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

26 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 149. With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates [Combe (Wm.)] The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, A Poem, roy 8vo Lond. (Ackermann) 1815. Sixth Edn., hd. cold. portrait frontis, cold. title, & 29 New hand coloured plts, t.e.g., fine crushed crimson levant mor., gilt spine. V. good copy. (1) €320 - €450 150. Wood-Martin (W.G.) The Lake Dwellings of Ireland, Sm. folio D. & L. 1886. First Edn., hf. title inscribed ‘Michael Herity Feb. 1964’ frontis & numerous other plts., text illus. etc., orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good copy. (1) €180 - €250 151. Signed Limited Edition Garnett (David) A Terrible Day, 8vo, L. (Wm. Jackson Books Ltd.) 1932, Signed Limited Edn., No. 180 (500) Copies, frontis, oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering, spine stained; Crawford (Robert) Nine Tales from the Contes Drolatiques of Honore de Balzac, 8vo L. (T. Werner Laurie Ltd.) 1921, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 221 (600) copies, frontis, uncut, paper backed boards, ptd. label. (2) €100 - €150 152. Illustrated Volumes: Stephens (James) Irish Fairy Tales, 4to, L. (MacMillan) 1920, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, cold. frontis & 15 cold. plts., green cloth, gilt decor. front cover; Colum (Padraic) The Big Tree of Bunlahy, 4to, N.Y. (The MacMillan Co.) 1933, illustrated by Jack B. Yeats, green cloth and d.j. (2) €180 - €220 153. Taylor (W.B.S.) History of the University of Dublin, 8vo Lond. 1845. First Edn., engd. frontis & 11 full page plts., orig. cloth. Good clean copy. (1) €180 - €260 154. Military: The North Irish Horse - Battle Report: North Africa and Italy, 8vo, Belfast (W. & G. Baird) 1946, First Edn., large folding map, typed notes tipped in at front, decor. gilt green cloth. Good copy. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 155. Military: [Harcourt (Col.)] The Regimental Records of the First Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1644 - 1842, 8vo, L. (Hugh Rees) 1910, First Edn., frontis, fold. map, plts., annotated in pen throughout, inscribed on f.e.p., blue cloth, gilt lettering and motif. (1) €180 - €250 156. Military: Gibb (Rev. H.) Record of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards in the Great War 1914 - 1918, 8vo, Canterbury (Butler & Taner) 1925, First Edn., hf. title (inscribed) cold. frontis, annotated in biro throughout, green cloth, gilt lettering and motif. Good Copy. (1) €80 - €120 149 154 151 & detail 155 152 156