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92 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 586. Heaney (Seamus) Field Work, L. 1979, Faber, First Edn., orig. cl. in d.w., fine; with the First Paperback Edn., L. 1979, Signed and dated May ‘81 on t.p.; also the First US Edn., N.Y. 1979, orig. cl. in d.w., all fine. (3) €200 - €300 587. Heaney (Seamus) Electric Light, L. 2001, Faber, First Edn., No. 246 of 300 copies specially bound and Signed, slipcase (sl. marked), otherwise fine. (1) €300 - €400 588. Mackey (Mary)ed. Mizen Archaeological and Historical Society, 2 vols. (Parts) Skibbereen (Inspire) 2010, Limited Edn. of 250 Copies, illus. hf. cloth, marble boards, gilt lettered spine. (2) €130 - 180 589. Americana: Dawson (J.W.) Contributions toward the Improvement of Agriculture in Nova - Scotia; With Practical Hints on the Management and Improvement of Livestock., 8vo Halifax NB.S. (Richard Nugent) 1856. Second Edn., Revised & Improved. 6 plts. (includ. frontis) with 12 wd.-cut illus. of livestock, frontis title & first 4 leaves damp stained lower edge, orig. cloth faded. (1) €150 - €200 590. Americana: Lee - Memoirs of the Life of the late Charles Lee, Esq, Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-Fourth Regiment.. Aide du Camp to The King of Poland, and Second in Command in the Service of The United States of America during the Revolution. 8vo Dublin (for Messrs P. Byrne, J. Moore, ... and R. M’Alister) 1792. First Dublin Edn. Hf. title, XII, 439pp., uncut, tall copy, recent boards & label. Sabin 38903. V. good copy. (1) * Reputed to have been edited by Thos. Paine. €300 - €400 591. Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, Comprising Fifteen Years’ Hunting and Trading, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1868. First Edn. Two hf. titles, 2 frontis 6 full page plts., text illus., 2 fold. cold. maps (1 loose & with tears), & 2 errata leaves, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (2) €200 - €350 592. Co. Roscommon Explorer Parke (Thos. Heazle) My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa, As Medical Officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 8vo L. n.d. [c.] Second Edn., port. frontis 16 plts. etc. & fold. route map in pocket at end, 32pp. cat. dated 1890, orig. cloth, gilt. V. good copy. (1) * T.H. Parke was born 27th November, 1857, at Clogher House, Kilmore, Co. Roscommon. A doctor by profession, he was known as the first Irishman to have crossed the African Continent. (1) €320 - €420 593. India: Indian Records with A Commercial View of the Relations between The British Government and the Nawabs Nazim of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, 8vo L. 1870. First Edn. orig. photographic port. frontis, orig. cloth, v. good copy. Rare. (1) €120 - €220 587 589 592 593 591
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