Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors' Sale May 5th 2020

Info@fonsiemealy.ie 5 4 Signed, &With A.L.s. from Author [De Blacam, Aodh] Roddy the Rover and his Aunt Louisa. By Roddy [pseudo. of Aodh de Blacam], short pieces mostly reprinted from his Irish Press column for young people. D. 1933, worn d.w. Signed by Author on t.p., inscribed on f.f.e.p. to Maelbheannachta ”Dàlaigh. ALs from author to Maelbheannachta (14.vi.37) taped in, acknowledging criticism of his book Holy Romans . ‘The passage you disliked is a piece of broad drollery (from life) which I ought not to have written in a way that could be misunderstood, and there is a good deal of bitterness in the book which is much worse.’ ‘Maelbheannachta’may be one of Cearbhall ” Dalaigh’s siblings, several of whom worked at the Irish Press. €100 - 150 5 Freyer (Dermot) Night on the River and other Stories, 8vo Cambridge (W. Heffer & Sons) 1923. First Edn. in Bk. Form, boards with crimson label, & orig. d.w.; also Not All Joy , 8vo L. (Elkin Mathews & Marrot) 1932. First Edn. in Bk. Form, Signed & Inscribed on hf. title, dated Achill Sept. 14, 1952, port. frontis, cloth & orig. pict. d.w.; also Sunlit Leaves: A Second Book of Verse , L. 1909 First Edn., port. with two drawings of cats loosely inserted; & 1 other uncut in orig. wrappers. A lot. (4) €100 - 150 6 O’Connor (Frank) The Fountain of Magic , L. 1939. First Edition, cloth & d.w.; Three Old Brothers and Other Poems , L. 1936. First Edition, blue printed boards & matching d.w. Both v. good. (2) €60 - 90