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

127 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 873. Portlock (J.E.) Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, thick 8vo, D. (A. Miliken) 1843, cold. fold. map frontis, text illus. 44 black and white plts., & 9 fold. plans at end (5 cold.), original cloth. (1) €200 - €300 874. Irish Political Interest: Official Record - Dail Eireann, Minutes of Proceedings of the First Parliament of the Republic of Ireland 1919 - 1921 ; together with Official Report, Debate on the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed in London on the 6th December, 1921, both 8vo, D. 1919 - 21, green cloth, gilt lettering. (2) €180 - €220 875. All Limited Edition of 100 Copies Only Crannog Press : Payne (J.) trans . Les Neiges D’Antan by Francois Villon, 8vo Belfast (Crannog) 2 (100) copies, illus. by Elizabeth Dowling, leather backed sack cloth; McLord (M.) & Graham (R.) Abbeys & Churches, 4to Belfast (Crannog) 1971, illus. 61 (100) copies, cloth; Mc Lord (M.) & Graham (R.) Tower Houses and Ten Pound Castles, 4to Belfast (Crannog) 1970, illus. No. 7 (100) copies, cloth; Burton (Sir Richard)trans. A Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyns, 8vo Belfast (Crannog) 1973, illus. No. 43 (100) copies, sack cloth, ptd. label; Burton (Sir R.) trans. The Firsherman and the Jinni, 8vo Belfast (Crannog) 1973, illus., No. 10 (100) copies, sack cloth. Good collection. (5) €300 - €400 876. Swift (Ed. L.) The Life and Acts of Saint Patrick, roy 8vo Dublin (Hibernia Press) 1809. First Edn., engd. frontis, cont. diced calf; Villanueva (J.L.) Sancti Patricii, Ibernorum Apostoli, Synodi, Canones, Opuscula,... 8vo Dublin 1835, hf. mor. (2) €120 - €170 877. Woods (James) Annals of Westmeath Ancient and Modern, 8vo Dublin 1907. First Edn., illus. frontis, & other plts., orig. cloth; Walsh (Rev. Paul) The Placenames of Westmeath, Dublin (D.I.A.S.) 1957. First Edn., cloth & d.w. Both clean copies. (2) €150 - €220 878. Literary Periodicals: Hunter (B.) & McFadden (Roy)ed. Rann an Ulster Quarterly of Poetry, No. 2 - 20 (lacks number 1) Belfast 1948-53, contributions by Yeats, Colum, Campbell and other important Irish Literary Figures, ptd. wrapper, in custom made case. Rare collection. (19) * No. 2 contains the First Publication of Yeats Poem“Reprisals”written on the Death of Lady Gregory’s son, Robert, 1918, but withheld at the time at her request, due to some of the text. €350 - €450 879. Tyndall & others: Johnston (Wm.)ed. Science and Revelation: A Series of Lectures in Reply to the Theories of Tyndall, Huxley, Darwin, Spencer, etc., 8vo Belfast (Wm. Mullan) 1875. First Edn., cloth; A Record of The Scientific Work of John Tyndall, roy 8vo Lond. (Chiswick Press) 1935. Lim. Edn. No. 79 (200) for Private Circulation, wrappers; Hubbard (E.)ed. Little Journeys to Homes of Great Scientists - Tyndall, sm. 4to N. York 1905, wrappers; a booklet on The Hon. Sir Chas. A. Parsons, & 2 other books. A lot, w.a.f. (6) €80 - €120 880. Inglis (Henry D.) A Journey throughout Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1838. Fifth Edn., fold. map frontis & fold. chart, advert. leaf at start, fine recent calf backed cloth boards, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1) * P.S. O’Hegartaigh’s copy, signed by him Nov. ‘03. €160 - €240 873 874 875 878