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12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 34. Yeats (W.B.) Per Amica Silentia Luna, Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1918. First Edn., frontis leaf with ‘Works,’ hf. title, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth after Sturge Moore, somewhat faded; also The Wild Swans at Coole, London (MacMillan & Co.) 1919. First Edn., frontis leaf with ‘Works,’ hf. title, 114pp. plus final ‘Note,’ orig. gilt decor. blue cloth by Sturge Moore, spine faded; and The Cutting of the Agate, 8vo London (MacMillan & Co.) 1919. First Edn., hf. title, 223pp., orig. full blue mor. with gilt design after T. Sturge Moore, sim. gilt spine. Wade 120, 125 & 126. (3) €325‑€450 35. Yeats (W.B.) Poems 1899-1905, and Poems-Second Series, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (A.H. Bullen) & Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1906 & 1909. First Edns. Both with frontis leaf ‘By the Same Writer,’ 2 hf. titles, Vol. II, with port. frontis Vol. I XV, [280] pp., Vol. II, VII, [163]pp., orig. full blue cloth, matching tooled gilt spines, Vol. I somewhat stained. Wade 64, 83. (2) €300 - €400 36. Yeats (W.B.) Four Plays for Dancers, 4to Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1921. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 6 other text illus., 138pp plus advert. leaf cont. cloth backed, with decor. front board by T.S.M., paper label on spine. Good. *Edition consisted of 1500 Copies. Wade 129; also The Tower, 8vo Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1928. First Edn., hf. title, orig. decor. cloth, stained. Wade 158; and Hone (J.M.) William Butler Yeats, The Poet in Contemporary Ireland, 8vo D. (Maunsel) n.d. Inscribed on front loose blank, ‘ With love from Lily Yeats Xmas 1915,’ Orig. cloth. (3) €180 - €250 37. Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, 4to Lond. (Hodder and Stroughton) 1900. First Edn., hf. title & 57pp [3]. Uncut, publishers dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt rose decor. etc., on front cover, & gilt lettered spine, some v. slight stains. A v. good copy. Wade 30. (1) €300 - €400 38. Curtis (Ed.) A History of Ireland, L. 1950. Signed by Séan McEntee, Denis Ireland, Gerald Boland, Mark Killilae, D.P. Waldron, & 6 others, & Strasburg 6th Dec. 1951; MacDonagh (Michael) Teh Viceroys Post- Bag, Lond. 1904. Inscribed Pres. Copy ‘To J.W. Mc Nerney ... Michael Mac Donagh, London 1934 ,’ cloth. (2) €80 - €120 39. Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the Change in Religious Opinion now taking place in Dingle, and the West of the County of Kerry, Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1846. First Edn., Fold. map frontis & 4 plts. orig. cloth., V. clean copy. Scarce. (1) €250 - €350 40. Medical interest: Abercrombie (John) M.D. Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Stomach, the Intestinal Canal, the Liver and other Viscera of the Abdomen, 8vo Edinburgh (Waugh & Innes) 1828, First Edn., hf. title, hf. calf, marbled boards, mor. label; Kerrison (Rob.) The Elements of Physiology: ... Functions of the Human Body, Lond. 1807, Second Edn., boards; Paris (J.A.) A Treatise on Diet, 8vo Lond. 1827, Second Edn., boards; & 2 others leather bound. As a lot. (5) €150 - €220 34 35 40 37 36 38 & setail