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

30 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 150 Association Copy [Burke (Edmund)] A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, with ... A Vindication of Natural Society, 12mo D. (By + for Sarah Cotter) 1766. First Irish Editions of these two works, VIII, [4], 280pp; and X, 94pp plus 4pp of adverts. Cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. (1) * This copy, from Corbet Hill, 1789 [New Ross] the home of Charles Tottenham, ‘Tottenham in his Boots,’ important at time of Act of Union, inscribed by him twice. Corbet Hill also connected with 1798 Rebellion, & with the later bookplate of John David La Touche. € 350 - 500 151 Association Copy [Berkeley (George)] Bishop of Cloyne A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects, 12mo Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1752. First Dublin Edn., some m/ss notes in pencil, at front, cont. calf, top of spine dam. (1) * R.R. Madden’s copy, with his bookplate. Madden was the historian of 1798, & The United Irishmen. € 400 - 500 152 Pamphlets: 1. Amory (Thos.) A Dialogue on Devotion, after the Manner of Xenophon... 8vo L. 1746. Second; 2. An Exact Account of two Real Dreams, Which Happen’d to the same Person, the First of them in 1708,... The Other on August 21, 1714, the Author being then in India, 8vo L. 1725. 24pp; 3. A Letter from the Ld. Bishop of London to the Clergy & People of London and Westminster on Occasion of the late Earthquakes, L. 1750; 4. A Supplement to ... the late Earthquakes, L. 1750; 5. Chubb (Thos.) An Enquiry concerning Redemption, Wherein the Christian Redemption is particularly considered, 8vo L. 1743; 6. Stennett (Jos.) A Sermon Preach’d in Little Wild Street, Nov. 1740. National Ingratitude exempli fi ed, in the case of Gideon and his family; & 9 others sim., together 15 works in one vol., cont. calf backed boards. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. (1) € 220 - 350 William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) came from a wealthy and prominent Philadelphia family. Working for President Wilson at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he was sent on a special mission to Soviet Russia to negotiate diplomatic relations between the US and the Bolshevik regime. The Soviets o ff ered a peace summit to end the Russian Civil War, and when the Allied leaders rejected their proposal Bullitt resigned from Wilson’s sta ff . He later resigned also from the peace commission, denouncing the Treaty of Versailles as “a tragic mockery of the principle of self-determination”. In 1933 President Roosevelt, a close friend, appointed him the fi rst US ambassador to the Soviet Union. Arrivingwith high hopes for Soviet- American relations, he was soon disillusioned by his experience of the Soviet leadership. He was recalled in 1936 and was appointed ambassador to France. Fluent in French and an ardent Francophile, Bullitt became a prominent member of French society, while maintaining daily contact with Roosevelt. When in 1940 Germany invaded France and Paris was threatened, the government and diplomatic sta ff moved to Bordeaux, but Bullitt insisted on remaining in Paris. This angered Roosevelt, who dismissed him, and Bullitt’s diplomatic career came to an abrupt end. Originally a liberal and sympathetic towards radical views, Bullitt became a virulent anti- communist, and spent much time in the post- war years writing about its dangers. Bullitt was twice married. His second wife was the feminist, political activist and journalist Louise Bryant (1885-1936), widow of the journalist and communist activist John (Jack) Silas Reed (1887-1920). Bryant and Reed had worked together on various radical social issues, and in 1917 had been in Petrograd in time to cover the Bolshevik revolution. Both had written books about their experiences: Bryant’s Six Red Months in Russia and Reed’s Ten Days that shook theWorld . The award-winning 1981 fi lm Reds was based on their tempestuous relationship. Bullitt divorced Louisa Bryant in 1930 on the grounds that she was having a lesbian a ff air with the artist Gwen Le Gallienne. They had one child, the socialite, philanthropist and horse-breeder Anne Moen Bullitt (1924-2007), who was brought up by her father and accompanied him to Moscow and Paris. In 1956 Bullitt bought for her the 700-acres estate of Palmerstown House Stud in Co. Kildare, where for almost thirty years she ran a highly successful business, training and breeding racehorses. From 1967 to 1969 she was married to Daniel Brewster (1923-2007), representative for Maryland in the House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963 and in the Senate from 1963 to 1969 (Nancy Pelosi served as an intern on his sta ff ); during this time, he was a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Acts of 1960, 1964 and 1968, and spoke on a variety of issues varying from Cuba to the postal service. Books from the Library of William C. Bullitt and his Family 153 Limited to 1000 Copies Only. A Rare Edition Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince, sm 8vo Riverside, Conn. (The Hillacre Bookhouse) 1912. First Edn., Limited to 1000 Copies, hf. title & title printed in red & black, 34pp., uncut, unopened, orig. grey boards with printed label. A fi ne copy. A Rare Edition. (1) * Ex Libris, William C. Bullitt, American Ambassador to Russia, and France, with his bookplate. € 300 - 400