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

40 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 339. Graphic Studio: Lalor (Brian) Ink-Stained Hands, Graphic Studio, Dublin and the Origins of Fine-Art Printmaking in Ireland. Folio Dublin (Lilliput Press) 2011. Lim. Edn. No. 46 of 50 Copies, with orig. signed etching by Brian Lalor, profusely illustrated in colour, cloth & slipcase, with copy of Incantata, by Paul Muldoon. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 340. Signed Limited Edition Blackshaw (B.) Blackshaw, Edited by Eamonn Mallie. Lg. 4to Belfast 2003. Limited Edition No. 332, Signed by Author & Editor, cold. illus. thro.-out, pict. boards & slipcase. V. good. (1) €160 - €240 341. Co.Cork: Burdon (David Joseph) History of Buttervant Parish, Folio 1985. A typescript Thesis, illus. cold. maps, etc. Orig. cloth. (1) €100 - €150 342. Armagh Printing: King (Robert) A Memoir Introductory to the Early History of the Primacy of Armagh, Folio Armagh (John Thompson) 1854. Sole Edition. Pres. Copy, inscribed neatly on title, orig. gilt decor. orange cloth. Good. Scarce. (1) €180 - €240 343. Walpole - The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (G.G. & J. Robinson) 1798. First Edn., Engd. port. frontis vignette title, engd. fold. & other plts., engd. ports. etc., full cont. tree calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Good. (5) €300 - €400 344. Binding: Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country, Folio Lond. 1807. First Edn., Vignette title (stained), with all the engd. plts. maps & vignettes, a.e.g., in hf. mor. with tree calf sides, tooled gilt spine. V. unusual binding. (1) €200 - €300 345. In Fine Binding Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, folio Kilkenny Reprint (Boethius) 1989. Lim. Edition 585 Copies. Illus. thro.-out, now in fine binding, a.e.g., full crimson mor. with lg. gilt & blind tooled Celtic cross on covers, & in cloth box. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 346. Photographs: Rome, A large oblong folio Album of approx. 50 lg. landscapes, & views of buildings in Rome, each approx. 8” x 10”, unsigned c. 1875, in lg. mor. Album. As a collection of photos, w.a.f. (1) Provenance: St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. €160 - €240 347. Photographs: A lg. oblong folio Album of Photographs, Architecture, Interiors, Sculpture, Fine Furniture etc., principally French, over 60 photos in all, c. 1880- 1900, hf. mor. dam. As a collection of photos, w.a.f. (1) €80 - €140 348. Association Copy Atronomy: Brunnow (F.), Dreyer (J.L.E.), Ball (Rob. S.), Rambaut (A.A.) & Joly (Chas. Jasper), Astronomical Observations and Researches Made at Dunsink, The Observatory of Trinity College, Dublin, Parts II, 1873; IV, 1882, (Signed Pres. Copy to Dr. Otto Boeddicker), V, 1884; VI, 1887; VIII, 1899; & IX, 1900. Together 6 parts, lg. 4to Dublin 1873-1900. Mostly unopened, orig. pictorial & other wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. Clean copies. (6) * Boeddicker worked as an Astronomer at Birr Castle. €120 - €180 349. With 50 Coloured Plates Westwood (J.O.) Palaeographic Sacra Pictoria: Being a Series of Illustrations of The Ancient Versions of the Bible, Copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. Folio Lond. (Wm. Smith) 1843-1845. Colour hf. title, & 50 full page colour plates, t.e.g., cont. strongly bound hf. crimson mor. by J. Wright. (1) * A Section on Irish Manuscripts, and includes colour plates from The Book of Kells, & other Irish Manuscripts. €200 - €300 350. Architecture: Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select Examples of Country and Suburban Residences Recently Erected. Lg. folio Lond. (Blackie & Son) 1871. First Edn., with 80 full page plts. in oirg. cloth, spine dam. at top. (1) €200 - €300 340 347 343 349 345