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

45 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 385. Binding: de Vaugelas (Lagier) Soixante Vues des Plus Beaux Palais, Monuments et Eglises de Paris, Cathedrales et Chateaux de la France, 8vo Paris n.d. [July 1820] Engd. map, hf. title, engd. frontis (add. title), & 60 engd. plts., a.e.g., in cont. full crimson mor. with attractive tooled gilt & blind tooled borders & designs, profusely gilt spine in panels. V. good copy. (1) €220 - €320 386. Fishing: Williamson (Capt. T.) The Complete Angler’s Vade - Mecum; Being a perfect Code of Instruction on the above Pleasing Science. 8vo Lond. 1808. First Edn., 10 engd. plts., cont. sprinkled calf, mor. label, upr. joint cracked. Good. (1) €100 - €150 387. Illustrations by Samuel Lover Magrath (T.W.) Authentic Letters from Upper Canada; with an Account of Canadian Field Sports. Edited by The Rev. T. Radcliff. Lg. 12mo Dublin (Wm. Curry Jun. & Co.) 1833. First Edn., Engd. frontis & 3 plts., by Samuel Lover, 330pp., some slight stains, orig. embossed brown cloth, recased, gilt lettered spine. Very good copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 388. Wright (Thos.) St. Patrick’s Purgatory; An Essay on the Legends of Purgatory, Hell and Paradise, current during The Middle Ages. 8vo Lond. 1844. First Edn., Name on title, 24pp catalogue at end, orig. cloth. Clean copy. (1) €75‑€120 389. Irish Travel: Corrigan (Dr. Dominic) Ten Days in Athens with Notes by the Way, Summer of 1861, 8vo Lond. 1862. First Edn., Hf. title, fold. map frontis cold. in outline, text wd.-cut illus. cont. blue cloth strengthened at joints, gilt decor. & lettering faded. V. Scarce. (1) * Corrigan was President of the College of Physicians of Ireland. €120 - €180 390. Signed & Inscribed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Comedie et actes divers 8vo Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1966. First French Edition. Orig. cream wrappers lettered in blue and black and with publisher’s device on both covers, glassine jacket. (1) * Half title inscribed by author to the writer Andre Marissel, dated July? 1966. Six short plays translated by author from English. V. good copy. €300 - €400 391. Hors de Commerce Edition Signed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Assez, sm. 4to Paris. Les Editions de Minuit 1966. Original cream wrappers lettered in black, edges uncut, with original glassine jacket. Hf. title page inscribed by Beckett, 2 leaves comprising pp.13-16 of the chapter ‘Imagination morte imaginez’ by Beckett from the book ‘Les Lettres Nouvelles’ loosely inserted at front. Some browning and small chips to glassine jacket, no loss, First French Edition Number 47 of 100 Hors de Commerce Copies, not for sale and to be presented by the publisher/author. Inscribed by Beckett to the writer Andre Marisseland, dated ‘April 66’. (1) €350 - €500 392. Edgeworth (Maria & Richard Lovell) Essay on Irish Bulls, 8vo Lond. 1802. First Edn., title re-lined, II, 316pp two engd. vignettes, ex libris copy (blind stamp) uncut, recent blue boards. (1) €120 - €180 385 387 392 390 & detail 391 & detail