MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

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[Egan (Pierce)] Real Life in Ireland; or Day
and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and
Sprees, .. of Brian Boru, Esq., and his elegant
friend Sir Shawn O’Dogherty ... by a Real
Paddy. 8vo L. 1822. Third, hd. cold. frontis
& 18 hand coloured plts., a.e.g., full calf,
tooled gilt & fillet borders, raised bands,
spine profusely gilt in panels. B.P. of Sir Wm.
G. Pearse. V. good copy. (1) €250 - 350
189
American Printing
Goldsmith (Oliver) Roman History,
Abridged by Himself. For the Use of Schools.
12mo Trenton (Wilson & Blackwell) 1802.
Second American Edn., later hf. green mor.;
also The History of Greece, 2 vols. L. 1825,
fold. map frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. crimson
mor. mor. labels. Good. (3) €100 - 150
190
Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, A
Tale. 2 vols. n one, 8vo D. (C. Henshall) n.d.
c. 1800. One engd. add. title, & 2 engd. plts.
recent mor. backed boards; also another
Edn. of same, Chiswick Press, Lond. 1926,
with coloured plts. after T. Rowlandson,
t.e.g., buckram. (2) €120 - 170
191
Cricket: Grace (W.G.) Cricket, 8vo Bristol &
L. 1891. plts. & illus., orig. cloth; also Giffen
(Geo.) The Bat and Ball, sm. 8vo L. 1898. First
Edn., numerous ports. (1 loose), cont. full
prize mor. gilt, by Rolfe Bros., London. (2)
€150 - 200
192
1798: Musgrave (Sir R.) Memoirs of the
Different Rebellions in Ireland, from the
Arrival of the English..... 2 vols., 8vo D. 1802.
Third Edn., lg. fold. map of Ireland, & 9
other fold. maps & plans, complete, cont. hf.
calf, mor. labels. Good clean set. Scarce. (2)
€300 - 400
193
From The Carton Library
Steuart (Sir H.) The Planter’s Guide: or, A
Practical Essay on the best method of giving
immediate effect to wood ... intended for
the Climate of Scotland, 8vo Edin. 1828.
Second Edn., engd. frontis & 5 full page plts.
complete, cont. diced calf, rebacked, with
orig. label laid down.
* With bookplate of ‘Crom-A-Boo,’ Carton
Library. V. good. (1) €120 - 170
194
Rare First Edition
[Doyle (James, Bishop of Kildare &
Leighlin)] ‘J.K.L.’ Letters on The State of
Ireland ... addressed ... to A Friend in England,
8vo D. 1825. First Edn., L.S. on title,
some foxing, uncut, orig. boards, recent
professional reback. Scarce. (1) €280 - 350
Mealy’s E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
195
With M/ss Poem tipped in at end
[Price (Rose Lambert)] Ireland: A Satire, 8vo
L. 1823. First Edn., hf. title, 47ppp., a.e.g.,
cont. full straight grained mor.
* With orig. m/ss Poem, ‘To the Author of
“Ireland”,’ 4pp. dated March 22, 1824, &
signed R.F. tipped in at end. Good & Scarce.
(1) €280 - 350
196
Co. Antrim: Dubourdieu (Rev. J.) Statistical
Survey of the County of Antrim, 8vo D.
1812. First Edn., lg. fold. map, fold. table, 1
diagram & 17 mostly sepia plts. & plans (11
of which are fold.), orig. hf. green mor. V.
good. Scarce. (1) €550 - 750
197
Bodkin (Thos.) Four Irish Landscape Painters,
sm. 4to D. 1920. FIRST EDN., frontis & varied
plts. orig. decor. buckram. Excellent copy.
* Deals in detail with the works of George
Barret, James A. O’Connor, Walter F.
Osborne, & Nathaniel Hone. (1) €100 - 150
198
Praeger (Rob. Lloyd) Irish Topographical
Botany, 8vo D. (Roy. Irish Academy) 1901.
First Edn., fold. cold. map frontis & 4 other
fold. maps, orig. cloth, gilt. Pristine Copy. (1)
€140 - 180
199
Meakin (Budgett) The Moorish Empire,
folding charts and maps, Presentation
Copy signed by the Author, inscribed on
hf. title, Herbert Cesinskey’s bookplate on
front paste-down, upper joint frayed, 1899;
The Moors: a Comprehensive Description,
1902, First Edn., plates and illustrations,
advertisement, occasional spotting, original
pictorial cloth, gilt rubbed, 8vo. (2)
€100 - 150
200
Limited Edition, 30 Copies Only
Co’s Leix & Offaly: Feehan (John) The
Landscape of the Slieve Bloom, A Study of
its Natural and Human Heritage. 4to D.
(Blackwater) 1979, First Edn., illus. thro.-out,
a.e.g. Full green mor. gilt decor.
* Signed, Limited Edition, No. 27 of 30
Copies Only. Rare. Fine Copy. (1) €200 - 300
201
Boate (Gerald) A Natural History of Ireland,
In Three Parts, 4to D. 1726. 10 engd. plts.
mostly folding, some pp. repaired, orig.
panel calf, rebacked & repaired. Scarce. (1)
€650 - 800
202
Fine Association Copy
[Lavery (Lady Hazel)] Sitwell
(Sachaverell), All in a Summer’s Day. An
Autobiographical Fantasia. 8vo N. York
(George H. Doran) 1926. First American
Edn., orig. cloth backed decor. boards, in a
later custom made slip case.
* Inscribed on f.e.p. in pencil ‘For dearest
Hazel, who alone has lightened the affliction
of the strangers within the gates, from her
old, new and devoted friend Osbert [Sitwell]
and, from his brother the author Jan. 5, 1926,’.
Lady Lavery, wife of the painter Sir John
Lavery (whose portrait of her decorates
the early currency of the Irish Free State),
was American - born. She was a friend and
perhaps mistress of Michael Collins. (1)
€200 - 300
203
Signed Limited Edition
Stephens (James) Collected Poems, 4to L.
1926. Limited 500 Copies Only. Large paper,
Signed, uncut, orig. vellum backed boards,
v. good. (1) €160 - 220
204
Fellowes (W.D.) A Visit to the Monastery of
La Trappe, in 1817, 8vo L. 1818. First Edn.,
hd. cold. frontis & 15 other plts. & illus. 12
of which are hd. coloured, orig. calf, recent
professional reback, mor. labels. (1)
€200 - 300
205
Munter (Rob.) A Dictionary of the Print Trade
in Ireland 1550 - 1775, 8vo N.Y. 1988. First
Edn., with a later presentation inscription
to Fred Hanna, fine hf. green mor., raised
bands, mor. labels, slip case. (1) €100 - 150
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