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

113 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 933 932. IrishWar of Independence [1919-1921] A double Bandolier with ten pouches, and brass and steel fasteners. (2) €120 - €140 933. Republican interest: Embroidered Banner, A Fuair Bas ar son na h’Eireann 1936-1943, Attractive linen cloth with fine needlework view of a lake with ruined castle and rising sun in background, a list of 25 names either side, who died for Ireland on hunger strike, etc. including, J. Mc Neela, S. Russell, Geo. Plant & others, approx. 32cms x 32cms (12½” x 12½”) framed. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 934. Republican Interest: Poster: [Sinn Fein] Anon. HowMuch Longer Must we bear the burden of the British Judicial System? - Free Bobby Sands M.P. - Sinn Fein - Meeting at G.P.O. Sunday 3 o’clock, May 3rd, watercolour, approx. 63cms x 48cms (25” x 19”), hogarth type frame. (1) €150 - €200 940. Children’s Interest: Kinney (J.) Diary of a Wimpey Kid, The Meltdown, 8vo L. 2018, Signed, illus. ptd. boards; Diary of a Wimpey Kid - Wrecking Ball, 8vo L. 2019, Signed, illus., ptd. boards; O’Doherty (D.) & Judge (C.) illus. Doctor Noel Zone Presents Danger is Still Everywhere, 4to D. 2015, Signed, illus., ptd. wrappers. (3) €80 - €100 941. Hamilton (Eliz.) Letters on Education, 12mo Dublin 1801, cont. hf. calf; Crofton Croker (T.) The Christmas Box,.. for Young Persons, 12mo Lond. 1829., First Edn., illus. hf. mor. (2) €130 - €180 942. Edgeworth (Maria) Essay on Irish Bulls, 8vo Lond. 1803. Second Edn. Corrected. 2 engd. vignette text illus. uncut, in recent hf. tan calf, mor. labels; also Letters for Literary Ladies, & which is added An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification. Sm. 8vo Harlow 1805. Third Edn., hf. title, with top cut away (no text loss) some browning, orig. full calf, recent label. (2) €200 - €300 943. Irish Language: Hyde (Douglas) The Story of Early Gaelic Literature, 12mo Lond. D. & N.Y. 1895. First Edn. Signed Pres. Copy to Miss Ethel Chance, ‘An Chraobhín Aoibhin, recent hf. mor.; also Connellan (Tadgh) The Two First Books of The Pentateuch, or Books of Moses:... from Original Irish Manuscripts. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1819. Third Edn., in Gaelic script thro-out, title inscribed by ‘Seamus O’Casaide, 1-1- 1904,’ recent calf backed boards. Both Scarce & V. Good. (2) €220 - €350 944. Ireland Immediately After The Great Famine Bennett (Wm.) Narrative of a Recent Journey of Six Weeks in Ireland, sm. 8vo Lond. 1847. First Edn., hf. title, orig. cloth, v. clean, Rare; also Sketches of Ireland Sixty Years Ago, 12mo D. 1847. First Edn., frontis cloth. Rare. (2) €175 - €250 945. O’Suilleabhain (Muiris) Fiche Blian ag Fas, Dublin 1933. First Edn., cloth; O’Criomhthain (Tomas) An t-Oileanach, 8vo D. 1929, First Edn., port. frontis., cloth; & 5 other sim. items. A lot. (7) €70 - €100 946. 18th Century Irish Almanacs: Watson (Samuel) The Gentleman’s and Citizens Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1778, 1783, 1788 (with fold. engd. map) and 1793. Together 4 vols. Dublin 1778-1793, all orig. calf, good, as periodicals, w.a.f. (4) * Three volumes contain Wilson’s “Dublin Directory”. €250 - €400 947. With Rare List of Subscribers Early Dublin Printing: The Memorial of the Church of England: with An Impartial Account.. of the Tryal of Dr. Sacheverell, Dedicated to James, Duke of Ormonde, Gov. General of Ireland. 12mo Dublin (... for E. Lloyd) 1711. In fine cont. panel calf, tooled gilt spine, raised bands, lacks label. V. Good Copy. (1) * Included in the subscribers list is, The Rev. Mr. George Berkley, Fellow of Trinity College, Dr. Helsham, Fellow of Trinity College and others. €225 - €350 942 943 947 946