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

53 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 274 Millais (J.G.) Rhododendrons, ... An Account of All Species of the Genus Rhododendron (including Azaleas) and The Various Hybrids. 2 vols. folio L. 1917. Limited Edn. Nos. 481 & 129 of 550 Copies Only, cold. & other plts. by Beatrice Parsons, Archibald Thornburn, etc., also photo illus. orig. wine cold. cloth. V. good set. (2) € 450 - 650 275 D’Ardenne de Tizac (H.) Animals in Chinese Art, A collection of Examples.. With Preface by Roger Fry. Lg. Atlas folio Paris 1923. Lim. Edn. 250 Copies Only on Hand-made Paper. 50 cold. & other plts. uncut, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1) € 150 - 200 276 Eastern Photographs: Kleingrothe (C.J.) Medan Deli, Photographer, Malay Peninsula - Straits Settlements + Federated Malay States, Lg. oblong folio collection of photographs include. Fed. Malay States, plates 1 - 36; Penang, plates 1 - 17, (lacking plt. 13); also Singapore, plate 1 - 18, (lacking plt. 17) together 69 plts. each with multiple photographs, in orig. portfolio, dam. As a coll. of photos, w.a.f. (1) € 200 - 300 277 Photographs: Bedford, Lemere & Co., Strand, London, The City Chambers, Glasgow, Lg. folio Album, with 28 lg. full page photos each approx. 10 ¾ ” x 8 ¾ ”, mounted on card with captions etc., a.e.g., in very fi ne original blind & gilt tooled block mor. with City Arms, by Blackie & Son, Ltd., with label. V. good copy. (1) € 300 - 400 278 Signed Presentation to General Michael Collins [Collins (Michael)], O’Shiel (Kevin R.) The Making of a Republic, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) n.d. [1920]. First Edn. Inscribed on front loose end, ‘To / Michael Collins from his friend Kevin R. O’Shiel as a small token of a ff ection and deep regard. Xmas 1920’ In original green cloth, with the other seven matching volumes of ‘The New Era Library,’ all in fi ne condition. Rare. (8) * An important association on an appropriate title. Provenance: From the family of the late Gen. Michael Collins. € 450 - 750