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

48 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 331. Harry Clarke: Anderson (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, lg. 4to New York (Brentano’s) n.d. [1916] First Edn., decorated hf. title, 16 mounted colour plates and 24 full page bl. & white illus., uncut, orig. decor. grey cloth. A very good copy. (1) €400 - €600 332. With 8 Coloured Plates Harry Clarke: Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 4to L. & New York n.d. Hf. title, mounted cold. frontis & 7 cold. & 24 bl. & white plates, endpapers soiled with cellotape, orig. black cloth & decor. label, & in orig. pict. box. (1) €200 - €300 334. Harry Clarke: Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 4to Lond. 1919. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 23 plts. by Harry Clarke full leather, professional reback, worn. (1) €300 - €400 330. Special Signed Limited Edition Harry Clarke, Illustrator: Anderson (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, Lg. 4to Lond. (George G. Harrap & Co.) 1930. Special Limited Edition No. 46 of 125 Copies Only, Signed by Artist. Decor. hf. title, 16 mounted cold. plates & 26 bl. & white plts., uncut, in full vellum binding with attractive gilt decoration on front cover, spine stained somewhat, in later cloth slipcase. (1) * This was the first of Clarke’s Signed Limited Editions. Good copy. €1500 - €2000 333. Fine Special Signed Limited Edition Harry Clarke : Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Lg. 4to Lond. (George G. Harrap & Co) 1919. Special Deluxe Edition on Handmade Paper, Signed by Artist, & Limited to 170 Copies Only. Twenty four full page black and white illustrations, include. frontis with tissue guards, uncut, unopened, bookplate removed verso of front cover and in full gilt stamped vellum, and now in recently made slipcase. A near fine copy. (1) €2000 - €3000 331 334