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

23 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 109 Pugilists: Edwards (Billy) The Portrait Gallery of Pugilists of England, America, Australia from James J. Corbett running back to Tom Sayers, Folio L. & Philadelphia 1894. First Edn., 80 full page photogravure plts., orig. cloth backed boards, loose. (1) € 200 - 300 110 Vellum Bindings: Critici Sacra: Sive Doctissimorum Virorum in S.S. Biblia Annotationes, and Tractatus Opus Summ cura recognitum, & In Novem Totos divisum. 9 vols. folio L (J. Flesher) 1660 red & bl. title, in full cont. blind stamp vellum. (9) € 250 - 350 112 Huxley (Aldous) Brave NewWorld, A Novel, 8vo L. (Chatto &Windis) 1932. First Edn., hf. title, orig. blue cloth, gilt lettered spine; Orwell (George) [Blair (Eric)] The Lion and the Unicorn, 8vo L. (Secker &Warburg) 1941. First of Searchlight Books. First Edn., oatmeal cloth & orig. d.w. (2) € 180 - 260 113 White (Patrick) The Aunt’s Story, A Novel. 8vo L. (Routledge & Kegan Paul) 1948. First Edn. neat presentation inscription, black cloth, gilt lettered spine, orig. decor. pictorial d.w. V. good. (1) € 200 - 300 114 Mel (Coenrad) De Lust der Heiligen in Jehovah, of Gebede-Boek, 12mo Amsterdam (Dirk Onder de Linden) 1760. Hf. title, add. engd. title & engd. title vignette, partly black letter, orig. full vellum. (1) € 200 - 300 111 Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1960, First Edn., black cloth with painted eye on front cover, gilt lettered spine, d.j. design by Richard Chopping with eye looking through hole in door, titled in black and red (only one of the Bond Series with glossy d.j.). Good Copy; Thunderball, 8vo (Jonathan Cape) 1961, First Edn., black cloth with blind stamped skeleton hard and wrist on front cover, gilt letters spine, jacket designed by Richard Chopping with skeleton hand and wrists, clasp knife and playing cards, title in black d.j., clipped (not priced). Good copy; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1963, First Edn., black cloth with silver / white swirl design, silver text on spine, d.j. design by Richard Chopping, decorated with hand sketching a crest, d.j. clipped (not priced). Good Copy; You Only Live Twice, 8vo, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1964, First Edn., black cloth, titled in silver on spine and Japanese Characters in gilt on front cover, d.j. designed by Richard Chopping with toad, dragon fl y and pink chrysanthemum design on front cover, title in black, clipped (not priced). Clean Copy; Gold fi nger, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1959 (Second Impression), black cloth with blind stamped skull and gold coins as eyes in gilt front cover, d.j. design by Richard Chopping, clipped not priced. Clean Copy; & Th e Man with the Golden Gun, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1965, First, (Second Binding), plain black cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. by Richard Chopping with animal skull, gun and fl ies, clipped (not price clipped). Clean Copy. (6) € 600 - 800