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

138 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 960. Fishing: Robertson (N.K.) Further Thrifty Fishing, 8vo Lond. n.d. [1948] First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 8 plts. plus illus. by Olivia Robertson, Manning & L.A. Robertson, orig. cloth, & fine orig. d.w. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 961. [Shakespeare Interest] Sullivan (Sir E.) Verulamania, 12mo, L. (Bedford Press) 1904, 57pps, ptd. wrappers; Canto (G.) Ein Zeugniss Zu Gunster Der Bacon Shakespeare - Theorie, 12mo Halle 1897, 32pps; Cantor (G.) Ressectio Divi Quirini ..., 12mo, Hallis 1896; Shakespeare’s Secret and Bacon’s Promus; Loughborough n.d., Second Edn., Hull Platt (I.) Bacon Cryptograms in Shakespeare and other Studies, 12mo, Boston 1905; Bormann (Ed.) The Quintessence of the Shakespeare Secret, L. (A. Siegle) 1905; [Offprint - Temple Bar Lord Bacon’s Married Life]; Theobald (W.) Bacon versus Shakespeare, Salterhan 1899; Theobald (W.) On the Authorship of the Sonnets, Attributed to Shakespeare, Sutterton 1896; The Shakespeare Anograms as used by Ben Johnson, L. 1952; Platt (G.H.) Are the Shakespeare Pleas, Signed by Francis Bacon?, Philadelphia 1897; Arbuthmot (Rev. G.) An Illustrated Guide to The Collegiate Church, ; Emerson (J.M.) Two Anagrams, Liverpool 1912; other pamphlets by Emerson, Holzer, Theobald O’Neill, and Ewing. As a collection, bound together in blue cloth, m/ss label. (1) €200 - €300 962. Fishing: A very good leather fold- over Fly-fisher’sWallet, with approx. 95 fully dressed flies, some tied to gut, on vellum leaves, together with some manuscript notes on fishing in the West of Ireland, Gweedore, Achill, Rosnowlagh, Ballinahinch etc. The front flap Signed by A.E. Bor, an Irish clergyman, with some typed notes on his family loosely inserted. As a collectors lot, w.a.f. (1) €280 - €380 963. [Thackeray (W.H.)] The Irish Sketch-Book, by Mr. M.A. Titmarch, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1845 Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis, text illus. vignettes, orig. blind stamp cloth, v. good set; also [Hole (Dean)] A Little Tour in Ireland, sm. sq. 8vo Lond. 1859. First Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis, 4 plts. & text illus., advert. leaf at end, gilt decor. cloth. (3) €150 - €220 964. Fishing: Niven (Richard) The British Anglers Lexicon, 8vo Lond. n.d. [c. 1892] Frontis, illus. pls. & text illus. adverts at end, recent hf. crushed green mor., raised bands, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1) €100 - €150 965. Very Fine Clean Copy [A’Beckett (Gilbert A.)] The Comic Blackstone, 12mo Lond. (Publ. at Punch Office) 1846. First One Volume Edn. Etched frontis, red & bl. title with vignette & text illus. by Geo. Cruikshank, t.e.g. cont. full calf, with treble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels by Riviere & Son, & with original gilt stamped cloth bound in. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 966. 1798: Stewart (JohnWatson) The Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1798, Sm. thick 8vo Dublin 1798. Includes English Registry, andWilson’s Dublin Directory, with fac- simile map, cont. calf, recent reback, mor. labels. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 967. Americana: Glazier (Capt. W.W.) The Capture, the Prison Pen, and the Escape, Giving a Complete History of Prison Life in the South , 8vo N. York (United States Publishing Company) 1868. Engd. port. frontis & 12 plts. orig. gilt decor. blue cloth; also same Author Three Years in the Federal Cavalry, N. York (R.H. Ferguson & Co.) 1874. Hf. title, port. frontis & 9 plts. lacks front loose end, orig. gilt decor. brown cloth; and Down the Great River; ... discovery of the True Source of the Mississippi, 8vo Philadelphia (Hubbard Bros.) 1888. Frontis port. & fold. map, & 32 plts. & maps, orig. gilt decor. green cloth, stained somewhat. All clean. (3) €220 - €350 968. Fishing etc: Rooper (Geo.) A Month in Mayo, comprising Characteristic Sketches (Sporting and Social) of Irish Life. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1876. First Edn., cloth; Gaffey (Laurie) Freshwater Fishing in Ireland, sm. 8vo Dublin c. 1958, Signed Pres. Copy, cloth, also Under the Irish Rainbow, Dundalk 1951. Signed Pres. Copy, wrappers; & A Free Lance Angler in Ireland, 8vo Dublin n.d., illus. cloth; & 3 other small books on Irish fisheries. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 961 962 968