CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE 18th & 19th June 2025

41 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 469. An attractive 20th Century Needlework Tapestry, depicting a horse and royal carriage with horse-men on foot, deer to the foreground and stately home, possibly Muckcross House, in distance overlooking the Skelligs and Dingle Bay, supported by a steel bar, 134cms h x 184cms w (53” x 72”). (1) €300 - €400 470. A 19th Century mahogany Sideboard, with shaped gallery back with five drawers with brass handles on turned legs, 132cms wide x 90cms high (52” x 35½”). (1) €200 - €300 471. A 20th Century Chinese horse shoe shaped hardwood Armchair with scroll arms upholstered loose cushioned seat above a decorative frieze on square block legs. (1) €150 - €200 472. Modern Novels: A good collection of approx. 40 modern Novels, by Iris Murdoch, Agatha Christie, Dennis Wheatley, Daphne du Maurier, Len Deighton, John Masters, Hammond Innes, C.P. Snow, Morris West, Wm. Trevor & others, all in orig. dust jackets & v. clean; together with Francis (Dick) Odds Against, Lond. (M. Joseph) 1965; Bonecrack, Lond. 1971; Slay-Ride, L. 1973; Knock Down, Lond. 1974. Signed by Author; In the Frame, L. 1976; Risk, L. 1977; Banker, L. 1982; The Danger, L. 1983; Break In, L. 1985; Straight, L. 1989; Come to Grief, L. 1995. All First Edns., & orig. pict. d.w.’s; plus 3 others sim. As a Lot. €150 - €200 473. Motor Racing & Cards: Formula I Year Books 1999 - 2007, together 6 vols. lg. folio L. 1999 - 2007; Schlegelmilch, Lehbrink, & Von Osterroth, B.M.W., v. lg. 4to Kiln 1999. Profusely illustrated, d.w.; & 3 others on Ferrari etc. As a lot. (10) €70 - €100 474. Signed Copies Modern Biographies: Parkinson (M.) Parky’s People, 4to, L. 2010, Signed Copy, illus. cloth & d.j.; Norton (G.) So Me, 8vo, L. 2004, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; Windsor (B.) All of Me, My Extraordinary Life, 8vo L. 2000, Signed Copy, illus., cloth & d.j.; Morgan (R.) & Turner (A.)ed. Cliff History, lg. 4to, L. 2010, illus., cloth & d.j., slipcase. As a lot. (4) €70 - €90 475. Icons: Pepper (T.) & Troupeteler (H.) Audrey Hepburn - Portrait of an Icon, 4to, L. & N.Y. 2015, illus., cloth & pictorial d.j.; Dherbier (Y.B.) & Verlhac (P.H.) eds. Grace Kelly, A Life in Pictures, 4to L. (Pavillion) 2006, illus., cloth & d.j.; Baldridge (L.) In the Kennedy Style - Magical Evenings in the White House, 4to, N.Y. (Double Day) 1998, profusely illus., cloth and d.j.; Dherbier (Y.B.) & Verlhac (P.H.)ed. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Life in Pictures, 4to L. (Phaidon Press Ltd.) 2003, illus., cloth & d.j. As a lot. (4) €30 - €50 476. “Lionel Edwards,” illustrator, a collection of 6 books of Hunting & Racing interest, with coloured illustrated plates, & other books similar. As a lot, w.a.f. (9) €75 - €125 477. Limited Edition: Millais (J. Guille) British Deer and Their Horns, folio Lond. 1982. Lim. Edn. No. 91 of 250 Copies. Cold. frontis & other fine bl. & white plts. orig. cloth, gilt. V. good. (1) €75 - €125 478. Genealogy: Mosley (Charles)ed. Burkes Peerage Baronetage, and Knightage, 3 vols., thick 4to, L. 2003, illus. maroon cloth, gilt lettering, slip case. Good copy. (3) €180 - €220 479 – See page 42 481. Catalogues: The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, thick lg. 4to London 1910. Profusely illustrated, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, very good copy; John Round & Son Ltd., Sheffield n.d. [c. 1880] Lacks title, profusely illustrated with some coloured plates, cloth; Litchfield & Co. Furniture and Interiors of the 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries, folio n.d. [c. 1920], profusely illustrated, cloth. (3) €80 - €130 482. Silver: Gardner (J. Starkie) Old Silver - Work, Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIII Centuries, Catalogue of a unique loan collection at St. James Court, London. (Batsford) 1903. First Edn., Hf. title, list of subscribers, profusely illustrated with 121 lg. plates, illus. of some Irish silver, uncut, orig. buckram. V. good. (1) €50 - €100 484. With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates Fine Bindings - The Surtees Novels, Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, L. 1853; Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock’s Hunt, L. 1854; ‘Ask Mamma’, Lond. 1858; and Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, Lond. 1865. All First Edns in Bk. Form, With attractive illus. & plts. by John Leech etc. all plts. & frontis, beautifully hand cold. a.e.g., in full cont. tan calf, tooled gilt spines mor. labels, by J. Larkin, all Signed V. good set. (4) €250 - €400 485. Bindings: Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols. 8vo, London (W. Allason) 1823, New Edn., portrait frontis, full calf, lozenge design with gilt border, gilt decor spine, mor. labels. (12) €180 - €250 500. Eamonn O’Doherty, Irish (1939-2011) “Tyrone House, Co. Galway,” lithograph, Limited Edition, No. 8 (10), Signed and dated, approx. 68cms x 46cms (27” x 18”), mounted in metal frame. (1) €150 - €200 501. Eamonn O’Doherty, Irish (1939-2011) “Two Figures,” lithograph, Limited Edition, No. 7 / 10, Signed and dated, approx. 66cms x 52cms (26” x 20¼”), mounted wooden frame. (1) €180 - €220 480. Georgian Society - The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913, plus Sadlier (T.U.) & Dickinson (Page L.) Georgian Mansions in Ireland, Dublin 1915. All profusely illustrated & orig. decor. buckram. Good set. (6) €700 - €1000