MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

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Holdsworth (Joseph) Geology, Minerals,
Mines & Soils of Ireland, in Reference to the
Amelioration and Industrial Prosperity of
the Country. 8vo L. 1857. First Edn., engd.
add. title, & frontis, orig. cloth, v. good.
Scarce. (1) €180 - 220
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Rare Travel Volume
Irish Travel: [Walford (T.)] The Scientific
Tourist through Ireland, 12mo L. 1818. First
Edn., add. engd. title, engd. frontis & 6 engd.
plts., 2 engd. fold. maps, uncut, orig. cloth.
* A pristine copy of a v. scarce volume. (1)
€300 - 400
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Co. Sligo interest: O’Dowd (John) Lays of
South Sligo, A Few Wild Flowers of National
Poetry, 12mo D. 1888. First Edn., 79pp. a few
stains, orig. decor. green cloth. Scarce. (1)
€140 - 200
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[Wilson (W.)] The Post-Chaise Companion;
or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland, 8vo L.
1784. First London Edn., engd. frontis & fold.
engd. map of Ireland, hd. cold. in outline,
cont. calf, mor. label. Good & Scarce. (1)
€220 - 350
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Ormonde: Memoirs de la Vie de Mylord Duc
DÓrmond, 2 vols. sm. 8vo The Hague 1788.
Hf. title Vol. II, later hf. vellum, mor. labels.
Scarce French Translation. (2) €120 - 180
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[Lawrence (J.) The Crevalier de Lawrence]
A Picture of Verdun or The English Detained in
France, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1810. SECOND EDN.,
some Irish content, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels,
& with the ticket of Dunlap, Coleraine,
bookseller & binder. Scarce. (2) €100 - 150
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“A Frenchman who adorned
the Church of Ireland”
Abbadie (Jaques) Dean of Killaloe: L’Art de
se Connoitre Soy-Meme ou la Recherche des
Sources de la Morale, 2 vols. in one, v. small
8vo The Hague 1700. Second Edn., red & bl.
title Vol. I, printers wd.-cut device on both
titles, [XVI], 492pp., orig. vellum, mor. label.
With an article & 2 A.L.s. about the Author
inserted. V. Scarce.
* A French Huguenot Divine, one of the
many who settled in Ireland at the end of
the 17th and beginning of the 18th Century.
(1) €200 - 300
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Irish Fishing: [Cody (H.S.) & Ettingsall (T.)]
The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendake,
Esq. in the Counties of Wicklow, Meath,
Westmeath, Longford and Cavan, with
additions by Geoffrey Greydrake. 12mo D.
1832. Fourth, errata slip, 2 engd. maps, & 1
engd. plt., later hf. calf, mor. label. Rare. (1)
€380 - 450
Mealy’s E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
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Graingerised Copy in Fine Binding
Seeley (L.B.)ed. Mrs. Thrale Afterwards Mrs.
Piozzi, 8vo L. 1891. Port. frontis & 48 engd.
ports. plts. etc. after Hogarth, Reynolds,
Zaffany & others, most are hand coloured
a.e.g., silk ends, in full crushed blue mor.
tooled gilt corner decor. & gilt fillet borders,
raised bands, & gilt tooled in panels, by
Root & Son, London. Exquisite copy. (1)
€200 - 300
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In Fine Binding
[Pugh (Rev. S.S.)] Which Wins the Prize?
12mo L. (Religious Tract Society) no date
Hf. title. Engd. frontis, vign. title, 4 plts., text
illus., 4pp. cat. at end, a.e.g., marble ends,
& full crushed crimson levant, tooled gilt
lined panels with corner decorations, raised
bands profusely tooled gilt spine in panels,
by Bedford, in marbled box. Ex. fine copy.
(1) €180 - 250
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Binding by Cedric Chivers, Bath
Binding: Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold,
8vo L. 1910. Port. frontis, t.e.g. Full green
mor. with gilt decorated design in the Arts
& Crafts taste, & with inset decorated panel
on vellum, with various colours including
mother-o-pearl and sim. gilt backed inset
label on spine, signed Cedric Chives, Bath.
Scarce. (1) €300 - 400
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Stephens (James) The Demi-Gods, L. 1914;
Deidre, L. 1923; In the Land of Youth, L. 1924,
All First Edns., & uniform cloth; also Here Are
Ladies, L. 1927, cloth. (4) €80 - 120
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Irish Pamphlets: Tracts on the Irish Question,
Nos. 1 -5 , Prepared for the Irish National
League by John J. Clancy, 5 items, D. 1886;
Hallowell (J. Hirst) Ireland. The Story of her
Wrongs and a Plea for Her Rights, L. n.d. c.
1886; Craigen (Jessie) The Irish Police and
Home Rule, 12mo L. 1886; Webb (A.) The
Opinions of Some Protestants regarding their
Irish Catholic Fellow-Countrymen, D. 1886;
Maguire (Thos.) England’s Duty to Ireland,
as Plain to a Loyal Irish Catholic, D. 1886,
also the Effects of Home Rule on the Higher
Education, D. 1886; Mayne (John D.) Home
rule: An Examination of the Government
of Ireland Bill, D. 1886; Ruxton (Geo. W.)
Home Rule and Ireland under a Parnellite
Government, D. 1886; Webb(Thos. E.) Ipse
Dixit or The Gladstonian Settlement of Ireland,
D. 1886; & many more, approx. 36 items in
all, bound in 2 vols., cont. cloth. As a coll. of
pamphlets, w.a.f. (2) €280 - 350
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Campbell (Joseph) The Gilly of Christ, 12mo
D. 1907. First Edn., with 3 plts. by Ada M.
Wentworth Shields, orig. decor. cloth; The
Mountainy Singer, sm. 4to D. 1909. First
Edn., also First American Edn., Boston 1919
of same work, d.w.; Mearing Stones, 4to D.
1911. First Edn., frontis & 15 illus. plts. by
author; also Irishry, 12mo D. [1913] First
Edn., all orig. boards. Scarce collection. (5)
€170 - 230
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Some Scarce Publications
Dolmen Press: Stanihurst (R.) Aqua Vitae,
16mo D. 1956, illus., cloth backed boards;
Powell Anderson (C.) Barren, a modern
everyday tragedy in one act, 16mo D. 1962,
ptd. wrappers; The Easter Proclamation of
the Irish Republic, 16mo D. 1960. Lim. Edn.
(2500), colour printed, orig. boards; Daiken
(L.) Out She Goes, Dublin Street Rhymes, 8vo
D. 1963, illus., boards, & decor. wrappers. (4)
€80 - 120
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Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats
Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, sm. 8vo
Boston (J.W. Luce) 1928, map & illus. vellum
backed boards, gilt. clean copy. (1)
€100 - 150
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Illustrated by Beatrice Elvery
Russell (Violet) Heroes of The Dawn, 8vo
D. n.d. First Edn., attractive cold. frontis &
3 other cold. plts. plus 16 bl. & white plts.,
orig. cloth, gilt decor. stained. Scarce. (1)
€160 - 220
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Stephens (James) Poetry - Insurrections, D.
& N.Y. 1909. Second Printing, cloth backed
boards; Reincarnations, L. 1918, First Edn.,
d.w.; Poetry Recital, L. 1925, First Edn., d.w.
(torn); Strict Joy, L. 1931. First Edn., cloth.
(4) €120 - 160
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