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

157 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1076. Limited Edition Newman (St. John Henry) The Dream of Gerontius, .. with a Complete Facsimile of the Original .. Manuscript. Lg. folio L. (Longmans, Green & Co.) 1909. No. 70 of Limited Edition of 525 Copies, full vellum binding. (1) €250 - €350 1077. Photographs: A large folio Photograph Album, containing mostly Italian & Roman views, approx. 40 large and small, a few of Cannes also, but with a v. large collection of reproductions of paintings and sculpture, all c. 1870, hf. mor.; together with a commercial Album, entitled ‘Rome,’ oblong folio c. 1889, with 50 lg. photos approx. 8” x 10”, in orig. gilt décor. vellum binding. As photos., w.a.f. (2) €120 - €180 1078. Hogarth (Wm.) The Works of Mr. Hogarth Moralized, folio L. (J. Goodwin) n.d. [c. 1826] Engd port. frontis engd. title, & plts. orig. illus. thro-out, text and illus. within décor. borders, orig. hf. mor.; also Dobson (Austin) & Armstrong (Sir Walter) William Hogarth, lg. thick folio L. 1902. First Edn., full page plts. & text illus., uncut, orig. red buckram, spine faded. (2) €180 - €250 1079. Armstrong (Sir Walter) Turner, lg. thick folio L. (T. Agnew & Sons) 1902. Lim. Edn. No. 65 of 1000 Copies on Special Paper; Sir Joshua Reynolds - First President of the Royal Academy, lg. thick folio, L. & N. 1901; Sir Henry Raeburn, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1901; also Gainsborough and His Place in English Art, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1898 (some text loose). All with full page plts. & text illus., uncut & orig. cloth, spines faded. (4) €250 - €350 1080. Photographs: Two large folio Albums of Photographs, each c. 1870 - 1890’s. One Album contains Photographs of the West Indies, include. lg. fold-out Panorama of Georgtown, some of South America, British Columbia, California, Mexico, Honolulu, Guatemala, Panama, New York, Washington, numerous photos of English interest, some French & other Continental views also in two Albums, folio, uniform hf. mor. As photographs, w.a.f. (2) €450 - €750 1081. English Chronicles: Grafton (Richard) Grafton's Chronicle: or, History of England, To which is added His Table of the Bailiffs, Sheriffs, and Mayors of the City of London, from the Year 1189 to 1558, 2 vols. Lg. 4to Lond. 1809; Hall's Chronicle; Containing The History of England during the Reign of Henry the Fourth and Succeeding Monarchs ,... Lg. 4to Lond. 1809; Ellis (H.)ed. The Chronicle of John Hardyng, lg. 4to Lond. 1812; Ellis (H.)ed. The New Chronicles of England and France, in two Parts, By Robert Fabyan, lg. 4to Lond. 1811. All uniform cont. calf, blind tooled borders, attractive gilt tooled spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.'s. (5) €200 - €300 1082. Harley (Edward, Second Earl of Oxford) The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Vols. 1 - 10. 10 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (... for John White and John Murray,..) 1808 - 1813. Hf. titles, cont. full calf, blind decorated borders & spines, some joints cracked, some covers loose, one cover lacking. As a lot. (10) €300 - €400 1080 1083. The Howth Castle Postcard Collection An extensive collection of varied Postcards, over 2200 cards, contained in 20 oblong folio Albums, and in a two drawer cabinet. The subject matter includes a very large collection of travel, England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and other parts of the Continent, America, Arica, including Egypt etc., Animals, Birds, Flowers & Gardens, some Art Reproductions, a wonderful collection mostly unused. As a coll.,w.a.f. (1) €1000 - €1500