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

82 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 709. Deane (Seamus)ed. & others The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing & Irish Women’s Writing & Traditions, 5 vols., Derry (Field Day Publications) 1991 & Cork (University Press) 2002, Some Signatures, cloth gilt lettering, slipcases. (5) €150 - €220 710. Children’s Illustrated Volumes: Share (B.) & Bolger (Wm.) The Bed that Went Whoosh Series, 6 issues, all 4to, D.(Allen & Figgis) 1964-66, illustrated cloth & d.j. (6) €130 - €180 711. Smith (Chas.) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols. Imperial 8vo Cork 1893. Ed. by Robert Day, fold. maps, plts. etc., cont. hf. calf; & 2 other sim. leather bound volumes. (4) €130 - €180 712. Pugin - The Architectural Works of A.W.N. Pugin, Lond. 2014; Hill (Rosemary) God’s Architecture - Pugin & The Building of Romantic Britain, Lond. 2007; Belcher (Margaret) A.W.N. Pugin - An Annotated Critical Bibliography, L. & N.Y. 1987. Pres. Copy; Wedgewood (A) A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family, folio 1985; Andrews (Brian) Creating a Gothic Paradise - Pugin at the Antipodes, folio Hobart, 2002; Signed Copy; Wainwright (C.) Pugin, A Gothic Passion, lg. 4to Lond. 1994. Signed; & 3 others, all v. good. As a box lot. (1) €100 - €150 713. Glass Collectors: Good collection of Periodicals of interest to glass Collectors, include. The Glass Cone, approx. 43 issues, 2000 - 2015; Glass Circle News, c. 17 issues 2008-2012, Journal of the Glass Association, & others of sim. interest, contained in 3 large custom made half cloth boxes, mor. labels; & The Journal of the Glass Association, Vols. 1 - 7 bound in 3 vols. folio 1985-2004, all profusely illustrated, recent cloth. As a coll., an interesting lot. (6) €200 - €300 714. O’Muraile (Nollaig)ed. Leabhar Mor na nGenealach - The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, Compiled 1645-66 by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirgbhisigh. 5 vols. lg. thick 4to Dublin (De Burca Reprint) 2003. Orig. green blind decor. cloth, slipcase. (5) €220 - €350 715. One of 125 Special Editions Irish Art: Crouan (K.)ed. William Crozier, 4to Hampshire (Lumd Humphries) 2007, Signed, (with a carborundum Print No. 48/125),illustrated throughout, yellow cloth, d.j., matching yellow slipcase.(1) €125 - €175 716. Signed Limited EditionCollectors Issue Nelson (E.C.)ed. The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener, folio, D.(Strawberry Tree) 2002, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 86/170 copies, illustrated by Lamblin, Levinge, Piper, Poshitt, Sex andWalsh, hf. crimson mor. blue cloth boards, ptd. boards, matching box. (1) €350 - €450 717. Signed by the Artist Irish Art: Hayes (A.)ed. Pauline Bewick - Seven Ages, folio D. (Arlen House) 2005, Signed illus., cloth & d.j.; Kelly (Rita) Kelly Reads Bewick, folio D. (Arleen House) 2001, Signed illus., cloth & d.j. (2) €150 - €200 719. Irish Art: Behan (J.) & Dawe (Gerald) Revenant, 8vo D. 2022, Signed by both, illus. cloth & d.j.; Frazier (A.) John Behan, the Bull of Sheriff Street, 8vo D. 2015, Signed by both, illus. ptd. boards; Deane (J.F.) & Behan (J.) Achill the Island, 4to, Signed by both, illus., ptd. boards. (3) €180 - €220 711 716 718. Over 750 Coloured Prints Vanity Fair Album Together 11 vols. folio c. 1870-1895, containing over 750 coloured litho Spy & other Cartoon Portraits, cut-outs, mounted in Albums, with captions and printed letter press descriptions, in hf. mor. & mor. backed cloth boards. As a coll. of prints. (11) €500 - €750 720. One of 100 Copies Irish Art: Hamilton(James) Hughie O’Donoghue Painting Memory Myth, 4to, L.(Merrell) 2003, Signed by the Artist, illus. throughout, loosely inserted two coloured Prints titled ‘Immersion 1 & 2’ No.90/100,cloth & d.j., cloth slipcase.(1) €300 - €400