CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

104 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 775. Binding: Dixon (Rev. T.W.) Popish Misrepresentation: In a Series of Letters, dedicated by Permission to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, 8vo, L. (L. Chapple) 1826, dedit, Ex. Libris Henry Drummond, Abbey Park, Surrey, marble endpapers, contemp. full green lozenge design leather with ornate gilt border, gilt decor. panel spine, with mor. label. (1) €200 - €300 776. O’Curry (E.) Lectures on ... Ancient Irish History, Dublin 1878; O’Brien (H.) The Round Towers of Ireland, Lond. 1898; Prendergast (J.P.) The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, Dublin 1875, all cloth. (3) €100 - €150 777. Rare Full Set : Number 1 - 30 Kinsella (Thomas) The Peppercaniser Series, Number 1 -30, D. (Peppercanister / Dolmen Press) 1972-2022, Nos. 1 - 29 Signed by Kinsella, (No. 30 was posthumously released) all ptd. wrappers. Scarce full set. Good condition. (1) €200 - €300 778. Special Binding: Christmas with The Poets, roy 8vo L. 1851. add. cold. litho title, text thro.-out within gilt ruled borders, cold. illus. & gilt initial letters, a.e.g. heavy painted papier-mache mor. backed binding, profusely decor. with holly leaves and berries. Good. (1) €125 - €175 779. Auction Catalogue: A good mixed collection of Catalogues, some illustrated, & some partially priced, including Derk, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick; Flagmount, Feakle, Co. Clare; Ballyglunin Park, Co. Galway, Rath House, Ballybrittas, Co. Laois; Library at Doneraile Court, Co. Cork, & others, as a coll., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 780. Stanihurst (Richard) De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, sm. 4to Antwerp (Chris. Plantinum) 1584. First Edn., Wd. cut device on cover, wd. cut initials, orig. calf, repaired and worn: Bookplate of John Earl of Portarlington: also Barry (J.) & Morgan (H.) Great Deeds in Ireland - Richard Stanihurst’s De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Cork 2013. Signed by editors, d.w. (2) €550 - €750 781. Gaelic Society: O’Flanagan (Theophilus) Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin, Established for the Investigation and Revival of Ancient Irish Literature. Vol. I [All Published] Roy 8vo Dublin (J. Barlow) 1808. First Edition, uncut, recent professional mor. backed marble boards, raised bands. Good copy. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 782. O’Rahilly (T.F.) Early Irish History and Mythology, roy 8vo Dublin 1946; Mac Lysaght (E.) The Kenmare Manuscripts, Dublin (I.M.C.) 1970; Mac Airt (Sean)ed. The Annals of Inisfallen, Dublin 1988, all cloth. (3) €75 - €125 783. O’Reilly (Rt. Rev. Bernard) John McHale, Archbishop of Tuam. His Life, Times and Correspondence, 2 vols. thick roy 8vo New York & Cincinnati (Pustet & Co.) 1890 First Edn., 2 port. frontis & numerous plts. a.e.g., later green mor. backed cloth, gilt spines. V. good. Unusual Edition. (2) €200 - €300 784. Genealogy: Brennan (Thomas A.) A History of The Brennans of Idough, County Kilkenny, 8vo New York 1979. Illus. orig. cloth & pictorial d.w. V. good copy. Extremely Scarce. (1) €125 - €175 785. Rental of a Londonderry Estate in the 1860s Manuscript: Hezlet (Rob.) Coleraine, Bound Volume – Manuscript Rental of the Estate of Robert Hezlet at Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, 1861-1870 , listing tenants by year with details of rent and whether paid or not. (1) €130 - €180 786. Gaughan (J. Anthony) Listowel and its Vicinity, 8vo Cork (Mercier Press) 1973. First Edn., Limited to 1000 Copies, fold. table, fold. maps, plts. some fold. recent hf. mor. marble sides, mor. labels. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 787. Dail Eireann de bhronn Thurneysen (Rudolf) Die irische Helden - und Konigsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, 2 vols. in one, 8vo Halle (Saale) 1921. First Edn., orig. hf. mor.; O’Donovan (John) Miscellany of The Celtic Society, 8vo Dublin 1849. First Edn., cloth backed boards, upr. cover loose; Macfarlane (P.) A New and Copious Vocabulary .. English and Gaelic, 8vo Edin. 1815. Cont. full calf, good (3) €130 - €180 786 779 780 785