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

18 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 135. Ware (James) De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, Disquisitiones, 8vo Lond. (J. Grismond.. Jo. Crook & Thomas Heath) 1654. First Edn., red & bl. title, map of Ireland, wd. cut illus. & plate of Lough Derg, fore-edge with some damp dam., orig. vellum. Rare. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 136. Early Printing: Regulae Omnes Ordinationes, et Constitutiones Cancellariae Apost. S.D.N.D. Pauli, divina providentia, Pape III, in hunc vis diem editae & promulgate: ..., sm. 8vo Rome (Ant. Bladum Asulanum) 1547, lg. wd. cut coats of arms on title. Pages 90,[6]; Bound with, Regulae Omnes Ordinationes, and costitutiones Cancellariae S.D.N.D. Pauli divina providentia Papae IIII, sm. 8vo Rome (Ant. Bladum) 1556. Red. & bl. title with coat of arms, 38pp; & 1 other item sim. Orig. full vellum. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. Emf. (1) €300 - €400 137. Bombino (Fr. Paulo) Vita et Martyrium Edmundi Campiani Martyris Angli E Sociatate Jesu, 8vo Mantuae 1620. First Edn., title with lg. wd.-cut coat of arms, later hf. vellum. V. good copy. (1) €220 - €350 138. Owenson (Miss S.) The Wild Irish Girl; A National Tale, 3 vols. 12mo Lond. 1807. Third Edn., cont. hf. calf, two spines dam. Bookplate of Earl of Charlemont. (3) €150 - €200 139. [Sterne (Laurance)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick. 4 vols. in 2, 16mo Lond. (for T Bcket and P.A. de Hondt - S. Bladon) 1768-1769. Two hf. titles (Vols. I & II) Subscribers List, engd. coat of arms of Sterne on p. 38 Vol. II, recent full calf, blind fillet border, raised bands & mor. labels, now in cloth slipcase. (2) €400 - €600 141. County Galway Author Americana: Bodkin (M. Mc D.) A Trip through the States and a Talk with the President, 8vo Dublin 1907. First Edn., Frontis & 10 plts. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Tuam, Co. Galway. He was educated by the Jesuits and went on to be a noted journalist with The Freeman’s Journal and later for C.S. Parnell’s ‘ United Ireland,’ He became an M.P. and later was appointed to the Bench. He married in 1885, Arabella Norman of Dublin. They had four daughters, and two sons, one of whom, Thomas Patrick, became Director of National Gallery of Ireland. (1) €120 - €180 135 136 140. Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, 8vo Lond. 1894. Second Edn., also The Second Jungle Book, 8vo Lond. 1895. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, plts. & illustrations, cont. m/ss. owners name on hf. title of second volume, some dust marks, a.e.g. gilt deco. blue cloth, first volume brightest of the two. (2) €400 - €600 141 137