Fonsie Mealy's THE LIBRARY HOWTH CASTLE September 22nd & 23rd, 2021

100 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 731. Rare First Edition of the Author’s First Collection of Poems Locker (Frederick) London Lyrics, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1857. First Edn., engd. frontis by George Cruikshank, a.e.g., cont. full green straight grained mor., gilt fillet, and corner decoration. Fine; London Lyrics, 8vo Lond. 1874. Seventh, Presentation Copy to Members of the Cosmopolitan Club, Thos. Gaisford, No. 48, Signed by Author, orig. boards; also same author, Poems, 8vo Lond. (J. Wilson) 1868. Not Published - One Hundred Copies Only, and Signed Presentation Copy , 20pp. ‘Opinions of The Press’ tipped in at end, orig. mor. backed cloth boards; and Patchwork, 8vo Lond. (Smith Elder & Co.) 1879. L.P. Copy, hf. title, Pres. Copy to Thos. Gaisford, as Member of the Philibiblon Society, Signed by Author, uncut, orig. blind stamp cloth. B.P.’s. All v. good. (4) €400 - €600 732. Poetry etc: Spicer (Henry) Facts and Fantasies: A Sequel to Sights and Sounds; The Mystery of the Bay, 8vo Lond. 1853; Sortes Horatiane, A Poetical Review of Poetical Talent, etc. etc.,8vo Lond. 1814, hf. title, Bound with, Modern Parnassus; or The New Art of Poetry, A Poem, 12mo Lond. 1814, hf. title, uncut, mor. backed boards; Wright (Thomas) Songs and Carols..., 8vo Lond. 1856, mor. backed; Hume (Alex.) English Songs and Ballads, sm. 8vo Lond. 1838. First Edn., cont. hf. calf; & 1 other item. (5) €150 - €200 733. Coluthus: Lennep (J.D.)Ed. Coluthi Raptus Helenae Recensuit ad Fidem CodicumMss. ac Variantes lectiones et notas adiecit Joannes Daniel a Lennep. Accendient eiusdem Animadversionum Libri Tres... 8vo Leovardiae (Ex. Off. Guliemi Coulon,) 1747. Red & bl. title, cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. V. good. (2) * Also, with, Berkeri (Immaneulis) Coluthi Raptus Helenae, 8vo Berlin 1816, (4), 32pp., wrappers, loosely inserted. €250 - €350 734. Warton (Thos.) The History of English Poetry, 4 vols. 8vo L. 1824, port. frontis, uncut, hf. mor.; Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, Vol. I - III, 3 vols. Lond. 1823 - 24, full mor.; The Lounger, A Periodical Paper, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1794, and The Mirror, 2 vols., calf. As a lot, w.a.f. (11) €180 - 250 735. Bible: Missale Romanorum, ex Decrate Sacrasanti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum... Clementis VIII et Urbani VIII Pape. Folio Mechliniae 1857. A Gaisford Family Bible from Offington, one of their English homes. Some m/ss notes on front loose blank. Cont. full calf with gilt decor., lower cover loose. As a Bible, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 736. Aristeides (Publius Aelius) Orationes Aristidis, Folio Florence (Philippi Giunta) 1517. Simple title (2 lines) ai, lg. wd. cut printers device on verso of final leaf, now bound in as frontispiece, 185ff., folios 1, 2 & 185 somewhat soiled, remainder of text very clean, 18th Century hf. calf, B.P. (1) * Edition princeps of Aristides’s orations. €600 - €800 737. Hutchinson - Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, Lg. 4to Lond. 1808. Second Edn., engd. port. frontis., full page plan of Nottingham, and sepia view, advert. leaf at end, cont. mottled calf, gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. (1) €80 - €120 738 – See page 101 739. Baillet (Adrien) Jugemens des Savans sur les Principaux Ouvrages des Auteurs, Revus, Corriges & Augmentes par M. de la Monnoye, 8vols. 4to Paris 1722. Hf. title, red & bl. titles, cont. blind stamp vellum. B.P.’s. V. good. (8) €250 - €400 740. Plate Volume: Edwards (Bryan) History of the British West Indies, 4to London 1848. Engd. title, very large engd. map in two parts, 9 engd. plts. & 10 other maps (some lg. fold.) all good, cont. boards, spine worn. B.P. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1) €400 - €600 740 731 & detail 736 739