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

84 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 658. Maritime Interest: White Star Line [Harmen (Wm. Ronayne) distributor] A printed Ticket Book for Third Class Steerage - Passenger Contract Ticket on board the “White Star” Liner (c. 1927/28/29) with m/ ss names of ticket holder on board the Adriatic, Megantic, Celtic, Bath, Alphabetic, all sailing from Cobh, as a Ledger, w.a.f. (1) €180 - €250 659. A Corkman’s Voyage to NewYork in the Year of the Titanic Manuscript: A fascinating eight-page M/ss Journal of a Voyage to New York aboard the RMS Baltic from 17 to 20 September 1912. The Baltic, once the world’s largest ship, was a White Star liner that sailed the Atlantic between 1904 and 1933. she was involved in several dramatic incidents, including sending the famous iceberg warning to Titanic. The writer, who signs with his initials ‘’B.H.’’ is thought to be Benjamin Haughton (1855 - 1932), a Quaker merchant of Cork who worked actively on behalf of various charitable organisations in the city; he was a member of the Senate of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1928. On the voyage he was accompanied by his daughter (?) Marjorie, whose 19th birthday was celebrated the day before their arrival. Fellow-passengers includedWilliam Redmond, the passionate Irish nationalist MP and inveterate traveller, the socialite Adele Countess of Essex, and the former Bishop of Ripon William Boyd Carpenter, who preached a lugubrious sermon after a fireman named Doyle threw himself overboard and drowned. There are comments on fellow passengers and on the entertainments provided, which included lectures by two celebrated missionaries, Henry Hodgkin on ‘’China’’ and Ralph Wardlow Thompson on ‘’The Menace of Moslemism’’ As a m/ss. Rare. (1) €250 - €350 660. Shipping Interst [Cunard Line], an interesting collection of Ephemeral Items, relating to R.M.S. Lancastria (Cunard Line), including on board Dinner Menus, Flyers, Headed Paper, Newspaper, (Cruise Edition), as a collection. (1) * The R.M.S. Lancastria was launched in 1920, Maiden Voyage was 19th June 1922 - until its use in W.W.2 where it was sunk by air attack, which left (1,738) known dead. €200 - €300 661. Titanic: Moss (Sir Ed.)arr. London Hippodrome - Tuesday April 30, 1912 Matinee, in aid of the Fund for the Sufferers from the Disaster to the White Star Liner - Titanic, wrecked in mid Ocean April 15th, 1912, 4to L. (Spottiswoode & Co. 1912) illus., ptd. wrappers, some wear, otherwise scarce. (1) €100 - €200 662. Grant of Arms to Meath Landowner, 1809 Co. Meath: Certificate granted byWilliam Betham , Ulster King of Arms, to Thomas Pepper of Ballygarth House, Co. Meath, Lt Col of the Co. Meath Militia, 1 June 1809, confirming the arms borne by his great-great-grandfather George Pepper. A very fine document in perfect condition, on vellum, 36cms x 32cms, with the arms of Ulster’s Office and of Pepper in full colour; together with the original metal cylinder in which it was contained, length 35cms, with seal in separate compartment. Thomas Pepper (1774-1857) was MP for Kells at the time of the Union and was High Sheriff of Meath in 1802. He married but had no children and was succeeded by his brother George. The arms confirmed by Betham include (appropriately) three grains of black pepper (described as “pepper proper”) on a chevron; the motto is “Semper erectus”, as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €400 - €500 662 663. Early 18th-century Dublin Printing of 17th-century Quaker Broadside Rigge (Ambrose) A Brief and Serious WARNING, to such as are concerned in COMMERCE and TRADING, who go under the Profession of TRUTH, to keep within the BOUNDS thereof, in Righteousness, Justice and Honesty towards all Men. …Written by one who longs to see Righteousness Exalted, and all Deceit Confounded. Gratten-place in Surrey, the 16th of the 11th Month, 1678. Ambrose Rigge. DUBLIN: Re- printed by Elizabeth Sadlier, in School-House-Lane, and are to be sold by S. Fuller, at the Sign of the Globe and Scales in Meath-Street, 1721. Large broadside, printed in two columns, 52cms x 41cms. Ambrose Rigge (1635?-1705) suffered frequent persecution for his beliefs but continued to preach and write with great courage. In this tract, originally printed in 8vo format, he inveighs against dishonesty in commercial dealings. It was reprinted, with many additions, in London in 1771 and in Philadelphia in 1837. This Dublin edition, as a broadside, is a rare survival. Elizabeth Sadlier was a prominent Dublin printer; her work was continued by her daughter Sarah and son-in-law John Harding, well known for their publication of the works of Jonathan Swift. Scarce. (1) €1000 - €1500