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

14 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 64. Limited Edition - Fine Copy Fishing: Grimble (Augustus) The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1903. First Edn., Limited to 250 Copies Only. Two hf. titles, 2 fold. maps & 27 full page illus. plus smaller views, now in fine hf. crimson mor. tooled gilt spines, raised bands. V. attractive set. (2) €225 - €350 65. Allom (T.) &Walsh (Rev. R.) Constantinople and The Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, 2 vols. in one lg. 4to Lond. & Paris (Fisher & Co.) n.d. [c. 1839] 2 add. engd. titles & 93 engd. full page plts. & maps a.e.g., cont. hf. mor. (1) €200 - €300 66. Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, thick 4to, D. (R. Marchbank) 1801, First Edn., hf. title, fold. map frontis, dedit., and 9 folding maps and plans (complete), contemp. hf. calf, marble boards, gilt lettered spine. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 67. From the Library of J.K.L. [Doyle (Most Rev. Dr. James)] Ware (Sir James) Inquiries concerning Ireland and its Antiquities, Folio Dubin (A. Crook) 1705. First English Edn., lacks some plates, later hf. calf, orig. label laid down. As an Association copy, w.a.f. (1) * From the library of the great Dr. Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, inscribed in pen on front loose flyleaf, with large initials, ‘J.K.L.’ Scarce. €160 - €240 68. Blackstaff Press: Derricke (John) 1581. The Image of Ireland with a Discoverie of Woodkarne, Lg. 4to Belfast 1985. Lim. Edition One of 286 Copies. With 12 lg. wd.-cut fold. plts., orig. vellum backed boards, & slipcase. V. good. (1) €130 - €180 69. Fine Coloured Plates Curtis (John) Farm Insects; being the .. Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland., Imp. 8vo Lond. 1883. 16 fine hand coloured plates, (one gathering mis-bound), orig. dark brown cloth, gilt spine, good copy. (1) €150 - €200 70. Hore (Philip Herbert) History of the Town and County of Wexford, 6 vols. 4to Lond. 1900-1911. First Edn., profusely illustrated, fold. & other plts. etc., uniform orig. green cloth, matched set, some bindings stained, as is. Full sets are scarce. (6) €600 - €900 71. Scottish Engravings: Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views, 4to L. Dublin & Edin. (A. Fullarton & Co.) 1845, 80 engd. plts.; Perth Shire Illustrated, lg. 4to Lond. 1844. 46 engd. plts. include. title, attractive binding by Tate, Belfast with ticket; Fullarton & Co. - The .. Gazetteer of Scotland, 4 vols. in 2, roy 8vo Edin. 1853. Lg. fold. map, engd. plts. thro.-out; A Selection of Views in Scotland, Vol. I only, 8vo Lond. 1794, 26 plts., & 1 other sim., all hf. mor. Numerous engd. views. As a coll., w.a.f. (8) €100 - €150 72. Blackburne (G.L.) Sketches Graphic and Descriptive etc for a History of the Decorative Painting applied to English Architecture during the Middle Ages, Folio (John Williams) 1847. First Edn., cold. litho title, & 23 coloured plts. (includ. one lg. fold.), some spotting to title, lacks front loose marble end, cont. hf. crimson mor. R.M. Butlers copy with bookplate; together with Schultz (Rob. Weir) & Barnsley (S.H.) The Monastery of Saint Luke of Stiris, in Phocis,... St. Nicolas in the Fields, near Skripou in Boeotia, Folio Lond. 1901. First Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis & 60 plts. (12 full page cold.), orig. cloth. (2) €150 - €220 73. Architecture: - MaCartney (Mervyn) The Practical Exemplar of Architecture, First [-Sixth] Series. Together 6 vols. folio Lond. n.d. c. 1920. Hundreds of loose plates in cloth backed printed portfolios. As a coll., w.a.f. (6) €75 - €125 74. Mawson (Thos. H.) The Art & Craft of Garden Making, folio Lond. [1926] Fifth Edn., cold. frontis, profusely illustrated, recent hf. green mor. V. good copy. (1) €70 - €100 75. Architecture: Eudes (P.)ed. Vignole ou Etudes D’Architecture par Jacques de Barozzio, Architecte du XVI Siecle. Folio Paris n.d. [c. 1850] 44 full page plts. cont. mor. backed boards. (1) €80 - €120 70 64 66 69