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

112 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 800. Binding: Acta Diurna, Birds and Beasts from the Book of Kells. Lg. 4to Dublin 1980. A mock-up printing for an intended Newman Limited Edition, to be limited to 514 Copies; a page for every day of the year, with 12 colour illustrations, for each month, & each page decor. with animals & birds, a.e.g., and with antique style calf covered wooden boards, raised bands, & with Celtic motifs in each panel, by Des Breen, Binder. As a binding, w.a.f. (1) €220 - €350 801. O’Halloran(Sylvester) An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, 4to, D. (T. Ewing) 1772, First Edn., fac-simile & other plts., m/ss notes on endpapers, contemporary full calf, rebacked; (Anon) An Important History of the War, from the Commencement of the Revolution in France. Narrative of the Rebellion in Ireland, thick 4to, Manchester (S. Russell) 1804, First Edn., port. frontis fold. maps, fold. plts. etc., contemp. reverse calf, mor. label. (2) €80 - €130 802. Yachting: Guest (Montague) List of Members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and their Yachts: from its Foundation in 1815 to 1897, Sm. folio London (Zaehnsdorf ) 1897. First Edn., List of subscribers, uncut, orig. gilt decor. oatmeal buckram. (1) €140 - €200 803. Heaney (Seamus) Poems and A Memoir, folio, N.Y. (Limited Editions Club) 1982, Signed Limited Edition No. 1863 (2000) copies, full blind tooled leather, illus. by Henry Pearson, Introduction by Thomas Flanagan, all Signed matching slipcase. (1) €350 - €450 805. Special Private Edition Heyerdahl (Thor.), Richter (S.) & Riiser-Larsen (H.J.) Great Norwegian Expeditions, sm. folio Oslo n.d. [c.1955] Special Edition, cold. & other plts. & illus., t.e.g., orig. full blue mor., gilt decoration by H.M. Refsum, Oslo. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 803 800 804. Signed by Illustrator & Publisher Joyce (James) Dubliners, With cold. litho’s etc. by L. le Brocquy. Sm. folio Dublin (Dolmen) 1986. Special Limited Edition No. 493 of 500 Copies. Signed by le Brocquy and Liam Miller. In oatmeal cloth & matching slipcase. (1) €1000 - €1500 801 805 802