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

8 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1. Banim (J. & M.) The Mayor of Wind-Gap, 8vo Paris 1835 First French Edn., tooled gilt calf, some dam.; Gather Connell, by The O’Hara Family. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1849, hf. mor. worn; The Boyne Water, D. 1865, New Edn.; & 2 others same authors; & 2 Pamphlets by P. O’Leary. (7) * Ex. libris Mrs. Margaret Phelan. €100 - €150 2. Moran (Bishop P.F.) The Letters of Rev. James Maher, D.D., late of P.P. of Carlow - Graigue, 8vo D. 1877. First Edn., orig. photo port. frontis, cloth; [Harvey] In Memoriam F.H. Obit MDCCCLXV Aetat XX, sm. 8vo [Waterford 1865] Printed for Private Circulation. Orig. port. photo frontis, cloth; Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert 1770-1806, 2 vols. Lond. 1929-30, illus. cloth. (4) €80 - €120 3. Co. Limerick & Clare: Hogan (Michael) Lays and Legends of Thomond D. 1880; Frost (James) County of Clare Irish Local Names Explained, Limerick 1906. Signed Pres. Copy from Author to Robert Vere O’Brien, Ballyalla, cloth; Gwynn (S.)ed. Charlotte Grace O’Brien, D. 1909, illus. cloth; Cameos of Historic Clare (Illustrated) 8vo Ennis (Clare Champion) illus.; & other items. As a lot. (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €80 - €120 4. Hardy (Thomas) The Dynasts - A Drama, 3 vols. London (Macmillan & Co.) 1904. Attractive hf. crimson mor. by Birdsall; also Life’s Little Ironies - A Set of Tales, Lond (Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.) 1894, orig. cloth; and Time’s Laughingstocks and other Verses, Lond. 1909, orig. cloth. (5) Provenance: Robert & Florence Vere O’Brien / De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €180 - €250 5. Mostly Signed Copies Colum (Padraic) Poems, N. York 1932 First American Edn.,; The Story of Lowry Maen, N.Y. 1937; Irish Elogies, Dublin (Dolmen Press) 1961. All Signed Pres. Copies to Flora Vere O’Brien; & others related. (5) Provenance: Robert & Florence Vere O’Brien / De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €75 - €100 6. Astronomy: Lowe (Thomas) Shakespeare under the Stars; or his Genius and Works in the Light of Astronomy, 8vo, L. (Marshall Bros.) 1887, First Edn., dedit, 3pps. subscribers at end, decor. red cloth. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 7. Longley (Michael) Broken Dishes, Abbey Press 1998, Signed Limited Edn. No. 181/250, also Signed paperback copy; Selected Poems, L. (Cape) 1998, Signed, also The Weather in Japan, L. 2000; The Ghost Orchid, L. 1995, and one other, all 8vo, cloth & d.j., and ptd. wrappers., as a lot. (1) €130 - €180 8. Irish International Exhibition 1907 - I rish Rural Life and Industry, with suggestions for the future. Forward by .. Countess of Aberdeen, 8vo Dublin (Helys) 1907 Sole Edn., profusely illustrated thro- out, orig. gilt decor., blue buckram. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) Provenance : De Veres of Curragh Chase and O'Briens of Dromoland Castle. €150 - €200 9. Sharkey (P.A.) The Heart of Ireland, 8vo Boyle [1927], First Edn., illus. cloth; Keaney (Marian) Westmeath Authors, Mullingar 1969, First Edn., other pamphlets, a lot. (2) €70 - €100 10. [Harvey (James)] The Headsman; or The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale, 3 vols. Lond. 1833. First British Edn., 3 hf. titles, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards, paper labels; Boyle (Peter) The Red Knights of Germany, A Novel., 3 vols. Lond. 1877. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, orig. purple cloth, faded. (6) €130 - €180 11. Hulme (F. Edw.) Familiar Wild Flowers, Vols. 1 -6, also Familiar Garden Flowers, Vols. 1 & 2, together 8 vols. Lond. n.d.; also Hibberd (Shirley) Field Flowers, Lond. 1878. All illustrated with coloured plates, orig. cloth. (9) €120 - €170 1 11 5 8 6