MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

46A
Gregory (Lady) The Kiltartan History Book,
12mo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1909. First Edn., hf.
title, cold. frontis & 3 cold. plts. by Robert
Gregory, 4pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth backed
boards, paper label; also the Kiltartan History
Book, 12mo L. (Fisher Unwin) 1926, First
English Edn., orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. (2)
€180 - 280
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Irish Travel: Anon. Journal of a Tour in
Ireland, etc. Performed in August 1804. with
Remarks on the Character, Manners and
Customs of the Inhabitants. 8vo L. 1806.
First Edn. [38]pp, engd. map, & 1 engd. plt.,
recent cloth. Scarce. (1) €170 - 220
47A
[Yeats (W.B.)] Wade (Allan) A Bibliography
of the Writings of W.B. Yeats, 8vo L. 1951.
First Edn., cloth & d.w.; Symons (A.J.A.) A
Bibliography of the First Editions of Books by
William Butler Yeats, 8vo L. 1924. Lim. Edn.
298 (500), d.w. (2) €180 - 250
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Bound by Riviere
Eccleston (James) An Introduction to English
Antiquities: Intended as a Companion to the
History of England, roy 8vo L. 1847. First
Edn., red & bl. title, illus. thro-out, a.e.g.
cont. straight grained blue mor. gilt fillet
borders, raised bands, etc., by Riviere. (1)
€140 - 200
48A
Fine Tree Calf Binding
Hamley (Gen. Sir Ed.) The War in the
Crimea, 8vo L. 1896. Port. plts., & maps, cont.
fine full tree calf, dbl. gilt, fillet borders,
profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, two
mor. labels.
* Pres. copy from H. Britnon to Charles
Kenneth Howard Bury, Eton 1898. Bury later
became famous as explorer of Mt. Everest.
(1) €150 - 200
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Gregory (Lady A.) The Golden Apple - A Play
for Kiltartan Children. Sm. 4to L. 1916. First
Edn., cold. frontis & 7 attractive cold. plts.
by Margaret Gregory, orig. decor. cloth, v.
good copy.
* The artist Margaret Gregory was married
to Lady Gregory’s son Robert, who was
shot down in the First World War & was
immortalized by W.B. Yeats in his poem ‘An
Irish Airman...’ . (1) €180 - 220
49A
Harris (Walter) The History and Antiquities
of the City of Dublin, 8vo L. 1766. First Edn.,
lg. fold. map frontis after J. Rocque, fold.
plan of Dublin 1610, fold. table & 15 engd.
views on 10 plts. (mostly fold.) cont. calf,
rebacked. Good. (1) €280 - 380
Mealy’s E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
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Signed by the Author, only 25 Copies
Johnston (Denis) Dramatic works, 3 vols.
8vo Gerrards Cross (C. Smythe) 1977. Special
Lim. Edn. No. 22 & 16 of 25 Copies only,
signed by the Author, t.e.g., fine hf. green,
blue & crimson mor. with gilt decor. vellum
sides by John F. Newman & Son, Binders,
Dublin. A very unusual & attractive set. (3)
€400 - 600
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Limited Illustrated Edition
Erotica: Cleland (John)ed. Memoirs of
Fanny Hill, A Woman of Pleasure, 8vo L.
1908. New Illustrated Ltd. Edn. No. 72 (500),
engd. frontis & 11 plts. plus 2 vignette
heads, text within decor. border, uncut,
t.e.g., cont. hf. crushed crimson mor. raised
bands, spine profusely gilt in panels. V.
good. (1) €250 - 350
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Duigenan (Patrick) An Answer to the
Address of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan... to his
Fellow Citizens of Dublin, 8vo D. 1798. Third
Edn., uncut, recent cloth backed boards;
also Speech of the Rt. Hon. John Foster
Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland,
8vo D. 1798, First Edn., recent cloth. (2)
€100 - 150
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Kippis (A.) A Narrative of the Voyages Round
the World, Performed by Capt. James Cook.
8vo L. 1893. Port. frontis & 11 plts. attractive
full purple Prize binding, tooled spine in
panels. Attractive vol. (1) €120 - 170
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Carey (M.) Vindiciae Hibernicae; or Ireland
Vindicated. 8vo Philadelphia 1823. Second
Edn. list of subs., hf. purple mor. Scarce. (1)
€150 - 200
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Grattan (H.)ed. The Speeches of the Rt. Hon.
Henry Grattan, 4 vols. L. 1822. Port. frontis.
Vol. I, recent hf. green mor. mor. labels.
Good. (4) €200 - 300
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In Fine Binding
Moore (Thomas) Lalla Roohk, An Oriental
Romance. 8vo L. 1817. Fifth. Add engd.
title, & 5 plts. after Richard Westall, a.e.g.,
full straight grained crimson mor. profusely
tooled gilt borders, panels etc., with various
motifs, spine gilt in panels. (1) €120 - 180
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Inscribed Presentation Copy, &
Associated Letters
O’Brien (Edna) Some Irish Loving, A
Selection, 8vo L. 1979. First Edn., some text
illus., cloth & pict. d.w. Good.
* With a warm inscription on f.e.p. to [Dr.]
Patrick C. Power, historian & scholar (who
contributed translations of a poem and a
prose passage) and with three letters to
Power, two T.L.s. & one A.L.s. asking for his
assistance on various points. ‘One other
thing - do you know any marvellous pieces
by women. Preferably prose and preferably
painful. I seem to have much more stuff
on men...’ As m/ss, w.a.f. An interesting
collection. (4) €200 - 300
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O’Leary (John) Recollections of Fenians and
Fenianism, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1896. First Edn., hf.
titles, 2 port. frontis. (one with fac-simile
signature), orig. cloth. V. good copy. (2)
€120 - 180
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With Engraved Plates
Dryden (J.) The Works of Virgil. Trans into
English Ed. by J. Carey, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1806.
Fine engd. plts.; also Duncombe (J.) The
Works of the Emperor Julian... Trans from the
Greek, 2 vols. L. 1798. Engd. frontis, Vol. I, all
cont. tree calf, mor. labels. (5) €100 - 150
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Bourgeois (M.) John Millington Synge and
the Irish Theatre, L. 1913. Second, port.
frontis plts. etc. unopened, buckram;
Gregory (Lady A.) Poets and Dreamers:
Studies and Translations from the Irish, D.
1903. First, orig. cloth backed boards; New
Songs. A Lyric Selection, made by A.E. 8vo D.
1904, orig. boards. (3) €120 - 180
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All Signed Presentation Copies
Kee (Rob.) The Green Flag, L. 1972;
Findlater (Alex.) Findlaters - The Story of
a Dublin Merchant Family, 1774 - 2001, D.
2001; Walker (Fiona) Snap Happy, L. 1998;
Hampshire (Susan) Susan’s Story, L. 1981;
Williams (Kenneth) Back Drops, Pages from
a Private Diary, L. 1983; Frost (David) I Gave
them a Sword - Nixon Interviews, L. 1978,
all First Edns., d.w.’s & all signed & mostly
dedicated to Fred. & Val Hanna. (6)
€70 - 100