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

40 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 326. Bradbury (Ray) The Silver Locusts, 8vo Lond. (Rupert Hart-Davis) 1951. First Edn., hf. title, orig. unclipped pict. d.w., some slight dis-coloration on back. V. good. (1) €300 - €400 327. Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, 8vo, L. (Heinemann) 1962, First Edn. (First Issue) black cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. design by Barry Trengrove (Unclipped), with price 16s, (some scuffs / tears) otherwise good copy. (1) €800 - €1000 328. Joyce (James) Ulysses, 4to, L. (John Lane, The Bodley Head) 1937, First UK Trade Edition, duck egg blue cloth, with gilt Homeric bow on front cover, with d.j. (worn), clipped (not price), good copy; Ulysses, 4to, N.Y. (Random House) 1934, Second Edn., oatmeal cloth, black and red lettering. (2) [Slocum & Cahoon A23 & Na] €400 - €600 329. Thompson (Hugh) Illustrator. Somerville (Wm.) The Chase, 4to Lond. 1896; Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, 4to Lond. 1886; Spielmann (M.H.) & Jerrold (W.) Hugh Thompson His Art His Letters, His Humour & His Charm, L. 1931. First Edn., with illus. and Bibliography, d.w.; & 1 other. (4) €100 - €150 330. Brown (Christy) A Shadow of Summer, L. 1974; Come Softly to my Wake, L. 1971; Of Snails and Skylarks, L. 1977; Wild Grow the Lilies, L. 1976, all 8vo, cloth & d.j., clean copies; also My Left Foot, L. 1954,cloth. (5) €80 - €120 331. Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo Dublin 1780. Fold. engd. frontis (Vol. I), recent hf. calf, mor. labels. V. clean copy. (2) €130 - €180 332. Colum (Padraic) The Road Round Ireland, N. York 1926, & Cross Roads in Ireland, N. York 1930, Both First U.S. Edns., illus.; Birmingham (Geo. A.) Irishmen All, Lond. & Edin 1914, Cold. illus. by Jack B. Yeats, buckram; Gwynn (S.) Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim, Lond. 1899, First Edn.; and The Fair Hills of Ireland, D. & L. 1914. Both illustrated by Hugh Thompson; & 3 others of travel interest. A lot. V. good. (8) €120 - €180 333. Signed Limited Editions Longley (Michael) Patchwork, Gallery Press 1981, Signed Limited Edn. of 500 Copies, Signed by Author & Artist, cloth backed boards; SnowWater, L.(Cape) 2004, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 11 / 100 Copies, full calf, slipcase; Longley (M.) The Stairwell, L.(Cape) 2014, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 62/75 Copies only, full crimson leather, slipcase. Good lot. (3) €400 - €500 334. Irish Juvenile: Praeger (S. Rosamond) Further Doings of the Three Bold Babes, Oblong folio Lond. N.Y. & Bombay 1899. First Edn., cold. illus. title & cold. thro.-out, orig. cloth backed illus. boards. V. good. Scarce. (1) €220 - €350 335. Irish Juvenile: Praeger (S. Rosamond) The Olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O’Linn, Lg. 4to Lond. 1901. First Edn., hf. title, illus. thro.-out by author, orig. cold. pict. cloth backed boards. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 336. Irish Juvenile: Praeger (S. Rosamond) Old Fashioned Verses and Sketches, 8vo Dundalk (Dundalgen Press) 1947 First Edn., mtd. cold. frontis & other mtd. plts. & illus., orig. cloth backed boards; Hannon (J.) The Kings and The Cats, Munster Fairy Tales for Young & Old, 4to Lond. 1908. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 10 other plts. by Louis Wain, orig. cloth, gilt. Both Scarce & v. good. (2) €175 - €250 334 335 326 327 333