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

128 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 884. Heaney (Seamus) The Fire I’ The Flint, 8vo, Oxford (U.P.) 1974, Signed, ptd. wrappers; Something to Write Home About, 8vo, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 1998, Signed by David Hammond, ptd. wrappers; Arion, A Poem by Alexander Pushkin, 8vo, San Francisco (Arion Press) 2002, ptd. wrappers; Place and Displacement, 8vo, Cumbria (Dove Cottage) 1985, ptd. wrappers; From the Republic of Conscience Amnesty, 8vo, D. (Amnesty) 1985, ptd. wrappers; together with nine other offprints or contributions by or about Seamus Heaney. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €350 - €450 885. Heaney (Seamus) Dánta idir Ghaeilge agus Bhéarla, Wake Forest 1984, wrappers, Poems by Heaney and others; and a large collection of periodicals with contrib. by or concerning Heaney, all wrappers; and a few other items incl. two scholarly books on Heaney’s work. (as a lot) €150 - €200 Irish Political & Historical Items: Lots 890 - 936 890. Republican Newspapers: A tall folio bound Volume of original First Editions of Republican Newspapers, including The Nation, 3 issues, 1849-1852; The Irishman, 5 issues, March-November 1849; The Talbot, 10 issues, Jan. 1850-Nov. 1851; & 1 issue of The Citizen, New York, December 2, 1854, all bound as one, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. As a coll. of newspapers, bound as one, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 891. Political Prints: Vanity Fair - Dec. 7th, 1881, Force No Remedy - Parnell and Dublin in Kilmainham, coloured Lithograph by Vincent, Brooks, Day Ltd., framed; Dublin University - Sir Edward Carson, coloured Lithograph by Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd., framed.(2) €180 - €250 892. An Irish Nationalist Leader, 1889, in Clonmel Gaol Manuscript Document : Entitled “ Mr. WilliamO’Brien’s Statement of His Treatment in Clonmel Jail 31st Jan. to 5th Feb. 1889. Dictated but not afterwards seen by him.” (8 pp, incomplete). William O’Brien (1852-1928), revolutionary leader, agrarian campaigner, and social reformer, was imprisoned several times during the turbulent years of 1881-1891, famously refusing to wear prison clothes. The gaolers’ attempts to force him to do so during his sojourn in Clonmel are the main subject of this statement. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €120 - €180 893. Co. Waterford: Photograph - Ports and Harbour Tribunal, at Waterford 1st to 5th May, 1928, group Photograph with printed list of sitters including Harbour Master W.J. Farrell, and Austin A. Farrell, Secretary and General Manager Harbour Commissioners, approx. 30cms x 36cms (12” x 14”) overall, framed. (1) €150 - €200 894. Photographs: Political, Fine Gael, a black and white Photograph with James Dillon shaking hands with Richie Ryan (22nd October, 1959) Signed by James Dillon; together with another black and white Photograph of Ryan shaking hands with Richard Mulcahy whose seat he had taken in the bye-election, Signed, both framed, as Photographs, w.a.f. (2) €200 - €300 895. Photograph: - [Political Interest] 1917, The Irish Convention - Trinity College, Dublin, August 21st, 1917, group photograph, with printed names, included are various titled figures and political leaders (The Earl of Dunraven, Dr. Harty, Sir Horace Plunkett, John Redmond and others of note), mounted approx. 40cms x 50cms, as a photograph, w.a.f. (1) €180 - €250 892 883. Rare Heaney Limited Edition of 125 Copies Heaney (Seamus) Ugolino, D. (Andrew Carpenter & Dolmen Press) 1979, Limited Edn. NO. 82 (125) Copies Signed by author (Heaney) artist (Louis le Brocquey) printer (Liam Miller) and publisher (Andrew Carpenter), uncut, illus., red paper endpapers, black boards, blind text, front cover (lacks slipcase) ptd. label. (1) * V. good. Extremely scarce. €1500 - €2000