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

35 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 278. State Papers: Russell (Rev. C.W.) & Prendergast (J.P.) Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Ireland, of the Reign of James I, etc., 1615-1625; 1625-1632; 1633- 1647; 1647-1660; 1660-1662; 1663-1665; 1666-1669; & 1669-1670. Together 8 vols. lg. thick sm. folio Lond. 1880-1910. All orig. cloth, some repaired, all good. As a periodical, w.a.f. (8) €300 - €400 279. Ireland: Sweetman (H.S.)ed. Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1252-1284, 1285-1292, 1293-1301; Mahaffy (R.P.) ed. State Papers - Adventurers for Land 1642-1659, 4 vols. lg., thick sm. folio L. 1877-1903. All orig cloth, some rebacked. Good. As a periodical w.a.f. (4) €130 - €180 280. One of 50 Signed Editions Irish Art: Ruane (F.)ed. A.I.B. Art - A Selection from the AIB Collection of Modern Irish Art, lg. 8vo, D. 1995, Signed & Inscribed Ltd. Edn. No. 13/150 Copies, illus., full leather, matching cloth slipcase. (1) €150 - €200 281. Co. Donegal: Illustrated Handbook of the Scenery and Antiquities of South Western Donegal, 8vo Dublin 1872. First Edn., frontis & 9 plts., orig. cloth rebacked; Harkin (Wm.) Scenery and Antiquities of North-West Donegal, 8vo Londonderry 183. First Edn., fold. map, 12 plts., & numerous adverts. (some illus.), orig. green cloth; also Inishowen: Its History, Traditions, and Antiquities,.. By Maghtochair. 8vo Carndonagh 1935. First Edn., cloth. All scarce & good, & 1 other similar interest. (4) €180 - €260 282. Co. Waterford: Butler (M.) A History of the Barony of Gaultier, 8vo Waterford (Downey & Co.) 1913. First Edn., Hf., title, fold. map frontis orig. cloth; Whittle (Nicholas) The Gentle County. A Saga of the Decies People, Tralee (Kerryman) 1960 Illus., orig. cloth. Both v. good & V. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 283. All Scarce First Editions Co. Wexford interest: Kennedy (Patrick) Legendary Fictions of The Irish Celts, Lon. 1866. Frontis illus. title; also, Evenings in The Duffrey, 12mo Dublin 1869; and The Fireside Stories of Ireland, 12mo Dublin 1870. Hf. title & newscuttings tipped-in, All First Edns., orig. cloth, v. good. All Scarce. (3) €200 - €300 284. West of Ireland: Shand (Alex. Innes) Letters from the West of Ireland, 1884, Sm. 8vo Edin. & L. 1885. First Edn. in Bk. Form. Hf. title, orig. cloth, front cover decorated, some stains. V. good copy of a Scarce Irish Travel Book. (1) €200 - €300 285. West of Ireland etc: Dallas (Rev. Alex.) The Story of the Irish Church Missions, Sm. 8vo Lond. (Soc. for Irish Church Missions) 1867. First Edn., Orig. gilt decor. green cloth. An exceptionally fine copy. Very Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 286. Co. Kildare: Shackleton (Betsy) Ballitore and its Inhabitants Seventy Years Ago, 12mo Dublin 1862. First Edn., hf. title, orig. green cloth. A v. good clean copy. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 287. Rare First Edition Kickham (Cha. J.) Sally Kavanagh or The Untenanted Graves, 8vo Dublin 1879.First Edn., Port. frontis hf. title, orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good; also Healy (James J.) Life and Times of Charles J. Kickham, Dublin 1915. First Edn., port. frontis, hf. title, orig. cloth. Both V. Scarce. (2) €250 - €350 288. Co. Kildare etc: O’Hanlon (V. Rev. John Canon) The Life of St. David,.. Chief Patron of Wales, and Titular Patron of Naas Church and Parish, in Ireland, 12mo Dublin 1869. First Edn., frontis & other illus.; The Life of Saint Brigid, ‘The Mary of Erin,’ and The Special Patroness of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. By an Irish Priest 12mo Dublin 1859. First Edn.; also Irish Local Legends by Lageniensis. 12mo Dublin 1896. First Edn., port. frontis. All orig. cloth, v. good copies. V. Scarce. (3) €160 - €240 289. Proselytism in Victorian Ireland West of Ireland: Roden (Earl of,) Progress of the Reformation in Ireland: Extracts from a Series of Letters, written from the West of Ireland.. in September 1851. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1852. Second Edn., hf. title, illus. title, & fold. Map of Connemara, orig. cloth; Howard (J. Eliot) ‘The Island of Saints; or Ireland in 1855, 12mo Lond. 1855. First Edn., frontis, 11 lithotints, & text illus. later quarter mor. Both v. good. Ex. Scarce. (2) €275 - €400 290. Belfast Gold Printing MarcusWard & Co. - Macduff (Bp. J.R.) ed. The Golden Gospel Being The Gospel According to St. John, Sm. 4to Lond. & Belfast (Marcus Ward & Co.) n.d. [c. 1880] Sole Edn., Hf. title, frontis title, & entire text printed in gold. gold ends decor. with gold shamrocks, a.e.g., & gilt decor. cloth. Superb copy. Rare. (1) €200 - €300 285 287 278