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

125 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 683. “ Cast a Cold Eye on Life and Death, Horsemen Pass By” W.B. Yeats Prayer Missal [Yeats (W.B.)] The Missal for Sundays and Principal Feast of the Year, 8vo, Belgium 1934, illus. frontis, Signed with initials on f.e.p. “W.B.Y.” (William Butler Yeats), worn leather covered boards. Nice Association Copy. (1) Provenance: Formerly in the Collection of Miss Anne Yeats (Daughter of William Butler Yeats.) €800 - €1200 684. Limited to 95 Copies [Yeats (W.B.)] O’Connor (Frank) A Gambler’s Throw. Memories of W.B. Yeats, roy 8vo Edinburgh (The Tragara Press) 1975 Lim. Edn. No. 28 of 95 Copies, port. frontis after Augustus John, uncut, brown wrappers with paper label. V. Scarce. (1) €130 - €200 685. Fine Colour Printed Booklet : Croft (Marian) illustrator Gems from Ireland, A Selection of Poems. Oblong 8vo Published L. n.d. (c. 1880) by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, Printed in Germany, 12pp. All illustrated, with Irish scenery in colour, & orig. cold. printed & decorated wrappers, v. good. V. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 686. With Illustrations by Harry Clarke [John Jameson & Son Ltd.] Origin of John Jameson Whiskey... containing some interesting observations thereon together with the Causes of its Present Scarcity, 8vo, D. & L. (Maunsel & Roberts Limited) 1924, First Edn., illustrated throughout by Harry Clarke, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1) €500 - €700 687. Illustrations by Harry Clarke Jameson (John) Publisher. Origin of John Jameson Whiskey, Containing Some Interesting Observations thereon. With Illustrations by Harry Clarke. 8vo Dublin n.d. [c. 1930] With illus. & cold. illus., green paper cover with paper label. V. Scarce variant. (1) €400 - €600 688. ‘To Great Brewers Everywhere’ BINDING. Keane (John B.) Letters of an Irish Publican. Mercier, D. & C.; C. 1974. First Edn., Dedicated ‘To Robert Howick and to Great Brewers Everywhere’. ROBERT HOWICK’S COPY (the dedicatee), specially bound in full pigskin with his embossed portrait on upper cover over his name in gilt, spine with gilt title, raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt, a.e.g. Upper cover a bit rubbed but a most attractive copy. Robert (Bobby) Howick (1924-94) was Director of Guinness Group Sales Ireland, and a legend in the trade for hospitality and good humour. A fine association item. The binding is unsigned, but probably Irish. (1) €80 - €120 689. Dun Emer Press: A collection of original printed Prospectuses for the Press, including the Second one issued, dated August 1904, single page (fold-over sheet), also issues dated, May 1907, October 1907, May 1908, November 1908, May 1909, & July 1910 & 2 other fold-over 8vo sheets, no dates. Together 9 items, v. good. Ex. Scarce. As ephemera, w.a.f. (9) €200 - €300 683 & detail 688 686 689 687