RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

103 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 678. Heaney (Seamus) Selected Poems 1965- 1975, L. (Faber) 1980, First Edn., orig.cl . in d.w., fine; with the First Paperback Edn., L. 1980, wrappers, Signed on h.t., v.g. (2) €200 - €300 679. Heaney (Seamus) The Cure at Troy, Field Day, Derry 1990, First Edn., with a paperback copy of the Faber Edition, L. 1990; two copies of the U.S. First Edn., N.Y. 1991, one Signed; and a paperback copy of same. (5) €300 - €400 680. Ninth Book from Dolmen Press Dolmen Press: Milne (Ewart) Galion, Drawings by Mia Cranwill. Roy 8vo D. 1953. Lim. Edn. No. 174 of 200 Copies, fine illus., with 4pp Prospectus for above volume loosely inserted. Orig. cloth backed boards, with ptd. d.w. v. good. Rare Miller 9. ; Cuala Press: Higgins (F.R.) Arable Holdings: Poems, D. (Cuala Press) 1933. First Limited Edition 300 Copies Only, unopened, orig. cloth backed blue boards. V. good. Scarce; Cuala Press: O’Connor (Frank) A Picture Book by Frank O’Connor Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers, D. 1943. Lim. Edn. 450 Copies (Out of Series). Illus. plts. & decor., also 8pp adverts at end, orig. cloth backed decor. boards, no label on spine. V. good copy. Miller 73. (3) €200 - €300 681. Coloured Plates: Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain, 8vo L. c. 1858, illus. with chromo lithographic coloured plates throughout, text illus.; also The British Grasses and Sedges, 8vo, L. [c. 1861], illus with cold. plts. throughout, a.e.g., both decor blind embossed cloth, some fading to covers. (2) €150 - €220 682. Weale (B.L. Putnam) The Conflict of Colour, Being a Detailed Examination of Racial Problems throughout the World with Special Reference to the English Speaking Peoples. 8vo Lond. 1910. First Edn., hf. title, one loose blank lacking at front, otherwise a v. good copy in orig. full crimson mor., gilt spine, v. slight fading on lower fore-edges of both covers. (1) €120 - €180 683. Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2vols., 8vo, Newcastle (EdwardWalker) 1821, numerous wd.-cut illustrations thro-out, full calf, gilt fillet borders, gilt decor. spines (lacks labels). Howth Castle Copy, with T. Gaisford bookplates. Good. (2) €160 - €220 684. Downpatrick Printing: Summer Assizes, 1843 - at a General Assizes and Gaol Delivery, held at Downpatrick in and for the County of Down, on Thursday, the 20th of July 1843, the following Presentments were made by the Grand Jury,... 8vo, Downpatrick (printed at the Record Office) 1843, interleaved copy, hf. calf, marble boards, gilt lettered spine. Very Scarce. (1) €170 - €220 685. Martin (John) An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, With An Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language , 2vols. 8vo Lond. 1818. Second Edn., Two hf. titles one engd. frontis, fold. map, cont. hf. calf, tooled gilt spines. V. good. (2) * Each title signed ‘ Catherine Osborne,’ of Newtown Anner, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. €500 - €700 678 684 685 679 & detail 683