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

77 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 537. All First Editions McGahern (John) Nightlines, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1970. First English & American Editions; The Leavetaking, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1974. First English Edn.; also High Ground, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1985. First English Edn., with First American Edition, Viking 1987. All orig. pict. d.w.’s. V. good. (5) €250 - €400 538. First Editions & Signed Copies McGahern (John) Amongst Women, roy 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1990. Signed Dedication; That They May Face the Rising Sun, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 2002. First Edn.; and Memoir, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 2005. First Edn. Signed by author on t.p., all orig. pict. wrappers. Good. (3) €200 - €300 539. The Carton Copy Atlas: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (Andrew) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, Sm. folio L. & D. 1778. First Edn., lg. fold. Map of Ireland, engd. title & dedit., & 288 full page engd. maps, lg. list of subscribers, orig. full tree calf, tooled gilt borders, gilt spine, mor. label. Carton bookplates & gilt armorial. V. good. (1) €750 - €1250 540. In Fine Full French Morocco Binding Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vols. roy 8vo Newcaslte (By Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick) 1797-1804. First Edn., titles with engd. vignettes, hundreds of wd. cut illus. of birds & vignettes by Bewick, a.e.g., full crushed brown mor., gilt fillet borders & decor. panels, gilt tooled doublures, and spines gilt in panels, stamped Chatelin. A very fine tall copy, in pristine condition. (2) €400 - €600 541. Curran (John Philpot) Speeches ... on the late Very Interesting State Trials, 8vo D. 1811. Third Edn., engd. port. frontis, orig. boards, worn; Kane (Robert) The Industrial Resources of Ireland, D. 1844. First Edn., cloth, good; Essays on the Repeal of the Union, 8vo D. 1845. First Edn., cloth. V. good. (3) €120 - €180 542. Barlow (Stephen) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1814. First Edn., 2 engd. add. title, 2 engd. port. frontis, fold. map of Ireland, & fold. plt. of Four Courts, orig. cloth; also McKenna (L.)ed. The Book of Magauran, D. 1947. Fac-simile frontis cloth. (3) €150 - €200 543. Weld (Isaac) Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon, under Direction of the Royal Dublin Society. 8vo D. 1832. First Edn., hf. title, uncut, lacks boards, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 544. Beresford (Rt. Hon. Wm.)ed. The Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. John Beresford, 2 vols. Lond. 1854. First Edn., Pres. Coy, to Mrs. Henry Eden, Signed ‘John G. Armagh,’ with 2 engd. ports. tipped in, orig. cloth. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 545. Wilde (W.R.) Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Tenerife, and along the Shores of the Mediterranean..., 8vo Dublin (Wm. Curry) 1844. Second Edn., engd. map frontis hd. cold. in outline, & 1 other sim. map, text illus. thro.-out, orig. crimson cloth, rebacked; also Wilde (W.R.) The Closing Years of Dean Swift’s Life, 8vo D. 1849. First Edn., port. frontis text illus., orig. cloth. Both Scarce. (2) €220 - €350 546. Wood-Martin (W.G.) Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1902. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth. V. clean copy. (2) €200 - €300 545 539 540 543 537