Fonsie Mealy's RARE BOOKS & COLLECTIBLES December 7th & 8th, 2021

122 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 810. American Travel: Sutcliff (Robert) Travels in Some Parts of North America in the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806 , 8vo York (C. Peacock) 1811, First., engd frontis, & 5 plts (complete), contemp. full calf, mor. label. Good copy. (1) €80 - €120 811. Rabutin (Bussy) Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules, 12mo Cologne (Pierre Marteau) 1722, red & bl. title; and Le Theatre Espagnol, Ou les meilleures Comadies .., 12mo The Hague (Chez Meindert Uytwerf ) 1700, red 7 bl. title, both orig. calf. (2) €80 - €120 812. [Davies (Sir J.)] A Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland Was never entirely Subdued,.. Crowne of England, 12mo Lond. 1747, recent mor.; Jones (J.) An Impartial Narrative of the Most Important Engagements.. [of ] the Rebels during The Rebellion 1798, 12mo D. 1799. Third Edn. lg. fold. frontis view (repaired), lacks pp. 161-164, hf. calf; & 2 early Victorian Scrap Albums, 8vo, with orig. sketches, some photos etc., one album possibly belonged to E.S. Fry (Elizabeth), famous Quaker female activist. As a lot, w.a.f. (4) €180 - €250 813. Stokes (Prof. Geo. T.) Ireland and the Anglo-Norman Church, 8vo Lond. 1892, and Ireland and the Celtic Church, 8vo Lond. 1888, both Second Edn., t.e.g., cont. hf. mor.; also Stokes (Margaret) Three Months in the Forests of France, 4to Lond. 1895. First Edn., frontis plts. & illus., fine full crimson mor. by Riviere. (3) €150 - €200 814. O’Brien (Geo.) The Economic History of Ireland in the Seventeenth Century, D & L. 1919; The Economic History of Ireland from the Union to the Famine, L. 1921; and An Essay on the Economic Effects of the Reformation, Lond. 1923. All First Edns., & cloth. (3) €100 - €150 815. Lynch (Patricia) Strangers at the Fair, 8vo D (Browne and Nolan) n.d., illustrated by Eileen Coghlan, boards, d.j.; Milne (A.A.) The Christopher Robin Verses, 8vo, L. (Methuen & Co.) 1932, illus. cloth; Gallico (P.) The Snow Goose, 8vo, L. (M. Joseph) 1950, illus. by Peter Scott, cloth & d.j.; Gibbings (R.) Till I End My Song, 8vo, L. (Readers Union) 1958, illus. cloth and d.j.; De Burgh Daly (Mrs.) Prose, Poems and Parodies of Percy French, 8vo, D. (Talbot Press) 1955 reprint, cloth and d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (5) €120 - €180 816. Co. Offaly: Cooke (Thos. Lalor) The Early History of the Town of Birr or Parsonstown, with Particulars of Remarkable Events there in more recent times. Also the Towns of Nenagh, Roscrea, Banagher ... etc., and the ancient Septs., Princes, and celebrated Places of the Surrounding Country. Roy 8vo Birr (‘Offaly Chronicle’ Printing Works) n.d. c. 1930. Original red & blue cloth, in a cloth box. Rare. (1) * Title page inscribed Joyce L. Wright, formerly of Cumberland House, The Square, Birr. €100 - €150 817. Mac Alister (R.A.I.) The History and Antiquities of Inis Cealtra, 8vo, D. (Hodges, Figgis & Co.) 1916, illus, cloth; Rokewode (J.G.) Chronica Jocelini de Brakelonda, 4to L. 1840, illus. frontis, cloth; Bell (Th.) An Essay on the Origin and Progress of Gothic Architecture, 8vo, D. (Wm. Frederick) 1829, 7 plts., recent cloth, Ex. Libris Castle Hackett, as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €120 -180 818. [Tighe (William)] Statistical Observations Relative to the County of Kilkenny, Thick 8vo D. 1802. First Edn., lg. hd. cold. fold. map, & all the plts. & tables as per list, uncut in later hf. calf, binding, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. Good copy. (1) * One of the earliest and best of the Royal Dublin Society’s Surveys. €400 - €600 819. Heaney (Seamus) Gravities, a Collection of Poems and Drawings, oblong 8vo Newcastle (Charlotte Press) 1979, Signed, illus., ptd. wrappers; The Burial at Thebes, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2004, cloth & d.j.; Human Chain, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2010, cloth and d.j.; The Redress of Poetry, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1995, cloth and d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €180 - €220 820. [Heaney (Seamus)] Curtis (Tony)ed. The Art of Seamus Heaney, 8vo Wales, 1985, cloth & d.j.; Buthel (Rbt.) Seamus Heaney, 8vo Lewisbury 1975, cloth & d.j.; Corcoran (Neil) Seamus Heaney, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1986, ptd. wrapper; Brandes (Rand) & Durkan (M.J.) Seamus Heaney A Bibliography 1959- 2003, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2008, cloth & d.j.; O’Driscoll (D.) Stepping Stones, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2008, cloth & d.j.; Bradbury (M.)ed. Contemporary Writers - Seamus Heaney, 8vo N.Y. 1982, ptd. wrappers. As a lot, w.a.f. (6) €200 - €300 821. Coloured Plates: Atkinson (Rev. J.C.) British Birds, Eggs and Nests Popularly described, 8vo L. (G. Routledge & Sons) n.d., illustrated by W.S. Coleman, frontis & 11 cold. plts. (complete), blue and green cloth, gilt lettered spine. (1) €80 - €100 816 818 821