MEALY'S - Mealys Auctions

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All Signed Presentation Copies
Mac Donagh (Donagh) Happy as Larry,
8vo D. (Maurice Fridberg) 1946. FIRST EDN.,
inscribed on title by author “For George,
... July 1946,” with illus. by F. Rose, decor.
d.w.; The Hungry Grass, Poems, 8vo L. 1947.
FIRST EDN., inscribed on t.p. “For George ....
October 1947,” cloth & d.w.; also Sheridan
(N.) & Mc Donagh (D.) Twenty Poems, sm.
8vo D. (Privately Printed) 1934, LIM. EDN.
141 (300), Signed by author, orig. wrappers.
All good. (3) €100 - 150
172
Signed by Author
Kennelly (Brendan) Up and At it, 8vo D.
(New Square Publications) 1965, printed
by Three Candles. Pres. Copy, Signed by
Author, orig. cloth; also The Florentine’s,
D. 1967, First Edn.; and Selected Poems, D.
1969. First Edn., both cloth, & d.w.’s. Scarce.
(3) €100 - 150
173
Harris (Walter) The History and Antiquities
of the City of Dublin, 8vo D. 1766. First Edn.,
lg. fold. map frontis, fold. table, lg. fold. plan,
& 16 engd. plts. mostly fold. cont. calf, raised
bands, mor. label. (1) €280 - 350
174
Ferrar (J.) The History of Limerick, roy 8vo
Limerick (A. Watson & Co.) 1787. FIRST EDN.,
L.P. copy, fold. engd. frontis (with loss), list of
subs., 2 fold. plans (one in fac-simile), 1 sm.
fold. map, & 9 plts., (1 fold.), text illus. etc.,
orig. calf, re-backed, with orig. spine laid
down. Scarce. (1) €220 - 350
175
Fitzgerald (Rev. P.) & M’Gregor (J.J.) The
History, Topography and Antiquities of the
County and City of Limerick, 2 vols. 8vo D.
1826. First, lg. fold. map frontis., Vol. I, engd.
frontis view Vol. II, lg. fold. plan, fold. table,
& 1 engd. plt. with multiple views, cont. hf.
green mor. (2) €220 - 350
180 & detail
Mealy’s E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 3 4
176
O’Curry (E.) On the Manners and Customs
of The Ancient Irish, 3 vols. L. 1873. FIRST
EDN., 3 hf. titles, orig. embossed green
cloth, gilt. Good. (3) €280 - 350
177
First Editions in Book Form
Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures
of Martin Chuzzlewit, 8vo L. (Chapman &
Hall) 1844. Engd. frontis & 38 plts. errata
leaf; Dombey and Son, L. 1848. Engd. frontis
& add. engd. t.p. & 38 plts., errata leaf; Bleak
House, L. 1853, hf. title, engd. frontis, add.
engd. t.p. & 38 engd. plts.; all above with
illus. by H.K. Brown (Phiz.); also Our Mutual
Friend, 2 vols. in one, 8vo L. 1865. Two hf.
titles, 2 engd. frontis & 38 plts. by Marcus
Stone, orig. ptd. wrappers bound in at end,
all uniform dark red mor. marble sides, all v.
good. (4) €300 - 400
178
Scarce Provincial Magazine
Co. Carlow: The Carlow College Magazine,
1869 - 1870. May, 1869 - April 1870,
together 12 issues. (last leaf of April
lacking), 8vo, with general index, detailed
lists of students examination results, results
of cricket matches etc., cont. cloth. As a
periodical, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) €150 - 200
179
Co. Carlow: Ryan (John) The History and
Antiquities of the County of Carlow, 8vo
D. 1833. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis
(repaired) 388pp. cont. hf. crimson mor.
raised bands, mor. label, good copy. V.
Scarce. (1) €300 - 400
180
Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting
Sutherland (Captain) A Tour up the Straits
from Gibraltar to Constantinople, With the
leading Events in the Present War between
the Austrians, Russians, and the Turks ...
1789. 8vo L. 1790. Printed for The Author.
First Edn., 32pp. of subs, a.e.g. with fine
fore-edge of scene in Edirne Turkey, in full
straight grained crimson mor. binding, with
lg. gilt decor. borders, & tooled gilt spine. In
fine condition.
* Bookplate of Richard Cope-Hopton, Canframe
in the County of Hereford, Esq. (1)
€600 - 800
181
Modern Irish Poetry: O’Grady (Desmond)
Chords & Orchestrations Poems, 8vo Limerick
(McKerns Printing Press) 1956. First Edn. of
the Authors First Book, orig. decor. boards;
Off Licence, 8vo D. (Dolmen Press) 1968,
First Edn., boards & wrappers; & Hellas, roy
8vo D. (New Writer’s Press) 1971. LIM. EDN.
(500), decor. wrappers; Boland (Eavan)
The Journey and other Poems, 8vo D. (Arlen
House) 1987. Lim. Edn. 50 Copies Only,
Signed, cloth; Brownlow (T.) & Carew
(Rivers) Figures out of Mist, sm. 4to D. (New
Square Publications) 1966. Lim. Edn. (250),
cloth; & 2 others, one by Brownlow, & one
by Michael Smith. All v. good & scarce. (7)
€140 - 200
182
[Pollock (J.H.)] ‘An Philibin,’ Tristran &
Iseult, 4to D. 1924; Athens Aflame, 4to D.
n.d. Lim. Edn., 347 (350); Smoking Flax,
4to D. n.d. Lim. Edn., 87 (500), all uniform
wrappers; Irish Ironies, 8vo D. 1930, cloth;
The Fourth Wise Man, D. (Three Candles)
1935, wrappers; Grass of Parnassus, 8vo D.
(Three Candles) 1939. Lim. Edn. 54 (250),
cloth; Wild Honey, Dundalk 1942; & Mount
Kestrell, D. 1945, both cloth backed boards.
All First Edns. Scarce. (8) €130 - 180
183
Hand-coloured Plates: The Natural History
of Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals, 2
vols. 8vo Bungay 1811, 120 hd. cold. plts,
cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. V. clean copy. (2)
€180 - 250
184
Signed by the Author
Keane (Molly) Loving and Giving, 8vo L.
1988. Special Lim. Edition No. 26 of 112
Copies, Signed by the Author, t.e.g., mor.
backed marble boards. (1) €180 - 250
185
With find hand-coloured Plates
Sowerby (G.B.) The Conchological
Illustrations, thick 8vo L. 1841. 198 hd. cold.
full plates, a.e.g., cont. full crushed green
mor. lg. tooled gilt borders, spine tooled in
panels, with shells etc., and mor. label. V.
fine copy. (1) €700 - 900
186
1798: Maxwell (W.H.) History of the Irish
Rebellion i 1798, with Memoirs of the Union
and Emmet’s Insurrection in 1803. 8vo L.
1845. First Edn., port. frontis & 26 engd. plts.
& ports., hf. mor. worn. (1) €150 - 220
187
Signed by Author
Hughes (Ted.) Birthday Letters, 8vo L. (Faber
& Faber) 1998. Lim. Edn., No. 168 of 300
Copies, Signed by Author, orig. cloth. V.
good. (1) €120 - 180