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

139 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 772. Joyce (James) Ulysses, 2 vols. Hamburg (Odyssey Press) 1935, Third, ptd. wrappers, red text. Good copy. Provenance: Ex. Libris Alfred Tennant Cowie, renowned Joycean collector. €150 - €200 773. Suas le Poblacht na h-Éirinn! [Barton, Robert] Dardis (Patrick G.) , The Occupation of Land in Ireland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. Maunsel 1920, boards, parchment spine. Robert Barton’s copy, inscribed by him in Gaelic letters on f.f.e.p., ‘Riobard Bartún/ Portland Príosún / Sassana / Mí Samhna 22adh 1920 / Suas le Poblacht na h- Éirinn!’ A superb association copy. Robert Barton, from Glendalough House in Co. Wicklow, was a cousin of Erskine Childers. In 1914 he joined the British army and served in France, where his younger brother was killed on the Somme. In Easter Week 1916 he was posted to Dublin, where he was impressed by the dignity of the rebels and appalled by the executions. He resigned his commission, and in 1918 was elected a Sinn Fein MP. He was the Dail’s first Minister for Agriculture, and set up a National Land Bank. In 1919 he was arrested for making seditious speeches. He escaped, but was recaptured in 1920 and sentenced to three years in Portland Prison, where he was ill-treated. He was released in July 1921, with Arthur Griffith, to help with truce negotiations. He was a member of the Treaty delegation, and was the last to agree to sign. He later regretted his decision and took the anti- treaty side. He lost his Dail seat in 1923 and withdrew from politics. He later became chairman of the Agricultural Credit Corporation and of Bord na Mona. He died in 1975. (1) €500 - €700 774. ‘A Healthy, Manly, Moral Tone’ Ó Leannin (M.) [title page] or O’Leannain (M.) [wrapper] . ’Gainst Satan’s Fangs, or the Adventures of Ciaran Ryan. D: Whelan 1918, blue cloth in orig. printed brown wrapper, VG. An elaborate story concerning a Masonic plot to overthrow a Catholic government in South America. ‘From the moment our boy-hero is introduced to the reader, under dramatic circumstances on the hurling field .. to the happy ending of his thrilling and amazingly adventurous career, the interest never flags .. A healthy, manly, moral tone pervades the whole story.’ A very rare item. Not found in COPAC; WORLDCAT records only the NLI Copy. (1) €100 - €150 775. For Todd Andrews, Who Did Robinson (Lennox). Dark Days D. & L. 1918, sm qto, rebound in buckram with title label, orig. wrappers bound in, inscribed on t.p. ‘For Todd Andrews who did : from Lennox Robinson who didn’t / November 1954’. Four short pieces, written 1915/1916, expressing Robinson’s sympathy for the Sinn Fein rebels in spite of his Protestant background. Inscribed almost 40 years later to Todd Andrews, who did indeed fight for Ireland, as described in his memoirs. Andrews was interned during the Civil War, but graduated in commerce, and later became head of Bord na Mona, CIE and other public bodies. He was a member of the Arts Council, which may have brought him in contact with Robinson, playwright and Abbey Theatre manager. An attractive and evocative dedication. (1) €180 - €220 776. Beckett (Samuel) In Attendant Godot, Piece an Deux Actes, 8vo, Paris (Les Editions de Minuit) 1952, First Edn., (First Printing of the Most Influential Play of the Twentieth Century) partially unopened (some annotations and notes, possible corrections) ptd. wrappers blue and black text. Otherwise good copy. (1) €400 - €600 777. Fine Collection of the Author’sWork Broderick (John) The Pilgrimage, Lond. 1961; plus, Le Pelerinage Paris 1961. First French Edn., paperback; The Fugitives, L. 1962; Don Juaneen, Lond. 1963; The Waking of Willie Ryan, Lond. 1965; An Apology for Roses, Lond. 1973; Cite Pleine de Reves... Or! What a Beautiful City, Paris 1974, with long manuscript presentation note from author to Michael Mac Liammoir, Signed; The Pride of Summer, Lond. 1976; London Irish, Lond. 1979, with Signed Presentation to Noel Heavey; The Trial of Father Dillingham, Lond. 1982; A Prayer for Fair Weather,I Lond. 1984; I The Rose Tree,I Lond. 1985; I The Flood,I Lond. 1987; The Irish Magdalen Lond. 1991. All First Edns in orig. dust wrappers; plus Kingston (Madeline) Something in the head, The Life andWork of John Broderick. Dublin 2004. Signed copy. Together 15 vols. (15) €300 - €400 778. Heaney (Seamus) & Hughes (Ted.) The School Rag, thick 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1997, Signed Limited Edition NO. 228 (300) copies, cloth backed yellow boards, matching slipcase. Good copy. (1) €350 - €450 779. His Dark Materials Trilogy Pullman (Philip) His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights, 8vo L. (Scholastic) 1995, First, (with ‘Point’ on jacket spine, price 12.99, on front flap, and 7.9 Pratt Street on back flap) signature loosely inserted, maroon cloth and d.j. designed by David Scutt, Ex. Libris Copy; The Subtle Knife, 8vo, L. (Scholatic Press) 1997, First, signature loosely inserted, original green pictorial cloth with knife on front cover, d.j. designed by David Scutt; The Amber Spyglass, 8vo L. (Scholastic) 2000, First, Signed on t.p., black cloth, gitl text, d.j., designed by David Scutt; together with three promotional “Little Reads” of early chapters from the trilogy (unsigned), as a collection. (1) €1000 - €1500 779