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

97 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 693. After Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) “Cottage, Connemara,” original coloured print, depicting coastal cottage on rocky shore with boat and animals, approx. 13cms x 39cms (5” x 15½”), gilt frame; together with “Fair Day,” original coloured print, approx. 14cms x 19cms (5½” x 7½”), mounted and framed; also a reproduction coloured Print of “The Village” approx. 13cms x 39cms (5½” x 15½”), in black frame. (3) €200 - €300 694. After Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) “A Shop in Sailor Town,” coloured print, (Cuala) approx. 14cms x 20cms (5½” x 8”), mounted and framed; The Playboy, coloured print (Cuala) hand coloured, approx. 29cms x 24cms (11½” x 9½”), cloth mount, gilt frame. (2) €200 - €300 695. After Jack Butler Yeats, (1871-1957) “The Strand Races - The Start and the Finish,” a pair, hand coloured, each approx. 15cms x 45cms (6” x 18”), mounted, uniform frames. (2) €350 - €420 691. Rare Limited Edition in original dust jacket with Sketch by Jack B. Yeats Yeats (Jack B.) Life in the West of Ireland. Drawn and Painted By .. D.&L. 1912, First Edn., Special Edition with an Original Sketch. Sm qto buckram boards, linen spine, title labels, t.e.g., in the original illus. d.w. (with minor repair), No. 49 of 150 copies with an original signed coloured sketch of a coachman on prelim. With the 8 tipped-in colour prints, 32 line drawings and 16 reproductions from paintings. Bookplate of Gilbert MacSwiney. (1) A magnificent copy, virtually as issued, in the rare d.w. A very scarce edition, made scarcer by the ease of extracting and framing the signed sketch. There can be no more than a handful of copies still retaining the sketch, a Yeat’s rarity. €4,000 - €6,000 695