RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

11 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 22. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats Synge (John M.) In Wicklow, West Kerry, and Connemara, 8vo Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1911. First Edn., hf. title, 8 full page plts. (include frontis), uncut, orig. blue green buckram, stained, gilt lettered spine, faded; also Plays, 8vo Lond. (Geo. Allan & Unwin) 1929, cloth backed boards; & 2 others same author. (4) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 23. Co. Tipperary: Maher (James)ed. Romantic Slievenamon in History, Folklore and Song, A Tipperary Anthology, 8vo Mullinahone 1954, First Edn., illus. cloth; also Chief of the Comeraghs - A John O’Mahony Anthology, Mullinahone 1957, First Edn., illus. d.w.; & Rare Clonmel A Charles J. Boland Anthology, 1959, wrappers, Signed Copies; 4 others sim. interest. (7) €120 - €160 24. Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates de la Tour (Mme. Charlotte) Le Langage Des Fleurs, sm. 8vo Paris 1858. Hand-cold. frontis & 11 hd. cold. plts., in orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1) €180 - €240 25. County Galway Author Americana: Bodkin (M. Mc D.) A Trip through the States and a Talk with the President, 8vo Dublin 1907. First Edn., Frontis & 10 plts. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Tuam, Co. Galway. He was educated by the Jesuits and went on to be a noted journalist with The Freeman’s Journal and later for C.S. Parnell’s ‘ United Ireland.’ He became an M.P. & later was appointed to the bench. He married in 1885, Arabella Norman of Dublin. They had four daughters, and two sons, one of whom Thomas Patrick became Director of National Gallery of Ireland. (1) €160 - €240 26. American Declaration of Independence [Burke (Edmund)] & others, editors, The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1776, 8vo L. (J. Dodsley) 1777, hf. calf marble boards, mor. label.(1) * Articles published in this volume include: * The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America; * Tests in France to ascertain the Truth of Isaac Newtown’s Theory; * Reviews on Adam Smith’s (Wealth of the Nations) & Cook’s Voyages. €180 - €250 27. Owenson (Miss) The Lay of an Irish Harp; or Metrical Fragments, 8vo L. (Richard Phillips) 1807, First Edn., engd. vignette t.p., dedit, hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label; Toland (J.) A Critical History of the Celtic Religion and Learning, containing an Account of the Druids,... 8vo, L. (Lackington et al) n.d., uncut, recent leather backed marble boards, mor. label. V. good. (2) €120 - €180 28. [Hutchinson (Francis)] Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, A Defence of the Antient Historians..., 8vo D. (S. Powell) 1734, First Edn., contemporary full calf, professional reback, mor. label; Plowden (F.) Strictures Upon an Historical Review of the State of Ireland, 8vo, L. (Rivington) 1804, First Edn., contemporary hf. calf, mor. label; O’Conor (Chas.) Dissertations on the History of Ireland, 8vo D. (G. Faulkner) 1766, First Edn., fold. map (facsimile) & Plate (Facsimile), contemp. full calf, professional reback, recent mor. label. (3) €200 - €300 22 28 25 27 24