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

129 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 715 O’Connor (Frank) A Picture Book, Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. 8vo Dublin (Cuala Press) 1943. Lim. Edn. 40 (480) Copies, illus. unopened, cloth backed illus. boards; also Three Old Brothers and Other Poems, L. 1936, wrappers; The Art of the Theatre, D. (M. Fridberg) n.d. cold. frontis by Louis le Brocquy; and Towards an Appreciation of the Theatre, D. 1945, d.w.; Colum (Padriac) Three Men, 8vo L. 1930. Signed Lim. Edn., decor. boards, and Old Pastures, N.Y. 1930. First Edn., cloth, & d.w. v. good copy. A lot. (6) € 150 - 200 716 Kennelly (Brendan) Good Souls to Survive, 8vo D. 1968; also Dream of a Black Cat, D. 1968. Both Signed First Edns., in orig. d.w.s.; Kinsella (Thomas) Nighwalker and other Poems, D. (Dolmen Press) 1968, First Edn., cloth & d.w.; also Moralities, roy 8vo D. (Dolmen Chapbook XII) 1960. Lim. Edn., wrappers; 1 other same author. (5) € 130 - 180 717 Clarke (Austin) Pilgrimage and Other Poems, L. 1929. Lim. Edn. (500), orig. boards; Collected Poems, 8vo D. 1963. First Edn., Signed by Author and Meryn Wall d.w.; also The Third Kiss; Liberty Lane, & 2 others by Clarke; Sheridan (N.) & Mac Donagh (Don.) Twenty Poems, D. 1934. Privately Printed Lim. Edn. No. 92 (300), Signed by Sheridan, wrappers. (6) € 120 - 170 718 Kavanagh (Patrick) A Soul for Sale, Poems 8vo L. 1947. First Edn., cloth & orig. d.w.; also Collected Pruse, roy 8vo L. 1967, First Edn., cloth & d.w.; Ussher (P.A.)trans. The Midnight Court and The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow, Preface by W.B. Yeats 8vo L. 1926. First Edn., d.w.; Merriman (B.) The Midnight Court, New Trans. by Cosslett O’Cuinn, illus by J. Verling, roy 8vo D. & Cork (Mercier Press) 1982, orig. pict. d.w.; Golden Cockerel Press - Bowen (Eliz.), O’Faolain (S.) & others, A Complete Story in the Manner of the Old Parlour Game, roy 8vo L. 1932. Lim. Edn., illus. by R. & M. Gibbings, d.w.; Strong (L.A.G.) The Hansom Cab and The Pigeons, roy 8o L. 1935. Lim. Edn., illus., cloth & d.w. All good. (6) € 200 - 300 719 Signed by British Philosopher, A.M. Ludovici Nietzsche (Friedrich) The Dawn of Day, trans. by Johanma Volz. roy 8vo L. 1903; Beyond Good and Evil, Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future. Trans. by Helen Zimmern, 8vo Edin. 1907. Signed on front loose blank, ‘Anthony M. Ludovici June 1908,’ translator & author of works on Nietzsche; The Case against Wagner, Trans. by A.M. Ludovici. 8vo Edin. 1910, wrappers; Early Greek Philosophy & other Essays, trans. by Maximilian A. Mugge, L. & Edin. 1911. Lim. Edn. No. 460 of 1500 Copies; Common (T.) Nietzsche Critic, Philosopher, Poet, and Prophet, 8vo L. 1901. Port. frontis; and Brandes (Geo.) Friedrich Nietzsche, L. 1914, port. frontis; & 1 other, mostly cloth. As a lot. (7) € 200 - 300 720 With Manuscript Notes & Comments by Luce & Berman [Berkeley] Luce (A.A.) & Jessop (T.E.) The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, 9 vols. roy 8vo L. 1964 - 1957, (various dates), together with, Luce (A.A.) The Life of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, roy 8vo L. 1949, First Edn., Presentation Copy from Author to David Berman. Together 10 vols. all with m/ss notes and comments by A.A. Luce, & Prof. Berman throughout, & with m/ss., typed & printed items loosely inserted in some vols., orig. wine coloured cloth, some joints worn. (10) * A very important association copy. € 400 - 600