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

14 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 45. With 54 Folding Maps Gorton (John) A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols. L. 1833, 54 fold. maps, orig. cloth B.P.s. (3) €200 - €300 46. J.W. - An Account of Public Charities, in England and Wales, 8vo L. 1828. First Edn., 760pp cont. hf. calf, spine loose, but present. (1) €100 - €150 47. Philips (Ambr.) The Life of John Williams, Ld. Keeper of the Great Seal, Bp. of Lincoln and A. Bp. of York, 8vo Cambridge 1700. Engd. port. frontis., advert. leaf at end, cont. calf, gilt fillets & panel, mor. label, joints worn. B.P. (1) €120 - €180 48. [Caius (J.)] Assertio Antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiae, incerto Authore eiusdem Gymnasu. Ad illustriss. Reginam Anno 1566.... Additis castigationibus authoris marginalibus ad astericum positis... . 4to Lond. (J. Daii) 1574. Title within wd.-cut border, [2]. 27pp wd. cut initials, front & end loose blanks with near cont. m/ss notes, later hf. mor. (1) €250 - €350 50. Ballads: [Lawrence (G.A.)] A Bundle of Ballads, 8vo L. 1864, gilt cloth; Head (Rt. Hon. Sir Ed.) Ballads and other Poems, L. 1868, gilt red cloth; Ashby-Sterry (J.) Boudoir Ballads, L. 1861 cont. full green cloth profusely gilt spine; Ashton (J.) Modern Street Ballads, L. 1888, illus. thro- out, hf. green mor., spine gilt. (5) €120 - €180 51. With fine Hand-Coloured Plates Botanical: Williams (Benj. Sam.) The Orchid - Grower’s Manual, 8vo L. 1877. Fifth Edn. Lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis & other fold. plts.; Burbridge (F.W.) Cool Orchids and How to Grow Them; sm. 8vo L. 1874. First Edn., 4 hd. cold. plts. & other bl. & white plts. & illus.; The Green-House Companion; roy 8vo L. 1832. Third Edn., fine hd. cold. frontis some text illus. All orig. cloth. Good. (3) €200 - €300 45 49. With Extremely Fine Fore-edge Painting Binding: [Nimrod] - Songs of the Chase, etc., Containing An Extensive Collection relative to the Sports of the Field:... Hunting, Racing, Angling, Shooting, Coursing, Hawking etc. Sm. 8vo L. 1811. Second Edn., Engd. frontis & add. engd. title, a.e.g., with an extremely fine original watercolour fore-edge painting of ‘three horses & their jockeys nearing the finish line.’ In full dark blue mor., blind tooled, and with gilt tooled figures an urns, spine gilt in centre panel with shamrocks etc. B.P. Thos. Gaisford. (1) €750 - €1000 47 48 51