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

15 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 50. Bindings: Austen - The Novels of Jane Austen, 12 vols. 8vo Edin. (John Grant) 1911. Winchester Edition. The final two volumes, of this set are from the New and Revised Edition, t.e.g., cont. hf. purple mor., raised bands, gilt line decoration. Bookplates of Michael, Earl of Rosse. A very attractive set. (12) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €800 - €1200 51. Astronomy: Smyth (Capt. Wm. H.) A Cycle of Celestial Objects, For the Use of Naval, Military and Private Astronomers. Vol. I ‘Prolegomena,’Vol. II, ‘The Bedford Catalogue.’ 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (John W. Parker) 1844. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, numerous engraved and other drawings & illus. in text, rebound in modern cloth mis-numbered on spines. Vol. I, VIII, [4], 516, & Vol. II, XX, 560pp & 8pp adverts at end. Scarce. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €320 - €450 52. Gill (Capt. Wm.) The River of Golden Sand, The Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah. 2 vols. Lond. 1880. First Edn., 2 frontis, vignette titles, & 10 fold. & other maps, orig. gilt decor. cloth, covers of Vol. I detached; also Narrative of Lord Elgins Mission to China & Japan, 2 vols. Edin. 1859. First Edn., 20 cold. plts. include. frontis, 5 fold. maps, bl. & white plts. etc., some gatherings loose, orig. cloth, rough. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 53. Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight Sun.. Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland, 2 vols. Lond. 1888. Fourth Edn., Two frontis (1 fold.) plt. & text illus., plus fold. cold. map of Scandinavia, loose, orig. gilt decor. pict. cloth, spines faded. (2) €280 - €350 54. Co. Offaly: Crotty (Rev. M.) A Narrative of the Reformation at Birr, in the King’s County, Ireland, 8vo, L. (T. Hatchard) 1850, Second Edn., hf. title, recent cloth, orig. spine laid down. (1) €120 - €140 55. Marmion (Anthony) The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1855. First Edn., errata leaf at end, orig. cloth. Good & Scarce. (1) €80 - €120 56. With Hand-Coloured Plates Hewitson (Wm. C.) British Oology; Being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. [1831-38] Subscribers Copy approx. 157 hd. cold. plts. (a few loose), cont. hf. mor., tooled gilt panels, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €200 - €300 57. Laufer (Berthold) Sino - Iranica, Chinese Contributions to the History and Civilization of Ancient Iran. Roy 8vo Chicago 1919. [The Blackstone Expedition] Pages 185 - 630, dark blue buckram. Clean Copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €140 - €200 53 50 52 54 51