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

42 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 318. Lhuyd (Edward) Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account... of the Languages Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain. Vol. I Geography, only [All Published], folio Oxford 1707 First Edn., engd. vignette title, list of subs., engd. heads & initials, recent calf backed marble boards, mor. label, by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Dublin. A very desirable Copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) €300 - €400 319. Madden (R.R.) The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1833. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, advert. leaf, end of Vol. I, lacks loose end papers cloth; also The Connexion between The Kingdom of Ireland and The Crown of England, 8vo Dublin 1845. First Edn., orig. cloth. Scarce. (3) €150 - €200 320. Fishing: In Ireland - Matson (W.J.) Salmon and Trout Fishing in Ireland - The Anglers Pocket-Book and Guide, Sm. 8vo D. 1910. First Edn., fold. map, cold. plts., gilt cloth; Kingsmill Moore (T.C.) A Man may Fish, L. 1960. First Edn., plts. & pict. d.w.; Gammon (C.) Salt Water Fishing in Ireland, L. 1966, illus. & d.w.; Davies (W.E.) Footloose with a Fishing Rod, 1953; Bailey (J.) Where to Fish in Britain and Ireland, 2003; & 2 others. (7) €130 - €180 321. Doyle (Roddy) The Commitments, 8vo, D. (King Farouk) 1987, First Edn., pd. wrappers; together with The Commitments, Album and 25th Anniversary Edition D.V.D.., as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 322. Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion or A History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion, raised within the Kingdom of Ireland upon the three and twentieth day of October 1641 .. to which is added Sir Henry Tichborne History of the Siege of Drogheda in the year 1641, 4to Sixth, engd. frontis, black and red title page, XVI pps, 1-245pps (complete) contemp. full calf (some wear) otherwise good copy. (1) €400 - €500 323. de Valera (Sinead) The Verdent Valley and other Stories, 8vo, D. (Fallons) First Edn., Signed on hf. title by author and Eamon de Valera, decor. boards; Yeats (W.B.) Essays, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co. Ltd.) 1924, First Edn., blind cloth, (stained); Brennan-Whitmore (W.J.) With The Irish in Frongoch, 8vo D. 1917, First Edn., photo frontis, inscription on f.e.p. “To Tommy from your Rebel Playmates - Sept. 7th 1918,” cloth backed boards, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 324. Engraved Emblem Book: Vita S. Joseph B. Viginis Sponsi PatriarcharumMaximi, Inconibus delineata ac versiculis exornata. 12mo Antwerp 1689. Engd. title, 28 engd. illus. by L. Galle, orig. full vellum. Rare. (1) €175 - €250 325. de la Serre (Snr. P.) Le Breviere des Courtisans, enrichy d’un grand nombre de Figures, 8vo Brussels (F. Vivien) 1631. Engd. frontis, Engd. vign. title, engd. port. & 7 engd. full page plts. some pps. soiled, cont. full mor. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 326. Quaker Interest: Pike (Samuel) Free Grace Indeed - set Fourth in a Scriptural View the Principles of Grace, Wrought in the Heart by the Spirit; 8vo, L. (J. Buckland) 1760, First Edn., IVpps, 87pps; bound with Simple Truth Vindicated in Sundry Important Theological Queries..., 8vo, L.(J. Buckland) 1760, First Edn., VIIIpps, 86pps; also with The Religious Remembrancer being a serious address to the Christian World,... 8vo L. (J. Ward) 1764, Second Edn., 48pps, contemp. full calf, rebacked. (1) €200 - €300 318 321 322