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

36 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 190. Ross (Charles)ed. Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, 3 vols. London 1859. First Edn., 2 fold. maps, unopened thro.-out, orig. cloth. (3) * American, Indian & Irish interest. €120 - €180 191. Irish Travel: Lacy (Thomas) Wexford. Sights and Scenes in Our Fatherland, Thick 8vo Lond. 1863, First Edn., engd. frontis, errata slip tipped in, text illus., orig. cloth, recased, front cover stained somewhat, but a clean copy. (1) €120 - €180 192. Americana: Lorne (The Marquis of,) A Trip to the Tropics and Home through America, 8vo Lond. (Hurst and Blackett) 1867. First Edn., hf. title, wd. cut frontis & vignette title in black & red, 16pp., catalogue at end, orig. green cloth, gilt lettered spine. (1) €130 - €180 193. Signed by H.W. Gore Booth, Arctic Explorer Arctic Travel: Nordenskiold - The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, 1858- 1879, 8vo London (MacMillan & Co.) 1879. First Edn., Ed. by Alex Leslie. Hf. title, cold. map frontis errata slip, text illus. thro.-out, 3 fold. maps, and 43pp. cat at end, orig. gilt decor. cloth. Good. Rare (1) * Co. Sligo title page inscribed by, ‘H.W. Gore-Booth Yatch ‘Kara’‘ Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, landlord & Arctic explorer lived at Lissadel, Co. Sligo. He was a good friend of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, of Borris & participated in some voyages to Norway with him. He was the father of Constance Gore-Booth, later Countess Markievicz, Republican leader and her sisters Eve, poet, & Mabel, & Mordaunt. €300 - €400 194. Langley (Ed. Archer) Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer Ali Moorad; with Wild Sport in the Valley of The Indus. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Hurst and Blackett) 1860. First Edn., Two frontis, 2 port. vignettes on each title, 16pp adverts end of Vol. II, orig. purple cloth with gilt image of an animal on both upper covers. Covers slightly stained and spines faded, otherwise a good copy. (2) €350 - €500 195. de Santa-Anna Nery (Baron) The Land of the Amazons, Translated by George Humphries. 8vo Lond. (Sands & Co.) 1901. Second Edn., Hf. title, port. frontis, errata slip, lg. fold. map at end, & numerous plts. photos & text illus. complete, orig. green cloth, gilt armorial on front cover, gilt lettered spine. (1) €150 - €220 196. Younghusband (Major G.J.) The Philippines and Round About, with Some Account of British Interest in these Waters. 8vo London 1899. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis, fold. cold. map & 17 photo plts., L.S. removed from title, unopened, orig. crimson cloth, spine faded. Good. (1) €100 - €150 197. Fine Original Mid-Nineteenth Century Drawings Botanical Watercolours: An oblong 8vo Mid-19th Century Album of 60 pages, with approx. 106 orig. Botanical Drawings of mostly Irish flowers & shrubs, each identified, & many with location of where found, Connemara, Clifden c. 1860, Woodroof, Powerscourt etc., each c. 14.5cms x 23cms, orig. hf. mor. A very competent artist at work. As watercolours, w.a.f. (1) €600 - €900 193 197 196 194