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

97 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 628. Photographs: An Album of mostly Chinese and some Continental Photos, mostly large, some Signed Floyd, c. 1870/70, & some earlier, some photographs of ships H.M.S. ‘Orontes,’ H.M.S. ‘Serapis,’ some military portraits etc., over 60 photos, folio hf. mor.; another Album of English, Scottish & Continental views, c. 1880/90, & a smaller Album of cold. Irish Views, as photos, w.a.f. (3) €120 - €180 629. Fine Limited Reproduction Platebook Robertson (James George) Antiquities and Scenery of the County of Kilkenny , oblong folio, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1983, Limited Edn. (585) Numbered Copies of which this is 'B' of a special extra limited edition in hf leather. Twenty- six Lettered Copies. Plates, fine hf. calf, marble sides, in orig, matching cloth bound box. (1) €200 - €300 630. Engraved Plates: Smith (J.) Select Views in Italy , with Topographical and Historical Descriptions in England and French. Vol. II only (ex. 2), lg. landscape folio Lond. 1796. Engd. frontis & 35 full page plts., a.e.g., cont. full straight grained dark mor. with lg. gilt tooled borders, & central panel, gilt spine. (1) €250 - €400 631. With Attractive large Coloured Plates Religious Tract Society - Bible Pictures, lg. folio London (Kronheim & Co.) c. 1860., 34 full page coloured plts., cloth, v. good copy. (1) €180 - €250 632. Photographs: World Travels. A large oblong folio Photograph Album, containing approx. 450 orig. photos, various sizes, many with m/ss captions & titles, c. 1898-1902, principally The West Indies, include Bermuda, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Dominica, Granada, St. Lucia & Jamaica, street scenes, sugar and banana plantations and other views, many of Canada, Newfoundland, Halifax, St. Johns, etc., several photos of named ships, portraits of captains, officers, and socializing, and many small family photos, mostly identified. A very good and interesting collection, in oblong folio strongly bound hf. mor. album. As photos, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 633. Fine Limited Fac-simile Edition Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. V. large folio London (Folio Society) 2006. Lim. Edn. No. 133 of 1000 Copies, full mottled calf, red & green mor. labels, & in orig. cloth slipcase. Pristine Copy. (2) €550 - €850 634. Donner (Etta) Hinterland Liberia, trans. by Winifred M. Deans. 8vo Lond. & Glasgow (Blackie & Son) 1939. First Edn., hf. title, plts. thro.-out, map endpapers, cloth & orig. pict. d.w.’s. V. good copy. (1) €80 - €120 635. All by Irish Authors Rome: Whiteside (James) The Vicissitudes of the Eternal City; or Ancient Rome with Notes Classical and Historical, 8vo Lond. 1849. First Edn., fold. map frontis, title inscribed in m/ss, orig. cloth; Neligan (Rev. Wm. H.) Rome: It’s Churches, its Charities and its Schools, 8vo N. York 1858. First Edn., port. frontis, browned as usual thro-out, from Christian Brothers Library, Peacock Lane, Cork, inscribed, orig. cloth; Nolan (Rev. J.) History of The Irish National Pilgrimage to Rome; 8vo Lond. 1893. Peoples Edition, adverts at front & end part, frontis & illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt lettered cloth. All Scarce. (3) * Inscribed Presentation Copy. €150 - €200 636. [Dickens (Charles)] Proctor (Rich. A.) Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study of Dickens Half told Tale, 8vo Lond. (W.H. Allen & Co.) 1887. First Edn., Add. engd. illus. title, VIII, 166pp., decor. gilt cloth. V. good. (1) * Proctor was an accomplished astronomer. €140 - €200 637. Printed for Private Circulation Presentation Copy Americana: [Fergusson (James)] Notes of a Tour in North America in 1861, Printed for Private Circulation. Sm. 8vo n.p. n.d. [Edinburgh (Wm. Blackwood) 30th Nov. 1861] Sole Edition. [4] 100pp orig. limp cloth boards. V. Rare. (1) * Pres. Copy inscribed on title, ‘The Most Honbl. (...erased) Marchioness of (..erased), from the Author.’ €200 - €300 628 632 637 636