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

50 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 343. Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, Lg. 4to Dublin 1820. First Edn., Lg. engd. fold. frontis & 10 other plts. maps etc., some fold., later hf. mor. (1) €200 - €300 344. Leger (Alicia St.) A History of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Folio Cork 2005. First Edn., Profusely illustrated thro-out, orig. cloth backed pictorial boards, & 3 others similar. (4) €100 - €150 345. [Barron (Wm.)] History of the Political Connections between England and Ireland, From ... Henry III to the Present Time 4to Lond. 1780. Uncut, recent hf. mor., gilt lettered spine. Good. (1) €160 - €220 346. Presentation Copy to Lord Malmesbury [Ellis (George)] Memoir of a Map of the Countries Comprehended between the Black Sea and the Caspian; With an Account of the Caucasian Nations, and Vocabularies of their Languages. Lg. 4to Lond. (For J. Edwards) First Edn. Presentation Copy to Ld. Malmsbury, inscribed & signed by author. Orig. fold. map lacking, but supplied in facsimile. Cont. calf, worn & joints cracked. (1) €200 - €300 347. The O’Brien Family Bible Bindings: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Illustrated with engd. plts. by Charles Heath from Designs by Rich. Westall, 3 vols. Sm. folio Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1815. One add. engd. title, 30 engd. plts., a.e.g., cont. full crimson straight grained mor. large gilt tooled & blind borders, & git spines. Front loose blanks inscribed ‘Julia O’Brien.’ (Wife of EdwardWm. O’Brien, Cahirmoyle). (3) €200 - €300 344 346 342. Rare Hand-Coloured Copy in Fine Binding Bartlett (W.H.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. n.d. Two engd. frontis views, 2 add engd. titles, & 118 engd. plts. All Hand-Coloured some spotting, a.e.g., in fine cont. full green mor. with lg. tooled gilt urn ornament in centre of covers, & lg. tooled gilt floral borders, spines with raised bands, & panels tooled with shamrocks & thistles, mor. labels, with binders tickets, Seton, Bookbinder, Edinburgh.’ (2) €800 - €1200 343