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118 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 822. Burton(Capt. Sir R.F.) The Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night, 12 vols. sm. folio Lond. (H.S. Nichols Ltd.) 1897. Library Edition, illus. by Albert Letchford. Illus. plts. & port. thro.-out, top edges gilt full mor. profusely gilt with Arabic designs. Fine attractive set. (12) €600 - €800 823. Borlase (Wm. Copeland) The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1897. First Edn., cold. frontis profusely illustrated, orig. gilt buckram. Good. (3) * Bookplates of DavidWhelan, father of Bill Whelan, the producer of Riverdance. (3) €325 - €450 824. Belfast: Young (Rob. M.) The Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast 1613- 1816, Roy 8vo Belfast 1892. First Edn., frontis map profusely illustrated, uncut, unopened, orig. cloth; also same author Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity, 4to Belfast 1896. First Edn., cold. frontis profusely illus. orig. cloth. (2) €150 - €200 825. Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: its Scenery, Character, etc., 3 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1841. First Edn., engd. frontis, plts. maps, text illus., cont. hf. green mor. worn, labels lacking. (3) €100 - €150 826. Read (Chas.) The Cabinet of Irish Literature, 4 vols.sm. folio Lond. 1880. First Edn., portraits thro.-out, cont. hf. mor. morocco labels. (4) €100 - €150 827. Connacht interest: Freeman (A. Martin) ed. Annals Connacht - The Annals of Connacht (A.D. 1224-1544), roy 8vo Dublin (D. Institute of Advanced Studies) 1970, cloth & d.w.; also Simington(R.C.)ed. The Transplantation of Connacht 1654-58, 4to Dublin (I.M.C.) 1970 First Edn., cloth & d.w. Good. (2) €150 - €200 828. In Very Fine Binding Bartlett (W.H.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to Lond. First Edn., Two engd. titles, engd. Map of Ireland & 118 engd. plts., all edges gilt in fine full green mor. with blind decor. & gilt tooled emblems of Ireland by Bellew, Bookbinders, Dublin. V. good. (2) €350 - €450 829. Dolmen Press: Merriman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche - The Midnight Court, Trans. by David Marcus. Small folio Dublin 1953. Subscribers Limited Edition, No. 131 of 200 Copies Only. Woodblock decorations, printed in red and black, and with orig. cloth backed decor. boards. Good. (1) €120 - €180 830. Signed by the Artist Synge (J.M.) The Playboy of the Western World, 4to, Massachusetts (Imprint Society) 1970, Limited Edn., edited by Stanley Sultan, illustrated by Louis le Brocquy, Signed by both, full yellow and gilt decor. cloth, matching slipcase. (1) €400 - €600 831. Signed by the Artist Le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Portraits in Words and Watercolour, 4to D.1990, Ltd. Edn., 7(ex. 8) plts., No. 480(1000) copies, Signed by le Brocquy, folding container and matching slipcase, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 832. Mitchell (Flora) Vanishing Dublin, 4to, D. (Allen Figgis) 1966, First Edn., illustrated, green cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 823 830 832 828 825