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24 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 192. Husbandry: The Potato, Report of the Committee of The Board of Agriculture,.. Concerning The Culture and Use of Potatoes, 4to Lond. (W. Bulmer & Co.) 1795. First Edn., 7 engd. plts. (4 fold.), lacks hf. title, title & end leaf dust marked, later full calf, blind tooled border, gilt decor spine, & mor. label. Good. (1) €275 - €350 193. Periodical: Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles- Lettres and History, Vols. I-IV, complete in 4 vols. roy 8vo Dublin 1793-1794., 4 engd. frontis, & other engd. plts. maps etc., uncut hf. mor. (4) €200 - €300 194. Pyle (Hilary) Jack B. Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, 3 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (Andre Deutsch) 1992. First Edn., profusely illustrated, orig. green cloth, in slipcase. Good. (3) €200 - €300 195. Fine Coloured Plates Morris (Rev. F.O.) A History of British Birds, 6 vols. thick roy 8vo Lond. 1895. Fourth Edn., 394 coloured plates, orig. gilt decorated green cloth. V. clean set. (6) €300 - €400 196. Petrie (George) The Ecclesiastical Architectural of Ireland,... comprising An Essay on The Origin and Uses of The Round Towers of Ireland. Sm. folio Dublin 1845. Second - Best Edition, hf. title, illus. thro.- out, in cont. hf. mor. marbled sides. V. good copy. (1) €160 - €240 197. Omar Khayyam - The Book of the Omar Khayyam Club, Vol. I - 1892 - 1910, & Vol. II, 1910 - 1929. Together 2 vols., 4to Lond. (For the Members for Private Circulation) 1910 & 1931. Lim. Edns. No. 176 (181) copies; & No. 90 (125) Copies, mounted illustrations thro-out, text decoration in red, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards, paper labels. Vol. II with loose original menus loosely inserted. As a lot. Good. (2) €250 - €350 198. Clarke (Arthur C.) The Young Traveller in Space, 4to London (Phoenix House Ltd.) 1954. First Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis, other bl. & white plts. & text diagrams, orig. price clipped pictorial d.w. by Ed. Louis Blandord, a few nicks at edges. (1) €120 - €180 199. Engraved Views: Wright (G.N.) Belgium, The Rhine, Italy and Greece, and the Shores of the Mediterranean. 2 vols. 4to Lond. Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son &Co.) n.d. Two add. engd. titles, 2 frontis & approx. 150 engd. plts. (a few loose) a.e.g. orig. gilt decor. cloth; Turner (J.M.W.) Wanderings by the Loire, by Leitch Ritchie. Roy 8vo Lond. 21 engd. plts. cont. hf. mor. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (3) €170 - €240 200. Inscribed Presentation Copy by the Author Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country, lg. 4to L. 1807. First Edn., engd. title, fold. panorama, 1 engd. map (ex 2) & 16 engd. plts. Inscribed Pres. Copy by Author ‘To the Countess of Meath’ cloth V. clean copy. (1) €120 - €180 201. Americana: Dartnell (Geo. R.) A Brief Narrative of the Shipwreck of The Transport ‘Premier,’ near the mouth of the River St. Lawrence, on the 4th November 1843. Having on Board the Head-Quarter Wing of the Second Battalion of the First or Royal Regiment, proceeding from North America to the West Indies. Lg. 4to Lond. (Jeremiah How) 1845. First Edn., 2 advert pages, 8pp List of Subscribers, & 6 litho plts. (include frontis, some damp stains to plts.,) text illus. thro-out, orig. gilt lettered cloth. Sabin 18635. (1) * Mostly Irish patrons are listed among the subscribers, Limerick, Donegal, Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim etc. €180 - €240 192 194 198 201 195