RARE BOOK AND COLLECTOR'S SALE July 30th & 31st, 2024

101 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 709. Yeats (Jack B.) Jack B. Yeats’ Plays in the Old Manner. James Flaunty [&] The Scourge of the Gulph. L.n.d. [1901 & 1903], in the original envelope with hand coloured illus., covers of both plays hand-coloured, the second inscribed on t.p. ‘With Jack’s love and best wishes for a Happy Christmas, Dec. 1903’ and with the plates hand-coloured. The first play with cover edge a little ragged, o.w.v.g. Lacking the miniature portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson advertised on the envelope. (1) €600 - €800 710. Yeats (Jack B.) The Bosun and the Bob- Tailed Comet. L. n.d. [1904], drawings throughout, uncoloured copy, First Edn., clean copy. (1) €300 - €400 711. Marriott (Ernest) Jack B. Yeats. His Pictorial and Dramatic Art. Containing a Chart of; Pirate Island by Jack B. Yeats and a Portrait. L. 1911, First Edn., VG. (1) €100 - €200 712. Yeats (Jack B.) A Little Fleet. One of Jack Yeats’s Books for Children. L. n.d. [1909]. Card covers with hand coloured illus., with map and line drawings. A very good copy. (1) €300 - €500 713. For Young People of All Ages Yeats (Jack B.) The Treasure of the Garden. L., Elkin Mathews 1903, First Edn., 4to illus. card, with hand-coloured cover drawing and seven full-page plates hand-coloured by Yeats. A rare book in its original state, as many of the drawings were cut out for performance on miniature stages, as intended by the author, or for framing. According to Arnold, the story draws on the memories of Yeats’ Pollexfen ancestors in Sligo, who were merchants and ship-owners. An excellent copy. (1) The third of Yeats’ illustrated books for young people of all ages, published at the substantial price in 1903 of Five Shillings. €1000 - €1500 709 712 713 710 707. Signed by the Author and Artist [Yeats, Jack B.] Máirín ní Chriagain. Sean-Eoin. D. 1938, 4to, illus. d.w., First Edn., thus, illus. with four tipped in coloured plates and line drawings, this copy signed and dated May 11 1943 by Yeats, and with a signed sketch on rear of f.f.e.p. of a horse throwing off the traces and galloping away from his driver, dated February 18 1944 (i.e. the owner came back a second time for the sketch), also Signed and inscribed on hf. title ‘ Do Monsieur Lestocquoy, Le gach dearg-ghide Maírín Ní Chrigáin, green cloth, decor. d.j. Fine Association. (1) €1500 - €2000