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

20 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 102. Pearch (G.) A Collection of Poems, in four volumes, by Several Hands, Supplement to Mr. Dodsleys Collection, 4 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1783. New Edn., 3 hf. titles, 4 vign titles, & 4 engd. heads cont. calf, mor. labels; Le Grand (M.) Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries... Translated into English Verse by the late G.L. Way.. Ed. by the late G. Ellis, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1815. New Edn., with wd.-cut vignette titles, heads, tails & illus., 2 hf. titles, later full calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. good. B.P.s. (7) €150 - €200 103. Camden (Wm.) Remains Concerning Britain, Ed. by John Philpot, 8vo Lond. 1674. Engd. port. frontis, title soiled somewhat, 3pp. adverts at end, cont. calf, joints rough. B.P. (1) €120 - €180 104. [Dodsley (R. & J.)] Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects, By Several Authors, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo L. 1761. Engd. oval vign. port. advert. leaf end of Vol. II. Attractive cont. mottled calf, triple gilt fillet borders, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. B.P.s. V. good copy. (2) €140 - €200 106. Hamilton (Terrick) Antar, A Bedoueen Romance, Translated from this Arabic. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1819. First Edn., hf. title, full calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. v. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 100. Fine Bindings by Edwards of Halifax Binding: Beattie (James Hay) The Minstrel, in Two Books with some other Poems. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1799. Engd. frontis (1 port.) & engd. plts. thro.-out, Vol. I annotated and with profuse m/ss notes, poems, etc., a.e.g. In v. fine binding decorated in the Etruscan style with gilt borders, center panels with lyres etc., raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. B.P.’s. (2) €300 - €400 101. Dryden (John) Miscellany Poems, 6 vols. 12mo L. 1727; Dramatic Works, 6 vols. 12mo L. 1735; Originals and Translations, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1743. First Collected Edn., red & bl. title; Fables Ancient and Modern, 12mo L. 1755 red & bl. title; and The Works of Virgil, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1763, 2 engd. ports. & engd. plts., cont. sprinkled calf, almost uniform, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels, a few lacking, together 18 vols. (18) €200 - €300 105. The Female Byron [Landon (Letitia Eliz.)] ‘L.E.L.’ The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems, sm. 8vo L. 1824. First Edn., add. engd. title, frontis; The Troubadour; Catalogue of Pictures and Historical Sketches, sm. 8vo L. 1825. First Edn., hf. title, add. engd. title; The Golden Violet, With its Tales of Romance and Chivalry: and Other Poems. sm. 8mo L. 1827. First Edn., engd. frontis; The Venetian Bracelet, The Lost Pleiad, A History of the Lyre and Other Poems, sm. 8vo L. 1829. First Edn., engd. frontis. All uniform hf. calf, by F. Bedford, gilt décor. spines. V. good. B.P.’s. (4) * The authoress who died after taking an accidental overdose of Prussic Acid at 36 years, was known as ‘The Female Byron.’ €220 - €350 106