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

117 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 975. Illustrated Volumes: Natural History Curtis (J.) Farm Insects, 8vo, L. (Blackie & Son) 1860, First Edn., 16 cold. plts., with publishers comp., hf. calf, cloth boards, rebacked; Harting (J.E.) A Handbook of British Birds, thick 8vo, L. (J.C. Nimmo) 1901, New Edn., cold. frontis and 34 cold. plts., full leather, gilt lettered spine., a.e.g. Good copy. (2) €180 - €250 976. Heaney (Seamus)trans. Beowulf - A Verse Translation, lg. 4to, L. (Folio Society) 2010, illustrated by Bella Thorne, leather baked gilt decorated red cloth boards, in matching slipcase. (1) €180 - €220 977. Signed Limited Edition of 250 Copies O’Brien (Eoin) The Beckett Country, Samuel Beckett’s Ireland, lg. 4to, The Black Cat Press (in association with Faber & Faber) 1986, Signed by Samuel Beckett, Ltd. Edn. No. 154/250, photography by D.H.J. Davison and illustrations by Robert Ballagh, in fine Antiquarian Bookcraft Binding, full grey goatskin with gilt decoration, water silk yellow endpaper in matching slipcase. Good copy. (1) €700 - €900 978. Signed by Buzz Aldrin Space Exploration: Aldrin (Buzz) & Abraham (K.) Magnificent Desolation, The Long Journey Home from the Moon, 8vo, N.Y. 2009, Signed by Buzz Aldrin, illus., cloth & d.j.; Buzz Aldrin, Reaching for the Moon, 4to, N.Y. 2005, Signed by Aldrin and illustrator, cloth and d.j.; Look to the Stars, 4to L. 2009, Signed by Author & illustrator (Wendell Minor), cloth & d.j. Clean lot. (3) €250 - €420 979. Signed by David Attenborough Attenborough (David) The Life of Birds, 8vo, L. 2023, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; Ocean Earth’s Last Wilderness, 8vo, L. 2025, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; The Trials of Life, A Natural History of Animal Behavior, 8vo, L. 2022, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; A Life on Our Planet, My Witness Statement a Vision for the Future, 8vo, L. 2020, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; The Greatest Story Ever Told, Life on Earth, 4to L. 2018, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j. Nice clean lot. (5) €350 - €450 980. Irish Art: Kennedy (S.B.) David Crone, Paintings 1963-1999, 4to Cork (Four Courts Press) 2000, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 16/50 Copies, illus., red cloth gilt lettering, matching slipcase; Sharpe (H.) Michael Kane, His Life and Art, 4to D. 1983, Signed by the Artist, illus. with lithograph of ‘Girl with red hair tipped in’ No.23/100, cream cloth, gilt decor., slipcase. (2) €200 - €300 981. Wright (Thomas) Louthiana: or, an Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland, lg. 4to, L. (Thomas Payne) 1758, Second, 66 engd. plts. (complete) and text vignettes by Paul Fardivnier red & black title page, contemp. hf. calf, marble boards, (some wear) otherwise good. (1) €200 - €300 982. MacPherson (James) Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books:.. composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal, 4to L. (T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt) 1762, Second Edn., red & black t.p. with vignette, uncut, recent hf. calf, marble boards, raised band, gilt lettered spine. (1) €120 - €140 983. Pearson (P.) Between the Mountains and the Sea, Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County, 8vo, D. 2007, Signed Copy, illus., cloth & d.j.; Peter Pearson of Sea and Stone, Paintings 1974-2014, 4to, Cork (Gandon) 2014, Signed Copy, illus., ptd. decor. boards. (2) €70 - €100 984. Illustrated Volumes: Natural History, Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols. L. (George Bell and Sons) 1875, Second Edn., 232 coloured plts., original uniform green embossed cloth with gilt decoration front covers and spine. Clean set. (3) €200 - €300 985. With Hand Coloured Plates Illustrated Volume: Natural History, Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vols., roy 8vo, L. (Bell and Dalby) 1872, Third Edn., (preferred Edn.) 132 hand coloured plts., (2000 species) full crimson mor. with double gilt fillet border and corner design by R. De Coverley, marble endpapers, decor. gilt panels, mor. label. Good clean set. (4) €300 - €400 979 981 977 978