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

14 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 43. Presentation Copy Lloyd (Rev. Humphrey) Lectures on the Wave-Theory of Light, 8vo Dublin 1841. First Edn., 2 fold. plts., orig. cloth, paper label. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. * Inscribed Presentation to The Earl of Rosse. €200 - €300 44. MacNamara (N.C.) The Story of an Irish Sept, Their Character & Struggle to maintain their Lands in Clare, 8vo Lond. 1896. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis fold. tables, maps, plts. & illus. all present orig. gilt buckram; Dunn (Joseph) The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cualnge, roy 8vo Lond. 1914. First Edn. Thus, frontis & plt. orig. cloth. With presentation slip from Thos. J. Westropp to George U. MacNamara, tipped in. (2) €160 - €220 45. Lowell (Percival) Mars, 8vo Boston & New York (Houghton, Mifflin & Co. ‘Riverside Press,’) 1895. Rare First Edn., Cold. frontis & 23 other plts. (1 dble. page), text illus etc. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth, spine faded, title page inscribed ‘Rosse’. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 46. Wallace (Alfred Russel) Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Prof. Percival Lowell’s Book ‘ Mars and its Canals, with An Alternative Explanation,’ 8vo Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1907. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 1 plt., 110pp + advert leaf, orig. gilt decor. green cloth, with circular monogram in gilt on front cover. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 47. Holley (Alex L.) A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor, thick 8vo New York (D. van Nostrand) 1865. First Edn., hf. title, full page & text illus. thro.-out, 14pp cat. at end, orig. mor. backed cloth boards, worn. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €130 - €200 48. Stevenson (Rob. Louis) St. Ives Being The Adventures of A French Prisoner in England, 8vo Lond. (Heinmann) 1898. First Edn., Advert leaf & hf. title, black cloth; Essays in the Art of Writing, Lond. (Chatto &Windus) 1905. Second Impression. Advert leaf & hf. title, red & bl. title, buckram; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, imp. 8vo Lond. (John Lane & Bodley Head Ltd.) 1930. First Edn., Thus, illus. by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Hf. title, frontis, & 7 plts., text illus. uncut, pict. gilt buckram; & 3 others same author. (6) €120 - €170 49. The Great Famine: Quakers: Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends During The Famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1847, 8vo Dublin 1852. First Edn., Presentation Copy to Joseph Hone. Orig. cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 43 46 45 48 44 49