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

50 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 293. First Dublin Edition Bulkeley (John) & Cummins (John) A Voyage to the South Seas, In the Years 1740 and 1741, 12mo Dublin (J. Dalton .. R. Buckley) 1743. First Dublin Edn., wd. cut heads, XII, 119pp, title page loose & soiled, soiled thro-out, orig. full calf, raised bands. Rare. (1) €220 - €350 294. Signed Presentation Copy McGuinness (Charles John) Nomad, Memoirs of an Irish Sailor, Soldier, Pearl- Fisher, Pirate, Gun-Runner, Rum-Runner, Rebel and Antarctic Explorer , 8vo Lond. (Mathuen & Co.) 1934. First Edn., Hf. title, port. frontis Signed by Author, 10 illus. on 6 plts.; orig. blue cloth & with orig. pictorial d.w., unclipped, somewhat frayed at top and bottom edge of spine. (1) * Signed Presentation Copy to John Chichester (fellow sailor), with lengthy inscription. V. Scarce. €200 - €300 295. Inscribed Presentation Copy Co. Cork interest: Seymour (Capt. W.D.) J.P., Queenstown, Co. Cork. Journal of a Voyage Round the World, 8vo Cork (Francis Guy) 1877. First Edn., frontis with orig. portrait photograph, title in black with red coat of arms, [VIII], 169pp, a.e.g., lacks front loose marble end, cont. hf. crimson mor. V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) * Inscribed by author on verse of title, dated August 21, 1877. €300 - €400 296. Signed Presentation Copy Co. Wexford Author: Grattan-Esmonde (Sir T. Henry) Round the World with The Irish Delegates, 8vo Dublin (Sealy, Bryers &Walker) 1892. First Edn., litho frontis port. & 7 plts., [VI], 146pp, orig. cold. pict. boards. V. good. (1) * Inscribed Presentation inscription, ‘ To Daniel Crilly Esq., M.P. my friend and colleague from his well-wisher, Thos. H. Grattan-Esmonde 24 May 1892 ,’ €200 - €300 297. Tour by Co. Cork Priest Americana: Buckley (Rev. M.B.) Diary of a Tour in America, ... 1870 & 1871. Now Edited by his sister Kate Buckley, 8vo Dublin (Sealy, Bryers &Walker) 1889. First Edn. Hf. title, [IV], 384pp orig. git lettered crimson cloth. V. good. (1) * The result of a tour in America, instigated by Fr. Buckley’s Bishop for the purpose of raising funds for the completion of the Catholic Cathedral of Cork. €200 - €300 298. Co. Meath Born Author American Civil War Political Satire Americana: [Halpine (Chas. G.)] The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O’Reilly (47th Regiment New York Volunteers), .. With Comic Illustrations by [Ed. “Ned”] Mullen, 8vo N. York (Carleton, Publisher) 1864. First Edn., Add. illus. title, & other plts. on yellow paper, plus comic illus. in text, advert. leaf at end, orig. gilt decor. blue / green cloth. V. good. Scarce. (1) * The author was born in Oldcastle, Co. Meath in November 1829. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin with the intention of joining the medical profession, but he preferred the law. In his spare time he wrote for the press. He emigrated to America in 1851, and later worked for the Boston Post, & the New York Times. He enlisted in the Army in 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, and served with various important Generals, including General Hunter on his expedition to the Shenandoah Valley in the Spring of 1864. €250 - €380 296 297 294 298 295 292