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

28 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 190. Genealogy: Belmore, Earl of, The History of Two Ulster Manors of Finagh, in the County of Tyrone, and Coole otherwise Manor Atkinson in Co. Fermanagh & their Owners. Lond. & D. 1881. First Edn., also another copy of same, Lond. & D. 1903, Re-Issue. Port. frontis; also by same author, Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885, D. 1887. First Edn., & The History of the Corry Family of Castlecoole, Lond. & D. 1891. First Edn., all uniform orange cloth. V. good set. (4) €220 - €350 191. Murray (Hon. Chas. Aug.) Travels in North America during The Years 1834, 1835 & 1836, 2 vols. Lond. 1839. First Edn., 2 litho frontis cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels. V. good; also Fenton (James) A History of Tasmania, 1884, First Edn., 5 full page plts. & ports., lacks fold. map, cloth. (3) €180 - €240 192. Edgeworth (Maria) Essay on Irish Bulls, 8vo Lond. 1803. Second Edn. Corrected. 2 engd. vignette text illus. uncut, in recent hf. tan calf, mor. labels; also Letters for Literary Ladies, & which is added An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification. Sm. 8vo Harlow 1805. Third Edn., hf. title, with top cut away (no text loss) some browning, orig. full calf, recent label. (2) €100 - €250 193. Houssaye (J.G.) Monographie Du The Description Botanique, Torrefaction etc...., 8vo Paris (Chez L’Auteur) [1843], engd. title, 17 plts. (engd. plate at end), inscribed by the author on f.e.p., contemp. blue cloth with blind design and gilt motif, good copy; Pelletier (E. & A.) Le The et Le Chocolat, 8vo Paris 1861, First Edn., hf. title, inscribed by the author, full calf, gilt armorial motif on front and back covers. Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 194. Viscount Doneraile’s Copy Waterford Printing : M’Gregor (John Jones) History of the French Revolution, and of The Wars Resulting from that Memorable Event.. from... 1789 to the Battle of Waterloo,.. Vols. I - VII only, 7 vols. 8vo Waterford (John Bull) 1816-1821. First Edn., with ports., maps & plans, uncut, orig. boards. Rare. (7) * The largest undertaking by a provincial printer at that time. €200 - €300 195. Important Early 19th-Century Commonplace Book Co. Limerick: Commonplace book of D.I. Webb (? Daniel James Webb 1780-1850), Caherconlish, Co. Limerick. Large 8vo in full calf binding, tooled gilt binding. A curious volume containing poems (some in Latin), many apparently original, epitaphs etc., some commemorating political or family events: “Pax redux anno 1802” [on the Treaty of Amiens]; “ On the Insurrection in Dublin, 23 July 1803 ”; “The Messiad, inscribed to the officers of the mess of His Majesty’s R.I.D.G.” [Royal Irish Dragoon Guards], with list of officers copied from the Army List of 1805; An Ode on the Death of a Child, dated at Cahirconlish House, 6 Nov. 1827; “Adeste Fideles”, a Christmas hymn (also 1827), and many others, the last (in Latin, on the marriage of a friend) is dated 11 Kal. Sept. [22 Aug.] 1833. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 196. Directory: Pigot & Co. - City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory, thick roy 8vo Lond. & Manchester 1824, Folding distance table, lacks map, orig. diced calf, mor. label, v. clean copy. (1) €175 - €250 197. Colour Plate Illustrated Volumes: Natural History Curtis (J.) Farm Insects, 8vo, L. (Blackie & Son) 1860, First Edn., 16 cold. plts., with publishers comp., hf. cal, cloth boards, rebacked; Harting (J.E.) A Handbook of British Birds, thick 8vo, L. (J.C. Nimmo) 1901, New Edn., cold. frontis and 34 cold. plts., full leather, gilt lettered spine., a.e.g. Good copy. (2) €80 - €120 198. Lyng (Tom) Castlecomer Connections, Exploring... North Kilkenny Environs. 4to Freshford 1984. First Edn., profusely illustrated, cloth, & orig. d.w. V. good. (1) €120 - €180 199. Coloured Plates: The Florist, Fruitist and Garden Miscellany, 8vo L. 1859. Hd. cold. frontis & 10 cold. plts. (ex. 11), cont. hf. mor. mor. label, v. good. (1) €120 - €180 200. Lilford (Lord) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1895. First Edn., 1 frontis & lg. fold. linen backed map, & numerous illus. & plts. by A. Thornburn and G.E. Lodge, t.e.g., fine cont. hf. mor. V. good set. (2) €80 - €130 193 194 201. Hore (Philip Herbert) History of the Town and County of Wexford, Vol. I Old and New Ross, Lond. 1900; Vol. II - Tintern, Rosegarland & Clonmines, Lond 1901; Vol. III - Dunbrody, The Great Island, Ballyhack, etc., Lond. 1901; Vol. IV - Duncannon Fort,.. Hook,... Slade .. & Bannow, Lond 1904. & The Town, Castle,.. Ferns,.. Enniscorthy, Gorey.. etc., Lond 1911; together 5 vols. (ex. 6) 4to Lond 1900 - 1911. All First Edns., profusely illustrated, fold. maps etc. Orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good. (5) * Last volume is annotated thro-out with notes etc. by W.H. Grattan-Flood, and is Signed by him. Rare. (5) €600 - €800