RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

29 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 149. Asimov (Isaac) Foundation - An Interplanetary Novel, 8vo N.Y. (Gnome Press) 1951, First Edn., hf. title, dark blue cloth, red design & lettering (stained), original illus. dust jacket, unclipped, front lower edge showing crease. (1) €400 - €500 150. Limited Edition Private Press: Ashbee (Chas. Robert) An Endeavor Towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and WilliamMorris, Being a Brief Account of the Work, The Aims and the Principles of the Guild of Handicraft, 8vo London (Essex House Press) 1901. Limited Edition No. 159 of 250 Copies. The illustrated block and cuts are by George Thompson. Uncut, unopened, full vellum. V. good copy. (1) * First book printed at The Essex House Press. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 151. Special Signed Limited Edition Pinter (Harold) & Fowles (John) The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 8vo Boston- Toronto (Little Brown and Company) 1981. Special Screenplay Edition, NO. 170 of 350 Copies. Signed by both authors, dark blue cloth, in orig. crimson cloth slipcase, printed label. V. good. (1) €140 - €200 152. Grubb - The Grubbs of Tipperary, Studies in Heredity and Character, 8vo Cork 1972. First Edn., profusely illus. cloth & d.w.; O’Connell (Mrs. Morgan John) Charles Bianconi A Biography 1786-1875, port. & illus., & 1 other on Bianconi; Smith (Gus) Tommy O’Brien - Good Evenin’ Listeners, D. 1987, d.w.; Siege of Clonmel - Tercentenary 1650-1950 Souvenir Record, 4to 1950, cloth. (5) €80 - €120 153. Joy (Henry) Historical Collections Relative to the Town of Belfast, 8vo Belfast (G. Berwick) 1817, First Edn., some finger marks, recent attractive half, by Sidney Aiken, gilt decor. spine mor. label; Stuart (James) Historical Memories of the City of Armagh,... 8vo, Newry (A. Wilkinson) 1819, First Edn., frontis, & 4 plts (1 fold.) contemp. hf. calf, marble boards, recent reback and mor. labels. (2) €120 - €180 154. [Lynch (Patrick)] The Life of Saint Patrick, sm. 8vo D. (H. Fitzpatrick) 1810, First Edn., woodcut port. frontis, some text in old Irish, spotted thro-out, contemp. full calf, recent professional reback, mor. label; [ Kavanagh (J.W.)] Mixed Education - The Catholic Case Stated, 8vo D. (J. Mullany) 1859, First Edn., full cloth, gilt lettered front, reback, mor. label. First item. V. Scarce. (2) €150 - €200 155. Irish Travel: The Traveller’s New Guide through Ireland: 8vo Lond. 1819. First Edn., engd. frontis fold. map, 10 single page maps of routes, fold. map of Killarney & 1 engd. plt., recent cloth backed marble boards, clean copy. (1) €140 - €200 149 152 150 153 154