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

127 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 Table Items 916 Pamphlets: Talbot (H. Fox) Hermes, or Classical and Antiquarian Researches, Nos 1 & 2, 2 vols., 8vo Lond. 1838 & 1839. First Edns., title page No. 1 Pres. copy, inscribed ‘ With the Author’s respectful compliments, orig. wrappers; Carlyle (Thomas) Latter Day Pamphlets, No’s The Present Time, and No 2, Model Prisons, only 2 Parts 8vo Lond. 1850, First Edns., wrappers; also Alishan (Rev. Leo. M.) Armenian Popular Songs, translated into English. 8vo Venice (S. Lazarus) 1852. First Edn. thus, orig. ptd. wrappers; [Scott (Rev. R.A.)] The Cyclops of Euripides, A Satiric Drama Trans by A Member of the University of Oxford, roy 8vo Oxford 1843. First Edn., with Presentation A.L.s. loosely inserted, sewn; & 2 other sim., together 8 items. As a lot. (8) €200 - €300 917. English Plays etc: Irving (Henry) Producer, Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII, 8vo L. 1892. First Production, 5th Jan. 1892, with Ellen Terry as Queen Katherine, Irving as Cardinal Wolsey, Forbes Robterston as Duke of Buckingham, & Mr. Gordon Craig as Cromwell, etc. orig. ptd. wrappers, also Macbeth, L. 1889; Much Ado about Nothing, ... Now First Published in fully Recovered Metrical Form.. . by Wm. Watkiss Lloyd. 8vo L. 1884. First Edn., Pres. Copy, inscribed by Editor, ptd. wrappers; & 3 other items, as a lot, w.a.f. (6) €150 - €200 918. Varied Pamphlets: 1. A Letter to the Duke of Wellington, First Lord of the Treasury, on the Branch Banks of The Bank of England, and The Country Bankers; 8vo L. 1830, 41pp; 2. D’Oyly (t.) Observations on the Due Mode of Rating Tithe, and Commutations of Tithe, with Reference to Joddrell’s Case, 8vo L. 1839. Inscribed ‘From the Author,’ 31pp; 3. Barnes (Ralph) A Letter on Church Rates, L. 1837, 34pp; 4. [Sydney (Coulton)] Letters to the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, Manufactures, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the County of Wilts, ... By Sydney. 8vo L. 1818, 67pp; 5. Mont-Edgecumbe (Earl of,) Extracts from a Journal kept during the Roman Revolution, 8vo L. 1849. 65pp; 6. Ireland (John) The Plague of Marseilles in the Year 1720, sm. 4to L. 1834. hf. title, VIII, 39pp + errata slip; & 5 others, together 11 items, all orig. wrappers, some inscribed. As a lot, w.af. (11) €200 - €300 919. “The Case of the Creole Considered” American Interest : Phillimore (Rob.) A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Ashburton, suggested by the Questions of International Law, raised in the message of The American President. 8vo L. 1842. First Edn., inscribed ‘From the Author,’ 83pp + 16pp Cat., orig. wrappers; also The Case of the Creole Considered, in a Second Letter to Rt. Hon. Lord Ashburton etc. 8vo L. 1842. First Edn., inscribed Pres. Copy to the Dean of Christ Church, 51pp orig. ptd. wrappers; with, Carlisle (Earl of,) Two Lectures on The Poetry of Pope and on His Own Travels in America, 8vo L. 1851., 44pp orig. ptd. blue wrappers. All v. good. (3) €150 - 200 920. Religious Pamphlets: 1. Kerry (Lord) An Essay upon the Influence of the Translation of the Bible upon English Literature, 8vo Cambridge 1830. First Edn., 82pp; 2. [Manning (Card.)] The Oecumenical Council of the Infallibility of the Roman Pontiff, by Henry Edward, Archbishop of Westminster. 8vo Lond. 1869. First Edn., 151pp; 3. Maskell (Wm.) A Letter to the Editor of the ‘Dublin Review’ upon the Temporal Power of the Pope and his Personal Infallibility, 8vo L. 1869. First Edn., 24pp; 4. Tierney (Rev. M.A.) A Reply to Cardinal Wiseman’s Letter to his Chapter... 8vo L. [c. 1858], First Edn., [Not Published] IV + 38pp; & 8 others sim., together 12 items, all orig. ptd. or other wrappers. Some inscribed. As a lot, w.a.f. (12) €200 - €300 921. Italian & French Operas, etc: Verdi & S. Cammarano, Il Trovatore - Dramma in Quattro Partii Sm. 8vo Milan, c. 1853. Orig. ptd. wrappers. Premier of this Opera was 19th Jan. 1853, at Apollo Theatre, Rome; Marivaux - Le Legs, Comedie, n.p. n.d., wrappers; & 20 other items sim., printed between 1828 & 1880, at Milan, Rome, Florence, Naples, Paris & Barcelona. All orig. wrappers. As a lot. (22) €150 - €200 922 – See pages 130 – 135 923. Theatre Programmes etc A large collection of programmes from her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, Theatre Royal, Royal Italian Opera at Convent Gardens, Lyceum, and many others, mostly from mid-19th Century , all orig. wrappers, in all about 80 items. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 924 & 925 – See pages 136 & 137 926. V. Rare Priced Book Catalogue Bibliography: [Thomas Gaisford] Sotheby’s, Auctioneers, Catalogue of A Portion of the Important Library of Thomas Gaisford, Esq., of Offington, Worthing, ... sold by Auction ... on Wednesday, 23 April 1890 and Seven following Days, 8vo L. 1890. Each lot thro- out is priced and totalled in pencil, orig. ptd. wrappers, worn, and torn with loss, also some browning. * This renown sale which took place over 8 days in 1890, consisted of 2218 lots, which realised approx. £10,000 at the time, which would be the equivalent of almost £1,000,000 to-day. It contained one of the finest collections of original works by Shakespeare, to come for sale, at that time including the first four folio editions of his comedies, histories and tragedies, plus several excessively rare quarto editions of his works. The ‘ Most Pleasant and excellent conceited Comedie of Syr John Falstaff and the Merrie Wives of Windson,’ First Edn., 4to realised £385. There was also some magnificent bindings by Roffet dict Le Faucheux, Padeloup, Le Gascon Derome, and other eminent Binders. Important collection of works illustrated by Wm. Blake. In addition to rare English Literature, there was also early works by Spanish, French, Italian & Portuguese Authors. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €700 - €1000 926