RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, LITERATURE & MAPS DECEMBER 9th, 2014 fm Rare Books, Manuscripts Literature & Maps FROM PRIVATE CLIENTS & COLLECTORS & INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF SCARCE IRISH & GENERAL MEDICAL BOOKS, DUPLIcateS FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, IRELAND Auction: The Clyde Court Hotel, Lansdowne Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 Commencing at 10.30 sharp (Approx 800 lots) Viewing: At our Auction Rooms on Chatsworth Street, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny: Wednesday, December 3rd 10.30 – 17.30 At The Clyde Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4: Sunday, December 7th, 1.00 – 18.30 Online bidding available Monday, December 8th, 10.30 – 19.30 via the-saleroom.com (surcharge applies) Contact Details for Viewing and Sale Days: Office: +353 (0) 56 4441229 Hotel: +353 (0) 1 2382700 Follow us on Twitter Enquiries: 087 2751361 @FonsieMealy [email protected] Front Cover Illustration: Lot 438 Illustrated catalogue: €10.00 Inside Front Cover Illustration: Lot 756 Inside Back Cover Illustration: Lot 406 Back Cover Illustration: Lot 787 Sale Reference: 0232 The Old Cinema, Chatsworth St., Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland fm T: +353 56 4441229 | F: +353 56 4441627 | E: [email protected] | W: www.fonsiemealy.ie PSRA Registration No: 001687 Design & Print: Lion Print,1 Cashel. 062-61258 Mr. Fonsie Mealy F.R.I.C.S. Mr. George Fonsie Mealy B.A. Director Director [email protected] [email protected] Paddle Bidding Buyers Conditions If the purchaser is attending the auction in person they must Buyers are reminded that there is a 20% V.A.T. inclusive premium register for a paddle prior to the auction. Please allow sufficient payable on the final bid price for each lot. The Auctioneers are time for the registration process. always pleased to advise clients and to execute bids on their behalf, but if successful, the purchase price payable will be the final bid Live Bidding price and the V.A.T. inclusive premium of 20% chargeable thereon. Please note that live bidding is available via the-saleroom.com. This Bids must always be made or confirmed in writing or by fax, service incurs a surcharge of 3% levied by the live auction host reference being made to each sale through the code names on the and chargeable on the hammer price in addition to the buyer’s title page of each catalogue. To ensure that bids will be accepted premium. The auctioneer advises all prospective buyers that live and that delivery of Lots is not delayed, intending Buyers should auctions are subject to technical issues that are beyond the control supply bank or other suitable references to the Auctioneers prior to of the auctioneers and as such the auctioneer cannot guarantee the the auction. The references should be supplied in good time to be accuracy of bids placed online. Absentee bidding and telephone taken up before the sale. Bids are accepted in Euro only. bidding are available as an alternative to live bidding and does not N.B. Payment by: Cash, guaranteed cheques, wire transfer incur any additional surcharge to the buyer. Issues relating to live (contact [email protected]), or credit card (mastercard/ bidding including initial registration should be addressed directly visa & subject to 3% surcharge. All Cheques or Drafts to be made with the live auction host. payable to “Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers”. Third Party Cheques or Absentee Bidding Drafts will not be accepted as payment for lots purchased. Absentee bids must be received no later than 5pm on Monday, December 8th, 2014. Any bids received after this deadline cannot Terms used in this catalogue have the meanings ascribed to be guaranteed. If you are bidding with us for the first time then them below: please contact our office for guidelines on registration. Telephone Bidding Paintings, Prints, Works of Art, Furniture, etc. The first name or names and surname of the Artist or Craftsman: In Telephone bidding is available on lots with a pre-sale estimate of our opinion a work by the Artist of Craftsman. €500 or more. Registration for telephone bidding ends at 5pm on Monday, December 8th, 2014. (Bids will not be accepted day of Attributed to: In our opinion probably a work by the Artist or sale.) Any requests for telephone bidding received after this deadline Craftsman but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the may not be processed. It would be advisable to leave a maximum preceding category. covering bid in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. Studio of: In our opinion a work that may have been executed in Condition Reports and Image Requests whole or in part by the artist's hand. Circle of: In our opinion a work of the period of the Artist or We recommend that the buyer views the item(s) in person prior Craftsman that is in a similar style to the work of that Artist or to the auction, or have a representative view the item(s) on their Crafstman. behalf. The Auctioneer will endeavour to make certain observations on the condition of items but the buyer is reminded that the The surname of the Artist or Craftsman, preceded by “After”: In our condition report is based on opinion and should not be taken as a opinion, a copy of the work of the artist or craftsman. statement of fact. Signed – Stamped: Has a signature or stamp, which in our opinion All requests for condition reports and/or additional images of lots in is the signature or stamp of the artist or craftsman. this sale must be received no later than 5pm Thursday, December Bears Signature or Stamp: Has a signature or stamp, which in our 4th, 2014. Any requests received after this deadline will not be opinion might be the signature or stamp of the artist or craftsman. entertained. We cannot guarantee that all such requests received Dated: Is so dated and in our opinion was executed at about that will be answered by the sale day. date. All measurements are given height before width and are approximate. Bears Date: Is so dated and in our opinion may have been executed Parking at about that date. There is is paid parking available at the auction venue. Abbreviations (Note: Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult) O.O.C.: Oils on Canvas O.O.P.: Oils on Panel Contact Details For Viewing and Sale Days O.O.B.: Oils on Board W/C: Watercolour Office: + 353 56 44 41229 / +353 44 41413 GOU: Gouache MAH.: Mahogany Brigid Coady : 0872751361 / [email protected] VICT.: Victorian EDW.: Edwardian W.A.F.: With all faults As Is: With all damages, faults, restorations, etc. Collection As a lot: With all faults S.N.S.R. - Sold Not Subject to Return All items purchased must be collected by 8pm on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014. All items will be removed to Castlecomer N.B.: Please note the auctioneers offer no After Sale Guarantee after 8pm on Tuesday December 9th, for collection at our show whatsoever, with regard to mechanical and electrical items, or rooms in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, at the purchaser’s own risk firearms. We accept no subsequent liability for any damage, loss or and expense. injury arising from the use of the foregoing. Important Notice While the auctioneer endeavours to answer clients enquiries, we accept no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy in auction results given verbally during the sale days. We recommend that clients should only make such enquiries following the conclusion of the Sale. fmfm fonsiemealy.ie Start OF SALE Commencing at 10.30am 1 7 12 Illustrated Volumes: Yeats (J.B.)illus. Defoe Clanricarde - Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Signed Pres. Copy & with A.L. (D.) The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General Egan (P.M.) Scullydom: An Anglo-Irish Story Famous Moll Flanders, 2 vols. L. 1895. Illus. of Ireland, D. 1744. Orig. calf, recased, mor. of To-day, sm. 8vo L. n.d. c. 1889. Sole Edn., by Yeats, cloth; Mc Guinness (Norah)illus. label. (1) €150 - 200 hf. title, orig. decor. cloth. V. good copy. Rare. Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey * Signed Pres. Copy, ‘to Mr. M.J. Conlon through France and Italy, 4to L. 1926. illus. 8 during his imprisonment under the Coercion by N. Mc Guinness, orig. cloth backed decor. Irish Bibles: Bhedel (Wm.) Leabhuir an Act in Kilkenny Jail by the author P.M. Egan.’ boards. (3) €100 - 150 tSean Tiomna, thick 8vo D. (G. & J. Grierson also with 2pp. A.L.s. from Katherine Tynan to & M. Keene) 1827; also edition Leabhair an P.M. Egan, dated Dec. 10th 1887. (2) 2 tSean Tionna, thick 12mo [D.] 1830, both €140 - 200 Signed by Author with orig. full calf binding; and later edition, O’Donnell (Peadar) Proud Island, 8vo D. printed Lond. 1844, in recent calf. (3) 13 (O’Brien Press) 1975. Lim. Edn. 10 of (50) €120 - 180 Lynch (Patricia) A Storyteller’s Childhood, only, Signed. Orig. calf backed boards, slip 8vo L. & D. 1947. First Edn., with illus. by case. (1) €100 - 150 9 Harry Kernoff, orig. cloth & pictorial d.w. A Dickie (G.) A Flora of Ulster, 12mo Belfast fine copy of this scarce volume; also The Turf 3 1864. First Edn., later qtr. cloth; [Kane - Cutter’s Donkey Goes Visiting, L. 1935. First, Almanacs - Watson Steward (J.) The (Lady)] The Irish Flora, comprising the cold. frontis & other illus., lacks front loose Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanac - Triple Phaenogamous Plants and Ferns. sm. 8vo blank, cloth. (2) €100 - 150 Almanac, D. 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1818, D. 1833. First Edn.? hf. title, lacks front loose & 1822, together 6 vols.