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

94 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 605. Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, A Version from the Irish Field Day Publication, Derry 1983. First Edn., orig. cloth & d.w. (Slightly rippled else v.g.); Paperback Edition of same; also Limited Edition of N. York Edition, No. 168 of 350 Copies by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York 1984, illustrated by Barrie Cooke, in orig. slipcase, also General Edition & Paperback Editions of same; & London Edition of Same, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1984,d.w. V. good lot. (6) €400 - €600 606. Sarawak: Sarawak (Her Highness, The Ranee) Sarawak, lg. 4to Singapore n.d. [c. 1925] Frontis & 11 illus., 67pp orig. hf. mor. some wear. Scarce & an unusual item. (1) €80 - €130 608. FamousWriter & Traveller Americana: Co. Waterford: Villiers- Stuart, of Dromana, Adventure Amidst The Equatorial Forest and Rivers of South America; also in the West Indies and the Wilds of Florida. To which is added ‘Jamaica Revisited’ Tall 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1891. First Edn., Fold. maps & plts. complete, (1 map slightly frayed & stained at edge of fold.) orig. gilt decor. publishers blue cloth. V. good copy. (1) * Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart born 1827, was solider, clergyman, politician, Egyptologist, and author. He became High Sheriff for Co. Waterford. He was a member of The Egypt Exploration Fund and first visited Egypt in 1849, and then again in 1858/59. The above was published after a further visit in 1883. He noted with alarm the damage done to the various sites he had last visited 1879. His reports were published as a Parliamentary Blue Book. He died in October 1895 as a result of a boating accident on River Blackwater, Co. Waterford. €300 - €400 609. Co. Waterford: Villiers-Stuart, Dromana. Egypt After the War, Being the Narrative of a Tour of Inspection,.. Experiences among the Natives, with descriptions of their Homes and Habits, in which are embodied Notices of the Latest Archaeological Discoveries,.. Thick imp. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1883. First Edn., Lg. fold. cold. plt. in front, complete, errata slip tipped-in, orig. publishers gilt decor. crimson cloth, spine faded. V. good. (1) * Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart (1827- 1895) was a Solider, Clergyman, Politician, Egyptologist, Author and High Sheriff for Co. Waterford. €300 - €400 605 608 606 609 607. Argentina - Ireland Association, Illuminated Address An attractive sm. folio pen and ink decorated illuminated address to Ambrose V. Martin,.. from a few friends and well wishers of the far flung Gaelic Race, Argentina 1922. Tipped-in photo frontis, title & 4 printed pages (some text redacted), each with pen and ink borders, decorated in the Celtic taste, & 6 pages of approx. 175 Original Signatures & with varied rubber stamps, including ‘por ha Assocacion Catolica Irlandesa,’‘Liga Republicana Irlandesa,’ ‘Colegio Santa Brigita de Ninas Irlandesas,... Flores,’ etc. In a contemporary full mor. amateur Argentinian binding with tooled gilt border of Celtic design with harp, shamrock, Ardagh Chalice and other motifs surrounded by mor. overlaid flags of Argentina and Ireland. Unique As a binding, w.a.f. (1) €350 - €500