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

30 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 220. With Manuscript Letter fromMichael Davitt Davitt (Michael) Leaves from a Prison Diary; or Lectures to a Solitary Audience, 2 vols., L. (Chapman and Hall) 1885, First Edn., frontis, inserted in front of volume one, a 3 page m/ss Letter to “My Dear Allingham (Mayor of Waterford) dated 2nd 1844, relating to George’s Lecture on the ‘Land for the People’ at the Ancient Concert Rooms,” matching green cloth, gilt lettered spine, nice association set. (2) €400 - €600 221. Inglis (Henry D.) Ireland in 1834 - A Journey throughout Ireland,.. 2 vols. Lond. 1834. First Edn., 1 fold. map frontis, fine cont. hf. tan mor. mor. labels. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 222. [Harris (Walter)] Hibernica: Or, Some Ancient Pieces relating to Ireland, 2 Parts in 2 vols. 8vo Dublin 1770. In orig. cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. Scarce. (2) €220 - €350 223. Mason (S.C.) Bloody Murder - A Story of the Irish Rebellion, 8vo L. (G. Bell & Sons) 1937, First Edn., blue cloth, black lettered spine, original d.j., pencil notes on rear flap of d.j. Good copy. (1) * The story follows Lt. Charles Ingram, an Auxiliary Intelligence Officer operating with the R.I.C. while stationed in Cork during the Anglo-Irish War €180 - €220 224. Trevor (William) The Love Department, 8vo, L. (Bodley Head) 1966, First Edn., Signed by the Author, blue boards, gilt lettered spine, d.j. designed by Stephen Russ, (not clipped); Elizabeth Alone, 8vo, L. (Bodley Head) 1973, First Edn., blue boards, d.j. designed by David Hughes, (not clipped); Lovers of their Time and other Stories, 8vo, L. (Bodley Head) 1978, First Edn., orange boards, gilt lettered spine, d.j. designed by David Hughes (price clipped) all clean copies. (3) €175 - €250 225. Scarce Bibliography Co. Tipperary: [DavisWhite?] Catalogue of the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Cashel, 8vo D. 1873. First (sole) Edition, 365pp, recent full cloth. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 226. Hogan (John) Kilkenny The Ancient City of Ossory, The Seat of its Kings, The See of its Bishops, and the Site of its Cathedral, 8vo Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) 1884. First Edn., list of subs., cold. title 2 fold. maps & fold. table, orig. gilt decor. green cloth; Nolan(Wm.) Fassadinan, Land Settlement and Society in Southeast Ireland 1600-1850, D. 1979. First Edn., illus., pict. d.w. Clean copies. (2) €150 - €220 227. Bindings: Baskerville Press: The Book of Common Prayer,.. roy 8vo Cambridge (John Baskerville) 1761. Title & text within decor. border thro-out, cont. full crimson mor. with attractive tooled gilt borders & spine; also The Book of Common Prayer, 8vo Cambridge 1772. Cont. dark blue mor. tooled gilt borders & spine, each cover with central gilt floral panel. As bindings, w.a.f. (2) €180 - €240 228. Hornby (Nick) Fever Pitch - A Fans Life, 8vo, L.(V. Gollancz) 1992, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; High Fidelity, A Novel, 8vo, L.(V. Gollancz) 1995 First Edn., cloth & d.j. (2) €60 - €80 229. 1798: Kavanagh (P.F.) Popular History of 1798, D. 1884; Taylor (Geo.) History of the Rebellion of 1798 in Co. Wexford, D. 1907; Landreth (H.) The Pursuit of Robert Emmett, D. 1949, d.w.; Dickson (Chas.) The Life of Michael Dwyer, with Some Account of his Companions, D. 1944, d.w.; Cullen (L.) Insurgent Wicklow, D. 1948, d.w.; Fowler (Jos. H.) Chapters in ‘98 History, 8vo Lond. 1938. Lim. Edn.; Milligan (Alice L.) The Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Belfast 898, wrappers; & 2 others sim. (8) €120 - €180 230. Longley (Michael) Broken Dishes, Abbey Press 1998, Signed Limited Edn. No. 181/250, also Signed paperback copy; Selected Poems, L. (Cape) 1998, Signed, also The Weather in Japan, L. 2000; The Ghost Orchid, L. 1995, and one other, all 8vo, cloth & d.j., and ptd. wrappers., as a lot. (1) €180 - €220 231. Lanigan (Rev. J.) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 4 vols. 8vo D. 1829. Second Edn., 4 hf. titles, cont. hf. calf, gilt lettered spines. V. good. (4) €100 - €150 232. Attractive Illustrated Volumes Irish Juvenile: Gregory (Lady A.) The Golden Apple - A Play for Kiltartan Children, sm. 4to Lond. 1916. First Edn., 8 attractive cold. plts. (includ. frontis) by Margaret Gregory (Daughter-in-law of the author), decor. green cloth, v. good clean copy; also O’Neill (Moira) The Elf-Errant, sm. 4to Lond. 1895. First Edn., hf. title & 6 full page plts. by W.E.F. Britten, uncut, orig. pink cloth. V. good. Scarce. (2) €150 - €220 233. Praeger (Rob. Lloyd) Irish Topographical Botany, 8vo Dublin (Proceedings of R.I.A.,) 1901. First Edn., fold. cold. map frontis & others, orig. cloth. A Pristine Copy; The Botanist in Ireland, D/ 1934. First Edn., maps & illus; and The Way that I Went - An Irishman in Ireland, tall 8vo D. 1937. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, uncut, orig. cloth. V. good lot. (3) €200 - €300 234. Kavanagh (Patrick) Collected Poems, 8vo, L.(Mac Gibbon & Kee) 1964, First Edn., cloth & d.j., clean copy; Collected Prose, 8vo L. 1973, First Edn., cloth & d.j. Good clean copies. (2) €200 - €300 220 224