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

233 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 1302 R.I.A.: Best (R.I.) and MacNeill (Eoin) The Annals of Inisfallen folio D.1933. First Edn., 57 full page facsimiles, orig. buckram backed boards; also Best (R.I.)ed. Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts VI - “Ms. 23 N. 10 (formerly Betham 145) in the Library of Royal Irish Academy . Folio D. (I.M.C. - Statuary O ffi ce) 1954. First Edn., facsimiles illus., orig. cloth. Both v. good. (2) € 100 - 150 1303 Illustrated Volumes: Bradley (Helen) And Miss Carter Wore Pink, Scenes from an Edwardian Childhood, L. 1971; Miss Carter came with Us, L. 1974; In the Beginning Said Great-Aunt Jane, L. 1975; The Queen Who Came to Tea, L. 1978, oblong 4to illus., cloth and illustrated d.j. clean copies; [Jones (t.)] Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Booth, folio L. (Pavillion Books Ltd.) 1994, illus., faux leather type cover. (5) € 100 - 150 1298 With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts- modes et frivolities, First Year, No. 1 January 1914, to ‘Numero Special,’ 1925, together 13 mostly complete parts, plus 1920 in 2 vols., hf. mor., and 1922. fi rst half year in full vellum., together over 300 cold. plts., all good, some wrappers soiled or worn, and contained in orig. wine coloured mor. box damaged. A a coll. of plates, w.a.f. (1) € 4000 - 6000 See also Front Cover illustration 1300 A Splendid Set of the Quarto Edition Swift (Jonathan) The Works .. Accurately Revised in 6 vols., adorned with copper-plts., with some account of the author’s life and notes Historical and Explanatory by John Hawkesworth, London for C. Bathurst 1755, 12 parts in 6 vols., each with separate title; with The Works, Vol. VII [parts 1 and 11], London for R. Bowyer and J. Dodsley [ and others] 1766-1768. Together 11 vols., 4to contemporary calf, spines richly gilt with orig. black and tan contrasting labels. (11) € 2500 - 3000