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

31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 235. Signed by the Author Montague (J.) A large and nice collection of First Edition hardback and paperback / pamphlets of the author’s main works, all signed including The Figure in the Cave, Smashing the Piano, Patriotic Suite, Drunken Sailor, Mount Eagle, and others, all 8vo, All Signed cloth & d.j., & ptd. wrappers. Clean lot. (12) €200 - €300 236. Co. Louth: Leslie (Rev. J.B.) History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes in the Co. of Louth, 8vo Dundalk 1908. First Edn., fold. maps etc. orig. crimson buckram. From the McClintock Family, Red House, Ardee, inscribed. V. good. (1) €70 - €100 237. Agriculture: [Young (Arthur)] A Course of Experimental Agriculture, 4 vols. Dublin 1771. First Dublin Edn., 2 fold. plans, cont. mottled calf, worn, lacks labels; also, Johnstone (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land, 8vo Dublin 1800. First Dublin Edn.? 16 engd. fold. plts. recent boards. Scarce. (5) €160 - €240 238. Pamphlets: 1. Newman (J. Henry) Saint, A Letter Addressed to his Grace The Duke of Norfolk..., Lond. 1875 First Edn., 131pp; 2. Gladstone (Rt. Hon. W.E.) The Vatican Decrees, .. A Political Expostulation. 8vo Lond. 1874. First Edn., 72pp; 3. Capel (Rev. Mons.) A Reply to .. Gladstone’s Political Expostulation, L. 1875, 96pp; 4. [Manning (Card.)] The Vatican Decrees in their bearing on Civil Allegiance, Lond. 1875, First Edn., 193; 5. Another work by Gladstone, together 5 works in one v. good cont. hf. calf. (1) €150 - €200 239. [Sir Hugh Lane] Reynolds (J.J.) Statement of the Claim for the Return to Dublin of the 39 Lane Bequest Pictures now at the Tate Gallery, London, 8vo D. 1932 Issued by Dublin Corporation, 76pp, illus., orig. ptd. wrappers; Lane (Sir. H.) Catalogue of the Exhibition of Pictures by Old Masters,.. in the Nat. Gallery of Ireland, Bequeathed to the Gallery by the late Sir Hugh Lane, 8vo D. 1918. First Edn., illus. orig. wrappers; Report of a Public Meeting held at the Mansion House Dublin, on the 29th March 1918, SM. 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1918. Sole Edn. 500 Copies Only; also Bodkin (T.) Hugh Lane and His Pictures, 8vo D. 1956. First, illus., cloth & d.w. Scarce. (4) €75 - €125 240. Large Paper Copy Bindings: Le Sage - Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, 4 vols. 8vo Paris (Imprimerie de Chaignieau Aine) 1800. L. Paper Copy, 4 hf. titles, engd. port. Vol. I, & 19 engd. plts. a.e.g., bookplates of Clarence Paget, cont. full straight grained green mor. tooled gilt spine, top panel with heraldic motif. (4) €200 - €300 241. Co. Galway: Stone (J. Harris) Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest, Lond. 1906. First Edn., profusely illustrated; also O’Sullivan (M.D.) Old Galway - The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, Cambridge 1942. First Edn., fold. map & plts. Both orig. cloth, & v. good. (2) €160 - €260 242. McGahern (John) The Leave Taking, L. 1974, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; The Pornographer, L. 1979, First Edn., Signed, cloth & d.j.; High Ground, L. 1985, First Edn. & Signed, cloth & d.j.; Amongst Women, L. 1990, First Edn. & Signed, cloth & d.j.; That they May Face the Rising Sun, L.2002, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Memoir, L. 2005, Signed, cloth & d.j.; The Collected Stories, L. n.d. Signed, cloth & d.j. all 8vo, clean lot. (7) €250 - €320 243. One of 150 Copies Nelson (E.C.)ed. Walsh (W.) illus & de Burca (E.) pub. , An Irish Flower Garden Replanted, 4to, D. (Castlebourke) 1997, Signed, Ltd. Edn., No. 56/150 copies, illus., green leather back yellow cloth and matching slipcase. (1) €250 - €350 244. McCabe (Patrick) The Butcher Boy, 8vo, L. (Picador) 1992, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Emerald Gems of Ireland, L. 2001, Signed, cloth & d.j.; Call Me the Breeze, 8vo, L. 2003, Signed, cloth and d.j.; The Dead School, 8vo L. 1995, Signed, cloth & d.j., Breakfast on Pluto, L. 1998, Signed, cloth & d.j. Good clean lot. (5) €100 - €150 245. Friel (Brian) A Mans World, Gallery Press 2010, Signed, Ltd. Edn. No. 74/350 copies, cloth & d.j.; Selected Stories, Gallery Press 1979, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Dancing at Lughnasa, L. 1990, First Edn., cloth & d.j. Clean copies. (3) €150 - €180 246. Behan (Brendan) Borstal Boy, 8vo L. (Hutchinson & Co.) 1958, First Edn., cloth & d.j., clean copy; O’Brien (Flann) The Third Policeman, L. 1967 Second Edn.; The Hard Life, L. 1961; The Poor Mouth, L. 1973; At Swim-two-Birds, L. 1966 Second Edn., all 8vo, cloth & d.j., all good. (5) €120 - €180 247. Vicars (Sir Arthur) Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, roy 8vo Dublin 1897 First Edn., orig. gilt decor. buckram. An extremely clean copy. (1) €75 - €125 242 244