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

74 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 594. American Revolution. Autograph M/ss document signed Oliver Arnold, of the town of Norwich in the County of New London, State of Connecticut, dated 20 May 1784. Witnessed by Roger Griswold, then an attorney, later Governor of Connecticut. Arnold was a sailor on the Continental frigate Alliance, commanded by Peter Landais, for two years, ‘in which time said. Frigate made captures of several legal prizes from the then enemies of the United States - to a share in which prizes I was & am entitled, but have never received my share & proportion thereof...’. He assigns the forty shillings he feels due to him to Dudley Woodbridge. With a long typescript account of the record of the Alliance in the fight against the British, including a collision with the U.S. flagship Bonhomme Richard during a storm, as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €1000 - €1500 595. Astronomy: Smith (Adam) The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries Illustrated by the History of Astronomy, 8vo Mangalore (Basel Mission Press) 1880. [4], 124pp, orig. ptd. wrappers, worn & torn. Scarce. (1) €80 - €130 596. South America: Vergara (Jose Ignacio) Observationes Meteorolojicas Observatorio Astronomico de Santiago, roy 8vo Chile 1885. Vignette title, tables etc., cloth backed boards, damp dam. at spine; Parsons (Hon. R. Clere) The Sanitary Works of Buenos Ayres: Sewage, Drainage andWater-Supply, Ed. by James Forrest. 8vo Lond. 1896. First Edn., Presentation Copy to the Hon. The Earl of Rosse, inscribed. With 3 lg. fold. plts., sewn. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100 - €150 597. Italian Plates: Werner (Chas.) Views of the Siege of Rome in 1849, oblong folio Rome [1849], 12 full page plts. engraved by Domenico Amici, orig. ptd. wrappers; also Grassi (Ranieri) Rappresentazione degli Edifizj piu Cospicui de Pisa. Sm. oblong folio Pisa (Ranieri Prosperi) 1852. First Edn. 12 full page plts. with letterpress, orig. printed wrappers. Both volumes with exceptionally clean plates. As a coll.,w.a.f. (2) €150 - €200 600. Rare Set of 1798 Rebellion Views Engravings: 1798 Interest - a pair of black and white Engravings depicting the various Battle Scenes, printed on two sheet (6 views) to include: * The Battle of New Ross in Ireland, June 5th, 1798; * The Attack at Antrim in Ireland, June 8th, 1798; * The Battle of Wicklow Gap (no date); * The Battle of Wexford in Ireland, June 20th, 1798; * The Battle of Vinegar Hill in Ireland, June 21st, 1798; * The Battle of Ballynahinch in Ireland (no date); each print with lettered detail key, each approx. 56cms x 23cms (22” x 9”) c. 1800, in matching hogarth type frames. (2) €250 - €400 601. After F.W. Wheatley, R.A. Political Print: The Irish House of Commons in 1780 - Henry Grattan urging the claim of Irish Rights, hand coloured, publishedWilson, Hartnell & Co., Dublin, approx. 51cms x 60cms (20” x 24”) mounted. (1) €250 - €320 602. Photograph: The Irish Convention, Trinity College, Dublin, August 21st, 1917. Lg. original group photograph, over 100 personalities connected to proceedings, all listed in type on the mount, overall 39cms x 49cms (15½” x 19½”) unframed. Rare. (1) €160 - €240 603. Rare Republican Skit Collins (Michael), Mulcahy (Richard) & O’Duffy (Owen) A broadside Poster ‘ Your King and Country Calls, Rally once more to the Colours’. Remember the brave lads of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the many other Irish Regiments who gallantly Fought For the Empire,... Irishmen the Empire is in danger, she needs your help. Join up at the nearest station (Signed) Michael Collins, Commander of the Forces in Ireland, Richard Mulcahy, Owen O’Duffy - God save The King. Printed one side only, approx. 32cms x 19cms (12½” x 7½”) hogarth frame. Ex Scarce. (1) €300 - €400 604. [Redmond (John E.)] A large photogravure three-quarter length “Portrait of Mr. John E. Redmond, standing by his desk,” approx. 42cms x 33cms (16½” x 13”) in heavy black frame. (1) €160 - €240 594 600 602 603