CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

100 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 743. [Swift (Johnathan] A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture in Cloths and Furniture of Houses - Utterly Rejecting and Renouncing Everything Wearable that comeeth from England, written in the Year 1720, sm. 8vo, Printed in the Year 1758, t.p., 26-316, full leather, rebacked, mor. label. (1) €180 - €220 744. Fishing: The Angler’s Diary and Tourist Fisherman’s Gazetteer, for 1891, 1901, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1921 & 1922-23. Together 7 vols. 8vo Lond. 1891-1923, adverts front & end, all orig. cloth; Barker (F.D.) An Angler’s Paradise in Ireland, Lond. 1929. First Edn., cloth; & 2 others. As a lot, w.a.f. (10) €80 - €130 745. Yeats (W.B.) The Hour Glass, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth, sm. 8vo Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1905, wrappers; On Baile’s Strand, 8vo Lond. 1907, wrappers; The Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi, Lond. 1904, wrappers; Deirdre, Stratford-Upon-Avon 1911, cloth; The Land of Heart’s Desire, Lond. 1912, wrappers. All First Edns. (5) €160 - €220 746. Chatterton (Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland, during the Year 1838. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., litho plts. (include frontis) attractive hf. blue mor. marble sides, & gilt spine in panels. V. good copy. (2) €300 - €400 747. Bassett (Geo. Henry) Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory, 8vo Dublin 1884. First Edn., lacks fold. map adverts. thro.-out, orig. cloth; also fold. Road Map of Ireland, sponsored by Stathams Kilkenny. As a lot. (2) €100 - €150 748. Hawkey Classics: Hawkey (John) P. Terentii Afri Comaediae, 8vo Dublin(E. Typographia Academiae) 1745. First Edn. thus. Engd. device of Printing House (at T.C.D.) on title, a.e.g., cont. full mottled calf, some wear; also D. Jnii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae, 8vo Dublin 1746. First Edn., L.S. on title, later binding. (2) €200 - €300 749. Rare Lettered Edition Heaney (Seamus) A Keen for the Coins, 12mo, Winston Salem (Shadowy Waters Press) 2002, Lettered Copy ‘T’, f.e.p. with embossed emblem, illustrated, Signed by Author, bound in ornate hand made paper with printed label, in custom green cloth container, with printed label. (1) [Brandes & Durkan A82b] €400 - €600 750. Pamphlet: Lucas (Charles) The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Dublin, In three Parts. 8vo Dublin (James Esdali) 1749. First Edn., red & bl. titles, with vignette portrait & engd. coats of arms, orig. marble paper wrappers. (1) €120 - €180 751. Barrett (Wm. Alex) Balfe His Life and Work, 8vo Lond. 1883. Second Edn., cloth; also Grattan Flood (W.H.) John Field of Dublin, Inventor of the Nocturne, 4to Dublin 1920. First Edn., Limited, NO. 13 of 450 Copies, port. frontis orig. wrappers. Good. (2) €100 - €150 752. Fishing: Francis (Francis) Fish-Culture: A Practical Guide to ... Breeding and Rearing Fish, Lond. 1863. Illus., also By Lake and River: An Angler’s Rambles in the North of England & Scotland, Lond. 1874; and Hot Pot; or Miscellaneous Papers, Lond. 1880, & also same author, Angling Reminiscences, Lond. 1887. All orig. cloth. (4) €80 - €130 743 749 744 750 747