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

68 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 528. Yeats (W.B.) Later Poems, 8vo L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1922, First Edn., hf. title, blind decor. green cloth, brown paper d.j.; The Secret Rose, 8vo., D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1905, First Edn., illustrated by J.B. Yeats, cloth backed boards; Seven Poems and a Fragment, 8vo D. (Cuala Press) 1922, Limited Edn., cloth backed boards, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 529. Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 8vo L. (T. Fisher Unwin) 1908, First Edn., portrait frontis, uncut, gilt decor blue cloth & spine, good copy; Poems, L. (T. Fisher Unwin ) 1912, Third Edn., port. frontis, blind decor. green cloth. (2) €150 - €200 530. Co. Galway: Burke (Oliver J.) The Abbey of Ross, Its History and Details, sm. 8vo 1868. First Edn., engd. frontis & other plts. orig. green cloth; Wilde (Sir Wm. R.) Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands: with Notices of Lough Mask. 8vo Dublin 1872. Text illus., orig. green cloth; Mannin (Ethel) Connemara Journal, Lond. 1947. First Edn., illus. by Elizabeth Rivers, d.w.; Berry (James) Tales of the West of Ireland, Dublin 1966. First Edn., d.w.; & 2 others by Wilde. (6) €100 - €150 531. Dunlevy (Andrew) An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, 8vo Paris (James Guerin) 1742. Titles & text printed in Irish & English, cont. calf backed French boards, mor. label. (1) V. good. Ex. Scarce. €700 - €1000 532. Smith (W.S.) Historical Gleanings in Antrim and Neighbourhood, sm. 8vo, Belfast (A. Mayne & Boyd) 1888, First Edn., 154pps; Shanes Castle, A Sketch, Belfast 1881, First Edn., 22pps; also A Ramble:| in Search of the Curious and Interesting, Belfast 1883, 29pp; Gossip about Lough Neagh, Belfast 1885, map, 55pps., bound together in full leather gilt text, ornate spine. As pamphlet.(1) €180 - €220 533. [Hayes (Samuel)] ‘S.H.’ A Practical Treatise on Planting; and the Management of Woods and Coppices. 8vo Dublin 1794. First Edn., engd. title, 4 engd. plts. (1 fold.) & 11 engd. vignette illus., advert. leaf at end, cont. mottled calf, gilt tooled borders & spine, mor. label. V. Scarce. (1) * From library of Gustavus Hamilton, with his bookplate. Good. €325‑€450 534. Signed by the Author O’Flaherty (Liam) Spring Sowing , Lond. 1924. First Edn., Signed by Author on front loose blank, cloth backed boards, & orig. ptd. d.w. V. good (not price clipped). (1) €150 - €200 535. O’Sullivan (Maurice) Twenty Years A Growing, Lond. 1933, First Edn., d.w.; O’Criomhthain An t-Oileanach, D. 1967, d.w.; O’Connor (Joseph) Hostage to Fortune, D. n.d. First Edn., d.w.; The Norwayman, L. 1949. First Edn., d.w. All very good. (4) €130 - €180 529 531 528 533 534