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

111 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 750. Rogers (W.S.) A Book of the Poster, Illustrated with Examples of the Work of the Principal Artists of the World. 4to Lond. (Greening & Co.) 1901. First Edn., hf. title, numerous full page colour printed, & bl. & white plts., orig. decor. green cloth, worn. (1) €130 - €180 751. Arctic Travel: Koldewey (Karl) Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870, unter fuhrung des Kapitan Karl Koldewey, 2 vols. sm. folio Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1873-74. Hf. title, cold. frontis Vol. 1, 2 engd. ports., 11 other cold. plts. 16 bl. & white plts., 6 fold. & other plts. (some in pocket at end) (38 illus in all) recent hf. green mor. (some wear) with orig. ptd. wrappers bound in, & with orig. ‘Prospectus’ loosely inserted. (2) €400 - €600 752. Special Bindings: Galway: O’Sullivan (M.D.) Old Galway, The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, sm. folio Galway (Kennys) 1983. Reprint, illus. etc. fine crimson mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. label; Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, Facsimile Reprint of First Edn., 4to Galway (Kenny’s) 1975, fold. maps illus. etc. attractive quarter crimson mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good pair. (2) €200 - €300 753. Stamps - United States Commemorative Postage Stamps, A lg. 4to album, N.Y. (Scott Publications Inc.) 1941. With approx. 92pp that are about 75% complete, plus extra pages of Cuba, Philippines etc., hundreds of mint stamps, approx. 1892-1940, as a coll., w.a.f. A very attractive collection. (1) €220 - €350 754. Stamp Albums: A large thick Album, British Dependencies, Islands etc., principally c. 1870-1940, many earlier on over 150 pages, all well stocked, in a Favourite Album; also The White Ace Historical Album for the Victory and Peace Issues of The British Empire, 26pp mostly complete (except for a few for Canada), also 9 cards of extra stamps. As Albums, w.a.f. An extremely good lot. (2) €300 - €500 755. Stamps: Egypt, three stamp albums containing hundreds of stamps, c. 1920-1981. In 3 Scott folio Albums, mostly loose, many mint examples, as a collection of stamps, w.a.f. An attractive lot. (3) €160 - €240 756. Periodical: Co. Donegal - Journal of the Donegal Historcal Journal -[Donegal Annual]. Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. 1 No. 4; Vol. 2, No. 1; Vol. 3, No. 1 & No. 2; Vol. 4, No. 1; Vol. V. No. 2 (1962); - Vol. VII, Nos. 2, & 3 (1968); Vol. VIII, No. 1 (1969); Vol. 9, No. 2(1970); Vol. X, No. 1 (1971) - Vol. X No. 3 (1973); & then to Vol. XI, No. 21 (1974); Vol. XIII, No. 4 (1980), & Nos. 33 (1981) - No. 73 (2021) complete except for No’s 67 & 70 (2015 & 2018). Together a very good run of this important journal from start in 1947 - 2021, in approx. 61 issues. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) €400 - €600 757. Astronomy: Neison (Edmund) The Moon and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface, thick 8vo Lond. (Longman, Green & Co.) 1876. First Edn., hf. title, 5 drawings (include. frontis) & 26 fold. & other maps, complete, advert leaf at front, orig. decor. crimson cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €180 - €220 758. Astronomy: Guillemin (Amedee) The World of Comets, sm. folio Lond. (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington) 1877. First English Edn., Trans. by James Glaisher. With 5 cold. plts. & other full page illus., & text illus., Signed by the Earl of Rosse on t.p., thro.-out, a.e.g., orig. gilt & black pictorial dark blue cloth. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €180 - €220 759. Fishing: Hardy (J. Leighton) The House the Hardy Bros. Built, roy 8vo Devon (Fly-fisher’s Classic Library) 1998. Lim. Edn. No. 220 of 950 Copies, illus., in orig. slipcase; also Buller (Fred.) & Falkus (H.) Dame Juliana - The Angling Treatyse and its Mysteries, roy 8vo Devon (Fly-fisher’s Classic Library) 2001. Limited Edn. No. 20 of 100 Copies only, Signed by Author, full crimson mor., & orig. slipcase; & others on fishing tackle. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 750 756 758