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

24 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 167. First Compilation of the English-Irish Dictionary Begley (C.) & MacCurtin (H.) The English Irish Dictionary An Focloir Bearla Gaeidheilge ar na chur a Meagar, 4to Paris (Seamus Guerin) 1732. First Edn., irregular pagination (Correct) 2-432, 435- 530, 529-673, 674-717 (complete), later folding map, hf. calf, marble boards, mor. labels. Scarce. (1) €700 - €1000 168. Irish Genealogy: Cooke-Trench (T.R.F.) comp. A Memoir of the Trench Family, 8vo Privately Printed 1897, First Edn., hf. title, illus., red cloth, gilt crest; Trench (W.F.) Contacts with Reality, 8vo D. (Three Candles - for Private Circulation) 1930, First Edn., cloth backed blue boards, black lettering. (2) €200 - €300 169. Hand-Coloured Plates: La Belle Assemblee, for 1818. With over 20 hand coloured plts. & many other bl. & white illus. hf. calf, worn. (1) €100 - €150 170. With Fine Decorated Binding Belfast Trades & Labour Council: Souvenir of the Trades Union Congress at the Grosvenor Hall, Belfast, 4to Belfast (Wm. Strain & Sons) 1929. Sole Edition Lg. fold. cold. map, profusely illus. with photos. some fold., illus. & other adverts, in attractive special Celtic decorated Belfast linen binding, and with tipped-on cold. illus. of Irish Colleen at the Spinning Wheel. Rare. (1) €180 - €250 171. Newenham (Thomas) A View of the Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland, 4to L. (T. Cadell &W. Davies) 1809, First Edn., fold. maps, contemp. hf. calf marble boards, mor. label. (1) €120 - €140 172. Engraved Plates: Tillotson (John) Ireland and its Scenery, .. by Various Artists., 4to Lond. n.d. add. engd. title, frontis & 33 full page plts. orig. gilt decor. cloth; Creswick (Thos.) Picturesque Scenery in Ireland, 4to Lond. n.d. Engd. frontis & 19 plts. orig. gilt cloth; & 1 other. (3) €150 - €200 173. Genealogy: Hall (Rev. George) The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers, 4to Belfast 1869. First Edn., red & bl. title, uncut, cont. hf. mor. some wear, but a good copy. (1) €100 - €150 174. Caulfield (Richard) The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork,... 1609 to 1643 and from 1690 to 1800. V. thick 8vo Guildford 1876. First Edn., orig. cloth strengthened case, and now in marble slipcase with mor. label. V. good. Bookplate of Garrycloyne. (1) €200 - €300 175. Irish Travel - The Camden Society - Cartwright (J. Joel) ed. The Travels through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of Meath and of Ossory during 1750, 1751, and later years. 2 vols. to Lond. 1888-89. First Edn., partly unopened, orig. brown cloth, gilt, a few stains. V. Scarce. Good. (2) €200 - €300 176. O’Casey (Sean) I Knock at the Door, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1939, First Edn., Signed and Inscribed ‘ To Bridget Edwards, with warm Regards from Sean O’Casey,’ cloth; Pictures in the Hallway, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1942, First Edn., cloth; Drums Under the Window, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1945, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Inishfallen Fare thee Well, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Rose & Crown, 8vo L. 1952, cloth & d.j.; Sunset and Evening Star, 8vo, L. (Mac Millan & Co.) 1954, cloth & d.j., as a lot. (6) €200 - €300 174 167 169 176 170