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13 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 41. O’Brien (E.) & Fouenier (Ed.)ed. Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, 8vo, D. (The Black Cat Press) 1992, Limited Edn., No. 78 (130) copies, inscribed by the editor, cloth, in matching slipcase. (1) €180 - €220 42. Irish Poetry: Kennelly (Brendan) New and Selected Poems, Gallery Press 1976. Signed; Cromwell - A Poem, Beaver Row Press 1983; Breathing Spaces - Early Poems, Bloodaxe Books 1992. Signed, d.w.; The Singing Tree, Abbey Press 1998. Signed Lim. dn. No. 95 of 500 Copies, cold. frontis, d.w.; & 2 volumes of poetry by Michael Hartnett. (6) €100 - €150 43. Poetry: Kinsella (Thomas) Butcher’s Dozen, 8vo Dublin (Peppercanister I) 1972. Lim. Edn. No. 21 of 125 Copies, Signed; A Selected Life, sm. folio Dublin (Peppercanister II) 1972, Lim. Edn. No. 23 of 150 Copies, Signed, both orig. mor. backed boards; & 2 others same author, paperbacks. (4) €200 - €300 44. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats [J.B. Yeats] Borthwick (Norma) Ceachta Beaga Gaedhilge - Irish Reading Lessons, In 3 Books [Parts] 8vo Dublin, 1913, 1902, 1902. Parts II & III, First Edns. Each with quaint bl. & white illus. by Jack B. Yeats, & each in orig. blue wrappers, & now in modern cloth folder. V. Scarce. (3) €200 ‑ €300 45. Caird (James) The Plantation Scheme; or The West of Ireland as A Field for Investment, 8vo Edin. & L. 1850. First Edn., Dble. page map frontis partly coloured, recent cloth. Clean copy. (1) €180 - €260 46. Birmingham (Thos.) of Kilconnel, Co. Galway, The Social State of Great Britain and Ireland Considered, with Regard to the Labouring Population, etc., roy 8vo Lond. 1835. First Edn., fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, uncut, recent calf backed boards, mor. label. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 41 44 47. Marshall (John) The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces,5 vols roy 8vo Philadelphia (C.P. Wayne) 1804-1807. First Edition, engd. port. frontis Vol. I (spotted), lacking maps, or plate volume. Uncut, original boards, recent paper re-back, with orig. paper labels laid down. V. good copy. (5) €450 - €750 42 43