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

48 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 247 [Clayton] Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher. The Chronology of the Hebrew Bible Vindicated, The Facts compared with other Ancient Histories, and the Di ffi culties explained, From the Flood to the Death of Moses. 4to L. 1747. First Edn., L.P. fold. engd. plt. 493pp cont. calf, joints cracked, mor. label, worn. (1) € 280 - 350 248 Couch (Jonathan) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vols. roy 8vo L. 1864. 252 hand cold. plates, orig. blue cloth, with embossed, gilt and blind decoration. An extremely fi ne set. (4) € 380 - 580 249 Coloured Plates: Morris (F.O.) Castles and Halls of England, 4to L. n.d. Cold. vign. title & 39 full page cold. plts., in fi ne diced calf, dble gilt fi llet borders, tooled gilt borders,mor. label. V. good copy. (1) € 150 - 200 250 Special Signed Presentation Copy, Extra Illus Young (Rob. M.) Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity, Lg. 4to Belfast (Marcus Ward) 1896. First Edn. Cold. & other illus. dble. page etc., uncut, Lim. Edn. de Luxe No. 129 (150), Signed by Author, gilt decor special linen cover, by Messrs. Ewart & Son, & d.w. dam. (1) * Inscribed Pres. Copy to Wm. Moreland, Esq. T.C. & with orig. prospectus laid in. V. good copy. € 200 - 300 252 Signed Limited Edition Peary (Robert E.) The North Pole, lg. thick 4to L. 1910. Special Lim. Edition, 500 Copies only, Signed by Author, R.E. Peary & R.A. Bartlett Lg. fold. map (torn from binding,no loss) with 116 mtd. photographic plates, some light spotting, but internally clean, uncut, orig. publisher’s vellum cloth with gilt medallion on front cover, but some stains. (1) € 500 - 800 253 Walpole (Horace) Earl of Oxford Memories of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George The Second, 2 vols., L. (John Murray) 1822, First, hf. title, engd. frontis, engravings, contemp. full calf, gilt decor. borders, mor. labels. Ex. Libris Carton House, Kildare, Ireland; Wood (Anthony) Athenae Oxonienses An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops ... Oxford, 2 vols., L. (R. Knaplock) 1721, First, full blind tooled calf. (4) € 300 - 400