5 May 2020 - #0319 Timed Auction

#0319

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Lot 1/0319

SOLD Hammer price €80

Faller (Kevin) Island Lyrics, 4to D. (Three Candles) 1963. First Lim. Edn. No. 112 of 150 Copies, uncut, orig. red cloth, v. good; Lament for The Bull Island & Other Poems, roy 8vo D. (Goldsmith Press) 1973. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, buckram; The Lilac Tree & other Poems, D. (St. Beuno’s Press) 1979. Signed First Edn. Limited, No. 143 of 150 Copies, wrappers; Memoirs, Mornington Co. Meath (Tracks) 1983. Lim Edn. 500 Copies, wrappers; Lyric and Script, 8vo D. (H.O. Loescher) n.d. First Edn., cloth & d.w. A scarce collection. (5)

Lot 2/0319

SOLD Hammer price €130

All Signed Presentation Copies Iremonger (Valentin) Reservations, 8vo D. (Envoy) 1950 First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, ‘For Maurice James Craig, 31 Dec. 1950’ orig. cloth, d.w., & ptd. wrap stating This book received the AE Memorial Award 1945; Sandymount, Dublin Poems, 8vo D. (Dedalus Press) 1988, First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, cloth; On the Barricades, Poems by Robert Greacen, Bruce Williamson, Valentin Iremonger, 8vo D. (New Frontiers) 1944. First Edn., Signed Pres. Inscription ‘for Maurice James Craig from Bruce Williamson, May 1944’ orig. wrappers. (3)

Lot 3/0319

SOLD Hammer price €160

The Author’s First Books Bardwell (Leland) The Mad Cyclist, roy 8vo D. (New Writers Press) 1970. First Edn., Limited to 300 Copies, orig. decor. blue wrappers by Michael Smith; Girl on a Bicycle, A Novel, 8vo D. 1977. First Edn. Signed by H. Moloney on title, orig. pict. wrappers; The London Winter, D. 1981. First Edn., Signed & Inscribed Helen [Moloney] on title, pict. wrappers. All Scarce. (3)

Lot 4/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Signed, & With A.L.s. from Author [De Blacam, Aodh] Roddy the Rover and his Aunt Louisa. By Roddy [pseudo. of Aodh de Blacam], short pieces mostly reprinted from his Irish Press column for young people. D. 1933, worn d.w. Signed by Author on t.p., inscribed on f.f.e.p. to Maelbheannachta ? D laigh. ALs from author to Maelbheannachta (14.vi.37) taped in, acknowledging criticism of his book Holy Romans. ‘The passage you disliked is a piece of broad drollery (from life) which I ought not to have written in a way that could be misunderstood, and there is a good deal of bitterness in the book which is much worse.’ ‘Maelbheannachta’ may be one of Cearbhall ? Dalaigh’s siblings, several of whom worked at the Irish Press.

Lot 5/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Freyer (Dermot) Night on the River and other Stories, 8vo Cambridge (W. Heffer & Sons) 1923. First Edn. in Bk. Form, boards with crimson label, & orig. d.w.; also Not All Joy, 8vo L. (Elkin Mathews & Marrot) 1932. First Edn. in Bk. Form, Signed & Inscribed on hf. title, dated Achill Sept. 14, 1952, port. frontis, cloth & orig. pict. d.w.; also Sunlit Leaves: A Second Book of Verse, L. 1909 First Edn., port. with two drawings of cats loosely inserted; & 1 other uncut in orig. wrappers. A lot. (4)

Lot 6/0319

O’Connor (Frank) The Fountain of Magic, L. 1939. First Edition, cloth & d.w.; Three Old Brothers and Other Poems, L. 1936. First Edition, blue printed boards & matching d.w. Both v. good. (2)

Lot 7/0319

SOLD Hammer price €130

Special Edition Limited to 250 Copies [Yeats (Jack B.)] Mac Greevy (Thomas) Jack B. Yeats, An Appreciation and an Interpretation. 8vo D. (Three Candles) 1945. Lim. Edn. For Victor Waddington. 20 full page plates, cloth backed boards, & orig. ptd. d.w. A very fine copy. (1)

Lot 8/0319

SOLD Hammer price €30

Signed by Editor & the Printer Dolmen Press: Simms (G.O.) The Book of Kells, sm. 8vo D. 1961. First Edn. Thus, Signed by George O. Simms, & Liam Miller, illus. orig. vellum backed veneered boards; also New Edn. of same 1968; and Simms (G.O.) Leaves from The Book of Kells, 8vo D. (A.P.C.K.) 1962. First Edn. Signed by Author, decor. boards. (3)

Lot 9/0319

Signed Copy with Manuscript Verse Colum (Padraic). Wild Earth and Other Poems. N.Y. 1927, Revised Edition. Cloth, spine faded. Signed on f.f.e.p., with a manuscript verse in his hand, ‘But ’tis my grief that I will not hear / When the cuckoo cries in Glenart ..’ Laid in is an ALS to the writer and broadcaster Francis MacManus, 1 pp, concerning various arrangements, with a good signature. (1)

Lot 10/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

Signed Copy, in English & Irish Colum (Padraic) Old Pastures (Poems). NY 1930, d.w. Inscribed on f.f.e.p., ‘To Mary Phillips from her obliged Padraic Colum / Go Maire Nic Philib / Padraig Mac Coluim’. (1) * Padraic Colum lived mainly in New York from 1912.

Lot 11/0319

SOLD Hammer price €120

Gregory (Lady A.) The Full Moon. A Comedy in One Act, Published by the Author at The Abbey Theatre. 8vo D. 1911. First Edn., original ptd. decor. yellow wrappers. Scarce; also The Story Brought by Brigit: A Passion Play in Three Acts, L. & N.Y. (Putnan) 1924. First Edn., uncut, orig. gilt lettered blue cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 12/0319

SOLD Hammer price €110

The Author’s First Book Cousins (James H.) Ben Madighan and other Poems, sm. 8vo Belfast, Marcus Ward [1894] First Edn. of Author’s First Book, intro. by John Vinycomb, port. frontis & illus., orig. cloth; The Legend of the Blemished King and other Poems, D. (Bernard Doyle) 1897. First Edn., Vol. 2 of Little Library. Ed. by M.J. Keats, adverts., uncut, lacks wrappers. V. Rare; The Voice of One, L. 1900. First Edn., cloth; The Bell-Branch, 12mo D. 1908. First Edn., cloth backed boards; The Awakening, and other Sonnets. Sm. sq. 8vo D. (Maunsel) n.d. [1907]. First Edn., decor. thro-out; Etain The Beloved and other Poems, D. 1912. First Edn., frontis cloth; and Straight and Crooked, 12mo L. 1915. First Edn., hf. title, uncut, orig. ptd. wrappers. A very Scarce Collection. (7)

Lot 13/0319

All Signed by the Author Mankowitz (Wolf) Make Me An Offer, 8vo L. 1952. First Edn., illus. by Leonard Rosoman, cloth & pict. d.w.; A Kid for Two Farthings, : L. 1953. First Edn., illus. by James Boswell, cloth & pict. d.w.; both Signed Presentation Copies to Maurice Fridberg, Irish Publisher; XII Poems, D. (Dolmen) 1872. Signed Limited Edition, 229 of 250 Copies, cloth; & The Samson Riddle, L. 1972. First, Signed Presentation Copy to Fred Hanna., Illus. by Edward Delaney, cloth, pict. d.w. All Scarce. (4)

Lot 14/0319

SOLD Hammer price €90

Dolmen Press: Montague (John) Patriotic Suite, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1966. Signed Limited Edn. No. 32 of 100 Copies, decor. title, decor. vellum type binding, & orig. decor. slip case. V. Good. Scarce. Miller 100. (1)

Lot 15/0319

Ormsby (Frank, ed.) The Blackbird’s Nest. An Anthology of Poetry from Queen’s University Belfast. Foreword by Seamus Heaney. Blackstaff, Belfast 2006, cloth, d.w. Signed on t.p. by Michael Longley, Moyra Donaldson, Frank Ormsby and a few more. (1)

Lot 16/0319

SOLD Hammer price €260

Signed Limited Edition of Peppercanister I Kinsella (Thomas) Butcher’s Dozen, 8vo D. 1972. First Edn. Limited, No. 56 of 100 Copies, Signed by Author, orig. mor. backed red cloth boards, with a Signed Manuscript Note to Mr. Leeson, from the author; and a copy of the First General Edition loosely inserted. Scarce & Fine. Important. (1) * The first publication of the author’s own press.

Lot 17/0319

SOLD Hammer price €230

Signed Copies of The Author’s Best Known Volumes Dolmen Press: Kinsella (Thomas) Another September, D. 1958. First Edn., Pres. Copy Signed by Author, cloth, & orig. d.w.; also Downstream, D. 1962. First Edn., Signed by the Author & the Publishers, cloth, d.w., & Poetry Book Society Slip. both fine copies. (2)

Lot 18/0319

SOLD Hammer price €440

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, L. (Cape) 1961. First Edn. hf. title, orig. black boards with skeletal hand on front cover, gilt lettered spine, a few spots on front fore-edge, orig. pict. d.w., sm. hole on front, a few nicks to edge,some finger stains, corners clipped, but not price clipped; also Wodehouse (P.G.) The Mating Season, L. (Jenkins) n.d. 1947. First Edn., orange cloth, faded, no d.w. (2)

Lot 19/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Women Celebrities: Betham (Matilda) A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country, 8vo L. 1804. First Edn., lacks frontis?? cont. hf. calf, mor. label. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)