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

9 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 38. Clarendon, (Edward, Earl of,) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland, roy 8vo Lond. (H.P. for J. Wilford) 1720. L.P. Copy. Engd. frontis port. of Duke of Ormonde, cont. panel calf, worn; also The Lord Clarendon’s History of the Grand Rebellion Compleated, 8vo Lond. (for John Nicholson) 1717. Second Edn., 7 fold. plts. & maps (includ. Ireland) numerous engd. ports. etc. cont. panel calf, rebacked. (2) €200 - €300 39. Curwen (J.C.) Observations on The State of Ireland, Principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population... 2vols. 8vo Lond. 1818. First Edn., cont. hf. calf. Good. Emf. (2) €180 - €250 40. Ussher (Percy Arland) The Midnight Court and The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow, 8vo Lond. 1926. First Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cloth; Merryman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche, 8vo D. 1912. Frontis port.; O’Connor (F.) The Midnight Court, New Trans. by Cosslett O’Cuinn, with illus.by John Verling. Lim. Edn. No. 13 of 500. Signed by Translator & Artist, d.w.; & 4 other sim. (7) €130 - €180 41. Almanacks & Maps: Pettigrew and Oulton - The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland ... 1838, also for .. 1847, 2 vols. folio Dublin 1838 & 1847; together with Thoms Irish Almanac and Official Directory .. for 1851, together 3 vols. 8vo D. 1838-1851, all full mor.; also Bacon’s Excelsior Map of Ireland, lg. fold linen backed cold. map, cloth cover. As a lot, w.a.f. Good. (4) €160 - €240 42. O’Donoghue (D.J.) The Poets of Ireland, A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary ... Roy 8vo D. & L. 1912. Cont. hf. mor. V. good solid copy. (1) €100 - €150 43. With Attractive Coloured Plates T.C.D. Prize Binding: Cuvier (Baron George) The Animal Kingdom, arranged after its Organization, forming A Natural History of Animals , Sm. folio Lond. 1851. Add. engd. title, hand. cold. frontis & 29 fine hd. cold. plts., bl. & white plts. & text illus., a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor. with lg. gilt tooled borders & spine, & central T.C.D. Library Stamp and decoration. V. good. (1) €250 - €350 44. Special Limited Edition Dublin Flora: Doogue (D.) Nash (D.) Parnell (J.) Sylvia Reynolds & P. Wyse Jackson, Editors Flora of County Dublin, by The Dublin Naturalist’s Field Club, roy 8vo Dublin 1998. Special Lim. Edn. No. 32 of 100 Copies Only, cold. frontis, fold. cold. map in pocket at end fine crimson mor. backed marble boards, raised bands mor. label, in orig. slipcase. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 45. Genealogy: O’Brien (Hon. Donough) History of the O’Briens, 4to Lond. 1949; Carney (J.)ed. A Genealogical History of the O’Reillys, Dublin 1959, both d.w’s; & Mac Lysaght (E.) A Short Study of a Transplanted Family in the Seventeenth Century, D. 1935, wrappers; Walsh (Rev. P.) Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne, Dublin 1920, wrappers; & 1 other. (5) €100 - €150 46. Clanricarde - Memoirs of the Rt. Honourable The Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General of Ireland, 8vo Lond. (for James Woodman) 1722. First Edn., Large Paper Copy, title in red & black, list of subscribers, Limited to 250 Copies, orig. calf, worn, & recent re-back with orig. label. (1) €280 - €350 47. I.U.P. - Cuala Press Works by, or about W.B. Yeats, John B. Yeats, Eliz. Bowen, & Lennox Robinson, together 18 volumes, Shannon (I.U.P.) 1970, in fine condition. As a lot, w.a.f. (18) €160 - €250 48. Barrington (Sir J.) Personal Sketches of His Own Times, 2 vols. Lond. 1830. Second Edn., Port. frontis Vol. I, some spots, uncut, cloth rebacked boards, paper labels; also Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation, 8vo Paris 1833. First Edn., add. litho title, & 4 plts. cont. hf. mor. (3) €120 - €180 49. Tracts: A Collection of Tracts and Treatises, Illustrative of the Natural History, Antiquities, .. of Ireland . 2 vols. Dublin 1860-1861. First Edn., orig. cloth. Emf. (2) €150 - €200 50. Kelly (Rev. .)Ed., Cambrensis Eversus, 3 vols. roy 8vo Dublin (Celtic Soc.) 1848. First Edn., cont. hf. calf Maynooth Prize binding. (3) €140 - €200 51. Betjeman (John) Summoned by Bells, roy 8vo Lond. 1960 Signed Lim. Edn. 125 Copies Port. frontis orig. gilt decor. green mor. v. good; Morley - A Musing Morley, The SelectedWriting of Robert Morley, roy 8vo Lond. 1974. First Edn., illus. a.e.g., in special full mor. gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. V. good. (2) €120 - €180 43 45 46