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

12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 49. Inscribed Copy with Postcard Heaney (Seamus) District and Circle, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2006, First Edn., inscribed on f.e.p. ‘ for Bill & Beverly - in the circle, with love, Seamus, May Day 2006,’ together with a postcard same date - relating to alternative jacket, it mentions delay on stateside of its publication..,’ green boards, gilt lettered spine, d.j. Nice Association Copy. (1) €400 - €500 50. From Seamus Heaney on Your “Bevday” Heaney (Seamus) Seeing Things, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, Limited Edn. (O/S) inscribed ‘Bevday - With Love, and not so long after all, for air to brighten, Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten (p. 50 - Fosterling), cloth backed purple boards, ptd. label, matching slip case. (1) [Brandes & Dukan A50c] €400 - €600 51. With Inscription by the Author Heaney (Seamus) Seeing Things , 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1991, First Edn., inscribed on t.p. “ To Joan and Garret Fitzgerald with the highest regard - Only pure words and deeds secure the house..,” (p. 35) Seamus Heaney July 1991, grey cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. Nice Association Copy. (1) [Brandes & Durkan A50a] €400 - €600 52. Yeats (W.B.) The Tower, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co. Ltd.) 1928, First Edn, decor. green cloth by T.S. Moore (Thoor Ballylee) clean copy; The Words Upon the Window Pane, 8vo, D. (The Cuala Press) 1934, Limited Edn., cloth backed blue boards, ptd. label; Fitzgerald (M.)ed. The Words Upon the Window Pane - Manuscript Materials, 4to Ithaca (Cornell U.P.) 2002, illus., cloth & d.j. (3) [Wade 158, etc.] €325 - €450 53. Co. Kildare: Mayo (Earl of,) & Boulton (W.B.) A History of the Kildare Hunt, roy 8vo Lond. 1913. First Edn., port. frontis & many illus. of past masters paintings of The Hunt, & various properties, t.e.g., uncut in orig. crimson gilt decorated buckram. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) €220 - €350 54. Directory: Pigot & Co. - Directory of Ireland ... and London, etc., thick imp. 8vo [Lond. 1824] Lacks title, & Map of Ireland, in cont. full diced calf, mor. label. As a directory. (1) €120 - €170 55. R.D.S.: - Townsend (Rev. Horatio) Statistical Survey of the County of Cork, with Observations... and by Direction of the Dublin Society. Thick 8vo Dublin 1810. First Edn., in custom made box. Lg. fold. cold. map, uncut, orig. boards, rebacked. V. good. (1) €300 - €400 52 49 53 50 55 51