MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

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Cuala Press: Yeats (Jack B.) A Little Book
of Drawings,.... Gathered from ‘A Broadside’
8vo D. 1971. Lim. Edn. No. 79 (200), all hd.
cold. illus. orig. cloth, cold. pict. label; Miller
(Liam) The Dun Emer Press, Later Cuala Press
with a List of the Books... etc. Printed at the
Press, 4to D. 1973. Lim. Edn. No. 186 (250),
Signed by Author, illus., orig. cloth. V. good.
(2) €220 - 350
63
Keane (Marcus) The Towers and Temples of
Ancient Ireland, 4to D. 1867, First Edn., add.
decor. title, text illus. thro-out, orig. cloth.
Good. (1) €100 - 150
64
O’Donoghue (D.J.) The Poets of Ireland, roy
8vo D. 7 L. 1912, buckram. Nice copy. (1)
€120 - 160
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Illustrated by Naomi Heather
Brennan (Eliz.) The Wind Fairies, 4to D.
(Metropolitan Publishing Co.), n.d. c. 1940.
Sole Edn., illus. thro-out, & 8 cold. plts. after
N. Heather, cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
€100 - 150
66
Mayhew (Henry) London Labour and the
London Poor, 3 vols. sm. folio L. 1851 - 1861.
First Edns.? illus. thro.-out, leaf or leaves
lacking from end of Vol. III, orig. cloth. (3)
€75 - 120
67
Spalding Club: Stuart (John)ed. The Book
of Deer, 4to Edin. (For the Club) 1869. Red
& bl. title, 25 litho plts. (plts. 1 - XXII, plus 3
add), a.e.g., full cont. block mor. gilt decor.
(1) €150 - 200
68
Dublin interest: Nine varied books Dublin
interest. (9) €70 - 120
M ealy’s
E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
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Cromwell (Thos.) Excursions through
Ireland, Leinster, Vols. I & II, 2 vols. roy 8vo
L. 1820. 2 engd. titles, & 95 engd. plts.
(include. frontis), a.e.g. attractive full purple
straight grained mor. lg. gilt borders, &
spine gilt in panels. Good set. (2) €200 - 300
70
Fine T.C.D. Prize Binding
with Fore-Edge Painting
Fore-edge Painting: Tyrrell (Rob.
Yelverton) Dublin Translations into Greek
and Latin Verse, Dublin Uni. Press Series. 8vo
D. 1882. First Edn., a.e.g. With attractive
fore-edge painting,’ Bridge on The River
Shannon,’ full crimson mor. T.C.D. Prize
Binding with coat of arms, gilt decor. etc. by
Hodges Figgis & Co. Dublin. (1) €500 - 700
71
Carleton (William) Traits and Stories of The
Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1843. New
Edn., Hf. titles, 2 add. litho titles, 2 litho
frontis (1 port.), 36 engd. plts. & txt illus.
thro-out, t.e.g., fine full tan calf, dbl. gilt
fillet borders, profusely tooled gilt spines in
panels, mor. labels, by J. Larkins, London. V.
desirable set. (2) €220 - 350
72
In Fine Binding
[Swift] The Works of Jonathan Swift, 2 vols.
roy 8vo L. 1851. With a Memoir of the
Author by Thos. Roscoe, port. frontis fold.
fac-simile letter, attractive cont. hf. calf,
marble sides, profusely tooled gilt spines in
panels, mor. labels. V. good. (2) €220 - 350
73
Taylor (A.) & Skinner (G.) Maps of the Roads
of Ireland, roy 8vo . L. & D. 1778. First Edn.,
lg. fold. map frontis engd. title, & dedit, &
288 single page maps, sm. pce. cut away
from top of title & slight dam. to map on p.
136, otherwise a very good tall copy, in full
sprinkled calf. V. Scarce. (1) €700 - 1000
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Signed Copy in Special Binding
Praeger (R. Lloyd) The Way that I Went,
An Irishman in Ireland, roy 8vo D. 1937.
First Edn., Signed by Author, port. frontis, &
other plts. & illus. fold. map, fine hf. crushed
crimson mor. by Bayntun. V. Good. (1)
€200 - 300
75
Kirwan (Rev. Walter Blake) Sermons, roy
8vo L. 1814. First Edn., port frontis, cont.
diced calf, by Geo. Mullen? (1) €120 - 180
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1798: O’Brien (R. Barry)ed. The
Autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 2
vols. lg. 8vo L. 1893. 2 port. frontis & 5 other
plts. (ports.) 1 fold. unopened, uncut, orig.
cloth. V. good copy. (2) €200 - 300
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Bindings: Gilbey (Sir W.) & Cuming (E.D.)
George Morland His Life and Works, 8vo L.
1907. First, list of his works at end, fine cold.
& other plts., a.e.g., full straight grained
crimson mor. by Bumpus; also Chamberlain
(A.B.) George Romney, roy 8vo L. 1910, plts.,
etc., cont. hf. blue mor. by Bumpus. Good.
(2) €100 - 150
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Cromwell (Thos.) Excursions through
Ireland, Leinster Vols. I & II. Bound as one,
8vo L. 1820. 2 add. engd. titles, 1 engd.
frontis & 109 engd. full page plts. cont. hf.
mor. mor. label. (1) €180 - 250
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Irish Rare Book Catalogues: Anderson
Galleries, N. York - The Library of John
Quinn, Parts I - V, together 5 vols. (lacks
prices), 8vo N.Y. Nov. 12th, 1923 - March
20th, 1924, orig. wrappers (loose); & 3
others sim.
* Contains rare works by Synge, Yeats,
Colum and many others, include English &
American Authors. €140 - 180
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Signed & Limited Edition
Grahame (Kenneth) author & Shepard
(E.H.)illus., The Wind in the Willows, 8vo
L. (Metheun Children’s Books) 1971, Ltd.
Edn., 58 (250) signed by illustrator, E.H.
Sheppard, illus. thro-out, original pictorial
green morocco gilt by Zaehndorf, illus.
end-papers, a.e.g., and slip case. Good clean
copy. (1) €700 - 1000