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

230 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 1283 Rolleston (T.W.)ed. Prose Writing of Thomas Davis, sm. 4to, L. (W. Scott) 1889, First., red cloth; Hone (Joseph M.) Thomas Davis, 8vo L. (G. Duckworth & Co. Ltd.) 1934, First, rd cloth; Hone (J.)ed. The Love Story of Thomas Davis..., 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1945, Ltd. Edn., No. 21 (280) copies, cloth backed boards, glassine cover. (3) € 120 - 180 1284 Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, 8vo, L. (Secker &Warburg) 1949, First Edn., hf. title, green cloth, red lettered title, no d.j.; Conan Doyle (A.) The Vital Message, 8vo L. (Hodder & Stoughton) [1919] First Edn., hf. title, illus., blue cloth (worn). (2) € 120 - 180 1285 Huxley (Aldous) The Doors of Perception, 8vo L. (Chatto &Windus) 1954, First Edn., hf. title, blue cloth and decor. d.j.; The Genius and the Goddess, 8vo L. (Chatto &Windus) 1955, First Edn., hf. title, duck egg blue cloth, decorative d.j. Good Copies. (2) * The Doors of Perception elaborates on the Author’s experience of Psychedelic episodes while under the in fl uence of Mescaline (L.S.D.) € 180 - 220 1286 Box: Berkeley & T.C.D. interest, etc: Johnston (G.A.) Berkeley’s Commonplace Book, 8vo L. 1930. First Edn., cloth, worn. This was A.A. Luce’s Copy, with his many notes & comments; Fraser (Alex Campbell) Selections from Berkeley, 8vo Oxford 1891. From A.A. Luce’s Library, with his notes etc & inserts in his hand, cloth; Luce (A.A.) Berkeley and Malebranche, A Study in the Origins of Berkeley’s Thought. 8vo N. York & L. 1988. Reprint, Pres. Inscription from A.A. Luce to David Berman; The Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, Sm. 8vo L. 1803. This volume sometimes ascribed to Berkeley, cont. tree calf; Dowding (Rev. W.C.) Africa in the Wet: Its State, Prospects and Educational Needs, with Reference to Bishop Berkeley’s Bermuda College. 8vo Oxford & L. 1852. Pres. Copy, inscribed Pamphlet, 27pp; Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, sm. 8vo L. 1752. Fifth Edn., port. frontis covers lacking; Egerton (Wm.) Faithful Memoirs of the Life Amours and Performances of that justly celebrated.. Actress.. Mrs. Anne Old fi eld, 8vo L. 1731. First Edn., calf, upr. cover lacking; T.C.D. Addresses, Testimonials, Programmes for Choral Society etc., 2 vols. 8vo. D.c. 1860- 70, cloth, broken; Bracken (H.M.) Berkeley, L. 1974. Signed Pres. Copy to Prof. Berman, d.w.; Drabble (Margaret) The Oxford Companion to English Literature, roy 8vo Oxford 1985. With 2 ALs from the editor, etc. to Prof. Berman loosely inserted; a coll. of First Day Covers relating to Berkeley and a silk screen Print Portrait of Berkeley, together with other items. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 300 - 400 1287 Pamphlets etc: Leslie (H.) Bp. of Downe & Connor A Speech Delivered at The Visitation of Downe and Connor, Held in Lisnagarvy, 26th September 1638 , 4to L. 1639. First Edn., 38pp; 2. [Turner (Francis)] Animadversions upon a Late Pamphlet Entitled the Naked Truth, or The True State of the Primitive Church, 4to L. 1676. Second Edn., 66pp; 3. [Story (Jos.)D.D. of Kilmore] An Essay concerning the Nature of the Priesthood, 8vo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1750. Third Edn., 88pp; 4. [Gordon (E.) Bp of Galloway] Pax Vobis: or, The Gospel and Liberty, Against Ancient and Modern Papists, sm. 8vo [L.] 1742. Fifth Edn., XV, 112pp orig. calf, together 4 items, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) € 150 - 200