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

131 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 723. Poet’s First Published Collection Longley (Michael) Ten Poems, Queen’s University of Belfast Festival Publications. First Edn. [1965] In white, with black title etc. & point purple sun device. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 724. Newry Poet: Guinan (Joseph Conway) Lyrics of Loveliness, 4to Newry n.d.; also Love Lyrics and Songs; Prize Poems and other Lyrics, A Supplement to Twelve Lyrics; and A Poet of Newry’s Past, 8vo Newry 1992. Also loosely inserted an original Photograph of Author, various items Signed, including the photograph. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 725. Rowley (Richard) (Ulster poet) Manuscript Poem, 1pp, headed ‘ A Grateful Patient to his Doctor’ , beginning ‘I was always fond o’my drink / Ever since life began ...’, and a small collection of other Irish items, including a card from M. Ffrench-Mullen appealing for help for St. Ultan’s Children’s Hospital, a letter from Lynn Doyle giving permission for an adaptation, etc., apparently all sent to Dr. C.E. Warner. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €60 - €80 726. Important Belfast Court Case: Echo of Belfast Disturbances, Libel Action, Mc Cashin, M’Cotter, (Catholic Priests) & Mc Donnell V. W. & G. Baird (Belfast Evening Telegraph) A roy 8vo Album with 60pp. approx. of news cuttings from Irish News, covering the entire nine days of the 1st Trial, 15-27 January 1913, cloth bound. A neat compilation covering this famous trial. As a scrap album, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 727. O’Casey Himself Solves the Mystery! O’Casey (Sean) A Letter dated 27th April 1958 from Sean O’Casey to the architect Frank Gibney (1905 - 1978) explaining how his name on the title page of his little ‘Story of the Irish Citizen Army,’ published in 1919, is given as P. rather than S. O’Cathasaigh. Many had assumed that this was a pseudonym to protect O’Casey’s identity in troubled times; here he reveals that it was a simple misprint - the printers never sent him the proofs of the title-page! He concludes: “All good wishes to your work in giving Ireland more and symmetrical streets and aspects. A copy of his “Story of the Irish Citizen Army” included. The letter is addressed from Torquay, Devon. As a m/ ss, w.a.f. (2) €600 - €800 728 – 734: See pages 132, 133 & 134 735. 19th Century Irish School Original Pen & Ink Sketch - Geology in Tipperary, Astonished Milesians - Preserving Naturalist - Exhausted Satellites with sweet little specimens., approx. 11cms x 17.5cms, c. 1840, framed. (1) €120 - €180 736. Charles Lanyon, Architect, Belfast 1842 Original Drawing: Sketch of Church lately erected at Lisburn, Co. Antrim, pen and ink, approx. 27cms x 31cms Signed and dated, 1842. Framed. (1) * Some of Lanyon’s first work can be viewed at Queen’s University, Belfast. €350 - €500 727 735