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

50 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 430. With 322 Hand-coloured Plates Mayer (H.L.) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs, 7 vols. Lond. 1842-1850. First Octavo Edition 322 plates, mostly hand coloured, a few plts. loose, cont. hf. green mor. & mor. labels (1 lacking). (7) €300 - €400 431. Harrison (Alan) The Dean’s Friend, Anthony Raymond 1675-1726. Jonathan Swift and The Irish Language. 8vo Castlebar 1999. First Edn., illus. recent mor. backed boards. (1) €100 - €150 432. Beckett (Samuel) Translation. Zone, by Guillaume Apollinaire, Folio Dublin (Dolmen Press) 1792. Special Lim. Edn. No. 77 of 250 Copies, Signed by Beckett. Uncut, in mor. backed black cloth, & orig. slipcase. V. good. (1) €350 - €450 433. Binding: Carlyle (Thos.) History of Friedrich II of Prussia called Frederick the Great, 6 vols. lg. 8vo Lond. 1858. Maps fold. etc. Attractive cont. hf. crimson mor. profusely tooled gilt spines by Riviere & Son. (6) €130 - €180 434. Famous Co. Louth Explorer M’Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, 8vo L. 1859. First Edn., frontis, fold. map in pocket at end, & all plts. & illus., previous owners names on title, orig. cloth, gilt recent professional re-back. V. good copy. (1) * The author, Sir Francis Leopold Mc Clintock 1819-1907, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth. €225‑€350 435. Weale (B.L. Putnam) The Conflict of Colour, Being a Detailed Examination of Racial Problems throughout the World with Special Reference to the English Speaking Peoples. 8vo Lond. 1910. First Edn., hf. title, one loose blank lacking at front, otherwise a v. good copy in orig. full crimson mor., gilt spine, v. slight fading on lower fore-edges of both covers. (1) €100 - €150 436. Hand-coloured Plates: Loudon (Mrs.) The Ladies Magazine of Gardening, roy 8vo Lond. (William Smith) 1842. First Edn., Hf. title, 13 lg. hd. cold. plates, text illus., cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels. V. good. (1) €220 - €350 437. Coloured Plates: Barton(B.H.) & Castle (Thos.) The British Flora Medica:... Medicinal Plants of Great Britain. 8vo Lond. 1877. New Edition 48 hand coloured plts. (include. frontis) orig. cloth. (1) €160 - €220 438. Priestley (Joseph) A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism, 8vo Dublin (Wm. Hallhead) 1781. First Dublin Edn.? XII, [4], 374pp. Remains of L.S. on title page, cont. full calf, worn, mor. label. (1) €100 - €150 439. Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Lond. 1844; Bleak House, Lond. 1853; and Little Dorrit, Lond. 1857. All First Edns. in Bk. Form, frontis add. engd. titles & plts., some spotting as usual, all cont. hf. mor. (3) €160 - €240 436 437 432 & detail 430