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

30 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 210. Hall (Radclyffe) The Well of Loneliness, lg. 8vo New York (Covici. Friede) 1928, Limited Edn., No. 274 (475), uncut, cloth backed orange boards. Good copy. (1) A groundbreaking work in lesbian literature, this novel follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose “sexual inversion” is apparent from an early age. She finds love with Mary Llewellyn while serving as an ambulance driver during the First WorldWar, but their happiness together is marred by social isolation and rejection. Written by Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall, an English poet and author who often went by the name of John in adulthood, best known for this work. With commentary by Henry Havelock Ellis, an English-French physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Ellis published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. €200 - €300 211. One of 100 Signed Copies Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist, Squarings, lg. 4to, Dublin (Graphic Studio) 1991, Signed Limited Edn. No. 58 (100) copies, four lithographs, uncut, full calf, blue cloth soldander box. (1) €1000 - €1500 212. Hand-Coloured Plates: [Bolton (James)] Harmonia Ruralis; or An Essay towards a Natural History of British Song Birds, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (For W.T. Gilling) 1824. Engd. hd. cold. frontis. Vol. I, & 80 sim. hand coloured full page plts., orig. mor. backed boards, some rubbing, gilt lettered spine. A v. good copy. (2) €1000 - €1500 213. Hand-Coloured Plates: Edwards (Sydenham) The New Botanic Garden, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty- three Plants, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (For John Stockdale) 1812. First Edn., With 61 very fine hand-coloured plates, a.e.g. in cont. full calf, some wear, triple fillet and blind tooled borders. A very desirable copy. (2) €1000 - €1500 214. One of 50 Copies on Holland Paper Dumas (Alexandre) Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine, thick 4to, Paris (Alphonse Lemerre) 1873, Limited Edn. No. 19/50 Copies, engraved portrait frontis, in full morocco marble end papers, bookplates of ‘Sir Wiliam Augustus Fraser (Ledeclune and Morar)’ and also ‘Ex. Libris Robert Hoe,’ gilt decorative tooled border, raised bands. Good copy. (1) Note: Dinner. A major daily activity, which can be accomplished in worthy fashion only by intelligent people. It is not enough to eat. To dine, there must be diversified, calm conversation. It should sparkle with rubies of the wine between courses, be deliciously suave with the sweetness of dessert, and acquire true profundity with the coffee. €600 - €800 215. Rolls Series: Gilbert (J.T.) Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172- 1320, roy 8vo Lond. 1870. First Edn., errata slip, unopened, orig. mor. backed cloth. V. good copy. (1) €140 - €200 210 213 211 214 212