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

55 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 330. Periodical: Doyle (Martin) & Murphy (Ed.) The Irish Farmer’s and Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural Affairs, Vols. I, II, III, IV & Vol. VIII, together 5 vols. only (ex 8) 8vo Dublin 1834-1841, some text illus., some defects., cont. hf. calf, as a periodical, w.a.f. Scarce. (5) €200 - €300 331. Missions to Van Dieman’s Land and New SouthWales Pamphlets: Wheeler (Daniel) Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler, now engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean,... Parts I - III, Lindfield 1835 - London (Darton & Harvey) 1838. Pages 54, 59 & 84pp; also Backhouse, Extracts from the Letters of James Backhouse .. to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, Accompanied by Geo. Washington Walker, Parts I - IV, Lond. (Harvey & Darton) 1838, pages 94, 78, 85 & 80, with Seventh Part,... to South Africa, 8vo Lond. 1840, 91pp; together with, Yeardley, Extracts from the Letters of John and Martha Yeardley, .. To some Parts of the Continent of Europe, The Ionian Isles etc, 8vo Lindfield 1835. First Edn., 56pp, together 9 works. Cont. hf. mor. mor. label. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. Rare. (1) * From the collection of Martha Wright, leading Irish member of The Society of Friends. €250 - €350 332. Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland: With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom, 2 vols. Lond. 1780. Second Edn., 5 end. plts. (3 fold.), later hf. brown mor. marble sides, raised bands. V. clean copy. (2) €180 - €250 333. Irish Medical Interest: Butlers Medicine Chest Directory and Family Catalogue of Drugs, Chemicals etc., sm. 8vo Dublin (Messrs. Butler, Medical Hall) 1832. Third Edn., Engd. frontis, & one plt. orig. cloth; Hudson (A.) Lectures on the Study of Fever, 8vo D. 1867. First Edn., cloth; Smith (Prof. J. Lorrain) Report on the Occurrence of Typhoid Fever in Belfast, roy 8vo Belfast 1903, cloth; & 1 other. (4) €150 - €200 334. Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes , 8vo, Hull & York (A. Brown & Sons Ltd.) 1895, Second Edn., Frontis, illus. throughout, green cloth; Gatty (Mrs. Alfred) Parables from Nature, 4to, L. (Bell Dalby) 1867, New Edn. illus. throughout, a.e.g., green decor. cloth.(2) €150 - €200 336. Co. Carlow Author Kavanagh (Arthur) The Cruise of the R.Y.S. Eva, 8vo Dublin (Hodges, Smith & Co.) 1865. First & Only Edition, hf. title, frontis & 16 litho plates, orig. blue cloth, with gilt image of the yacht on front cover, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) * The author was an Irish Politian from Borris House, Co. Carlow. He was born with only the rudiments of arms & legs. He learned to ride horses at the age of three. He also fished, hunted, wrote stories & drew pictures. In 1851 he succeeded to the family estates, and went on to serve as High Sheriff for Kilkenny & Carlow. €400 - €600 336 330 331 335. Mundy (Capt. Godfrey) Pen and Pencil Sketches, Being The Journal of a Tour in India, 2 vols. 8vo, London 1833. Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis fold. maps (cold. in outline) & 14 engd. plts., text illus., & advert leaf end of Vol. I, cont. hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine. V. good clean copy. (2) €350 - €450