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

7 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 13 Bookplates: A very good collection of 19th Century and early 20th Century printed Bookplates, including some very good Irish Plates, many English and a good collection of Continental Plates, approx. 140 Plates in total, all loose, in a leather container. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) € 300 - 400 14 Early Motoring: ‘Gem’ Motor Trip Book, 8vo Lond. (Thos. De La Rue & Co.) n.d. c. 1914. This volume records numerous trips, principally in Co. Wicklow, between March 1914 and Dec. 31st 1924. It records date, destinations, miles, time on the trip & incidents. It is suggested it is from Glencarrig House, Co. Wicklow. Full black mor., inscribed ‘Motor Trips’; also Pagé (Victor W.) The Model T. Ford Car, Its Construction, Operation and Repair. 8vo L. 1915. First Edn., Frontis (torn with sm. loss) illus. fold. etc., orig. decor. cloth. (2) € 120 - 180 15 Bindings: Hunt (Leigh) Stories in Verse, 12mo L. 1855, full green cloth, gilt spine by W. Nutt; Stanley (Ed.) A Familiar History of Birds, Sm. 8vo L. 1865. Illus., a.e.g., full green mor. lg. tooled gilt borders, birds & fl owers by Riviere; Gordon (A. Lindsay) Poems, 8vo Melbourne n.d., full green mor. tooled gilt corner decorations, fi nely gilt spine by Zaensdorf; Carroll (Lewis) [Kingsley (C.)] Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 8vo L. 1891, illus., a.e.g. full green mor. tooled gilt borders & spine by Zaensdorf. As bindings. (4) € 150 - 200 16 1798 Association Copy [Stock (Rev. Jos.)] Mann (Isaac) D.D. Ld. Bishop of Cork and Ross. The Four Gospels, and The Acts of the Apostles; With Notes Explanatory and Practical, For the Use of Families and Schools, 8vo D. (Geo. Perrin)1781. Interleaved copy, cont. hf. calf, joints cracked. (1) * This copy inscribed on title page, ‘Thos Sutton, Hert. Coll. Oxon. The Gift of Rev. Jos. Stock, D.D. 1795,’ and with numerous manuscript notes by Stock throughout. € 250 - 350 17 [Carleton (Wm.)] Tracts and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1830. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis & 4 engd. plts., cont. hf. mor. V. good copy. (2) € 160 - 220 18 Stowe (H.B.) Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Or Life Among the Lowly, Edin. 1853. New Illustrated Edn. hf. title, frontis & add. engd. title, illus. thro-out, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1) € 80 - 120