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

44 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 356. Yeats (W.B.) The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats, 8vo, Oxford (U.P.) 1983, illus. by J.B. Yeats, leather backed gilt decor cloth, a.e.g.; Yeats (J.B.) A Little Book of Drawings, 8vo, D. (Cuala) 1971, illustrated by J.B. Yeats, Limited Edn., No. 25/200, coloured copies, Signed by Maire Miller, blue cloth, ptd. label; Miller (Liam) & Yeats (M.B.) The Dun Emer Press, later Cuala Press, 8vo, D. (Cuala Press), Limited Edn. No. 247/250 copies, Signed by Miller, illus. blue cloth ptd. label. (3) €200 - €300 357. With Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats O’Kelly (Seamus) The Weaver’s Grave, 8vo D. (The Talbot Press) [1922], First Edn., coloured frontis and black and white illustrations, green cloth with purple and gilt design; Colum (Padraic) The Big Tree of Bunlahy, 4to N.Y. (The Macmillan Co.) 1933, First Edn., coloured frontis and text and other illustrations, green cloth. Very good. (2) €180 - €220 358. [Yeats (J.B.)] Ni Chriagain (M.) Sean Eoin, 4to, D. (Oifig an tSolathair) 1974, cold. frontis., and other illus. by Jack B. Yeats, green cloth, d.j.; Nic Mhaicin (M.) Asal Fhear na Monadh, 8vo D. (Oifig an tSolathair) 1944, First Edn., illus. frontis and end paper illus. by Jack B. Yeats, boards; Yeats (J.B.) In Sand, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1964, cloth & d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €150 - €200 359. Kavanagh (Patrick) The Green Fool, Lond. 1971. Second Edn., d.w.; Collected Poems, Lond. 1972; The Complete Poems, Goldsmith Press 1972, d.w.; & 3 others. (6) €100 - €150 360. Modern Irish Poetry etc: Heaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, Lond. 1973; Friel (Brian) A Month in the Country, 1992; Murphy (Richard) The Battle of Aughrim, Lond. 1968, & High Island, Lond. 1974 Signed by Author; Montague (John) The Rough Field, Dolmen Press 1972; O’Grady Sing Me Creation, Gallery Press 1977, All First Edns., & 6 others same authors, etc. A lot. (12) €150 - €200 354 One of 20 Signed Copies with Holograph Poem Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock. Linenhall Library, Belfast 1990, First Edn., No. 9 of the super-limited edition of 20 copies each with a holograph poem, inscribed on t.p. to Jorunn, dated 20.ix .’90, Signed at rear by Heaney and by the binder Sydney Aiken, finely hand-bound in half linen on marbled boards, marbled e.p., titled in gilt on upper cover, matching marbled slipcase, a most attractive production. The holograph poem inscribed by Heaney is "The Point" and dated September 1990 (20 lines). €2000 - €3000 355. With Signature of the Author Wilde (Oscar) An Ideal Husband, 4to L. (Leonard Smithers & Co.) 1899. Limited Edn. of 1000 copies, with signature tipped in on f.e.p. ‘Oscar Wilde, 9 Charles St., Grosvenor Square, London,’ original decor. cloth, (some fading), in custom made mor. backed gilt lettered cloth clam box. (1) €1500 - €2000