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

16 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 58. Stein (M. Aurel) Ruins of Desert Cathay, Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia andWesternmost China, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1912. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis (1 port), 7 cold. illus. on 6 plts., 6 fold. panoramas & 3 lg. fold. maps; together with On Ancient Central Asian Tracts, Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China. roy 8vo Lond. 1933. First Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis, lg. fold. map at end, & 5 fold. panoramas, cold. plts. (some with dble illus.) uniform full brown cloth, each cover oval gilt medallion stamp. V. good condition. (3) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €850 - €1250 59. Willcocks (Sir Wm.) The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuan and After, roy 8vo Lond. 1903. Second Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. frontis, 12 fold. plts., errata slip, orig. gilt lettered & decor. crimson cloth, spine etc., stained. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €150 - €200 60. Pool (Robert) & Cash (John) Views of the Most Remarkable Public Buildings, Monuments and other Edifices in the City of Dublin, 4to Dublin (.. for J. Williams) 1780. First Edn., engd. title with vignette, 5pp subscribers, 27 engd. full page plts. only, very clean, title with finger marks, later hf. calf. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €400 - €600 61. With Fine Coloured Plates Fishing: Kelson (Geo. M.) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress it, and How to Use it, Roy 8vo Lond. 1895. First Edn., Port. frontis 8 fine hd. coloured plts. & numerous other plts & illus., plus pages of adverts., orig. gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €325 - €450 62. 1798: H.M.S.O. - Chart (D.A.)ed. The Drennan Letters, roy 8vo Belfast 1931 First Edn., port. frontis & plts., cloth; 1798 A Bicentenary Perspective, edited by T. Bartlett, D. Dickson, D. Keogh & K. Whelan. Thick 8vo Dublin 2003. Special Lim. Edn. No. 68 of 100 Copies. Signed by All the Editors, cloth & slipcase. (2) €100 - €150 63. Limited to 50 Copies Only Travel: R.S.A.I. - Dineley (or Dingley) Thomas. Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland, Edited by James Graves. Roy 8vo Dublin 1870. First Edn., text illus. thro.-out, fine cont. hf. mor. Good copy. Scarce. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €220 - €350 64. Mac Manus (S.) The Story of the Irish Race, roy 8vo N. York 1921. Second Edn., Pres. Copy by Author, Signed on slip tipped- in; O’Rahilly (T.F.) Early Irish History and Mythology, roy 8vo Dub. 1946 First Edn., d.w.; Gwynn (Stephen) Irish Literature and Drama, Lond. 1936. First Edn., d.w. (3) €80 - €120 63 58 60 61