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

141 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1039. Bindings: Johnson - Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 10 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. 1835. Hf. titles, port. frontis add. engd. titles, some browning, t.e.g., hf. calf, marble sides, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels etc. by Riviere. (10) €225‑€350 1040. Bindings: Dickens - Works of Charles Dickens, 30 vols. lg. 8vo London (Chapman & Hall) 1874. The Illustrated Library Edition, with illustrated plates by Geo. Cruikshank, Fiddes, ‘Phiz’ and others throughout, text illus. etc. half titles, in attractive full cont. calf, double gilt fillet, & blind roll borders, raised bands, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, & each with three mor. labels. V. good attractive ste. (30) €1250 - €1750 1041. Binding: Johnson (Samuel) The Works of the English Poets, 75 vols. sm. 8vo London (John Nichols) 1790. Half titles, portrait frontis, fine near contemporary tree calf, gilt chain borders, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. A very good long set, except for some labels lacking. As a binding. (75) €1500 - €2000 1042. Bindings: Poe (E.A.) Ingram (John H.)ed. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. (A. & Co. Black) 1899. Standard Edition, red & bl. titles, engd. ports. cont. hf. tan calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Good set. (4) €250 - €350 1043. Bindings: Burke - The Works of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, 12vols. Boston (Little, Brown, & Company) 1871. Fourth Edition. Engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cont. hf. calf, spine tooled gilt panels, and mor. labels. Good attractive set. (12) €300 - €500 1044. Bindings: Shaw - The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw - Ayot St. Lawrence Edition, 30 vols. roy 8vo New York (Wm. H. Wise & Co.) 1930-32 Limited Edition, No. 867 of 1790 Sets. Port. frontis, titles with vignette illustration, t.e.g., uncut, in later dark blue half-mor., raised bands, gilt decor. in panels. V. good set. (30) €1000 - €1500 1045. Rare Signed Limited Edition Bindings: Hardy - The Works of Thomas Hardy, 37 vols. roy 8vo London (MacMillan & Co.) 1919-1920. The Mellstock Edition - Limited to 500 Copies, Signed by Author. Hf. titles, red & bl. titles, some portraits, some spots, uncut, in fine later full dark blue mor., wavy fillet border, raised bands, mor. labels, & gilt decor. panels. A very fine set. (37) €1500 - €2000 1046. Bindings: Dumas (Alexander) Mes Memoires, - Oeuvres Completes, 10 vols. Paris (Calmann Levy) n.d. New Edn., with orig. ptd. wrappers bound in, brown mor. backed marble boards, raised bands. Good. (10) €180 - €240 WINES, SPIRITS, etc. 1047. Wines: Five bottles of Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru, Domaine Tortochot 2000; four Bottles of Gevrey Chambertin, Domaine Tortochot 2000; and six Bottles of Gevrey Chambertin (Jean Luc Aegerter) 1997, as a lot. (15) €700 - €1000 1040 1041 1045 1044 1047