MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

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Brannon (George) Vectic Scenery, ...
Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight.
Lg. 4to Woottan 1857. New Edn., vign. title,
lg. fold. map & 38 full page engd. views (ex.
39?) a.e.g. attractive hf. green mor., tooled
gilt spine in panels. V. good copy. (1)
€180 - 250
119
Coloured Plates: Flora and Sylva, A Monthly
Review for Lovers of Garden Woodland,
Tree or Flower, 3 vols. lg. 4to L. 1903 - 1905.
With 66 fine cold. chromo plts, uncut, orig.
vellum, cloth sides. V. desirable set. (3)
€500 - 700
120
Exceptionally Clean Copy
Atlas: Lewis (Samuel) Atlas Comprising the
Counties of Ireland and a General Map of the
Kingdom, lg. 4to L. 1846. First Edn., engd.
title & contents leaf, lg. fold. map & 32 single
page maps, v. clean copy, orig. (1)
€220 - 320
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Snaffles: Osses and Obstacles, folio L. 1935,
cloth & d.w.; also My Sketch Book in the
Shiny, 4to L. n.d. all with tinted plts., & other
illus., both cloth. (2) €120 - 170
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Presentation Copy to
Thomas Moore, Esq.
Mason (Wm. Monck) The History and
Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral
Church of St. Patrick, 4to D. 1820. For the
Author. First Edn., Engd. frontis & 6 engd.
plts. (1 plan), some cont. m/ss. annots etc.,
uncut, recent fine hf. calf, marble sides,
tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands &
mor. labels in marbled slip case. V. good.
* Unique copy, inscribed on front loose
blank ‘To Thomas Moore, Esq. with the
Author’s affectionate regards.’ €500 - 700
123
From the Library of
Prof. T.W. Moody, T.C.D.
Earl of Strafforde, Knowler (Wm.)ed. The
Earl of Strafforde’s Letters and Dispatches, 2
vols. folio D. 1740, FIRST EDN., list of subs.,
cont. cats paw calf, raised bands, lacks
labels, but good. (2) €180 - 250
124
Signed by The Authors
Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. 1975. First
Edn., (paperback) Signed by Author with
note ‘We men of the North had a word to say
..., & dated Aug. 1976; also Kinsella (Thos.)
New Poems 1973, D. (Dolmen Press) 1973.
First Edn., Signed, cloth & d.w., both good.
(2) €200 - 300
Mealy’s E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
125
Cuala Press: Kavanagh (Patrick) The Great
Hunger, D. 1942. First Edn., Lim. Edn. No.
74 (250), orig. cloth backed blue boards,
somewhat stained. Scarce. (1) €270 - 350
126
The Author’s First Work
Kavanagh (Patrick) Ploughman and other
Poems, 8vo L. (Mac Millan’s Contemporary
Poets) 1936. First Edn., some spotting, orig.
decorated blue wrappers. Rare. (1)
€800 - 1200
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Rare First Edition
With Signed inscription by Author
[O’Nolan (Brian)] ‘Flann O’Brien,’ A Swim-
Two-Birds, 8vo L. 1939. First Edn., some
spots. orig. black cloth. V. Rare.
* Signed with inscription to P.C. O’Grady,
from the author ‘To me ould friend P.C. with
kind regards in memory of happy days from
the Author Brian O’Nolan, 14/7/39, and with
love from all at Number Four.’ (1) €700 - 900
128
Signed by Author
Cuala Press: Gogarty (Oliver St. John) An
Offering of Swans, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1923.
First Edn. Lim. Edn. 300 copies. Signed on
title & dated 1:XII:1924, orig. cloth backed
boards.
* First book printed by Cuala Press at
Merrion Sq. Dublin. €250 - 350
129
All Limited Editions
Stephens (James) On Prose and Verse,
12mo N.Y. (Bowling Green Press) 1928.
Lim. 1000 copies, cloth; The Outcast, with
drawings by Althea Willoughby, 8vo L.
1929. Lim. Edn. 290 (500), signed by Author,
boards; Theme and Variations, N.Y. (Fountain
Press) 1930. Lim. Edn. 674 (850), Signed by
Author, cloth, gilt. (3) €150 - 200
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I.A.W.S.: Dublin: .. Co-Operative Congress,
Handbook of the Forty-Sixth Annual
Congress, 1914. 8vo Manchester 1914.
Profusely illustrative & with extensive details
of various Irish Co-Operative Societies, also
details of Irish, and Dublin Co-Operative
Women’s Guild’s, of The United Irishwomen,
orig. gilt decor. blue cloth. V. good. Scarce.
(1)
€120 - 180
131
Co. Mayo: O’Regan (James) Kiltimagh,
Co. Mayo. Articles World-Wide and Local, 8vo
Castlebar (Connaught Telegraph) 1936. Sole
Edn., 115pp. orig. cold. printed wrappers. V.
Scarce. (1) €100 - 150
132
Connaught Irish School Library
Nagle (Rev. Ed.) The Origin Progress and
Difficulties of The Achill Mission, 8vo D. 1839.
First Edn., 5 wd. cut illus. inscribed on front
loose blank Connaught Irish School Library,
orig. cloth. V. good copy. Rare.
* Connaught before the Great Famine. (1)
€250 - 350
133
Proselytising in the West of Ireland
Co’s Galway, Mayo etc: Roden (Earl
of) Progress of the Reformation in Ireland,
Extracts from a Series of Letter written from
the West of Ireland to a Friend in England
in September 1851. 12mo L. 1852. Second
Edn., add. wd. cut title, fold. map (tears at
folds), & 2 plts., some stains, orig. cloth.
Scarce. (1) €160 - 220
134
Irish Binding: [Burney (Fanny)] Cecilia,
or Memoirs of an Heiress, By the Author of
Evelina. 5 vols. 12mo L. 1782. Lacks leaf
C5 in Vol. IV, otherwise a very clean set, in
cont. full calf, profusely tooled gilt spines, in
panels. mor. labels. Good. (5) €120 - 180
135
Barri (Giacomo) The Painter’s Voyage of Italy,
sm. 8vo L. 1679. Trans. by W. Lodge First
English Edn., frontis ‘Licence’ leaf, lacks plts.,
[XII], 159pp., orig. calf. Good. (1) €170 - 220