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

29 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 239. Illustrations by C.E. Brook Austen (Jane) Works, 5 vols. 8vo Lond. (J.M. Dent & Co.) 1907 - 1909 Containing Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Sense & Sensibility; Emma; & Persuasion, with cold. frontis, illus. titles & cold. plts. orig. gilt decor. cloth. From‘The Series of English Idylls’ Good. (5) €200 - €300 240. [Cane (Walter)] Illustrator. Beeching (H.C.)ed. A Book of Christmas Verse, 8vo Lond. (Methuen & Co.) 1895 First Edn., hf. title, vignette title, & fine illus., on orig. gilt decor. blue cloth. A very desirable bright copy. (1) €100 - €150 241. Leech (John)illustrator, The Comic English Grammar; 8vo Lond. 1840. First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis & illus. thro.-out, cont.hf.mor.by Chas. Winstanley, Manchester; also Cruikshank at Home; a New Family Album of Endless Entertainment, 8vo Lond. 1845. First & Second Series, frontis & plts. & illus. thro.- out, orig. cloth. Both good. (2) €120 - €180 242. Savoy Hotel - The Savoy Cocktail Book, 8vo Lond. 1930. First Edn., Hf. title, with attractive colour illustrations thro.-out, orig. cloth backed silver illustrated pictorial boards. Unusual lot. (1) €130 - €180 243. Hamilton (Rev. Wm.) Letters Concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim, 8vo Dublin 1790. First Edn., lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, 3 lg. fold. plts. cont. hf. crimson mor. Emf. Good. (1) €120 - €180 244. [Jonathan Swift] Orrery (John, Earl of) Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, ... in a Series of Letters. 8vo Dublin (Geo. Faulkner) 1752. Third Edn., engd. port. frontis, add. title with engd. vignette, engd. head, cont. calf; also Swift (Deane) An Essay upon the Life Writings, and Character of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 8vo. Lond. & Dublin: Re-printed 1755. With an early carte-de-visite reproduced port. photo of Swift tipped in as a frontis, cont. hf. calf, rebacked. (2) €220 - €320 245. [Dunlevy (Andrew)] The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine By Way of Question and Answer, text in English and Irish thro.- out. 8vo Paris (James Guerin) 1742. First Edn., two titles, later hf. calf, upper cover lacking, needs rebinding. Emf. (1) €250 - €350 246. [Wilson] The Post-Chaise Companion: or, Travellers Directory through Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1786. First Edn., engd. frontis, title, list of subs., fold. map, two dble page plts. & dble page map, inscribed on front blank ‘From the Author,’ tree calf; [Campbell] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1778. First Edn., 3 engd. plts. (2 fold. plts.) calf. (2) €160 - €200 247. O’Leary (Rev. Arthur) Miscellaneous Tracts, Dublin 1781. First Edn., Hf. title, full calf; Davies (Sir John) Historical Tracts, Dublin 1787, full calf; Whately (Richard, D.D.) Charges and other Tracts, Lond. 1836. First Edn., cloth backed boards. Emf. (3) €100 - €150 248. WilliamMcKenzie Bindery Bindings: Colman (George) The Comedies of Terence, Translated into Familiar Blank Verse. 2 vols. 12mo Dublin (Eliz. Watts) 1766. Two hf. titles, lacks front & end loose blanks, fine cont. tree calf, roll tooled gilt borders, spine gilt in panels with urn, & 8 point star tools etc. crimson mor. labels each cover lettered ‘I.D. Bolton, Honos Virtutis’; also Thomson (James) The Seasons; prefixed His Life by Dr. Johnson. Sm. 8vo Dublin (Academic Press by William M’Kenzie) 1793. Three engd. plts. (ex. 4) T.C.D. Prize, full calf, roll tooled borders (Top joint cracked) tooled gilt spine with urns etc., & oval T.C.D. gilt tooled stamp on both covers. As bindings. (3) €220 - €350 249. Delightful Copy of First Edition in Book Form Kickham (Charles J.) Sally Kavanagh; or, The Untenanted Graves, A Tale of Tipperary. 8vo Dublin (W.B. Kelly) 1869. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis. Dedicated to John O’Leary, orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. fine copy of this rarity. (1) €500 - €700 242 245 249 248