RARE BOOK AND COLLECTOR'S SALE July 30th & 31st, 2024

69 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 554. Rare Drogheda Printing - Unpublished Ledwidge (Francis E.) Legends and Stories of The Boyne Side, 8vo Drogheda (Drogheda Independent) 1914. Unpublished, pp. 1 - 72, in 9 loose gatherings. Ex. Rare. At the end of 1913 & beginning of 1914, The Drogheda Independent put together a delightful collection of stories and legends by Ledwidge, which they issued in their paper, & with the eventual intention of publishing these in book form, but the project was never completed. For sale here, are the 9 gatherings or sheets, consisting of pages 1 - 72, of that intended publication. Ledwidge was born in Slane, Co. Meath 19th Aug, 1887, & died in First World War on 31st July 1917, at Ypres. He was active in the Irish Volunteers, was a good friend of Lord Dunsany, helped publish his poetry and had a long-term correspondence with Katherine Tynan. €350 - €550 555. 18th Century American Almanacks Weatherwise (Abraham) Father Abrahams Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1770, sm. 8vo, Philadelphia (John Dunlop) 1770, 32pps., contemporary m/ss notes, some wear and loss to edges, unbound; together with Father Abraham’s Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1772 (being a leap year) sm. 8vo, Philadelphia (John Dunlop) 1772, 30pps, contemporary m/ss note, unbound, both rare, as is, w.a.f. (2) €500 - €600 556. Co. Louth: Dundalk Town Commission - B ye Laws made Under The Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, for the Regulation of Hackney Carriages, 8vo Dundalk (John Mathews) 1889. First (Sole) Edn., 13pp orig. wrappers, dam. V. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 557. Pamphlet: Co. Louth interest: Curtis - The Letter of the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis Roman Catholic Primate..., Complaining of the horrible Profanation of the Roman Catholic Chapel of Ardee, where a Calf ’s Head was placed on the Altar;, and repelling the ‘Insulting Scandalous, and Actionable Charge’ of the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, Magee. 8vo Dublin 1822. Second Edn., 12pp disbound, sewn. (See lot 549) Rare. (1) €160 - €240 558. Provincial Printing - Dundalk: Crawford (Wm. Sharman) Observations on The Irish Tithe Bill, .... Submitted to the considerations of the Electors of Dundalk, In Letters, addressed to William Brett, Esq., Sm. 8vo Dundalk (John Coleman) 1835. Sole Edn., 57pp in orig. ptd. wrappers, decorated border (Soiled). V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 556 557 554 555 553