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

54 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 321. Astrology: Ball (Sir Robert) The Story of the Heavens, roy 8vo Lond. n.d., cont. hf. calf, attractive decor. tooled gilt spine; also by same author Time and Tide, A Romance of the Moon, Lond. n.d. c. 1889, and The Cause of An Ice Age, Lond. 1906, Third, all frontis & plts., orig. decor. cloth; and Gore (J.E.) The Scenery of the Heavens, sm. 8vo Lond. 1892. Second Edn., frontis & plts., orig. decor. cloth. All good. (4) €100 - €150 322. Coloured Plates: Pratt (Anne) The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, Vols. I - III, L. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) n.d., black and white frontis (Vol. 1), numerous chromo lithographic cold. plts. signatures on t.p.’s, orig. cloth, faded. (3) €130 - €180 323. Roxburgh (Wm.) Flora Indica; or, Description of Indian Plants, 3 vols. Serampore (for W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta & Parbury, Allen & Co. Lond.) 1832. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, cont. hf. green mor., gilt decor. & lettered spines. Good. (3) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - 300 324. Genealogy: Mac Carthy Glas (Daniel) A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh - The Mac Carthys of Gleannacroim, 8vo Exeter (Wm. Pollard) n.d. [c. 1890] First Edn., orig. brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. Scarce. (1) €140 - €200 325. Stanihurst (Richard) De Rebus In Hibernia Gestis, 4to, Antwerp (Christopher Plantin) 1584, First Edn., woodcut device on title page, 264pps, [6pps], errata leaf at end text browned throughout, cont. calf, rebacked mor. label. Ex-Libris Robert M. Young. Good Copy. (1) €400 - €500 326. Anderson (Aeneas) A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794, 8vo Dublin (for P. Byrne, .. andW. Jones..) 1796. Second Edn., Lacks hf. title, III - XXIV, 278pp, plus Appendix [26]pp, later hf. vellum, mor. label. (1) €130 - €180 327. Co. Louth Author M’Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1859. First Edn., Lg. fold. map cold. in outline, & 3 other maps on 2 fold. plts., fold. facsimile, and 14 plts, XXVII, [1], 403 [1 ads.]pp., title & dedit. page somewhat browned, cont. hf. mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. Sabin 43043. (1) * M’Clintock, an important Irish explorer, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth. €350 - €500 328. Alpine interest: Ball (John)editor. Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club. 8vo Lond. 1859. Fourth. Hf. title, vignette title, 9 fold. maps, 8 coloured chromos., & wd. cut illus. thro.-out text, orig. gilt decor brown cloth. (1) * The editor was a member of Royal Irish Academy. €200 - €300 329. Astronomy: Rambosson (J.) Astronomy, translated by C.B. Pitman, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1875. First English Edn., Hf. title, cold. frontis & 12 other cold. plates, maps (some dble page), cont. full blue mor. prize binding, with gilt arms of Cheltenham College (& prize plt.), dble. gilt fillet borders, and gilt decor. in panels, mor. label. Very attractive copy. V. good. (1) €140 - €200 323 328 325 327