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

36 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 216. de Chastellus (Marquis) Travels in North America, In the years 1780, 1781 and 1782., 2 vols. 8vo Dublin (for Messrs. Colles, Moncrieffe,... and Moore) 1787. First Dublin Edn., 2 fold. engd. map/chart frontis, & 3 fold. plts., cont. tree calf, one mor. label missing. Good clean set. (2) €500 - €750 218. Venegas (Miguel) A Natural and Civil History of California, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (For James Rivington & James Fletcher) 1759. First English Edn. Two engd. frontis (each with dble view), & lg. fold. engd. map, good, but with straight fold. tear, sm. pce cut from top of title in Vol. I, some worm dam. in lower rt. hd. corner in both vols., cont. calf, mor. label in Vol. I partly dam. Scarce. (2) €800 - €1200 219. The Author’s First Book, & Others Maclaverty (Bernard) Secrets and other Stories, Belfast (Blackstaff) 1977. First Edn. of Author’s First Book, with Signed Dedication to ‘Canon and Mrs. Gebby’ (author) 28.5.77; also with First American Edn., of same work, Viking 1984; Lamb, Belfast & Lond. 1980. First Edn.; Cal, Belfast (Blackstaff Press) 1983. First Edn., & London First Edn. of same Cape 1983, Signed by Author; Graced Notes, Lond. (Cape) 1997, First Edn; The Anatomy School, Lond. (Cape) 2001. First Edn. Signed by Author; Matters of Life and Death, Lond. (Cape) 2006. First Edn., all orig. pict. d.w.’s. V. good clean lot. (8) €300 - €400 216 217. Renaudot (Eusebius) Trans. Ancient Account of India and China By Two Mohammedan Travellers. Who went to those Parts in the 9th Century, Translated from the Arabic, 8vo Lond. (For Sam. Harding.) 1733. First English Edn., Two Parts in one Vol. Title printed in red and black with wood engraved device, pps XXXVII [1] 99, 260 [12] Index. A few pages creased at fore-edge, also some browning at fore-edges, some stains, some m/ss annotations & notes, the first loose blank with one page of notes in pen, signed James Bedoon, cont. calf, worn & joints cracked. Ex. Scarce. (1) Ref: [Cordier, Sinica 1923; Lust 299] * The First Edition in English of important accounts by “Sulaiman, the merchant” and Hasan ibn Yazid al Sirafi of journeys undertaken in the ninth century A.D., translated from the Arabic by the French linguist Eusebius Renaudot. €1500 - €2000 218 & detail 219