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

16 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 64. Scottish Poetry: Nicoll (Rob.) Poems, 12mo Edin. 1842. Second, mor. backed boards; Buchanan (Rob. W.) Poems and Love Lyrics, Glasgow n.d. [c.1860] cloth; Young (John) Poems and Lyrics Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Glasgow 1868. First Edn., cloth; Smith (Rob. Howie)ed. The Poetical Works of Sir Alexander Boswell, Glasgow 1871, cloth; Kunst (Hermann) Prof. Philol. Olrig Grange, Glasgow 1872, boards; Beat(W.)Aberdeen, Fruits of Time Parings, Buchan Poetry, Aberdeen 1873, cloth; and Outram (Geo.) Lyrics Legal and Miscellaneous, Edin. & L. 1874. First Edn., unopened, gilt cloth. As a lot. Scarce. (7) €200 - €300 65. American Poetry, etc: Poe (Edgar Allan) Poetical Works, 12mo L. 185. Ed. by James Hannay, illus. etc., a.e.g., cloth, gilt; Ward (Sam.) Lyrical Recreations, N. York & L. 1865, cloth; Ago (Felix) Rhymes of the Poets, 8vo Philadelphia 1868, cloth backed boards; Leland (C.G.) trans. Heine’s Book of Songs, 12mo N.Y. 1871, cloth, gilt; Kinney (Eliz. c.) Bianca Cappello, A Tragedy, N.Y. 1873, cloth gilt; Tupper (Martin F.) Washington: A Drama, In Five Acts, 8vo N. York 1876. First Edn., engd. port. frontis of Washington, cloth gilt. All v. good. As a lot. (8) €200 - €300 66. Dyce (Rev. Alex.) Specimens of British Poetesses, sm. 8vo L. 1825. Full tan calf, triple fillet borders, spine profusely gilt, mor. label, by B.M. Pickering; Elwood (Mrs.) Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, 2 vols. in one, L. 1843, First, 2 port. frontis, hf. calf, fine gilt spine; Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily, Queen of Naples, 2 vols. L. 1824, 2 frontis, full cont. mor. mor. labels; Madden (Fred.) Privy Purse Expenses of Princess Mary, L. (Wm. Pickering) 1831. First Edn., red. & bl. title, cont. block mor. mor. label. (5) €120 - €180 67. With Fine Hand-Coloured Plates [Surtees (R.)] M r. Sponges Sporting Tour, L. 1853; Handley Cross, L. 1854; & ‘Ask Mamma’; or The Richest Commoner in England, L. 1858. 3 vols. All First Edns., with hand coloured plates, all cont. hf. crimson mor. B.P.s. (3) €200 - €300 68. Muller (C.O.) The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Trans. & Ed. by H. Tufnell & Geo. Cornewall Lewis, 2 vols. Oxford 1830, 2 large fold. hd. cold. map frontis & 1 other fold. map, cont. catspaw calf, mor. labels; Patsall (J.) Quintilian’s Institutes of the Orator, 2 vols. L. 1774, hf. titles, cont. calf, mor. labels; Abbot (e.) Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens, N.Y. 1892, fold. maps, plts. fine mod. tree calf, profusely gilt spine. B.P.s. (5) €120 - €170 69. Bindings: Whitelock (Bulstrade) Memorials of the English Affairs, 4 vols. 8vo Oxford (Uni. Press) 1853. Attractive full tan calf, gilt fillet borders, gilt spines by Leighton of Brewer St.; Rutt (J.t.)ed. Diary of Thomas Bruton, Esq., Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 1656 - 1659. Now First Published. 4 vols. L. 1828. Engd. frontis cont. full calf, gilt spines mor. labels; and May (Thos.) The History of the Parliament of England, which began Nov. 3rd. 1640. Roy 8vo Oxford 1854. Full tan calf, gilt fillet, and gilt spine. All B.P.s. V. good. (9) €150 - €220 70. Coryat (Thos.) Coryats Crudities; Reprinted from the Edition of 1611. To which are now added His Letters from India etc., and extracts relating to Him from Various Authors: Being a more particular Account of his Travels... . 3 vols. 8vo L. 1776. Hf. titles, engd. frontis Vol. I, all plates present, advert leaf at end, cont. sprinkled calf, mor. labels. (3) €200 - €300 71. With Original Woodcuts by Bewick Bewick (T.)engd. A History of British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo Newcastle 1821. With original wd.-cuts of birds, heads & tails, cont. hf. calf, spine with gilt bird motifs, worn. (2) €130 - €180 72. Dalrymple (Sir John) Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols. roy 8vo L. 1790. New Edn., Engd. frontis. Vol. I, cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders; Beatrson (Rob.) A Political Index to the Histories of Gt. Britain & Ireland, 3 vols. L. 1806. Third Edn., hf. titles, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt roll border, spine gilt in panels. B.P.s. (6) €200 - €300 64 65 70 67