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

76 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 630. Prolific VictorianWriter & Campaigner Manuscript: [Tonna (Mrs.)] Charlotte Elizabeth , A 3pp letter to the editor of ‘The Record,’ dated London 21st May 1835. A plea against cruelty to animals, lower portion of letter cut away, alas. (1) * Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) was a popular and prolific writer and novelist who campaigned on behalf of women’s rights and evangelical Protestantism - despite her tragic life: temporary blindness and then permanent deafness in childhood, an unhappy marriage (to a Captain George Phelan of Co. Kilkenny), and the deaths of loved ones. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €75 - €120 631. Irish Merchant in 18th Century Maryland, U.S.A. Co. Louth: [Edward Fottrill] An 18th Century Manuscript Legal Document relating to lands owned in Baltimore, granting power of attorney on behalf of the heirs of the Estate Robert and Acsah Taffee, Signed by Forbes and Thwaites and are attested by those of ten merchants and inhabitants, dated 10 July 1764. Paper document, as a manuscript, w.a.f. (1) €80 - €120 632. Glasgow University Elects a New Rector, 1890 Balfour (Arthur) Conservative propaganda issued in advance of the rectorial election of 15 November 1890, comprising all five issues of a magazine entitled The College Unionist and leaflets and broadsheets with copies of speeches, newspaper articles. Frequent use is made of cartoons and parodies of well-known ballads. The Lords Rector of Glasgow University are elected every three years. The election of 1890 was fiercely contested between supporters of the two candidates, the Hon. Arthur Balfour and the Earl of Aberdeen. The propaganda reflects the passion with which the literate public followed political developments at the time. The two candidates were: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), a wealthy Scottish landowner and nephew of the Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. At the time of the election he was Chief Secretary for Ireland, in which post he even-handedly took firm measures against agrarian unrest and absentee landlords. He was a staunch opponent of Home Rule. In 1902 he succeeded his uncle as Prime Minister. Lord Aberdeen (1847-1934) was a Liberal and a devoted supporter of Gladstone, under whom he had briefly served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886 (his second term, from 1905 to 1915, would prove a great deal more memorable). The Conservative campaign stresses Balfour’s firm hand in Ireland and there is much mockery of the stereotypical Irishman: My name is Bill O’Brien, from New Tipperary flyin’ The heart of ‘Bloody Balfour’ I’m a thorn in’ But before the break of morn, he’ll be cursin’ all forlorn For I’m off to Philadelphia in the morning’. Balfour won. Are university politics so lively these days?! A fascinating collection of third-level political ephemera, approx. 30 items. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €120 - €180 633. Two 18th Century Italian Certificates Documents : A. Engraved plate measuring 37cms x 50cms depicting the Pope, saints, angels, and the four Roman Basilicas (St Peter, St John Lateran, St Mary Major and St Paul). MS text in Latin granting the suppliant a plenary indulgence. No signature or date. B. MS certificate in Italian measuring 29.5cms x 43cms with engraved headpiece, whereby Alessandro Mariscotti, commandant of the Castel Sant’ Angelo and Commissary General of ships, towers and fortresses, confirms the appointment of Paolo Bellil, Capitano di Marinari, as master of the ship San Carlo, 1767. Rare. as m/ss, w.a.f. (2) €70 - €100 634. A 19th Century Transcript of 1561 Heraldic Visitation of Suffolk, with Pedigree of theWingfields, Viscounts Powerscourt. “ Extracts from the Original Visitation A[nn]o 1561 of the County of Suffolk Made by William Harvey Esquire Clarencieux King at Arms [sic]. With some Additions from that Time by D.S.P. [David S. Powell] LL.B. To which is subjoind a fine Pedegree of the Wingfields.” manuscript, approx. 161 pp. Transcripts and extracts from the visitation of Suffolk in 1561 and other sources, containing blazons and/or tricks of the arms of over 160 families, concluding with a pedigree of the Wingfields, down to the death of the 6th Viscount Powerscourt in 1844 and a detailed drawing of the arms of Sir Robert Wingfield in 1561. With a bill addressed to the 7th Viscount and a letter of 1883 from Charles S. Golding, Ancient Literature Warehouse, Colchester, explaining how the MS came into his possession, marble endpapers, in full vellum. (1) €600 - €800 635. Ephemera: Sedan Chair - Receipt for One Quarter’s Rent of Private Sedan Chair, for Mrs. J. Richardson, 1775. Signed by Treasurer on behalf of Governors of the Foundling Hospital andWork-House, single piece of printed paper, 3½” x 6”. (1) €150 - €200 636. 1798: Bigger (Francis Joseph) The Northern Leaders of ‘98 (No. 1) - WilliamOrr, 4to Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1906. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, 80pp + advert leaf at end, orig. colour printed wrappers, frayed. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 637. Privately Printed Genealogy: Trench (Henry) Congort Park, Roscrea, Trench Pedigree, folio January 1878. Privately Printed. 18pp only, printed one side only, cloth bound text. Very good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 638. Pamphlets: [Whitby (D.)] Considerations Humbly Offered for Taking the Oath of Allegiance to King William and Queen Mary, 4to L. (J. Leake) 1689, 62pps., & advert, no covers; Two Acts - Reviving two Statutes lately expired and making the perpetial.. Redress of Inconveniences for Want of Proof of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas... roy 8vo, D. (A. Crook) 1695 6pps; An Act for the Better Settling of Intestates Estates, roy 8vo D. 1695, 11pps, unbound. (1) €150 - €220 634