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

76 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 605. O’Sullivan (M.D.) Old Galway The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, 8vo Cambridge 1942. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy, fold. & other illus., orig. d.w. Very clean copy; Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, 4to Galway 1975 Reprint, fold. maps & illus. orig. mor. backed boards, v. good. (2) €130 - €180 606. Irish Music Interest: Casey (R.) Joe Dolan - The Official Biography, 8vo, D. 2008, Signed, illus. cloth; Clancy (Liam) Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour, 8vo, L. 2002, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; Geldof (B.) Is that It, 8vo, L. 1986, Signed, illus., cloth (lacks d.j.); McCormick (N.)comp. U2 by U2, folio, L. (Harper & Collins) illus., cloth & d.j.; Prokofiev’s (S.) Peter & The Wolf, D. (Irish Hospice Foundation) illus. by Bono, cloth & custom box, as a lot. (5) €140 - €180 607. Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey’s Clock, 3 vols. 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1841, First Edn., illustrated by George Cattermole and Halbot Browne, frontis contemp. hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label. (3) €180 - €220 608. Very Clean Set with Fine Hand Coloured Maps Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: its Scenery, Character, etc., 3 vols. imp. 8vo Lond. n.d. New Edn., 3 decor. titles & 3 add. engd. titles, with all the engraved views, text illus. & 19 maps (18 of which are fully hand coloured) in cont. full calf, dble gilt and blind tooled borders, gilt spines & mor. labels. A very good clean copy. (3) €280 - €380 609. McGahern (John) Amongst Women, Lond. 1990. First Edn.,; Creatures of the Earth New and Selected Stories, Lond. 2006; Love of the World Essays, Lond. 2009; Shovlin (F.)ed. The Letters of John McGahern, Lond. 2021, all orig. d.w.’s; also The John McGahern Year Book, 2008, & 2009. 2 vols.; & John McGahern at NUI Galway, lg. 4to As a coll., w.a.f. Good. (7) €160 - €240 610. One of 50 Copies for Private Circulation [Miller (Alexander Edward) Songs and Verses by A.E.M., 4to L. (W. Kybert & Son) 1904, Printed for Private Circulation Only 50 copies, uncut, original green cloth, gilt lettering. Scarce. (1) €120 - €170 611. Share (Bernard) & Bolger (William) The Bed that Went Whoosh / and / to Dublin / to Ossory / to Moyle / and Lost Whiskers / to New York, 6 vols. 4to, D. (Allen & Figgis) 1964-65, First Edn., illus., decor., bds. (6) €200 - €300 612. Milne (A.A.) The Christopher Robin Story Book, 8vo L. (Methuen & Co. Ltd.) 1929, First Edn., hf. title, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, decor. end paper, blue cloth, gilt lettering and design; A Gallery of Children, lg. 4to, L. (Stanley Paul & Co.) 1925, Third Edn., illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair, blue cloth, gilt lettering ptd. design; Teddy Bear and other Songs, fromWhen we were Very Young, lg. 4to, L. (Methuen & Co.) 1926, First Edn., illustrated, cloth backed boards, ptd. label, decor. d.j. As a lot. (3) €200 - €300 613. With Coloured Maps Fishing: H.M.S.O. - Report on the Shell- Fish Laying on the Irish Coast, as respects their liability to Sewage Contamination. Folio Dublin 1904. First Edn., 35 lg. (mostly folding) coloured maps, & 7 full page photographic plts., orig. ptd. blue wrapper. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 614 – See page 77 615. Usher (James) A Body of Divinity: or, The Sum and Substance of Cristian Religion, Folio Lond. 1677. Seventh, engd. port. frontis cont. calf, rebacked. V. good copy. (1) €100 - €150 616. Limited Edition - Fine Copy Fishing: Grimble (Augustus) The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1903. First Edn., Limited to 250 Copies Only. Two hf. titles, 2 fold. maps & 27 full page illus. plus smaller views, now in fine hf. crimson mor. tooled gilt spines, raised bands. V. attractive set. (2) €500 - €750 608 611 612 616