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65 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 456. Borlase (Wm. C.) The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. roy London 1897. First Edn., red & bl. titles, 2 cold. frontis fold. maps, numerous illus., uncut, orig. gilt decor. green buckram. (3) €700 - €1000 457. Walker (Joseph C.) An Historical Essay on the Dress of the Ancient and Modern Irish, ... Memoir on the Armour andWeapons of the Irish, 4to Dublin 1788. First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis, 13 engd. plts. (1 hd. cold.) some text vignettes & wd. cut illus., fine recent hf. mor. tooled gilt spine in panels & raised bands by Antiquarian Bookcrafts. V. good clean copy. (1) €320 - €450 458. de Courcy Ireland (John) History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour, roy 8vo Dublin (de Burca) 2001. First Edn., Signed by Author. Cold. & other illus. (some fold.) t.e.g., in full gilt decor. crushed crimson levant mor. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 459. Special Signed Limited Edition Hayward (Rich.) Piper (Raymond) Munster and The City of Cork, roy 8vo Lond. 1964. First Limited Edition, No. 49 of 100 Copies Only, Signed by Author & Illustrator. Illus. thro.-out, t.e.g., in full gilt decor. green mor., & slipcase. (1) €200 - €300 460. Mac-Geoghegan (M. l’Abbe) Histoire de l’Irlande, Ancienne et Moderne, Tirée des Monumens les plus authentiques, 3 vols. 4to Paris 1758-63, First Edn., Six lg. fold. engd. maps by Rols. de Vagundy, include. one hd. cold. in outline, in recent hf. calf, marble boards, tooled gilt spines, with raised bands & mor. labels. Very attractive set. (3) €300 - €400 461. Signed Limited Edition Le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Portraits in Words and Watercolour, Lg. 4to Dublin 1990. Lim. Edn. No. 87 of 1000 Copies Only. Signed by Artist. With 8 loose coloured plts., in black cloth folder with grey boards, vig. slipcase. V. good. (1) €450 - €650 462. Ledwich (Edward) Antiquities of Ireland, lg. 4to Dublin 1790. First Edn., engd. title, 38 plts. (one duplicated in colour) all clean, orig. full sprinkled calf, recent reback mor. label. (1) €250 - €350 463. Carr (John) The Stranger in Ireland; or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country in the Year 1805, 4to Lond. 1806. First Edn., lg. fold. sepia frontis & 16 other sepia plts. (4 lg. folding & one hd. coloured) complete. Cont. full tree calf, mor. label. V. good copy, with extremely clean plates. In late slipcase. (1) €350 - €500 459 456 460 457 461 458 463