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24 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 18 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 98. Astronomy: Smyth (Capt. Wm. H.) A Cycle of Celestial Objects, For the Use of Naval, Military and Private Astronomers. Vol. I 'Prolegomena,' Vol. II, 'The Bedford Catalogue.' 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (John W. Parker) 1844. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, numerous engraved and other drawings & illus. in text, rebound in modern cloth mis-numbered on spines. Vol. I, VIII, [4], 516, & Vol. II, XX, 560pp & 8pp adverts at end. Scarce. (2) Provenance : Birr Castle Estate. €200-€300 99. Astronomy: Chambers (Geo. F.) A Cycle of Celestial Objects, Observed Reduced and Discussed. 8vo Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1881. Second Edn., Reused, Condensed and Greatly Enlarged. Hf. title, cold. frontis, text illus., 36pp Cat & 8 other pps. of adverts., Birr Castle with Coronet, stamp on hf. title, & title, orig. cloth, faded. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €80-€130 100. The Shannon etc.: Hayward - Where the River Shannon Flows, Dundalk 1950; Delaney (Ruth) By Shannon Shores, D. 1987, First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy; Rice (H.) Thanks for the Memories, 1974, Lim. Edn., & 9 others sim. As a lot. (12) €50-€80 101. I.A.S.: Butler (Rev. R.)ed. Jacobi Grace, Kilkenniensis, Annales Hiberniae, 4to D. 1842; also The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn, .. and Thady Dowling, 4to D. 1849; O'Donovan (J.)ed. Fragments of Irish Annales, 4to D. 1860, all cloth, good. (3) €70-€100 102. Kinsella (Thomas) Downstream, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1962, First Edn., inscribed ' With Love Tom,' cloth & d.j.; Selected Poems 1956-1968, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1973, First Edn., inscribed 'For Mother & Father with All Love Tom,' cloth & d.j.; New Poems 1973, 8vo D. (dolmen) 1973 First Edn., Signed, cloth & d.j.; Another September, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1958, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Night Walker & other Poems, 8vo, N.Y. (A.A. Knopf) 1968, cloth & d.j.; and three others by the same Author, as a lot. (8) €100-€150 103. Church of England: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies,.. Folio Lond. (at the Theatre) 1683. Engd. title, first 20pp. dam. at lower corner with thumb marks etc. (some loss) cont. full calf, with gilt Royal Arms on both covers; The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, .. thick 8vo Edinburgh 1814, cont. full calf, with gilt oval stamp ' ... Promoting the Knowledge & Practice of the Christian Religion. ' (2) €120-€170