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

26 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 127. Donelan (Rev. John P.) My Trip to France, 8vo New York (Ed. Dunigan & Brother) 1857. First Edn., orig. cloth, good. Scarce. (1) * The Author was a Priest in Washington, of Irish lineage. €120 - €180 128. Very Rare Irish Travel Book With Original Photographic llustrations [Pyne (Louisa G.G.)] Sketches of Travel in Russia, Turkey, Greece, etc. etc. in 1869, 8vo D. 1871. Sole Edn., Hf. title with errata on verso, 12 orig. photo (ex. 15) illus. some library stamps, recent full green cloth, mor. label. Extremely Rare. (1) * Pres. Copy, inscribed and signed by author to Mrs. Kiely. €150 - €200 129. With Account of Earl of Rosse’s Telescopes Astronomy: Dick (Thomas) The Practical Astronomer, .. A Particular Account of the Earl of Rosse’s Large Telescopes,... Sm. 8vo Lond. (Seeley, Burnside and Seeley) n.d. [1845]. First Edn., woodcut illus., frontis & text illus. thro.-out, cont. calf, mor. Good. (1) * Stamped binding, ‘Edinburg Institution,’ with printed prize bookplate, dated July 1857. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 130. Preece (Wm. H.) & Maeir (J.) The Telephone, 8vo Lond. 1889, First Edn., hf. title (loose), fold. photographic frontis, errata slip tipped-in, plts. (some fold.) & illus. thro.-out, 32pp. cat at end, orig. blue cloth, gilt medallion on front cover and gilt lettered spine. Good. Scarce. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €140 - €200 131. Goulard - A Treatise on the Effects and Various Preparations of Lead, Particularly of the Extract of Saturn for Different Chirurgical Disorders. 12mo Lond. 1772. Third Edn. Fold. table, cont. sheep, mor. label. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120 - €180 132. With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates Breton (M.) China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures etc., Ed. Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Berton, 4 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (Howlett and Brimmer) 1824. Four hf. titles, 80 end. hand coloured plated (include. 4 frontis) uncut, in later hf. crimson mor. marble sides, gilt decor. spines, by Bayntun, Bath. A Beautiful copy. (4) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €800 - €1200 133. Egan (P.M.) History, Guide and Directory of County and City of Waterford, 8vo Kilkenny n.d. [c.1880’s] First Edn., dble page map, ports., plts. & other illus. thro.-out, also illustrated adverts. orig. gilt lettered cloth. Good. (1) €150 - €200 127 129 128 131 132