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

136 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1007. A fine quality George III mahogany Bookcase, the shallow moulded cornice with Greek key fret frieze above four astragal glazed doors with ornate brass escutcheons on a conforming base with four moulded panel doors with shelf interior on plinth base and bracket feet, approx. 264cms high x 246cms wide x 47cms deep, (103” x 97” x 18½”). (1) Provenance: St. Anne’s, Clontarf, Dublin. €1500 - €2000 1008. An extremely fine 19th Century mahogany pedestal Desk, in the Chippendale Revival style, the crossbanded rectangular top with a tooled leather writing surface and a double inverted breakfront top, with an ornate frieze with carved and interlaced pattern and flower heads, incorporating three mock and three frieze drawers raised on two very ornate panelled pedestals, each with four cluster columns one to each corner, and with three drawers to either side and with three opposing mock drawers, the inner and outer pedestal sides with ornate carvings and mouldings, all raised on two leaf carved and moulded plinths with rounded corners, 76cms x 147cms (30’’ x 58’’). (1) €1200 - €1800 1009. A pair of Laura Ashley hide covered Club or Easy Armchairs, with loose cushion seats, on front square tapering legs. (2) €250 - €320 BINDINGS 1010. Bindings: Webster - The Works of Daniel Webster, 6 vols. thick roy 8vo Boston (Little, Brown & Co.) 1853. Engd. port. frontis & plates in text, cont. hf. calf profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, red & blue mor. labels. V. good set. (6) €225 ‑ €350 1011. Bindings: Greville (C.C.F.) The Greville Memoirs, A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV. Ed. by Henry Reeve 3 vols. in 8, 8vo Lond. 1874 - 1885. First Edn., Half titles, t.e.g., in full cont. light blue mor. profusely gilt tooled spines, raised bands & mor. labels, by Riviere & Son, orig. cloth bindings bound in at end. V. attractive set. (8) €400 - €600 1012. Bindings: Luther - Works of Martin Luther, 6 vols. 8vo Philadelphia (Muhlenberg Press) 1915. Philadelphia Edition, T.e.g., recent mor. backed marble boards, tooled gilt raised bands & panels, mor. labels. V. good set. (6) €300 - €400 1013. The Patriot’s Edition Bindings: Paine (Thomas) The Life and Works of Thomas Paine, ... Introduction by Thos. A. Edison, & edited by Wm. M. Van der Wyde, 10 vols. roy 8vo. New Rochelle, N. York 1925. Patriot’s Edition. Port. frontis & other illus. a.e.g. V. fine full crushed royal blue mor., raised bands, 6 panels, four with gilt decor., & two with gilt lettering. In fine condition. (10) €125 ‑ €1750 1010 1008 1011 1007 The Study at Lyons Demesne, Co.Kildare, showing desk in-situ.