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

122 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 673 [Croker (Thos. Crofton)] Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, Part I, 12mo L. 1825, Part II Philadelphia 1828, some text illus & 1 plt. cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels; also Edition for 1834, 12mo L. 1834, illus. hf. calf. As a lot. (3) € 120 - 170 674 Swift (Jonathan) A Tale of a Tub, 12mo D. 1741, Eight, engd. frontis & plts.; also Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, In Four Parts. L. 1751 Sixth, red & bl. title, 6 engd. plts. maps, cont. calf. (2) € 100 - 150 675 Raymond (James Grant) The Life of Thomas Dermody: interspersed with Pieces of Original Music, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1806. First Edn., engd. port. frontis Vol. I, advert leaf at end of Vol. I, cont. diced calf, gilt decor. borders & spines. (2) * P.S. O’Hegarty’s copy, inscribed by him. € 200 - 300 676 Croker (T. Crofton) The Keen of the South of Ireland; as Illustrative of Irish Political and Domestic History, Manners, Music and Superstitions, 8vo L. 1844. First Edn., hf. title 8pp Prospectus for Percy Society bound in at end, orig. printed wrappers bound in, recent qtr. calf, gilt lettered spine, mor. label. V. good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) * The rarest of Croker’s work. € 180 - 240 677 Achill Printing: Neilson (Rev. Wm.) An Introduction to the Irish Language, In three Parts. 8vo Achill (The Mission Press) 1843. First Edn., 6 plts. unopened, orig. cloth. v. good copy. Rare. (1) € 250 - 350 678 Ferrar (John) A view of Ancient and Modern Dublin with its Improvements to the Year 1796, To which is added A Tour to Bellevue in the County of Wicklow, The Seat of Peter la Touche. 8vo D. 1796. First Edn., engd. frontis., engd. dedit., list of subs., & 6 plts.; Bound with, A Tour from Dublin to London in 1795, D. 1796. Engd. dedit, & 1 sepia plt., cont. hf. mor. mor. label. V. good. (1) € 300 - 400