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

117 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 643 Olympics In Nazi Germany 1936 Athletics: Olympics 1936 - Die Olympischen Spiele 1936 , 2 vols., lg. 4to, Berlin 1936, profusely illus., with original photographs, cloth. Good. (2) € 180 - 220 644 Genealogy: Foster (Sandys B.) The Pedigree of Hugh Wray and Kendal, and the Families Connected with Them, V. lg. 4to Lond. 1890. Printed for Private Circulation, Second Edn., errata slip, orig. gilt lettered wine coloured cloth. V. good. (1) € 200 - 300 645 Textiles & Tapestries: Lewis (F.) The Pontremoli Collection of Carpets and Textiles, 4to Leigh-on-Sea (F. Lewis) 1942. Lim. Edn. 210 (250) Copies, cold. plts. uncut, qtr. mor.; Christie (Mrs. A.H.) Embroidery, folio L. 1909. cold. & other plts., decor. cloth; Marillier (H.C.) History of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works Founded by WilliamMorris, 4to L. 1927. cold. & other plts., boards; Candee (Helen Churchill) The Tapestry Book, roy 8vo N. York 1935. Illus., decor. cloth; 2 others sim. (5) € 100 - 150 646 Brookes (Miss Charlotte) Reliques of Irish Poetry: consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies and Songs.. to which is Subjoined an Irish Tale, 4to Dublin (George Bonham) 1789, First Edn., list of subs., 369pps., in fi ne full tree calf binding, with gilt rope design border, profusely decorated panels and mor. label in the manner of Mackenzie. Desirable Copy. (1) € 750 - 1000 647 Binding: Verne (Jules) Adventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais dans L’Afrique Australe, roy 8vo Paris n.d. frontis & illus.; Bound with Le Tour du Monde en Quatre - Vingts Jours, roy 8vo Paris n.d. frontis & illus. full prize calf, gilt fi llet borders, profusely gilt spine. (1) € 80 - 150 648 Inscribed by the Artist Joyce (James) & Le Brocquy (Louis) Dubliners, D. (The Dolmen Press) 1986, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 328 (400) Copies, brush illus. throughout, inscribed on hf. title “ Towards the Cill Rialaig Project with Every Good Wish from Anne Madden & Louis Le Brocquy,” full oatmeal cloth, t.e.g., matching slipcase. (1) € 600 - 800