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56 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 384. Pamphlets: A Full and Accurate Report of the Debates in the Parliament of Ireland ... 1793 ... on The Bill for Relief of His Majesty’s Catholic Subjects, 8vo Dublin 1793. First Edn., rebacked tree calf; Duigenan (Patrick) A Fair Representation of the Present Political State of Ireland: In a Course of Strictures on Two Pamphlets. 8vo Dublin 1800. First Edn., recent mor. backed boards; Addington - Substance of the Speech of The Rt. Hon. Henry Addington,.. 12 Feb. 1799. 8vo Dublin 1799.First Edn. recent mor. backed cloth boards. (3) €160 - €240 385. Catholic Question etc: A Detailed Report of the Speeches in Both Houses of Parliament on the Irish Roman Catholic Petition, 8vo Lond. 1805. First Edn., recent hf. mor.; [Parnell (Wm.)] An Enquiry into the Causes of Popular Discontents in Ireland, by An Irish Country Gentleman. Second Edn., Lond. 1805, old cloth; Parnell (Henry) A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics,... 8vo Dublin 1808, recent boards. (3) €150 - €220 386. [Alemand (Louis Augustin)] Histoire Monastique D’Irande, 12mo Paris (Louis Lucas) 1690. First Edn., L. Stamps on title, & some thro-out, a.e.g., cont. mottled calf, recent professional reback. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 387. 18th Century Directories Treble Almanack: Stewart &Watson, The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack, with The English Register, and Wilson’s Dublin Directory, for 1783, 1787, 1791, 1794, & 1799. Together 5 vols. sm. 8vo Dublin 1783-1799, some with m/ss notes etc., full calf, & cloth backed boards. As directories, w.a.f. (5) €350 - €450 388. Attractive Emblem Book Sucquet (Antoni) Via Vitae Aeternae, Iconibus illustrata per Boetium a Bolswert. Thick 8vo Antwerp (H. Aertssens) 1625. Editio Sexta. Engd. title (with sm. circular library stamp) wd. cut initials, & decorations & 32 numbered engraved plates, some cont. m/ss comments in borders, some light damp stains cont. full vellum, lacking ties, upper joint cracked, but a good copy. (1) €300 - €400 389. First Danish Edition Macgill (Patrick) Den Rode Horizont [The Red Horizon] 8vo Copenhagen 1917. Forward by Harald Nielsen. With hf. title, hf. calf, Danish binding in marble boards. V. good copy. Ex. Rare. (1) €140 - €200 390. Bird (Isabella L.) Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, 2 vols. Lond. 1880. Second Edn., Fold. cold. map, plts. (frontis), & text illus., decor. cloth. (2) €130 - €180 391. Plowden (Francis) Strictures upon the Historical Review of the State of Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1804. First Edn., uncut, unopened, orig. boards, recent reback; orig. label supplied; also An Historical Letter to The Rev. Charles O’Conor, D.D. heretofore styling himself Columbanus: 8vo Dublin 1812. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, orig. calf, rebacked, mor. label. Both v. good. (2) €160 - €220 390 384 391 385 392. Some Signed Copies Heaney (Seamus) Field Work, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1979. First Edn. Signed; New Selected Poems, 1966-1987, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1990. First Edn. Signed, November 1992; Seeing Things, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1991. First Edn. Signed, Door into the Dark, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1972, Signed 22/11/85; & 3 others by Heaney. All paperbacks. (7) €250 - €350 388