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44 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 378. Ruskin (John) The Element of Drawing; in Three Letters to Beginners, 8vo Lond. 1857 First Edn., illus., cloth; The Two Paths; Being Lectures on Art. Lond. 1859. First Edn., 2 plts. cloth; The Crown of Wild Olive, Lond. 1901. a.e.g., full decor. blue mor.; The Queen of the Air, 1892, vellum backed; & one other, same author. (5) €120 - €160 379. ‘The O’Keefe Case’ Co. Kilkenny: O’Keefe (Fr. Robert)P.P. Callan. Ultramontanism versus Civil and Religious Liberty, 8vo Dublin 1875. First Edn., Hf. title, subscriptions received list printed at end, orig. gilt lettered cloth. A v. good copy. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 380. Thicknesse (Philip) A Years Journey through France and Part of Spain, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1789. Third Edn., 2 engd. frontis & 9 engd. plts., some fold., cont. tree calf, tooled gilt spines & mor. labels, upr. cover of Vol. I cracked. (2) €180 - €240 381. Rare First Edition [Bronte (Charlotte)] ‘Currer Bell,’ The Professor, A Tale, 2 vols. London (Smith Elder, & Co.) 1857. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, Vol. I with 2pp. adverts at end, & Vol. II with 8pp adverts ‘Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell,’ & 16pp general catalogue of Smith, Elder & Co., dated June 1857, some gatherings becoming loose, orig. purple cloth, faded & joints worn. (2) €1000 - €1500 382. Dickens (Charles) American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vols. Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1842. First Edn. - First State, with page x of preliminaries in Vol. I incorrectly numbered ‘XVI.’ Advert. leaf at start of Vol. I, 2 hf. titles, 6pp of adverts end of Vol. II, yellow end papers, cont. brown vertically ribbed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, the base & head of each spine dam. (2) €600 - €800 383. [Austin (Jane)] Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady. Vol. III Only, London (Printed for The Author) 1811. First Edn., hf. title, some finger & dust marks, lacks front loose blank, cont. calf backed, lacking marble sides, w.a.f. (1) * Extremely rare, there was less than one thousand copies printed of this work. €400 - €600 384. [Lamb (Chas.)] Elia, First & Second Series, 2 vols. London (Ed. Moxon) 1835. New Edn., hf. title Vol. II, t.e.g., in cont. straight grained purple mor. with attractive gilt decor. lined panels etc. raised bands, square gilt decor. in panels. A handsome copy. (2) €130 - €180 382 377 379 383 384 381