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Mealy's Auctioneers
Castlecomer
Co. Kilkenny
Ireland
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Irish Travels: Stokes (G.T.)ed. Pococke's Tour in Ireland in 1752, sm. 8vo D. 1891, cloth; ¦ O'Donoghue (D.J.) Sir Walter Scotts Tour in Ireland in 1825, Glasgow & D. 1905, recent calf backed boards with orig. wrappers bound in; ¦ Penn (Wm.) My Irish Journal 1669 - 1670, 8vo L. 1952, Ed. by Isabel Grubb, cloth & d.w. (3) |
280 |
2 |
Noel (Baptist W.) Notes of A Short Tour through the Midland Counties of Ireland in the Summer of 1836. sm. 8vo L. 1837. FIRST EDN., fold. hd. cold. map frontis 6pp. adverts at end, recent mor. backed marble boards. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
480 |
3 |
King (Dr. Wm.) The State of the Protestants of Ireland Under the Late King James's Government, 8vo D. (S. Powell) 1730. Cont. sprinkled calf, worn & joints cracked, otherwise good copy. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
140 |
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[Blekinsop (Dr. Adam)] Paddiana; or Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1847. FIRST EDN., wd. cut vignettes on titles, green cloth. (2) |
NS |
5 |
Wright (Thos.) St. Patrick's Purgatory; An Essay on the Legends of Purgatory, Hell and Paradise, current during the Middle Ages, sm. 8vo L. 1844. FIRST EDN., partly unopened, 24pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth, sm. pce torn from top of spine. V. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
NS |
6 |
Crowe (E.E.) Yesterday in Ireland, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1835. 2 hf. titles, later full green cloth. (3) |
NS |
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Senoir (Nassau Wm.) Journals, Conversations and Essays relating to Ireland, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1868. FIRST EDN., 2 hf. titles, cont. hf. mor., mor. labels. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
260 |
8 |
Chatterton (Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1839. SECOND EDN., 2 litho. frontis & 6 litho plts., adverts. at end, orig. cloth, gilt. Good. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
320 |
9 |
[Thackeray (W.M.)] 'Titmarsh (Mr. M.A.)' The Irish Sketch-Book, 2 vols. L. 1843. FIRST EDN., 2 hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis, text illus., B.P. cont. hf. purple mor. gilt line decor. & marble sides, raised bands, & gilt decor. in panels. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
360 |
10 |
O'Sullivan (Thos. F.) Romantic Hidden Kerry, 8vo Tralee (Kerryman) 1931. FIRST EDN., Fold. map & illus. L.S. on title, cloth. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
380 |
11 |
Kelly (Rev. M.)ed. Cambrensis Eversus, 3 vols. sm. 8vo D. (Celtic Society) 1848 - 1851. FIRST EDN., orig. cloth backed boards. (3) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
150 |
12 |
Newman (J.H.) Apologia Pro. Vita Sua: Being A Reply to A Pamphlet, entitled What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean? 8vo L. 1864, FIRST EDN., bound by L. Hynes, Galway, hf. mor.; ¦ Sermons Preached on Various Occasions sm. 8vo L. 1870, THIRD EDN., orig. cloth; ¦ & 2 others by the same author. (4) |
200 |
13 |
Hyde (Douglas) Abhrain ata Leatha ar An Reachtuire, or Songs Ascribed to Raftery. 8vo D. 1903. FIRST EDN., Pres. Copy inscribed & signed by the author, port. frontis, cloth backed boards; ¦ Mo Thurus go h'Americe, D. 1937; ¦ Mise agus an Connradh, D. 1937; ¦ Abhrain agus Danta an Reachtabhraigh, D. 1933, port. frontis, some L.S.s; ¦ & 2 others. (6) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
380 |
14 |
Yeats (W.B.) On The Boiler, 4to D. (Cuala Press) [1938], orig. ptd. wrappers with design by Jack B. Yeats; ¦ Selected Poems Lyrical and Narrative, sm. 8vo L. 1929. FIRST EDN., orig. blind decor. cloth; ¦ Autobiographies L. 1926, FIRST EDN., blind decor. cloth; ¦ Wheels and Butterflies, L. 1934. FIRST EDN., cloth Wade 201, 165 & Wade 151, 175; ¦ & 5 other items on Yeats. (9) |
380 |
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Yeats (W.B.) Poems, L. 1901, THIRD EDN., with fine gilt decor. cloth, Wade 18; ¦ Collected Poems, L. 1933, Wade 171; ¦ Last Poems & Plays, 8vo L. 1940., blind decor. cloth, Wade 203; ¦ Scattering Branches, L. 1940, cloth backed boards; ¦ & 2 others, all v. clean. (6) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
260 |
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Gregory (Lady A.) Seven Short Plays, D. 1909, FIRST EDN., port. frontis. orig. cloth backed boards; ¦ Gods and Fighting Men, 8vo L. 1904. FIRST EDN., orig. decor. cloth; ¦ Three Lost Plays, L. & N.Y. 1928; ¦ & 3 others sim. (6) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
240 |
17 |
Maguire (V. Rev. Canon E.) A History of the Diocese of Raphoe, 2 vols., sm. 8vo D. n.d. [1920], FIRST EDN., 2 port. frontis., & 13 plts. (complete), orig. cloth, gilt. Scarce & good. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
520 |
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Co. Galway (Moycullen) Interest Genealogy: [Kilkelly (Mrs.) ed.] Letters of Major Edward C.R. Kilkelly, M.C. R.F.A., Preface by Lord Killanin. 8vo 1918 (n.p.) 22 plts. & illus., some damp stains, orig. mor. gilt lettered, joints cracked. Scarce. * Inscribed "To Marshall Bond from Florence Kilkelly [his mother]." (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
240 |
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[Otway (Caesar)] Sketches in Ireland:... Hither to Unnoticed Districts in the North and South. 12mo D. 1827. FIRST EDN., title soiled, orig. hf. mor., worn. (1) |
140 |
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Stephens (James) Insurrections, 12mo D. 1909; ¦ Strict Joy - Poems, L. 1931; ¦ Kings and The Moon, L. 1938, ALL FIRST EDNS., & 4 others by same author; ¦ O'Casey (Sean) Red Roses for Me, A Play in Four Acts, L. 1942; ¦ Oak Leaves and Lavender, L. 1946; ¦ The Bishops Bonfire, A Sad Play within the Tune of a Polka. L. 1955, ALL FIRST EDNS., & d.w.'s; ¦ & 1 other same author. Good. (11) |
200 |
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Yeats (Jack B.) In Sand, A Play, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1964. FIRST EDN., d.w.; ¦ also Skelton (R.) ed. The Collected Plays of Jack B. Yeats, roy 8vo L. 1971, FIRST EDN., illus., d.w.; ¦ & American Edn. of same work; ¦ plus 1 other item on same author. (4) |
160 |
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Yeats (W.B.) The Wild Swans at Coole, L. 1919. FIRST EDN., in orig. gilt decor. blue cloth by Sturge Moore; also Stories of Red Hanrahan and The Secret Rose, roy 8vo L. 1927. FIRST EDN., with cold. and other illus., by Norah Mc Guinness, orig. decor. red cloth. Both v. good Wade 124 & 157. (2) |
400 |
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Mac Liammoir (M.) All for Hecuba, L. 1946; ¦ Each Actor on His Ass, L. 1961, d.w.; ¦ The Importance of Being Oscar, D. (Dolmen) 1963. ALL FIRST EDNS.; ¦ also Edwards (Hilton) The Mantle of Harlequin, D. 1958, FIRST EDN., d.w.; ¦ & 1 other sim. (5) |
220 |
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Cane (Robert) The History of the Williamite and Jacobite Wars in Ireland, with Continuation... by Maurice Lenihan. 8vo D. 1884, 6 engd. ports. & maps, L.S.s on title, orig. cloth. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
400 |
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1798: Hay (Edward) History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, A.D. 1798, 8vo d. 1803. FIRST EDN., hf. title, lg. fold. map, lg. fold. table at end, L.S. on title, cont. tree calf, mor. label, good. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
NS |
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Smith (Chas.) The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry, 8vo D. n.d. [c. 1750] FIRST EDN., engd. port. frontis, engd. vign. on t.p., lg. fold. hd. cold. map, 5 hd. cold. plts. (4 fold), L.S.s., cont. full calf, mor. label. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
600 |
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Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1750. For the Author. FIRST EDN., lg. engd. dedit, list of subs., lg. fold. hd. cold. map, lg. fold. engd. plan, & 10 plts. (11 fold), (ex. 12), cont. hf. calf, marble sides, mor. labels. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
500 |
28 |
Smith (Chas.) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo D. 1746, FIRST EDN., engd. dedit, list of subs. lg. fold. hd. cold. map, a lg. fold. hd. cold. plan, 3 lg. fold. hd. cold. plts. & 1 fold. bl. & white plts., L.S. thro.-out, cont. hf. calf, marble sides. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
825 |
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Clarke (Austin) Ancient Lights Poems & Satires, First Series, D. (Bridge Press) 1955. LIM. EDN. (200); ¦ Later Poems, Dolmen 1961; ¦ Flight to Africa and other Poems, Dolmen 1963; ¦ Collected Plays, Dolmen 1963, all d.w.'s, & 1 other same author; ¦ Russel (G.) AE. Vale and Other Poems, L. 1931; ¦ Joyce (J.) Stephen Hero, L. 1950, d.w.; ¦ Gogarty (O. St.) It Isn't This Time of Year At All" L. 1954, d.w.; ¦ & 3 others, Synge & Wilde. Good. (11) |
200 |
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Republican interest: O'Malley (Ernie) On Another Man's Wound, L. 1936. FIRST GENERAL EDN., d.w.; ¦ Le Roux (L. N.) Tom Clarke and the Irish Freedom Movement, D. 1936. FIRST EDN., d.w.; ¦ Mac Manus (M.J.) Eamon De Valera, A Biography, L. 1944, FIRST, d.w.; ¦ Stephens (J.) The Insurrection in Dublin, D. 1916, FIRST; ¦ Ryan (D.) James Connolly His Life Work & Writings, D. 1924; ¦ Harrison (Capt. H.) The Neutrality of Ireland, L. 1942, d.w.; ¦ & Memoirs of Desmond Fitzgerald 1913 - 1916, L. 1968, d.w. (7) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
360 |
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O'Connor (C.) Dissertations on the History of Ireland. .. With Some Remarks on Mr. Mac Pherson's Translations of Fingal and Temora. 8vo D. (G. Faulkner) 1766. Fold. hd. cold. engd. map (some tears), errata leaf at end, L.S. in text, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. Rare & good. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
425 |
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Genealogy: Prime (Temple) Some Account of the Palmer Family, of Rahan, County Kildare, Ireland, 8vo N.Y. 1900. THIRD EDN., illus. ports., some m/ss annots & additions, cloth. * Inscribed Pres. Copy. (1) |
320 |
33 |
Holmes (G.) Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland, 8vo L. 1801. FIRST EDN., 6 litho. plts. & 1 other, 4pp. of adverts at end, uncut, orig. marble boards, recent paper re-back. V. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
440 |
34 |
Fahy (J.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, 8vo D. 1893. FIRST EDN., hf. title, & 7 sepia type illus., orig. cloth. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
140 |
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De Jubainville (H.D.) & Best (R.I.) trans. The Irish Mythological Cycle & Celtic Mythology, 8vo D. 1903, FIRST EDN., corrigenda tipped in, orig. cloth & gilt lettered spine; ¦ Betham (Sir Wm.) Irish Antiquarian Researches, Part I (only), D. (Wm. Curry) 1826, 9 plts. (4 cold. some fold.), orig. boards, lacks spine. Good. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
NS |
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Meehan (Rev. C.P.) The Fate and Fortunes of ... Earl of Tyrone and ... Earl of Tyrconnel, 8vo D. 1870. SECOND EDN., engd. port. frontis; ¦ also The Rise and Fall of the Irish Franciscon Monasteries, D. n.d., both with L.S. on titles, orig. cloth. (2) |
220 |
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Presentation Copy DÁlton (John) Illustrations Historical and Genealogical, King James Irish Army List (1689), 2 vols. 8vo D. n.d. [1860], titles in red & bl., errata leaf & list of subs., L.S.s. on titles, orig. spines dam. etc. * Signed pres. inscription on Vol. I, to V. Rev. Fr. Haly S.J. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
360 |
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Gaughan (J. Anthony) Listowel and its Vicinity, 8vo Cork 1974. SECOND EDN., illus. L.S., d.w. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
400 |
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[O'Connell (Daniel)] Shaw's Authenticated Report of the Irish State Trials, 1844, 8vo D. 1844, 678pp., lacks front cover; ¦ O'Connell (D.) A Memoir of Ireland Native and Saxon, Vol. I [All Published], D. 1843, cont. hf. calf, top of spine lacking; ¦ O'Flanagan (J. Rod.) The Bar Life of O'Connell, sm. 8vo D. 1869. FIRST EDN., boards; ¦ Mac Intyre (A.) The Liberator, L. 1965, d.w.; ¦ & 1 other, all with L.S. on titles. (5) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
220 |
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Irish Heritage: Evans (E.E.) Irish Folk Ways, L. 1957;¦ Irish Heritage, Dundalk 1949; ¦ Irish Rural Life and Industry, Irish International Exhibition, 1907. D. (Hely's) 1907 illus., inscribed Pres. Copy, orig. boards; ¦ Gogan (L.S.) The Ardagh Chalice, D. 1932; ¦ & 1 other sim. (5) |
120 |
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1798: O'Siochfhradha (P.) Beatha Theobald Wolfe Tone, D. 1932; ¦ Postgate (R.W.) Roibeart Emmet, D. 1936, d.w.; ¦ Mac Giolla Easpaig (S.N.) Tomas Ruiseil, D. 1957, d.w., O'Broin (Leon) Emmet, D. 1954, also An Maidineach, D. 1971, both d.w.'s; ¦ & 1 other. (6) |
80 |
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West of Ireland: Egan (Rev. P.K.) The Parish of Ballinasloe, Galway 1994; ¦ Reilly (T.) Dear Old Ballina, Ballina 1993; ¦ Robinson (Tim) Stones of Aran D. 1995; ¦ also Connemara Listening to the Wind, D. 2006, all clean & d.w.'s. (4) |
NS |
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Fitzgibbon (Gerald) Ireland in 1868, 8vo L. 1868. SECOND EDN.; ¦ Hassencamp (Dr. R.) The History of Ireland from Restoration to the Union, L. 1888, scarce; ¦ Ingram (T.D.) A History of the Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland, L. 1887, all recent cloth; ¦ Foster (R.F.) Modern Ireland 1600 - 1972, d.w.; ¦ & 1 other. (5) |
130 |
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Dillon (Wm.) Life of John Mitchel, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1888. FIRST EDN., good; ¦ O'Brien (Wm. Smith) Principles of Government; or Meditations in Exile, 2 vols. D. 1856, Vol. I title soiled, lacks loose front blanks, cloth, worn; ¦ O'Brien (Wm.) Edmund Burke as An Irishman, D. 1924, cloth. (5) |
220 |
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[Campbell (Thos.)] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D., 8vo L. 1777. FIRST EDN., engd. fold. frontis, & 5 engd. plts. mostly fold., recent crimson mor. backed marble boards, mor. label. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
300 |
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Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) Journal of A Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806, 8vo L. 1807. FIRST EDN., hf. title, engd. frontis, 8pp. of adverts. at end, uncut, recent mor. backed boards, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
340 |
48 |
Phillips (W.A.) History of The Church of Ireland, 3 vols. Oxford & L. 1933. FIRST EDN., cloth, & d.w. Good. (3) |
180 |
49 |
Frost (James) The History and Topography of The County of Clare, 8vo D. 1893. FIRST EDN., map frontis, & 16 litho plts. complete, text illus., L.S. thro-out, orig. cloth, upr. joint worn. (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
NS |
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Farrell (James P.) History of the County of Longford, 4to D. 1891. FIRST EDN., frontis, 31 litho plts., & lg. fold. table, lacks 2pp. of intro.?, orig. boards, worn & dam., w.a.f. (1) |
NS |
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O'Brien (Wm.) & Ryan (D.) Devoy's Post Bag 1871 - 1928, 2 vols. D. 1948 - 1953. FIRST EDN., illus., orig. cloth. (2) SEE ILLUSTRATION. |
240 |
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