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

12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 50. Signed Limited Edition Stephens (James) The Crock of Gold, Folio London (MacMillan & Co.) 1926. Limited Edition, 525 Copies Signed by Author With 12 full page coloured illus. by Thos. MacKenzie & other decorations, L.P. copy, uncut, orig. vellum backed boards. V. good copy. (1) €350 - €500 51. New Place Edition Shakespeare: The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, folio Lond. (Adam & Charles Black) 1911. Ed. Sydney Humphries New Place Edition - Limited to 500 Copies. L.P. Copy Port. frontis partly unopened, uncut, orig. gilt decor. black buckram. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 52. Pennant (Thomas) British Zoology, Vols. I & II, Quadrupeds & Birds, & Vol III, Reptiles & Fish, together 3 vols. (ex 4) 4to Warrington (Wm. Eyres for B. White at Horace’s Head) 1776. Fourth Edn., 190 engd. plts., recent hf. calf, raised bands, marble sides. V. clean attractive copy. (3) €200 - €300 53. Farrell (James P.) History of the County of Longford, 4to D. 1891. First Edn., sepia frontis & 32 sepia plts. fold. table, orig. cloth. V. good copy. An extremely good copy of this scarce County History. (1) €260 - €350 54. Engraved Plates: Brewer (J.N.) The Beauties of Ireland, Vols. I & II, 2 vols., roy 8vo Lond. 1825. First Edn., engd. frontis & plts, cont. hf. mor.; Cromwell (T.) Excursions through Ireland, Vols. 1 & 2, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1820-22, engd. plts. uncut, hf. mor. worn; Hodges & Smith, Picturesque Guide to the Lakes of Killarney, roy 8vo D 1851. Fold. cold. map, & fold. outline plt. & 15 full page plts. later boards. As a lot. (5) €150 - €200 55. Irish Collectors: Bennett (Douglas) Irish Georgian Silver, 4to Lond. 1972. First Edn.,; Westropp (M.S. Dudley) Irish Glass, lg. 4to Lond. n.d. First Edn., buckram; Stannas (Mrs. G.) Old Irish Glass, 4to Lond. 1921 New Edn., & 1 other sim., all illus. Good. (4) €130 - €180 56. Genealogy: Pielou (P. Leslie) The Leslies of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, and their Forebears, roy 8vo Dublin 1935. For Private Circulation, frontis & plts. unopened, uncut, cloth; ffolliot (Rosemary) The Pooles of Mayfield and Other Irish Families, Dublin 1958. First Lim. Edn. No. 463 (500), Signed, illus. cloth; Townshend (R. & D.) An Officer of the Long Parliament and His Descendants, Account of the Life and Times of Col. Richard Townesend of Castletownshend and His Family , roy 8vo Lond. 1892. First Edn., fold. plts. & tables, cloth; & 2 others. (5) €180 - €240 57. Coloured Plates: Morris (Rev. F.O.) A History of British Butterflies, 4to L. (George Bell & Sons) (complete) 8pps, averts at back, gilt and blind tooled decorated cloth. (1) €200 - €300 50 51 56 57 52