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

35 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 174 Some Inscribed Presentation Copies [Berkeley] Luce (A.A.) Sense Without Matter, or Direct Perception, 8vo L. 1954. First Edn., d.w.; also Fishing and Thinking, 8vo L. 1959. First Edn., interesting Presentation inscription to Martin Cumberland, cloth; and Berkeley and Malebranche, Oxford 1967, cloth, all Signed; Wisdom (John Oulton) The Unconscious Origin of Berkeley’s Philosophy, 8vo L. 1953. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, d.w., with an O ff print by same Author, Signed, loosely inserted; Johnston (G.A.)ed. Berkeley’s Commonplace Book, L. 1930. First, cloth. As a lot. (5) * N.B. Wisdom was an Irish Philosopher and T.C.D. Graduate. € 200 - 300 175 Association Copy, C.H. Frith’s Copy Hutchinson (Mrs. Lucy) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1810. Third Edn., Interleaved copy, with m/ss notes thro-out by C.H. Frith, cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. (2) * Mr. C.H. Frith’s copy, Signed by him in Vol. II. Frith was the editor of the standard modern edition of this work and used this copy in completing that task. € 160 - 240 176 Paine (Thomas) The Works of Thomas Paine, 8vo L. 1796. VIII?, 480pp title page & pp 373 & 453 torn with very slight loss; Bound with Paine (Thos.) The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance, 8vo D. 1796. Fourth, 41pp, cont. calf, mor. label, worn. (1) € 175 - 225 177 Austin Stack and The Hunger Strike [Stack (Austin)] - Motley (John L.) Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland, 2 vols. L. 1904. Orig. buckram. Good. (2) * Inscribed in Vol. I, on front loose blank ‘Aibhistin de Staci, 24.4.23’ and again on verso of frontis ‘Aibhistin de Staic / Traighli / Kilmainham Prison 29.X.23 (16th Day of hunger strike)’; the second volume, also with name ‘Aibhistin de Staic, Kilmainham 5.XI.23’; with a related news cutting and with Mrs. Austin Stack’s visiting card loosely inserted. Austin Stack, from Tralee, was involved in Casement’s unsuccessful attempt to land arms in Kerry prior to the 1916 Rising. A founder member of The Irish Volunteers, formerly a tax inspector in Dingle, he was elected to the First Dail and later became Minister for Home A ff airs 1921 - 22. He was a close colleague and supporter of Eamon de Valera, opposed the Treaty, and was imprisoned in 1923, taking part in the hunger strike which severely weakened his health. He died in 1929. A Poignant Memento. € 600 - 800 178 With a Long Inscription by Dan Breen, 1953 [Breen (Dan)] Union Interparliamentarie. Conpte Rendu de la XLIe Conference, roy 8vo Geneva 1962, orig. cloth (spine faded), text in French and English. With a long inscription on f.e.p. and following blank page by Dan Breen, evidently a delegate to this inter parliamentary meeting. ‘The visit to Berne in 1952 is one I shall never forget. The Swiss Government & people gave me a wonderful time. Padraic Hillary (Dr.) was my sole companion & he is a fi ne type of young man,’ also mentioning other Irish delegates, ‘a poor lot.. ape the English & will sell out to the English any time...’ (1) *Dan Breen (1894 - 1969) began the War of Independence with the ambush at Soloheadbeg, 1919. He was Fianna Fail T.D. for Tipperary 1932-65. € 300 - 400