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

155 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 927. Manstein (Gen. C.H.) Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political and Military, 1727 to 1744. Edited by David Hume, London (For T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt) 1770. First Edn., stains, cont. calf, dam. & work. S.N.S.R. (1) €300 - €400 928. Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, 4to Lond. (..for J. Tonson.. and J. Osborn,.. T. Longman) 1728. Title within dble ruled frame, stain on t.p., 3 fold. plts., at end, some dust stains, cont. calf, worn, scarce. (1) €300 - €400 929. Pilkington (Rev. M.) The Gentleman’s and Connoisseur’s Dictionary of Painters, lg. 4to Lond. 1770. First Edn., title & first few pages worn at bottom edge, later hf. calf, marble sides, raised bands, mor. label. (1) €150 - €200 930. In Fine Bellew Binding Connellan (Owen) The Annals of Ireland,... of the Four Masters. Lg. 4to Dublin 1846. First Edn., with add. cold. litho title, lg. fold. engd. map at end, a.e.g., orig. full dark mor. binding, the covers with lg. tooled gilt borders¢ral tooled harps, & with tooled gilt spine in panels, stamped ‘G. Bellew, Bookbinder, Dublin.’V. good copy. (1) €350 - €500 931. Larmour (Paul) The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, lg. 4to Belfast 1992., orig. pict. d.w.; Gordon Bowe (Nicola) Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, folio Mountrath 1983. illus. d.w. etc.; also Gordon Bowe, D. Caron, & M. Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass, Dublin 1988. All First Editions. (3) €150 - €200 932. O’Reilly (Edward) An Irish-English Dictionary, 4to Dublin (J. Duffy) 1864. First Edn. Thus, edited by John O’Donovan, in cont. hf. mor. mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 933. [Arthur Rackham]illus. Barrie (Sir J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, lg. 4to Lond. (Hodder & Stoughton) 1906. First Edn., Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with 50 tipped-in cold. plts. include. frontis, orig. gilt decor. russet cloth, some wear to upper joint, otherwise v. good copy. (1) €350 - €500 934. [Harry Clarke]illus. Poe (Edgar Allen) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Lg. 4to New York (Brentano’s) n.d. First American Edn., decor. title, 8 mtd. cold. plts., other bl. & white plts. & decorations by Harry Clarke orig. black cloth with tipped on gilt decor. label, & with orig. pict. d.w. edge frayed, some loss., but good copy. (1) €300 - €400 935. [Harry Clarke]illus. Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, lg. 4to Lond. & New York, n.d. [c. 1923] Eight mtd. cold. prints (include frontis), with other bl. & white plts. & decoration, uncut, in fine full crushed mor., gilt fillet borders, with orig. decor. label inset on front cover, spine with raised ands, gilt decor. panels & mor. labels. An attractive copy. (1) €400 - €500 936. Signed byWilly Pogany In Fine Binding: Fitzgerald (Edward) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Lg. 4to Lond. (Geo. C. Harrap & Co.) 1930. Lim. Edn. No. 395 of 750 Copies, Signed, and with orig. frontis etching Signed also by Pogany. With 12 tipped-in cold. plts., other inset illustrations in bl. & white, & text decorations, uncut, in fine full blue mor. with small, tooled gilt and coloured medallion. (1) €500 - €700 935 927 936 & detail 928 934