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57 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 394. [Crowe (Eyre Evans)] Today in Ireland, 3 vols. 12mo Lond. (Chas. Knight) 1825. First Edn., in cont. full green mor. some wear, rebacked, new labels, in marbled slipcase. Scarce. (3) €280 - €350 395. Thackeray (W.M.) The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.... Written by Himself, 3 vols. 12mo Lond. (for Smith Elder & Co.) 1852 First Edn., 3 hf. titles, a.e.g., in fine cont. tree calf, dble. gilt fillet borders, spine profusely gilt in panels & mor. labels, by Morrell, Binder, stamped. V. fine copy. (3) €300 - €400 396. Inglis (Henry D.) Ireland in 1834- A Journey throughout Ireland, 2 vols. 12mo Lond. 1834. First Edn., lg. fold. map Vol. I & fold. chart Vol. II, cont. hf. calf, gilt spines, mor. labels. Good copy. (2) €200 - €300 397. Architecture: Billington (John) The Architectural Directory, or, Pocket Vignola, ... In Two Volumes. Vol. I Illustrated with Fifty-Five Plates. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1828. First Edn. [All Published] 55 engd. plts., fold. tables thro.-out, also some cont. marginal comments., cont. cloth. Very Scarce. The Unrecorded True First Edition. (1) €300 - €400 398. Joyce (P.W.) The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 vols. Dublin 1891-1913, cloth, gilt. (3) €100 - €150 399. Yeats (W.B.) The Wind Among the Reeds, 8vo New York (John Lane) 1905. Hf. title, title browned, 10pp adverts at end, decor. green cloth, gilt lettered. (1) €150 - €200 400. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats Reynolds (John Hamilton) The Fancy, sm. 8vo Lond. (Elkin Matthews) [1905] First Edn. First Issue, Memoirs & Notes by John Masefield, & 13 illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, in orig. salmon pink decor. cloth, faded somewhat. Rare. (1) * Karl Mullen’s copy, Signed. €300 - €400 393. Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations - Selected Poetry 1968-1978, Lond. 1984. First Edn., Signed 9.XI.89; The Haw Lantern, Lond. 1987. First Edn. Signed; The Haw Lantern, Lond. 1987. First Edn. Signed; The Cure at Troy, Lond. & Derry 1990. First Edn. Signed; New Selected Poetry 1966 - 1987, Lond. 1990. First Edn; Seeing Things, Lond. 1991. First Edn; The Spirit Level, Lond. 1996 First Edn.; Electric Light, Lond. 2001. First Edn.,; Jan Kochanowski Laments, Lond. 1995. First Edn., all orig. paperbacks. V. good. (8) €600 - €800 396 394 399 400 395