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

28 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 138 Limited to 200 Copies [Capt. James Hind]- No Jest Like a True Jest: Being a Compendious Record of the Merry Life, and Mad Exploits of Capt. James Hind, The Great Robber of England, Together with the close of all at Worcester, where he was Drawn, Hang’d and Quartered for High-Treason against the Common-Wealth Sept. 24th 1652,” 4to Lond. Re-printed ... 1815. Lim. to 200 Copies, Wood- cut frontis., black letter thro-out, cont. hf. calf. (1) € 130 - 180 139 Association Copy Thelwall (J.) The Poetical Recreations of The Champion and His Literary Correspondents: Sm. 8vo L. 1822. First Edn., Thus, with some 5pp m/ss of notes by the author, hf. calf. (1) * There is a note on front paste down by Denis Florence McCarthy in his hand stating that the m/ss notes are those of the author and referring reader to McCarthy’s article in ‘Notes and Queries.’ It is further signed by ‘G.N. Plunkett, Dec. 19th 1874,’ i.e. Count Plunkett, father of Joseph Mary Plunkett, Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation. € 200 - 300 140 Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 8vo L. 1872. First Edn., 7 photographic plts. (mostly fold.) & other illus. 4pp. cat at end, dated Nov. 1872, lacks hf. title? inner joints worn, orig. green cloth; also The Descent of Man, L. 1881, Second Edn., illus. orig. green cloth. (2) € 200 - 300 141 Pamphlets: 1. O’Connor (A.) Speech ... in the House of Commons of Ireland, Mon. May 4th, 1795 on the Catholic Bill, 8vo L. 1796 32pp; 2. [Barbauld (Mrs.)] An Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, L. 1790. Fourth, 44pp; 3. Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) The Celebrated Speech .. in Westminster Hall, on the 3rd .. June 1788, on his Summing up The Evidence of the Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., L. 1788. Second, IV, 59pp; 4. Fox (Chas. James) The Substance of the Speech .. on Mr. Grey’s Motion in the House of Commons, Friday May 26, 1797, L. 1797 First Edn., 35pp; 5. The Speech of Thomas Day, Esq. On the Necessity of a Reform in Parliament, ... March 25, 1780, L. n.d. [1780] 16pp; 6. The Speech of Earl Stanhope,.. on His Motion to Acknowledge the French Republic ... 23 Jan. 1794, L. 1794, 12pp; 7. The Speech of Boissy D’Anglas on the Political Situation of Europe, L. 1795, 28pp; 8. Ramsey (David) An Oration delivered on The Anniversary of American Independence July 4th, 1794, in Saint Michael’s Church, to the Inhabitants of Charlestown, South Carolina, L. 1795. 23pp; 9. Towers (Joseph) An Oration delivered ... on Fourth of November 1788, V, 34pp + advert leaf at end; 10. The Address of the British Convention, assembled at Edinburgh, November 19, 1793 to the People of Gt. Britain, L. [1793], 24pp; 11. Address of the London Corresponding Society to the other Societies in Gt. Britain, United for Obtaining a Reform in Parliament, L. 1792. Hf. title, 16pp. Together 11 works in one vol., mostly First Edns., cont. hf. calf, worn, covers loose. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. (1) € 250 - 350 142 [Hutcheson (Francis)] An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: In Two Treatises, 8vo L. 1729. Third Edn., XXII, [iii] 304pp some damp dam. at fore- edges, cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. Scarce. (1) € 220 - 350 143 Thompson (Wm.) An Enquiry into the Natural State of Man, 8vo D. (M. Rhames) 1743. First Edn., (15) Subscribers List [14], errata, [XX], 344pp cont. calf, raised bands, upr. cover detached. Rare. (1) € 225 - 350