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

75 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 595. Mostly Signed by Author Proulx (Annie) Brokeback Mountain, Lond. (Fourth Estate) 1998. First Lond. Edn. Signed, paperback; That Old Ace in the Hole, Lond. 2002. First Lond. Edn., d.w.; Bad Dirt - Wyoming Stories 2, N. York (Scribner) 2004. First Edn., Signed, d.w.; Heart Songs and Other Stories, N. York (C. Scriber’s Sons) 1988. First Edn, Signed, d.w.; Fine Just the Way it Is, N. York (Scribner) 2008. First Edn., Signed, d.w.; & 4 others, two Signed by Author. All v. good. (9) €400 - €500 596. Borthwick (Norma) Ceachta Beaga Gaeilge. Irish Reading Lessons. With illustrations by Jack B. Yeats. Book I (-II- III). D. n.d. [1902-06], apparently first editions. The first part with fold marks, bit dog-eared, rear cover stained, other parts VG. The three parts in a custom made clamshell box with morocco spine, gilt title label. The First Editions are very scarce. €300 - €400 597. Binding: [(R.E.M.) [Madden (Samuel)] Reflections and Resolutions Proper for the Gentleman of Ireland, 8vo D. (R. Reilly for George Ewing) 1816, Reprint, 224pps., contemp. full mottled calf with ornate gilt single border, central gilt medallion with harp motifs on front and back covers, gilt decor. spine, mor. label, bookplate “Trabolgan,” custom made clam box. V. Good copy. (1) €220 - €350 598. Fishing etc: Gwynn (S.) The Happy Fisherman, lg. 4to Lond. 1936, and River To River A Fisherman’s Pilgrimage, 4to Lond. 1937. Both First Edns., & illus. by Roy Beddington; Long (Maj. A.W.) Irish Sport of Yesterday, Boston & N.Y. 1923. First American Edn.; Maxwell (W.H.) Wild Sports of the West, sm. 8vo L. 1850. New Edn., text illus.; [Allan (A.)] ‘A Cosmopolite,’ The Sportsman in Ireland, ed. P. Chenevix Trench, New Edn., Large Paper Copy, Lond. 1897, cold. & other illus. uncut, orig. boards; also including a copy of the smaller edition. As a lot. (6) €100 - €150 599. Periodical: Kerry Archaeological Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. V No. 21, together 21 nos. (an unbroken run, but last number lacking No. 22) bound in 2 vols. thick 8vo. Cork c.1909-1919. First Edns., fold. & other plts. maps, tables etc., full green mor. gilt lettered & decor. spines. V. good. Extremely Scarce. (2) €400 - €600 600. Ferguson (James) Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries, Their Age and Uses. 8vo Lond. 1872. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth, gilt; Evans (John) The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, Lond. 1881. First Edn., hf. title, illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth, gilt. Both v. good. (2) €100 - €150 601. Genealogy: O’Donoghue (J.) Historical Memoir of The O’Briens, Dublin 1860, First Edn.; [McNamara] The Story of An Irish Sept, Their Character & Struggle to Maintain Their Lands in Clare, Lond. 1896. First Edn., illus. buckram; Rait (Rob. S.) The Story of An Irish Property, [Gough] 8vo Oxford 1908. Privately Printed, plts. cloth; & 2 others sim. (5) €200 - €300 602. One of 50 Copies Signed Longley (Michael) A Jovial Hullabaloo, 8vo, L. (Enitharmon Press) 2008, Signed Limited Edn No. 25/50 copies, cloth backed marble board, ptd. label, slipcase; Broken Dishes, 8vo Belfast (Abbey Press) 1998, Signed Limited Edn. No. 64/250 Copies, illustrated frontis, ptd. wrappers. (2) €120 - €180 603. Hartnett (Michael) Gipsy Ballads, 8vo, D. (The Goldsmith Press) 1973, First Edn., illustrated, green cloth; The Retreat of Ita Gagney, 8vo, Kildare (The Goldsmith Press) 1975, First Edn., illustrated ptd. wrappers; Egan (D.) & Hartnett (M.) eds. Choice, An Anthology of Irish Poetry, 8vo, D. (Goldsmith Press) 1973, First Edn., oatmeal cloth. As a lot. (3) €100 - €150 604. Presentation copy to Famous Irish Engineer White (James Blair) Belfast. The Linen and Linen Yarn Trades’ Ready Reckoner: containing 88,000 calculations..., lg. 8vo, L. (Effingham, Wilson, Royal Exchange) 1865, First Edn., inscribed on f.e.p. “ To Robert Stephenson Esq., M.P. with the author’s compliments, Belfast, 3rd July 1865, ” in decorative full purple leather with blind panels and gilt fillet borders by Archer & Sons, Belfast. Nice Copy. (1) €180 - €220 599 597 602 595