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

29 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 173. Presentation Copy Genealogy: O’Conor Don (Rt. Hon. C. Owen) The O’Conor’s of Connaught: An Historical Memoir. 4to D. 1891. First Edn., frontis, plts. fold. tables, orig. green cloth. V. Good. (1) * With Signed Presentation inscription to Wm. Murphy, 1896. €300 - €400 174. Irish Binding: Bijou Musical, - Man Ami Pierre etc, a collection of French Musical Scores, with engraved litho plts., in attractive full mor. tooled decorated Binding, with central Maid of Erin harp, Signed G. Bellew, bookbinder, Dublin. Nice Example. (1) €200 - €300 175. Petrie (Geo.) The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Sm. folio D. 1845. Second Edn., illus. thro.-out, cont. full calf, dble gilt fillets, & profusely tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €160 - €220 176. Larmour (Paul) The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, 4to, Belfast (Friar’s Bush Press) 1992, illus., blue cloth and d.j.; Murphy (P.T.) Stephen McKenna, Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, 4to D. (R.H.A.) 2005, Signed by the Artist, illus. decorated printed boards. Good Copies. (2) €180 - €220 177. Bindings: Burmanni (P.)ed. Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant Omnia, lg. 4to Amsterdam 1760, red & bl. title, a.e.g. Carton Copy, inscribed by Duke of Leinster, with B.P., in fine straight grained crimson mor. dble gilt fillet border, spine with gilt coat of arms in mor; Dindorfii (G.)ed. Poetarum Scenicorum Graecorum, sm. folio Lond. 1868, a.e.g., cont. T.C.D. prize block binding by Hodges Foster & Co. Dublin, & prize bookplate. Good. As bindings. (2) €150 - €200 178. Signed by Seamus Heaney Walker (Dorothy) Louis Le Brocquy, 4to D. (Ward River Press) 1981, illus., Signed on Contribution page 131 by Seamus Heaney, some documents loosely inserted, cloth and d.j. (1) €150 - €200 179. [Charlemont] Hardy (Francis) Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont, 4to Lond. 1810. First Edn., hf. title, engd. port. frontis, errata leaf at end, orig. calf, spine dam., recent repairs. (1) €150 - €200 180. R.I.A.: McGuire (J.) & Quinn (J.) Dictionary of Irish Biography, From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002. 9 vols. sm. folio Cambridge University Press 2009. First Edn., Orig. two-colour cloth. V. good. (9) €350 - €500 181. For Private Circulation Only Mc Cance (Capt. S.) History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2 vols. 4to Aldershot 1927. First Edn., for Private Circulation, 2 cold. frontis., numerous fold. maps, orig. gilt décor. blue cloth. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 182. With Attractive Coloured Plates Butler (Arthur G.) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Hull & Lond. n.d. 115 fine cold. plts. of birds & eggs, by H. Gronvold & F.W. Frohawk, orig. buckram backed cloth, good. (2) €175 - €250 180 173 181 174 178