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

6 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 Start of Sale 1. In Fine Contemporary Binding Swift - Hawkesworth (John) The Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s Dublin, Vols. 1 - XII, [- XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII]. Also Letters Written by Jonathan Swift D.D., Vols. 1 - VI, & A Supplement to Dr. Swift’s Works, 3 vols. Together 27 vols. 8vo London 1766-1779. Red & bl. titles, engd. plts. cont. full calf, tooled gilt narrow decorated borders, & uniform tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Bookplates of Samuel Herbert. (27) €500 - €700 2. 35 Maps of Seller etc. Folding Maps: Camden (Wm.) Brittania, 8vo lacks title, engd. port. by M.V. Gucht loose, & 35 fold. maps by Seller, including Section on Ireland & fold. Map of Ireland, lacks end leaves etc., cont. calf, worn & dam. As a coll. of Maps, w.a.f. (1) €130 - €180 3. Fishing: O’Gorman (Th) The Practice of Angling, Particularly as regards Ireland. 2 vols. Dublin (Wm. Curry, Jun. & Co.) 1845. First Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, hf. title Vol. II, in recent full sprinkled calf, raised bands, gilt decor., mor. labels. A delightful copy. (2) €350 - €500 4. Fishing: Taylor (Samuel) Angling in all its Branches, reduced to a Complete Science, 8vo Lond. 1800. First Edn., hf. title, 6pp. adverts at end, uncut, now in fine professional hf. calf. V. good copy. (1) €160 - €240 5. Dublin Printing: Malone (Ed.) The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, 16 vols. sm. 8vo Dublin (John Exshaw) 1794. Port. frontis, Vol. I hf. titles in all volumes, 4 vols. with one gathering loose, cont. vellum paper boards, spines gilt in panels, red and green mor. labels. Good Set. Scarce. (16) €400 - €500 6. Wolfe (Rev. Patrick) Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall, Irish Names and Surnames. D. 1923. First Edn.; Joyce (P.W.) The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 vols. L. & D 1910. All orig. cloth, v. clean. (4) €120 - €160 7. Fishing: [Allan(Rob.)] ‘A Common- polite,’ The Sportsman in Ireland, with his Summer Route through the Highlands of Scotland. 2 vols. Lond. (H. Colburn) 1840. First Edn., hf. title Vol. II, 2 litho frontis illus. throughout text, advert leaf end Vol. II, cont. hf. mor. gilt spine, mor. labels. V. attractive set. (2) €220 - €360 8. Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape) 1964, First Edn., black cloth, gilt Chinese text to front cover, silver lettering to spine, d.j. designed by Richard Chopping with flower, frog and insect, d.j. clipped (not priced), good copy. (1) €180 - €220 9. With Manuscript Notes Throughout Cogan (Rev. A.) The Ecclesiastical History of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern, 3 vols. Dublin 1874-1870. Profusely annotated by an historian and with a very large amount of orig. manuscript notes added to text or on single sheets, tipped-in, and all in a most attractive legible hand. Orig. cloth. Rare. (3) €300 - €400 10. Barton (Rose) Familiar London, roy 8vo Lond. 1904. First General Edition 61 attractive coloured plts. by the artist, orig. floral decor. cloth. Good. (1) €180 - €250 1 5 3 8 4