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

17 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 65. Hedin (Sven) Trans - Himalaya Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols. thick 8vo Lond. 1909. First Edn., Two hf. titles, 2 port. frontis, 10 fold. & other maps, & numerous illus. on 207 plts., 6pp adverts at end, orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. V. good. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €250 - €350 66. Curwen (J.C.) Observations on the State of Ireland , Principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1818. First Edn., uncut, recent boards, paper labels, good; also Hints on Agricultural Subjects, and on The Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes. 8vo Lond. 1809. Second Edn., litho frontis 3 plts. fold. table, orig. hf. boards, rebacked. (3) €200 - €300 67. R.D.S.: The Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, Vols. V + VI. Together 2 vols. roy 8vo Dublin 1870-1875 First Edns., with fold. & other illus., unopened, orig. cloth. As periodicals, w.a.f. (2) * Articles by Grubb on The Telescope, etc. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100 - €150 68. R.D.S.: Weld (Isaac) Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon, Drawn up under the Direction of the Royal Dublin Society. Thick 8vo Dublin (R. Graisberry) 1832. First Edn., Hf. title, fine hand- coloured fold.-map, uncut, orig. cloth, paper label. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 69. Carrigan (Rev. Wm.) The History and Antiquities of Ossory, 4 vols. 4to Dublin 1905. First Edn., port. frontis, lg. fold. cold. map, profusely illustrated with plts. & illus. orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good. (4) Provenance: Rev. F.J. Hickey, St. Patricks College, Kiltegan. €400 - €600 70. Capote (Truman) In Cold Blood, A True Account of a Multiple Murder and It’s Consequences, 8vo N.Y. (Random House 1965) First Edn., hf. title, photo frontis, purple cloth, gilt lettering, d.j. (not clipped) some stains, otherwise good copy; together with a collection of the New Yorker Magazine and others with articles about Truman Capote. (1) €400 - €600 71. Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620, Sm. folio Belfast 1877. First Edn., red & bl. title, orig. cloth; Reeves (Rev. Wm.) Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 4to Dublin 1847. First Edn., Pres. Copy, orig. cloth. Good. (2) €175 - €225 72. Golf: Henderson (I.T.) & Stirk (D.I.) Golf in the Making, 4to Lond. 1990. Illus. thro.- out cloth & d.w. Great Record of Early Golf. (1) €70 - €100 65 66 69 68 70