RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

105 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 751. Flower (Robin) Eire and Other Poems, 8vo Lond. 1910, First Edn., wrappers; The Western Island or The Great Blasket, Oxford 1944, and The Irish Tradition, Oxford 1947, both First Edns., orig. cloth; & 3 other items by or on Flower. A lot. (6) €100 - €150 752. Yeats (W.B.) The Celtic Twilight, 8vo Lond. (A.H. Bullen) 1902. Second Edn., Hf. title, port. frontis, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, decor. spine; also The Cutting of the Agate, N. York (Macmillan Co.) 1912. First American Edn., orig. boards, with ptd. label; and Plays for An Irish Theatre, Vols. I & V, together 2 vols. Lond. (A.H. Bullen) 1903 & 1907, orig. cloth backed boards. (4) €160 - €220 753. Mac Liammoir (Michael) All for Hecuba - An Irish Theatrical Autobiography, Lond. 1947. Second Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy, d.w.; Put Money in Thy Purse, The Diary of the Film of Othelo , Lond. 1952. First Edn., d.w.; Ceo Meala la Seasa, Dublin (Sairseal agus Dill) 1952. First Edn.,; Aisteoiri faoi Dha Sholas, Dublin (Sairseal and Dill) 1956. First Edn., d.w.; & 2 other same author. (7) €140 - €200 754. Miller (Wm.) T ravels and Politics in the Near East, 8vo Lond. 1898. First Edn., profusely illustrated with pls. & text illus., unopened, some L.S.’s orig. blue buckram; also, Jackson (F. Hamilton) The Shores of the Adriatic, The Italian Side, 8vo Lond. 1906. First Edn., profusely illustrated, orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth, v. good. (2) €80 - €120 755. Large Paper Copy, 250 Copies Only Clanricarde: Memories of the Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General of Ireland, Imp. 8vo Lond.(for James Woodman) 1722. Limited to 250 Copies, L.P., red & bl. title, list of subscribers, orig. sprinkled calf, tooled gilt spine laid down, new mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €300 - €400 756. Brun (Daniel) The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia, Recollections of a Sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata. 8vo Lond. 1898. First Edn. in English. Port. frontis & 37 illus. in text, some full page, adverts at end, in orig. pictorial brown cloth, stamped in gilt on upper cover & spine. V. good copy. (1) €100 - €150 757. Sporting. Fishing etc: Carpenter (Capt. A.) &Wilson-Barker (Capt. D.) Nature Notes for Ocean Voyagers, Lond. 1915. First Edn., fold. map, plts., etc; Dewar (G.A.B.) The Book of the Dry Fly, Lond. 1910. Cold. illus.; [Allan] The Sportsman in Ireland, Lond. 1897, illus. hf. vellum; Forsyth (Lt. J.) The Sporting Rifle, Lond. 1867. Second Edn., fold. plts. cloth; & 1 other sim. (5) €100 - €150 758. In Extremely Fine Binding Coloured Plates: [Combe (Wm.)] The Tours of Doctor Syntax [- Third]. 3 vols. roy 8vo London 1812-1821. Vol. I cold. title, & 78 coloured plates, a.e.g., marble ends, fine crushed levant crimson mor., with triple gilt fillets, profusely gilt spine in panels by Riviere & Son. (3) €500 - €750 759. Travel: Cranworth (Capt. Lord) Profit and Sport in British East Africa, 8vo Lond. 1919, cold. & other plts., cloth; Stock (Sarah Geraldina) Missionary Heroes of Africa, Lond. 1897, illus. decor. cloth; Heydemarch (H.) War Flying in Macedonia, Lond. n.d. port. frontis & plts. cloth. (3) €80 - €130 760. Heaney (Seamus) Human Chain, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2010, First Edn., Signed, cloth & d.j.; Electric Light, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2001, First Edn., cloth and d.j.; New Selected Poems 1966 - 1987, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1990, First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Aeneid Book V., 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2016, cloth & d.j., all clean copies. (4) €180 - €220 761. Heaney (Seamus) Door into the Dark, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1969, First Edn., black cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. (not clipped), some foxing, otherwise good copy; North, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1975, First Edn., blue cloth d.j. (not clipped), some foxing, otherwise good. (2) €300 - €400 750. In Fine Irish Binding Binding: Simes (Thos.) The Military Medley, Containing The Most necessary Rules and Directions for Attaining a Competent Knowledge of the Art: to which is added an Explication of Military Terms, Alphabetically Digest. 8vo Dublin (S. Powell) 1767. First Edn. List of subscribers, 19 fold. tables, & 6 (of 8) fold. hd. cold. plts., a.e.g., in cont. full crimson mor. with tooled gilt borders & central lozenger design on both covers. [Parliamentary Binder C.] rebacked, & retooled to a later similar design. Rare. (1) * Ex. libris John Prebble, writer, with his book label. €1250 - €1750 753