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

62 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 434. Signed Copy of Author’s Second Collection Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1969. First Edn., Signed & Dated November 1992, black cloth, v. clean orig. d.w.; Selected Poems 1965-1975, Lond. 1980. First Edn. blue boards,πct. d.w. with portrait by author; The Redress of Poetry - Oxford Lectures, 8vo Lond. 995. First Edn., boards vig. pict. d.w.; District and Circle, Lond. 2006. First Edn., boards vig. cold. d.w.; Human Chain, 8vo Lond. 2010. First Edn., red boards, cold. d.w. All First Edns. All v. fine. Brandes & Durkan: A5; A26; A61. (5) €400 - €600 435. Knox (Hubert Thos.) The History of the County of Mayo, roy 8vo Dublin 1908. First Edn., frontis, port. & 3 fold. maps, orig. gilt decor. buckram. (1) €200 - €300 436. Ancient Irish Histories: The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrough, 2 vols. roy 8vo Dublin (Hibernia Press) 1809. List of subscribers, 1 engd. dedit, cont. hf. calf. (2) €160 - €220 437. Letters on The Great Famine Campbell Foster (Thos.) Letters on the Condition of The People of Ireland, thick 8vo Lond. 1847. Second Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. map, orig. green cloth. Good. (1) €150 - €200 438. Architecture: Ferguson (James) The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture, Lond. 1859. Second Edn., illus. cont. hf. mor.; Rickman (Thos.) An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England, Lond. 1881, illus. cloth. Good. (3) €100 - €150 439. With Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, roy 8vo Dublin (Maunsel & Co.) 1906. First Edn., First Issue hf. title, frontis & 11 full plts. by Jack B. Yeats, uncut, orig. gilt lettered blue cloth. V. good copy. (1) * Extremely scarce with 1906 printed on title. €600 - €800 440. Inscribed Presentation Copy Shaw Mason (Wm.) A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland, 3 vols. thick 8vo Dublin 1814-1819. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, & 39 engd. plates & maps (several fold.) index in Vol. I supplied in zerox, recent mor. backed boards, raised band, gilt spines with mor. labels, in slipcase. (3) * Vol. I pres. copy to Thomas Thompson Esq., & Vol. III pres. copy to Charles De Vignals. V. good set. €800 - €1200 441. Scarce Irish Printing: Gineoga Fileata, Duan-leabhrán Bhearsaiochta na Gaeilge. Dublin (Scoil Clodoireachta agus Leabhar- Obair) 1960 Sole Edition. Title printed black, red and green,hf. title, 48pp attractive cloth backed boards. Only v. few printed. (1) * Contains poems by P.H. Pearse, Piaras Beaslaí, Tadgh O’Donnchadha, Brian naBanban, Dubhglas de h-Ide, Torna, Mairtin O’Direann, & many others. Rare. (1) €200 - €300 434 440 438 439