RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st
142 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 999. Signed Limited Editions Heaney (Seamus) Midsummer Feast, Poems and Prose [by Heaney and various relatives and friends]. Incline Press, Oldham 2002, marbled boards, cloth spine, folded contents list laid in, No. 6 of 230 copies, Signed rear by Publisher; After Summer, Deerfield/Gallery 1978, cloth in d.w., illus. by Timothy Engelland, One of 250 Signed Copies, both fine. (2) €300 - €400 1000. Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock, Belfast 1990, Linenhall Lib., One of 870 copies in cloth, d.w., fine. The Midnight Verdict [version of sections of the Irish-language The Midnight Court]. Loughcrew, Gallery 1993, One of 1000 copies, cloth in d.w., fine. (2) €200 - €300 1001. Illuminated Facsimile: The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr , 4to, Cambridge (University Press) 2004, illustrated, bound in full Nigerian goatskin with leather onlays, blocked with design by David Eccles, Limited Edn., No. 55 (1010) Copies, together with Commentary Volume, housed in custom clam box. (2) €350 ‑ €420 1002. Fishing: Hampton (J. Fitzerald) Modern Angling Bibliography Books Published on ... 1881 to 1945, 8vo Lond. 1947. First Edn., d.w.; also Reprints, Cummins (J.) The Library of the late John Gerard Hecksher of N. York City, 3 parts, Sold. 1909. roy 8vo N.Y. 1992, a priced catalogue; Cummins (J.)ed. Bibliotheca Piscatoria, .... by T. Westwood & T. Satchell, 1883. 8vo N.Y. 1991; & 1 other sim. Lim. Edn.; also Robb (James) Notable Angling Literature, roy 8vo Ashburton, Devon (The Fly Fishers Classical Library) 1998. Lim. Edn. No. 48 of 950 Copies, cloth in matching slipcase. As a lot, w.a.f. (5) €130 - €180 1003. Fishing: Wilkinson (Sidney Berdoe) Reminiscences of Sport in Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1931. Privately Printed. Hf. title port. frontis illus., orig. cloth, fac-simile, d.w.; [Allan (Rob.)] The Sportsman in Ireland, roy 8vo Lond. 1897. Second Edn., cold. plts. in fine hf. crimson mor., raised bands, gilt decor. in panels; Barrington (Chas. Geo.) Seventy Years’ Fishing, Lond. 1906. First Edn., port. frontis cloth; & Hodgson (W. Earl) Trout Fishing, Lond. 1904. First Edn., lacks prelims, cold. plts. orig. gilt cloth. As a lot, w.a.f. (4) €130 - €180 1004. Pamphlets: Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union - Publications issued during the Year 1888, 8vo Dublin 1888. Numerous Publications, a most interesting collection of political interest, full crimson cloth, triple gilt fillet border, raised bands. (1) €160 - €240 1005. Griffiths (Arthur) The Chronicles of Newgate, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1884. First Edn., 2 frontis & plts. & text illus., hf. crimson mor. (2) €100 - €150 1006. Wilson (Wm. Rae) Travels in The Holy Land, Egypt, 2 vols. L. 1831. Third Edn., 13 aqua plts. include frontis, complete, v. clean, cont. cloth. Vol. I stained, gilt lettered spine, clean copy. (2) €180 - €240 1007. Heaney (Seamus) The Last Walk, trans. from Pascoli, paintings and drawings by Martin Gale, Gallery 2013, One of 500 numbered copies, cloth in plain d.w., Spelling It Out, Gallery 2009, paper covers, both fine. (2) €100 - €200 1008. Heaney (Seamus) A Shiver (poems) , Clutag Press 2005, No. 105 of 300 Copies, wrappers; The Place of Writing, Atlanta 1989, cloth in d.w.; Aeneid Book VI (translation), N.Y. 2011, cloth in d.w., all fine. (3) €100 - €200 1009. Le Vaillent (M. August-Nicolas) Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, By the Way of the Cape of Good Hope; 2 vols. 8vo L. 1796. Second Edn., 1 engd. frontis & 10 engd. plts. (ex. 11), 2 fold. some stains, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (2) €100 - €150 1010. Staunton (Sir Geo.) An Authentic Account of An Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. (G. Nicol) 1797. with rare printed notice in Vol. I, from G. Nicol, printer, & J. Archer, Dublin (for Dublin Edition) explaining why maps are absent because of delay, but guaranteeing they will be delivered to the purchaser as soon as available. Uncut, partly unopened, orig. boards, rebacked. A very clean copy. Rare. (3) €180 - €250 1009 999 1001 1008
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