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

107 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 771. Signed by Author and Artist Friel (Brian) A Man’s World, 8vo, Gallery Press 2010, Signed Limited Edition No. 22 (350) Copies, illustrated by Basil Blackhaw, cloth and d.j. Good copy. (1) €150 - €200 772. With Illustrations by the Author’s Daughter Hughes (Ted) Animal Poems, roy 8vo, Devon (Ric. Gilberton) [1967], (Proof Copy) Signed and dated ‘Ted Hughes, 25 Sept. 1971’ (not inscribed colophen page) illustrated on pages 3 and 4 with fantastical creature and a bird in ink by Frieda Hughes /(signed) loose in salmon pink decorative wrappers. Nice Association Copy. (1) €500 - €600 773. One of Two Copies with Manuscript Poem Hughes (Ted) Animal Poems, Royal Octavo, Devon (R. Gilbertson) [1967] signed Limited Edn. NO. 23 (100), with manuscript Poem Skylark, on front endpaper, bound in salmon coloured decorative wrappers. Good clean copy. (1) €400 - €500 774. Signed Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) Hedge School, Sonnets from Glanmore, Vermont (Janus Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edn. NO. 196 (250) Copies, illustrated by Claire Van Vliet, hand made paper, paper wrappers, blind text. (1) €180 - €250 773 774 772 770. One of 25 Specially Bound & Signed Copies Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1975, First, Signed Limited Edition Specially Bound by Brian Dickson of only 25 copies, unopened, green canvas cloth, ptd. label. custom made clam box with marbled paper and black cloth, desirable copy. (1) * This selection of poetry includes two Poems in Memory of his Mother. €1500 - €2000