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

123 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 822. Morgan (Lady) Italy, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1821. New Edn., cont. hf. calf, fine gilt spine in panels; & 1 other on Italian Travel. (4) €70 - €100 823. Mac Piarais (Padraic) [P.H. Pearse] Bodach an Chóta Lachtna, 12mo D. (Chomradh na Gaedhilge) 1906. First Edn., frontis & orig. décor. cold. wrappers, after Joseph Campbell; Bruidhean Chaorthainn, 12mo D. 1908, First Edn., wrappers; Ghosts, No. 10 Tracts for the Times, 8vo D. 1916, wrappers; Ryan (Des.) The Man Called Pearse, D. 1919. First Edn., cloth backed boards, all v. good; & 1 other item sim. (5) €100 - €150 824. [The New Sydenham Society] [Frierichs (Dr. F.T.)] A Clinical Treatise on Disease of the Liver, 2vols., L. (Sydenham) 1861, First English, cold. frontis, text illus.; Fagge (C.H.)et al trans. On Diseases of the Skin, including the Exanthemata, 5 vols. 8vo L. (Sydenham) 1866, First Edn., uniformly bound blind tooled cloth, gilt profile, as lot, Ex. libris copies. (1) €120 - €180 825. With Annotations by Lord Birdwood Military: MacMunn (Mjr. G.F.) The Armies of India, thick 8vo, L. (A. & C. Black) 1911, First Edn., frontis & illustrations by Major A.C. Lovett, with various alterations, notes, etc., red cloth. Nice Association Copy. (1) €350 - €420 826. Costello (Mrs.)Tuam. Amhrain Mhuighe Seola, Traditional Folk Songs from Galway & Mayo. 4to D. 1923. First Edn., recent hf. cloth; Stokes (Whitley)ed. The Saltair na Rann, A Collection of Early Middle Irish Poems,4to Oxford (Clarendon) 1883, later cloth; also Three Irish Glossaries, ed. by Whitley Stokes, 8vo Lond. 1862. First Edn., later cloth. (3) €120 - €180 827. Signed Presentation Copy Craig (Maurice) Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size, folio Lond. 1977. Signed Pres. Copy to Michael Herity, illus., cloth & d.w. (1) €100 - €150 828. Co. Donegal interest: Lacy (Brian) Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, folio Lifford 1983; Nolan (Wm.), Ronayne (L.) & Dunleavy (Mairead)eds. Donegal History & Society, Dublin (Geography Publications) 1995; McBrearty (P.J.) Bridging the Ages, 4to 2010, Signed Pres. Copy; Mac Cuinneagain (C.) Glencolmcille A Parish History, Dublin 2002; Mc Gill (L.) In Conall’s Footsteps, Dingle 1992, all d.w.’s & All First Edns; plus 1 other sim. (6) €120 - €160 829. Milligan (Spike) The Essential Spike Milligan, roy 8vo L. 2002, Compiled by Alex Games; The Compulsive Spike Milligan, ed. by Norma Farnes; and The Unpublished Spike Milligan Box 18, sm. folio L. 2006. All First Edns., illus. & d.w.’s; also Brendan Behan’s Island - An Irish Sketch-Book, drawings by Paul Hogarth, L. 1962, First Edn., d.w. (4) €70 - €100 830. Stephens (James) The Crock of Gold, 8vo, L. (Macmillan & Co.) 1924, reprint, Signed by the Author, cloth; Colum (P.) The Flying Swans, N.Y. (Crown Publishers Inc.) 1957, Second, Signed and inscribed ‘Dear Fran for you with good wishes Padraig Colum,’ cloth & d.j.; O’Casey (Sean) Two Plays, 8vo L. (Macmilllan & Co.) 1926. Reprint, cloth backed boards, d.j.; The Plough and The Stars, 8vo L. (Macmillan & Co.) 1926, reprint, cloth and d.j., as a lot., w.a.f. (4) €150 - €200 831. Cromwell (Thos.) Excursions through Ireland, Leinster Vols. I & II. Bound as one, 8vo L. 1820. 2 add. engd. titles 1 engd. frontis & 109 engd. full page plts. cont. hf. mor. mor. label. (1) €100 - €150 832. Carrigan (Rev. Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. 4to D. 1905. First Edn., port. frontis & illus. thro-out, orig. green cloth, damp stained & dam., needs re-binding, w.a.f. (4) €350 - €500 833. Roxburghe Club: Papers of Devotion of James II, .. with an intro. by Godfrey Davies, 4to Oxford 1925. Printed for Members, frontis hand-made paper, uncut, hf. mor. V. Clean Copy. (1) €80 - €120 834. Wakefield (Ed.) An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, 2 vols. 4to L. 1812. First Edn., Ex. Library, some sm. stamps, cont. full calf, dl. gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. (2) €120 - €180 835. All First Editions Campbell (Patrick) An Irishman’s Diary, Lond. 1950, illus., orig. pict. d.w.; A Short Trot with a Cultured Mind, L. 1950, illus. orig. pict. d.w.; Brewing up in the Basement, Lond. 1963, illus., orig. pict. d.w.; Rough Husbandry, Lond. 1965, illus. d.w.; All Ways on Sundays, Lond. 1966, d.w.; My Life and Easy Times, Lond. 1967, illus. pict. d.w.; Waving all Excuses, Lond. 1971, d.w.; Waving all Excuses, Lond. 1971. Uncorrected Proof Copy, orig. wrappers. Together 8 vols. All First Editions. (8) €120 - €180 825 832 835