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

127 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 986. Longley (Michael) Collected Poems, L. 2006, Inscribed, The Ghost Orchid, L. 1995, (p.b.); Patchwork, Gallery Press 1981, Signed by Author & Illus (James Allen) cloth back board. Ltd. Edn., all 8vo, as a lot. (3) €80 - €120 987. Nelson (Charles) Wild Plants of the Burren and Aran Islands, 8vo, Cork 1999, illus., ptd. wrappers; Wild Plants of South- Western Ireland, 8vo, D. 2001, illus. ptd. wrappers; Wild Plants of Connemara and West Mayo, 8vo D. 2001, illus. & ptd. wrappers; Sea Beans and Nickar Nuts, BSB1 Notebook, 8vo, L. 2000, Signed by Nelson &Wendy Walsh (illus.) ptd. wrappers; A Man Who Can Speak of Plants, Dr. Thomas Coulter, 8vo, D. 1994, Signed Ltd. Edn., illus., ptd. wrappers; also three other of Botanical interest by Pat Smith, Sheila Pim etc., as a lot. (9) €130 - €180 988. One of 50 Signed Copies: With Manuscript Poem Kinsella (Thomas) Song of the Night and Other Poems, 8vo, D. (Peppercanister) 1978, No. 39/50 Copies, with Manuscript Poem on f.e.p., full black leather matching cloth slipcase. (1) Provenance: Garech de Brun, Luggala. €200 - €300 989. One of 25 Copies with Original Manuscript Poem Kinsella (Thomas) A Technical Supplement, 8vo, D. (Peppercanister), Limited Edn. No. XIX (XXV) Copies, Signed, with Manuscript Poem at f.e.p., marble endpapers, full green leather, matching slipcase. (1) Provenance: Garech de Brun, Luggala. €300 - €400 990. Golden Cockerel Press: [Jones (David) illus] Gulliver (L.) Travels into several Remote Nations of the World, 2 vols. 4to Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire (The Golden Cockerel Press) 1925, illus. with 39 wood engraving and initials (hand coloured), uncut Limited Edn., No. 372/450 Copies, cream and black stripped cloth. Clean Set. (2) Provenance: Garech de Brun, Luggala. €250 - €350 991. One of 150 Copies Printed Archer (Lieut. Joseph) Statistical Survey of the County Dublin, with Observations on Means of Improvement, 8voD. (Graisberg & Campbell) 1801, First Edn., dedit. uncut later full buckram. (1) * The Fourth of the Dublin Society’s Statistical Surveys. Uniquely of all the County surveys, there is a second survey by Hely Dutton in 1802. €250 - €320 992. Illustrated Volume of Erotic Novel Cleland (John)ed. Memoirs of Fanny Hill, A Woman of Pleasure, 4to L. 1908. Limited No. 72/500 copies, New Illustrated Edn., frontis, 14 illus. (complete) contemporary hf. crimson mor., marble boards, gilt decor. and lettered spine. (1) €300 - €400 993. Juvenile: Lang (Andrew) The Princess Nobody - A Tale of Airy Land, 4to Lond. n.d. First Edn., hd. col. & other plts. by Richard Doyle, pict. boards; Pretty Peggy and Other Ballads, 4to Lond. n.d. First Edn., cold. & other illus. by Rosina Emmet, pict. boards; Anderson (Avril) Whisht, 4to Belfast n.d. [1936] Illus. plts. by Alfred E. Kerr, cloth, orig. pict. d.w.; & 10 other children’s interest. As a lot, w.a.f. (13) Provenance: De Veres of Curragh Chase and O’Briens of Dromoland Castle. €100 - €150 994. [McGuinness (Frank)] In a Town of Five Thousand People, 2012; The Sea with No Ships, ; Dulse, 2007; The Stone Jug, 2003; [Dawe (Gerald)] The Morning Train, 1999, Signed; Mickey Finns Air, 2014; Lake Geneva, 2003; Points West, 2008; The Lundys Letter, 1985 (h.b. & p.b.); Selected Poems, 2012; Sheltering Places and Company, 1993; Hostage, 1987, Ltd. Edn., (Friends of Brian Keenan Fund), all 8vo, mostly Gallery Press, cloth & d.j. as a lot. (13) €100 - €150 988 990 991 992