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40 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 260. Music etc: Moore (Thos.) & Stevenson (Sir J.) A Selection of Irish Melodies, First & Second Numbers, 2 vols.in one, folio Dublin (Wm. Power) n.d. Both orig. engd. covers Signed by Publisher W. Power, recent mor. backed boards, v. good & clean; Moores Irish Melodies, folio D. n.d. [1859]; Moffat (Alfred) The Minstrelsy of Ireland, folio Lond. 1897, v. good pict. cloth; Hall (Mrs. S.C.) Sketches of Irish Character, sm. folio Lond. 1844. Illustrated Edn., cloth. (4) €200 - €300 261. Scrapbooks: Three folio Scrapbooks with mostly Newscuttings of a literary and artistic nature, with many issues of ‘Cruiskeen Lawn,’ by Myles na gCopaleen, illustrated cuttings etc. All cloth, as scrapbooks, w.a.f. (3) €120 - €180 262. O’Donovan (John)ed. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by The Four Masters, 7 vols. lg. 4to Dublin 1856. Second Edn., Hf. titles, partly unopened, in orig. embossed green cloth, gilt decorated spines, in cloth box. Earl of Arran’s Copy. A very fine clean copy. (7) €550 - €750 263. Irish Music: Bunting (Edward) The Ancient Music of Ireland, .... To which is prefixed A Dissertation on The Irish Harp and Harpers. Folio Dublin 1840. First Edn., Add. engd. cold. title, 3 engd. plts. text illus., & engd. music, orig. gilt decor. cloth; also a full modern reprint of the above lg. 4to Dublin 1969, cloth & d.w.; and Petrie (Geo.) Teh Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, Vol. I, lg. folio Dublin 1855. First Edn., engd. music, full mor. (2) €200 - €300 264. Irish Music, etc: Joyce (P.W.) Ancient Irish Music, lg. 4to Dublin 1873. New Edn., gilt green cloth; Macleod & Boulton, Songs of the North Gathered together from The Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, folio Lond. n.c. (c. 1892) cloth; O’Neill (Capt. Francis) The Dance Music of Ireland, folio Chicago 1907. Port. frontis, recent cloth; Hannigan & Clandillon, Londubh an Chairn, Being Songs of the Irish Gaels. Vol. II, sm. folio Lond. 1927, cloth. (4) €160 - €240 265. Kitto (John) The Pictorial Sunday-Book, folio Lond. (Chas. Knight) 1845. Full page cold. frontis & illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. mor. worn. (1) €80 - €120 266. Engraved Plates: Nimrod [Apperley (C.J.)]ed. Sporting,... illustrative of British Field Sports. Lg. folio Lond. 1838. Add. engd. title, & 21 full page engd. plts. & text vignettes, cont. full blind & gilt tooled mor. binding, some stains. (1) €130 - €180 267. Special Provincial Newspaper Supplements: The Westmeath Independent Special 150th Year Supplement, lg. folio Athlone 1996; A Century of Longford Life Longford Leader 1897-1997, lg. folio Longford 1997; Mayo in the Twentieth Century, published by The Mayo News, lg. folio Westport 1999, orig. ptd. wrappers. All profusely illustrated. (3) €120 - €160 264 261 266 262 & detail 260