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

48 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 276. Americana: An Historical, Geographical, Political and Natural History of North America And of the British and other European Settlements, The United States The General State of The Laws, Particularly those affecting Commerce, Foreign and British Debts;... Dedicated to The Rt. Hon. Charles J. Fox, 2 vols. 12mo London (S. Low) 1805. Two hf. titles, 3 fold. tables, XXVIII, 285pp, Vol. I, XXVIII, 286; Vol II, IZ, 377pp, one loose blank lacking, cont. tree calf, mor. labels, gilt decor. in panels. Good. (2) €300 - €400 277. Americana: (Raynal Guillaume- Thomas Francois, Abbé) The Revolution of America, 12mo Dublin (by C. Talbot, for Messrs. Prica, W. Watson, Sleator, Whitestone... Talbot, Byrn, Exshaw, and Webb.) 1781. First Dublin Edition in English Hf. title, XX, 244pps, owner’s signature on title, cont. full calf, raised bands, orig. mor. label. Very good copy. (1) €250 - €350 278. Threlkeld (Caleb) Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum Alphabetice Dispositarum sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis Praesertim Dublinensibus Instituta, 12mo, D. (S. Powell) 1727, First Issue., woodcut head to Dedication, blind embossed crest on tp., Bookplate for Earl of Macclesfield, Sherburn Castle Library, full calf, gilt fillet border, raised bands, decor panels mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €700 - €900 279. Coloured Plates: Mawe (J.) Wodarch’s Introduction to the Study of Conchology, sm. 8vo, Lond. (Langmans Rees, etc.) 1832, Fourth Edn., hd.-cold. frontis and 6 cold. plts, and 4pps adverts. at end, orig. cloth backed boards, label worn. (1) €120 - €180 280. Gregory (Lady A.) The Kiltartan Poetry Book, Prose Translations from the Irish, 8vo, N.Y. (The Knickerbocker Press) 1919, First U.S. Edn., blue cloth, ptd. label. (1) €70 - €100 281. Fine Binding: Atkinson (Sarah) Essays, 8vo Dublin (M.H. Gill & Son) 1895. First Edn., marble ends, & gilt letter mor. presentation label ‘Mrs. Gilbert’ a.e.g., v. good full mor., gilt fillet borders, raised bands etc. V. good. (1) €100 - €150 282. [Gibson (C.B.)] The Last Earl of Desmond: A Historical Romance of 1599 - 1603, 2 vols. in one. 8vo Dublin 1854. First Edn. Vl. I lacks Preliminaries I-VI, a.e.g., full green mor. dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, gilt decor.; also, Hall (Mrs. S.C.) The Whiteboy; A Story of Ireland, in 1822, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1845. First Edn., Vol. I, hf. title, & advert. leaf at front, pp. 318; & 306; orig. blind decor. cloth. As a lot. (3) * The second item is marked in pen and pencil thro-out, as of preparing for new edition. €180 - €250 283. Davies (Sir John) Knight A Report of Cases and Matters in Law, Resolved and Adjudged in the Kings Courts in Ireland, 8vo, D. (Sarah Cotter) 1762, First Edn., some worm damage to end leaves, full calf, reback, spine dam. (1) €120 - €170 279 277 276 282 278