Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Collectors' Sale December 9th & 10th, 2020

102 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 558 Box: Bailey (N.) The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1742, full calf, good; Johnson (S.) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1760, Second Edn., calf, covers loose, 1 lacking, also 2 other editions of same; Coles (E.) An English Dictionary , sm. 8vo L. 1732, hf. calf; Sheridan (Thos.) A General Dictionary of the English Language, Dedicated to The Volunteers of Ireland , 8vo D. 1784. 16pp of subscribers, calf, worn, 1 cover lacking; & approx. 23 others, mostly antiquarian, some dam., or defective. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 200 - 300 553 Postage Stamps: A large box of 1000’s of adhesive Postage Stamps for Russia, and Republique Georgienne, hundreds of large full sheets, various denominations and colour, a huge collection, as a lot, w.a.f. (1) € 150 - 200 554 Freethought - Box: Robertson (J.M.) A History of Freethought, Ancient and Modern, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1936, cloth; also The Dynamics of Religion, L. 1926, Second Edn., Rationalism, 8vo L. 1912, cloth; Holyoake (G.J.) The Trial of Theism, Accused of Obstructing Secular Life, 8vo L. [1877], cloth; Ellis (Rev. J.) Dublin The Knowledge of Divine Things from Revelation.. 8vo L. 1811, calf dam; Taylor (Rev. R.) The Diegesis; Being A Discovery of the Origin, Evidences and Early History of Christianity, 8vo L. 1829; others, by Chilton, Scotts Freethinking Tracts; works by Grote, Blount, Carlile etc. Some antiquarian and modern reprint. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 100 - 150 555 Box: Irish interest, Canon Sheehan’s Works, 10 vols.; Complete Works of P.H. Pearse, 5 vols.; Joyce’s Irish Names of Places, 3 vols., & others, biography, novels, histories all of Irish interest. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 130 - 180 556 Box: [Michael Collins] Beaslaí (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols., L. (G.C. Harrap) 1926, First Edn., illus., leather backed green cloth, [Ex. Libris copy]; Taylor (Rex.) Michael Collins - The Big Fellow, 8vo, L. 1965, paperback; Forester (M.) Michael Collins - The Lost Leader, 8vo L. 1971, First Edn., illus., cloth; Connolly (Colm) Michael Collins, 4to L. n.d., illus., cloth and d.j.; and fi ve other books on Michael Collins andWar of Independence, as a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 120 - 180 557 Box: Medical Interest: Two Archive boxes of modern Medical Reference Books, w.a.f. (2) € 30 - 40