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

29 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 172. All First Editions Scarce English Poetry: Cary (Rev. H. Francis) Pindar in English Verse, 12mo L. (E. Moxon) 1833, boards; Mackay (Chas.) The Lump of Gold: and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1856, cloth; Buchanan (Rob.) Undertones, 12mo L. (E. Moxon) 1863, cloth, gilt; Poems, by V.A.R. 12mo L. 1867, cloth, gilt; Mackenzie (Colin Grant) Random Rhymes of Leisure Hours, 12mo Cambridge 1867. Privately Printed, cloth; Poems, by the Late Rev. Edward Stokes, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vicar of Staines. 12mo (Lond c. 1860) Printed for Private Circulation. orig. photo frontis, cloth, gilt; Fisher (Richard Trott) The Minster with Some Common Flowers Picked in the Close, 12mo L. (Pickering) 1868. Hf. title, unopened, cloth gilt; Sherbrooke (Lord) Poems of a Life, 12mo L. 1885, cloth. All First Edns. All good. (8) €200 - €300 173. Scarce English Poetry: Milnes (Rich. Monckton) Palm Leaves, 12mo L. (E. Moxon) 1844, First Edn., boards, lacks spine; Richards (A.B.) Religio Animae, and other Poems, 12mo L. (E. Moxon) 1865. First Edn., 16pp. cat., orig. gilt cloth; Lonsdale (J.J.) Songs and Ballads, L. 1867. First Edn., cloth; Leland (Chas. Godfrey) The Music-Lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1872, cloth; Lee (Fred. Geo.) The Bells of Bottleville Tower; A Christmas Story in Verse, 12mo Oxford & L. 1874. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & add. illus. title, décor. cloth; Ashby - Sterry (J.) The Lazy Minstrel, 12mo L. 1886. Hf. title, frontis, uncut, cloth; & 2 others. As a lot. (8) €200 - €300 174. Poetry: Taylor (Henry) Philip Van Artevelde; A Dramatic Romance, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. (Ed. Moxon) 1834. First Edn., hf. title Vol. I, in fine full crimson mor., gilt fillet borders, gilt décor. in panels on spine, mor. labels; Bayly (Thoms Haynes) Songs, Ballads and Other Poems, ed. by His Widow, 2 vols. 8vo L. (R. Bentley) 1844. First Edn., 2 hf. title, engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt spine in panels. Both v. good. B.P. (4) €200 - €300 175. English Poetry: Bloomfield (Robert) Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs, sm. 8vo L. 1802. Second Edn., engd. port. frontis, t.e.g.; Bloomfield (R.) Mayday with the Muses , sm. 8vo L. (for the Author) 1822, Second Edn., illus. t.e.g., cont. straight grained crimson mor.; also The Farmer’s Boy, A Rural Poem , Sm. 8vo L. 1802. Sixth Edn., hf. title, wd. cut frontis & illus. t.e.g., fine cont. straight ground crimson mor., by A.M. Pickering; Brydges (Sir Egerton) Bertram: A Poetical Tale , In Four Cantos. 12mo L. (Bensley & Son) 1816. Second Edn., vignette title, some neat underlining and some neat m/ss notes, cont. hf. crimson mor.; Rose (Wm. Stewart) The Court and Parliament of Beasts , ... translated from Giambattista Casti, A Poem. 12mo L. (J. Murray) 1819. Hf. title, a.e.g., cont. full calf, lacks mor. label; Armstrong (J.) The Art of Preserving Health, ... Critical Essay on the Poem, by J. Aikin. Sm. 8vo L. 1795. Hf. title, 4 engd. plts. A.e.g. cont. str. grained green mor. All v. good. B.P.s. (6) €200 - €300 176. English Poetry etc: Somerville (Wm.) The Chase; To which is Annexed Field Sports... by Ed. Topham. Sm. 8vo L. 1817. Hf. title, engd. pls. & wd. cut vignettes, fine cont. tree calf by Riviere, Blamire (Miss S.) Songs and Poems, ... Ed. by Sidney Gilpin. Sm. 8vo L. 1866. Hf. title, port. frontis, adverts leaf & critical notices at end, orig. cloth; Kingsley (Chas.) Andromeda and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1862. Third Edn., cloth; Hovenden (R.M.) Vers de Societe, 12mo L. 1862. Pres. inscription on title cloth; The Poetical Works of Bret Harte, Complete Edn., 12mo Boston 1877. A.e.g., unusual full purple mor. gilt fillet sides, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label by Riviere; Moore (Frank) Personal and Political Ballads, 12mo N.Y. 1864, mor. backed board. B.P.’s. All good. (6) €140 - €200 177. English Poetry: Horne (R.H.) Ballad Romances, sm. 8vo L. 1846. cont. hf. green mor., gilt spine by F. Bedford; Gray (David) The Luggie and other Poems, sm. 8vo Cambridge 1862. First Edn., hf. title, a.e.g. cont. full green cloth; Mount Edgeume (Earl of,) Musical Reminiscences , sm. 8vo L. 1834. Hf. title, a.e.g., attractive full green mor. gilt fillet borders with corner décor., gilt spine in panels, mor. labels; Talford (Sir Thos. Noon) Dramatic Works, sm. 8vo L. 1852, hf. title, cont. calf, gilt tooled spine; & 1 other sim. B.P.s. All good. (5) €150 - €200 178. English Poetry: [Wynne (John)] Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex, With Zaphyrus and Flora, A Vision. 12mo Lond. (.. for George Riley..) 1773. First Edn., 31 engd. vignettes, 5pp. adverts at end; Bound with; The Fables of Flora, by Dr. Langhorne, 12mo Lond. (by R. Rickaby for E. and S. Harding) 1794. First Edn., engd. vignettes & decorations by Stothard, some browning; Bound with: Moore (Ed.) Moores Fables for the Female Sex, Embellished with Engravings, 12mo Lond. (publ. by T. Heptinstall) 1799. Engd. title, 6 engd. plts. & wd. cut décor. a.e.g., cont. straight grained crimson mor.; The Fables of Pilpay, sm. 8vo Lond. (Baldwin, Cradock, .. Radwell & Martin, and J. Walker) 1818. First Edn., wd. cut vignette on title, & thro.-out, a.e.g., crimson mor. with tooled gilt borders, profusely gilt spine; Oxford Prize Poems: sm. 8vo Oxford 1808, Third Edn., hf. title, full sprinkled calf, gilt spine. B.P.s. All v. good. (3) €200 - €300 174 175