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

31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 262. Association Copy- Robert Southey, Poet Binding: [Madden (Samuel)] Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, as to their Conduct for the Service of their Country. 8vo Dublin (By R. Reilly for Geo. Ewing) 1816. Second Edn., In full mottled calf, with gilt decor. borders, & re-back, gilt. V. good clean copy. (1) * Inscribed on front loose blank. ‘Robert Southey, Kerwick 7th Sept. 1833 from the Rev. J.W. Whiteside.’ €220 - €320 263. Binding: Pogany (Wm.)illustrator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 8vo Lond. (G.G. Harrap & Co.) With fine cold. plts. & text decorations. In attractive & elaborate gilt tooled calf, with leaves & flowers, back cover blind tooled. V. good. (1) €120 - €180 264. Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1865. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, & 40 wood-engraved plts. by Marcus Stone (2 with tears, no loss) publishers slip tipped-in, front loose end lacking in Vol. 2, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Generally good.(2) €220 - €350 265. Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1870. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, add. engd. title, & 12 full page illus.by S.L. Fildes, advert leaf at end, cont. hf. mor. gilt decor. spine, mor. label; also The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain, 12mo Lond. (Bradbury & Evans) 1848. First Edn., frontis add. illus. title, & other illus. orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth, lacks spine; also A Child’s History of England, L. 1896, First in Bk. Form, illus. blue cloth. (3) €200 - €300 266. Auldjo (John) Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and Some of the Greek Islands, 8vo Lond. 1835. First Edn., vignette on title, & one at p. 203, & 7 engd. plts. Geo. Cruikshank, lacks hf. title, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. (1) €120 - €180 267. O’Brien (J.) Focloir Gaoidhige - Sags - Bhearla; or, An Irish-English Dictionary, 8vo Dublin 1832. Second Edn., cont. hf. mor. Good. Emf. (1) €150 - €200 268. Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, The Figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. 8vo Newcastle upon Tyne (By & for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby... and C. Dilly, London) 1790. First Edn., vignette title, numerous wd. cut illus., some damp stains,& finger marks, later hf. green mor. mor. label. V. Scarce. (1) €225 ‑ €325 269. Bewick (Thos. & John) Select Fables, with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others. 8vo Newcastle (S. Hodgson) 1820. First Edn., Port. frontis of Thos. Bewick, vignette title, several wd. cut heads & tails, and numerous illus., cont. hf. calf, lacks label, but good copy.(1) €200 - €300 270. White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History of Selborne, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1813. New Edn., Two hf. titles, two engd. frontis & 2 plts. (1 hand cold.) good clean set, cont. calf, gilt fillet borders. (2) €130 - €180 271 – See page 32 272. Treatises on Husbandry, Bee Keeping etc Markham (Gervase) Markham’s farewell to Husbandry, or, The enriching of all, sorts of Barren and Sterile grounds in our Kingdome, to be as fruitful in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasse, as the best grounds whatsoever, 4to Lond. (By M.F. for Roger Jackson) 1625. Newly reviewed, corrected and amended, [8] 177pp; Bound with, Countrey Contentments or The English Huswife, 4to Lond. 1623. [8], 133, [1]pp; Bound with, A New Orchard and Garden, 4to Lond. 1623. Title with wd.-cut vignette, [8], 57pp; Bound with, The Country Housewifes Garden, Lond. 1623, 41pp; Bound with, Butler (Chas.) The Feminine Monarchie: or The History of Bees, 4to Lond. 1623. Frontis wd. cut of hive, some printed music, text illus. Together 5 works bound as one, some mis-binding, but very good clean copy, paste-downs loose, cont. full calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands & recent mor. labels. V. good copy. (1) * Inscribed: ‘The Rt. Hon. the Lady North’s her book Anno Domino, 1678,’ inscribed on front loose blank. €800 - €1200 273. Swift - Hawkesworth (John) & Swift (Deane ) Letters Written by the late Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin and Several of His Friends, 6 vols. 8vo Lond. 1766 - 1768. New Edition, cont. full calf, roll tooled border, uniform tooled gilt spines, in panels, mor. labels. Good set. (6) €400 - €600 264 272 270 273