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

113 766. Signed by Two Presidents Hyde (Dr. Douglas) The Children of Tuireann, sm. 8vo D. (Tablot) 1941. in decor. wrappers & in associated envelope for a Mrs. Mac Entee. (1) * Inscribed in Irish and English by Hyde as President of Ireland, recipient not named; further inscribed in May 1992 by Mary Robinson, with a photo showing her signing in Aras an Uachtarain. €200 - €300 767. [Bjersby (Birgit)] Upsala Irish Studies - The Interpretation of The Cuchulain Legend in the Works of W.B Yeats, 8vo Upsala 1950, some annotations, ptd. wrappers, recent hf. cloth marble boards; [Gogarty (Oliver St. J.)] A single page m/ss Letter to Mrs. Birgit Bjersby from Florida Jan. 30th 1951, referring to the above publication and Yeats referral to Cuchulain in On Bailes Strand, clear signature, as a m/ss. (2) €80 - €100 768. Autographs of Early Theatrical Greats An Album of Autographs and Photographs, early 20th Century, mainly theatrical and musical, including: Harry Lauder, Pauline Chase, Gabrielle Ray, Harry Tich, George Robey, Harry Foxwell, K. Scott-Parry, Mischa Elman, Stanley Cooke, etc. etc., many apparently performing at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin, compiled by a Miss Evans. The album somewhat worn, with upper joint broken. (1) €100 - €150 769. Typescript: Castletown (Lord) A typescript of 4 pages, in brown wrapper, entitled ‘The Hunchback,’ telling how the Little People took away the hunchback’s hump. No signature. (1) €30 - €40 770. Wilson (Florence M), Ulster Poet (c. 1870-1946) . A binder containing fourteen original poems, mostly typescript with two manuscript, some signed or with m/ss. corrections, many of them about children or written in a child’s voice, some probably unpublished. The last poem here is dated Jan. 1 1916. A few sheets fragile and strengthened to rear. With a folder containing a printed copy of The Hearthstone, The Story Magazine of Ireland, Vol.1 no 3, July 1922, containing Florence Wilson’s best known work, the ballad “The Man from God Knows Where” (about the 1798 leader Thomas Russell). Florence Wilson published only one collection, The Coming of the Earls and Other Verse (Candle Press 1918). She was a friend of Alice Milligan and of Alice Stopford Green. €300 - €500 771 & 773 – See page 116 774. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats Reynolds (J. Hamilton) The Fancy, notes by John Masefield, 12mo L. (Elkin Mathews) n.d. First Edn., 13 Illus. by Jack B. Yeats, orig. wrappers; A Catalogue of Pictures Presented to the City of Dublin to form the Nucleus of a Gallery of Modern Art, Sm. 8vo D. 1904. Signed by Lily Yeats, ptd. wrappers; Gregory (Lady) Case for the Return of Sir Hugh Lane’s Pictures of Dublin, 8vo D. 1926, Port. frontis & illus.; Sir Hugh Lane’s French Pictures, Report of a Public Meeting held in the Mansion House, Dublin 29th Jan. 1918, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1918. Lim. to 500 Copies Only; & 1 other item, on Jack B. Yeats. A lot. (5) €120 - €180 766 772. Kelly (James Plunkett) A pre-publication cyclostyled typescript of his Novel Strumpet City (here titled ‘The Strumpet City’), 671pp, apparently complete, dated at end April 1968, apparently sent to an American agent or publisher. Strumpet City was an enormous success worldwide when published here and in America in 1969; the television serial directed by Tony Barry for RTE was one of the best things the station has done. (1) €400 - €600 768 770 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934