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15 9 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 45. Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1870. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, add. engd. title, & 12 full page illus.by S.L. Fildes, advert leaf at end, cont. hf. mor. gilt decor. spine, mor. label; also The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, 12mo Lond. (Bradbury & Evans) 1848. First Edn., frontis add. illus. title, & other illus. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth, lacks spine; also A Child's History of England, L. 1896, First in Bk. Form, illus. blue cloth; Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Lond. 1844; Bleak House, Lond. 1853; and Little Dorrit, Lond. 1857. All First Edns. in Bk. Form, frontis add. engd. titles & plts., some spotting as usual, all cont. hf. mor. (6) €80-€130 46. Bibliographical interest: Catalogue of The Scientific Books in The Library of The Royal Society , 8vo Lond. 1839, unopened, orig. cloth; also Catalogue of The Library of the Royal Astronomical Society, Compiled to June 1884, 8vo Lond. 1886, orig. cloth. (2) €40-€70 47. Chesterfield: Maty (M.) Miscellaneous Works o the late ... Earl of Chesterfield, 3 vols. Dublin 1777. Hf. titles, engd. ports. cont. full calf; also Letters Written by the ... Earl of Chesterfield to his Son, 2 vols. Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1774, cont. calf, some labels lacking. (5) €80-€120 48. 1798: MacNeven (Wm. J.) Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland, of The Origin and Progress of the Political System of the United Irishmen; 8vo New York 1807. First Edn., cont. hf. calf; Cloney (Thos.) A Personal Narrative of.. the County Wexford, ... during the Awful period of 1798, 8vo Dublin 1832. First Edn., cloth backed boards. Emf. (2) €70-€100 49. With Illustrations by Bewick Thompson (James) The Seasons, Roy 8vo London (by T. Bensley for James Wallis) 1805. First Edn., Large Paper, with engravings by Bewick from Thurston's Designs. A.e.g. attractive hf. green mor. raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, by Tout, Binder. V. good. Scarce Edition. (1) €100-€150 50. I.M.C.- Correspondence of Emily, Duchess of Leinster (1731- 1814), Edited by Brian Fitzgerald. 3 vols. roy 8vo Dublin 1949, 1953 & 1957. First Edn., 2 photo frontis. Orig. cloth. V. clean set. (3) €180-€240