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

44 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 370. [Thompson (Hugh)] Illustrator. Barrie (J.M.) Quality Street, A Comedy in Four Acts, 4to Lond. (Hodder & Stoughton) 1901. First Edn., 22 cold. plts. include. frontis, now in fine dark blue mor., orig. cloth front covers & spine bound in at end. (1) €150 - €200 371. [Thompson (Hugh)] Illus. Barrie (J.M.) The Admiral Crichton, 4to Lond. (Hodder & Stoughton) n.d. Hf. title, decor. title & 20 tipped-in cold plts. In orig. crimson cloth, with fine gilt decor. front cover; also Sheridan (R. Brinsley) Die Lasterschule, 4to (Stuttgart & Berlin) n.d. Lim. Edn. No. 838 of 1000 Copies hf. title, decor. main title, & 25 tipped-in cold. plts. orig. gilt decor. cloth. (2) €200 - €300 372. Signed Limited Edition [Thompson (Hugh] Illustrator. Barrie (J.M.) Quality Street, A Comedy in Four Acts. Lg. 4to Lond. (Hodder and Stoughton) 1901. Special Limited Edition No. 175 of 1000 Copies, Signed by Hugh Thompson. With 22 coloured plates (include. frontis) tipped-in, uncut, in full cont. vellum fine gilt decor. front cover, ties etc., and in recent slipcase. V. good copy. (1) €300 - €400 373. Signed Copy, Limited to 350 Copies Only [Thompson (Hugh) Illustrator: Goldsmith (Oliver) She Stoops to Conquer, lg. 4to Lond. (Hodder and Stoughton) n.d. 25 tipped in cold. plts. include. frontis, uncut orig. full vellum with v. fine & elaborately decor. front cover, with ties and now in recent custom made slipcase, and with loosely inserted printed notice about orig. watercolours. A delightful Copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) €350 - €500 374. Periodical: The Motor News - Approved by the Society of Irish Motor Traders, Vol. 27, Nos 1 - 52, Vol. 28, NO’s 1 - 52, & Vol. 29, Nos. 27-52, in 5 vols., folio January 1926-December 1928, profusely illustrated adverts etc. cont. hf. mor. As a periodical, w.a.f. (5) * A very interesting journal, with much Irish content €100 - €150 375. Petrie (George) The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, ... comprising The Origin and Uses of The Round Towers of Ireland,... Sm. folio Dublin 1845. Second Edn., illus. thro.-out, in fine attractive cont. sprinkled panel calf, mor. label, raised bands, tooled gilt panels. V. good copy.(1) €200 - €300 376. O’Neill (Henry) The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland, folio Lond. 1868. First Edn., cold. frontis & 6 cold. litho plts. (1 dble page) plus full page illus. etc., orig. green cloth, gilt good. (1) €180 - €260 377. Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum; or, A History of the Abbies, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland. 4to Lond. 1786. First Edn., list of subs., lg. fold. map frontis 18 full page plts. of monks, some damp dam. at front, cont. calf, worn. (1) €100 - €150 376 370 372 377 373