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

104 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 567 Directories: The Post O ffi ce Annual Directory for 1845, sm. 8vo D. 1845. Title with vignette of G.P.O., engd. fold. map, orig. full crimson mor., block decoration, gilt; also Post O ffi ce Almanack and Directory for 1846, D. 1846, disbound. As almanacs, w.a.f. Scarce. (2) € 250 - 350 568 Irish Language: Connellan (Thaddaeus) The Irish-English Primer, sm. 8vo L. 1825. Third Edn., dbl. page map frontis, text in Irish & English, disbound; An English Irish Dictionary, intended for the Use of Schools, sm. 8vo D. 1814, First Edn., orig. school cloth; O’Sullivan (Timothy) The Pious Miscellany and other Poems by Tadgh Gaolach. 12mo D. (J. O’Daly) 1868. First End., wrappers; Gaelic Union Publications Lessons in Gaelic for the Use of Schools and Self-Instruction, First book, Part I, 16,p D/ 1880, wrappers; O’Daly (John) The Irish Language Miscellany: Being a Selection of Poems 16mo D. n.d. c. 1876, wrappers. As a collection, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) € 150 - 200 569 Echard (L.) The Roman History, Vols. I - V, 5 vols. L. 1699 - 1705. Vol. I Fourth Edn., remainder Second Edn., 5 engd. frontis, 5 red & bl. titles, cont. panel calf. Good. (5) € 80 - 120 570 Rare First Edition Dickens (Charles) Hard Times, For these Times, 8vo London (Bradbury & Evans) 1854. First Edn - First Printing, First Issue in Bk. Form, with ‘Price 5/-’ at end of spine. Hf. title, VIII, 352pp, light yellow end papers, orig. embossed light olive green cloth,spine faded but bright gilt lettering, binding tight with no cocking. A fi ne copy. (1) € 1000 - 1500 571 Dickens (Charles) Christmas Books, sm. 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1852. First Complete Edition, wd. cut frontis, text in double rows, cont. hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy; also Little Dorrit, 8vo L. (Bradbury and Evans) 1857. First Edn., add. engd. title, frontis & 38 plts. by H.K. Browne, some foxing, cont. hf. green mor., spine gilt in panels, mor. label. (2) € 300 - 400 572 Co. Kildare: Sadlier (Thos. Ulick) Kildare Members of Parliament, 1559 - 1800, 8vo Naas c. 1960. All extracted from Kildare Archaeological Journal, 2 fold. tables, and indexed in manuscript by T.U. Sadlier, inscribed by him, bound as one, full cloth, mor. label. Interesting Volume. (2) € 150 - 200