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

91 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 Back on Shelves 674 – See pages 92 & 93 675. Irish Poetry: Ferguson (Sir Sam.) Poems, Lg. 8vo D. & L. 1880. First Edn., device on title, orig. blue cloth, gilt Celtic decoration; Sullivan (T.D.) A Selection form the Songs and Poems of ..., 12mo D. 1899. First Edn., cloth; and Poems, by T.D. Sullivan, 8vo D. & N.Y. n.d. [c. 1870] Dedicated to John Martin, with frontis of Donal O’Sullivan, Prince of Brae and Bantry, gilt cloth. (3) €150 - €200 676. Irish Poetry: Allingham (Wm.)ed. Nightingale Valley; A Collection of Choice Lyrics and Short Poems. Sm. 8vo L. (Bell & Daldy) 1862. Second Edn., Hf. title, orig. cloth, gilt décor. The First Edn. was published anonymously. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 677. Irish Poetry: Varian (Ralph) The Harp of Erin, A Book of Ballad-Poetry and of Native Song.16mo D. 1869. First Edn., with cold. litho add. title, cloth, gilt harp decoration; Herbison (David) The Snow Wreath, 12mo Belfast 1869. Second Edn., orig. cloth; Thomasine’s Poems - Wild Flowers from the Wayside, 16mo D. n.d. c. 1883. First Edn., cloth, gilt. All Scarce. (3) €130 - €180 678. Irish Poetry: Gallwey (Thomas) The Geraldine’s Bridge, A Metrical Tale, 12mo D. (Hodges, Foster & Co.) 1871. First Edn., orig. photo illus. frontis of Desmond’s Castle, Adare, a.e.g., orig. décor. gilt cloth; also by same author, Lays of Killarney Lakes, Descriptive Sonnets, 12mo D. 1871. Second Edn., orig. photo illus. frontis, a.e.g., orig. full tooled gilt mor. binding. Both v. good. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 679. Presentation Copy Murray (Patrick Joseph) The Life of John Banim, The Irish Novelist, ... with Extracts from His Correspondence General and Literary. 12mo L. 1857. First Edn., hf. title, inscribed ‘ From the Author,’ port. frontis, 10pp adverts at end, orig. cloth. V. Scarce. (1) €250 - €350 680. Miscellaneous Publications: Two volumes with separate works, including: 1. [Norton (Mrs. C.)] The Sorrows of Rosalie. A Tale with Other Poems, 12mo Lond. (John Ebers & Co.) 1829. First Edn. of the Authors First PublishedWork; 2. [Hoare (Sir R. Colt.)] Hints to Travellers in Italy, 12mo Lond. (W. Bulmer for John Murray) 1815. First Edn., hf. title; [Luttrel (Henry)] Advice to Julia Letter in Rhyme, 12mo L. 1820. New Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy; & 4 other works, bound in two vols., cont. hf. mor. As a coll. w.a.f. B.P.’s of Charles Fielding. (2) €200 - €300 681. Ducarel (P.J.) Poems, Original and Translated, 12mo Lond. (James Carpenter) 1807. First Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy from Author, silk ends, a.e.g.; Campbell (Thos) The Pleasure of Hope, 12mo Edin. (John Brown for Doig and Stirling) 1813. First Edn., engd. frontis & 3 plts. a.e.g.; also Gertrude of Wyoming and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1814. Fifth, engd. frontis a.e.g., all cont. straight grained crimson mor., blind & gilt decoration, spines gilt; Cowper (Wm.) Table Talk, and Other Poems, 12mo L. 1817. First Edn., thus, add. engd. title& plts., cont. décor. calf, gilt spine. B.P.’s. All good. (4) €150 - €200 682. [Calverley (Chas. Stuart)] Verses and Translations, 8vo Cambridge (Deighton Bell & Co.) 1862. First Edn., hf. title; Bound with, Fly Leaves, Cambridge 1873. Fourth, t.e.g. cont. full calf, gilt fillet border, profusely tooled gilt spine, with mor. labels & overlays by F. Bedford; Harland (John)ed. Lancashire Lyrics; Modern Songs and Ballads of the County Palatine, Lond. (Whittaker & Co.) 1866. First Edn., hf. title, red & bl. title, advert. leaf at end, a.e.g., attractive tree calf, gilt fillets & spine gilt in panels by Riviera; The Poetical Works of WilliamMotherwell, 8vo Glasgow 1849, Third, t.e.g., fine full green mor., gilt spine; Locker (F.)ed. Lyra Elegantiarum, 12mo L. 1867, a.e.g., green mor. gilt corner decoration. All v. good. B.P.s. (4) €180 - €250 683. [Croker (T. Crofton)] Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland, 12mo L. 1834. Some text illus., t.e.g., cont. full green mor., spine with gilt shamrocks; Montgomery (H.R.)ed. Specimens of the Early Native Poetry of Ireland, 12mo D. 846. First Edn., orig. cloth; Ferguson (Sir S.) Lays of the Western Gael, and Other Poems, 12mo D. 1897, hf. title, orig. gilt décor., cloth. All good. (3) €200 - €300 684. Inscribed Presentation Copy Patmore (Coventry) Florilegium Amantis, Edited by Richard Garnett. Sm. 8vo Lond. (George Bell & Sons) c. 1890. First Edn., orig. cloth, paper label. V. good. (1) * Inscribed on hf. title ‘Thomas Gaisford from Coventry Patmore.’ €250 - €350 678 684 & detail