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

71 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 566. Rare Co. Louth Pamphlet Provincial Printing: Johnston (C.L.) ed. Original Letters of Oliver Cromwell; Written during the Siege of Drogheda to the Parliament in England, Sm. 8vo Drogheda (Patrick Kelly) 1834. Sole Edn., 30pp sewn, blue printed wrappers. V. Scarce. (1) €220 - €350 567. Co. Louth Trial: Bellew - The Trial [at Dundalk,..1794] of Francis Bellew, Esq., Youngest Son of Sir Patrick Bellew Bart for Appearing in Arms with a Mob of Defenders, on the 26th of December, 1792, 8vo Dublin 1794. First Edn., 30pp, damp stained thro.-out, disbound, sewn. V. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 568. The Council of Ireland: Rules, Orders and Directions by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, For the Regulating of All Cities, Walled Towns and Corporations in this Kingdom of Ireland, 12mo Dublin (Geo. Grierson) 1742., title within tooled borders, & with Royal Cipher on title page, mostly B.L., covers some towns individually, 77pp cont. calf, new spine. V. good. (1) €250 - €400 569. Co. Louth: Brabazon (Henry) of Dromiskin, County of Louth. At a General Assizes & General Gaol Delivery,... 9th Day of March 1810, folio Dundalk (J. Parks) 1810., 47pp; also County of Louth, Spring Assizes, 1810. An Account of Sums demanded to be raised..., for Salaries, Buildings, & repairing Bridges, lowering Hills, and repairing Roads, Folio Dundalk (J. Parks) 1810., 34pp., orig. blue wrappers; also Fortescue (M.) of Stephenstown, Co. of Louth... at a General Assizes and Gaol Delivery, held at Dundalk, 25th day July, 1814. Folio Dundalk (J. Parks) 1814., 53pp orig. blue wrappers. All clean copies. V. Scarce. (3) €250 - €400 570. Co. Louth: The Registered Freeholder’s of the County of Louth, 1824: Consisting of the Baronies of Ardee, Ferrard, Louth, Upr. & Lower Dundalk, lg. oblong folio Dundalk (James Parks) 1824. First Edn., 66pp., orig. mor. backed boards, with ptd. label, upr. cover loose; also do. for .. County of Louth, from January 1826 to January 1827, oblong folio Dundalk (James Parks) 1827, orig. wrappers. Both v. clean copies. V. Scarce. (2) €250 - €400 572. Co. Waterford: [Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford] Miscellaneous Documents including : minutes of a ladies’ meeting at the Deanery to raise funds for the cathedral organ, 1905; leaflets advertising the Church Missionary Society Gift Day, 1912, and the Harvest Thanksgiving, 1939; a note from Robert [Daly], Bishop of Cashel, to Mrs Roberts, 1869; a jaunty letter (incomplete) to “my dear Mama” headed “Belclare, July the Orange, 1897”; and a printed notice from Robert Miller, Dean and Rector. (1) €300 - €400 572 566 570 571. Title Deeds to Stackallan Mill, Co. Meath, 1838-1966 Co. Meath: A set of 53 Documents (leases, assignments, wills etc.) relating to Stackallan Mill at Ardmulchan on the Meath Blackwater, tracing the tenancy and ownership of the mill from 1801, when the Boyne River Co. leased to Thomas Cuthbert Cookson the site of the mill “formerly held by John Martin”. In 1838 William Peck of Glasthule, Co. Dublin, leased the mill to John Dillon; thence it passed to Peck’s heir James Duggan (1842), to his nephew Patrick Dillon Duggan (1856), to James Ford (1858) and Francis Vance (1864). In 1870 it was purchased by Frederick and John Clayton (F. & J. Clayton Ltd.). In 1940 Clayton’s sold it to Patrick J. O’Reilly of Clonmel, who died in 1965. In 1882 Clayton’s claimed to be the largest general wool manufacturer in the country; in that year they presented Queen Victoria with a dress, costume, and travelling plaid made entirely from Irish wool (see website of Navan & District Historical Society). As an Archive, w.a.f. (1) €500 - €700