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60 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 418. [Goldsmith] Cunningham (Peter)ed. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1854. First Edn. Thus, add. engd. title, port. frontis Vol. I, cont. full dark brown mor. with blind tooled decor., some Celtic motifs, by Hodges-Smith & Co., Dublin, all stamped. (4) * A rare Dublin Binder. €250 - €350 419. Steinbeck, (John) East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First Edition, First Issue. pp. [vi], 602. Publisher’s green cloth, front cover printed in dark green, spine printed in black on brown background. Previous owner’s signature on front endpaper. This first issue dustjacket with the author’s photo printed on the back panel is rich in colour with a hint of wear to the edges. A near fine copy in solander box with the landscape of the dust jacket reflected in relief on the upper lid of the solander box. (1) €800 - €1000 420. Provost (J. Joseph) Un Tour en Irlande, 8vo Paris 1846. First Edn., hf. title, a.e.g., orig. mor. backed French boards, tooled gilt spine. Good and Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 421. Froude (J. Anthony) The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols. Lond. 1872. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, cont. hf. crimson mor., gilt armorials on front covers. (3) €180 - €250 422. Texelii (Petri), Ecclesiae Brielanae Pastoris senioris, Phoenix Visus & Auditus: sive Fictae illius avis, quae usque adeo celebratur toto orbe, Descriptio Symbolica,... 4to Amsterdam 1706, 15 engd. full page plts. & varied engd. vignettes in text, of coins etc., full cont. vellum. (1) €180 - €250 423. Story (George) A True and Impartial History of the Most Material Occurrences in the Kingdom of Ireland, In Two Parts. 4to Lond. (for Rich. Chiswell) 1693. Second Edn., gen. title & 2 other titles double ruled, & 1 hf. title, 12 fold. engd. maps (a few straight tears), & fold. table, ‘Line of Battle at Aughrim’ at p. 124 supplied in facsimile from Nat. Library Copy, in recent full calf, blind tooled panel, raised bands, mor. label & gilt decor. on spine. (1) €300 - €400 424. Banville (John) Birchwood, N.Y. (W.W. Norton & Co.) 1973. First American Edn. Signed Presentation, cloth; Doctor Copernicus, N.Y. (W.W. Norton & Co.) 1976. First American Edn. Signed Presentation, d.w.; Mefisto, Lond. (Secker &Warburg) 1986. First Edn., d.w.; The Book of Evidence, Lond. (Secker &Warburg) 1989. First Edn. Signed Presentation, d.w.; Ghosts, Lond. (Secker &Warburg) 1993. First Edn., d.w.; The Untouchable, Lond. (Picador) 1997. First Edn., d.w.; Shroud, Lond. (Picador) 2002, First Edn., d.w.; & The Sea, Lond. (Picador) 2005. First Edn., d.w. Very good lot. (8) €200 - €300 425. Gaelic Grammers: Neilson (Rev. Wm.) An Introduction to the Irish Language, In three Parts, 8vo Dublin 1808. Fist Edn., list of subscribers; Bound with, Shaw (William) An Analysis of the Gaelic Language, 8vo Edin. 1778. Second Edn., hf. title, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. (1) €150 - €200 426. 1798: The Beauties of the Press; with An Appendix, containing the Speech of Arthur O’Connor on the Catholics of Ireland... on Monday May 4, 1795. 8vo Lond. 1800. First Edn., title page & some pps. browned, cont. tree calf. (1) €175 - €255 423 418 424 419 426 422