RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st
99 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 645. Parr (Capt. Henry Hallam) A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars, Guadana to Isandhlwana, 8vo Lond. (C. Keegan Paul & Co.) 1880. First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. cold. map of South Africa, 32pp. Catalogue at end, 4 maps within the text, [VI] 283pp., orig. green cloth, front cover with black palm tree, gilt lettering. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 646. Presentation Copy from The Author to his Mother Henry (James) M.D. An Account of the Proceedings of the Government Metropolitan Police in the City of Canton, sm. 8vo Dublin (Hardy &Walker) 1840. First Edn., Engd. frontis, 79pp orig. brown cloth. V. good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) * Inscribed on front loose blank, and dated Dublin July 15, 1840. €200 - €300 647. County Limerick Female Author Rare Irish Travel Volumes [Maria Frances Dickson (1809-1885)] Norway and The Voring - Fos, 8vo Dublin (M’Ghashan & Gill) 1870. First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis [14] 162pp; also A Lady’s Visit to The Voring-Fos, by M.F.D. 8vo Dublin (M’Glashan & Gill) 1870. First Edn., [12], 65pp, orig. gilt decor. blue & crimson cloth by Gallwey. Very good. Extremely Scarce. (2) €400 - €600 648. Bolton (Rev. Robert) The Saints Soule- exalting Humiliation; or Soule-fatting fasting: Which (Jacob-like) prevails with God,... Sq. 8vo Lond. (John Haviland,..) 1634. Title within wd.-cut border, 179, [7] pp last leaf dam. & repaired, browned thro-out, recent hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. (1) €200 - €300 649. Dungarvan Golf Club Manuscript: Co. Waterford: Original manuscript minute Book for Dungarvan Golf Club, A small 4to volume with over 200pps covering the period 1930 - August 1939, mostly all in clear hands. It meets variously at Magistrates Room, The Courthouse, Dungarvan, Lawlors Hotel, Clonea, Ballinacourty, The Clubhouse, etc. It lists the officers proposed, professionals, competition details, new members, membership fees, & there is much details at various times on the purchase of new grounds. There are a number of letters and other correspondence loosely inserted. A most interesting document of social history. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €325 - €500 650. Co. Limerick Author Dunraven (The Earl of,) Canadian Nights, Being Sketches and Reminiscences of Life and Sport in the Rockies, The Prairies and the Canadian Woods. 8vo Lond. 1914. gilt decor. blue cloth. (1) * Inscribed Pres. Copy by Lady Nancy Dunraven, July 1992. €120 - €180 651. The Exodus During The Great Irish Famine Pamphlet: An Experienced Traveller : The Emigrant’s Guide, by .... Containing all the Necessary Instructions for Persons leaving Ireland for New York, or other Parts of the United States of America. 8vo Dublin (J.H. Scott) 1847. Sole Edition. Title within decorated double lined border [16]pp., recent marble boards, mor. label down spine. Not in Sabin. Ex. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 652. Island of Barbados: Hilary (Wm.) Observations on the Changes of Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbados, To which is added a Treatise on the putrid bilious Fever,.. The Yellow Fever, and such other Diseases as are indigenous or endemial, in the West Indies Islands, or in the Torrid Zone. 8vo Lond. (For L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins) 1766. Second Edn., [8], (i)-360, [4] pp, some spots, orig. calf, joints cracked, upr. cover loose, no label. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 648 652 651 646 & detail
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