Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

100 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 872. Heaney (Seamus) A Keen for the Coins, 12mo, Hickory, N.C. (Lenoir-Rhyne College) 2002, Signed, illustrated frontis, loose, ptd. wrappers, orange lettering. (1) [Brandes & Durkan - A82a] €300 - €400 873. Heaney (Seamus) A Keen for the Coins, 12mo, Hickey, N.C. (Lenoir-Rhyne College) 2002, Signed, illus. frontis, grey wrappers, embossed coin on front cover, hand sewn, in custom green cloth cover. Good copy. (1) [Brandes & Durkan - A82a] €600 - €700 874. Heaney (Seamus) & others] The Northern Review, a Quarterly Magazine of the Arts, 3 vols. Belfast (The Nendrum Press) 1965, Vol 1 (No. 1-3), Signed by contributors including, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Michael Langley, John Banville, Tom McIntyre, Philip Hobsbaum, Derek Mahon, illustrated throughout, ptd. wrappers. Good set (3) [Brandes & Durkan - C53] €350 - €450 875. Signed by all Belfast Festival Publication. A collection of about 30 Signed letters, postcards and notes, typescript and m/ss., to Dr. Philip Murray from writers whose work was published in the Festival Publications Series, mostly in response to Dr. Murray’s request that they should sign their work for him, many with postally used envelopes. Includes a Signed Typescript note from Seamus Heaney, 1993, on his headed paper, and others from Seamus Deane, John Hewitt, Philip Hobsbaum, Laurence Lerner, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Stewart Parker, James Simmons etc., as an Archive, w.a.f. (1) €500 - €700 876. Turret Bookshop [Bernard Stone & Raymond Danowski]. A collection of 100 poetry broadsides, 1991-93, including work by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alan Sillitoe, Brain Patten. Adrian Mitchell, Robert Greacen, Adrian Henri, Thom Gunn, John Ashbery, John Updike, Harold Pinter, Ted Hughes etc., etc., each separately printed on single A4 sheets (Some coloured), many of them Signed by author and inscribed to Dr. Philip Murray. An anthology of 1990s leading- edge poetry. In a stout plastic binder, as a collection. (1) €800 - €1000 877. Signed Limited Edition Portfolio [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including: * Fire, Lawrence Sail; * The Water Pause, Seamus Heaney; * Equinox, Laurie Lee; * Upside Down, Jenny Joseph, together 4 items each of Limited Edition No. 30/125 Copies, Signed by the Contributors published at the Whittington Press 1991, illustrator by Gwenda Morgan, blue folder, printed label. (1) €200 - €300 878. Signed by Irish Playwright & Artists [Field Day Theatre Company] A Collection of 13 Official Programmes for Productions at the Field Day Theatre Company 1981-1995 to include: 1981 - Three Sisters, by Brian Field, Signed by Brian Friel & Seamus Heaney; 1982 - The Communication Cord, by Brian Friel. Signed by Brian Friel & Seamus Heaney. 1983 - Boesman and Lena, by Athol Fugard, Signed by Athol Fugard; 1984 - The Riot Act, by Tom Paulin; and High Time, by Derek Mahon, Signed by Tom Paulin & Derek Mahon; 1985 - Translations, by Brian Friel, Signed by Brian Friel Seamus Heaney; 1986 - Double Cross, by Tom Kilroy, Signed by Tom Kilroy; 1987 - Pentecost, by Stewart Parker, Signed by Stewart Parker; 1988 - Making History, by Brian Friel, Signed by Brian Friel; 1989 - Saint Oscar, by Terry Eagleton, Signed by Terry Eagleton; 1990 - The Cure at Troy, by Seamus Heaney, Signed by Seamus Heaney; 1991 - The Madame Ma Adam Travelling Theatre, by Thomas Kilroy, Signed by Thomas Kilroy; 1992 - Cries from Casement as His Bones are Brought to Dublin, by David Rudkin, Signed by David Rudkin; 1995 - Uncle Vanya, by Chekov, in a version by Frank Mc Guinness, Signed by Frank Mc Guinness. all in illus., ptd. wrappers. Rare set. (13) [Brandes & Durkan - D12, D13, & D15] €700 - €1000 875 876 873