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48 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 408. Schuyler (Eugene) Turkistan, Notes of a Journey in Russia, Tukistan, Khokand, Bukhara and Kuldja, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1876. Fourth Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis, 19 full page plts., 2 fold. maps, text illus., cont. hf. calf, worn. (2) €130 - €200 409. Pamphlets: Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union - Publications issued during the Year 1888, 8vo Dublin 1888. Numerous Publications, a most interesting collection of political interest, full crimson mor. triple gilt fillet border, raised bands. (1) €120 - €180 410. With Fine Coloured Plates Spry (W.) & Shuckard (W.E.) The British Coleoptera Delineated, .. All the Genera of British Butterflies, 8vo Lond. 1861. With 94 fine hand-coloured plates, t.e.g., in v. attractive crushed green mor., & profusely gilt spine in panels by Riviere & Son. Excellent copy. (1) €300 - €400 411. O’Flaherty (Liam) The Wild Swans and other Stories, 8vo L. (Wm. Jackson) 1932, Ltd. Edn., No. 95 Signed Copy, illus. by P.V. Moon, cloth, gilt lettering; The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories, sm. 4to, N.Y. (Crosby Gaige) 1927, Signed, unopened, cloth backed decorated boards, orig. d.j. Good copies. (2) €100 - €150 412. Trollope (Anthony) North America, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1862. First Edn., Two hf. titles, lg. fold. map, 32pp. Catalogue end of Vol. I, orig. crimson cloth, spines rebacked & orig. spine laid down. V. good copy. (2) €140 - €220 413. Bindings: Byron (Lord) Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, A Romaunt: and Other Poems, [Containing Cantos I & II] 8vo Lond. (T. Davison) 1812. Third Edn., With fold. fac-simile at end; also Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto The Third. 8vo Lond. (for John Murray), 1816. First Edn; bound with, Lara, A Tale, Lond. 1814, Fourth Edn.,; The Siege of Corinth. A Poem - Parisina. A Poem, 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1816. First Edn.; The Prisoner of Chillon, and other Poems, Lond. (J. Murray) 1816. First Edn.,; Hebrew Melodies, Lond. (J. Murray) 1815. First Edn.; and Poems, Lond. (J. Murray) 1816. Together 7 items in 2 vols. 8vo In fine full profusely tooled gilt crimson mor., spine gilt in panels, a.e.g., and tooled gilt doublures. Fine. (2) €300 - €400 414. Burton (Capt. Sir R.F.) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, 2vols. 8vo Lond. 1893 Memorial Edition Edited by his wife, Isabel Burton Two hf. titles, 2 portrait frontis & other coloured & bl. & white plts. fold. maps etc. (19 plts.in all), orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good copy. (2) €220 - €350 415. de Marolles(M.) Tableaux du Temple des Muses; Tirez du Cabinet de Feu Mr. Favereau. 4to Amsterdam (Abraham Wolfgank) 1676. Engd. title (rebacked wd. cut device on title) & 58 full page fine emblematic engravings, title soiled, & few plts. repaired, some browning, lacks portrait, cont. calf backed boards. (1) €450 - €650 416. With 275 Engraved Plates La Fontaine: Pauly (Alphonse) Oeuvres de J. de La Fontaine, d’Apres les textes originaux. 4 vols. (Vols. I - IV) 8vo Paris (Alphonse Lemerre) 1875. Hf. title, & engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, & 274 engd. plates, cont. hf. crimson mor. raised bands, gilt lettered. Good set. (4) €300 - €400 417. Special Edition: 125 Copies Only Irish Proclamation: Dolmen Press - 1916 The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 8vo Dublin (Dolmen) 1975. Special Limited Edition, No. 29 of 125 Copies Printed in red, black and blue, specially bound & in orig. slipcase. (1) €170 - €230 418. Signed Limited Edition Kiely (Benedict) Proxopera. A Novel, 8vo Lond. 1977. First Edn., Signed by Author, August 1977; hf. title, Now in Special Limited Edition Binding No. 45 of 50 Copies, Signed by binder, hf. vellum, & slipcase. Scarce. (1) €150 - €220 411 & detail 417 413 415