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

54 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 419. Cox (Richard) Recorder of Kingsale Hibernia Anglicana: or, The History of Ireland, from The Conquest thereof by the English, to this Present Time. Two Parts in One, folio Lond. 1689-1690. First Edn., engd. port. frontis Part I, with black ptd. title, red & black printed title in Part II, lg. fold. map after Petty’s, later fine calf backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1) €425 ‑ €650 420. First Appearance of Sherlock Holmes Periodical: Newnes (George) The Strand Magazine, 7 vols., 8vo, L. 1891-1894, illustrated throughout, with engravings and photographs, in original blue cloth with cover design by George Charles Haite, some wear. As a periodical. (7) * Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle first appeared in the magazine in 1891, with ‘Adventure 1 - A Scandal in Bohemia and Adventure 2 - The Red Headed League - Adventure 3 - A Case of Identity - Adventure 4 - The Boscombe Valley Mystery - Adventure 5 - The Five Orange Pips - Adventure 6 - The Man with the Twisted Lip. €250 - €320 421. Approx. 300 Cards Postcards: The County & City of Cork A very good Album of over 300 original Postcards of Cork City, Bandon, Queenstown (Cobh), Crosshaven, Ballycotton, some comic greeting, etc., most postally used, and in good condition. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) €250 - €350 422. Binding: The Musee Francais, Fifty of the finest examples of The Old Masters. Lg. folio Lond. (Bickers) & Son) 1876. Hf. title, 50 full page photogravure reproductions, a.e.g. in full crimson mor. with lg. tooled gilt green mor. overlay border, inside profusely gilt tooled outer border, by Bickers & Son, London. (1) €250 - €350 423. Fishing: Herd (Andrew) & Dietrich- Troeltsch (H.) Blacker Phantom of the Past, 3 vols. folio Ellesmere (The Medlor Press) 2017. First Edn., cold. & other illus. thro.-out, orig. mor. backed black cloth, in cloth slipcases. V. good. An amazing production. V. Scarce. (3) €400 - €600 424. One of 20 Copies Only O’Drisceoil (J.) writer Artfolio 3, Brian Kennedy 1996, portfolio D. (Green on Red Gallery) 1996, Limited Edn., of 20 (1 artists proof and 1 printers proof ) in original orange cloth container. (1) €300 - €400 425. Borlase (Edmund) The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion Trac’d frommany preceding Acts, to the Grand Eruption the 23rd of October 1641, and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement 1662, folio, L. (Robert Clavel) 1680, First Edn., red & black title page, lg. fold. chart, contemp. full calf rebacked, raised bands, gilt lettering. Good Copy. (1) [Sweeney 482, Wing B3768] €250 - €320 419 420 421 422 423