RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

115 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 779. Property in Dublin and Raphoe, 1896 Property Sale: Printed Brochure, 34.5cms x 44cms, advertising the sale by trustees of the estate of Patrick. C. Martin, Q.C., deceased, by James H. North, Auctioneer, Dublin. The property consisted of fee farm rents out of houses etc. in the city and county of Dublin; a chief rent out of demesne lands in Raphoe, Co Donegal; a finishing farm of 100 acres at Finglas; and house property in Dublin. 6 pp of maps, including Santry Lodge, Drumcondra, and “Cappa or Cappogue,” Finglas, etc. Lg. oblong folio, folded, orig. ptd. wrappers, good. Scarce. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1) €220 - €350 780. Co. Galway: Incumbered Estates in Ireland. Rental, Maps and Particulars of Sale of the Estate of James Kearney Aylward situate in the Barony of Galway... to be Sold by Auction ... on Thursday 9th of November, 1854. Lg. oblong folio (folded), D. 1854, 4 lg. folded hand cold. maps, printed wrappers. V. good. (1) * In 4 lots, mostly in the Barony of Clonmacnowen. €200 - €300 781. Broadside: Co. Galway A rare early 18th Century Legal printed Petition, The Case of John Burke, called Lord Bophin, of Mary his wife and their nine infant children, reduced from a plentiful Estate to the Utmost Want, a detailed account outlining lineage and historical ownership and title for John Burke and his family, the reverse with printed title, as a document. (1) €200 - €300 782. Broadside: Co. Roscommon - A rare early 18th Century legal printed Petition, Hyacinthus Pelly (appellant) and Hugh & Katherine Madden (Respondents) The State of the Respondents Case - detailing ownership and historical records pertaining to lands & title in the County of Roscommon. The reverse with short m/ss note dated 1706, as a document. (1) €200 - €300 783. Broadside: The London Gazette, No. 3885 - Monday Feb. 1st to Thursday February 4, 1702, double sided, it includes two Proclamations, one ‘ Commanding all Seamen and Soldiers to render themselves to Service, and also The Seizing of Captain Cohort and La Touche, as a broadside, L. Edw. Jones) 1702. (1) €120 - €180 784. Broadside: - A rare 18th Century Broadside, for Irish State Lottery 1781 - Tickets and Shares are sold and registered by Wm. Blackburn at his State Lottery Offices, No. 81, Aldergate Street, near Barbican and at No. 2 Smithfield-Bars, appointed by Government for selling and insuring tickets and shares, D. 1781, approx. 30cms 18cms (12” x 7”), unframed. (1) €160 - €220 785. Broadside: County Meath. A rare early 18th Century Legal Printed Petition, The Respondent Mervin’s Case - Merry Perry and John Perry surviving executors of Benjamin Perry (appellants), the document gives a chronological outline from 1665- 1704 detailing ownership of lands, deeds, transfers etc., informative document of land ownership in County Meath in the early 18th Century. As a broadside, w.a.f. (1) €180 - €280 786. Manuscript - AmericanWar: A note dated from Strabane, 26th Feb. 1777, to William Knox, acknowledging 10 men, he sent forward for the use of his Majesty’s 68th Regit. of Foot. The Irish Parliament agreed to sending 4000 of the troops garrisoned in Ireland to America for the war and presumable this led to a recruiting campaign. The resultant vacuum in Ireland was filled by a volunteer defence force under Charlemont which later became a pressure group for Irish liberty. The 68th later became the Durham Light Infantry. Signed by Malby Brabazon, Lieut 68th Regit. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Rare. (1) €150 - €250 787. Marriage Settlement of 1747 Uniting two Cork Quaker Merchant Families Co. Cork Manuscript : Large Indenture on Vellum, two membranes, dated 19 December 1747, between George Newenham of Cork and several members of the Pim family. The marriage settlement of George Newenham and Elizabeth, daughter of John Pim of Edenderry. An early document. As a m/ ss., w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 788. Wife of The Governor of Hong Kong, 1899 Manuscripts: Two Letters by Edith Blake, wife of Sir Henry Blake, Governor of Hong Kong, 1899. The first letter (page 2 only) was evidently written in January 1899 the second - addressed to a Miss Battersby - is dated 17 March following. Both were written not long after the Blakes’ arrival in Hong Kong, and mention impressions of China, the enjoyment of their new life by their daughter Olive, the arrival of her brother-in-law Frank Blake, the visit of the Prince and Princess of Prussia, an expedition to a Chinese Temple, a review of the troops in the Happy Valley, and a forthcoming dinner in honour of St. Patrick’s Day. Edith, nee Bernal-Osborne, heir to the Newtown Anner estate in Cos. Tipperary andWaterford, had been disinherited after eloping with Blake, a mere police inspector. As things turned out, Blake had a distinguished diplomatic career and Edith became a talented artist. The couple retired to Myrtle Grove House in Youghal. €200 - €300 781 784