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

30 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 191. Signed by Artist Fishing: Sawada (Ken) The Art of Fly - The Classic Salmon, lg. folio Tokyo 1989. First Edn., Signed by Artist. Exquisite cold. plts. orig. suede covers, mor. label, orig. colourful slipcase, & cardboard cover. V. good coy. (1) €350 - €500 192. Jones (Arthur J.) & Co. Furniture Makers; Description of A Suite of Sculptured Decorative Furniture, Illustrative of Irish History and Antiquities, Manufactured in Irish Bog Yew. Folio Dublin (Hodges & Smith) 1853. Sole Edition. 6 full page plates of examples & 1 other large plt., orig. cloth stained. Ex. Scarce. (1) €350 - €500 193. Griffith (Richard) A Synopsis of The Silurian Fossils of Ireland, Folio Dublin 1846. First Edn., 5 full page plts. orig. cloth, paper label. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 194. Irish Crown Jewels Commission: [Vicars (Sir Arthur)] Reports of the Vice- Regal Commission... to Investigate the Circumstances of the loss of the Regalia of the Order of St. Patrick, Appendix with Minutes of Evidence. Folio Dublin 1908. First Edn., 80pp., orig. blue wrappers, now in full green cloth. Rare. (1) €170 - €230 195. With Folding Maps etc, With Manuscript Seventh Report Irish Fisheries: House of Commons - First [-Sixth] Reports of the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, folio 1819 - 1825, plus, Seventh Report, in manuscript 1826. Folio 1819-1826. With 15 engd. maps & charts (mostly lg. fold.), and Seventh Report, entirely in manuscript, for year ended 5th April 1826, cont. hf. mor. As a coll. of maps etc. Clean. (1) €180 - €250 196. Very Fine Copy Limited to 150 Copies Only Fine Coloured Plates : Thornburn (Archibald) British Birds, 4 volumes folio Lond. 1915-16. Lim. Edition No. 17 of 150 Copies Only. First Edn., With fine mounted coloured plates, in a very attractive half crushed crimson mor. bind., gilt decor. spine with tooled bands, and bird motifs in panels. (4) €550 - €750 197 Box: Hand-Coloured Plates: A large collection of Volumes with hand coloured and other cold. plts. include., The NewMonthly Belle Assemblee , Vol. VII, roy 8vo Lond. 1838, numerous hd. cold. fashion prints; The Flower Garden , sm. 8vo L. 1838, hd. cold. flowers; Pratt (A.) Haunts of the Wild Flowers, cold. prints,1863; Coleman (W.S.) British Butterflies , L. 1895, cold. illus.; Lloyd's Natural History , Birds, Animals, etc; numerous vols. of same with cold. plts.; & many others. As a coll., w.a.f. A small box. (1) €200 - €300 200. Parnell (C.S.)] - The Times: Special Commission - Parnellism and Crime, 35 Parts in 8 vols. 12mo Lond. Oct. 22 - 13th February 1890. With fold. tables etc., in recent crimson cloth. (8) * A very unusually complete set, covering the interviews with all the witnesses, M. Davitt and all the others. Ex. Library. €200 - €300 195 191 192 200 196 194