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

175 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 962 Children’s Illustrated Book: Stevenson (R.L.), Robinson (G.) & Marsh (M.)illus. Treasure Island, oblong 4to, Middlesex (Penguin Books) 1953, a Pu ffi n cut-out book, cold. illus., ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1) € 70 - 100 964 Large Hand-Coloured Plates: Bowyer (R.) publ. Illustrated Record of Important Events in The Annals of Europe, lg. atlas folio L. 1815. 7 fi ne large hd. cold. views (2 lg. fold.), & other plts., disbound, part set in orig. portfolio. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (1) € 300 - 400 Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as a book of illustrations for his thriller novels set in Australia, New Zealand and the South Sea Islands, where he spent seven years as a young man. The collection of drawings were submitted for inclusion in his novels which were published by London fi rmWard & Downey, the drawings are listed as follows: * “An Island Queen of Terres Strati” 43 x 36cms * Natives in catamarans etc., 48cms x 35cms * Huts and boat, 40.5cms x 31.5cms * Boat rowing on river, 40.5cms x 32cms * The good ship Coral Sea in trouble, 45.5x32cms * City, boats, mountain, 35.5cms x 40.5cms * Hut on stilts in water, 1887, 40.5cms x 32cms * Street at Night, 40.5cms x 32cms * Weeper on shore, 40.5cms x 32cms * Boats and Moon (oval), 24cms x 19cms) * Collage, 52cms x 43cms * Rider in moonlit valley, 57cms x 66cms Signed, as a collection, w.a.f. Provenance: The Downey Family. € 800 - 1200 960 James Hume Nesbitt (1849 - 1923) 963 A.H. Ley ExquisiteWatercolours of Australian Flowers Manning (Azelia H.) Artist A very fi ne oblong folio Album of 36 card leaves, each approx. 29cms x 23cms (11 ½ ” x 9”) and each with multiple fl ower paintings,some with butter fl ies,all in very fi ne condition, c. 1900. In original hf. mor. album. As an Album, w.a.f. (1) * Name on inside of front cover ‘Azelia H. Manning, Davilak, Fremantle.’ * Azelia Helena Ley (nee Manning) was born 27 June,1872, at Davilak, Fremantle, W. Australia, to a wealthy family of merchants. Her papers are deposited in the State Library of Western Australia, including No. 76 OSM“Sketchbooks, 1891” Artist’s sketchbook, dated and initials O.D.M. 1891, 18 pencil and watercolour of fl owers, etc...” € 500 - 700