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

55 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 378. 18th Century Continental School “Male Nude standing by a Tree,” sepia drawing, approx. 14” x 8½”, mounted on board, unsigned, framed. (1) €200 - €300 379. Philippe Forbes Robertson (1898 - 1968) “Le Marche Quartier Juif a Londres,” ink and watercolour on paper laid down on board, Signed lower left, title in m/ss along the bottom, approx. 21½” x 17¼”, unframed. (1) €300 - €400 381. Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931) Untitled [Study for “Landor’s Cottage] black pencil and graphite on heavy wove paper, sketch on verso of “Three Figures,” approx. 10” x 7½” [Dublin, c. Jan. 1918], framed; together with, Poe (Edgar Allen) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 4to L. (George G. Harrap) 1919, First Edn., frontis, & 23 plts. (complete) décor. green cloth. (2) Provenance: The Clarke Estate. Note: Study for an illustration to Edgar Allan Poe’s “Landor’s Cottage” published in Clarke’s masterpiece, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919) . This sketch anticipates the published version and blocks some of its main components - the narrator of the story in the foreground gazing upon a valley, Landor’s cottage nestled along a stream, and jagged mountain peaks in the background. One of Clarke’s most expansive and beautiful illustrations, “Landor’s Cottage”was selected for the 1920 Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibition. €1200 - €1600 381 382. Attributed to Harry Clarke, Irish (1889-1931) A Triptych pen and ink Drawing, “Birds of Peace,” or “The Holy Spirit”, the central panel with dove, flanked in each panel with allegorical female figures releasing doves, pencil on buff paper, unsigned, mounted, each approx. 48cms x 33cms, unframed. (1) €800 - €1200 380. With Harry Clarke Illustrations Anderson (Hans Christian), & Clarke (Harry) illus. Fairy Tales , lg. 4to, L. (George G. Harrap), Signed Limited Edition No. 78 (125) copies only, hf. title, cold. frontis & 39 plts. (14 cold.) complete, foxing and some staining, tear repairs, original full vellum with gilt design. Scarce. (1) €1000 - 1500