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

124 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 915. Deluxe Publishers Edition Coloured Plates: Kirkman (F.B.) The British Bird Book, An Account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles, 4 vols., lg. 4to, Edinburgh (T.C. & E.C. Jack) 1911, cold. frontis, illustrated throughout with plts by Seaby, Lodge, etc., uncut, contemp. uniform hf. cf. gilt lettered spine. Good set. (4) €200 - €300 916. Ludlow - Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq., Lieutenant - General of Hors, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland ... and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640. Folio London (A. Millar, D. Brown, ... J. Ward) 1751. Engd. port. frontis, red & black title, in recent blind antique panel, calf blind tooled borders & panels, raised bands, mor. label, & cloth box. A particularly fine copy. (1) €300 - €400 917. Signed by Artist & Editor Hockney (David) artist & Spender (Stephen)ed . Hockney’s Alphabet, folio, L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, De Luxe Edn., Signed by both, illustrated with 26 drawings in colour by Hockney, in bright yellow cloth, gilt lettered spine, original grey cloth slipcase. (1) [Brandes & Durkan B109b] €800 - €1200 920. Signed by Heaney & Others [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including: * Water, Lawrence Sail; * The Fire Gaze, Seamus Heaney; * The Three Winds, Laurie Lee; * First Spring Dawn, Jenny Joseph; Limited Edition, No. 90/125 copies, Signed by the contributors, published at Whittington Press, 1989, illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn, brown portfolio, ptd. label. (1) €350 - €420 915 918. One of 25 Copies Le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Writers, portfolio, a series of 8 charcoal Drawings, Paris (Adrien Maeght) 1981, H.C. Set No. 20/25 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist, in original cream cloth clam box with white text. (1) [Brandes & Durkan B51] €3000 - €5000 920