5 May 2020 - #0319 Timed Auction

#0319

Lot 20/0319

Johnston (Denis) The Moon in the Yellow River and The Old Lady Says No! Two Plays, L. 1932; Storm Song and A Bride for the Unicorn. Two Plays, L. 1935; The Golden Cuckoo and Other Plays, L. 1954, d.w.; and Collected Plays, Vols. 1 & 2, 2 vols. L. 1960, orig. d.w.’s. All First Editions, & good. (5)

Lot 21/0319

SOLD Hammer price €120

Binding: Charter of the Royal Hospital of King Charles II Etc., near Dublin, For the Relief and Maintenance of Ancient and Maimed Officers and Soldiers of the Army of Ireland. 12mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1760. XII, 119pp. marble ends, cont. sprinkled calf, decor. gilt borders,with circular gilt armorial stamp on front cover,spine gilt in panels,mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 22/0319

SOLD Hammer price €40

Complete Set Periodical: Murphy (Patricia) Nonplus, Nos 1 – 4, [All Published], together 4 Nos. 8vo Oct. 1959 – Winter 1960. Illus. etc., orig. pict. boards. Good. (4) * Complete file with early work by Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh, etc.

Lot 23/0319

Wright (Thos.) St. Patrick’s Purgatory; An Essay on the Legends of Purgatory, Hell, and Paradise current during The Middle Ages. Sm. 8vo L. 1844. First Edn., orig. cloth, spine dam. Scarce. (1)

Lot 24/0319

[Berkeley (George)] Siris, A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 8vo D. (Margt. Rhames) 1744. First Edn., 261 pp plus errata at end, sm. pce. torn from top corner of title, slightly affecting “S” in Siris, cont. calf, single blind line border, raised bands, mor. label. V. good Rare. (1)

Lot 25/0319

Johnstone (Rob.) All Shy Wildness, An Anthology of Irish Animal Poetry. 8vo Belfast (Blackstaff Press) 1984. Lim. Edn. No. 95 of 500 Copies Only. Illus. by Diana Oxlade, orig. cloth & slipcase. An attractive publication. (1)

Lot 26/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

O’Sullivan (Seumas) Poems, 8vo D. (Maunsel) 1912. First Edn., port. frontis. Signed Copy, uncut, blue cloth; Poems, By William Starkey, M.D. Selected by His Son.. Seumas O’Sullivan. D. 1938. Privately Printed. Port. frontis, blue cloth; Collected Poems, D. (Orwell Press) 1940 Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only, blue cloth, ptd. d.w.; Essays and Recollections, D. 1944 First Edn., cloth backed boards; Dublin Poems, 8vo N.Y. 1946. First Edn., decor. title, later cloth backed boards. (5)

Lot 27/0319

SOLD Hammer price €140

Inglis (H.D.) A Journey throughout Ireland in 1834, 2 vols. L. 1835. Second Edn., fold. map & a chart, hf. mor. damp; Crofton Croker (T.) Killarney Legends, 12mo L. 1831, frontis & engd. title, plts. cloth dam; 2 copies of A Little Tour in Ireland, a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 28/0319

SOLD Hammer price €160

All First Editions Behan (Brendan) The Scarperer, L. 1964. First American Edn., also First English Edition, L. 1966. Both in v. good unclipped d.w.s; Richard’s Cork Leg, L. (Eyre Metheun) 1973. First English Edn. also First American Edn. N.Y. (Grove Press) 1973, both fine in orig. unclipped pict. d.w.’s; and Poems and A Play in Irish, D. (Gallery) 1981. First Edn., orig. pict. boards. All v. good. (5)

Lot 29/0319

SOLD Hammer price €80

O’Sullivan (Seumas) The Rosses and Other Poems, sm. 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1918. First Edn., Signed Copy, cloth backed boards; An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems, D. (Maunsel) 1914. First Edn., orig. boards; Mud and Purple, Pages from the Diary of a Dublin man. 8vo L. 1917. First Edn., Pres. Copy to J.G. Stoney, Signed, frontis & decorations by Estella Solomons, orig. cloth backed decor. boards. All v. good. Scarce. (3)

Lot 30/0319

SOLD Hammer price €130

The Author’s First Collection of Poems Presentation Copies to Katherine Kavanagh Fallon (Peter) Among the Walls, Rathgar (Tara Telephone Publications) 1971. First Edn. The Author’s First Collection; The First Affair, Gallery 1974. First Edn., Signed Pres. to Katherine Kavanagh; The Speaking Stones, Gallery 1978. First Edn.; Winter Work, Gallery 1983. First Edn.; The News and Weather, Gallery 1987. First Edn., signed Pres. Copy to Katherine; Eye to Eye, Gallery 1992, First Edn., all orig. ptd. wrappers. Good. (6)

Lot 31/0319

SOLD Hammer price €130

Yeats (W.B.) and others. Literary Ideals in Ireland [Essays]. By John Eglinton; W.B. Yeats; A.E.; W. Larminie. L. & D. 1899, tall 8vo printed wrappers. Inscribed on h.t., ‘Most Rev. Dr. Healy from A. Gill ’99’; profusely inscribed in pencil on reverse of t.p. and first two pages with what appear to be notes about the topography of Slane. (1) W.B. Yeats contributes three of the essays, which first appeared in the columns of the Dublin Daily Express.

Lot 32/0319

SOLD Hammer price €30

Beckett (Samuel). Comment C’Est, Roman. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit 1961, wrs, possibly the first unlimited issue, profusely inscribed by a previous owner. With three other Beckett titles in French, Fin de Partie, Paris 1957; La Derniere Bande, Paris 1959; & Oh les Beaux Jours, Paris 1963, all in wrappers. (4)

Lot 33/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

All First Editions Donaghy (John Lyle) The Flute over the Valley: Antrim Song, 8vo Larne (Inver Press) 1931. First Edn., green wrappers; The Blackbird Songs of Innisfail, 8vo Larne (Inver Press) 1933. First Edn., orange wrappers; Selected Poems, Being Number Six of Tower Press Booklets, 8vo D. (Orwell Press) 1939. First Edn., blue wrappers; Wilderness Sings, sm. 8vo D. (Wood Printing Works) 1942; & Wild Sun and Moon, Poems 1941 – 1945, D. (Wood Printing Works) 1949, both First Edns., similar white boards. (5)

Lot 34/0319

SOLD Hammer price €20

Yeats (W.B.) Poems / Poesie [Selected poems in English with Italian translations]. Cederna, Milano, 1949, wrappers, First Italian Edition, Wade p. 365. (1)

Lot 35/0319

SOLD Hammer price €140

With Original Manuscirpt Poem by F.R. Higgins Yeats (W.B.) Responsibilities (Poems). L. 1917, Macmillan (Wade 115, Second Impr.) With an original poem by F.R. O’Higgins, ‘Old Galway / To W. Victor Brown’ inscribed and Signed on f.e.p. in Higgins’ hand, 11/3/24. ‘Far in a gardens wreckage, / Stark in a wind cleared moon ..’. Also inscribed on h.t. ‘To B / from your friend / F.R. Higgins’. (1) * Victor Brown provided illustrations for some Cuala Press cards and broadsides.

Lot 36/0319

With Letter from Author [Patterson (W.H.F.)] Songs of a Port, by W.H.F. 8vo Belfast 1920. First Edn., frontis & decor. thro-out, orig. decor. boards. V. good. (1) * Signed pres. Copy to T.E. Spence, Dec. 21st, 1943, & with A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted. (1)

Lot 37/0319

SOLD Hammer price €200

Signed by An gCraoibhin Hyde (Douglas) & others, The Revival of Irish Literature and Other Addresses, sm. sq. 8vo L. 1894. First Edn., hf. title, adverts. etc. Inscribed Pres. Copy, ‘Conchubhair O’Ceallaigh on gCraoibhin Aoibhin, Casg MDCCCLXLV,’ sm. sq 8vo L. & D. 1895. First Edn. hf. title Signed on front loose blank, ‘Douglas Hyde (An Craoibhin)’, cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 38/0319

SOLD Hammer price €180

Hyde (Douglas) The Three Sorrows of Story-telling and Ballads of St. Columkille, sm. 8vo L. 1895. First Edn., hf. title, cont. full dark blue mor. mor. label; also Taidhbhse an chrainn, with Complete Vocabulary. 8vo D. 1902. First Edn., inscribed on front loose blank, ‘Neilidh ni Bhriain o na casaid An Craoibhin,’ cloth; Naoi nDanta leis an Reachtabhrach, 8vo D. 1907. First Edn. Thus, cloth backed boards; Sgealuidhe fior Seachtmhaine, sm. 8vo D. 1909. First Edn., orig. ptd. wrappers, bound in later cloth. A good clean lot. Scarce. (4)

Lot 39/0319

SOLD Hammer price €260

Tower Press Booklets: The Tower Press Booklets – Series One, 1. Some Irish Essays, by A.E., 12mo D. 1906 2. Songs of A Devotee, by Thomas Koehler, D. 1906 3. Reminiscences of the Impressionist Painters, by Geo. Moore, D. 1906, 4. Poems, by Ella Young, D. 1906, 5. Bards and Saints, by John Eglington, D. 1906 6. Criticism and Courage and other Essays by Fred. Ryan, D. 1906 Together 6 nos [complete], all orig. ptd. & decor. wrappers. Scarce. (6)