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

47 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 354. Signed Limited Editions Irish Art: Cormican (G.) Camille Souter, The Mirror in the Sea, lg. 4to, D. (Whytes) 2006, Signed Limited Edn. No. 18/150 copies illus., cloth and matching slipcase; Dunne (A.) & others Profile 26 John Noel Smith, 4to, Cork (Gandon Editions) 2007, Signed Limited No. 16 (30) with original Artwork titled ‘Ogham,’ in presentation box. (2) €120 - €180 355. Signed Limited Edition, Patrons Copy Sex (S.), Walsh (W.), Piper(R.) & others, illustrators , The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener, ed. by E. Charles Nelson, folio Dublin (Strawberry Tree) 2002. Lim. Edition 170 Copies. This No. 9 of 12 Patrons Copies, Signed by Artists, Editor, and Publisher, hf. mor., cloth box. (1) €300 - €400 356. The Powerscourt Copy : Limited Millais (J. Guille) British Deer and their Horns, lg. folio Lond. 1897. First Edn., cold. frontis & other cold. plts., profusely illus. in bl & white plates & text illus. orig. hf. mor. Good Copy. (1) * Special Limited Edition, No. 15 of 100 Copies Only, Signed by Author. Also with bookplate of Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow & Signed by Lord Powerscourt. €250 - €350 357. Folio Society: Peterson (W.S.)ed. The Kelmscott Chaucer, folio, Oxford University Press 1991, illus., gilt decor. cloth, matching slipcase. (1) €100 - €150 358. Illustrated Volume: Ornithology: Peterson (R.T. & Virginia) Audubon’s Birds of America, small folio, N.Y. (Abbeville Press) 1981, Signed Ltd. Edn., illustrated with 435 plts., full calf with gilt decor. front cover, raised bands, gilt lettered. (1) €150 - €220 359. Nelson (E. Charles) & Sayers (B.) Orchids of Glasnevin, folio Dublin (Strawberry Tree) 2003. Limited Edition No. 80 of 100 Copies Signed by Authors, tipped in cold. plts. & others, orig. mor. backed cloth, & slipcase; also Robinson (Wm.) The Wild Garden, New Illustrated Edn., by E.C. Nelson, 4to D. 2003, slipcase; & Threlkeld (C.) Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum, 1988 Reprint, Kilkenny, cloth. (3) €300 - €400 360. Feehan (John) O’Donovan (Grace) The Bogs of Ireland, folio D. 1996. First Edn., Signed by both Authors, d.w.; Nelson (E.C.) &Walsh (Wendy) The Trees of Ireland, folio D. 1993; O’Byrne (Rob.) The Irish Georgian Society - A Celebration, folio D. 2008; & 1 other, Irish Carnegie Libraries. (4) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €100 - €150 361. National Museum of Ireland: Cahill (Mary) & Sikora (Maeve) Breaking Ground, Finding Graves, Reports on the Excavations of Burials... 1927-2006, 2 vols. lg. 4to Dublin 2011. First Edn., illus. thro.- out, pict. boards; & 1 other. (3) €100 - €150 362 – See page 48 363. Madox (Thos.)ed. The History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England in Two Periods..., Folio Lond. (John Matthews..) 1711. First Edn., Engd. heads & tails, initials etc., Subscribers list at end, cont. panel calf early reback with orig. spine laid down, mor. label. Bookplate of Thos. Parker of the Inner Temple Esq. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 364 – See page 48 365. Waring (J.B.) Illustrations of Architecture and Ornament, lg. folio Lond. 1871. First Edn., 70 full page plts. orig. gilt decor. full blue cloth. V. good copy. (1) €130 - €180 366. Arnold (Matthew) Poems, sm. 8vo Lond. 1854. Second Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy, cloth; Russell (Geo. W.E.)ed. Letters of Matthew Arnold, 2 vols. Lond. 1895. First Thus, Pres. Copy, Inscribed by Editor, orig. cloth; Letters Speeches and Tracts on Irish Affairs, Lond. 1881. Ed. by Matthew Arnold, Pres. Copy inscribed by Editor; Arnold (M.) Mixed Essays, Lond. 1879. Inscribed Pres. Copy, cloth; On the Study of Celtic Literature, Lond. 1867, Inscribed Pres. Copy from Author’s Sister, & 4 other items, all with family associations, bookplates etc. (11) Provenance: Robert and Florence Vere O’Brien, sister of M. Arnold. Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €220 - €350 367. Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, Foundling, 3 vols. 12mo Dublin (R. Marchbank) 1786. Three hf. titles, each title page inscribed ‘Isabella Quin,’ a few gathering loosening, cont. calf, mor. labels. (3) €150 - €200 366 356 355