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6 2 Boswell (James) The Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson L.L.D., 8vo Dublin 1785. First Dublin Edn., hf. title, advert leaf at end, cont. calf, worn, upr. joint cracked. (1) €75-€125 3 Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, One vol. in two, London 1839. First Edn., port. frontis & plts. after Phiz, cont. full tan mor., gilt spines, mor. labels; also The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 8vo Lond. 1838, First Edn., hf. title, frontis & add. title, illus. after Seymour & Phiz, cont. hf. mor.; and The Personal History of David Copperfield, Lond. 1850 First Edn., add. engd. title, frontis & plts. by H.K. Browne, cont. hf. mor. (4) €400-€500 4 First Dublin Edition Dublin Printings: Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, 2 vols. in one, 12mo Dubin (For W. &W. Smith, A. Leathly,... and J. Williams) 1766. First Dublin Edn.,full cont. calf, lacks label; also Goldsmith (O.) Essays, 12mo Dublin (J. Williams) 1767. Second Edn. vign. title bound with Letters of the Rt. Hon. Lady M...y, W...y, M...e; 3 vols. in one, Lond. 1767. Engd. frontis, calf; Locke (John) Two Treatises of Government, 12mo Dublin (f.. Sarah Cotter) 1766, cont. calf. (3) €120-€180 START OF SALE 1 Edgeworth (Maria & Richard Lovell) Essay on Irish Bulls, 8vo Lond. 1802. First Edn., title re-lined, II, 316pp two engd. vignettes, ex libris copy (blind stamp) uncut, recent blue boards, & 13 others of Irish literary interest. (14) €50-€80