RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 74. O’Hanlon (Rev. J. Canon) Irish-American History of the United States, lg. thick 4to D. 1902. First Edn., illus. etc. cloth, stained; Roche (Jas. Jeffrey) Life of John Boyle O’Reilly, roy 8vo Philadelphia 1891. First Edn., illus. cloth; Thebaud (Rev. A.J.) The Irish Race in the Past and the Present, N.Y. 1883. Port. frontis, cloth. Emf. (3) €120 - €170 75. O’Halloran (Sylvester) An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, Lg. 4to Lond. 1772. First Edn., 4 lg. fold. plts., lacks front & back loose blanks, uncut, orig. boards. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 76. Fine Sepia Plates Campbell (Alex.) A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain, 2 vols. lg. 4to L. 1810. New Edn., 2 sepia frontis, 2 v. large fold. engd. cold. maps & 42 engd. sepia plts. (all v. clean), uncut, recent hf. brown mor. cloth sides. V. clean set. (2) €100 - €150 77. Mitchell (Flora H.) Vanishing Dublin, 4to, D. (Allen & Figgis) 1966, First Edn., cold. plts., green cloth, d.j. (some wear); Liddy (Pat) Dublin, A Celebration, from 1st to 21st Century, folio Dublin (Vision Design) 2000, Hors. Commerce Edition, hf. calf, boards, by Antiquarian book binders, in matching slip case. (2) €250 - €350 78. Binding: CramptonWalker (J.) Irish Life and Landscape, lg. 4to Dublin & Cork (Talbot Press) n.d. First Edn., With fine cold. & bl. & white illus. by Irish Author’s thro.-out, in full green mor. triple gilt fillet borders, & profusely gilt tooled spine, St. Columba Prize Binding, stamped. Good. (1) €80 - 120 79. With Special Signed Hand-Coloured Plate Laverty (Maura) The Queen of Aran’s Daughter, oblong sm. folio Dublin (Poolbeg) 1995. No. 4 of 200 Signed Limited Edn., With A Signed Hand- Coloured Print by Barry Castle, loosely inserted, with cloth & slipcase. (1) €130 - €180 80. Signed Limited Edition Le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Portraits, 4to Dublin 1990. First Edn., Portfolio of 8 loose coloured portraits of Famous Irish Men, Edition Limited to 1000 Copies, No. 189, Signed by Artist, cloth in orig. slipcase. V. good. (1) €400 - €600 81. Burke (Sir B.) Landed Gentry of Ireland, sm. thick folio Lond. 1958. Fourth Edn., cloth. Emf. (1) €100 - €150 82. Shaw (Rev. Wm.) A Gaelic and English Dictionary, 2 vols. in one, 4to Lond. 1780. First Edn., list of subscribers, cont. calf, mor. label. Good. Emf. (1) €140 - €180 83. Sullivan (Sir Ed.) Buck Whaley’s Memoirs, Including His Journey to Jerusalem. Roy 8vo Lond. 1906. Port. frontis & other plts.; Steele (S.L.) The Rt. Hon. Arthur Macmurrough Kavanagh, Lond. 1891; Hussey (Sam. M.) The Reminiscences of An Irish Land Agent, Lond. 1904, port. frontis, all buckram. (3) €80 - €120 84. Buchanan (Geo.) Operia Omnia, Historica, Chronologica, Juridica, Politica, Satyrica & Poetica... Curante Thomas Ruddimanno, A.M., ... et Praefatione Petri Burmanni, 2 vols. lg. thick 4to Leyden (J.A. Langerak) 1725. Vol. I with engd. port. frontis & red & bl. title, cont. full vellum, labels worn. Emf. (2) €160 - €220 85. Leland (Thos.) The History of Ireland, 3 vols. 4to Lond. 1773. Cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels, wear. Emf. (3) €120 - €180 86. Ledwich (Edward) Antiquities of Ireland, 4to Dublin 1803. Second Edn., Engd. add. title, engd. frontis list of subs. & 40 engd. plts. (Some fold.) some damp damp stains, later tree calf, spine dam. Emf. (1) €120 - €180 87. [Walsh (Wendy)] Wendy Walsh - A Lifetime of Painting, folio D. (Strawberry Tree) 2007, illus., cloth and d.j.; Nelson (E.C.) & McCracken (E.M.) The Brightest Jewel, 4to, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1987, First Edn., illus., cloth; Butler (P.) Irish Botanical Illustrators & Flower Painters, folio, Suffolk (A.C.C.) 2000, illus., cloth &d.j.; Nelson (E.C.) &Walsh (W.) The Burren, 8vo, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1991, illus. ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €200 - €300 88. Postcards: A good Album of approx. 320 original Postcards, all of Irish interest, North & South, most postally used. As a coll.,w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 74 86 87