Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

11 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 37. Linen Trade: Warden (Alex. J.) The Linen Trade, Ancient and Modern, 8vo Lond. 1867. Second Edn., orig. cloth, gilt decor. Scarce. (1) * Inscribed by ‘James N. McCullough, Barn Mills Carrickfergus.’ €140 - €200 38. Hippisley (Sir J.C.) The Substance of Additional Observations .. in the House of Commons in the Debate of the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the 13th & 14th May 1805, 8vo Lond. 1806. First Edn., Hf. title, & errata at front, uncut orig. boards; Wellesley (Viscount) The Irish Question Considered in its Integrity, 8vo Lond. 1844. First Edn., orig. cloth. Two Scarce items. (2) €100 - €150 39. Synge (John M.) The Work of John M. Synge, 4 vols., D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1910, portrait frontis, uncut, oatmeal cloth, git lettered spine. Good set. (4) €150 - €200 40. Vale Press - The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 3 vols. Lond. (Ballantyne Press) 1901. Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, Vole Press. Decorated by Charles Ricketts. Lim. Edn.; also Poems fromWordsworth, all uncut, unopened, in uniform full oatmeal buckram. V. good. (4) €160 - €240 41. Kavanagh (Patrick) Collected Poems, 8vo L. (Macgibbon & Kee) 1964, First Edn., oatmeal cloth, blue and gilt lettering, d.j. (not clipped). Good copy. (1) €175 - €250 42. R.D.S. - Dubourdieu (Rev. J.) Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim, with Observations... by Direction of the Dublin Society, Thick 8vo Dublin 1812. First Edn., fold. cold. map & 17 other plts. (mostly folding sepia) uncut, in recent catspaw calf, mor. labels. Very good clean Copy. (1) * Regarded with Tighe’s ‘Kilkenny’ as the best of the Surveys. €250 - €350 43. Bibliography: Gracey (J.) & McClelland (A.) Irish Booklore, Vol. I No. 1, 1971 - Vol. IV, No. 2, 1980. Together 8 issues [all published], illus. orig. ptd. wrappers. Scarce. As a periodical, w.a.f. (8) €160 - €240 44. With Inscription from the Author Gregory (Lady A.) Hugh Lane’s Life and Achievement, with some Account of the Dubin Galleries, 8vo, L. (J. Murray) 1921, Frist Edn., frontis, inscribed on f.e.p. For the Use of Ashe Committee from the Writer, A Gregory, July 29, ‘24, grey cloth, ptd. label; The Kiltartan History Book, 8vo, D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1909, First Edn., cold. illus, cloth backed boards; Robinson (L.)ed. Lady Gregory’s Journals 1916-1930, 8vo, L. (Putman & Co.) 1946, First Edn., cloth; de Lourdes Fahy (M.) Kiltartan, Many Leaves, One Root, 8vo Galway (Kiltarten) 2004, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j. (4) €300 - €400 45. Brewer (J.N.) The Beauties of Ireland, 2 vols. (Vols. 1 & 11) Complete, roy 8vo Lond. 1825. First Edn., 23 engd. views (include. frontis) only. Uncut, orig. cloth backed boards. Clean copy. (2) €130 - €180 46. Dublin Printing: Milton (John) Paradise Lost, A Poem. Ed. by T. Newton, 2 vols. Dublin (J. Exshaw) 1751. New Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, both titles with engd. vignette, cont. calf, fine tooled gilt Dublin calf, in panels, mor. & paper labels, one joint cracked; also England (T.R.) The Life of the Rev. Arthur O’Leary, Lond. 1822, orig. boards; Ronan (Myles V.) An Apostle of Catholic Ireland, D. 1944, cloth backed boards; & 3 odd issues of The Past, as a lot. (1) €70 - €100 47. D’Alton (John) T he History of the County of Dublin, thick 8vo Dublin 1838, First Edn., cloth (loose) also The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin, 8vo Dublin 1838. First Edn., list of subs., full cont. crimson mor. gilt borders & spine; and Gilbert (J.T.) A History of the City of Dublin, 3 vols. I.U.P. Reprint, Shannon 1972, cloth. (5) €100 - €150 48. Irish Travel: Kohl (J.G.) Ireland, Dublin, the Shannon, Limerick, Cork and the Kilkenny Races..., 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1843, First Edn., with bookplate for ‘Clarendon’ (with m/ss note on f.e.p. “ bought on 13th Dec. 1923 at the Library Sale of the Earl of Clarendon,” hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label; Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland: with General Observations..., 8vo L. (H. Goldney) 1780, Second Edn., 3 plts. (2 fold), contemp. full calf, gilt fillet decor., spine worn. (2) €180 - €250 37 41 44 42