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

94 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 812. [Cuala Press] a collection of attractive hand coloured Prints, depicting various nativity scenes by Beatrice Gleneavy, Jack B. Yeats and Others, with text by S.L. Mitchell, and Padraic Colum, as a lot. (1) €150 - €200 813. [Cuala Press] A collection of hand coloured Prints, including * The Fairy Hill, ; * Let Us Sing and Dance, (D. Blackham illus.); * The Boatman of Kinsale, as a lot. (4) €80 - €120 814. Maurice MacGonigal, PRHA (1900-1979) “Study for the National Ballet Poster,” watercolour, approx. 15cms x 7cms (6” x 2¾”), signed, mounted and framed. (1) Provenance: Jorgenson Fine Art (purchased 2006) €500 - €700 815. Photograph: The O’Mahony, Grange Con, Fine full length photograph of The O’Mahony dressed in full Celtic Revival costume wearing silver Tara brooch and holding an Irish wolfhound, approx. 23cms x 18cms (9” x 7”), framed. (1) €200 - €300 816. Irish Juvenalia: King (Marion) Cait agus Col, lg. atlas folio Dublin (Oifig an tSolathair) First Edn., illus. title & thro.-out, & lg. dble page cold. spread, cold. pict. boards, good. V. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 817. Children’s Interest: Joyce (William) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, oblong 4to, N.Y. 2012, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j., also a Signed Poster (framed.) (2) €70 - €90 818. Children’s Interest: Riddel (C.)illus. Lewis Carroll’s Alices Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 2 vols. L. 2020-2021, and The Hunting of the Snark, L. 2016, all Signed by the Artist, illus. cloth and d.j.; together with framed illustrations. (6) €200 - €300 819. Children’s Interest: Moore (C.C.) Twas the Night Before Christmas, oblong 4to, L. 2021, Signed, illustrated, cloth & d.j.,; together with a coloured Print Signed by the artist P.J. Lynch (framed). (2) €70 - €90 820. Sir Walter Scott Authorises payment of a Bill for Illustrations Manuscript: Scott (Sir W.) Note written and signed by Sir Walter Scott, dated at Abbotsford, 2 October 1830, authorising Robert Cadell, (bookseller and publisher) to pay £20 to Alexander Nasmyth Esq, (1758-1840) artist. * Nasmyth frequently illustrated Scott’s works; this bill may be for his contributions to the new 48-volume edition of the Waverley Novels, begun in 1829 and published by Robert Cadell. Good clear signature. Nice Association item. (1) €250 - €350 821. Letter from a famous Victorian Novelist [Wilkie Collins (1824-1889)] best known for his mystery novel "The Woman in White" and pioneering detective novel "The Moonstone". Written on board SS Algeria at Queenstown, bound for New York, 14 Sept 1873. Collins praises the comfort of his berth, which he shares with Dr Douglas (a brother of the artist Jessica Douglas), “a charming man – cultivated and kind”. He encloses two cheques with which “Caroline” (one of his two common- law wives) is to pay bills. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 812 821 814 820 815