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

140 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 964. Faulkner (John) & Thompson (Rbt.) The Natural History of Ulster, thick 4to, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass 2011) profusely illustrated, leather backed cloth, gilt decor. spine by Sidney Aiken, in matching slip case; Bardon (J.) Belfast, An Illustrated History, lg. 4to Belfast (Blackstaff Press) 1982, Signed Limited Edition No. 120 (200) Copies, leather back oatmeal by Sidney Aiken in matching slipcase. Good Copy. (2) €180 - €220 965. Signed by the Artist and Editor Spender (Stephen)ed. & Hockney (David) illus. Hockney’s Alphabet, folio L. (Faber & Faber - Aids Crisis Trust) 1991, Signed by David Hockney & Stephen Spender, illus. yellow buckram, gilt lettered spine, slipcase. Good Copy. (1) €350 - €500 966. Photographs: Weldon (Fay) David Bailey the Lady is a Tramp, folio L. (Thames and Hudson) 1995, illustrated, red cloth, ptd. decor. front cover. Good Copy. (1) €70 - €100 967. Signed Presentation Copy O’Byrne (Robert) The Irish Georgian Society, A Celebration, 4to D. (Ass. Edition) 2008, Signed Presentation Copy, illus., leather backed cloth, slipcase. Good Copy.; Watson (F.G.) Building Over the Centuries, A History of McLaughlin & Harvey, 4to Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2010, First Edn., illus., hf. calf marble boards. Clean Copy. (2) €120 - €160 969. Duffy (Patrick J.) Landscapes of South Ulster, a Parish Atlas of the Diocese of Clogher, folio Belfast (Queen & Clogher Historical Society) 1993, maps and designs by James Keenan, illus., green cloth, dust jacket designed by T.P. Flanagan. Good copy. (1) €120 - €140 970. Illustrated Volumes: Wilkinson (N.) & Nelson (E.C.) Wendy Walsh, a Lifetime of Painting, folio, L. (Strawberry Tree) 2007, First Edn., illus., cloth and d.j.; Walsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium, Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland, folio, L. (Thames & Hudson) 2008 (Reprint), illus., cloth and dust jacket. (2) €150 - €200 971. Cornerstone of Any Historical Collection O’Donovan (John, ed) Annala Rioghachta Eireann - Annals fo the Kingdom of ireland by the Four Masters. From the earliest times to the year 1616. De Burca 1998, 7 vols. large quarto green buckram gilt in orig. slipcase, with De Boazio’s Map of Ireland in en-suite folder. Third and best edition, with the missing years of the original (1334-1416) supplied from Roderic O’Flaherty’s transcript. With a new intro. by Kenneth Nicholls. Fine set, a cornerstone of any Irish historical collection. O’Donovan’s enormous scholarship, breath- taking in its extent when one considers the state of historical scholarship and the almost total lack of published source material in his day, still amazes one’ (Nicholls). (7) €350 - €500 972. Cormican (Garrett) Camille Souter, The Mirror in the Sea, lg. 4to Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2006, Signed by the Artist (Hors Commerce), illus., cloth and d.j., slip case; O’Regan (John)design Carmel Mooney, A Sense of Place, 4to Cork (Gandon) 2009, illus., decor. blue cloth and slip case. (2) €150 - €220 965 & detail 967 968. Maps: Municipal Boundaries Commission (Ireland), a bound volume of Reports including: * Part I - Evidence and Appendices (Dublin Area) * Part 3 - Report and Evidence with Appendices (Towns) * Part 4 - Report and Evidence with Appendices and Maps relating to the Towns of Cork and Belfast * Supplement to part III, with 104 folding coloured Town Maps, folio D. (A. Thom) 1881, contemp. hf. calf, mor. label, worn. As a collection of maps, w.a.f. (a lot) €500 - €700