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

164 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1016. Signed Limited Edition of 50 Copies Pound (Ezra) Cavalcanti Poems, folio, L. (Faber & Faber) 1966, signed Limited Edn., No. 123 (165) [Numbers 116-165 reserved for Great Britain] uncut, vellum backed cream boards matching grey slipcase. Scace. [Gallop A86a]. (1) €800 - €1000 1017. Signed by the Artist Childers (E.)ed. The Riddle of the Sands, A Record of Secret Service recently Achieved, folio, Massachusetts (Imprint Society) 1971, signed by the illustrator John O’Connor, hf. calf marble boards, gilt lettered spine. Good copy. (1) €120 - €180 1018. One of 50 Copies Signed Tucker (Alan) comp. Poem for Alan Hancox, sm. folio Herefordshire (The Whittington Press) 1993, Signed Limited Edn., No. 18 (50) copies, signed by all contributors (19 in total) together with a separate proof of title page engraving signed by Miriam Mac Gregor, leather backed handmade paper boards, gilt lettered spine, matching slip case. Good copy. (1) €500 - €700 1019. Signed by the Artist Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, lg. 8vo, N.Y. (The Arbor Press) 1937, illustrated by Zhenya Gay, Limited Edn. 1253 (1500) copies, signed by the artist, attractive unusual full leather depicting prison cell window, in matching red slipcase. (1) €120 - €180 1020. A Gift from a Presidential Consort Robinson (Nicholas K.) Edmund Burke, a Life in Caricature. Yale 1996, qto, d.w., slipcase, profusely illustrated in colour, presentation copy inscribed on t.p. ‘with love, Nick’. Husband of Mary Robinson, President of Ireland 1990-1997. (1) €80 - €120 1021. Signed by Author and Illustrator Jones (Terry) & Foreman (M.) illus. Fantastic Stories, L. (Pavillion) 1992, 4to illustrated, Signed by both, red cloth, decor. d.j.; Medieval Lives, 4to L. (BBC Books), Signed illus. and d.j. Clean copies. (2) €150 - €200 1022. 30th Anniversary Edition Van Allsburg (Chris) Jumanji - 30th Anniversary Edition, oblong 4to, Boston & N.Y. (Houghton Mifflin) 2011, Signed, illustrated; together with C.D. read by Robin Williams, red cloth silver lettering, decor. d.j. (2) €80 - €120 1023. Signed Anniversary Edition Van Allsburg (Chris) The Polar Express, oblong 4to N.Y. (Houghton Mifflin) 2005, Signed 20th Anniversary Edition, illus.; together with C.D. read by Liam Neeson, maroon cloth and matching slipcase. (2) €80 - €120 1024. All Signed by the Author Julia Donaldson Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo’s Child, 4to, L. (MacMillan) 2008, signed by the author and illustrator (Axel Scheffler) with sketch, illus., blue decor. cloth, matching slipcase; Tabby McTat, 4to L. 2010, illus. signed, ptd. wrappers; Stick Man, 4to L. 2009, illus., signed, ptd. wrappers; The Snail and The Whale, 4to, L. 2003, illus., signed, ptd. wrappers; The Highway Rat, 4to, L. 2011, illus., signed, ptd. wrappers; Room on the Broom and other Songs, 4to L. 2006, illus. ( & C.D.) signed, ptd. wrappers; Superworm, 4to, L. 2012, illus, signed, ptd. wrappers, The Scarecrows Wedding, 4to L. 2014, illus., signed, hardback, cloth and d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (a lot) €200 - €300 1025. McCormack (John) John McCormack His Own Life Story, transcribed by Pierre V.R. Kay, 8vo Boston 1918. First Edn., illus. cloth stained; also Strong (L.A.G.) John McCormack The Story of a Singer, L. 1941 First Edn.,; Foxall (R.) John Mc Cormack, Lond. 1963; 7 others on Mc Cormack with newscuttings etc. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €160 - €220 1026. Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Dublin 1801. Second Edn., 9 fold. maps & plans (ex. 10), recent calf backed boards, mor. labels. (2) €180 - €240 1018 1022 1023 1024 1026