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

33 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 274. Sadler (Michael Thomas) Ireland; Its Evils, and their Remedies: ... Errors of the Emigration Committee... A Synopsis .. on The Law of Population. 8vo Lond. 1828. First Edn., LVIII, 414pp & advert. leaf, orig. cloth backed boards. Emf. (1) €180 - €240 275. [Croly (George)]? Ireland in Past Times; An Historical Retrospect, Ecclesiastical and Civil, With Illustrative Notes. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1826. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, unopened, orig. cloth, paper labels, one spine worn. Scarce. Emf. (2) €150 - €200 276. Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion,... To which is Added: The State of the Protestants of Ireland.. 4to Dublin 1713. title re-lined, some pages mis-bound, & also bound with A Call to the Hugonites, 4to Lond. 1712, 4pp., later hf. calf. As is. (1) €150 - €200 277. Nicholson (William) The First Principles of Chemistry, 8vo Lond. (for G.G.J. and J. Robinson) 1790. First Edition folding engd. plt. at end, cont. calf, small patch of rubbing, mor. label. V. good copy of this important work. (1) €350 - €500 278. [Shebbeare (John)] An Authentic Narrative of The Oppressors of the Islanders of Jersey, 2 vols.8vo Lond. (for S. Hooper) 1771. Vols. I, [19], 322, [47]; Vol. II, [XVI] 428pp, cont. calf, joints cracked, 1 cover loose, some labels lacking. (2) €100 - €150 279. Fine Coloured Plates Russia : [Petrovick (Svin’in Pavel)] Sketches of Russia; Illustrated with Fifteen Engravings, 8vo London (for R. Ackerman) 1814. First Edn., 15 hd. cold. plts. & printed music, some spots or fading on pages,& 4pps with trimmed edges (not affecting text), fine later tan calf, tooled gilt spine. (1) €200 - €300 280. Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1915. Limited Edition No. 354 of 425 Copies, red & black printing; also Yeats (John Butler) Early Memoires; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edition, 500 Copies Only. unopened copy, front loose end Signed ‘Cecil Harmsworth’ both First Edns., orig. cloth backed grey boards. Good. (2) €220 - €350 281. Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) The Death of Synge, and Other Passages from An Old Diary, 8vo Dublin 1928. Lim. Edition, 400 Copies Only; also Yeats (Wm. B. ) Synge and the Ireland of His Time, With a Note Concerning a Walk through Connemara with him by Jack Butler Yeats. 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1911. Lim. Edition, 350 Copies, ex. libris copy. Both cloth backed grey boards. (2) €160 - €240 282. Cuala Press: Robinson (Lennox) Further Letters of John Butler Yeats, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1920. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only, unopened; & Yeats (John Butler) Early Memories; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies Only, First Edn., both orig. cloth backed blue boards. (2) €180 - €260 283. Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) The King of the Great Clock Tower, 8vo Dublin 1934. Limited Edn. 400 Copies Only; Yeats (W.B.) The Words upon the Window Pane: 8vo Dublin 1934. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only, boards stained; Yeats (W.B.) Seven Poems and a Fragment, 8vo Dublin 1922. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies Only, text loosening from binding; Yeats (Wm. B.) The Green Helmet and Other Poems, 8vo Churchtown Dundrum, 1910. Lim. Edn. 400 Copies Only. printed ‘Error’ slip attached, with boards soiled, & cloth back loose. As a lot, w.a.f. (4) €300 - €400 279 280 283 281