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108 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 723. Fishing: Williamson (Capt. T.) The Complete Angler’s Vade - Mecum; Being a perfect Code of Instruction on the above Pleasing Science. 8vo Lond. 1808. First Edn., 10 engd. plts., cont. sprinkled calf, mor. label, upr. joint cracked. Good. (1) €200 - €300 724. Fishing: Harris (J.R.) An Angler’s Entomology, The New Naturalist Series, 8vo Lond. (Collins) 1952. First Edn., hf. title, cold. & other illus., attractive recent hf. crimson mor., raised bands, spine gilt in panels. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 725. One of 30 Special Copies Fishing: Kingsmill Moore (T.C.) A Man May Fish, 8vo Gerrards Cross (Colin Smythe) 1979. Special Edition No. 25 of 30 Copies, Special mor. binding with orig. fly- hook dressed by the Author inset in cover, cloth slipcase. (1) €180 - €240 726. Astronomy: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent) and Telescopic Appearance of the Planet Saturn, its Satellites, and Rings... and the Habitability of Saturn... 8vo Lond. 1865. First Edn., hf. title, 14 plts. including fold. frontis, complete, 24pp catalogue at end, v. clean text, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth with gilt Saturn’s, stained. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €350 - €420 727. Co. Waterford Author Americana: Wyse (Francis) America, its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details connected with the Present Social, Political, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial State of the Country, its Laws and Customs, Together with... The Texas and Oregon Questions etc. etc. Vols. I & II only, 8vo Lond. (T.C. Newby) 1846. First Edn., orig. crimson cloth, recased, with orig. gilt lettered spine titles laid down. (2) * The author lived at Rathcullin, Waterford. The front loose blank in Vol. I inscribed ‘ From the Author.’ € 200 - €300 728. Co. Cork Author, Lord Chancellor of Ireland Sullivan (Sir Edward) The Conquerors, Warriors & Statesmen of India, roy 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1866. First Edn., Hf. title, fold. map, errata slip & 32pp catalogue at end, orig. crimson cloth. V. good. (1) * The author was born in Cork, an Irish lawyer, and a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mallow, Co. Cork, in the English House of Commons. He was instrumental in plans to stamp out the Fenians, and responsible for the arrest of leader John O’Leary, and Thos. Clarke Luby. He had one of the most valuable libraries in Ireland, part of which fetched £11,000 at auction in 1890. His eldest son, also Sir Edward, was a founding member of the Arts & Crafts Society of Ireland in 1894, and world authority on Irish bindings. €200 - €300 729. Americana: Squier (E.G.) Notes on Central America, roy 8vo N.Y. 1855. First Edn., lg. fold. map also other fold. maps etc., litho & other plts. & text illus. complete, recent full mor., blind tooled & gilt spine. Good; also, Stephens (J. Lloyd) Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 8vo Lond. 1854. First Edn., Thus, frontis, port., map & 28 plts. plus full page & other illus., orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. (2) €160 - €230 730. Attractive Coloured Plates [Combe (Wm.)] The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque, A Poem, roy 8vo Lond. (Ackermann’s Repository) 1813. Hd. cold. vignette title, hd. cold. frontis & 29 hd. cold. plts. after Rowlandson, one plt. dam. with loss, uncut, in fine crushed olive levant mor. by Riviere. Bookplate of Henry Salvin, of Barn Hall, Co. Dublin. (1) €300 - €400 723 725 729