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63 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 442. [Seamus Heaney] Parker (Michael) Seamus Heaney - The Making of the Poet, 8vo D. 1993. First Edn., Signed by Heaney, wrappers; Heaney & Ted Hughes, eds. The School Bag, Lond. 1997. First Edn., d.w.; O’Driscoll (Dennis) Stepping Stones - Interviews with Seamus Heaney, roy 8vo Lond. 2008. First Edn., pict. d.w.; Foster (T.C.) Seamus Heaney, 8vo D. 1989. First Edn., pict. d.w.; Bloom (H.)ed. Modern Critical Views - Seamus Heaney, N. York 1986. First Edn., pict. d.w.; & 3 other items, Heaney related. (8) €150 - €200 443. Special Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock, 8vo Belfast (The Linen Hall Library) 1990. Special Limited Edition No. 68 of 120 Copies, Signed by Author. Attractive marble at boards & cloth, in orig. matching slipcase. V. good. Brandes & Durkan A48c. (1) €300 - €400 444. Signed & Inscribed Copy of Author’s First Collection Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1966 First Edition - Third Impression. Signed, & inscribed on title page ‘Seamus Heaney “to set the darkness echoing” Oxford, January 1971.’ In blue/green cloth, & v. good orig. cold. d.w. Scarce. (1) €800 - €1200 445. Wilde (W.R.) A Descriptive Catalogue of The Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable Materials in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, 8vo Dublin 1857. First Edn., VI, 642pp., text illus.; bound with, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold..., Dublin 1862, Fist Edn., 100pp., in recent fine hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 446. O’Rorke (T.) The History of Sligo: Town & Country, 2 vols. 8vo Dublin n.d. First Edn., dble page map, & a fold. map frontis, other plts. & text illus., also Kilgannon (Tadgh) Sligo and its Surroundings, sm. 8vo Sligo 1926. First Edn., illus. thro.-out, now in fine uniform full gilt & blind decorated dark mor., & matching slipcase by Sydney Aiken. A v. fine copy. Unusual. (3) €350 - €500 447. Wood-Martin (W.G.) History of Sligo, County and Town, 3 vols. 8vo Dublin 1882- 1892. First Edn., lg. fold. linen backed & other maps, plts. text illus. etc., now in attractive recently bound mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. (3) €350 - €500 447 443 444 442 446