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

58 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 451. With Fine large Coloured Views Baines (Thomas) The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, lg. Atlas folio Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo 1969, Fac-simile Reprint of 1865 Edition, 11 full page cold. plates, orig. cloth, v. good; & 2 lg. volumes, with coloured flowers of Cape of Good Hope. As a lot. (3) €120 - €180 455. Irish Travel: Head (Sir F.) A Fortnight in Ireland, 8vo, L. (J. Murray) 1852, First Edn., fold. map frontis, later cloth; Forbes (J.) Memorandums in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852, 2 vols., 8vo, L. 1853, First Edn., hf. titles, frontis, illus. & fold. map, adverts at end, contemp. cloth, gilt decor; [Anon] The Travellers New Guide through Ireland, 8vo L. 1819, First Edn., frontis, fold. maps & plans, hf. calf, marble boards, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €200 - €300 456. Republican Interest: Smithson (A.M.P.) ed. [Kearns (L.)] In Times of Peril, Leaves from the Diary of Nurse Linda Kearns from Easter Week 1916 - to - Mountjoy 1921, 8vo D. 1922, wrappers, later cloth; BrennanWhitmore (W.J.) With the Irish in Frongoch, 8vo D. (Talbot) 1917, First Edn., port. frontis, illus., cloth backed boards; Walsh (J.J.) Recollection of a Rebel, 8vo, Tralee (Kerryman) n.d., First Edn., Signed, illus. cloth backed boards. (3) €200 - €300 457. Connolly (James) Labour In Irish History, 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1910, First Edn., blue cloth, gilt lettering. (1) €150 - €200 458. Yeats (W.B.)ed. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, 8vo L. (Walter Scott Ltd.) [1893], illustrated by James Torrance, decor. endpapers, cream cloth, gilt lettering; Poems, 8vo L. (T.F. Unwin) n.d., portrait frontis, uncut, blind decor. blue cloth, ornate gilt design spine. (2) €200 - €300 459. Yeats (W.B.) Responsibilities, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1914, Limited Edn. No. 318/400 copies, cloth back boards; Yeats (John B.) Early Memories; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1923, Limited Edn., cloth backed boards; Yeats (W.B.) Three Things, 8vo L. (F. & F.) n.d. The Ariel Poems No. 18, illus. ptd. wrappers; The Wild Swans at Coole, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co. Ltd.) 1919, First Edn., gilt decor., blue cloth. (4) €300 - €400 460. Cromwell (Thomas) Excursions through Ireland, Vols. 1, 2, & 3, Province of Leinster, 3 vols. 12mo Lond. 1820. Engd. add. titles & approx. 121 engd. views, etc. cont. hf. mor. (3) €170 - €220 461. Coloured Plates: Moore (Thos.) A Popular History of the British Ferns and the Allied Plants, Sm. sq. 8vo Lond. 1851. First Edn., 20 hd. cold. plts.; also Landsborough (Rev. D.) A Popular History of British Sea-Weeds, sm. sq. 8vo Lond. 1851. Second Edn., 20 hd. cold. plts., each title page Signed ‘E. Londonderry,’ sim. orig. cloth; & 1 other vol. Good. (3) €160 - €220 462. Dublin Printed Chapbooks Juvenilia: Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825, for the Discovery of a North West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, 20mo D. (R. Napper) 1830, frontis & plts.; Travels in Germany, 20mo D. (P. Hayes) 1828, frontis & plts.; Travels in Southern Italy, 24mo D. (T.L. White) 1830. Frontis & plts. all in cont. sheep; 1 other children’s book. As a lot, w.a.f (4) €150 - €220 463. Early 18th Century Bibliography Bibliography: [Oldys (William)] The British Librarian: Exhibiting a Compendious Review or Abstract of our most Scarce, Useful and Valuable Book in all Sciences..., 8vo L. (T. Osborne) 1738, First Edn., VII, contents (6pps.), 1-402pps, contemp. full calf. Scarce. (1) €160 - €240 464. Irish Politics: Kettle (Prof. T.M.) Irish Orators and Oratory, thick 8vo, L. (Gresham Pub. Co.) n.d., port. frontis, later leather backed marbled boards, gilt decor. spine; [Tone, Orr, Emmett etc.] Speeches from the Dock or Protests of Irish Patriotism, 8vo 3 parts, D. 1868, later hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label, decor. spine; Stephens (J.) The Insurrection in Dublin, 8vo, D. 1919, New Edn., later cloth, gilt lettering. (3) €120 - €150 463 457 465 459 461