RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

57 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 509. Broadside: Reasons Humbly offered to the Parliament of Ireland, For the Repeal of the Test Act in that Kingdom;.. 1733. Single page printed one side only, approx. 31cms x 18cms 912” x7”), one dam. and small loss to the top left hd. corner. As a broadside, w.a.f. (1) €120 - €180 510. Watercolour: Allard’s Arms, Attractive coat of arms, motto ‘ Love - Honor - Truth & Justice,’ Original watercolour, c. 1800, approx. 30cms x 22.5cms (12” x 9”), unframed. (1) €100 - €150 511. The ‘Cork Card Case’ Pike (Joseph) & Beamish (Richard Pigott) Cheating at Cards, Three large documents (printed, with manuscript notes) in the case of Pike V. Beamish 1894. • Minutes of special meeting of the general committee of the County of Cork Club, 16 Dec. 1893 (44 pp) • Brief on behalf of the defendant (56 large ff) • Pleadings (34 pp) Joseph Pike of Dunsland, Glanmire, Chairman of the Cork Steamship Co. and a former high sheriff of the county, was (despite his Quaker upbringing) an enthusiastic and suspiciously successful card player. One of his favourite venues was the Cork County Club, of which he was a trustee. Richard Pigott Beamish, a fellow trustee, being made aware of rumours that Pike was cheating, demanded that the matter be investigated by the club committee. Pike sued Beamish for libel, and the case was heard at the Four Courts on 8 May 1894. The proceedings were followed avidly by members of the gentry, both in and out of the courtroom. After a hearing that lasted ten days, the jury gave its verdict, deciding with admirable impartiality that Pike was innocent of cheating and Beamish was innocent of malice. (See John Welcome, Cheating at Cards, London, 1963, pp 161-233.) Unusual and interesting lot, w.a.f. (1) €250 ‑ €350 512. Tipperary Poster: Tipperary Tenant League, large broadside Poster, printed one side only, approx. 48cms x 35.5cms (19” x 14”), reproducing news articles, letters etc. and making comments on various landlords, and other players at this time, c. 1870. As a Poster, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 513. Co. Meath: Auction Poster Late Landed Estates Court, In the Matter of the Estate of James Fleetwood Rynd, Owner, Courteney Newton & Charles Oulton, Petitioners, To be Sold in One Lot, ... on Friday, 31st January, 1879, Before Judge Flanagan, Lands at Jordanstown, ... Possextown, Barony of Mayfenrath. Lg. Poster approx. 57cms x 44cms (22” x 17½”) printed one side only, folded. Good. (1) €120 - €180 514. Waterford Poster: Farrell (M.) DeputyWater Bailiff & [Harbour Master]- Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Waterford, .. By Order of the Commissioners, datedWaterford 26th December 1816. Single short, printed one side only, approx. 40.5cms x 33cms (16” x 13”), unframed. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 515. With Coloured Maps & Plans N. Ireland: Bann and Lough Neagh Drainage - Reports of Sir Alexander R. Binnie, Mr. J.D. Bell, & Robert Manning, 3 folio items printed Dublin c. 1884-1906; also The Lough and River Erne Drainage and Navigation District in... Fermanagh, Cavan Monaghan & Donegal, Folio, together 8 items, c. 1852-1907. With some fold. cold. maps, plans orig. wrappers. As a coll., w.a.f. (8) €120 - €180 516. Fine Coloured Litho Plates Co. Kerry Naval interest: Russell (W.H.) The Atlantic Telegraph, illustrated by Robert Dudley. Portfolio with title, & 17 lg. hand coloured plates, mounted on card, with gilt descriptions, all of the Great Eastern Ship, clean examples, as a portfolio, w.a.f. Good. (18) €200 - €300 509 514 510 516 512