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

91 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 654. Annotated Commentary on the Church of Ireland 1842 Lifford (Right Hon. Lord Viscount) Ireland and the Irish Church: its past and present state, and future prospects. London, 1842. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Greer of Tullylagan. M/ss notes on endpapers and occasionally in text. Cloth, 20cms x 12.5cms. Ppxvi, 154. James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford, was a Donegal landlord and an active member of the Church of Ireland. He was also the author of Thoughts on the present state of Ireland (1849) and A Plea for Irish Landlords (1867). (1) €200 - 300 655. Co. Galway: Speech delivered in the Court House of Galway on the 2nd April, 1816, by Mr. North on behalf of the Defendant in the Cause of Nicholas Purcell O’Gorman, Barrister-at-Law, against James Magee, Proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post, 8vo D. 1816. First Edn., hf. title, 53pp. disbound. (1) €80 - €120 656. Legal Cases: Talbot V. Talbot. Paget (John) A Letter to the Hon. Justice Torrens, 8vo Lond. 1855., 56pp, sewn, wrappers; Report of the Proceedings in the Case of Fitzgerald V. Northcote and Another, 8vo Lond. 1866, 269, wrappers. (2) €100 - €150 657. Short Writings of a Victorian Literary Figure, with extra Manuscript Material Taylor (Tom)ed. Pen Sketches by a vanished hand, from the papers of the late Mortimer Collins, with notes by the editor and Mrs Mortimer Collins. London. 1879. 2 vols, clothbound 20 x 14 cm. Armorial bookplates of [Lord] Cotton. Frontispiece portrait. Several letters pasted or tipped in. (1) The Poet and Novelist Edward James Mortimer Collins (1827-1876) was the author of sparkling lyrics and whimsical novels. The short pieces in these volumes were edited by his widow, the novelist Frances Dunn, and the prolific dramatist, critic and editor of Punch, Tom Taylor (1817-1880). The inserts include letters to Mrs Collins from (among others) the poet and essayist Austin Dobson and a printed dedication signed by the poet and critic Edmund Gosse. €300 - €400 658. Scarce Dublin Pamphlet Henry (James) An Account of the Proceedings of the Government Metropolitan Police in the City of Canton [Dublin], Sm. 8vo D. 1840. First Edn., Engd. frontis, 79pp plus advert leaf at end, later wrappers. V. Scarce. Bradshaw 8472. (1) * Early work by future distinguished Virgilian scholar & translator. €100 - €150 659. Co. Meath: Nulty (Most Rev. Dr.) Bishop of Meath Explanatory Introduction to the Defence of the Pastoral, dated, June 29th, 1892.. to the Judgment delivered by Mr. Justice O’Brien in the late South Meath Election Petition, 8vo, D. (M.H. Gill) 1893, 33pps., ptd. wrappers. (1) €120 - €140 660. Co.’s Galway & Mayo: Blake (Martin J.) Athenry Abbey, Co. Galway & Ballintubber Abbey, Co. Mayo, A small scrapbook of newspaper cuttings on the above, 12mo, C. 1870’s, full mor. notebook, as newscuttings, w.a.f. Interesting vol. (1) €120 - €180 661. Legal Interest: Warren (Right Hon. R.) The SteamWill Case. A full report of the Celebrated Will Case of Kelly and others V. Armstrong and others, [Dec 3rd, 1874] 8vo, Newtownards (J. & R.B. Caughey) 1875, frontis, folding plt. boards. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 662. Northern Ireland Interest - Manuscript: Institute of Journalists - Ulster District Honorary Treasurer’s Records for the Years 1890-1931, manuscript notebook, 8vo, over 275pp of entries, recording income and expenditure, and with an extensive index at front, cloth & paper cover. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €250 - €350 663. Periodical: Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin Vol. VIII, (1857-60), 8vo D. (M.H. Gill) 1860, 22 plts. at end, cloth, as a periodical, w.a.f. Ex. Libris Rev. Samuel Haughton. (1) * Contributors include Richard Griffith, Samuel Haughton et al. €100 - €150 664. With Original Photograph Tipped-In Co. Kildare interest: McGann (Andy) Voices of the Night. By ‘The Above Mentioned’ Andy McGann. sometime Night Watchman, Star Gazer, Comet Observer, and Astronomer Royal, at Clongowes Wood, to which is Prefixed The Great Homeric Cryptogram. 16mo D. (Keating & Co.) 1888. Sole Edition, orig. photographic portrait frontis, 24pp. orig. gilt lettered green cloth, v. good copy. Extremely Rare. (1) €160 - €240 665. Emslie (John) & Reynolds (James) publisher, Astronomical Diagrams, a set of 6 Astronomical Plates depicting the Solar System and other diagrams to include: * Transparent Chart of the Heavens; * The Theory of the Seasons; * Transparent Solar System; * Comets and Aerolites; * The Phases of the Moon; * Comparative Magnitude of the Plants, all coloured, L. (J. Reynolds) c. 1850, loose, in blind tooled cloth gilt lettering, as plates, w.a.f. (1) €180 - €220 654 664 665