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

119 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 996. Irish Art: [Jack B. Yeats] Pyle (Hilary) Jack B. Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, 3 vols. lg. 4to, L. 1992, First Edn., Ltd. to 1500 Copies port. frontis, profusely illus., uniform green cloth, matching slipcase. Clean Set. (3) €350 - €500 997. [Monty Python] Jones (T.) Evil Machines, 8vo, L. 2011, Signed, green boards, silver lettering; Palin (M.)et al The Mirror Stone, 4to L. 1986, Signed, illus. ptd. boards; Gilliam (Terry) Dark Knights and Holy Fools, 4to L. 1999, Signed, illus. cloth & d.j.; Palin (M.) Diaries 1969-1979, The Python Years, 8vo, N.Y. 2007, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Cleese (J.) So, Anyway, 8vo, L. 2014, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Cleveland (C.) Pompous Up!, 8vo L. 2014, illus., Signed, ptd. wrappers; Idle (Eric) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, 8vo L. 2018, Signed, also two Photographs of the Monty Python Crew both Signed by Carol Cleveland, as a lot. (8) €200 - €300 998. Illustrated Volumes: Ornithology: Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl, lg. 4to, L. (Groombridge and Sons) c. 1870, First Edn., (later issue) 60 hand coloured plts., in original green cloth, gilt lettered front cover and spine (professional rebacked). Good clean copy. (1) €500 - €700 999. The Earl of Leitrim’s Copy Parr (Richard) The Life of the Most Reverend Father in God, James Usher, late Lord Archbishop of Armagh and Metropolitan of All-Ireland, sm. folio, L. (Nathanael Lanew) 1686, First Edn., red & black title page, engd. portrait frontis, marble end papers, bookplate of ‘Earl of Leitrim,’ full chequered calf, gilt border, raised bands and gilt lettering. Nice clean copy.(1) €300 - €400 1000. Illustrated Volume: Lee (Brian North) ed. Dearest Joana, A Selection of Joan Hassalls Lifetime Letters and Art, 2 vols., 8vo, Denby Dale (The Fleece Press) 2000, Ltd. Edn. of 300 Copies, illustrated cream cloth backed marbled boards, slipcase. (2) €100 - €150 1001. Ware (Sir James) The Antiquities and History of Ireland, sm. folio L. (A. & J. Churchill) 1705, First Edn., red & black title page, dedit, engd. plts., contemporary m/ ss notes on t.p., ‘Ex. Libris T. Bradford M.D.,’ on f.p.d., contemp. full calf, raised bands. As is. (1) €180 - €220 1002. In Attractive George Bellew Binding Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. L. (S. Hooper) 1791, First Edn., engd. frontis, dedit., and other engd. plts. (235) contemp. full calf, single gilt fillet border, gilt lettered spine, stamped G. Bellew, Dublin. Good clean set. (2) €350 - €420 1003. Coloured Plates: Frowhauk (F.W.) Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 vols., sm. folio L. (Hutchinson & Co.) 1914, First Edn., 60 cold. plts., (5 black and white) original blue cloth gilt lettering, and dust jackets. (2) €200 - €300 995. One of 100 Signed Copies Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist, Squarings, lg. 4to, Dublin (Graphic Studio) 1991, Signed Limited Edn. No. 58 (100) Copies, four lithographs, uncut, full calf, blue cloth soldander box. (1) €1500 - €2000 997 999 1002