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

23 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 182. Heaney (Seamus) Spelling It Out. In Honour of Brian Friel on his 80th birthday. Gallery 2009, Lim. Edn., one of 300 copies Signed by Heaney. Green cloth gilt, no d.w. (as issued); Heaney (Seamus) The Riverbank Field. (With) Paintings and Drawings by Martin Gale. Gallery, 2007, No. 52 of Lim. Edn. 500 copies Signed by Heaney, illus. in full colour. Superb edition, green cloth in orig. unprinted d.w., fine. (2) €375 - €450 183. Gogarty (O. St. John) Elbow Room, 8vo Dublin (Cuala Press) 1939. Lim. Edn. of 450 Copies, orig. cloth backed blue boards; An Offering of Swans, roy 8vo Lond. n.d., buckram; O’Connor (Ulick) Oliver St. John Gogarty, A Poet and His Times, 8vo Lond. 1964. First Edn., d.w.; & 4 other First Editions by Gogarty. (7) €100 - €150 184. Le Brocquy (Sybil) Cadenus & Swift’s Most Valuable Friend. Reissued with two images by Louis le Brocquy and an intro. by Andrew Carpenter. Lilliput, D. 2003, orig. illus. d.w. One of a small number of copies SIGNED by Louis le Brocquy on title page. Fine. (1) €80 - €120 185. [Bisani (Alessandro)] An Italian Gentleman, A Picturesque Tour through Part of Europe, Asia, and Africa: ... With Plates after Designs by James Stuart. 8vo Lond. (by J. Davis; for R. Faulder) 1793. Lg. Paper Copy. 6 engd. copper plates(5 are folding), marble ends, cont. calf, & spine worn, covers loose. (1) €200 - €300 186. Goldsmith: Irving (Washington)ed. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith,... 4 vols. 8vo Paris (W. Galignani) 1825. New Edn., 4 hf. titles, 2 engd. port. frontis, some spots & browning, also La Gran Brettagna, 2 vols.in one, 8vo Millan 1821, all orig. full cont. uniform vellum, mor. labels. (5) €140 - €180 187. M’Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1859. First Edn., Lg. fold. map cold. in outline, & 3 other maps on 2 fold. plts., fold. facsimile, and 14 plts, XXVII, [1], 403 [1 ads.]pp., title & dedit page somewhat browned, cont. hf. mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. Sabin 43043. * M’Clintock, an important Irish explorer, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth. €350 - €500 188. Broughton (Rt. Hon. Lord) Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1855. New Edn. Two fold. maps, 2 frontis 10 wd. cut illus. & 2 lg. fold. cold. panoramas, some dust stains & spotting, orig. mor. backed boards. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120 - €180 189. Langley (Ed. Archer) Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer Ali Moorad; with Wild Sport in the Valley of The Indus. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Hurst and Blackett) 1860. First Edn., Two frontis, 2 port. vignettes on each title, 16pp adverts end of Vol. II, orig. purple cloth with gilt image of an animal on both upper covers. Covers slightly stained and spines faded, otherwise a good copy. (2) €220 - €350 190. Tobacco: Fowler (Thos.) Medical Reports on the Effects of Tobacco, Principally with Regard to its Diuretic Quality, in the Cure of Dropsies and Dysuries. 8vo Lond. (For J. Johnson) 1785. First Edn., 84pp, uncut & unopened, later cloth. (1) €120 - €180 191. Ussher (James) Veterum Epistolarum Hibernicarum Syllage, 4to Paris 1665. First Edn., Hf. title, cont. mottled calf with gilt monogram. Earl of Essex Copy. Emf. (1) €300 - €400 182 189 191 185 187