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

47 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 399. McGahern (John) The Barracks, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1963, First Edn., & The Dark, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1965. First Edn., both orig. d.w. clean copies. (2) * The Author’s first and second novels. Scarce. €200 - €300 400. Signed & Inscribed First Edition O’Donnell (Peadar) Adrigoole, 8vo Lond. (J. Cape) 1929. First Edn., With a long inscription (10 lines) to ‘Bridie Agnes a Stoir ... ‘ Signed by the author, & dated 28.2.30. In cloth, with orig. cold. pictorial d.w. Rare. (1) €180 - €250 401. Ducerceau (Fr.)trans. The History of the Revolution of Persia: Taken from the Memoirs of Father Krusinski, Procurator of the Jesuits at Isaphan;.. 2 vols. in one, 8vo D. (S. Powell) 1729. First Dublin Edn., Fold. engd. map, XXII, 326, XVIIIpp., small worm holes, in margins (generally not affecting text), mostly in Index at end, cont. panel calf worn & repaired, new mor. label. (1) €160 - €220 402. de Saint-Etienne (M. Rabaut) White (James)trans. The History of the Revolution of France, 8vo Dublin 1792. First Dublin Edn., bound with A Chronological Table of the Principal Decrees which have been passed,.. 8vo VII, 191, (52) pp 19th Cent. hf. mor. V. good. (1) €130 - €180 403. Wilson (Wm. Rae) Travels in The Holy Land, Egypt, 2 vols. L. 1831. Third Edn., 13 aqua plts. include frontis complete, v. clean, cont. cloth. Vol. I stained gilt lettered spine, clean copy. (2) €100 - €150 404. FromThe Earl of Charlemont’s Library Pope: The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., ... together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 9 vols. 8vo Lond. 1752. Complete Set, red & bl. titles & 9 engd. plts. (ex. 24), cont. sprinkled calf, tooled gilt spines, worn, & some mor. labels lacking; also Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, From the Year 1705 to 1711, 2 vols. in one, 8vo Lond. 1735, calf, worn. * As an Association Copy, w.a.f. Most of the Earl’s Library was sent to London to be sold, & unfortunately most of it was destroyed by fire and water at that time. So hence anything that survived is of great rarity. (10) €400 - €600 405. Toplady (Augustus) Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England, 2 vols. Lond. 1774 First Edn., also The Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr. A.M. Toplady, 8vo Published by his Executor. 8vo Lond. 1780. First Edn., all orig. calf, one cover loose, mor. labels; (and one other Pamphlet by same author,) Pamphlet in modern boards. (4) €100 - €150 406. Aignan (M.)ed. Oeuvres Completes de J. Racine, 6 vols. 8vo Paris (P. Dupont) 1824. In attractive cont. catspaw calf, gilt borders, & profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. (Two vols. professionally rebacked with orig. spines laid down.) V. good. (6) €150 - €200 407. [Henry VIII, King of England] Regis Angliae Henrici Huius nominis octaui Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Sm. 4to Lugduni (Guliel. Rovillium) 1561. First Lyon Edition. Title within wd.-cut architectural border, just 4 leaves with damp stain in lower end, rt. hand corner, wd. cut heads and initials, cont. full limp vellum, lettered spine, lacks ties but generally a v. good copy. Rare. (1) €500 - €750 399 400 407 404