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

35 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 254. Travel: Staunton (George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 2 vols., lg. 4to, L. (W. Bulmer & Co.) 1797, First Edn., frontis Vol. 1, 6 engravings, mispagination (341 - 342 bound in at 240/241), marble endpapers, bookplate Ex. Libris Cecil Clement, contemporary gilt decorated full leather (Some wear), (No Atlas) otherwise good copy. (2) €600 - €800 255. [Burnet] Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum, An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, folio London 1705. Third Edn., hf. title, in fine blind stamped cont. vellum. Good. (1) €100 - €150 256. [Wright (John Michael)] An Account of His Excellence The Earl of Castlemaine’s Embassy, To His Holiness Innocent XIth, Folio 1687. Engd. frontis engd. port., engd. headpiece & engd. initial, 15 engd. plts. include. one lg. fold. plate of banquet table, 116pp. appears to be no title, page 1, inscribed Matthew Ashton, in 19th Century hf. calf, with tooled gilt mor. label of Earl of Glengall. Scarce. (1) €400 - €700 257. Co. Leitrim: Ballinamore Rural District - Quarterly Minute Book, folio 1913- 1916. Printed volume with manuscript additions orig. hf. reversed calf, with gilt lettering. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 258. With Attractive Coloured Plates Audsley (Geo. A.) & M.A. Audsley , The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist, Lg. folio Glasgow 1892. For Subscribers Only. 100 full page cold. plats, orig. heavy hf. mor. rubbed. (1) €200 - €300 259. Medieval Chronicles, & Church & Royal Histories Simeon of Durham, John of Hexham, Richard of Hexham.. and Twysden (Sir R.) Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores X, .. ex Vetustis Manuscriptis, nunc primum in lucem editi. Folio Lond. (J. Flesher .. Cornelli Bee) 1651. First Edn., hf. title, title in red & black, errata at end, with bookplates etc. relating to Brain Bequest, & others related to Rochester Public Library, in early 19th Century blind & gilt tooled calf, professional re-back. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 260. Profusely illustrated log kept by a Victorian Midshipman [Midshipman Herbert C.C. Da Costa] manuscript log kept aboard HMS Agincourt, Superb, Penelope (briefly) and Garnet, 19 December 1879 to 17 April 1884. An extensive daily record of many voyages, mainly off the Channel coast and in the Mediterranean, North America and the West Indies. While the details are mostly routine (“Set foretopsail and head sails … Served out soap & tobacco … heavy swell from N.E. …”), the glory of this book is the many illustrations: 47 meticulously drawn coloured charts and maps of different sizes; 10 scale drawings of ships and equipment; 3 photographs; 12 sketches (some in colour); and 2 illuminated pages. Da Costa served first on HMS Agincourt, a Minotaur-class ironclad frigate. In October 1880 he was transferred to the Superb, an ironclad battleship recently commissioned for service in the Mediterranean; she took part in the bombardment of Alexandria on 11-13 October 1882 – details are recorded in this log, together with a drawing and description of the location of the ten hits she received from Egyptian shells. After serving briefly on HMS Penelope, he was transferred to HMS Garnet, an Emerald- class composite screw corvette. Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa (1865-1940), joined the Royal Navy as a 12-year-old cadet in 1878; he was promoted to midshipman in 1880 and to sub-lieutenant in 1884 (when this log ends); he continued a distinguished naval career and retired in 1925 with the rank of admiral, as is. (1) €350 - €500 254 260 257