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

117 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 870. One of 75 Numbered Copies Toibin (Colm) Brooklyn, 8vo D. (Tuskar Rock Press) 1009, Signed and Numbered 72/75 copies, bright yellow cloth, gilt lettered spine, matching slipcase. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 871. O’Brien (Edna) The Little Red Chains, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2015, Signed by the Author (O.S.), red lettered backed boards, slipcase. Good copy. (1) €180 - €220 872. One of 75 Signed Copies Murphy (Richard) Poems 1952-2012, 8vo D. (The Lilliput Press) 2013., Signed and numbered 75/75 copies, cloth backed cream boards with blind text on front cover, with silver lettered spine, matching slipcase. (1) €80 - €120 873. Morton (H.V.) In the Steps of St. Paul, roy 8vo London n.d. Special Lim. Edn. No. 38 of 75 Copies, illus. plts. uncut, in full heavy hf. calf, mor. label. (1) €75 - €125 874. Chester Beatty’s Copy, with Bookplate Fine Engraved Plates: La Fontaine (J. de) Tales and Novels in Verse, 2 vols. imp. 8vo Lond. (Society of English Bibliophilist) n.d. with 123 engravings by or after Eisen, Lancret,, Boucher, Pater, etc. T.e.g., fine attractive hf. green mor., raised bands, & spine gilt in panels. V. good. (2) €150 - €250 875. Genealogy: Hill (Rev. Geo.) An Historical Account of the Macdonnells of Antrim: Including Notices of some other Septs, Irish & Scottish, 4to Belfast 1873. First Edn., orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 876. Fishing: Grimble (Aug.) The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, Lond. 1913, Second Edn., maps & illus; also The Salmon Rivers of England & Wales, Lond. 1913; and The Salmon Rivers of Scotland, Lond. 193; and by same author, Shooting and Salmon Fishing Hints and Recollections, Lond. 1892. First Edn., plates, all orig. cloth; Sage (Dean) C.H. Townsend, etc - Salmon and Trout, N.Y. 1902 First Edn., plts. gilt cloth; Facts and Useful Hints relating to Fishing and Shooting, 8vo Lond. 1867, Second Edn., text illus., orig. cloth. (6) €160 - €220 877. Dickens (Charles) Hard Times, 8vo, L. (Bradbury & Evans) 1854, First Edn., hf. title, dedit., full blind tooled green cloth, gilt lettered spine; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1870, First Edn., portrait frontis & cold. engd. t.p., 12 illus by S.L. Fildes (complete), advert & catalogue at end, decor. green cloth; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, thick 8vo, L. (Chapman & Hall) 1844, First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis & add. t.p., dedit, illus. by Phiz, blind decor. blue cloth, gilt lettered spine; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, thick 8vo, L. (Chapman & Hall) 1838, First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis and t.p. illus by R. Seymour & Phiz, cloth. (4) €200 - €300 878. Bain (Iain)ed. The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick..., 2 vols. Massachusetts (Met Press) 1981, illus., grey cloth, slipcase; Lankester (E.R.)comp. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), 4 vols., 4to N.Y. Reprint Edn 450 copies, red cloth. As a lot. (6) €150 - €200 879. Geography Publications Nolan (Wm.), Power (T.P.) & Others , W aterford History & Society, also similar volumes for Kerry, Limerick, Laois, Cork, Galway, Clare, Kilkenny & Offaly. Together 10 vols. First Edns., illus. & d.w.’s. As a lot, w.a.f. (10) €130 - €180 874 870 869 871