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

14 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 52. With Illustrations by James Hubert Craig Hayward (Richard) In Praise of Ulster, 4to L. (A. Barker Ltd.) 1938, First Edn., Signed by the Author, illustrated, order form loosely inserted, cream cloth, illustrated d.j. Good copy. (1) €150 - €200 53. With Double Page Maps & Plts. Partington (Chas. F.) The British Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences, 3 vols. thick roy 8vo Lond. 1834-1836. With dble. page maps, plts. & illus., cont. hf. calf. (3) €180 - €240 54. Special Limited Edition Herity (Michael) & Eogan (Geo.) Ireland in Pre-history, 4to Lond. 1977. First Edn., Special Limited (No. 8) Edn. Signed by both Authors, & in special tooled gilt leather backed vellum boards, in slipcase. V. good. (1) €160 - €220 55. Plumptre (Anne) Narrative of a Residence in Ireland, During the Summer of 1814 and that of 1815. 4to Lond. 1817. First Edn., Hf. title, engd. port. frontis & 11 sepia plts., some browning (frontis & title et.) cont. hf. mor. worn. Scarce. (1) €225 - €350 56. Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator: Shakespeare (Wm.) A Mid Summer Nights Dream, 4to Lond. 1919. Cold. frontis., decor. title, & 39 mtd. cold. plts., & bl. & white plts.; also de la Motte Fouque, - Undine, 4to Lond. 1920. mtd. cold. frontis & 14 cold. plts., both orig. decor. cloth. (2) €170 - €220 57. Signed Presentation Copy Barnes (Eleanor) As the Water Flows, A Record of Adventures in a Canoe on the Rivers and Trout Streams of Southern England, 4to Lond. (Grant Richards) 1920. First Edn., cold. frontis & other illus. plts. by Helen Stratton, & photos. by author, a.e.g., full crushed dark red mor. with gilt stamp of a canoe on front cover, by Bumpus of Oxford St. V. good. (1) * Signed by author, Eleanor Barnes, later Lady Yarrow. €150 - €200 58. Stevenson (Robert Louis) Poems, 4to Lond. (Chatto &Windus) 1913. Lim. Edn. No. 88 of 500 Copies, on hand made paper, uncut, full vellum; Gosse (E.) & Wise (T. James)eds. Selections from A.C. Swinburne, roy 8vo Lond. 1919. Lim. Edn. No. 169 of 525 Copies, uncut vellum backed boards; Blades (Wm.) The Enemies of Books, 8vo L. 1881. Third Edn., port. frontis & 6 plts. vellum wrappers; Grey (Thos.) Poems, 4to Lond. 1928. Uncut, full vellum. (4) €120 - €180 59. Choffin (H.) Nouveau Dictionnaire de Voyageur, Francois - Allemand - Latin, et Allemand - Francois Latin. Thick 8vo Frankfurt & Leipzig 1780. Fine engd. frontis, red & bl. title, cont. hf. calf, raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, mor. label. V. good. (1) €100 - €150 60. Swinburne (Algernon Chas.) William Blake. A Critical Essay, 8vo Lond. (J. Camden Hotten) 1868. First Edn., with cold. & bl. & white plts. in fac-simile from Blake’s designs, in cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. Clean Copy. (1) €200 - €300 61 – See page 11 62. Rare Complete File Periodical: Dalton (Ed.)ed. The Spark, Keeps the Fire of the Nation Burning. Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. III No. 64, 4to, Sunday 7th February 1915 - Sunday 23 April, 1916. Together 64 nos. Complete File. Printed for the Proprietors of the Gaelic Press. All very clean copies, bound as one, cont. cloth backed boards. As a periodical, w.a.f. An exceptional copy. (1) * The editorship was attributed to Constance Markieviez by Sir Mathew Nathan, but ‘New Ireland,’ issue for 26th Aug. 1916, states it was Dalton as editor from start to finish. Pearse’s famous article ‘Peace and the Gael’ appeared in issue No. 46 Vol. II. €250 - €350 63. Jack B. Yeats : Pyle (Hilary) Jack B. Yeats A Catalogue Raisone of the Oil Paintings, 3 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1992. First Edn., illus. thro-out, orig. cloth, & slipcase. V. good. (3) €350 - €500 52 56 57 & detail 60