MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

154
Fine Copy of First Irish Herbal
Thelkeld (Caleb) Synopsis Stirpium
Hibernicarum Alphabetice Dispositarum,
12mo D. 1727. First Edn., wd. cut
headpieces, text from approx. p. I6, showing
some damp stains, cont. blind tooled panel
calf, professionally reback recently, raised
bands, mor. label. Ex. Rare.
* This is the first Irish herbal. (1)
€1000 - 1500
155
First Anglo-Irish Champion
of the National Cause
Molyneaux (Wm.) The Case of Ireland’s
Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England
Stated, 12mo D. (Pressick Rider & T. Harbin
for Pat Dugin) 1725. Second Edn., engd.
port. frontis [X] 192pp orig. calf, blind
tooled panels, lacks label. An exceptionally
fine copy of this rarity.
* The first edition of this book was
condemned by the English Parliament,
and ordered to be burned by the common
hangman, and is subsequently excessively
rare. (1) €300 - 400
156
[Maxwell (W.H.)] Wild Sports of the West,
with Legendary Tales and Local Sketches.
2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1833. New Edn. Revised,
2 litho frontis & 2 litho plts., also 11 (ex. 22)
engd. plts. & wd. cut vignettes, hf. calf, mor.
labels. Good. (2) €250 - 350
157
[Allan (R.)] ‘A Cosmopolite ‘The Sportsman
in Ireland, with His Summer Route through
Highland of Scotland. 2 vols. sm. 8vo L.
1840. First Edn., 2 litho frontis, & 18 engd.
vign. illus., t.e.g., attractive cont. hf. green
mor., raised bands, spine gilt in panels, by
Root & Son. fine attractive set. (2) €380 - 500
158
With Fore-edge Paintings
of American Scenes
Fore-edge Painting - [Pinkerton (J.)ed]
Select Scottish Ballads, 2 vols. 12mo. L. 1783.
Second Edn., Enlarged, 2 hf. titles, 2 engd.
vign. titles, a.e.g., Vol. I with ‘View of N.York
in the 18th Century, and Vol. II with ‘View
of Philadelphia in the 19th Century,’ 19th
Century full calf, blind tooled & gilt fillet
borders. (2) €0 - 0
159
Crofton Croker (T.) The Popular Songs of
Ireland, 8vo L. 1839. First Edn., [XX], 340pp.
wd. cut illus. in text, orig. embossed cloth.
Good, Scarce. (1) €180 - 240
M ealy’s
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160
Provincial Printing
Manx Prayer Book: The Book of Common
Prayer, and Administration of the
Sacraments and other rites and Ceremonies
of the Church .... Trans. in Manx for the Use
of the Diocese of Mann. 12mo Whitehaven
(John Ware) 1808, title within lined border,
cont. straight grained blue mor. blind &
gilt tooled line borders, tooled gilt spine in
panels. (1) €180 - 250
161
Fishing: Matson (Walter J.) Salmon &
Trout Fishing in Ireland, 12mo D. 1910. First
Edn., 6 cold. plts. adverts orig. gilt decor.
cloth; Gaffey (Laurie) A Free Lance Angler in
Ireland, D. (L. Keegan) n.d. c. 1930, plts. etc.;
Freshwater Fishing in Ireland, D. n.d. cloth, &
d.w.; also The Angler’s guide to the Irish Free
State, 8vo D. 1937, Third, lg. fold. cold. linen
backed map, cloth. All v. good. (4)
€150 - 200
162
[O’Hanlon (John, Caron)] ‘Lageniensis’
Legend Lays of Ireland, 16mo D. 1870. First
Edn.; The Poetical Works of Lageniensis, D.
1893. First Edn.,; also Irish Folklore Traditions
and Superstitions of the Country, with
Humorous Tales, 8vo Glasgow n.d. [1870]
First Edn.,; & Irish Local Legends, 16mo D.
1896. First Edn., port. frontis, all orig. cloth.
* A Scarce collection of this Co. Leix
historians works. (4) €170 - 220
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163
Signed Limited Edition
Heaney (Seamus)Trans. Sophecles
Antigone - The Burial at Thebes, 8vo L. (Faber
& Faber) 2004. Limited Edn. No. 195 (260),
Signed by S. Heaney, orig. cloth backed
boards, & matching slip case. V. good. (1)
€170 - 270
164
Gibbon (Monk) This Insubstantial Pageant,
L. 1951. First Edn., cloth, & orig. d.w.; also
Netta, L. 1960, First Edn., port. frontis & plts.,
d.w.; From Daws to Peck At, N.Y. n.d. First
Edn., d.w.; The Velvet Bow and Other Poems,
L. 1972. First Edn., cloth. (4) €100 - 150
165
Ormonde - The Life of James, late Duke of
Ormonde, 8vo L. 1747. First Edn., engd. port.
frontis cont. full calf, raised bands, lacks
label, upr. joint cracked, otherwise v. good
copy. (1) €160 - 220
166
Wight (T.) of Cork, & Rutty (John) A
History of the Rise and Progress of the People
called Quakers in Ireland, 4to D. 1751. Recent
hf. brown mor. raised bands, mor. labels. V.
good. (1) €220 - 350
167
Presentation Copy
Hunting in Co’s Waterford & Tipperary:
Waterford (Marquis of) A Hunting Journal
of Henry, Third Marquess of Waterford, 8vo D.
1901. Sole Edn., port. frontis & 1 other plt.
uncut, orig. cloth. Scarce.
* Inscribed presentation copy, dated 17
Aug. ‘81. (1) €170 - 250
168
[Johnson (Samuel)] Purgatory Prov’d by
Miracles, Collected out of Roman - Catholick
Authors. With some Remarkable Histories
Relating to British, English and Irish Saints.
4to L. (Richard Baldwin) 1688. Sole Edn.
with Imprim. leaf at front, 44pp., recent
calf backed marble boards. Wing J. 837
Sweeney 2607. Scarce.
* With section on the miracles of St. Patrick.
(1) €400 - 600
169
[Richardson (John)] A Proposal for the
Conversion of The Popish Natives of Ireland to
The Established Religion, With Reasons upon
which it is Grounded; and An Answer to the
Objections made to it. 4to D. (E. Waters)
1711. First Edn., IV (IV), 47pp. uncut, some
stains to edges, recent mor. backed boards.
V. Scarce. (1) €500 - 700
170
Celtic Society: O’Donovan (John)ed.
Miscellany of the Celtic Society, 8vo D. 1849.
First Edn. hf. title, list of members at end,
orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. Good
copy. (1) €140 - 180