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

8 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 19. In Fine Bindings With Numerous Hand-Coloured Plates Surtees (Rob. Smith) The Sporting Novels of ..., 7 vols. roy 8vo Lond. (Bradbury Agnew & Co.) n.d. With hand-coloured plts. & bl. & white illus., uncut, in cont. hf. crimson mor. raised bands, gilt spines, by Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, [Lond]. Bookplate of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. A particularly attractive set. (7) €300 - €400 20. Vallencey (Lt. Gen. Chas.) An Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish Language, 8vo Lond. 1822. Uncut, cont. full drab cloth. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 21. Inglish (Sir Rob. Harry) On the Catholic Question - Substance of Two Speeches delivered in The House of Commons on May 10th, 1825 & May 9th, 1828, 8vo Lond. 1828. First Edn., uncut, orig. cloth, paper label. V. good. Scarce. (1) * The author was elected M.P. for Dundalk, in 1824, and disagreed with almost everything brought before the Parliament. €120 - €180 22. Fishing: Adams (Rev. Jos.) Fifty Years Angling, Lond. 1938. Presentation Copy to Captain Aldridge, Mount Falcon, Co.Mayo, Signed by Author, July 1938, illus.; The Angler’s Guide to the Irish Fisheries, Lond. 1924, also The Revised Edition, of same; and Salmon and Trout Angling, Lond. n.d., all illus., & all orig. cloth. (4) €80 - €120 23. Stone (J. Harris) Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest, 8vo Lond. 1906. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. green cloth, recased, good copy. (1) €100 - €150 24. Brunker (J.P.) Flora of the County of Wicklow, 8vo Dundalk 1950. First Edn., fold. map, cloth; Brenson (Rev. C.W.) Our Irish Song Birds, Dublin 1901. Second Edn., 4 plts. cloth; Gilbert (J.T.) A History of the City of Dublin, 3 vols. Shannon(I.U.P.) 1972. Second Edn., d.w.’s; Tweedy (O.) The Dublin Tweedys, Lond. 1956, illus., d.w., Signed by Inchiquin. (6) €130 - €180 25. Dahl (Roald) The B.F.G., 8vo, L. (Johnathan Cape) 1982, First Edn., illustrated by Quentin Blake, grey cloth, gilt lettered spine, decor. d.j. Good clean copy. (1) €120 - €160 26. Harry Potter Deluxe Editions Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosophers’ Stone, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999 [No. 10/9/8]; Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999 [10/9/8]; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, [10/9]; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, L. (Bloomsbury) 2000 [10/9/87/6/5/4], all 8vo, decor. varied coloured pictorial and gilt lettered cloth, in red slip case. (4) €250 - €320 27. Fishing: Flyfisher’s Class Library - Kelson (G.M.) The Land and Water Salmon Flies 1886-1902, Devon 1993, slipcase; Malloch (P.D.) Salmon Flies and How to make Them, 1994, Lim. Edn. No. 77 of 125 Copies, Specially bond, slipcase; Tolfrey (F.)ed. Jone’s Guide to Norway, 1994, Lim. Edn. 2000 Copies, slipcase; Younger (J.) River Angling for Salmon and Trout, 1995, Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies; Knox (A.E.) Autumns on the Spey, 1999. Lim. Edn. No. 407 of 750 Copies, slipcase; Wheatley (H.) The Rod and Line, 2002, Lim. Edn. No. 7 of 150 Copies, slipcase. All v. good. (6) €180 - €240 19 26 22 27 25