Fonsie Mealy's RARE BOOKS & COLLECTIBLES December 7th & 8th, 2021

10 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 12. Some Copies Signed Kiely (Benedict) Land Without Stars, Lond. 1946. First Edn., Signed, d.w.; Call for a Miracle, A Novel, Lond. 1950, First Edn., d.w.; The Cards of a Gambler, Lond. 1953. First Edn., Signed and inscribed ‘For the noble house of Hanna,’ d.w.; Honey Seams Bitter, Lond. 1954. First Edn., d.w.; In a Harbour Green, Lond. c. 1950, d.w.; Dogs Enjoy the Morning, A Novel. Lond. 1968. First Edn., Signed & Inscribed, d.w.; & A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly, Lond. 1973. Uncorrected Proof Copy, in orig. ptd. wrappers. (7) €200 - €300 13. The Scarce First Edition O’Brien (Flann) An Béal Bocht, 8vo Dublin (An Press Naisiúnta) n.d. [1941]. First Edn. First Issue. With map of An Domhan Mor on end papers 111pp. V. good, stiff colour illus. wrappers. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 14. With Illustrations by Norah Mc Guinness Yeats (W.B.) Stories of Red Hanrahan and The Secret Rose, Illustrated & decorated by Norah Mc Guinness. Roy 8vo L. 1927. First Edn., cold. frontis & 1 cold. plt., other illus. orig. décor. crimson cloth & pict. d.w. Good. (1) €150 - €200 15. Hamilton (Rev. Wm.) Letters Concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim, 8vo D. 1786. First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. map frontis, uncut, boards, worn; [Hayes (Sam)] A Practical Treatise on Planting; and the Management of Woods and Coppices, 8vo Dublin 1794. First Edn., 4 engd. plts. (1 fold.) & 11 engd. vignette illus (ex. 12), advert leaf at end, lacks engd. title & p. 45/46, uncut, boards loose & dam. Scarce, w.a.f. (2) €200 - €300 16. Some Copies Signed O’Faolain (Sean) Midsummer Madness & other Stories, Lond. 1932. First Edn.,; Come Back to Erin, Lond. 1940, First Edn., Signed and dated; Theresa and other Stories, Lond. 1947. First Edn., Signed and dated; The Short Story, Lond. 1948. First Edn., Signed & dated; Newman’s Way, Lond. 1952. First Edn. Signed, d.w.; The Heat of the Sun, Lond. 1966. First Edn. Signed, d.w.; Vive Moi! An Autobiography, Lond. 1967, First Edn. Signed, d.w.; And Again?, Lond. 1979. First Edn., d.w. (8) €200 - €300 17. Yeats (W.B.) Plays in Prose and Verse, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1922. First Edn., cloth; Poems of W.B. Yeats, Second Series, Lond. & Stratford-on-Avon 1913, cloth backed boards; Stories of Red Hanrahan: The Secret Rose: Rosa Alchemica, Lond. (Bullen) 1913, cloth backed boards; Selected Poems, Lyrical and Narrative, L. 1932; & 2 others. (6) €150 - €200 18. Macken (Walter) Twilight of a Warrior, A Play, Lond. 1956; Mungo’s Mansion, A Play of Galway Life, Lond. 1957; Seek the Fair Land, Lond. 1959. title inscribed; & Brown Lord of the Mountain, Lond. 1967. All First Edns. & original d. wrappers; also Rain in the Wind, L. 1963, d.w. together 5 vols. (5) €100 - €150 19. Cricket Interest: Grace (W.G.) W.G.’s Little Book, sm. 4to L. (George Newnes) 1909. First Edn., rebound (lacks wrappers); Hobbs (J.B.) My Cricket Memories, 8vo L. (Wm. Heinemann) 1924, First Edn. (2nd Impression) illus., cloth. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) €80 - €120 20. RareWork by a Great Polymath Medical: Haller (Dr. Albert) Pathological Observations Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies, 8vo, L. (D. Wilson & T. Durham) 1756, First English Edition, 3 fold. plts., some repair to pages, contemporary full calf, recent marbled slip case. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 21. R.D.S.: Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. II Part II, 8vo Dublin 1802. cont. hf. calf, worn. (1) * Contains Report onWicklow Gold Mines, with fold. map, & other Pamphlets by Rich. Kirwin, etc. As a coll. of pamphlets. €180 - €250 22. Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo D. 1774. Second Edn., end port. frontis, engd. coat of arms, lg. fold. map of Co. Waterford & 6 lg. fold. plts. complete, orig. calf, rebacked, orig. spine laid down, worn, but a clean copy. (1) €350 - €500 20 21 17 13