Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Collectors' Sale December 9th & 10th, 2020

101 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 547 Box: Beaslai (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols. thick 8vo D. [1930]. cold. frontis & bl. & wh. plts., orig. cloth; O’Casey (Séan) The Silver Tassie, L. 1929, First Edn., & The Plough and the Stars, L. 1930; & other items, some odd no’s. Republican Newspapers etc., Concert Programmes for Dungarvan, some periodicals, etc. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 100 - 150 548 Box: Kerry interest mostly: Hall (Mr. & Mrs.) A Week in Killarney, 4to L. 1850 First Edn., engd. frontis & other engd. plts. decor. title, fold. map text illus., in fi ne full mor tooled gilt decor. V. good copy; King (Jeremiah) King’s History of Kerry, Parts I - VI, 6 parts, 8vo Wexford 1912 - 1918, & Tralee, orig. ptd. wrappers; Graves (A.P.) Songs of Killarney, L. 1873; Rowan (A.B.) Lake Lore: or, An Antiquarian Guide to Some of the Ruins and Recollections of Killarney, D. 1853. First Edn., cloth; & 3 others on Killarney; plus Brennan-Whitmore (W.J.) With the Irish in Frongoch, D. 1917. First Edn., illus; Carbery’s Annual, 1963, wrappers; Catholic Emancipation Centenary Record, 1929, illus. wrappers; and other items. A small box. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) € 200 - 300 549 O’Brien (Edna) The Country Girls, L. 1960, First, cloth, (1st N.Y. paperback - Signed by the Author); The Lonely Girl, L. 1962, First, cloth; August is a Wicked Month, L. 1965, First, A Pagan Place, L. 1971 (Second) & (1st American) cloth & d.j.; Girls in their Married Bliss, L. 1964, First, cloth; A Rose in the Heart, N.Y. 1979 (1st American) cloth & d.j.; Some Irish Loving, N.Y. 1979, cloth & d.j.; The High Road, L. 1988, cloth & d.j.; Lantern Slides, N.Y. 1990, cloth & d.j.; The Light of Evening, L. 2006, Signed, paperback and 5 other works by the same author. As a lot, w.a.f. (16) € 180 - 220 550 Excellent Set Irish Arts Review, ed. Brian de Bre ff ny et al. The fi rst,second and third series complete to Winter 2010, vol. 1 no.1 to vol. 27 no. 4, mostly in orig. illus. wrs (two vols in boards with d.w.). An excellent run, vols 1-27 complete, with scholarly articles on every Irish artist of note from the 17 th to the 21 st century, superbly illustrated in colour throughout. [Note: Only 3 issues called for in vol. 19, due to change of ownership]. € 100 - 150 551 Directories: Thom (Alec) & Co. Thoms O ffi cial Directories .. for 1879, 1889, 1947, & 1948. Together 4 vols. thick roy 8vo D. 1879-1948, orig. cloth, worn & joints split etc; also Post O ffi ce Dublin Directory and Calendar for 1883, 8vo D. 1883, lacks title & bind dam.; and Debrett’s Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, for 1953, thick roy 8vo L. 1953, text illus., good orig. gilt decor. cloth. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1) € 170 - 250 552 R.I.A .: Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vols. 1,2,3,9,10, 11,12-16, and Vol. 19, in 2 parts, together 13 vols., 4to D. 1787-1843. Numerous engd. plts. (some fold.) illus. etc., mostly in rebound cloth, and boards. As a Periodical, w.a.f. (13) € 200 - 300