Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS SALE 6th & 7th, December 2022

147 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 842. Manuscript Reprint: Folio Society - The Trinity Apocalypse, lg. Atlas folio Lond. 2004. Limited Edn. No. 50 of 100 Copies Only, in full coloured reproduction, orig. pale goatskin, with gilt decor. & Royal Coat of Arms, now contained in acrylic slipcase for protection. (1) €500 - €800 843. Royal Irish Academy: Atkinson (Rob.) The Yellow Book of Lecan, A collection of Pieces (Prose & Verse) in the Irish Language. Lg. folio D. 1896. First Edn., 320pp in facsimile, orig. cloth backed boards. Good. (1) €500 - €700 844. Horn (Walter) & Barn (Ernest) The Plan of St. Gall, A Study of the Architecture & Economy of & Life in Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery., 3 vols. folio Los Angeles 1979. First Edn., illus. etc. in orig. oatmeal cloth, mor. labels; plus, Price (Lorna) The Plan of St. Gall in Brief, lg. folio Berkeley, Los Angeles 1982. Illus. thro-out, cloth & d.w. (4) €350 - €500 845. Welsh (Wendy) & E. Charles Nelson, Flowers of Mayo, Dr. Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hibernia 1788. Lg. folio Dublin (de Burca) 1995. Special Limited Edition No. 3 of 150 Copies Only, Signed by Authors & Publisher, 16 full colour tipped-in plts., bl. & white illus., in fine mor. backed goatskin & matching slipcase. V. good. (1) €550 - €750 846. Walsh (Wendy) Wendy Walsh A Lifetime of Painting, atlas folio Dublin (Strawberry Tree Press) 2007. Special Limited Edn. No. 24 of 24, Reserved for Patrons, from an Edition of 185 Copies, & with a Limited Edition signed print of one of the artist’s drawings, fine quarter mor. bound, in buckram box. (1) €450 - €650 847. With Original Watercolour byWendyWalsh Nelson (E. Chas.)ed. The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardiner, Lg. atlas folio Dublin (Strawberry Tree Press) 2002. Special Lim. Edn. of 170 Copies Only, this No. 5 of 12, reserved for Patrons. With original watercolour of a rose by Wendy Walsh, loosely laid-in. Signed by all the artists, & these involved, hf. crimson mor. blue boards, gilt, in box. (1) €400 - €600 848. Desnos (Louis-Charles) Atlas Portatif Contenant Les XXII Cartes des Environs de Paris, folio Paris [1783?] dble. page title with engraved border, & 22 hd. cold. double page maps (ex. 23), plus extra dble page engd. plate at front ‘Statue Equestre de Loins le bien Aimé, 20 June 1763, orig. calf backed, tooled gilt spine. As an atlas, w.a.f. (1) €350 - €500 849. Royalty: [Kipling (Rudyard)comp.] King Albert’s Book, A Tribute to the Belgian King, lg. 4to N.Y. (Hearts International Library Co.) 1914, frontis, illus. throughout, full leather, gilt motif and lettered spine. Good copy. (1) €80 - €120 850. Carpenter (A.) & others The Writers, A Sense of Ireland, 4to, D. 1980., illus., cloth & d.j.; Brandes (R.)ed. What Writers Do, 4to, Lorimer Press 2011, illus. cloth & d.j.; Griffith (Angela)et al Harry Clarke and Artistic Visions of the New Irish State, 4to, D. (I.A.P.) 2019, illus., ptd. wrappers; Maddox (B.) Yeats’ Ghosts, 8vo L. (H. Collins) 1999, cloth and d.j.; Henry (M.) In Fact an Optimists Guide to Ireland at 100, 4to D. 2021, illus., cloth & d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (5) €150 - €200 851. Murtagh (Harman) Athlone Tudor, Stuart and Georgian, A Thesis for the Degree of PH. D., Folio Galway n.d., a typescript, cloth; Athlone and Galway Railway, Reports from House of Commons, folio Lond. 1854; Sixth Report of the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, folio 1825, 3 engd. plts., cloth; & 1 other item. As a lot, w.a.f. (4) €120 - €170 852. With Attractive Coloured Plates Charlton (John) Illustrator. Royal Naval and Military Bazaar, organized by Chas. Peter Little, on June, 19, 20 & 21, 1900. Folio Lond. 1900. Sole Edn., Illus. title, & 31 full page cold. plts., orig. decor. boards. V. good. (1) €180 - €250 853. Engraved Plates: Smith (J.) Select Views in Italy, with Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French. Vol. II only (ex. 2), lg. landscape folio Lond. 1796. Engd. frontis & 35 full page plts., a.e.g., cont. full straight grained dark mor. with lg. gilt tooled borders,¢al panel, gilt spine. (1) €300 - €400 854. House of Commons: State of Ireland Minutes of Evidence Taken before the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Disturbances in Ireland.... 13th May - 18th June 1824, Folio Lond. 1825. Recent mor. backed boards. (1) €120 - €180 855. Rare English Newspaper 1820-1827 Periodical: [Hook (Theo.)]ed. John Bull, For God, The King and The People. Vol. I No. I, Dec. 17th 1820 - Vol. VII No. 339, June 10th, 1827. Together approx. 330 issues (a few lacking. In full reversed calf, worn. As a periodical, w.a.f. (3) €400 - €600 856. The Atlantic Cable Russell (W.H.) The Atlantic Cable, Illustrated by Robert Dudley. Lg. atlas folio Lond. (Day & Son) n.d. Large Paper Copy, cold litho title, & 25 full page cold. litho plts. (Include chart) some edges frayed a little, rebound lg. crimson mor. with orig. gilt decor. cloth cover from smaller edition. (1) €600 - €800