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

71 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 603. Periodical: Co. Cork: Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. 40, No. 151 - Vol. 105, in 20 vols. roy 8vo. Cork 1935-2000, with some no’s lacking. In matching attractive recent hf. tan cloth, & black labels, gilt spines. V. good. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 605. Bindings: Sterne - Memoirs of the Life and Family of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1819.l Hf. titles, Vol. I with engd. port. frontis & vignette port title, engd. vignettes in text, cont. hf. calf, marble sides. Good. (4) €180 - €250 606. Bindings: Peel - The Speeches of the late Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. Delivered in the House of Commons, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1853. First Edn., fine cont. tree calf, gilt roll tooled borders, mor. labels, raised bands, tooled gilt panels. V. good set. (4) €200 - €300 607. Signed Limited Edition Bindings: France (Anatole) The Works of ..., 30 vols. N. York (Gabriel Wells) 1924. Signed Limited Edition, No. 1038 of 1075 Sets. With portraits and illus., red & bl. titles mostly uncut & unopened, in fine crushed h. crimson levant, raised bands, gilt spine in panels. V. fine set. (30) €850 - €1250 605 603 608. American Civil War Bindings : National Historical Society - The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 128 volumes, 8vo Gettysburg Pa 1972. A.e.g., in recent quarter green mor. marble sides tooled gilt spines with canon-gun motif, raised bands, mor. labels. A stunning and very large set. (128) €2500 - €4000