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

203 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 1133 T.C.D.: Salmon (George) Non-Miraculous Christianity, and Other Sermons, Preached in The Chapel of T.C.D. 8vo L. 1881. First Edn., Pres. Copy, inscribed by Author to Helena Margaret Salmon, April 1881, orig. cloth; Maha ff y (J.P.) The Decay of Modern Teaching, An Essay, 8vo L. 1882. First Edn., Inscribed by Geo. Salmon, to whom the book is dedicated. * Maha ff y taught Oscar Wilde; The Dublin University Calendar MDCCCLIV, sm. 8vo D. 1854, errata slip, adverts., cloth; Chartae et Statuta Collegii... Trinitatis, 8vo D. 1778. Uncut, mor. wrappers. As a lot. (4) € 180 - 220 1134 Emerson (RalphWaldo) Letters and Social Aims, Boston (James R. Osgood & Co.) 1876. First Edn., Signature ‘N’ on page 209, 314pp., orig. purple cloth, top of spine worn & faded; Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass, 8vo Boston (Thayar & Eldridge) 1860-61 [Third] Engd. port. frontis., orig. cloth. (2) € 150 - 200 1136 Genealogy: Esterick (M.) Heirs & Graces The Claim to the Dukedom of Leinster, L. 1981, illus.; Gaughan (J. Anthony) The Knights of Glin - A Geraldine Family, Naas 1978, illus; Iske (Basil) The Green Cockatrice, D. 1978; Gregory Vere (R.T.) The House of Gregory, D. 1943; Enniskillen (Countess of) Florence Court My Irish Home, Monaghan 1972; The Clans of Ireland, Their Battles, Chiefs, and Princes, D. n.d. fold. map; & 3 others. As a lot. (9) € 120 - 180 1137 Hume (David) Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1777. New Edn., cont. calf, one cover loose; Voltaire - A Treatise on Religious Toleration, Occasioned by the Execution of the Unfortunate John Calas... for the supposed Murder of his own son. 8vo L. 1764, hf. title, cont. calf, upr. cover loose; The Biographical Magazine, 8vo L. 1794. Engd. title, & 134 engd. portraits, cont. calf, upr. cover loose; Hone’s Popular Political Tracts, 8vo L. n.d. [c. 1820]. New Edn., numerous plts. bind dam.; Hone’s Trials, 8vo L. 1817, with other items, hf. calf; & 1 other. As a lot, w.a.f. (7) € 120 - 180 1138 Royalty: Marriage of Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten Royal Navy, List of Wedding Gifts - St. James’s Palace, 8vo L. (Harrison & Sons) 1947, 262pps., m/ss notes at back listing the Charities that Bene fi ted in Ireland and two postcards Photographs of the Gifts, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1) € 120 - 160 1139 [Chandler] Ed. Ld. Bishop of Coventry & Lich fi eld, A Defence of Christianity from the Prophesies of the Old Testament, 8vo L. 1725, cont. panel calf; Chishull (Ed.) A Charge of Heresy, Maintained against Mr. Dodwell’s late Epistolary Discourse, concerning the Mortality of the Soul, 8vo L. 1706, fi ne cont. panel calf; Burnet (Gilbert) The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 8vo L. 1705. Fourth Edn., engd. frontis., cont. panel calf, mor. label; Burnet - Lives, Characters, A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Hon. Robert Boyle, sm. 8vo D. 1815, cont. calf. (4) € 160 - 220