Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

120 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1004. Illustrated Volume: Ornithology: Peterson (R.T. & Virginia) Audubon’s Birds of America, small folio, N.Y. (Abbeville Press) 1981, Signed Ltd. Edn., illustrated with 435 plts., full calf with gilt decor. front cover, raised bands, gilt lettered. (1) €300 - €400 1005. Folio Society: Peterson (W.S.)ed. The Kelmscott Chaucer, folio, Oxford University Press 1991, illus., gilt decor. cloth, matching slipcase. (1) €150 - €200 1006. From the Library at Clonbrock Illustrated Volume: [Natural History] Butler (A.G.) British Birds with their Nest and Eggs, 6 vols., lg. 4to L. (Brumby & Clarke Ltd.) 1899. First Edn., illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 318 black and white plates (24 coloured plates of Eggs] contemp. uniform hf. calf, cloth boards, mor. labels. (6) * Ex. Libris Lord Clonbrock (signed and with bookplate). €225 - €325 1007. Stephens (James) The Crock of Gold, lg. 4to, L. (MacMallon & Co. Ltd.) 1926, Signed Ltd. Edn. of 525 Copies, illustrated by Thomas MacKenzie, uncut, paper backed blue boards, gilt lettered spine, d.j. Good clean copy. (1) €200 - €300 1008. Star Wars: Daniels (Anthony) I am C-3PO, The Inside Story, 8vo L. 2019, Signed Ltd. Edn., No. 314/1000 Copies, illustrated, grey boards, gilt lettered spine, cloth slipcase with gilt lettering. (1) €80 - €120 1010. Bindings, Maps & Plates: Robertson (William) The Works of William Robertson, 8vols. L. (T. Cadell) 1827, port. frontis, and fold. maps, marbled end papers and edges, full calf, mor. labels; Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 6 vols. (ex. 8), D. (J. Christie) 1812-1813, illus., full calf, gilt border and decor. spines; The Works of Samuel Johnson, 11 vols., Oxford (W. Pickering) 1825, marbled endpapers, full calf, later mor. labels, as bindings. (25) €200 - €300 1004 1007 1009. Unique Collection of Drawings Indian Miniatures: An exceptional collection of 89 loose original late 19th Century / early 20th Century Erotic Indian Miniatures, "The Garden of Paradise," mostly on paper, with script front and reverse, some on brown paper, and other medium, various sizes, varying 18.5 cms x 13.5 cms; 20 cms x 9 cms; 14 cms x 8.5cms, etc; contained in 5 large folio half morocco boxes, all in finest condition. As a coll., w.a.f. (5) €1750 - €2,500

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