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

74 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 617. Co. Kerry: Foley (Patrick) The Ancient and Present State of the Skelligs, Blasket Islands, Donquin and the West of Dingle, Containing a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical History, thereof,... Sm. 8vo Dublin 1903. First Edn., [96] + [1], VIII, [1], & XX pp of interesting adverts., orig. printed wrappers. V. good. Ex. Scarce History of Kerry. (1) €250 - €350 618. Co. Clare: [Ross - Lewin (Canon R.)] Poems by a County of Clare West Briton, 8vo Limerick 1907. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, photo frontis orig. cloth; also Wakeman (W.F.) Three Days on the Shannon, from Limerick to Lough Key, 12mo D. 1852. First Edn., illus. adverts etc., orig. cold. pict. wrappers. (2) Provenance: De Veres of Curragh Chase and O’Briens of Dromoland Castle. €100 - €150 619. Extremely Rare Irish Language Publication [Barron (Philip F.)] Ancient Ireland. A Weekly Magazine, Established for the Purpose of Reviving the Cultivation of The Irish Language, and Originating an Earnest Investigation into the Ancient History of Ireland. 5 Nos. [All Published] January 1st 1835- May 1835, bound as one volume. First Edns., Printed in Irish Language and various Gaelic characters, 176pp in all, lacks orig. printed yellow wrappers. Otherwise very fine clean set. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) * An extremely rare complete file of this journal, John O’Daly says the fifth number is excessively scarce. €500 - €700 620. Co. Cork Interest Youghal Printings: Nichols (J. Gough) An Account of the Present State of Youghal Church, including Memorials of the Boyles; The College and Sir Walter Raleigh’s House, 8vo Youghal (J.W. Lindsay)1850. First Edn., wd.-cut frontis & fold. table, sen, orig. ptd. wrappers; also Hayman (Rev. Sam.) Notes and Records of the Ancient Religious Foundations at Youghal Co. Cork, 8vo Youghal (J. Lindsay) 1859. Frontis & illus. orig. printed wrappers, rebacked. Both good Scarce. (2) €150 - €200 622. Duke of Wellington Manuscript: Letter written and signed by the Duke of Wellington, dated London, 17 August 1844, to the Archbishop of York (Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt), arranging for the visit to Oxford of the Prince of Prussia* and continuing to Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire, which the archbishop had inherited on the death of his cousin, the 3rd Earl Harcourt. As a m/ ss., w.a.f. (1) *Wilhelm I, later King of Prussia and the first Emperor of Germany – grandfather of “the Kaiser” of WorldWar I fame. €180 - €220 619 [East India Company] 1611, [The Globe] A Rare Manuscript “Bill of Exchange concerning the vessel named “The Globe,” at anchor in the Thames Estuary (near North Foreland], single page, Signed and dated by Mater and Officers, January 1611, as a m/ss, framed. Extremely Rare. (1) Transcript: Right worshipful may it please your worship at sight hereof to pay this our only bill of Exchange unto Mr. William Elwood or the bringer hereof the some [sum] of Twentie pounds currant [sic] English mon[e]y and is for the valew [value] thereof by us here received of him and thus God keepe [sic] your Worship. In the downes aboard the Gloabe [Globe] this 22[?] of January 1610. Peter Floris Robert Browne Lucas Antheuniss’ Sir Thomas Smyth or Smythe was the first Governor of the English East India Company in 1600/01, and was Governor, off and on, until 1621. Peter Floris and Lucas Antheuniss were Dutchmen active in the English East India Company. This note is a bill of exchange written by them (plus Robert Browne) on board their ship the Globe, anchored in The Downs, an area of sea off the East Kent coast where ships waited for favourable winds before setting off for the East. The date is given as January 1610, but this refers to the old (Kulian or pre-1752) calendar; on our modern (Gregorian, pst - 1752) calendar it is January 1611. Thus adjusted it ties in nicely with Floris and Antheuniss setting off on the East India Company’s ‘Seventh Voyage,’ which lasted from 1611 to 1615, and took them to India, Java, Thailand, India again and home. Floris died soon after landing back in England. Antheuniss styed in Thailand, later went to India, and was still out East in the 1620s. At this early period, the East India Company did not have permanent capital or send ships willy-nilly to the East. Instead they raised investment capital for a specific venture (‘Voyage’), consisting of one or several ships, and the investors reaped the profit at the end. The Seventh Voyage brought 300% to 400% profit. €500 - €700 621. 1611 East India Company Manuscript