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

138 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1020. Bindings: Mc Carthy (Justin) A History of Our Own Times, 4 vols. 8vo London 1880. Cont. hf. tan mor., tooled gilt spines, mor. labels, raised bands. Clean set. (4) €180 - €240 1022. Bindings: Howell (T.B.) A Collection of State Trials, Vols. I - XXVI, in 26 vols. sm. folio Lond. (T.C.Hansard) 1816-1819. A few pages of text repaired. T.e.g. recent fine mor. backed marble boards, lg. raised bands, attractive gilt spine, with gilt motifs of Justice, & mor. labels. Very good set. (26) * Contains some of the 1798 Irish State Trials. €1300 - €1800 1021. Personalised Limited Subscribers Edition Bindings: Lamb - The Life and Works of Charles Lamb, 12 vols. roy 8vo New York (Lamb Publishing Company) n.d. India House Edition,Limited to 130 Sets, this set, No. 25 & Printed for Lillian Russell, identified in a manuscript panel, with blue watercolour background. Port. frontis Vol. I, hf. titles, red & bl. titles, plates, uncut, and in magnificent full mottled calf, tooled floral gilt doublures, and large elaborated tooled gilt corner decorations, & similarly decor. spines, with raised bands. Extremely fine copy. (8) €2000 - €3000 1022 1023. Signed Limited Edition - Exquisite Copy Bindings: Doyle (A.C.) The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 24 vols. 8vo N. York (Doubleday, Doran & Co.) 1930. The Crowborough Edition. No. 358 of 750 Sets. Signed by Author. Port. frontis Vol. I, red & bl. titles, a.e.g., in later full crushed tan mor., raised bands, gilt spines. In excellent condition. V. Rare. (24) €3000 - €5000