Rare Book & Collectors' Sale June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

122 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 941A. Illustrated Volumes: Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds , 4 vols. 4to L. (Longmans, Green & Co.) 1917-1918 (2nd & 3rd Edition) 82 coloured plts., uniform red cloth with gilt lettering. Good clean set. (4) €250 - €350 942. Illustrated Volume: Millais (John G.) The Natural History of British Surface Feeding Ducks , 4to N.Y. (Longmans, Green & Co.) 1902, Limited Edn. No. 347/600 Copies, 72 plts (41 cold.) green cloth, gilt lettering. Good clean copy. (1) €300 - €400 943. Illustrated Volume: Millais (J.G.) British Diving Ducks , 4to 2 vols., N.Y. (Longman, Green & Co.) illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, 39 cold. plts., Limited Edn., No. 422/450, full red cloth, gilt lettering. Good clean set. (2) €500 - €700 944. Illustrated Volume: Millais (J.G.) The Natural History of British Game Birds , 4to, N.Y. (Longmans, Green & C o.) 1909, Limited Edn No. 182/550 Copies, 37 plts. (18 cold.), leather backed red cloth, gilt lettering. Clean Copy. (1) €400 - €600 945. Barrow (J.) Excursions in the North of Europe.... Russia, .. Denmark and Norway in... 1830 and 1833, Sm. 8vo Lond. 1834. First Edn., fold. map, plts. & illus. hf. mor.; Heber (Reb.) Narrative of A Journey... Upper Provinces of India,.. 1824-25, 2 vols. Lond. 1844. Hf. mor.; Wallace (A.R.) The Malay Archipelago, Lond. 1880. Fold. maps, plts. cloth; & 1 other. (5) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €100 - €150 946. De Vere (Aubrey) May Carols, 12mo Lond. 1857. First Edn.; English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds, Lond. 1848. Signed Pres. Copy to his sister Ellen; de Vere (Sir Stephen E.) Grave and Gay; Verses of Many Years, For Private Circulation Only, 1883. Signed Pres. Copy to his sister Ellen, and with A.L.s. from Monare, Foynes tipped-in, to his sister; 2 other books, all orig. cloth. (5) Provenance: De Veres of Curragh Chase and O’Briens of Dromoland Castle. €250 - €350 947. Pamphlets: 1. Johnson (Cuthbert W.) The Modern Dairy and Cowkeeper, sm. 8vo Lond. 1850. Frontis & 3 engd. plts. of cows; 2. Taylor (H.) The Bee-keeper’s Manual; or Practical Hints..., Lond. 1839. Frontis & illus.; 3. Richardson (H.D.) The Hive and the Honey-Bee; Lond. n.d. New Edn., Frontis & some illus.; 4. Donald (James) Land Drainage, Embankment and Irrigation, Lond. n.d. [1851] Frontis & illus. title, text illus.; 5. Martin (W.C.L.) The Poultry Yard; Lond. 1852. Frontis & illus.; 6. Martin (W.C.L.) The Pig: its General Management and Treatment, Lond. 1852. Frontis & plts., together 6 works, bound in cont. hf. mor. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 948. Hibernicus (Thomas), Thomas of Ireland, Flores Omnium Pene Doctorum, Quitum in Theologia, tum in Philosophia hactenus claruerunt, per Thomas Hibernicum... 16mo Lyon (Guil. Rouilluim) 1580, 942pp in fine orig. full calf, corner decorated & central gilt tooled oval stamps, raised bands. V. desirable copy of this early work. (1) €300 - €400 949. Egnatius (Joannas Bapt.) & Erasmus (Desideruis) Suetonius Tranquilli XII Caesares, 16mo Lyon (Seb. Gryphuim) 1551 Device on title, 632 (XXXVI) pp, bound in stubs from a medieval manuscript psalter, all edges gilt, 17th Century blind ruled calf, with triple ruled panels, stamped with gilt florets, spine in panels, later label. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 950. Martineau (Harriet) Ireland, A Tale, 16mo Lond. 1832, Bound with Homes Abroad, A Tale, Lond. 1832; Loom and the Lugger, Parts I & II, Lond. 1833; Messrs Vanderput and Snoek, A Tale, Lond. 1833, all from Illustrations of Political Economy. Also 2 titles from Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated, 16mo Lond. 1833. together 7 items bound in 3 vols., uniform hf. mor. (3) Provenance: De Veres of Curragh Chase and O’Briens of Dromoland Castle. €160 - €220 951. Titanic Interest: Bullock (Shan F.) Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder, Intro. by Sir Horace Plunkett. 8vo Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1912. First Edn., port. frontis, & 5 illus. plts., orig. mor. backed cloth boards. V. good copy. (1) * Andrews, born in Comber, Co. Down, became managing director of Harland & Wolff, & was the architect in charge of the plans for ocean going liners, most notable the R.M.S. Titanic. He perished with the ship & more than 1500 other people when ship sank on her maiden voyage. €200 - €300 945 948 950 951 949