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

144 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 821. [W.B. Yeats] Pine (Richard)ed. Talkiing About Yeats Micheál Mac Liammóir, 8vo, Greece (Darrell) 2021, Limited Edn. No. 71 (100), illus. ptd. wrappers; O’Keeffee (Senator) et al A Selection of the Poetry of William Butler Yeats, 8vo, D. (Mary Plunkett - The Belgrave Private Press) Limited Edn. NO. 72 (400), ptd. wrappers & envelope, Mullaney (Th.) president Lines and Rhymes, 8vo Boyle (Roscommon Herald) c. 1970’s, illus. ptd. wrappers; O’Keeffe (S.) ed. The Second Coming, 8vo Sligo (Yeats Society) 2020, Limited Edn., No. 99 (100), ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €80 - €120 822. Pyle (Hilary) The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations, 4to, D. (IAP) 1994 First, Signed by the author illus., cloth and d.j.; Red Headed Rebel - Susan L. Mitchell, 8vo D. (Woodfield Press) 1998, First, signed, ptd. wrappers; The Sligo LeitrimWorld of Kate Cullen 1832- 1913, 8vo, D. (Woodfield Press) 1997, First, signed by the author, ptd. wrappers, NGI - Jack B. Yeats, oblong 4to, D. 1971, illus. ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €180 - €220 823. Williams (Jeremy) A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland, 1837-1921, sm. folio Dublin 1994. Signed by Author; Givens (J.) Irish Walled Towns, D. 2008; Shaffrey (P. & M.) Irish Countryside Buildings, folio D. 1985; Pearson (P.) Decorative Dublin, folio Dublin 2002; Delaney (B.), Carroll (P.) & Doherty (J.) A Heritage Inventory of E.S.B. Buildings in Ireland, 4to Dublin 2005; & 2 others all with d.w.’s. (7) €150 - €200 824. Fine Irish Bindings: McDonnell (Joseph) & Healy (Patrick) Gold-Tooled Bookbindings Commissioned by Trinity College Dublin in the Eighteenth Century, folio Dublin (Irish Georgian Society) 1987. First Edn., Signed by J. McDonnell; also McDonnell (Joe) Five Hundred Years of the Art of the Book in Ireland, 4to Lond. 1997. First Edn., cold. illus. thro.-out, clothπct. d.w.; and Maddock (Philip) Exquisite & Rare, Bookbindings from the Library of Benjamin Guinness, roy 8vo Dublin 2013 . First Edn., wrappers. All now rare. (3) €160 - €220 825. R.I.A.: Cunningham (Bernadette) ed. Treasures of the Royal Irish Academy Library, 4to Dublin 2009. First Edn.; Meehan (J.) & Clarke (D.)eds. The Royal Dublin Society, 4to Dublin 1981. First Edn.; Killan (John)ed. A History of the Linen Hall Library 1788-1988, roy 8vo Belfast 1990. First Edn, Signed Copy, all illus. d.w.’s, & 2 others on R.D.S. (5) €130 - €180 826. In Fine Contemporary Mexican Binding Manuscript: Castro y Lopez, Certificacion de Armas de los Apellidos de Castro y Lopez, A Manuscript on vellum, folio 17 leaves with embrazoned arms and notarial and official signatures, all within twin double red lines, old calf, the gilt panels decorated with tooled gilt flowers etc., upper cover with inscription, ‘ Soi de D. Francisco Manuel de Castro y Lopez,’ with brass clasps. As a m/ss & binding, w.a.f. (1) €400 - €600 827. In Fine Contemporary Binding Somerset: Collinson (Rev. John) The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, 3 vols. lg. thick 4to Bath (R. Crutwell) 1791. Lg. fold. engd. map, 40 engd. plts. & plans, list of subscribers, occasional spotting, richly gilt cont. straight grained crimson mor., with multiple wide borders flat spines, finely gilt tooled in panels, mor. labels tooled, one clipped. (3) * The Charles Acton Copy from Westacton, with bookplate. €400 - €600 828. Signed by Seamus Heany et al Heaney (Seamus) & Flanagan (Th.) Seamus Heaney Poems and A Memoir, folio, N.Y. (Limited Editions Club) 1982, signed Limited Edition 644 (2000) copies, full leather blind Ogham design to front cover, matching slipcase. (1) €500 - €600 829. Signed by Author and Illustrator Joyce (James) & Matisse (Henri) illus. Ulysses, folio, N.Y. (The Limited Editions Club) 1935, Signed by both. Limited Edn. No. 787 of (1500), illus. throughout, 6 plts. of soft ground etchings by Matisse, 20 lithographic reproduction of the Artist’s preliminary drawings (printed on blue and white paper), rebound hf. green leather, cloth boards, gilt lettered and decor spine. Good copy. [Slocum & Cahoon A22]. (1) €4000 - €6000