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

37 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 220. Irish Arch. & Celtic Society: O’Donovan (John)ed. The Topographical Poems of John O’Dubhagain and Giola na Naomh O’Huidhrin, 8vo D. 1862, orig. cloth; also The Martyrology of Donegal. A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, 8vo D. 1864, recently recased. (2) €120 - €170 221. Dewar (Daniel) Observations on the Character, Customs and Superstitions of The Irish, 8vo Lond. 1812. First Edn. uncut, now in recent calf backed marble boards; Prendergast (John P.) The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1875. Second Edn., cold. fold. litho frontis, recent mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. labels. Both v. good. (2) €200 - €300 222. Barker (Wm. Burckhardt) Lares and Penates; or, Cilicia and its Governors, 8vo Lond. 1853. Ed. by Wm. F. Ainsowrth. Frontis, fold. map & text illus., cont. full tan mor., lacks label; de Lamartine (A.) Souvenirs,.. Pendant Un Voyage en Orient, Brussels 1836, hf. mor.; Adam (A.) Roman Antiquities, L. 1825, calf. (3) €100 - €150 223. Tyndall (John) Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat, roy 8vo Lond. 1872 First Edn., fold. frontis & 1 other fold. plt., text illus. orig. cloth, joints worn. (1) €120 - €170 224. Tyndall (John) Fragments of Science for Unscientific People, roy 8vo L. 1871. First Edn., orig. cloth, joints cracked; A Copy of Fourth Edn. of same work; and Fragmente aus den Naturwissenschaften, 8vo Braunschweig 1874. First German Edn., orig. boards, new label. (3) €130 - €180 225. G.A.A.: Smith (Raymond) A Lifetime in Hurling, Tommy Doyle, 8vo, L. (Hutchinson) 1955, First Edn., illus., cloth (no d.j.); O’Neill (Phil) aka Sliabh Ruadh Twenty Years of the G.A.A., 8vo Kilkenny (Journal) 1930, First Edn., recent cloth rebind. (2) €100 - €150 226. Habesci (Elias) The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 8vo Lond. 1784. Hf. title, (4), XV, (8), 443, paste-downs loose, cont. tree calf, lacks label, interior v. clean. (1) €300 - €400 227. R.D.S.: [Tighe (Wm.)] Statistical Observations Relative to the County of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 & 1801. Thick 8vo Dublin 1802. First Edn., Lg. hd. cold. fold. map, & 10 plts. (some fold. sepia), fold. tables, & text illus. 4 leaves in fine fac-simile, recent hf. calf, raised bands, gilt decor. & mor. labels. A v. clean copy. Scarce. (1) * One of the earliest, and best of the R.D.S. Surveys. €450 - €650 228. Smith (G.N.) Killarney, and The Surrounding Scenery, 8vo Lond. [1822] Ed. by G. Downes First Edn., engd. frontis, vignette title, 2 fold. maps, & 9 illus. plus engd. text vignettes, recent hf. mor. mor. label. Good clean copy. (1) €180 - €250 221 223 224 226 227