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154 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 917. Yeats (W.B.) Essays and Introductions, 8vo L. (Macmillan & Co.) 1961, First Edn., frontis, Ex. Libris George Yeats, cloth & d.j.; Yeats (Mrs. W.B.) Explorations, W.B. Yeats, 8vo, L. (MacMillan & Co.) 1962, First Edn., frontis, Ex. Libris George Yeats, cloth & d.j.; Pearce (D.R.)ed. The Senate Speeches of W.B. Yeats, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1961, First Edn., cloth & d.j. (worn); Bridge (V.) ed. W.B. Yeats and T. Sturge Moore, 8vo, N.Y. (O.U.P.) 1953, First Edn., frontis, cloth; together with five other Yeats related booklets, as a lot, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 918. Limited Edition Signed by Nelson Mandella Mandela (Nelson) & others A Prisoner in the Garden, Opening Nelson Mandela’s Prison Archive, 4to, Capetown (Penguin) 2005, Signed Limited Edn. No. 34 (100) presented to Michael T. McRae, Signed by Nelson Mandela, illus., hf. leathered marble boards, mor. label, matching slipcase. Good copy. (1) €1500 - €2000 919. With a Thumb-Print Hawking (Stephen) Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays. Bantam, L. & N.Y. 1993, First Edn., in d.w., signed by the author with his thumb-print dated 24.07.2004. Name of previous owner top of t.p., else fine copy. Hawking, a leading theoretical physicist, suffered from motor neuron disease for much of his adult life, and eventually lost almost all muscular control. €1000 - €1500 920. Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia, or A History of the Wars in Ireland, 2 vols. in 3, roy 8vo Dublin (Hibernia Press) 1810. Two engd. ports., 18 engd. plts. & maps (mostly fold.) cont. full calf, lg. blind tooled borders. Clean copy. (3) €250 - €350 921. Gwynn (Rev. A.) & Gleeson (D.F.) A History of the Diocese of Killaloe, Vol. I [All Published] D. 1962, d.w.; also Rynne (Etienne)ed. North Munster Studies, 4to Limerick 1967. First Edn., illus. d.w. (2) €80 - €130 922. Petrie (George) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language, 2 vols. lg. 4to Dublin 1872. First Edn., 127 sepia & other plts. (some fold.) orig. photos etc., orig. cloth. Good. (2) €170 - €230 923. Periodical: [Petrie (Geo.) & Otway (Rev. Caesar)] Editors - The Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. IV No. 208, bound in 2 vols., 4 vols. in 2, mostly from original parts, many of the orig. wrappers bound in, 2 vols.ms. folio Dublin June 30th, 1822 - June 25th, 1836. First Edn., profusely illus. thro.-out, now in fine hf. calf, tooled gilt spines with shamrock and harps, mor. labels, by J. Larkins, stamped. As a periodical, w.a.f. A very good set. (2) €200 - €300 924. Carlisle (Nicholas) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Lg. 4to Lond. 1810. First Edn., hf. title, cont. full calf, tooled gilt borders & large gilt armorials in centre of each cover, both loose. (1) €150 - €200 925. Fine Presentation Item Le Brocquy (Louis) The Irish Landscape, (Gandon) D. 1992. Oblong folio grey cloth, titled in silver, black morocco spine, slipcase, 36 full colour reproductions (two folding) of original watercolours by Le Brocquy, Limited edition by the artist, no. 62 of 250 copies specially bound by Kenny’s of Galway. A superb production, one of the finest Irish books of the period. Fine copy. Rare. (1) €250 - €350 926. Keane (Marcus) The Towers and Temples of Ancient Ireland, 4to Dublin 1867. First Edn. Profusely illus., hf. title inscribed by Lord Dunboyne, Christmas 1873, orig. gilt decor. cloth, stained. (1) €160 - €220 918 920 919 & detail