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

51 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 441. Poster for Hotel in Tullamore Poster: Grand Canal of Ireland: Bagot (Daniel) Grand Canal Hotels - To be Let,... The Grand Canal Company’s Hotel at Tullamore, Printed poster, approx. 7½” x 8½”, and with printed circular about Shannon Harbour, mounted on reverse, approx. 12¾” x 7½”, both 1815, framed. (1) * Two rare items of ephemera about Grand Canal. €150 - €220 442. Co. Waterford: Attractive coloured Music Cover, printed by Marcus Ward, Belfast of The Master McGrath Galop, by H.R. Callcott, R.A.M., dedicated to the Rt. Hon. Lord Lurgan, K.P. It depicts the famous greyhound in profile, approx. 33cms x 23cms (13” x 9”) framed. In fine condition. Rare. (1) €200 - €300 443. Co. Kilkenny - The Castlecomer Collieries, Limited, a £100 Debenture, dated 9th November, 1918, with orig. company stamp and Signed by owners, R.H. Prior Wandesforde, and his wife Florence, and the Secretary. Framed, approx. 34cms x 38cms (13½” x 15”). (1) €150 - €200 444. Co. Monaghan: HowMonaghan was Lost and Won, The Play of the Fisherman. A large printed broadside of political skit / sketch, c. 1880,approx. 49.5cms x 37cms (19½” x 14½”) some dam. Framed. Rare. (1) €150 - €200 445. Photographs: A group of 12 late 19th Century Irish Photographs, mounted on card, castles, churches, monuments, etc., all inscribed on reverse. As a collection, w.a.f. (12) €60 - €90 446. Queen Victoria in Dublin Photographs - Royalty - A large photograph of platform etc. at Bank of Ireland, draped in Royal Bunting, and Union Jacks, awaiting The Queens Appearance at College Green, in 1900, approx. 5¾” x 7¾” and 3 various smaller views, all original photos. Scarce and good. (4) €120 - €170 446 442 440. Early 18th-century Dublin Printing of 17th-century Quaker Broadside Rigge, Ambrose. A Brief and Serious WARNING, to such as are concerned in COMMERCE and TRADING, who go under the Profession of TRUTH, to keep within the BOUNDS thereof, in Righteousness, Justice and Honesty towards all Men. …Written by one who longs to see Righteousness Exalted, and all Deceit Confounded. Gratten-place in Surrey, the 16th of the 11th Month, 1678. Ambrose Rigge. DUBLIN: Re-printed by Elizabeth Sadlier, in School-House-Lane, and are to be sold by S. Fuller, at the Sign of the Globe and Scales in Meath- Street, 1721. Large broadside, printed in two columns, 52 x 41 cm. Ambrose Rigge (1635?-1705) suffered frequent persecution for his beliefs, but continued to preach and write with great courage. In this tract, originally printed in 8vo format, he inveighs against dishonesty in commercial dealings. It was reprinted, with many additions, in London in 1771 and in Philadelphia in 1837. This Dublin edition as a broadside is a rare survival. Elizabeth Sadlier was a prominent Dublin printer; her work was continued by her daughter Sarah and son-in-law John Harding, well known for their publication of the works of Jonathan Swift. Scarce. (1) €1000 - €1500