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

117 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 776. With Original Drawing by Jack Butler Yeats Yeats (Jack B.) Sligo, 8vo L. (Wishart & Co.) 1930, First Edn., Signed and dated ‘Jack B Yeats, Dublin September 24, 1950’ with original Sketch of a galloping Horse, green cloth d.j. Good copy. (1) €500 - €700 777. With Original Drawing by Artist MacGreevy (Thomas) Jack B. Yeats, An Appreciation and Interpretation, 8vo D. (Victor Waddington Publications - Three Candles) 1945, Signed and dedicated ‘For George O’Donnell, from Jack B. Yeats, Dublin August 1st, 1945,’ with detailed Sketch with three mast ship, figure playing with toy boat on strand (possibly Sligo bay), boards and d.j. Good Copy. (1) €600 - €800 778. Yeats (Jack B.) Ah Well, A Romance in Perpetuity; 8vo, L. (Routledge) 1942, First Edn., illustrated by the Author, Signed and dated ‘Jack B. Yeats, Dublin, October 1942,’ cloth backed boards, d.j. (1) €180 - €220 779. Signed by Jack B. Yeats Yeats (Jack B.) A folded sheet with Christmas message to the publisher Elkin Mathews (who published his children’s books), ‘This to wish yourself and Mrs. Mathews and Miss Nest Mathews / A Very Happy Christmas time / from us both / (monograms) JBY MCY’. With the envelope addressed in Yeats’ hand, with a pencilled note about proofs to rear. (1) €100 - €150 780. [Yeats (Jack B.)] Q.U.B. Fete Supplement, May 1907, qto wrappers. Includes cover design by J. Vinycomb, two plates after Jack Yeats and contribs. by Katharine Tynan, Alice Milligan, A.E. etc. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 775. An Anniversary Gift from Jack B. Yeats Mitford (M.R.) Our Village, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893 reprint, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Signed and dedicated ‘Cottie Yeats from Jack Butler Yeats 1895’ also with hand coloured Bookplate for Cottie Yeats by Jack B. Yeats, green ground cloth with attractive gilt decoration. A desirable association of a First Anniversary Gift from one of Ireland’s most important artists. (1) €500 - €700 776 777 779