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

53 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 405. Johnstone (Rbt.)comp. All Shy Wildness, An Anthology of Irish Animal Poetry, 8vo, Belfast (Blackstaff Press) 1984, Limited Edn. No. 261/500 Signed by some contributors including John Montague, Michael Longley, Thomas Kinsella, Richard Murphy, illustrated by Diana Oxlade, blue cloth backed cream boards, label and gilt lettering, matching slipcase. (1) €180 - €220 406. One of 50 Copies Heaney (Seamus) Agenda, Seamus Heaney Fiftieth Birthday Issue, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1989. (Vol. 27, No. 1) Spring 1989, Front Cover illustrated by Louis le Brocquy, Signed Limited Edn. No. 44 (50) Copies, ptd. wrappers, custom made slipcase. (1) €250 - €320 407. Rare Signed Complete Set of Field Day Pamphlets [Field Day] Heaney (Seamus)et al, A Field Day Pamphlet, Nos. 1- 15 (Complete), all 8vo, Derry 1983-1988, Signed or Inscribed by each contributor (some with letters) all printed wrappers, (wrap arounds). Good Clean Set (15) * The Field Day Pamphlets were a series of 15 essays covering culture and politics. €700 - €900 408. Heaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, 8vo L. (F. & F.) 1973, Signed, Reprint, ptd. wrappers, (also two paperback General Edition); The Spirit Level, 8vo L. (F. & F.) 1996, First Edn., cloth & d.j. (together with paperback Edition), as a lot. (5) [Brandes & Durkan A8 (Reprint), A65a] €200 - €300 409. Scarce Cork Printing Lockart - Memoirs Concerning the Affairs of Scotland,.. to the Commencement of the Union of England and Scotland, in May 1707, 8vo Cork 1799. Fourth, cont. tree calf, mor. label. Bookplate of Joseph Leycester. A very good copy. (1) * This republication in Cork, presumably was related to the then impending Union of Ireland and Great Britain. €150 - €220 410. de Burgh (U.H. Hussey) The Landowners of Ireland, 8vo Dublin [1878] Title page re-backed, new mor. backed cloth; Martin (R.M.) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, Lond. 1848. Second Edn. Inscribed Pres. Copy, hf. mor.; Fitzpatrick (W.J.) Secret Service under Pitt, Lond. 1892. First Edn., recent mor. backed cloth boards, v. good; & 1 other volume. (4) €150 - €200 411. Family Histories etc: Robinson (J.R.) The Last Earls of Barrymore, Lond. 1894. First Edn., frontis decor. cloth; Bence- Jones (w.) The Life’s Work in Ireland of a Landlord who tried to do his Duty, L. 1880. First Edn.; Gallwey (H.) The Wall Family in Ireland, 1170-1970, 4to First Edn., illus. d.w.; ffolliot (Rosemary) The Pooles of Mayfield, sm. folio D. 1958. First Edn., illus. d.w. (4) €100 - €150 412. American interest: King (Edward) The Southern States of North America: - A Record of Journeys... Roy 8vo Lond. 1875. First Edn., Profusely illustrated; Abbott & Cornwell - Lives of the Presidents of The United States of America, Thick 8vo Portland n.d. Revised Edn., illus. thro.-out, both orig. decor. cloth. Good. (2) €130 - €180 413. Co. Mayo: Quinn (J.F.) History of Mayo, 5 vols. roy 8vo Ballina 1993-2002 First Edn., Illus., orig. cloth & d.w. V. clean set. (5) €170 - €220 414. Lenihan (Maurice) Limerick: Its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military,... roy 8vo Dublin 1866. First Edn., map frontis other plans & plts.; also Dowd (Rev. J.) Limerick and its Sieges 8vo Limerick 1890. First Edn., frontis & plts. both orig. cloth. (2) €130 - €180 415. Davitt (Michael) The Boer Fight for Freedom, roy 8vo N.Y. & Lond. 1902. Port. frontis plts. & illus. thro.-out, decor. cold. cloth, v. good; also Cashman (D.B.) The Life of Michael Davitt, Glasgow n.d. cloth; also Devoy (John) Recollections of an Irish Rebel, N.Y. 1929. First Edn., port. frontis orig. cloth. (3) €120 - €160 406 413 407 409