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

50 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 378. Signed by Author &With Extra Manuscript Poems De Vere (Sir Stephen) Translations from Horace, with Notes. 12mo Lond. (Walter Scott) 1888 First Edn., dedicated to his only surviving brother, Aubrey de Vere. With added cut-out illustrations throughout text, and with manuscript descriptions of each by the author, & Signed on front blank ‘S.E. de Vere, 1888’ Fine cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders, & tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (1) * With 17pp of addition manuscript poems by author at end of orig. text (1pp appears to be torn away), and with bookplate of Robert and Florence Vere O’Brien pasted in. Unique item. (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €350 - €500 379. Presentation Copy to Fellow Poet Allingham (William) Poems, sm. 8vo Lond. 1850. First Edn., hf. title, orig. green cloth. V. good. (1) * Inscribed on hf. title, ‘ To Aubrey de Vere, Esq., W. Allingham, July 1851’ inscribed on title by his brother, another poet, ‘ Steph de Vere,’ and with bookplate of Monare (Curraghchase) Library. Rare. Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €200 - €300 380. Cuisine: - [Menon] La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise, Suivie de L’Office, 2 vols. Brussels (Francois Foppens) 1790, Nouvelle Edition, uncut, recent full calf, mor. label. Ex. Libris Harry Schraemli (bookplate). Good copy. (1) €250 - €320 381. Rare Association Copy [Patmore (Coventry)] The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, Odes 1 - XXXI. Sm. 4to Lond. (Geo. Bell & Sons) 1877 The Rare First Edition, Hf. title, in orig. purple cloth (Faded) with bookplate of Robert and Florence Vera O’Brien. (1) * Fine Presentation inscription from a fellow poet, ‘Ellen O’Brien from her affectionate brother Aubry de Vere, Easter 1877.’ Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. € 320 - €450 382. Cuisine: Beauvilliers (A.) L’Art du Cuisinier, 2 vols., Paris (Chez Pilet) 1816, Second Edn., hf. title, engd. picture t.p., 9 cold. plates (3 plts in Vol. 1 & 6 plts in Vol. 2), contemp. full calf, rope design, gilt border, mor. labels. (2) Ref: Vicsaire 78 €300 - €400 383. Mangan - Poems by James Clarence Mangan, with .. intro by John Mitchel, 8vo N. York (P.M. Haverty) 1859. First Edn., orig. brown cloth. V. good. Association Copy, inscribed ‘Alice O’Brien from Robert Vere O’Brien.’ (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €120 - €170 384. Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age, 8vo Dundrum (The Dun Emer Press) 1903, First Edn., uncut, grey cloth, printed labels. Scarce. [Wade 49] (1) Provenance: From the Library of Evelyn Gleeson [Dun Emer Press.] €300 - €400 385. Cuisine: Farley (John) The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper’s Complete Assistant, 8vo L. (J. Seatcherd & J. Whitaker) 1789, Sixth Edn., engd. frontis, 12 plts., contemp. full calf. (1) €180 - €250 386. Cuisine: Henderson (W.A.) The Housekeeper’s Instructor; or Universal Family Cook being an ample and clear display of the Art of Cookery..., 8vo, L. (J. Stratford) [1794] Fifth Edn., engd. frontis, & 10 plts. (2 fold.), contemp. full calf. Professional reback, mor. label. (1) €200 - €300 387. Cuisine: Etienne (M.) Traite de L’Office, 2 vols., Paris (Arnaud et Labat) n.d., hf. titles, Vol. 1 (2 plates) Vol. 2 (5 plates), marbled endpapers, blue leather backed marble boards, gilt lettered and decor. spine. Clean Copies. (2) €150 - €200 382 378 384 379 380