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

86 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 633. Irish Racing: Sharkey (P.)ed. Irish Racing Calendar, Vols. 9/10, 18, 19, 36, 45, 48, 50, 51 - 54, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64 - 78, 85, 87 - 89, 91, 93, 96, 98, 100 - 103, 105, 118, 136 - 149. Together 48 vols., all sm. 8vo. Dublin 1800 - 1928, all original calf or cloth, morocco labels, a few rubbed, but a good run of this scarce periodical. As a periodical, w.a.f. (48) €250 - €350 635. Fine Bindings: Aytoun (Wm. Edmondstoune) Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems, 4to Edin. 1865. Illus., a.e.g., in very fine cont. crimson mor., profusely gilt borders & spine; & 13 other attractive bindings. (14) €150 - €200 636. The Navy: Clowes (Wm. Laird) The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, 7 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1897 - 103. Profusely illustrated, in orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, v. good; & 23 others of seafaring interest, biographies etc; also The Navy Lists, (include. a few“Army Lists”) c. 1904 - 1914, 14 vols. 8vo, all orig. wrappers. As a lot, w.a.f. (37) €180 - €250 637. Trees &Woodlands: Loundon (J.C.) Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Vols. I - VII., (7 vols. only of 8, lacking Vol. 8 Plates) together 7 vols. 8vo Lond. 1838, fold. & other plts. etc., cloth; Gordon (Geo.) Pinetum, 8vo L. 1858; Dallimore (W.) & Jackson (A. Bruce) A Handbook of Coniferae including Ginkgoaceae, Lond. 1931, Second Edn., illus., cloth & others sim. A shelf. (1) €120 - €180 638. Box: Miniature Book: A large collection of 18th & 19th Century Books, of 16mo, 20mo etc., in English, Latin, Greek etc., many in fine cont. leather & other bindings, an interesting lot, as a coll., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 639. Illustrated Sporting Books: Edwards (Lionel) My Irish Sketch Book, v. lg. 4to Lond. 1938. First Edn., fine mounted cold. plts., cloth & d.w.; Snaffles - A Half Century of Memories, folio Lond. 1949, First Edn., & Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, folio Lond. 1951, First Edn., both orig. cloth & d.w.’s; & 8 others mostly illustrated by L. Edwards. A lot. (11) €250 - €400 640. Literature: Dunsany (Lord) Time & The Gods, L. 1923, plus 13 others same author; & 55 other books, many by John Masefield, First Edns., etc., As a lot, w.a.f. (68) €150 - €250 641. Acton: The Cambridge Modern History, 12 vols. lg. thick roy 8vo 1903 - 1910; varied dictionaries, include. Richardson (Chas.) A New Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. lg. thick 4to Lond. (Wm. Pickering) 1844, 3 vols. of Thoms Directory, 1861, 1892, & 1953, & other items. Three shelves. As a lot, w.af.. (36) €150 - €200 642. Genealogy: Three shelves, Burke’s, Debretts, Lodges etc., approx. 38 vols. varied, and including some Who’s Who, a few leather bound, but mostly cloth. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €220 - €350 643. The Encyclopedia Brittannica, 11th Edition, 1911, and also 14 Edition 1929, together 57 vols. folio, full mor. & cloth. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 644. Gardening & Flowers: Step (Ed.) Favorite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, 4 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1896, fine cold. plts., cont. hf. mor.; Pratt (Anne) The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain, 4 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1899, fine cold. plts., decorative cloth; Cheeseman (T.F.) Manual of the New Zealand Flora, roy 8vo Wellington, 1925; Bowers (Clement Gray) Rhododendrons and Azaleas, roy 8vo N.Y. 1936; & approx. 55 others on same subjects. As a lot, w.a.f. Three shelves. (1) €200 - €300 633 634. Sporting Periodical: Beaufort (Duke of,) The Badminton Library, 30 vols. 8vo Lond. various dates, illus. throughout, orig. pict. cloth. V. good set. Rare. (30) * With volumes dealing with every sport. €500 - €800