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

101 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 753. Daniel O’Connell’s Copy Mac-Geoghegan (Abbe) History of Ireland Ancient and Modern, 2 vols. 8vo Dublin 1831. Translated by P. O’Kelly, cont. hf. calf, gilt spine. V. good. (2) *Daniel O’Connell’s copy, with his bookplate on Vol. I, and a Signature on Vol. II. He is also mentioned in list of subscribers. €200 - €300 754. Very Fine Complete Set Crone (John S.) & Others, The Irish Book Lover, A Monthly review of Irish Literature and Bibliography. Vol. I No. 1 - Vol XXXII, No. 6, together 32 vols. 8vo Dublin August 1909 - September 1957. A complete file, with illus. etc., all bound from original parts (Which are bound in), now in uniform mor. backed cloth boards. A really fine complete set. (32) €1200 - €1600 755. Keynes (G.) Jane Austen: A Bibliography, 8vo L. (Nonesuch Press) 1929, Limited Edn., illustrated, paperboards, dust wrappers; [Austen (Jane)] Bell (Currier) ed. Jane Eyre, An Autobiography, 3 vols., 8vo, West Yorkshire (Eton Publications) 1991, facsimile Edition, decor. red cloth, slipcase. (4) €120 - €140 756. Interleaved Copy with Manuscript Notes Selby (Prideaux John) Illustrations of British Ornithology - Land Birds & Water Birds, 2 vols., thick 8vo, Edinburgh (W.H. Lizars) 1833, First Edn., interleaved with numerous manuscript notes, later cloth backed marble boards, gilt lettered spine. (2) €250 - €320 757. D’Alton (John) The History of Drogheda, with its Environs; .. Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 2 vols. Dublin 1863, plts.; also D’Alton (J.) & O’Flanagan (J.R.) The History of Dundalk, and its Environs, 8vo Dublin 1864, First Edn., list of subs., litho frontis & plts., all recent bright green cloth. (3) €120 - €170 758. Conwell (Eugene Alfred) Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla, 8vo Dublin 1873 First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. green cloth, v. good; Nicholson (Ed. Wm. Byron) Celtic Researches, Lond. 1904. First Edn., plts. cloth; Hubert (Henri) Les Celtes dupuis lepoque de la Tene et La Civilisation Celtique, 8vo Paris 1932, fold. 3 part map, cont. mor. backed boards; MacAlister (R.A.S.) The Archaeology of Ireland, 1949. (4) €100 - €150 759. Signed Poet’s Copy Fawcett (Graham)ed. Poems for Shakespeare 2, 8vo, L. (Globe Playhouse) 1973, Limited Edn. Signed by the Contributors, No. 107 (Poet’s Copy), leather backed, red cloth with gilt design with matching slipcase. (1) [Brandes & Durkan B15a] €500 - €700 760. Signed John B. Keane Keane (John B.) Sive, A Play in Two Acts, 8vo D. (Progress House) 1986, Special Limited Edn. No. 225/275, Signed by the Author, brown boards, gilt lettering, d.j. (1) €150 - €200 761. Richard Hely Hutchinson’s Copy Bindings: Hume (David) The History of England, 8 vols. 8vo Lond. 1773. New Edn., Hf. titles, some port., frontis, in orig. full calf, cont. T.C.D. Prize bindings, with oval gilt armorial on each cover. (8) * With T.C.D. Prize bookplates for Rich. Hely Hutchinson, 1775, signed by J. Stokes. His father became Provost of T.C.D. in 1794. Good. €150 - €200 753 754 756 759