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

46 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 343. Photographs: Welsh (R.) & Lawrence (Wm.) A good 19th Century Irish Photograph Album, 4to circa 1870-1890, mostly of Donegal interest, with some rare views & groups, approx. 37 photos in all, largest 20cms x 15cms (8” x 6”), average size 10cms x 15cms (4” x 6”) plus one, Ancient Cross, Moore Abbey, by Lawrence, approx. 28cms x 22cms (11” x 8½”) tipped in at front, also other prints, engravings, & other cuttings tipped-in second half of Album. As an Album, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 344. Co. Clare Valuation: Gillows, Oxford St., London, O’Brien (Mrs. Vere) Ballyalla, Ennis, Co. Clare - Copy of Inventory & Valuation of Ornamental and Decorative China, The Property of Mrs. Vere O’Brien,.. Folio October 1913. With various related manuscript notes by owner etc., loosely inserted, cloth. (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €150 - €200 345. Duncan (G.A.) The Abbey Theatre in Pictures, lg. 4to D. 1963. First Edn., Presentation Copy to Mr. & Mrs. P.J. Curran from Michael Duncan, 47pp of photos, etc., orig. boards, & pict. wrappers. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) €120 - €170 346. All Signed Copies Nelson (E. Chas.) &Walsh (Wendy) Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized, folio Dublin (Lilliput Press) 1993 First Edn., Signed by Artist, cold. & other illus. d.w.; An Irish Flower Garden Replanted, sm. folio Dublin 1997. Second Edn., Signed by Artist, d.w.; The Burren - A Companion to the Wildflowers.. roy 8vo Kilkenny 1991. First Edn., Signed by both, d.w.; and Shamrock, Botany and History of an Irish Myth, Kilkenny 1991. First Edn. Signed, d.w. All v. good . (4) €225 - €350 347. Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. 4to Dublin (T. Ewing) 1775. Fourth Edition a few leaves at front and ends loose, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked. (2) €150 - €200 348. Fine Hand-Coloured Plates Humphreys (H.N.) Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart in the British Museum, imp. 8vo Lond. (Wm. Smith) 1844. Add. hd.-cold. title, 36 hd. cold. Plts.; bound with Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart... In the Bibliotheque Royale Paris, imp. 8vo Lond. 1845. Cold. add. title, & 36 fine hd. cold. plts., cont. hf. mor. professional re-back, orig. tooled gilt spine laid down. V. good copy. (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €225 - €350 349. Borlase (Wm. Copeland) The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1897. First Edn., 3 hf. title, 3 red & black titles, 2 cold. frontis & profusely illustrated, orig. gilt decor. green buckram. (3) €400 - €600 350. Cuisine: Gouffe (Jules) Le Livre de Cuisine, Coprenant La Cuisine de Menage et la Grande Cuisine. Thick roy 8vo Paris 1867 First Edn., cold. frontis & 24 cold. plts. (complete) a.e.g., orig. blind & gilt decor. full mor., joints cracked; also Le Livre de Patisserie, imp 8vo Paris 1873. First Edn., chromo frontis & 9 plts. (complete) orig. cloth; and Le Livre des Conserves, imp. 8vo Paris 1869. Port frontis, mor. backed cloth. (3) €200 - €300 351. Nelson (E. Charles) Irish Gardening and Horticulture, folio Dublin 1979; and The Brightest Jewel .. Botanic Gardens, Dublin, folio Kilkenny 1987. Both First Edns, cold. illus. etc; Margaret Mee’s Amazon, folio Lond. 2004; Heritage Irish Plants, 2 vols., & The Native Dogs of Ireland, 1984. First Edn., As a lot. (6) €80 - €120 352. Cuisine: Favre (J.) Dictionnaire Universal de Cuisine, 4 vols. l folio; Salles & Montagne, La Grande Cuisine Illustre, sm. folio Monaco 1900; Garlin (G.) Parte Illustree, lg. 4to Paris 1889; Montagne (P.) Larousse Gastronomique, thick sm. folio, Paris 1938; Nignon (E.) Eloges de la Cuisine Francaise, 4to Paris 1933; Andrieu (C. & P.) Les Fines Gueules de France, 4to Paris 1935. Pres. Copy, all orig. leather bound. (9) €150 - €220 353. Cuisine: Dubois & Bernard, La Cuisine Classique, Paris 1864, illus. & also 1882 Edition, 2 vols. folio; Urbain-Dubois, Grand Livre des Patissiers et des Confiseurs, lg. 4to Paris, Fourth Edn.; Garlin (Gustave) Le Cuisinier Moderne, ou Les Secrets de l’Art Culinaire., 2 vols. folio Paris Third Edn., mostly leather bound; Urbain-Dubois, La Cuisine de Tous les Pays, roy 8vo Paris n.d., cloth, all profusely illustrated. As a lot, w.af. . (7) €120 - €180 343 350 344 349