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42 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 236. Genealogy: Savage Armstrong (G.F.) ed. A Genealogical History of the Savage Family in Ulster...... Being a Revision and Enlargement of Certain Chapters of the Savages of the Ards, Lg. 4to L. (Chiswick Press) 1906, First Edn., text illus., plts., hf. mor., cloth boards, gilt lettered spine (repaired). Clean Copy. (1) €140 - €220 238. The Atlantic Cable Russell (W.H.) The Atlantic Cable, Illustrated by Robert Dudley. Lg. atlas folio Lond. (Day & Son) n.d. Large Paper Copy, cold litho title, & 25 full page cold. litho plts. (Include chart) some edges frayed a little, rebound lg. crimson mor. with orig. gilt decor. cloth cover from smaller edition. (1) €600 - €800 237. Fine Set of Illustrated Volumes by H. Thompson [Hugh Thompson]Illustrator. A set of 10 volumes as follows: 1. Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, preface by A. Dobson. Sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1890. 2. Gaskell (Mrs.) Cranford, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1891. 3. The Spectator, Reprint, Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1892 4. Dobson (Austin) The Ballad of Beau Brocade, sm. folio Lond. (Kegan, Paul French Trubner & Co.) 1892. Lim. Edn. No. 260 of 450 Copies Only. L.P. 5. Hood (T.) Humorous Poems, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 250 on Large Paper. 6. Mitford (M. Russell) Our Village, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 470 Copies on Large Paper. 7. Jacobs (Joseph)ed. The Fables of Aesop, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894. Illus. by Rich. Heighway. Lim. Edn. 100 Copies only on Large Paper. 8. Various Sources - Coridon’s Song and other Verses, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894. 9. Sheridan (Rich. Brinsley) The School for Scandal and The Rivals, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1896. 10. Reade (Chas.) Peg Woffington, sm. folio Lond. (Geo. Allan) 1899. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only on Large Paper. Together 10 volumes, all but one illustrated by Hugh Thompson, all uncut, mostly unopened, marble ends and fine uniform cont. hf. dark blue mor. bindings, marble sides by Zaensdorf, spines in overlaid now in 3 marbled slip cases, flowers in red mor. panels. V. good. (10) €700 ‑ €1000 238 239. Episcopal Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII Cork Corporation Illuminated Address from the Corporation of Cork to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII on his Episcopal Jubilee,1893, signed by Augustine Roche (Mayor) and Alex. McCarthy |(Town Clerk), presented in a large quarto leather bound Album, with the manuscript reply received from Cardinal Rampolla (signed by him), and an English translation of same similarly illuminated with elaborate floral displays. The Cork Address with a gilt reproduction of the Cork Corporation seal (slightly damaged). Some foxing to edges of internal boards, not affecting the illuminated addresses. The leather binding with title on upper cover within an elaborate gilt double rectangle enclosing alternate star devices, the surface somewhat worn, top of spine torn but holding firm. The illumination by John & Florence Gilbert, Cork (see turn-in on inner front cover), the binding apparently unsigned. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €500