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

28 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 227. Signed by Barbra Streisand Illustrated Volume: Schapiro (S.) & Schilles (L.) Barbra Streisand’s Early Years in Hollywood: 1968-1976, folio Koln (Tschen) 2014, Signed Limited Edition No. 95 (200), illustrated pictorial clock, and associated cream gilt lettered clam box, and Portfolio with Signed Photograph Print, in cardboard printed box. (1) €600 ‑ €700 230. O’Reilly (Myles) Memorials of those who Suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland, N. York 1869; O’Rourke (Canon) The Battle of the Faith in Ireland, Dublin 1887, both cloth; Moran (Cardinal P.F.) Historical Sketch of the Persecutions Suffered by the Catholics of Ireland, Dublin 1907, cont. hf. calf; & 1 other sim. (4) €100 - €150 231. Fraser (James) The History of Nadir Shah, Formerly called Thomas Kuli Khan, The Present Emperor of Persia. 8vo Lond. (W. Strahan for The Author) 1742. Fold. engd. frontis & fold. map, later full calf, covers detached, lacking label, needs rebinding, but a very clean copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120 - €180 232. Ussher (James) De Macedonum et Asianorum Anno Solari, Dissertatio: Cum Graecorum Astronomorum Parapegmate, ad Macedonici et Juliani Anni rationes accommodato. Sm. 8vo Lond. (M. Flesher .. Corn. Bee) 1648. Red & bl. title, cont. calf, worn, spine dam. Sweeney 5337. Emf. (1) €300 - €400 233. Anon.: The History of Popish-Sham-Plots, From the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to this Present Time. Particularly of the Present Popish Plot. 8vo Lond. 1682, cont. full calf. Scarce. Sweeney 2333. Emf. (1) €150 - €200 234. Ussher (James) Gotteschalci, et Praedestinatianae Controversiae ab eo motae, Historia: Una cum duplice ejusdem Confessione, nune primum in lucem edita,... Sm. 8vo Hanover (Jacobi Lasche) 1662. cont. hf. calf, with gilt arms on boards. Emf. Good (1) €220 - €350 235. Sanders (Nicholas) De Origine ac Progressu Schismatis Anglicani, Libri Tres. Ed. by Ed. Rishtonum. Sm. thick 8vo Ingolstadii (Wolfgangi Ederi) 1587. Text within dble lined border, & wd.-cut device, orig. full vellum, good. Emf. (1) €300 - €400 236. De Grammont: [Hamilton(Anthony)] Memoires de la Vie du Comte de Grammont; Contenant Particulierement L’Historie Amoureuse de la Cour D’Angleterre, sous le Regne de Charles II. 12mo Cologne [Rotterdam] Pierre Marteau, 1713. Engd. frontis, red & bl. title, cont. m/ss names on title, cont. full calf, gilt tooled spine, lacks label, joints weak; also, Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont: 8vo Lond. (J. Round,.. W. Taylor, J. Brown, W. Lewis & J. Graves) 1714. First English Edn., translated by Abel Boyle. Red & bl. title, 2 wd.-cut head pieces, fore-edges at front and back with some wear, 16pp. Cat. at end, later full calf. (2) €300 - €400 237. American Civil War Political Satire Americana: [Halpine (Chas. G.)] The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O’Reilly (47th Regiment New York Volunteers), .. With Comic Illustrations by [Ed. “Ned”] Mullen, 8vo N. York (Carleton, Publisher) 1864. First Edn., Add. illus. title, & other plts. on yellow paper, plus comic illus. in text, advert. leaf at end, orig. gilt decor. blue / green cloth. V. good. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, in November 1829. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with the intention of joining the medical profession, but he preferred the law. In his spare time he wrote for the press. He emigrated to America in 1851, and later worked for the Boston Post, & the New York Times. He enlisted in the Army in 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, and served with various important Generals, including General Hunter, on his expedition to the Shenandoah Valley in the Spring of 1864. €160 - €240 238. Belfast Printing: Mitchel (Mrs. T.) Gleanings from Travels in England, Ireland and through Italy; or, Comparative Views of Society at Home and Abroad. Illustrated by Historical Facts, Biographical Sketches etc etc, 12mo Belfast (Joseph Smyth) n.d. [1840]. First Edn., Vol. I, VI, 312pp; Vol. II, II, 312pp & 2 errata leaves. Orig. full cloth, paper labels on spine. V. good. V. Scarce. (2) * Review, ‘Freemans Journal,’ Sept. 26th, 1846. ‘ That the Irish, as a people, are not remarkable for ignorance, is plain; for, those of even the lowest grade can speak two languages fluently; in the wild mountains of the South, often three, Irish, Latin and English.’ €130 - €180 232 235 237