Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS SALE 6th & 7th, December 2022

118 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 656. With Original Manuscript Poem Russell (George) , ‘A.E.’ Homeward Songs by the Way, D., Whaley, 1894, orig. paper covers (binding shaken), First Edn., (precedes the London Edition), with ‘correct version’ of the poem on p. 20 inscribed on prelim. in Russell’s hand, Signed. (1) €250 - €350 657. Prospects for the Convention, 1917 Russell (George, ‘A.E.’). Two good A.L.S. to C.E. Warner Esq., each 2pp (single sheet) on headed Irish Homestead paper, 15 May 1916 and 19 July 1917, the first with a full signature, the second Signed at side A.E. The first letter, about a month after the Rising, declines an offer of help. ‘Our publishing office was burned but I am glad to think the actual loss to the Homestead will be small. We had to stop the paper for a fortnight because the streets were dangerous .. snipers got on the roofs and the military shot at them naturally but actually the bullets just as often went into unoffending windows ..’ The second, on 19 July 1917, ‘I am not very hopeful about the Convention, but my conscience would not allow me to remain out if there was a chance .. for agreement .. What we meet to discuss I think is what powers a self governing Ireland ought to have and what concessions to Ulster opinion will bring Ulster in .. The Sinn Feiners are not so mad as the papers would make out ..’ (2) €600 - €800 658. From the Library of Lady Gregory [Gregory (Lady Augusta)] A Phantom’s Pilgrimage or Home Ruin , 16mo L. (W. Ridgeway) 1893. Sole Edn., 18pp orig. black printed pictorial blue wrappers. An exquisite copy, of legendary rarity. A satire on the LandWar & the proposed Home Rule Bill, and although it was published anonymously, it is thought it was withdrawn from circulation because the family felt it might be politically damaging. It was written the year after her husband Sir W. Gregory had died. No copy listed by Black. (1) Provenance: From the collection of Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, ‘Nu’ the grand- daughter of Lady Gregory. Her father Robert, was the subject of W.B. Yeats’s poem, “An Irish Airman Forsees His Death.” €600 - €800 659. Gregory (Lady Augusta). A worn copy of her Biography of Hugh Lane, 1921, inscribed on f.e.p. to [Fred] Harris – ‘You may remember that it was under your roof that I made the decision to write this book, two years ago – and it is again at Derreen that I write your name in it and offer it to you .. Sept. 16 1921’. With two ALS on her Coole Park notepaper laid in, August 21 (probably 1919), 3 pp (two sheets), accepting an offer of hospitality at his home in Sandycove, Dublin, and Aug. 30 (1919) thanking him for same. ‘You were very kind to me & made everything so easy & pleasant – the sight of the good houses at the Abbey was also a delight - & I feel that we are on the upward road ..’ With one postally used envelope addressed in Lady Gregory’s hand. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €400 - €600 660. Robinson (Lennox). ALS, 1 pp, on headed Abbey Theatre Notepaper, 18 June 1927, to A.E. Warner of Newcastle, Co. Down. ‘ The Abbey Theatre has not got a “small company of amateurs which tries out first plays ”’, perhaps he is thinking of the Dublin Drama League, if he sends his play, it will be considered by the Reading Committee. With a good signature. With associated envelope. (1) €100 - €150 661. Yeats (Jack B.). An early and attractive colour printed Christmas Card, dated Xmas 1903, showing a robin and a child at a half-door, sent by Prionsíos Ó Fathaigh (the actor Frank J. Fay) to his friend Donal O’Connor, circa 3 ins x 4 ins, folded card with insert printed in Irish and English, bound with a red ribbon, printed by Mac Siúbhlaigh [Walker] of Dublin; with a second colour printed card dated 1902, also by Mac Siúbhlaigh but not by Yeats. (2) €100 - €150 656 657 660 659