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

105 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 788. Binding: Malthus (Rev. T.R.) An Essay on the Principle of Population, 8vo Lond. 1880. Hf. title, a.e.g., full tan calf, dble. gilt fillet borders, attractive tooled gilt panels, mor. labels, by Bayntun, Riviere, Bath. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 789. American interest: Russell (J.) The History of the War between the United States and Great Britain, 8vo Hartford (B. & J. Russell) 1815, 9pp of subscribers, recent hf. calf, raised bands, attractive tooled gilt spine; Patton (J.H.) The History of the United States of America, 8vo N. York 1873. Engd. port. frontis, & other ports, recent blue mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. labels & gilt spine; Gottschalk (Louis) Lafayette in America 1777 - 1783, thick 8vo France 1975. Signed Lim. Edn., fold. illus. etc., gilt mor. All v. good. (3) €200 - €300 790. I.M.C.- Correspondence of Emily, Duchess of Leinster (1731-1814), Edited by Brian Fitzgerald. 3 vols. roy 8vo Dublin 1949, 1953 & 1957. First Edn., 2 photo frontis. Orig. cloth. V. clean set. (3) €180 - €240 791. Thompson (Hugh) Illustrator; Sheridan (Rich. Brinsley) The School for Scandal, Lg. 4to Lond. n.d. 25 cold. plts. & 17 bl. & white illus.; also The School for Scandal, illus. by Frank M. Gregory., sm. folio Lond. 1892, 20 plts. (5 cold. plts.) both orig. decor. cloth. Good. (2) €130 - €180 792. Robinson (Chas.) Illustrator: Jerrold (Walter) The Big Book of Fables, thick 4to Lond. (Blackie & Son) 1912., 28 full page cold. plts., & 100 bl. & white plates, and illus., gilt decor. cloth; also Hans Anderson’s Fairy Tales, 4to Lond. (Boots the Chemists) n.d., 16 cold. plts. also bl. & white plts. & illus., gilt cloth. Good. (2) €130 - €180 793. Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator: Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, thick 4to Lond. 1906. First Edn., cold. frontis & 49 cold. plts. complete, orig. gilt decor. cloth; also Shakespeare (Wm.) A Mid Summer-Nights Dream, 4to Lond. 1908, 40 cold. plts. text illus. orig. cloth, gilt decor. Both good. (2) €250 - €350 794. Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator, Wagner (Richard) Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, 4to Lond. 1911., 30 cold. plts.; also Milton (John) Comus, 4to Lond. n.d. 24 cold. plts., both orig. gilt decor. cloth, somewhat faded. (2) €160 - €240 795. Potter (Beatrix) The Tales of Squirrel Nutkin, sm. 4to Norwich (E.A.E. Creative) 2003, Special Numbered Edition No. 476/500 copies, illustrated cloth in decorative presentation box; The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding, sm. 4to Norwich (E.A.E. Creative) 2008, Special Numbered Edition NO. 3/100 copies, illustrated, cloth in decorative presentation box. As a lot. (2) €180 - €220 796. Illustrated Volume: Ferguson (de Lancey) comp. The Poems of Robert Burns, tall 8vo, Glasgow (Limited Editions Club) 1965, illustrated by Joan Hassall, Signed by the Artist, Limited Edn., leather backed green boards, portrait medallion in relief., slipcase. (1) €100 - €150 797. Genealogy: Hall (Rev. George) The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers, 4to Belfast 1869. First Edn., red & bl. title, uncut, cont. hf. mor. some wear, but a good copy. (1) €130 - €180 798. Strickland (Walter) A Dictionary of Irish Artists, 2 vols. thick roy 8vo Dublin 1913. First Edn., illus. ports. etc., orig. blue cloth. V. good. (2) €100 - €150 791 794 792 795 793