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

33 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 259. Signed Limited Editions Co. Tipperary: Cunningham (George) The Anglo-Norman Advance into the South- West Midlands of Ireland 1185-1221, 4to Roscrea 1987. Lim. Edn.No. 21 of 500 Copies, Signed by Author, illus. cloth & d.w.; also Watson (S.J.) A Dinner of Herbs - The History of Old St. Mary’s Church, Clonmel, 8vo Clonmel 1988. Lim.Edn.No. 152 of 500 Copies, Signed by Author, pict. d.w. Both v. good & scarce. (2) €120 - €170 260. Lilford (Lord) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1895. First Edn., 1 frontis & lg. fold. linen backed map, & numerous illus. & plts. by A. Thornburn and G.E. Lodge, t.e.g., fine cont. hf. mor. V. good set. (2) €80 - €130 261. Inscribed Presentation Copy Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant, Told in Pictures and Rhyme. Oblong 4to L.(Longman, Green & Co.) 1912. First (Sole) Edn., Decorated title, & text, & 7 full page cold. illus., orig. cloth backed colour illustrated boards. * Limited to 1500 Copies only, and it issued primarily for children, very few copies have survived. This copy is in particularly fine condition. In addition is a presentation inscription by the author: ‘Nugent and Philip from D. Christmas 1912’, V,. good copy of this rarity. (1) €700 - €1000 262. One of Thirty Numbered Copies Laffan (William)ed. & The Knight of Glin Painting Ireland, Topographical Views from Glin Castle, lg. 4to, Tralee (Churchill Press) 2006, Signed Limited Edn. No. 8/30 Copies, illustrated, bound by Kissane & Hubert Bindery (Cork), leather backed cloth boards, mor. label, slipcase. (1) €120 - €180 263. One of 75 Copies Specially Bound The Knight of Glin & Peill (James) Irish Furniture, Woodwork and Carving in Irland from the Earliest Times to Act of Union, lg. 4to L. (Yale University Press) 2002, illustrated Signed Limited Edn. 33/75 Copies, bound by the Hubert Bindery (Cork), leather backed marble boards, mor. label, slipcase. (1) €100 - €150 264. Fine Bindings: Quaritch (Bernard) A Catalogue of English and Foreign Bookbinding’s, Lg. 4to Lond. 1921. Sole Edn., with 329 Lots, all with detailed descriptions, & 79 full page plates, some in fine colour, orig. ptd. boards, upr. cover loose. A very important catalogue. (1) €125 - €175 265. Bary (Valerie) Houses of Kerry, folio Whitegate, Co. Clare 1994; Lyons (Mary Cecelia) Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905, folio Whitegate 1993; Barrow (Geo. Lennox) The Round Towers of Ireland, folio D. 1979, with many add. illus. tipped-in etc.; Blake (T.) Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, lg. 4to Cork 2010; Stoeltie (B. & R.) Living in Ireland, lg. 4to; & 2 others sim. (7) €80 - €120 266. Illustrated Volumes Snaffles : Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, 4to Lond. 1951. First Edn., illus. d.w.; Dowd (J.H.) Important People, 4to Lond. 1934. Illus. thro.-out by Brenda E. Spender, d.w.; Davidson (Florence) Loan - Ends Stories in Ulster, 4to Belfast (Quota Press) 1933. First Edn., illus. by Alfred E. Kerr; Clerihew (E.) Biography for Beginners, 4to Lond. n.d. illustrated by G.K. Chesterton, orig. pict. cloth backed boards. (4) €70 - €100 267. Attractive Coloured Plates Sidney (S.) The Book of the Horse, Thorough-bred, Half-bred & Cart-bred. Thick 4to Lond. (Cassell) n.d. [c. 1870] 25 full page coloured plates, plus bl. & white plts. & other illus. cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Clean copy. (1) €200 - €300 268. Irish Periodical: The Dublin Literary Gazette, or Weekly Chronicle of Criticism, Belles Letters, and Fine Arts. 4to. January 2, 1830 -Jan. 26, 1830, together 26 Nos. [All Published], orig. boards rebacked paper label. As a periodical, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) €70 - €100 269. Irish Law & Statues Morrin (James)ed. Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, of the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth; 18th to 45th of Queen @Elizabeth, 2 vols. thick sm. folio Dubin 1861-62, fold. plts. orig. mor. backed; also ditto for Reign of Charles I First to, Eight Year, Inclusive, sm. folio Dublin 1863; Graves (Rev. James) A Roll of the Proceedings of the King’s Council in Ireland, sm. folio Lond 1877, fold. frontis cloth backed boards; Mac Lysaght (Ed.) Calendar of The Orrery Papers, Dubin 1941, cloth; & 3 others sim. Garrycloyne bookplate, As a coll., w.a.f. (8) €200 - €300 261 262