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

74 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 629. [Irish Political Interst] Periodical Barney Burke's Diorama, An Irish Night's Inthertainmint Being a Comic Pictorial Review of Irish Affairs in 1897, 4to, D. (Warder & Dublin Weekly Mail) 1892, illustrated (40 cartoons) & adverts, illustrated printed wrappers. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 630. Republican interest: Collins (Michael) The Path to Freedom, Dublin 1922 First Edn., port. frontis hf. title, cloth & d.w. (dam.); Ryan (D.) James Connolly His Life Work & Writings, D. 1924. First Edn., cloth; Martin (Hugh/) Ireland in Insurrection, Lond. 1921. First Edn., hf. title, boards; Skeffington (Francis Sheehy) In Dark and Evil Days, D. 1919 First Edn., photo frontis, cloth; Connolly (James) Labour in Ireland, D. 1917. First Edn., cloth; & 1 other sim. All v. good. (6) €200 - €300 631. Irish Medical Interest: Maunsell (H.) The Dublin Practice of Midwifery, 12mo Lond. 1834. First Edn., hf. mor.; Gordon (Alex.) A Treatise on the Fractures of the Lower End of the Radius... Lond. 1875, Belfast Medic, cloth; Moore (J. Wm.) Text Book on the Eruptive and Continued Fevers, Dublin 1892. First Edn., dble page cold. plts. orig. cloth; Little (J.) Lectures on... Chronic Diseases of the Heart, Dublin 1894. First Edn.; Hughes (J. Stannus) On Diseases of the Prostate Gland, D. 1860. First Edn., illus. cloth. All good. (5) €200 - €300 632. French Bindings: Rostand (Edmond) L’Aiglon, Drama en Six Actes, En Vers. 8vo Paris 1900. Attractive hf. green mor., floral cloth sides, gilt decor. spine. With B.P. of Hester Elizabeth Lee Plunkett; Lear (Fanny) Le Roman d’Une Americaine en Russie, 8vo Brussels 1875. Hf. mottled calf, mor. label & gilt decor. spine; Loti (Pierre) Pecheur d’Islande, 8vo Paris 1926. First Edn., cont. hf. purple mor. tooled gilt spine by Flammarion. All attractive & in fine condition. (3) €80 - €120 633. Scarce Early Dublin Printing Erasmus (D.) Colloquia Familiaria, Notis Novis Illustrata Ad Usum Juvetutis Politioris humanitatis Studiis imbuendae, apud omnes Protestantes, Britannos praesertim, & Hibernos. 20mo Dublin (A. Rhames) 1712. Wd. cut device on t.p., old calf, mod. professional reback. (1) €200 - €300 634. Bhedel (Dr. William) An Biobla Naomhtha, 20mo D. (Hardy & Sons) 1852 Includes Old & New Testament in Gaelic Script thro-out, in orig. full calf block tooled binding. owners name in pencil ‘William Doolan, Kinsale.’V. good. (1) €80 - €120 635. Northern Ireland interest: Simpson (Rob.) The Annals of Derry, sm. 8vo Londonderry (Hempton) 1847; Hempton (J.)ed. The Siege and History of Londonderry, sm. 8vo 1861, engd. frontis; Witherow (T.) Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689, 8vo Belfast 1885; Walker (Geo.) A True Account of the Siege of London- Derry, 12mo reprint. All orig.cloth. (4) €75 - €100 636. Wilde (Oscar) The Soul of Man Under Socialism, With a Preface by Robert Ross. Sm. 8vo L. (Arthur L. Humphreys 187 Piccadilly, W.) 1912. Hf. title, with pp.V-X ‘A Superflouous Note of Explanation,’ 99pp., orig. blue paper boards with red paper label. Mason 370; D’Aurevilly (Barbey) What Never Dies. A Romance, Translated into English by Sabastian Melmoth (O.W.) 8vo Paris (Privately Printed) 1902. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies. Hf. title, red & bl. title, 360pp., orig. full vellum with black fillet border & black lettering on front cover ‘O.W.’ and on spine; also Sebastian Melmoth, [Oscar Wilde]. 12mo L. (Arthur L. Humphreys) 1908 uncut, orig. paper wrappers, frayed at edges. Mason 635. A lot. All Scarce. (3) €100 - €150 637. Thompson (Hugh) illustrator; Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, Lond. 1892, illus., fine pict. gilt cloth; & 9 others sim. Good lot. (10) €150 - €200 638. Bernard (Nicholas) The Whole Proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland, 4to Dublin 1736. Hf. title, list, of subscribers advert leaf at end, cont. full calf, rebacked. Good. (1) €180 - €260 639. West of Ireland: Tuke (James H.) Irish Distress and its Remedies - The Land Question. A Visit to Donegal and Connaught in the Spring of 1880, 8vo Lond. 1880. First Edn., cont. hf. mor.; also Confiscation or Contract? 8vo D. 1880. First Edn., cont. hf. mor. Both good, & V. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 640. Senior (NassauWm.) Journals, Conversation and Essays Relating to Ireland, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1868. Second Edn., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels. Good. (2) €150 - €200 641. Wodehouse (P.G.) Uncle Dynamite, L. [1948] (First Printing) (2 copies) cloth & d..; Lord Emsworth and Others, L. 1937, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; The Old Reliable, L. 1951, First Edn., cloth; and two others Very Good Jeeves, (Sixth Edn.) cloth & d.j.; Pigs have Wings, (Third Edn.) cloth & d.j., as a lot. (6) €200 - €300 642. O’Cadhain (M.) Cre na Cille, Aithris I nDeich nEadouluid , 8vo, D. (Sairseal agus Dill) 1949 First Edn., illus by Charles Lamp; Cois Caolaire, 8vo, D.(Sairseal agus Dill) 1953 First Edn., d.w.; An tSraith Dha Togail, 8vo, D.(Sairseal agus Dill) 1970; As an nGeigheann, 8vo, D.(Sairseal agus Dill) 1973; Good clean copies. (4) €80 - €140 633 638