ryan(John) AWave of the Sea, 8vo D. 1981. First Edn., illus. d.w. All Scarce. (3) €75‑€125 204. Cuala Press: Tagore (Rabindranath) The Post Office: A Play, Translated by Devabrata Mukerjea. 8vo Dundrum 1914. Lim. Edn. No. 197 of 400 Copies Only; also Brindley (Louis H.) Poems, 8vo Dublin 1945. Lim. Edn. No. 53 of 100 Copies Only Presentation Copy ‘To My friend Mr. Graham Nott..’ Signed. both orig. cloth backed boards. V. good. (2) €180 - €250 205. Cuala Press: Synge (J.M.) Deirdre of the Sorrows; A Play, 8vo Churchtown (Cuala Press) 1910. First Edn., Limited to 250 Copies, Hf. title in red, wd. cut device on title, text in red & black thro-out, unopened, orig. oatmeal cloth backed blue boards. V. good copy. (1) €350 - €500 206. – See page 33 207. Cuala Press: Yeats (W.B.) Dramatis Personae, 8vo Cuala Press 1935. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only; also Essays by W.B. Yeats 1931 to 1936, 8vo Dublin 1937. Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only, both cloth backed blue boards. Good. Wade 183 & 194. (2) €250 - €350 198 204 199 207 202