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

159 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 961. Genealogy [Bible Family]: A black 8vo Notebook , stamped “H.B.” 48pp of manuscript, the remainder blank. Contains notes of the births etc., of children of Henry Bible (born Summer Hill, Dublin, 12 March 1849), and Lucinda Weir Walker (born 26 July 1852). All were born at 21 Dunville Ave., Ranelagh. Copy of the will, dated 12 June 1885, of Mr. Percy Walker of Victoria St., Hotham, Colony of Victoria, state schoolteacher. Names his wife Janet and niece Lucinda Bible née Walker. Notes of the purchase and sale of dividends, 1886-1922, etc. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 962. 18 Century Manuscript of Works of St Thomas Aquinas by Richard Talbot Manuscript: “ Tractatus in pri[m]am de D. Tho[m]ae Aquinatis.” MS, 4to, cont. hf vellum. 284 + 244 pp, signed on pastedown “Richard Talbot” (presumably a member of the Malahide family). Tracts from the “Summa Theologica” of St Thomas Aquinas, with headings such as “De Peccatis & Divina Gratia.” In two parts, the first ending “Finis 23 Aug 1725. 110 lessons ye whole year”, the second “Finis 1726.” As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 963. Novels: Bates (H.E.) When the Green Woods Laugh, L. 1960; An Aspidistra in Babylon, L. 1960; A Moment in Time, L. 1964, & The Distant Horns of Summer, L. 1967; Maclean (Alister) When Eight Bells Toll, L. 1966; Where Eagles Dare, L. 1967; Bear Island, L. 1971; & River of Death, L. 1981; Hailey (Arthur) Airport, L. 1968; and Jenkins (Geoffrey) A Grue of Ice, L. 1962. All First Edns., in orig. d.w.’s. Good. (10) €120 - €180 964. Inscribed by Archbishop Froude [Froude (R.H.), Keble (J.), Newman (J.H.), Wilberforce (R.)et al] Lyra Apostolica, 12mo, Derby (H. Mozley & Sons) 1836, First Edn., hf. title, inscribed on front paste down ‘Mrs. Bastard with Arch. Bishop Froudes Compliments,’ Ex. Libris J.O. Edwards (Bookplate) cloth, lacks label, otherwise good copy. (1) €300 - €400 965. Dedicated to John Devoy (Fenian) Leslie (Shane) Songs of Oriel, 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1908, First Edn., inscribed f.e.p. “ To John Devoy, Fenian with Shane Leslie’s sincerest regards 1911,” uncut, cloth backed boards, nice association copy in custom made marble slipcase. (1) €200 - €300 966. Mundy (F.N.C.) Needwood Forest and the Fall of Needwood with Other Poems, sm. 8vo, Derby (T. Richardson) 1830, First Edn., inscribed on f.e.p. ‘Constance Talbot at Markeaton August 1852’ Ex. Libris J.O. Edwards (bookplate) hf. leather, green buckram boards, gilt decor spine. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 967. Fine Copy of The Author’s First Book Mac Mahon (Bryan) The Lion Tamer, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1948. First Edn., orig. green cloth & with unclipped pict. d.w. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €220 968. [O’Nolan (Brian)] ‘Myles na gCopaleen,’ An Beal Bocht, 8vo Dublin (An Press Naisíunta) n.d. [1941]. First Edn., hf. title, with illus. map endpapers, orig. coloured pictorial boards. V. good copy. (1) * One of the greatest Irish language novels of the 20th Century. Only roughly 300 copies of this edition were issued, and proved to be a hit. €350 - €500 969. Rare First Edition on Tennis Dwight (James) Practical Lawn Tennis, 8vo, N.Y. (Harper & Brother Publishers) 1893, First Edn., photograph frontis & 24 photo plts., tables, 6pps of adverts at back, blue cloth, with decoration and gilt lettering. (1) €200 - €300 961 969 962 968