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

42 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 274. Presentation Copy from Sir Charles Gavan Duffy Duffy (Sir Chas. Gavan) A Birds Eye View of Irish History, Sm. 8vo D. (J. Duffy & Sons) 1882. First Edn., hf. title, vig. gilt décor. cloth with harps & shamrock. (1) * Inscribed Presentation Copy to Charlotte G. O’Brien, Ardanoir, Foynes, Co. Limerick. €150 - €200 275. William Smith O’Brien’s Copy Goldsmith (Oliver) The Miscellaneous Works, 4 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1834. New Edn., port. frontis. Vol. I, 4 port. & other frontis., cont. hf. calf, worn, labels dam. (4) * With Signed bookplate of William S. O’Brien, also each volume Signed by Charlotte Grace O’Brien (his daughter), and Nelly O’Brien, 1909. €250 - €350 276. Presentation Copy from Jas. Spedding, English Author Austen (Jane) Novels, 6 vols. in 5, sm. 8vo Lond. (Richard Bentley) 1833. Reprint of First Collected Edition? Engd. frontis to each vol., lacking hf. titles, advert. leaf end of Vol. IV, a.e.g., cont. full green mor., treble blind fillet borders, raised bands, gilt lettered spines, joints of Vol. III cracked, but a good set. (5) * Each volume inscribed ‘M.A. & & J.G. Marshall from Jas. Spedding.’ J.G. Marshall (Julia Garth Marshall, later O’Brien), Jas. Spedding, was an English author & best known as editor of The Works of Francis Bacon. (5) €800 - €1200 277. [Radcliffe (Ann)] The Romance of the Forest, 2 vols. 12mo Mixed Edns. Dublin (for Messrs P. Wogan, P. Byrne etc.) 1792/1793. First Edn. etc., cont. calf, labels lacking. (2) €200 - €300 278. [Smollet (Tobias)] The History and Adventures of an Atom, 2 vols. in one, 12mo Dublin 1769. First Dublin Edn., hf. title Vol. II, cont. full sheep, mor. label, scuffed. Rare; [Smollet (Tobias)] The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 2 vols. 12mo Dublin (For R. Main) 1753. First Dublin Edn., 4pp. Catalogue end of Vol. I, some dam. to fore-edge of Vol. II, no loss of text. Cont. full sprinkled calf, mor. labels, rubbed. Rare. (3) €350 - €500 279. [d’Exiles (Antoine Francois Prevost)] The Dean of Coleraine, A Moral History. Founded upon the Memoirs of an Illustrious Family in Ireland. 3 vols. 12mo Dublin (S. Powell) 1742. First Dublin Edn., Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, titles, inscribed Thos. Acton, cont. full sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (3) * For an extensive article on these volumes, see ‘Friends of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin / Annual Bulletin, 1950’ pp.10-15. €300 - €400 280. [Kimber (Ed.)] The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson, A Narrative founded on Fact. 2 vols. 12mo Dublin (S. Powell, For Robert Main) 1750. First Dublin Edn., Engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cont. full sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, somewhat rubbed. Very Scarce. (2) €500 - €700 281. First Waterford Printing of a Classic Gothic Novel: Lewis (M.G.) The Monk. A Romance, 3 vols. 12mo Waterford (J. Saunders) 1796. First Waterford Edition, lacks hf. titles, pps. 250, 280 & 308, cont. hf. mor. marble sides, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Extremely Rare. (3) * Published before the author turned twenty, ‘The Monk’ is one of the most important Gothic novels of its time. The author became so famous he became known as The ‘Monk’ Lewis. €750 - €1000 282. [O’Sullivan (Mortimer)] ‘A Munster Farimer,’ Captain Rock Detected: or, The Origin and Character of the Recent Disturbances, .. of the South and West of Ireland. 12mo Lond. 1824. First Edn., hf. title, recent hf. green mor. mor. label. (1) €140 - €200 274 & detail 275 276 281