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

145 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 965. [Fenton (Rich.) & Rogers (Samuel)] Memoirs of An Old Wig, 8vo Lond. 1815. First Edn., hf. title, wd. cut illus. on title, 164pp plus advert. leaf at end, cont. full calf, gilt spine, mor. label; Crowquill (A.) Absurdities in prose and Verse, Written and Illustrated. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1827. First Edn., hf. title, & 13 engd. plts., cont. hf. calf, gilt tooled spine; [Irving (J.)] A Lennox Garland; Gleaned from Divers Fields of Scottish Poetry, 8vo Dunbarton 1860? Sole Edition Limited to 50 Copies, XV, 30pp, cont. hf. crimson mor. Inscribed Presentation Copy from Jn. Irving Author?, to Professor Simpson. B.P.’s. All very good & scarce. (3) €200 - €300 966. Smith (John) Irish Diamonds; or, A Theory of Irish Wit and Blunders; 12mo L. 1847. First Edn., engd. frontis & add engd. title & plts. by Phiz, adverts at end, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt; Gavan Duffy (Hon. Chas.) ed. The Ballad Poetry of Ireland, sm. 4to D. 1866. Part frontis t.e.g., full crushed green levant mor., profusely gilt spine. Both v. good. (2) €150 - €200 967. Vertot (Abbé) The History of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem,.. and a Present, The Knights of Malta 5 vols. sm. 8vo Edin. 1757. cont. mottled calf, gilt spines, mor. labels, all worn. (5) €140 - €200 968. Byron (Lord) Continuation of Don Juan, Cantos XVII and XVIII, 12mo L. (For G.. Whittaker ... and Munday and Slatter) 1825. Hf. title, advert. leaf at end, B.P. cont. hf. calf, gilt décor. in panels, mor. label; also A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord Byron, 12mo L. 1826. Hf. title, engd. port. frontis., a.e.g., full blue mor. tooled gilt borders, B.P. fine copy; and The Works of Lord Byron, 6 vols. 12mo L. (J. Murray) 1827. cont. hf. calf, mor. label. (8) €200 - €300 969. Anon: The Nonpareil; or, The Quintessence of Wit and Humour, 12mo Lond. 1757; The Festoon: A Collection of Epigrams, Ancient and Modern, 12mo Lond. 1766, title with engd. vignette; The Chearful Companion: A Collection of Scots and English Songs, Catches and Glees, 12mo Perth 1783. Second Edn.; The Medley: Consisting of Tales, etc., Serious and Humorous, in Prose and Verse, 12mo Lond. 1806. Engd. frontis, all cont. calf, & hf. calf. Scarce. (4) €200 - €300 970. With Folio Volume of Plates De La Lande - Voyage en Italie, 9 vols. 12mo Plus folio Vol. of Plates. Paris (Desaint) 1786. Second Edn., hf. title Vol. I, 35 engd. plts. (include. map, plans & views) mostly folding, all uniform hf. calf, marble sides. B.P.s. V. good. (9)€300 - €400 970A. Scottish Interest: Hetherington (W.M.) Twelve Dramatic Sketches Founded on the Pastoral Poetry of Scotland, 12mo Edin. 1829. Hf. title, cont. hf. mor. by Leighton; Henderson (Andrew) Scottish Proverbs, 12mo Edin. 1832. First Edn., engd. frontis, cont. full calf, gilt border & spine, mor. label by Hayday; Ferguson - The Poems of Robert Fergusson , ed. by James Grey. 12mo Edin. 1821. Engd. frontis, full red mor., gilt lyre motif on each cover; Rival Rhymes, in Honour of Burns, 12mo Lond. 1859, orig. cloth; & 4 others sim. interest, all finely bound. As a coll. (8) €250 - 400 971. Tennyson (Alfred Lord) Becket, 8vo Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1884 First Edn., hf. title, t.e.g., attractive full crimson mor., gilt decor. corners & spine, mor. label; Poems, 12mo Lond. (C. Kegan Paul & Co) 1878. Hf. title, a.e.g., attractive end papers, cont. full mor., gilt borders, raised bands, by Zaensdorf; The Death of Oenone, Akbars Dream and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1892, orig. cloth. (3) €150 - €200 967 970 972. With Original A.L.s. from the Author &With Rare Pamphlets Bound in at End Newman (St. John Henry) Apologia Pro Vita Sua; Being a Reply to a Pamphlet .. by Rev. Charles Kingsley. 8vo Lond. (Longman Green .. and Green) 1864. Rare First Edition in Bk. Form. It also contains, No. 1, the pamphlet by Newman which commenced the controversy, "Mr. Kingsley and Dr. Newman, A Correspondence On the Question whether Dr. Newman teaches that Truth is Virtue?" No. 2 the rare Pamphlet by Kinsley, entitled "What Then does Dr. Newman Mean?" , & No. 3 "The Appendix. Answer in Detail to Mr. Kingsley’s Accusations" , with No. 4 Postscriptum by Bishop Ullathorne, June 4, 1864. So with the Apologia, this volume contains the WHOLE COURSE of the Celebrated Correspondence from its Commencement to its close. Full cont. blue mor. dble gilt fillets, v. good condition. (1) * In addition to above this volume also contains, a 3 page A.L.s. from J.H. Newman, dated April 19, 1862 from The Oratory, Birmingham, to T. Gaisford concerning his son who was then at school there. Also a part signed manuscript letter, dated The Oratory, Dec. 30, 1863, with Christmas greetings to Gaisford, his wife Lady Emily, and family, together with an original contemporary photograph of Newman: and a news cutting from“The Times,” Feb. 21st, 1879, reporting the announcement from Rome, that Rev. J.H. Newman was to be elevated to Cardinal, all tipped in at front of above volume. Probably Unique Volume. €1500 - €2000