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

227 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 1266 Signed by the Author Kinsella (Thomas) The Breastplate of Saint Patrick, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1954, Limited Edn. Signed,; The Sons of Usnech, sm. 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1960, Signed, d.j.; A Technical Supplement, D. (Dolmen) 1976, Signed, d.j.; Tear, 8vo Massachusetts 1969, Signed & Limited, ptd. wrappers; Vertical Man, 8vo D. (Peppercanister) 1973, ptd. wrapper; One, 8vo D. (Peppercanister) 1974, Signed, ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (6) € 200 - 300 1267 Signed by the Author Kinsella (Thomas) Butchers Dozen, 8vo D. (Peppercanister) 1972, Signed, (also) Second Issue Signed, hardback and d.j.; New Poems 1973, D. (Dolmen Press) 1973, Signed, cloth & d.j. (also paperback edition Signed); Selected Poems, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1973, Signed, cloth and d.j.; Nightwalker and other Poems, 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1968, Signed, cloth and d.j.; Poems 1956 - 1973, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1980, ptd. wrappers; and two booklets by Seamus Heaney, as a lot, w.a.f. (9) € 200 - 300 1268 Maxwell (W.H.) Wild Sports of the West, with Legendary Tales and Local Sketches, L. 1832 R. Bentley, 2 vols., First Edn., with plts. & vignettes, full reversed calf, recently rebacked with fresh labels. (1) € 180 - 220 1269 Richardson, [Jonthan]: Two Discourses: 1. An Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting, Showing how to Judge (1) of the Goodness of a Picture; (2) Of the Hand of the Master; and (3) Whether ‘tis an Original or a Copy. 2. An Argument in behalf of the Science of a Connoisseur. First Edn., London, for W. Churchill 1719, 8vo contemporary panelled calf, lacking label. (1) € 150 - 200 1270 Orrery - Boyle (John, Earl of) Remarks on the Life and Writing of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s Dublin, in a Series of Letters .. to his son…Hamilton Boyle, 8vo L. (A. Millar) 1752, contemporary mottled calf, with label. (1) € 180 - 220 1271 Brown (Simon) A Defence of the Religion of Nature and the Christian Revelation, 8vo L. 1732. First Edn., VI, [II], 512pp cont. panel calf, lacks upr. cover; Tindal (Matthew) Christianity as Old as the Creation; or, The Gospel, A Republication of the Religion of Nature, Vol. I [All Published] 8vo L. 1736. Third Edn., VIII, 391pp cont. panel calf, raised bands, lacks label. Good copies. (2) € 180 - 250