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33 27 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 152. Scott (W.H.) British Field Sports, 8vo Lond. 1820. Second Edn., fine engd. plts., & text illus. after Bewick, cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spine, bookplate of John Harvey, Malin Hall, Co. Donegal, good; 2 others of Sporting interest; also Abercrombie (J.) Inquiries correcting the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth, Lond. 1838, orig. cloth; & 2 others. As a lot. (6) €80-€120 153. Amerlan (Albert) Nights on the Rio Paraguay, Buenos Aires 1902, illus. cloth; Keable (Rob.) Tahiti: Isle of Dreams, Lond. n.d., illus., cloth & d.w.; Fraser (J. Foster) Panama and What it Means, Lond. 1914, illus.; & 4 others, travel. (7) €75-€125 154. The Author's First Novel Marcus (David) The New Year in Jerusalem, Lond. (Mac-Millan & Co. Ltd.) 1954. First Edn., orig. pict. dust wrappers; A Land not Theirs, N.Y. (Bantam Press) 1986, First Edn., d.w.; & Who Ever Heard of an Irish Jew, & other Stories, Bantham Press 1988, First Edn., d.w.; & 1 other sim. All v. clean copies. (4) * The author founded the magazines, Irish Writing, & later Poetry Ireland. (3) €50-€80 155. Binding: Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: its Scenery, Character etc., 3 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1841. First Edn., Engd. plts. maps & text illus., attractive full calf, gilt & blind tooled, tooled spine in panels mor. labels. V. good copy. (3) €200-€300 156. Laufer (Berthold) Sino - Iranica, Chinese Contributions to the History and Civilization of Ancient Iran. Roy 8vo Chicago 1919. [The Blackstone Expedition] Pages 185 - 630, dark blue buckram. Clean Copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €70-€100 157. Travel: Cochrane (Geo.) Wanderings in Greece, 2vols. 8vo Lond. 1837. First Edn., 2 port. frontis, 2 fold. maps, & 1 fold. plan, & 5 litho plts., cloth; Paget (J.) Hungary and Transylvania, 2 vols. Lond. 1839. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis (1 port), fold. cold. map errata leaf, 2 engd. plts. & numerous text illus., orig. cloth, dam., & text loose; 3 others, Algeria, Sinai & Palestine, British India & another item. As a lot. (8) €100-€150