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

17 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 94. Presentation Copy Anon: ‘An Officer’ - Albion and Ierne A Political Romance, By an Officer. 8vo Lond. (Marcus Ward & Co.) 1886. First Edn., Hf. title, orig. cloth, stained. (1) * Pres. Copy ‘Kathleen McCausland from the Author.’ €130 - €180 95. Carleton (Wm.) The Squanders of Castle Squander, 2 vols. London 1852. First Edn., Two frontis & 8 plates, advert leaf at end of Vol. I, orig. publisher’s blind & gilt decor. blue cloth. V. good. Rare. (2) €175 - €225 96. Milligan (Alice) Hero Lays, 8vo Dublin 1908 First Edn., orig. buckram; also The Last Feast of the Fianna - A Dramatic Legend, 8vo Lond. 1900 First Edn., orig. ptd. wrappers; Glimpses of Erin, with Seaton M. Milligan her father, 8vo Lond. (Marcus Ward & Co.) n.d. First Edn., illus. orig. gilt decor. cloth; also Poems by Alice Milligan, 8vo D. 1954, cloth & 1 other. All Scarce. Good. (5) €150 - €200 97. The Author’s Own Copy Pamphlets: 1. Brady (W. Maziere) Facts or Fictions? Seven Letters on the Facts Concerning the Irish Church, 8vo Dublin 1867, 47pp; 2. O’Brien (James Thos.) The Case of the Established Church in Ireland, Lond. 1867, IX, 62pp., with many m/ss notes; 3. Stopford (Ed. A.) Archdeacon of Meath, Lord Dufferin and The Church in Ireland - A Letter, Dublin 1867, 17pp; 4. Lee (Rev. A.T.) Rector of Ahoghill, The Irish Church Question; A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Dufferin, K.P., Lond. 1867, 32pp; & others sim., cont. hf. mor. (1) * Front pastedown signed ‘W,. Maziere Brady, Navan, Ireland.’ €150 - €200 98. Crofton Croker (Thomas) The Keen of the South of Ireland, sm. 8vo Lond. (For The Percy Society) 1844. First Edn., IX, 108pp, lacks hf. title, cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spine. V. good. Extremely Scarce. (1) €225 - €325 99. Cork Printing: Cork Institution The Charter and Bye Laws of the Cork Institution, together with a List of the Proprietors. Sm. 8vo Cork (James Haly) 1808. First Edn., some pages stained, orig. printed & decorated boards, bound in, later hf cloth. V. Scarce. (1) €250 - €350 100. Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, 8vo Lond. 1850. First Edn., Engd. add. title, frontis & plts. by H.K. Browne, cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spine; also Dombey and Son, 8vo Lond. 1848. First Edn., add. engd. title, frontis & plts. by H.K. Brown, most plts. spotted as usual, cont. hf. mor. (2) €100 - €150 101. Stud Book: Connemara Pony Stud Book, Volumes 2, & 9, 1931 & 1963, & Reprint of Volumes 1 - 8, 1982. Together 3 vols. 8vo 1931 - 1982, all orig. cloth or ptd. boards. Scarce. (3) €80 - €120 102. Irish Travel: The Tourists Illustrated Hand- Book for Ireland; Great Exhibition Year, 8vo Lond. 1853. First Edn., port. frontis, numerous illus. in text, adverts etc., orig. v. good; The Irish Tourist Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1852. First Edn., frontis text illus. & fold. maps, adverts. etc., orig. cloth; also Dagg (Geo. A. de M. Edwin) ‘ Devia Hibernia’ The Road and Route Guide for Ireland of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Dublin 1893. First Edn., lacks map in pocket, orig. gilt decor. cloth, v. bright copy. All good and scarce. (3) €200 - €300 103. Co. Carlow: Moran (Rt. Rev. P.F.) Bp. of Ossory ed. The Letters of Rev. James Maher, D.D., Late P.P. of Carlow - Graigue on Religious Subjects, 8vo Dublin 1877. First Edn., L.S. on title, orig. cloth. V. Scarce Good. (1) * The editor was a fellow county-man of Fr. Maher and would later become Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. €140 - €200 104. [Atwood (Wm.)] The History, and Reasons of the Dependency of Ireland upon the Imperial Crown of the Kingdom of England, Rectifying Mr. Molineux’s State of the Case of Ireland... Sm. 8vo Lond. 1698. First Edn., late 18th Cent. sprinkled calf. V. good clean copy. (1) €260 - €340 94 97 99 104