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

81 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 435 First Dublin Edition of Johnson’s Dictionary Binding: Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. thick 4to D. (Th. Ewing) 1775, Fourth (First Dublin) Edition, list of subscribers, full calf, ornate gilt panels to spines, with raised bands, and mor. labels. (2) € 300 - 400 436 O’Reilly (Edward) A New Edition, An Irish-English Dictionary, 4to D. (A. O’Neill) 1821, dedit., contemp. hf. calf, rebacked; Mc Curtins Irish Dictionary, 4to Association Copy bookplate of ‘Daniel O’Connell’, defective (some repairs), full calf, rebacked., as is, w.a.f. (2) € 150 - 200 437 Presentation Copy from King Edward VII Laking (Guy Francis) Sevres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, folio L. (Bradbury, Agnew and Co.) 1907, First Edn., fi ne cold. plts., original calf backed buckram with royal cipher, inscribed “ To Sir C.(Charles) Frederick, King Edward, Xmas 1907, ” Fine Association Copy. (1) € 350 - 500 438 Limited Editions Signed by the Artist Illustrated Volume: [Armour (Mgt)]trans. The Ring of the Niblung, folio, L. (Wm. Heineman) 1911, Signed by Arthur Rackham (illus), Ltd. Edn., No. 729 (1150) copies, cold. frontis, numerous illus., uncut, full vellum gilt decor cover; Barrie (J. M.) Quality Street, A Comedy in Four Acts, folio L. (Hodder & Stougton) 1901, Signed, No. 508 (1000) Copies, hf. title, cold. frontis, decor. t.p., plts. (lacks one), full vellum gilt decor cover, as a lot, w.a.f. (2) € 250 - 320 439 [Harry Clarke] Gordon Bowd (N.) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, lg. 4to, Mountrath (The Dolmen Press) 1983, First, Inscribed by the Author, illus., cloth and d.j. Clean Copy. (1) € 80 - 100 440 With Attractive Coloured Plates Collecting: Bemrose (William) Longton Hall Porcelain, 4to L. (Bemrose & Sons Ltd.) 1906, First, cold. frontis, & 49 plts. (cold. & bl. & white), blue cloth, gilt lettered and decoration; Rackham (B.) Early Netherlands Maiolica, 4to L. (G. Bles) 1926, First, cold. frontis & 54 plts. (complete), blue cloth. (2) € 120 - 180