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

20 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 120. Cricket interest - Alcock (C.W.)ed. Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds 1895, Folio Lond. 1895. Full page photos thro-out, approx. 280 illus., orig. hf. mor. gilt joints, wear. (1) €80 - €140 121. Most Desirable Copy with large Coloured Plates Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 lg. folio vols. in one, Lond. [1879] Fist Edn., illus. with 41 fine full page cold. plts., text illus., a.e.g., now bound in fine bright crushed crimson levant mor., raised bands, spine tooled gilt in panels with fishing motifs etc. An extremely fine copy. (1) €450 - €700 122. With Both Volumes Signed Walsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium, I & II, 2vols. folio Lond. (Thames & Hudson) 1983 & 1987. First Editions, both titles Signed by Artist, fine cold. plts., cloth & pictorial d.w.’s. (2) €325 - €450 123. Thomson (James M.) J.P. Report by the Inspectors Upon the Affairs of the Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd., folio L. (Wm. Clowes & Sons Ltd.) 1921, fold. Charts, relevant newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, full mor. gilt lettering. Fine Copy. (1) €75 - €125 124. One of 50 Copies Signed May (Frederick) String Quartet in C Minor, with a tribute by Hugh MacDiarmid, folio D. (Dolmen Press) 1976, published by Woodtown Music Publications, No. 19/50 specially Signed by Frederick M. May, Hugh MacDiarmid and Louis le Brocquy, cold. frontis, hf. calf, marble boards, gilt lettered spine. Good copy. (1) €150 - €220 126. I.M.C.: The Book of Mac Carthaigh Riabhach - Otherwise The Book of Lismore, No V Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts. Atlas folio Dublin (Stationary Office) 1950. First Edn., recent buckram backed boards. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 127. Co. Kilkenny: [Connellan (Major) Coolmore. Memoir of The Kilkenny Hunt, 8vo Dublin 1897. First Edn Frontis & 12 port. (only) orig. cloth. Bookplate James Poe, Kilkenny; also Waterford A Hunting Journal of Henry, Third Marquess of Waterford, 8vo Dublin 1901. First Edn. port. frontis plts Pres. Copy from the Editor, inscribed, orig. cloth. (2) * Ex. libris Mrs. W. J. Phelan, Talbot’s Inch, with book label. €150 - €200 128. Co. Meath: Trench (Rev. Fred. Fitzwilliam) Rector of Newtown, nr. Kells, Co. Meath ‘Things Above,’ 8vo Lond. 1871. Sole Edn., hf. title, orig. gilt decor. cloth. Scarce. (1) €80 - €120 129. Co. Waterford: Butler (M.) A History of the Barony of Gaultier, 8vo Waterford (Downey & Co.) 1913. First Edn., Hf., title, fold. map frontis orig. cloth; Whittle (Nicholas) The Gentle County. A Saga of the Decies People, Tralee (Kerryman) 1960 Illus., orig. cloth. Both v. good & V. scarce. (2) €160 - €240 130. Egan (P.M.) The Illustrated Guide to the City and County of Kilkenny, Kilkenny n.d. First Edn., illus. & adverts, some repairs, recent cloth; Bassett (Geo. Henry) Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory, Dublin 1884. First Edn., some illus & interesting adverts, cloth., also a Reprint Facsimile 2001 Edition of Bassett. As a lot. (3) €200 - €300 131. O’Reilly (John Boyle) Moondyne A Story from the Under-World, 8vo Lond. (G. Toutledge) 1889. Hf. title, orig. two-colour cloth, v. good. (1) €150 - €200 132. Cookery: Almanach des Gourmands, ou Calendrier Nutritif ... Par Un Vieux, Amateur. Vols. I, 2, 3, for 1803, 1804, 1805 & Vol. 5, 1807, Vol. 6, 1808, together 5 vols. 12mo Paris 1803-1808, each with engd. frontis; also Coe Gourmand Manuel Complet de Gastronomie, 12mo Paris 1827 First Edn., V. Scarce; also Le Double Almanach Gourmand, par Chas. Monselet, for 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869 & 1870. Together 5 issues all pages with decor. borders. All orig. leather bindings. All Scarce. (7) €160 - €220 120 127 121 132 124