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96 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 622. Genealogy: Adams (PercyW.L.) A History of Douglas Family of Morton in Nithsdale (Dumfriesshire) and Fingland (Kirkcudbrightshire) + their Descendants, Lg. thick 4to Bedford (The Sidney Press) 1921. First Edn., Lim. 100 Copies, frontis, illus. fold. tables etc., orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. (1) €140 - €180 623. Litton Falkiner (C.) Studies in Irish History and Biography, Mainly of 18th Century. 8vo Lond. 1902; also Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, mainly of the 17th Century, 8vo Lond. 1904; and Essay Relating to Ireland, Biographical, Historical and Topographical. 8vo Lond. 1909. All First Edns., fold. maps etc., and all orig. cloth. v. good set. (3) €130 - €180 624. Photography: Periodical, Henfrey (Arthur) & HughW. Diamond, editors. The Journal of The Photographic Society of London, Containing the Transactions of the Society and a General Record of Photographic Art and Science. Vol. I - Vol. VI, Nos. 1 - 101, Complete, together 6 vols. 8vo Lond. (Taylor & Francis) 1854-1860. First Edn., illus. in text thro.-out, Vols. I & II, in cont. hf. mor., remainder in orig. cloth, all v. good. As a periodical, w.a.f. (6) * A very good run of this scarce journal, one of the earliest on the subject. Provenance : Birr Castle Estate. €500 - €800 625. Fishing: Fly-Fisher’s Classic Library - Blacker’s Art of Fly-Making, Devon 1994; Hills (J. Waller) A History of Fly Fishing for Trout, Devon 1995; Francis (Francis) A Book of Angling, Devon 1996. All illus., t.e.g., orig. bindings & slipcases. Pristine. (3) €200 - €300 626. Hore (Philip Herbert)ed. History of The Town and County of Wexford, 6 vols., Oxford 1979 reprint, (orig. Edition 1900 - 1911), fold. & other maps, full green leather, gilt lettered spine. Good Set. (6) €400 - €600 621. Fishing: [Fitzgibbon (Edw.)] ‘Ephemera,’ The Book of the Salmon: In two Parts... Assisted by Andrew Young. Fly-fishers Classic Library 1995. Lim. Edn. No. 37 of 55 Copies, with orig. fly tied by Henrik Strandgaard inset in cover. Cold. plts., a.e.g. in full burgundy goatskin, in orig. cloth box. Pristine condition. (1) €250 - €350 625 627. Folio Society: The Letterpress Shakespeare, Vols. folio London c. 1993. Lim. Edn. 1000 (3750) Copies. Including the following: 1. A s You Like It, 2. The Tempest; 3. A Mid-Summers Night Dream; 4. The Twelfth Night; 5. Othello; 6. Hamlet; 7. King Lear; 8. Coriolanus; 9. Macbeth; 10. Titus Andronicus; 11. Anthony and Cleopatra; 12. Julius Caesar; 13. Richard III; 14. Henry IV Part 1 15. Henry IV Part 2 16. Henry V; together 16 Copies, all on hand made paper, and hf. green, blue and crimson mor., marble sides, uncut, with separate commentary 8vo volume, in full green, blue and crimson buckram box. In pristine condition. As a lot. a wonderful collection. (1) €800 - 1200 626

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