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

118 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 781. Gordon Craig (Edward) Mask for the Blind Man in ‘On Baile’s Strand’ , Etching, the image circa 4 ½” x 4”, inscribed on plate ‘To WBY’, inscribed on sheet ‘To Mrs Yeats in Rome 1934’, signed monogram EGC, some foxing. As a m/ss. (1) €150 - €250 782. Cuala Press: Brindley (Louis H.) Christmas Eve 1940, 12mo, D. (Cuala) 1940, 8pps, (no wrappers); Christmas 1944, 12mo, D. (Cuala) 1944, 4pps, (printed only one side). (2) * These Christmas verse letters were printed in small numbers for distribution to the Author’s Friends. €120 - €140 783. V. Rare Hugh Lane Association Item Abbey Theatre : A printed Linen Handkerchief , Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane’s Great Gift of Pictures for Ireland, April 1913. approx. 47cms square, with 8 single portraits, and large group study of The Abbey Players, signed by W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory. Folded and in original envelope. In fine condition. (1) Provenance : From the Collections of the late Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, grand daughter of Lady Gregory. €300 - €400 784. [Yeats (W.B.)] A collection of 6 original Engravings or Etchings, Portraits of W.B. Yeats for various frontis pieces in his works. To include examples by his father, John Butler Yeats (Mosada proof copy etc), John Singer Sagent, Pamela Coleman Smith and others, as a collection, w.a.f. (5) €500 - €700 785 – See page 119 786. Cuala Press: Yeats (M. Cottie)illus. O, Wind O’Mighty Melancholy Wind... by John Todhunter, original Cuala Press hand coloured Print with label on reverse. Framed. (1) €150 - €200 787. Cuala Press: Yeats (Jack B.) The First Time Round, hand coloured print, No. 33 of the Cuala Series, framed. (1) €100 - €150 788. Stuart (H.) & Salkeld (C.) Tomorrow, (Contributors include W.B. Yeats, Lennox Robinson, Joseph Campbell) Vol. 1 No. 1 & No. 2) complete, broadsheet newspaper, Manchester (Whiteley &Wright Ltd.) 1924, each 8 & 6pps, housed in custom folder, both good copies. (2) €200 - €300 789. Yeats (W.B.) A mounted Collage, including a black and white Photograph of W.B. Yeats, seated reading a book, inset with manuscript signature ‘W.B. Yeats, May 25, 1923’. Nice Presentation Item. (1) €200 - €300 786 788 789 783 784