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

16 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 79. Signed Limited Edition of 150 Copies Nelson (E.C.) &Walsh (W.F.) An Irish Flower Garden Replanted, The Histories of Some of Our Garden Plants, 4to D. (Castlebourke) 1997, Signed Limited Edition No. 109/150 copies, illus., green leather backed yellow cloth boards, matching slipcase with illustrated label. (1) €275 - €350 80. Jamieson (Robert) Burns in his Youth .. Burns in his Maturity, 8vo, Belfast (Belfast Burns Club) 1878, gilt crested cloth (bound by Carswell); Owen (D.J.) A Short History of the Port of Belfast, 8vo, Belfast (Mayne, Boyd & Son) 1917, First Edn., Inscribed by the Author, illus., gold. map, cloth, good copy; Hewitt (J.) Andrew Nicholls Paintings of the North Antrim Coast in 1828, oblong folio, Belfast (U.P.) illus., cloth & d.j. (3) €100 - €150 81. Number 1 of 30 Artists Proof Aeronamical Interest: Trudgian (N.) artist Air Combat Legends Vol. II, oblong 4to Kent (Spellmount) 2002, Signed Limited Edn. 1/30 copies, with four Artist Proofs loosely inserted title: * Eagle Attack (Signed by Alfred Grislawshi); * Duel in the Desert (Signed); * Pathfinder Halifax; * Eagles of the Eight (Jim Goodson), illus, cloth and d.j., in matching slip case. (1) €180 - €220 82. Edwards (Lionel) My Irish Sketch Book, lg. 4to Lond. 1938. First Edn., cold. frontis & 8 cold. plts. orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 83. Plunkett (Grace) Twelve Nights at the Abbey Theatre, A Book of Drawings. Oblong folio Dublin (Three Candles Press) 1929. Special Limited Edition for Subscribers, No. 43 of 200 Copies Only, Signed by Artist. With 12 full page illus., uncut, orig. cloth backed boards, with label. V.g. (1) €500 - €700 84. Plunkett (Grace) Doctors Recommend It , An Abbey Theatre Tonic in 12 Doses. Oblong folio Dublin (Three Candle Press) 1930 First Edn., Special Edition, Limited to 500 Subscribers Only, 12 full page illus., orig. oatmeal cloth, label & orig. d.w. (torn) Clean copy. (1) €350 - €500 85. Dolmen Press: Merriman (Bryan) Cuirt an Mheadhon Oidhche - The Midnight Court, Trans. by David Marcus. Small folio Dublin 1953. Subscribers Limited Edition, No. 131 of 200 Copies Only. Woodblock decorations, printed in red and black, and with orig. cloth backed decor. boards. Good. (1) €180 - €250 86. Ryan (Thomas) Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings, lg. 4to Belfast 2009. Limited Edition, No. 12 of 200 Copies, Signed by Artist. Two orig. w/c Sketches by the Artist loosely inserted, cloth backed boards, & slipcase; also Thomas Ryan - Dublin and Thereabouts, oblong folio Kinsale 2011. Signed Presentation Copy; and Gerda Fromel A Retrospective, sm. folio Dublin 2015. With various signatures. (3) €150 - €200 87. Golden Cockerel Press: Scott (W Sidney)ed. Shelley at Oxford, The Early Correspondence of P.B. Shelley... 4to 1944. Lim. Edn. No. 253 of 500 Copies. Port. plates, uncut, fine mor. backed buckram. V. good. (1) €130 - €180 88. Petrie (George) On the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill; also An Account of an Ancient Irish Reliquary called the Domnach-Airgid, 1837, & another item. Lg. 4to D. (R.I.A.) 1837. 9 engd. plts. Hf. calf. V. good. (1) * Ex libris Mrs. Margaret Phelan. €120 - €170 89. Children’s Books: Crane (Walter) Flora’s Feast: A Masque of Flowers, 4to Lond. (Cassells & Co.) 1889. First Edn., cold. illus. thro.-out; also Queen Summer or The Journey of the Lily & the Rose, sm. folio Lond. 1891. cold. illus., & both orig. cloth backed pict. boards. V. good copies. (2) €80 - €120 90. Coloured & other Plates: Pyne (J.B.) The Lake Scenery of England, Folio L. (Day & Co.) n.d. c. 1860. Litho title, & 24 litho views (a few loose), a.e.g. orig. cloth, gilt; also Tomblason’s Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thomas and Medway, lg. 4to Lond. n.d. Engd. frontis add. title & 75 engd. views, cont. embossed boards. As a coll. of plts. (2) €100 - €150 91. Austin (Rev. Gilbert) Chironomia; or A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery:... The Proper Regulation of The Voice, The Countenance and Gesture ... 4to Lond. 1806. First Edn., hf. title, 12 engd. plts. (1 lg. fold.), cont. hf. calf, mor. label, good. (1) €150 - €240 92. From Henry Grattan’s Auction O’Halloran (Silvester) A General History of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to Lond. 1778. First Edn., 7pp. subscribers list which, with others, includes Edmund Burke, member for Bristol, hf. title Vol. II, lacks front loose blanks, uncut orig. blue boards. (2) * Inscribed on title, Vol. 1 ‘ Grattan’s Auction, Nov. 6, 1888’ Rare. €80 - €120 93. Most Likely by George Mullen Bindings: Lodge (Edmund) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, vols. 1 - IV only (ex. 12) folio London 1835. With 240 engd. & full page portraits, all edges gilt, in magnificent full crimson mor. with lg. gilt Gothic design border, and gilt spines. Most likely bound by George Mullen, not signed but almost identical to signed examples. An exceptional set. (11) €500 - €700 83 84 93