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

32 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 227. Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Thompson (W.) The English Flower Garden, or Hardy and Half-Hardy Plants, 4to Lond. 1855, First Edn., Hand coloured frontis & 23 hd. cold. plts. orig. cloth. Good. (1) €225 - €325 228. Signed Limited Edition Somerville (E.OE) The States Through Irish Eyes, roy 8vo Boston & N. York (Houghton Mifflin Co.) 1930. First Edn., (Thus) Special Limited Edn. 375 Copies Only, Signed by Author, illus. by author, uncut, orig. crimson cloth, gilt fillet and in matching slipcase, with illus. ptd. labels. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 229. In Handmade Dun Emer Binding Bigger (F.J.) Irish Penal Crosses (1713- 1781), 4to Belfast (W. & J. Baird) 1909, illus., ptd. wrappers, in hand painted and decorated cloth binding by Evelyn Gleeson at Dun Emer. Unique. (1) Provenance: The Library of Evelyn Gleeson (Dun Emer Press) €300 - €400 230. Irish Juvenile: Praeger (S. Rosamund) Old Fashioned Verses and Sketches, 8vo Dundalk (Dundalgen Press) 1947 First Edn., mtd. cold. frontis & other mtd. plts. & illus., orig. cloth backed boards; Hannon (J.) The Kings and The Cats, Munster Fairy Tales for Young & Old, 4to Lond. 1908. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 10 other plts. by Louis Wain, orig. cloth, gilt. Both Scarce & v. good. (2) €130 - €180 231. Praeger (S. Rosamond) The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes, sm. oblong folio Lond. 1897. First Edn., decor. title, & cold. illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth backed pict. boards; also same author, How they went to School., oblong roy 8vo Lond. [1903] First Edn., hf. title, cold. plts. thro.-out, orig. cloth backed pict. boards. Scarce. (2) €220 - €320 232. Irish Juvenile: Praeger (S. Rosamond) Further Doings of the Three Bold Babes, Oblong folio Lond. N.Y. & Bombay 1899. First Edn., cold. illus. title & cold. thro.-out, orig. cloth backed illus. boards. V. good. Scarce; also Praeger (S. Rosamond) The Olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O’Linn, Lg. 4to Lond. 1901. First Edn., hf. title, illus. thro.-out by author, orig. cold, pict. cloth backed boards. V. good. (2) €275 - €350 234. Pugin (A. Welby) Details of Ancient Timber Houses of the 15th & 16th Century, 4to Lond. (Ackermann) 1836. (Four works in one, Gothic Furniture; Designs for Gold & Silversmiths; Designs for Iron and Brass Work) illustrated with plts. thro.-out, cont. hf. mor. Good. (1) €130 - €180 227 228 229 231 233. Map: Larkin (WM.) A Map of the County of Meath in the Province of Leinster in Ireland, a very large hand coloured linen backed map, in 4 parts, approx. 64” x 96”, at scale of 2” to 1 mile, in orig. marbled boards slipcase (1 side torn). A very fine example of this rare map. (1) €800 - €1200