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

52 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 396. Signed by Author Lavery (John) The Life of a Painter, 8vo Lond. 1940. First Edn., illus. orig. cloth. (1) * Dedicated to the author’s daughter Alice, and Signed and Presented by Her ‘ To Sir Herci & Lady Herci [Langrishe of Knocktopher Abbey], dated 25/12/39’ €150 - €200 397. D’Alton (Rt. Rev. Mons.) History of the Archdiocese of Tuam, 2 vols. thick 4to D. 1928. First Edn., fold. map frontis & illus. plts. cloth, some stains. (2) €160 - €220 398. Widmore (Richard) An Enquiry Into the Time of the First Foundation of Westminster Abbey, 4to Lond. 1743. Various works 1 engd. plt. errata at end, later hf. calf, tooled gilt spine. (1) €120 - €180 399. Cuisine: [de la Rayniere (A.B.L.G.)] Manuel des Amphitryons..., 8vo Paris (Chez Capelle et Renand) 1808, First Edn., frontis & 16 plts. (complete) marble endpapers, later full calf, mor. spine, gilt design and lettering. Good copy. (1) [Ref: Vicaire 427, Oberle 135] €700 - €900 401. Co. Cork: O’Sullivan (Florence) The History of Kinsale, Dublin 1916. First Edn., fold. maps, plts., orig. cloth; Ronayne (Chas. O’L.) History of the Earls of Desmond and Earl of Cork and Sir Walter Raleigh in Munster, L. & Belfast 1929. First Edn., cloth; & 2 others sim. (4) €130 - €180 402. Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. (F. & F.) 1975, First Edn., Signed, blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j.; also First Paperback Edn., and Uncorrected Proof, Signed, ptd. wrappers. V. good lot. (3) [Brandes & Durkan A12a, b] €600 - €800 403. One of 100 Copies Signed Gilligan (Oscar)ed . The Birmingham Six: An Appalling Vista, 8vo Dublin (litereire) 1990, Signed Limited Edition NO. 72/100 Copies, including Le Broquy, S. Deane, P. Durcan, P. Galvin, S. Heaney, T. Kinsella & F. Stuart, B. Friel, Jennifer Johnston, black cloth, gilt lettered spine, decorated d.j. (1) [Brandes & Durkan B101] €800 - €1200 404. Ormsley (Frank)ed. Poets from the North of Ireland, 8vo Bel. (Blackstaff Press) 1979, First Edn., Signed by some Contributors including P. Muldoon, Michael Longley, C. Carson & F. Ormsley, cloth & d.j. (1) €150 - €200 399 400. Important 18th Century Manuscript Cookery Book Cuisine: Anon Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710, 156pps., manuscript, marbled endpapers, contemporary full calf, tooled double fillet border panels, decorated gilt paneled spine, and lettering. Unique. (1) €1500 - €2000 403