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

30 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 250. Lyell (Charles) Elements of Geology, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. 1841. Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, cold. frontis Vol. I, & 7 other plts. fold. etc. some hd. cold., partly unopened, L.S. on titles, orig. boards, needs re- binding. (2) €100 - €150 251. Buchanan (George) Rurum Scoticarum Historia, 8vo Frankfurt 1624. Wd. vignette on title, text browned thro-out, later mor., worn, with gilt coat of arms; also Edinburgh Edition of same, Rerum Scoticarum Historia, Edinburgh 1727, engd. port. frontis cont. calf, upr. cover loose. Emf. (2) €180 - €250 252. Lennox Robinson’s Copy Yeats (Wm. Butler) Per Amica Silentia Lunae, 8vo Lond. 1918. First Edn., hf. title, orig. blue cloth with gilt decor. after Sturge Moore. Wade 120. (1) * With attractive bookplate designed by Jack B. Yeats for Eleanor and Fred Reid, dated Nov. 1953. V. interesting association copy. V. good condition. €350 - €500 253. Americana: Chittenden (H. Martin) The Yellowstone National Park, Cincinnati 1918; Langford (N. Pitt) Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers, 1905. First Edn., illus. cloth & d.w.; Pike (Warburton) The Barren Ground of Northern Canada, N. York 1917; Thrasher (Halsey) The Hunter and Trapper, N. York 1868? illus. orig. gilt decor. cloth; Grey Owl - The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People, Lond. 1935, illus.; & 1 other item. As a lot. (6) €100 - €150 254. Poetry: O’Donovan (Mrs.)nee Rossa. Irish Lyrical Poems, 8vo New York 1868. First Edn., 102pp. orig. gilt decor. green cloth, with harp & shamrock. (1) €150 - €200 255. [Cusack (Margaret Ann)] ‘Nun of Kenmare,’ Advice to Irish Girls in America, Sm. 8vo N. York (J.A. McGee) 1876. Wd. cut frontis text within lined borders, orig. black &gilt decor. green cloth. V. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 256. [Burke (John French)] Farming for Ladies; or, A Guide to the Poultry-Yard, The Dairy and Piggery, by the Author of ‘British Husbandry’. Sm. 8vo Lond. (John Murray) 1844. First Edn., frontis & add. illus. title, text illus., adverts. at end, recent hf. mor. orig. cloth label. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 257. Sullivan (Francis Stoughton) An Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law, and the Constitution and Laws of England; With a Commentary on the Magna Charta. 8vo Dublin (Thos. Ewing) 1772. First Edn., orig. calf, recent reback, orig. mor. label. (1) €140 - €200 258. Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of The Euphrates, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1879. First Edn., Two hf. titles, fold. cold. map, 2 frontis + 10 plts., 32pp. cat. end of Vol. II, some endpapers pasted down at gutter, some dust stains, orig. gilt decor. cloth, worn. (2) €350 ‑ €500 259. [Brooke (Henry)] The Tryal of the Cause of the Roman Catholics; 8vo Dublin (Geo. Faulkner) 1761. First Edn., hf. title, stained copy, cont. calf, mor. label. Emf. V. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 260. O’Conor (Charles) Dissertations on the History of Ireland, 8vo Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1766. First Edn., with fold. plate ‘The Irish Alphabet,’ calf, lacks upper cover; also O’Conor (C.) The Ogygia Vindicated: .. by Roderick O’Flaherty, 8vo Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1775. First Edn., list of subscribers, inscribed by ‘James O’Flanagan 1787’ lacks front blanks, orig. calf, worn. Emf. Both Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 261. Radcliffe (Rev. Thos.) A Report on The Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders; Drawn up at the Desire of the Farming Society of Ireland, with an Appendix, L. (for John Harding - &W. Porter) 1819. First Edition, fold. hd. cold. map frontis & 11 engd. plts. (4 fold.), cont. hf. calf, spine worn. V. Scarce. Good. (1) €350 - €500 252 254 261 255