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

46 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 370. Heaney (Seamus) The Haw Lantern, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed on t.p., red cloth, d.j.; Field Work, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1983 (reprint), Signed on t.p. and dated, printed wrappers. (2) €180 - €220 371. Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1975, First Edn., Signed and dated, on t.p. ‘Seamus Heaney 17 July, 1975’ blue cloth, decor. d.j. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 372. Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1973 (Reprint) Signed on title page, ptd. wrappers; Station Island, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1984 (Reprint) inscribed on f.e.p. ‘For Sean Clerkin, Slainte Seamus Heaney,’ ptd. wrappers. (2) €180 - €240 373. Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1969, inscribed on dedit page “ and for Sean Clerkin Seamus Heaney” also inscribed t.p. by Sean Clerkin (Poet), black cloth, d.j. (some foxing). (1) €300 - €400 374. Heaney (Seamus) Wintering Out, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1972, First Edn., inscribed on f.e.p. ‘for Sean Clerking (poet) Seamus Heaney, 20th November 1972, Slainte,’ ptd. wrappers, nice association copy. (1) €250 - €320 375. Signed Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) The Spirit Level, L. (Faber & Faber) 1996, Limited Edn., No 130/350 Copies Signed by the author, cloth backed boards, ptd. label, slipcase. (1) * This was Heaney’s first published collection, after winning the Nobel Prize the year previous €300 - €400 376. Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1980, Inscribed on f.e.p., Seamus Heaney for Sean Clerkin, ptd. wrappers; Sweeney Astray, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., Signed on hf. title ‘Seamus Heaney, 23/11/85 in Carrickmacross,’ ptd. wrappers; Seeing Things, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, First Edn., inscribed on title page ‘Seamus Heaney for Sean (Clerkin) 26-XI-04, ptd. wrappers. As a lot. (3) €200 - €300 377. One of 100 Copies Signed Enright (Anne) The Forgotten Waltz, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape), 2011, Signed and Limited Edn., No. 29/100 Copies, full leather, gilt lettered spine, slipcase. (1) €100 - €150 378. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 8vo, L. (Harper Collins) 2004, Deluxe Edn. (reset), cold. frontis, fold. map, decor. endpapers, green & grey decor. boards, matching slipcase. (1) €80 - €120 379. [Joyce (James)] Exiles, A Play in Three Acts, 4to N.Y. (The Viking Press) 1951, [New Edition of 1900 Copies] cloth backed boards, decor. endpapers, d.j. (price clipped). (1) €180 - €220 374 376 370 371 372