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

17 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 85. Bindings: Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. 8vo Lond. 1909; and The Origin of Species, 8vo Lond. 1911. Port. frontis fold. table, both t.e.g. cont. hf. blue crushed mor. by Hatchards, raised bands & gilt decor. spines. V. good. (2) €150 - €200 86. Bindings: Service (Robert W.) The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man, Lond. 1916. First Edn.,; also Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, Ballads of a Cheechako; and Songs of a Sourdough, together 4 vols., all uniform crushed full blue mor., raised bands, gilt lettered spines, by Hatchards. Good set. (4) €130 - €180 87. Bindings: Swift (Deane) Letters Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patricks, 3 vols. 12mo Dublin (J. Williams) 1768. Adverts front and back, cont. full calf, (2 catspaw), & uniform profusely gilt spines in panels with raised bands, mor labels. The spines with letters C.F.M. (member of the Musgrave family). V. good. (3) €200 - €300 88. [de Foe (Daniel)] A Tour through the Island of Great Britain, 4 vols. 12mo Dublin 1779. Ninth Edn., full cont. calf, with circular stamp of Cooper, [Sam Cooper, Markree Castle, Co. Sligo]; A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places, 12mo Lond. n.d., fold. & other engd. plts. maps etc., hf. calf; Thompson (J.) The Seasons, 12mo Lond. 1778, hf. calf; & 1 other Picture of London for 1808, 16mo L., fold. plts. etc. calf, as a lot. (7) €120 - €180 89. Hickson (Mary Agnes) Selections fromOld Kerry Records, Historical and Genealogical. First & Second Series. 2 vols. Lond. 1872 & 1874. First Edn. 3 fold. cold. maps, some cont. m/ss notes & annotations end of Vol. II, orig. blue & red cloth, gilt decor., each volume recased, v. good. Ex. Scarce. (2) €500 - €700 90. Chatterton (Lady G.) Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, adverts. end Vol. I, 2 litho frontis & 6 plts. text illus. orig. green cloth. V. good. Scarce. (2) €275‑€350 91. [Harris (Walter) & Smith (Chas.)] The Ancient and Present State of the County of Down, Containing A Chorographical Description with the Natural, and Civil History of same... With a Survey of the New Canal, & also a New and Correct Map of the County. 8vo Dublin (A. Reilly) for Ed. Exshaw, 1744. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis, orig. plain calf, mor. label. (1) €350 - €450 92. Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo Dublin 1746. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, lg. fold. Map of County, fold. list of subscribers, plan of City, & 4 fold. plts. later hf. mor. (1) €280 - €350 85 90 87 92 89