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

39 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 313. Orpen (Goddard H.) Ireland Under the Normans 1169-1216, 4 vols. Oxford 1968. Second Edn., cloth & pict. d.w.’s. Good. (4) €120 - €170 314. McCarthy (Cormac) The Crossing, 8vo N.Y. (Picador) 1994, First Edn., (Volume Two - The Border Trilogy) navy cloth backed boards, gilt lettering, d.j.; Cities of the Plain, 8vo N.Y. (Picador) 1998, First Edn., Signed and inscribed ‘ For Philip Murray, All the Best, Cormac,’ (Volume Three - The Border Trilogy), cloth, silver lettered spine, d.j. (2) €180 - €220 315. Signed Limited Edition McCarthy (Cormac) Cities of the Plain , 8vo, N.Y. (A.A. Knopf ) 1998, Signed Limited Edn. of 1000 copies, cloth backed boards, gilt lettering, d.j. (1) €400 - €500 316. Pim (Jonathan) The Condition and Prospects of Ireland, Dublin 1848 First Edn., cloth, good; also, Marmion (Anthony) The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland, Lond. 1855, cloth. (2) €100 - €150 317. Ball (J. Elrington) The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921, 2 vols. N. York 1927. First Edn., 2 frontis orig. cloth, v. good. (2) €120 - €170 318. [Mahon (Derek)] A collection of Limited Edn. paperbacks, pamphlets, & hardback Books, some Signed by the author and illustrator, including works such as The Seaside Cemetery, Roman Script, Sextus and Cynthia, Rubbish Theory , and others, good clean lot. (13) €250 - €320 319. With Engraved Plates Thomson (Richard)ed A Faithful Account of the Processions and Ceremonies Observed in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England, roy 8vo L. 1820, Lg. fold. engd. frontis & 3 plts., (1 fold.) orig. ptd. boards, paper rebacked. (1) €70 - €100 320. Heaney (Seamus) Opened Ground, Poems 1966-1996, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1998, Signed Limited Edn. No. 122/300 Copies, cloth backed boards, ptd. label, matching slipcase; also U.S. Edn. Uncorrected Proof, pink wrappers. (2) [Brandes & Durkan, A70c] €280 - €320 321. Heaney (Seamus) Station Island, 8vo, N.Y (F.S.G.) 1985, Signed and dated, green cloth backed cream boards, decor. d.j.; Station Island, 8vo N.Y. (F.S.G.) 1984, Signed, Uncorrected Proof, green covers. (2) [Brandes & Durkan A36c] €180 - €220 322. Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1966, First Edn., Signed and dated, green cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. Good copy; Death of a Naturalist, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1966, First Paperback Edn., Signed and dated, ptd. wrappers. (2) [Brandes & Durkan - A2] €1000 - €1500 323. Lettered Copy Signed by Some of the Contributors Dillon Redshaw (Th.) Hill Field, 8vo, Minneapolis & Oldcastle (Gallery Books & Coffee House Press) 1989, First Edn., Signed by John Montague, Thomas Kinsella, Kathleen Raine, Derek Mahon, Ted Hughes, Thomas McCarthy (2), Benedict Kiely, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Peter Fallon, illus., Lettered G(z), cloth backed marbled boards, ptd. label. (1) [Brandes & Durkan B95c] €200 - €300 324. O’Leary (Jos.) The Law of Rent Charges, in lieu of Composition for Tithes in Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1839. First Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy, unopened, orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €100 - €150 325. Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Human Knowledge,.. 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1817. Twenty-Fourth, lg. fold. table, marble ends, attractive hf. mor., raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, mor. labels. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 315 320 323 325 322