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

53 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 460. Pamphlet: The Brass Band, A True and Succinct Account of the Rise, Progress and Character of this Celebrated Troupe, ... 8vo Dublin (P. Dixon Hardy & Sons) n.d. Second Edn., 36pp some damp dam., disbound, but unusual. (1) €80 - €120 461. [Another] Report on Dublin Housing Dublin City: Kelly (Ald. Thomas) Chairman, to the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin. Report of the Housing Committee, Being a Survey of the North Side of the City of Dublin,.. together with historical notices, with statistical information showing the evolution of the tenement system and outline of the housing requirements. roy 8vo Dublin (Dollard) 1918. Sole Edn., with 3 reproduced maps of historical interest, 1610, 1728, & 1757, plus 2 v. large coloured maps, orig. green printed wrappers. V. good. V. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 462. Cork interest: Mac Carthy (John George) The History of Cork, sq. 12mo Cork (F. Guy) 1979, coloured printed boards. Scarce. (1) €75 - €125 463. Co. Monaghan: Carrickmacross Civic Week Brochures, for Oct. 1946 & Oct. 1947., 2 vols. 8vo Dundalk (Dundalgan Press) 1946-1947; also Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, A Tourist Development Booklet, 8vo Dundalk n.d. [c.1958] All with rare and interesting photographs & adverts. All orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good. Scarce. (3) €100 - €150 464. Pamphlet: The Channel Tunnel: House of Commons Committee - Report of Meeting, 5th July 1920. Protest against Delay of Work - Support of Labour Party. Deputation to Prime Minister, Wed. 12th Nov. 1919 & Reply of Mr. Lloyd George, 8vo Lond. 1920, 30pp orig. ptd. wrappers. Unusual item. Good. (1) €80 - €120 465. Irish Arts & Crafts: Martin (Colbert) The Woodcarvers of Bray 1887-1914, 8vo Bray 1985 Sole Edition 11 illus. orig. ptd. wrappers, stained. (1) * Presentation Copy. A Scarce Record. €120 - €180 466. Peat in Ireland: Fuel Research Board - The Winning, Preparation and Use of Peat in Ireland - Reports and other Documents, roy 8vo Lond. (Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research) 1921. Sole Edn., 2 large fold. maps, 6pps. of photographs & 1 plt. 76pp. orig. printed wrappers, repaired. Scarce. (1) €80 - €130 467. An Address to the People of Ireland Ephemera: A printed flyer approx. 24cms x 19cms, addressed, “To the People of Ireland” and purporting to come from one Barney Maguire, "one of the People of Ireland, of Shooter’s Hill", and dated 10 September 1815, renouncing any association with one George Lidwell, who has announced in the Dublin newspapers that he is going to the Continent to fight a duel. This copy is addressed on the verso, in M/ss to Denis Scully of Merrion Square. Unusual. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 468. Glasgow University Elects a New Rector, 1890 Balfour (Arthur) Conservative propaganda issued in advance of the rectorial election of 15 November 1890, comprising all five issues of a magazine entitled The College Unionist and leaflets and broadsheets with copies of speeches, newspaper articles. Frequent use is made of cartoons and parodies of well-known ballads. The Lords Rector of Glasgow University are elected every three years. The election of 1890 was fiercely contested between supporters of the two candidates, the Hon. Arthur Balfour and the Earl of Aberdeen. The propaganda reflects the passion with which the literate public followed political developments at the time. The two candidates were: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), a wealthy Scottish landowner and nephew of the Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. At the time of the election he was Chief Secretary for Ireland, in which post he even-handedly took firm measures against agrarian unrest and absentee landlords. He was a staunch opponent of Home Rule. In 1902 he succeeded his uncle as Prime Minister. Lord Aberdeen (1847-1934) was a Liberal and a devoted supporter of Gladstone, under whom he had briefly served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886 (his second term, from 1905 to 1915, would prove a great deal more memorable). The Conservative campaign stresses Balfour’s firm hand in Ireland and there is much mockery of the stereotypical Irishman: My name is Bill O’Brien, from New Tipperary flyin’ The heart of ‘Bloody Balfour’ I’m a thorn in’ But before the break of morn, he’ll be cursin’ all forlorn For I’m off to Philadelphia in the morning’. Balfour won. Are university politics so lively these days?! A fascinating collection of third-level political ephemera, approx. 30 items. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 469. Privately Printed Genealogy: Trench (Henry) Cangort Park, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Trench Pedigree, tall folio Roscrea 1878, 18pp (one side only) stapled with cloth back. (1) * Covers Trench families of Woodlawn and the many inter marriages of Frederic Trench & his family. Very Rare. (1) €125 - €175 467 463