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

215 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 1195 Mc Knight Kau ff er (E.) The Art of the Poster, its Origin, Evolution & Purpose. Folio L. 1924. First Edn., fi ne cold. & other illus., cloth & d.w.; Jones (Sydney R.) Art and Publicity Fine Printing and Design, Sm. folio L. (The Studio 1925) First, cloth; Posters & Publicity Fine Printing and Design ‘Commercial Art’ Annual, folio L. 1928, illus. cloth; The Modern Sign Writer, folio Manchester n.d. c. 1930; & 2 others sim. As a lot, w.a.f. (6) € 130 - 180 1196 Shirley (Evelyn Philip) The History of The County of Monaghan, Folio Belfast (Re-printed by Patrick O’D Fox) 1988. Second Edn., cold. frontis fold. map, text illus., tables etc. in fi ne heavy hf. green mor. mor. labels. V. clean copy. (1) € 120 - 180 1197 Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Common Wealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil, folio L. (Andrew Crooke) 1651, First Edn., lacks engd. frontis (facsimile loosely inserted), with woodcut ‘head’ ornament, dedit, contents, fold. letterpress table, 394pps (complete mispagination 249 - 261) inscribed “Ex. Libris D. Rob. Throckmorton, Baroneth, Biblioth. Weston,” on t.p., contemp. full sprinkled calf, lacks spine & joints loose. (1) € 1000 - 1500 1199 Photograph Album: The Dublin & Jeanes Family, a large Victorian period Album of pen pictures, carte-de-visite, landscape, group and other photographs, mostly studio settings including children, couples also some tourist views (including Ireland), school groups, animal pets, cathedrals etc., approx. 70 pps, as photographs. As an Album, w.a.f. (1) € 150 - 200 1198 Jacob (Giles) A New Law - Dictionary, lg. folio L. (In the Savoy) 1756. Seventh Edn., cont. full calf, raised bands, worn, lacks label. (1) € 100 - 150 1200 The Glasgow Style Photographs: Wylie & Lockhead, Ltd., Glasgow: A very good set of three Albums (numbered 1, 2, 3) containing approx. 180 original photographs, c. 1870, each approx. 21cms x 28cms (8 1/2”x 11”), mostly showing fi ne interior scenes of varied buildings, mostly in Gt. Britain, with close views of architectural importance, furniture, fi replaces, beds, mirrors etc & other furnishings. Vols. I & III with manuscripts lists recording the subject, architect and owners, all mounted on card, in 3 uniform 4to Albums, hf. mor. & each inscribed in gilt, ‘Photographs / Wylie & Lockhead Ltd.’As photographs, w.a.f. (3) * The fi rm of Wylie & Lockhead was an extensive business in Glasgow & fl ourished from 1829 - 1883. They were cabinet makers and designers, and were very important in the part played in the new decorative style, known as the Glasgow style. € 300 - 400