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

128 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 705. With Fine Engraved Plates by Elizabeth Rivers Dolmen Press: Rivers (Elizabeth) Out of Bedlam, 4to D. (Dolmen Press Glenageary) 1956, with text from Christopher Smart. First Edn. Limited NO. 97 (225) red & bl. title & device, 27 fine engd. plts., orig. boards, & decor. d.w. (repaired), in recent cloth slipcase. Scarce. (1) €350 - €500 706. The First Book from Dolmen Press Dolmen Press: Clifford (Sigerson) Travelling Tinkers, sm. 8vo D. 1951. First Edn. Limited to 500 Copies Wd.-cut designs on title & last leaf, orig. td. blue wrappers. V. Rare. Miller 1. (1) €250 - €350 707. O’Flaherty (Liam) Blue Moon Booklets, No. 1 Joseph Conrad, An Appreciation. E. Lahr, L.n.d., blue wrappers, some spotting to text; No. 8 A Cure for Unemployment, E. Lahr, L. 1931, yellow wrappers, signature stamp to prelim. (2) €75 - €125 708. 100 Copies Only, Signed O’Flaherty (Liam) Darkness. A Tragedy in Three Acts, 4to L. (E. Archer) 1926. No. 67 of 100 Copies, Signed, port. frontis, marble paper wrappers. (1) €180 - €250 710. Signed by the Author Heaney (Seamus) Hailstones, 8vo, D. (The Gallery Press) 1984, First Edn., Signed on f.e.p., and dated ‘October 1985’ pd. wrappers. Clean copy. (1) €250 - €320 711. Heaney (Seamus) The Fire i’ the Flint: Reflections on the Poetry of Gerald Manley Hopkins, roy 8vo Lond. 1975. First Edn., Signed by Author; A Personal Selection - Seamus Heaney, August 20 - October 24, 1982, 4to Belfast 1982. First Edn., Signed by Author, November 1992. pict. wrappers; Gravities. A Collection of Poems and Drawings by Seamus Heaney and Noel Connor, oblong roy 8vo Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 1979. First Edn. Signed by Author, March 1992, orig. decor. wrappers; Fennell (Des.) Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - Why Seamus Heaney is No. 1, 4to Dublin1991. First Edn., decor. wrappers; 2 others by Heaney. (6) €200 - €300 712. All Signed by Author Heaney (Seamus) Verses for A Fordham Commencement, folio N. York (Nadja) 1984. Lim. Edn. No. 168 of 226 Copies, Signed by Heaney, uncut, orig. blue wrappers; Heaney & Derek Mahon, In their Element, 4to Belfast 1977, Signed by S. Heaney over his Portrait, illus., silvered wrappers; Heaney, Longley, & David Hammond, Room to Rhyme, 4to Belfast 1968. Sole Edn. Signed by Heaney over his Portrait, & inscribed by D. Hammond, pict. wrappers; The Makings of Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats. 4to Liverpool 1978. First Edn., Signed 22/11/5, green wrappers. Brandes & Durkan: A30c; B29; B4. (4) €300 - €400 706 710 & detail 711 709. The Author’s First Book - Signed Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, 8vo Belfast (Festival Publications) 1966/1967. First Edn. - Third Issue. Signed on Verse of Front Cover, & dated 22-11-85. In orig. green wrappers/boards with herald, drum & trumpet device, on front cover, printed on back cover, the name of printer, & Seamus Deane’s name misspelled as ‘Dean.’ A very good copy. Ex. Scarce - Brandes & Durkan A1c. (1) €1500 - €2000