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

13 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 43. Thompson (Wm.) The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1849. First Edn., 1 port. frontis & hf. titles, orig. cloth, v. clean copy. (4) €320 - €450 44. Fine Hand-Coloured Edition Dolmen Press: O’Meara (John J.) The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Journey to The Promised Land, 8vo Dublin 1976. Special Limited Edn., One of 50 Copies Only. Hand-coloured Illustrations, & Signed by the Author. in special binding, decor. calf, & slipcase. V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €225 - €350 45. All First Editions Kiely (Benedict) Poor Scholar, Lond. 1947; Proxopera, A Novel, Lond. 1977; A Cow in the House and Nine Other Stories, Lond. 1978; Nothing Happens in Carmincross, Lond. 1985; A Letter to Peachtree and Nine other Stories, Lond. 1987; The Waves Behind Us A Memoir, Lond. 1999. all orig. dust wrappers & All First Edns.; also Modern Irish Fiction - A Critique, Dublin 1950, First Edn., d.w.; The State of Ireland, A Novella and Seventeen Stories. Boston 1980. First Edn., illus. d.w. Together 8 vols., all d.w.’s. (8) €120 - €170 46. Fine Signed Bindings: Opere di Pietro Metastasio, 17 vols. roy 8vo Padova nel Seminario 1811 - 1812. Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, & engd. plts. thro.-out, all edges gilt, in fine full marbled calf, dble gilt fillet borders, profusely gilt spines in panels red & green mor. labels & with gilt armorials on each cover, signed ‘R. Ingalton Drake, Binder, Eton.’V. good set. (17) €300 - €400 47. Illustrated Children’s Books: France (Anatole) Bee The Princess of the Dwarfs, roy 8vo Lond. 1912. cold. illus. by Charles Robinson; Carroll (Lewis) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 4to Lond. n.d. Cold. illus. by A.E. Jackson; Webling (Peggy) Saints and their Stories, roy 8vo Lond. n.d. Cold. illus. by Cayley Robinson; Mitford (Mary Russell) Our Village, 4to Lond. 1910. Cold. & other illus. by Hugh Thomson, & A. Rawlings; & 3 others sim., all attractive pict. cloth. Good. (7) €150 - €200 48. Camden Society: Collier (J. Payne)ed. The Egerton Papers, A Collection of Public and Private Documents, 4to L. 1840; also Croker (Thos. Crofton)ed. Narratives illustrative of the Contests in Ireland in 1641 and 1690, 4to L. 1841. Both First Edn. thus, orig. embossed cloth. (2) €100 - €150 49. The Start of the Great Irish Famine Foster (Thos. Campbell) Letters on the Condition of The People of Ireland, Reprinted by Permission, from‘The Times’ Newspaper. 8vo Lond. 1846. First Edn., in Bk. Form, orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) * An important work, the letters were recorded during a Tour of Ireland in the period between August 1845, and January 1846. €200 - €300 50. Fine Unopened Copy Power (Rev. P.) The Place-Names of Decies, 8vo Lond. (D. Nutt) 1907. First Edn., map frontis & 4 other maps (1 fold.) uncut, unopened, with fine gilt tooled mor. backed boards. A beautiful copy. (1) €150 - €200 51. Paolini (Christopher) Eragon, Inheritance - Book One, 8vo L. (Doubleday) 2002, Signed, blue boards, decorated d.j.; Eldest, Inheritance - Book Two, 8vo L. (Doubleday) 2005, red cloth and d.j. Clean Copies. (2) €80 - €100 44 46 49 51