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

55 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 427. With Fine Hand Coloured Plates Breakers Copy: Wilson (Alex.) & Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte, American Ornithology, or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, 3 vols. 4to Lond. 1876. First Lond. Edn., with 63 hd. coloured plts. only, disbound. As a coll. of plates, w.a.f. (3) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €250 - €350 430. Fine Signed Limited Editions [Ramelton, Co. Donegal] Charles (Paul) The Dust of Death - An Inspector Starrett Mystery, Illus. by A.M. Anderson, lg. 4to Edel Torr Editions. Limited No. 23 of 75 Copies only, Signed by Author, Illustrator, Binder & Publisher, quarter mor, & slipcase; also Connolly (John) The Book of Lost Things, folio Lond. (Edel Torr Editions) 2007. Lim. Edn. NO. 75 of 125 Copies, Signed by Author, Illustrator, Binder & Publisher, illus. quarter green mor. & slipcase. Both v. good. (2) €220 - €320 431. Fine Example by Zaehnsdorf Binding: Beatrice (Her. R.H. the Princess) A Birthday Book, lg. 4to Lond. (Smith, Elder & Co.) 1881. With 13 v. attractive colour lithographs of flowers by J.G. Bach, Leipzig, there are some m/ ss insertions names and dates, unusual decorated ends, a.e.g., in full brown crushed mor. multiple gilt fillets, and with tooled gilt corner decorations of urns, with gilt sprigs issuing down the sides, central crown on both covers and in panels on spine, in a fleece lined box. In v. fine condition. (1) €300 - €400 432. Palliser (Mrs. Bury) History of Lace, thick imp. 8vo Lond. 1920. Profusely illustrated, include. Irish Lace, a.e.g. white buckram, V. Good; & 1 other with cold. plts. (2) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €80 - €120 433. Larsson (Stieg) The Girl with Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest; also Afterworld (Four Essays & Exchange of Emails) all 8vo, L. (MacLehose Press) 2010, boxed set, varied colour cloth, gilt design and lettering, matching slipcase. (1) €80 - €100 434. Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, thick 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 2000, Deluxe Edition, blue cloth, gilt lettering; Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, thick 8vo L. (Bloomsbury) 2005, Deluxe Edition, blue cloth, gilt lettering; The Tales of Beedle the Bard, sm. 8vo, L. (C.H.L.G.) 2008, Ltd. Edn., full leather, silvered embellishments, red velvet sack cloth, housed in custom leather box; also a General Edition of same. As a lot. (4) €250 - €320 435. Signed by the Illustrator Dahl (Roald) The BFG, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape) 1982, First Edn., Signed by Quentin Blake (illustrator), grey cloth & d.j..; Blake (Q.) Loveykins, 4to L. (J. Cape) 2002, illustrated, Signed, decor. boards; Dahl (R.) The Minpins, 4to L. (J Cape) 1991, illustrated by Patrick Benson, decor. boards, & d.j. (3) €200 - €300 436. Bibliography: Terrink (Dr. H.) A Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, Philadelphia 1963, illus., cloth & d.w. v. good copy; Miller (L.) Dolmen XXV, An Illustrated Bibliography of the Dolmen Press, 1951-1976, D. 1976. Lim. Edn., d.w.; French (Frances-Jane) The Abbey Theatre Series of Plays, roy 8vo D. 1969, d.w. (3) €100 - €150 430 431 435 437. Sowerby (James) & Smith (Sir J. Ed.) English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, Ed. by John T. Bowell, 12 vols. thick 8vo L. 1877-73-86. Third Edn., hf. titles, & 1934 hd. cold. plts. (A few dbl. page), adverts at end of each vol., t.e.g., orig. green cloth, gilt decor. upr. covers & spines. A very good clean set. (12) €700 - €1000