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

56 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 291 Grattan-Flood (Wm. H.) A History of Irish Music, D. 1905 First Edn.,; Graves (A.P.) Irish Literary and Musical Studies, L. 1913, First Edn., d.w.; Maccarthy Collins (Chas.) Celtic Irish Song Writers, L. 1885, First Edn., all cloth. (3) € 120 - 180 292 Clarendon (Edward Earl of,) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland, 8vo L. 1720. Engd. port. frontis, cont. calf, lower cover loose; also The Book of Common Prayer, . The Use of the Church of Ireland, 8vo D. (Executor of G.A. Grierson) 1757., panel calf, tooled gilt borders, panel and spine. As a lot. (2) € 120 - 170 293 [Dolmen Press] The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic MCMXVI, 12mo D. (Dolmen) 1960, ptd. boards; O’Flaherty (Liam) The Wild Swan and other Stories, 8vo L. (W. Jackson) 1932, port. frontis, Signed & Limited, cloth; Ussher (A.) An Alphabet of Aphorisms, sm. 8vo, D. (Dolmen) 1953, Signed by illus., ptd. wrappers; O’Meara (J.J.)trans. The Voyage of Saint Brendan, Journey to the Promised Land, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1976, Signed & Limited, cloth & d.j.; Miller (L.) The Dun Emer Press, 8vo, D. (Dun Emer) 1973, ptd. wrappers; Russell (G.)A.E. Deirdre, sm. 4to D. (Maunsel) 1907, ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (1) € 150 - 200 296 Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo L. 1838. Illus. by R. Seymour and Phiz, cont. hf. mor.; also ditto single volume edition of 1856, with plts. & illus. by R. Seymour & Phiz, cont. full calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (3) € 150 - 200 294 Synge (John M.) The Aran Islands, 8vo, D. 1911, with illus. by Jack B. Yeats, blue cloth, gilt lettering; In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara, 8vo D. 1911, with illus. by J.B. Yeats, blue cloth and gilt lettering; Corkery (Daniel) Synge and Anglo Irish Literature, 8vo Cork 1931, engd. frontis by Jon B. Yeats. (3) € 100 - 150 295 With Fine Engraved Plates by J.M. Moreau Attractive Bindings: La Fontaine (J.) Oeuvres Complettes, 6 vols. 8vo Paris 1814. Engd. port. frontis & 25 engd. plts. a.e.g.; also Oeuvres de Jean Racine, Publires Par M. Petitot. 5 vols. 8vo Paris (de L’Imprimerie de A. Belin) 1813. Engd. frontis & 12 engd. plts. a.e.g. All cont. full tan calf, with gilt & blank tooled borders, the fi rst set with shamrock, thistle and fl oral decoration, the spines gilt in panels, with mor. labels, some slight wear. V. good collection. (11) € 300 - 400