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

74 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 509. D’Arnay (M.) The Private Life of the Romans, Trans. from the French, 12mo Edin. (A. Donaldson & J. Reid) 1761. First English Edn., cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label; Pezzl (Mr.) La Vie du Feldmarechal Baron de Loudon, translated by Le Baron de Bock, 12mo Luxembourg 1792, title with vignette, cont. tree calf. (2) €140 - €200 510. Elzevir Pres: Salmasio (Claudio) De Usuris Liber, 12mo Leyden (Ex. Officina Elseviriorum) 1638 red & bl. title with printers device, full orig. vellum. (1) €180 - €250 511. Dublin Printings: The Spectator, 8 vols. 12mo Dublin (for W. Wilson) 1778. Eight Edn. engd. frontis & 8 engd. titles, some damp stains, some bookplates of Clonmel Literary Institution, cont. calf, mor. labels worn; also de Cervantes Saavedra, The History and Adventures of .. Don Quixote, 5 vols. 12mo Dublin (T. Henshall) n.d. [c. 1800] 3 engd. add. titles & engd. plts., cont. hf. calf. (13) €250 - €350 512. Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, Paris (Chas. Carrington) 1905. Sole Authorised Edn., hf. title, cont. hf. crimson mor. by Hatchards; Synge (J.M.) The Playboy of the Western World, Dub. (Maunsel & Co.) 1909, frontis., orig. cloth. (2) €130 - €180 513. [Nicholson]Wm. Ld. Bishop of Derry, The Irish Historical Library, 8vo Dublin (A. Rhames) 1724. First Edn., later hf. mor. V. clean copy. (1) €180 - €240 514. [Bulmer (Ed. Geo. Earle) Baron Lytton] The Last Days of Pompeii, 3 vols. in one, 12mo Lond. (R. Bentley) 1835. Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, cont. diced dark blue mor. Good. (1) €120 - €180 515. Guicciardini (Francesco) La Historia d’Italia, thick 4to Treviso (F. Zanetti) 1604. Ed. by T. Poracchi. title with wd. cut device, m/ss owners names on title, printed commentary in margins, a few worm holes not affecting text, some small damp stains, cont. calf, worn. (1) €200 - €300 516. Stokes (Wm.) The Life and Labours in Art and Archaeology of George Petrie, LLD, M.R.I.A., Lond. 1868; Wilde (Sir W.) Memoir of Gabriel Beranger, tall 8vo D. 1880. Both First Edns., & orig. cloth. Both Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 517. Burke (Rev. Wm. P.) The Irish Priests in the Penal Times, 1660 - 1760, 8vo Waterford 1914. First Edn., orig. gilt lettered mor. backed boards. (1) €80 - €120 518. Carmichael (R.)M.R.I.A. An Essay on Venereal Diseases and the Uses and Abuses of Mercury in their Treatment, 8vo L. (Longman et al) 1825, Second, 5 fold. cold. plts., Ex. Libris Copy, hf. mor. marble boards, (front cover loose); Crawford (A.) Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat and the Inflammation of Combustible Bodies, 8vo L. (J. Johnson) 1788, Second Edn. fold. plts., (lacks front cover) Ex. Libris Copies; Collins (R.) A Practical Treatise on Midwifery (Dublin Lying-in Hospital) 8vo L. (Longman) 1835, First Edn., Ex. Libris, cloth, as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €180 - €220 519. [Graves (R.J.)] Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine, 2 vols., 8vo L. (The New Sydenham Society) 1884, Ex. Libris Copy (Charing Cross Medical School,) blind tooled cloth, gilt medallion portrait, some wear. (2) €80 - €100 512 513 518 520. First Paperback Editions Heaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1972; The Haw Lantern, Lond. 1987; Seeing Things, Lond. 1991; Crediting Poetry, Gallery Press, Dublin 1995; Electric Light, Lond. 2001; Human Chain Lond. 2010, All First Edns., in orig. paper back; plus 2 others, same author. (8) €300 - €400