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

29 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 210. Colum (Padraic) Wild Earth, A Book of Verse Sm. 8vo Dublin 1907. First Edn., orig. cloth backed boards; Old Pastures, N. York 1930. First Edn.; Castle Conquer, N. York 1923, First Edn., The King of Ireland’s Son, L. 1930, and The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy, L. 1930 both with cold. & other illus. by Willy Pogany; & My Irish Year, Lond. 1912 First Edn., illus. all cloth. V. good. (6) €80 - €120 211. Extremely Fine Complete Set Periodical: Crone (John S.) & others, editors. The Irish Book Lover, A Monthly Review of Irish Literature and Bibliography. Vol. 1 - XXXII, [All Published] in 27 vols. 8vo 1909-1952. A few issues in fine photocopy, illustrations, portraits etc., with orig. wrappers bound in, now in uniform green cloth. V. good, attractive clean set. Ex. Scarce. (27) €1250 - €1750 212. Crawford (Fred. H.) Guns for Ulster, Belfast 1847. First Edn., map frontis, orig. panel cloth with red hand, Bookplate of M.J.A. Arnold, in recent marble slip case. Scarce. Good. (1) €100 - €150 213. Rare Collection Duffy (James) publishers . Duffy’s Library of Ireland, 10 vols., 12mo Dublin 1846- 1870. Including Historical Works of Rt. Rev. Nicholas French, 2 vols. in one; Mac Nevin - The Confiscation of Ulster; Meehan (C.P.) The Geraldines, Earls of Desmond; D’Arcy McGee - A Memoir of .. Art Mac Murrogh; O’Neill Daunt (W.J.) Catechism of the History of Ireland; O’Connell (D.) A Memoir on Ireland, Native and Saxon; Mac Nevin - The History of The Volunteers of 1782; and Mitchel (J.) The Life and Times of Aodh O’Neill, All orig. green cloth, gilt decor. Good. (10) €150 - €220 214. First Appearance of Conan Doyle’sWork Lever Bros - ‘The Sunlight’ Year Book for 1898, 8vo Port. Sunlight, 1898. With illus. & ports. etc. orig. decor. crimson cloth. Good. (1) * Contains the first appearance of A. Conan Doyle’s work ‘ Burger’s Secret .’ It appeared between pp. 438 & 456. V. good Also included in the orig. receipt from Myers & Co. (Booksellers) Ltd., Lond. 14th July 1924 €180 - €250 215. Midon (Francis) The History of the Rise and Fall of Masaniello, The Fisherman of Naples, Sm. 8vo Lond. (for C. Davis) 1747. Second Edn., Engd. port. frontis, cont. panel calf, v. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 216. Wm. Smith O’Brien’s Copy Mac Nevin (Thos.) The History of The Volunteers of 1782, 16mo Dublin (James Duffy) 1853. Third Edn., with stamp of J. Hannon C.C., Nenagh, & P.P. Cloughjordan. V. good copy. (1) * The front paste down SignedW.S. O’Brien €150 - €200 217. All with Fine Illustrations [Thompson (Hugh) Artist, Eliot (George) Silas Marner, Lond. 1907; T he Ballad of Beau Brocade, L. 1892; Caridon’s Song and Other Verses, Lond. 1894; The Story of Rosina and other Verses, Lond. 1895; Spielmann (Mrs. M.H.) My Son and I, Lond. 1908; Gaskell (Mrs.) Cranford , Lond. 1891; & 1 other, all with fine cold. & other illus., & orig. cloth, some with fine gilt decor. covers. (7) €160 - €240 218. Northern Ireland: Hamilton (Rev. W.) Letters Concerning The Northern Coast of the County of Antrim, 8vo Belfast 1822. First Edn., silhouette port. frontis, fold. map & 6 plts., uncut, now in attractive calf backed board, gilt spine, v. good; Doyle (J.B.) Tours in Ulster: A Handbook to The Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Ireland, 12mo Dublin 1854. First Edn., Litho title, frontis & 15 litho plts. (ex. 16), fold. map, orig. gilt cloth; large Ordnance Survey Map of Belfast, fold. hand coloured, linen backed, c. 1863; & 1 other item on Belfast. Clean lot. (4) €180 - €240 219. Mason (H.J. Monck) A Grammar of the Irish Language, Sm. 8vo Dublin 1842, Third Edn., orig. cloth backed boards. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 211 214 216