RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

125 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 894. Pennant (Thomas) British Zoology, 4 vols. thick 8vo Lond. (Wilkie & Robinson) 1812. New Edition 196 engd. plts, some fold. some browning, cont. cloth, paper labels, two spines with joints cracked. (4) €180 - €250 895. [Swift (Jonathan)] ‘SimonWagstaff’ A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversations, 8vo Lond. (for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst) 1738. First Edition Large Paper, Advert leaf at front, LXXXI, 215pp., orig. calf, recased, raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, mor. label. (1) €300 - €400 896. T.C.D. Tyrrell (Rob. Yelverton) Dublin Translations into Greek and Latin Verse, 8vo D. 1890. First Edn.,; also same author, Latin Poetry, Lond. 1895. First Edn.,; & Mahaffy (J.P.) Rambles & Studies in Greece, 8vo Lond. 1892. Frontis. illus. & some loose photos. All cloth. Emf. (3) €80 - €120 897. Boulter - Letters Written by His Excellency Hugh Boulter, D.D. Lord Primate of Ireland, etc., 2 vols. in one, 8vo Dublin (Geo. Faulkner & James Williams) 1770. First Edn., cont. Irish full calf binding, double gilt fillet borders with corner decorations, raised bands, mor. label, & panels profusely gilt. Good. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 898. Inscribed Presentation Copy Buxton (Ed. North) Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, roy 8vo Lond. 1893. Second Edn., full page & others illus thro-out, orig. decor. oatmeal buckram, spine faded. Inscribed on half title. (1) €75 ‑ €125 899. Bibliographical interest: Catalogue of The Scientific Books in The Library of The Royal Society , 8vo Lond. 1839, unopened, orig. cloth; also Catalogue of The Library of the Royal Astronomical Society, Compiled to June 1884, 8vo Lond. 1886, orig. cloth. (2) €75 ‑ €125 900. With Illustrations by Patrick Newell Illustrated Volumes: Carroll (Lewis) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, & Through the Looking Glass, 2 vols. N.Y. & London (Harper & Brothers) 1902, First Edn., portrait frontis, black and white illustrations throughout by Peter Newell, decorated borders, uncut, gilt decor cream boards, original d.j. Good set. (2) €400 - €600 901. With Fine Coloured Plates Skogman (C.) Fregatten ‘Eugenies’ Resa Omkring Jorden; aren 1851-1853, Under Befal af C.A. Virgin 2 vols.in One. 8vo Stockholm (Adolf Bonnier) n.d. [1854-55] With 18 hand coloured plates, 3 fold. charts., some text illus. cont. hf. calf. (1) * The Account of the first Swedish circumnavigation. €250 - €350 902. With 71 Fine Hand Coloured Plates Bingley (Rev. W.) Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, thick 8vo London (Darton & Harvey) 1809. L. Paper Copy. With 71 attractive hand coloured plates, cont. blind & gilt tooled calf, upper cover loose & spine worn, but exceptionally clean plates. (1) €280 - €350 894 901 899 902 900