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36 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 304. Bindings: Irving (Washington) The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 4 vols. Paris 1825. Port. frontis, Vol. I & II, cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. Good; also The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 3 vols. Lond. 1837. 3 Port. frontis, fine hf. tan mor. profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, by Zaehnsdorf. Good. (7) €150 - €240 305. Yarrell (Wm.) A History of British Birds, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1839, together with, A History of British Fishes, 2 vols. Lond. 1836. First Edn., together 5 vols., wood-cut illus. thro.-out, top edges gilt, and in uniform hf. crushed dark mor., raised bands, gilt decor. by Briggs &Would, stamped. Good set. (5) €300 - €400 306. Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by C.3.3. roy 8vo Lond. (L. Smithers) 1899. Later issue of First Edn., two coloured cloth; Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, 8vo Boston (John W. Luce & Co.) 1906. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley, gilt decor. black cloth; also London Edn. (John Lane) 1906 of same work, decor. boards; Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions, 2 vols. N. York 1918. Ports., orig. cloth backed boards. (5) €140 - €200 307. Americana: Fearon (Henry Bradshaw) Sketches of America, A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern andWestern States of America, ... Addressed to the Thirty-Nine English Families... 8vo London (Longmans Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown) 1819. Third Edn., XV[1], 454pps cont. full calf, tooled gilt spine, in panels. V. good. Sabin 23956. (1) €120 - €180 308. Monaghan (Rev. Canon J.) Records Relating to the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Dublin 1886. First Edn., cold. map frontis orig. cloth, front cover with stain; MacNamee (J.J.) History of the Diocese of Ardagh, Dublin 1954. First Edn., d.w.; Larmine (Wm.) West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances, Lond. 1893. First Edn., cloth; Rice (H.J.) Thanks for the Memory, [The Shannon], Athlone 1952 Illus. (4) €100 - €150 309. Astronomy: Neison (Edmund) The Moon and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface, thick 8vo Lond. (Longman, Green & Co.) 1876. First Edn., hf. title, 5 drawings (include. frontis) & 26 fold. & other maps, complete, advert leaf at front, orig. decor. crimson cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100 - €150 310. Hand-Coloured Plates Prichard (J. Cowles) The Natural History of Man, thick 8vo Lond. 1845. Second Edn. Enlarged. hf. title, Hd. cold. frontis & 43 other plts. (38 of which are hand coloured) Complete orig. gilt cloth, spine worn. (1) €200 - €300 311. Limited Edition for Subscribers Three Candles Press: Plunkett (Grace) Doctors Recommend it, An Abbey Theatre Tonic in 12 Doses. Lg. oblong folio Dublin 1930. Sole Edition Limited to 500 Copies. 12 full page illus., orig. oatmeal cloth, with paper label. Good. (1) €300 - €400 312. With Coloured Plates Planche (James Robinson) A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dates, including Notices of Contempororaneous Fashions on the Continent. 2 vols. sm. folio Lond. (Chatto &Windus) 1876-1879. With 65 engd. plts. (24 cold. plts. includ. frontis) complete, t.e.g., orig. gilt decor. crimson mor. backed cloth boards. Good. (2) €200 - €300 310 304 311 305 312 306