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

31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 163. India: Younghusband (Sir F.) Kashmir, illus. by Major E. Molyneux, roy 8vo Lond. (A. & C. Black) 1917; also Menpes (Mortimer) India, roy 8vo Lond. (A. & C. Black) 1916. Illus. by the author, both orig. decor. cold. cloth; Jacolliot (Louis) Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients, Lond. 1919, cloth; Rumbold (Sir Algernon) Watershed in India 1914-1922, Lond. (Athlone Press) 1979. First Edn., both cloth. (4) €80 - €130 164. First Directory with Street Panoramas Shaw (H.) New City Pictorial Directory 1850, First Edn., frontis, illus. title, & illus. panoramic street views, adverts etc., original cloth, lower joint cracked. (1) €250 - €350 165. Boucher (Wm.) A Treatise on Forest- Trees, 8vo Dublin (for Wm. Wilson) 1784. Third Dublin Edn., fold. plate, cont. tree calf, worn, mor. label, clean copy; Nicol (Walter) The Planter’s Kalendar; or, The Nurseryman’s & Forester’s Guide,.. 8vo Edin. 1820. Second Edn., 3 plts. (2 cold.), cont. hf. green mor. mor. label, good. (2) €180 - €250 166. Johnstone (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land; according to the System Practised by Mr. Joseph Elington, .. in the County of Warwick. 8vo Dublin (by Order .. of the Dublin Society) 1800. First Dublin Edn., 16 engd. fold. plts. in modern boards. A very good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 167. [Twiss (Rich.)] A Tour in Ireland in 1775, With a Map, and a View of the Salmon- Leap at Ballyshannon. 8vo Lond.(For the Author) 1776. First Edn., fine lg. fold. map, & a plate, cont. sprinkled calf, with tooled gilt spine, mor. label, upr. cover loose. (1) €180 - €250 168. [Horne (Thos. Hartwell)] A Lincolnshire Farmer, The Complete Grazier; or, Farmer and Cattle - Dealers Assistant, 8vo Lond. 1807. Second Edn., Engd. frontis vignette title, 3 engd. plts. (1 fold.) & wd. cut text illus. thro.-out, cont. calf, rebacked; Sheep: their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, To which is added The Mountain Shepherd’s Manual, 8vo Lond. 1837. Second on Irish Sheep, text illus. cont. hf. calf; Youatt (Wm.) The Complete Grazier, ed. by R. Scott Burn. Thick 8vo Lond. 1877. Illus. in text, mor. backed boards. All good. (3) €150 - €200 169. Fortune (Robert) A Journey to the Tea Countries of China, including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; ... [+India] 8vo Lond. 1852. First Edn., add. cold. decorated title, cold. map, litho frontis & 1 litho plt. text illus., 32pp. cat at end, orig. gilt decor. cloth; also Gray (J.H.) China A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1878. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis & numerous plts. thro.- out, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth. (3) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €250 - €400 170. Tissot - Kirkpatrick (J.)trans. Advice to the People in General, with Regard to their Health, 8vo Dublin ( ... for J. Hoey Snr.,...) 1766. First Dublin Edn., cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 171. Darwin (Erasmus) Phytologia: or, the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening, with the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, 8vo Dublin 1800. First Dublin Edn., 12 engd. plts. (6 fold.) cont. tree calf, gilt rolled floral border. Good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 172. Synge - The Works of John M. Synge, 4vols. 8vo Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1910. First Collected Edition. Four port. frontis, uncut, orig. brown buckram. V. good set. (4) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 172 164 169 166