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

22 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 144. Rivers (Elizabeth) Stranger in Aran, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1946, hand coloured Limited Edn. No.1 / 280 Copies, bookplate of Charles Acton, oatmeal cloth backed boards, decorated boards. (1) * This was the final production at the Cuala Press. It closed in 1946, after the death of Elizabeth Yeats in 1940. It had been established since 1908. €180 - €220 145. Barlow (S.) The History of Ireland, 2 vols. Lond. 1814. First Edn., 2 engd. titles, fold. map, 1 fol. plts. cont. hf. calf, recent labels; Mitchel (John) The History of Ireland, Glasgow n.d. quarter calf. Good. (3) €80 - €130 146. Irish Political Interest: [Anon.] The Evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords and Commons, to inquire into the State of Ireland, 8vo, L. (J. Murray) 1825, First Edn., uncut, cloth backed boards, ptd. wrappers; Norman (H.) Bodyke A Chapter of Irish Landlordism, 8vo L. (T.F. Unwin) 1887, cloth; Fitzgibbon (E.) Earl of Clare, Mainspring of the Union, 8vo L. 1960, Inscribed, illus. cloth & d.j.; Page (Rev. J.) Ireland: Its Evils traced to their Source, 8vo, L. 1836, First Edn., green cloth; MacNeill (J.G.) Titled Corruption, 8vo, L. 1894, First Edn., cloth; Pim (J.) The Condition and Prospects of Ireland, 8vo D. 1948, First Edn., cloth, as a lot. (6) €200 - €300 147. Signed Copies de Valera - Longford (Earl of,) & O’Neill (T.P.) Eamon de Valera, Lond. 1970. First Edn., Signed by Dev. & his wife Sinead, illus. d.w.; de Vere (Aubrey) May Carols, 12mo Lond. 1857. First Edn., Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Author, cloth; also Churchill - My Early Life, L. 1949; Allingham (Wm.) Day and Night Songs, sq. 12mo Lond. 1884, with 1 page A.. Signed, from Katherine Tynan Hickson, orig. cloth gilt. (4) €100 - €150 148. Angling Interest: O’Gorman (James) The Practice of Angling, particularly as regards Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo D. (W. Curry Jun & Co.) 1845, First Edn., frontis, dedit, bookplate (collection of Robert Clarke - Bibliotheca Piscatoria), contemp. hf. red mor., marble boards, gilt decor. spines, mor. label. Nice Set. (2) €300 - €400 149. Synge (J.M.) The Tinker’s Wedding, 8vo, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, hf. title, First Edn., cloth baked boards; Masefield (John) John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections, 8vo, D. (Cuala press) 1915, Limited Edn. 267/350 Copies, cloth backed boards. (2) €130 - €180 150. Yeats (W.B.) If I were Four and Twenty, 8vo, D. (Cuala Press) 1940, Limited Edn. 129/450, cloth backed boards; Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends, 8vo, D. (Cuala) 1931, Limited Edn. 450 Copies, cloth backed boards. (2) €200 - €300 151. Yeats (W.B.) Words for Music Perhaps and other Poems, 8vo, D. (Cuala Press) 1932, Limited Edn. 450 Copies, cloth backed boards; A Packet for Ezra Pound, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1929, Limited Edn. 450 Copies, cloth backed boards; The Kings Threshold, etc., 8vo L. (A.H. Bullen) 1904, First Edn., cloth backed boards, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 152. Moore (David) & Goodman More (A.) Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, 8vo D. (H.S. & Co.) 1866, First Edn., decorative maroon cloth, git lettered spine; together with the Second Edition, lg. 8vo, D. (E. Ponsonby) 1898, fold. map frontis, blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, nice copies. (2) €150 - €200 153. Pease (Z.W.) The Catalpa Expedition, 8vo, Massachusetts (G.S. Anthony) 1897, First Edn., portrait frontis illus., gilt decor. green cloth. Good copy; Devoy (John) Recollections of an Irish Rebel, 8vo N.Y. (C.P. Young Co.) 1929, First Edn., portrait frontis, illus, green gilt lettered cloth. (2) €180 - €220 154. Dundalk Author: Hawkey (Rev. J. Pullein) The Gallic and Civil Wars of Caesar, Trans. into English. 8vo Dublin (Brett Smith) 1788. First Edn., List of subscribers, cont. calf, worn. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 148 150 153