CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

116 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 862. Signed by Poet & Artist Heaney (Seamus) & Cooke (Barrie) artist Sweeney Astray, 8vo, N.Y. (Farrar Strauss Giroux) 1983, First Limited U.S. Edition, Signed, No. 289/350 copies, green cloth, Celtic design front cover, gilt lettered spine, matching marble slipcase. (1) [Brandes & Durkan A34f ] €250 - €350 863. Co. Clare: Nelson &Welsh, The Burren, 1991; Brennan - The War in Clare, 1911 - 1921, 1980; Mc Carthy - Ireland’s Banner County, 1890 - 1918, 2002. Signed by Author; Westropp - Archaeology of the Burren, 1999; McMahon - The Parish of Corofin - A Historical Profile, 2013; O’Dalaigh - Corporation Book of Ennis, D. 1990; Power (J.) A History of Clarecastle & its Environs, Ennis 2004; Taylor - The West Clare Railway, folio 1994. All orig. d.w.’s. & 2 others. V. good. (10) €100 - €150 864. Survey Map of Dublin Irish Map: (Co. Dublin) Rocque (John) An Actual Survey of the County of Dubin, 3 parts (ex. 4) linen backed, L. (Laurie & J.A. Whitby) 1802, engd. cartouche, hand coloured, approx. 116cms x 157cms (46” x 61½”), in custom made marble boards, slip case, mor. label. As a map. (1) €500 - €600 865. Rare Grand Jury Map of Donegal Irish Map: [Co. Donegal] Mc Crea (Wm.) A Map of the County of Donegal - drawn from Actual Survey, 1796, 4 sheets (linen backed), D. 1801, hand coloured, 130cms x 157cms (51” x 62”), in custom marble board slipcase, mor. label. Scarce. (1) €800 - €1200 866. Fishing: Hodgson (W. Earl) Trout Fishing, and Salmon Fishing, 2 vols. Lond. 1904 & 1906. Cold. & other illus., gilt cloth; Skues (G.E.M.) Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies, Lond. 1914; The Way of a Trout with a Fly, Lond. 1921, & by same author, Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout, Lond. 1939, d.w. (5) €90 - €140 867. Baskerville Prayer Book: The Book of Common Prayer, .... According to the Use of the Church of England. Imperial 8vo Cambridge (John Baskerville) 1760. title & text within decorated border, a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor., tooled gilt border & decor. spine. (1) * Contains some genealogical notes concerning Chas. Sainthill Smith, born 1789, and his family. €120 - €180 868. Montague (John) Poisoned Lands and other Poems, Lond. 1961. First Edn., orig. d.w.; also The Rough Field, roy 8vo Dublin (Dolmen Press) 1972 Lim. Edn. No. 92 of 150 Copies, Signed, mor. backed boards; A Fair House: Versions of Irish Poetry, Dublin (Cuala Press) 1972. Lim. Edn. No. 298 of 350 Copies; and The Great Clock, 8vo Dublin 1978. Lim. Edn. No. 50 of 75 Copies Only, Signed by Author, orig. mor. backed marble boards, & slipcase. A v. good lot. (4) €300 - €400 869. One of 70 Signed Copies Banville (John) The Infinites, 8vo, L. (Picador) 2009, Signed Limited Edition, No. 1/70 copies, cloth backed, leaf decor boards, matching slipcase; together with Proof Copy, and I.U.P. John Banville Special, both ptd. wrappers. As a lot. (3) €120 - €140 862 866 864 865