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41 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 268. House of Lords: State of Ireland, Minutes of Evidence. Taken before Select Committee of the House of Lords Appointed to examine into .. Disturbances .. which are subject to the Provisions of the Insurrection Act... 18th May - 23 June, 1824. Folio Lond. 1825; also First [and Second] Report of the Select Committee on the State of Ireland, 1825. 2 vols. folio Lond. 23 March 1825, & 30the June 1825. All uniform cont. hf. calf, with armorials on spine. (3) €160 - €220 269. Collection of Books from the Yeats Family Bradford (Curtis), editor. W.B. Yeats. The Writing of The Player Queen . Northern Illinois Univ. Press 1977, tall 8vo in d.w. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with book label; Sidnell, Mayhew, Clark, editors. Druid Craft. The Writing of [W.B.Yeats’] The Shadowy Waters. Dolmen Press, Dublin 1972, tall 8vo in d.w. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with book label; Yeats (William Butler). A Tower of Black Polished Stones. The early versions of The Shadowy Waters. With illustrations by Leonard Baskin & drawings by the poet. Arr. & ed. Clark & Mayhew. Dolmen Press 1971. Dolmen Editions XI, one of 1250 copies. Tall 8vo in d.w. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with book label; Miller (Liam). The Noble Drama of W.B. Yeats. Dolmen Press 1977. Tall 8vo in d.w., profusely illus. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with book label; Yeats (William Butler). The Speckled Bird. With variant versions annot. & ed. by William H. O’Donnell. McClelland & Stewart 1976, d.w. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with book label; Hone (Joseph). W.B. Yeats 1865- 1939. L. 1962, second ed., d.w. From the library of George Yeats, with book label; Parkinson (Thomas). W.B. Yeats, the later Poetry. U. of California Press 1964, d.w. From the library of George Yeats, with book label, inscribed to her ‘with love and gratitude’ by the author; Yeats (William Butler). John Sherman & Dhoya, ed. Richard J. Finneran. Detroit 1969, d.w. From the library of Michael & Gráinne Yeats, with booklabel, inscribed ‘with many thanks’ by author; Evans (Richard B.) Yeats Songs. Three Songs for Male Voice. Words by William Butler Yeats. No printer, 1994, qto wrs, 12 pp printed music. From the library of Michael and Gráinne Yeats, with a TLS from the composer laid in. [The cassette tape mentioned in the letter is not present]; Yeats (William Butler). Collected Poems. L. 1937 (reprint), cloth (worn & stained). Valda Boydell’s copy (sister of the composer Brian Boydell), with her signature, extensively annotated in her neat hand with notes on the poems; Arnold (Bruce). Jack Yeats. Yale 1998, First Edn., qto cl. in d.w., profusely illus., fine copy; Waddington (Theo & Vivienne) , eds. Jack B. Yeats Amongst Friends (catalogue of an exhibition). Qto card, 2004, profusely illus., fine copy; Ní Chriagáin (Máirín). Sean-Eoin. D. 1974 (reprint), d.w., col. & monochrome illus. by Jack B. Yeats (some tipped in). From the library of Anne Yeats (daughter of WBY), with book label; Anne Yeats [1919-2001], WBY and George’s elder child, was a painter and designer, and manager of the Cuala Press until the late 1960s after the death of her aunts Elizabeth and Lily and her mother. As a lot, w.a.f. €300 - €400 270. Fine Reprints: Malton (James) Dublin Views, oblong folio Dublin (Dolmen Press) 1981. Cold. plts. etc., now in fine hf. green mor. Signed by Binders, Paddy Kavanagh & Colin Moran, slipcase; Harbison (Peter)ed. Beranger’s Drawings of the Principal Antique Buildings in Ireland, sm. oblong folio Dublin 1998. Lim. Edn. No. 17 of 50 Copies, Signed by Editor, cold. illus. cloth & slipcase; Laffan (Wm.)ed. The Cries of Dublin etc. Drawn .. by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1760, folio Dublin 2003, illus., cloth & d.w. V. good. (3) €120 - €170 271. Athlone interest: Archer (B.), Durnery (T.), Meehan (B.) & others, Athlone Expansion Study, folio Dublin 1970, fold. maps & plans; Carvill (Louis) Athlone Urban District Council - Town Planning Report Sketch Development Plan, folio Dublin 1946; Lough Ree Integrated Plan, Report of Survey, Prepared by F. Meagher, Roscommon 1987, maps etc.; Whither Athlone? A Seminar on the Future of Athlone, folio Athlone 1991, illus. etc. all typescripts, & uniform red cloth; also Athlone Community Taskforce 2001 - 2006 Strategic Plan, folio July 2000. As a coll., w.a.f. (5) €200 - €300 272. Canals in Ireland: The Second Report of the Commissioners... to inquire and examine the Claims of the Creditors of the Royal Canal Company, in Ireland... Folio Lond. 4 July 1815, cloth; Grand Canal, Ireland, House of Commons Reports, 1830, folio recent hf. calf; Final Report of the Canals and Inland Navigations of Ireland, folio Lond. 1911, recent hf. calf; & 1 other sim. As a lot, w.a.f. (4) €180 - €250 273. Both Presentation Copies Russell (Rev. M.) Rose Kavanagh and her Verses, sm. 4to Dublin 1909. First Edn., hf. title, orig. cloth. Inscribed on front f.e.p. ‘Elinor O’Brien from one who stayed with Rose Kavanagh at Ardanoir,’ Inscription by W. Stockley, Irish academic and politician; Elinor was Elinor O’Brien 1918-2017, later Elinor Wiltshire, photographer, etc; also Tynan (Katherine) Twilight Songs, 8vo Oxford 1927. First Edn., unopened, orig. decor. boards,spine lacking. Inscribed on hf. title, ‘To my dear Mrs.Gwyn with love from Katherine Tynan, Christmas 1929.’Mrs. Gwynn was also an O’Brien. (2) €160 - €220 270 271 272