5 May 2020 - #0319 Timed Auction

#0319

Lot 80/0319

SOLD Hammer price €100

Colum (Padraic) Three Men, L. 1930. Lim. Edn. NO. 369 of 530 Copies, Signed, decor. boards & d.w.; Ten Poems, D. (Dolmen) 1957. Lim. Edn. No. 287 (500), cloth & d.w.; Irish Elegies, D. (Dolmen) 1961, cloth backed boards, d.w.; Images of Departure, 4to D. (Dolmen) 1969. First Edn., cloth & d.w. All v. good. (4)

Lot 81/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

Signed Copies, with Additional Items Inserted Eden (Helen Parry) Bread and Circuses, L. (J. Lane) 1914, First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy; Whistles of Silver and other Stories, roy 8vo Milwaukee 1933. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy; Whistles of Silver and other Stories, roy 8vo Milwaukee 1933. First Edn., with illus. by Denis Eden, Signed Pres. Copy, ‘For … Emma .. from Helen & Denis, H.P.E. 1946’; also Poems & Verses, Milwaukee 1943. First Edn., port. frontis. Signed Pres. Copy, ‘For Norah .. from Simon, Denis & Helen Parry Eden, Christmas 1946,’ with an orig. 3 verse poem in manuscript, The Black Shawl, signed and inscribed, Helen Perry Eden 3 Novara Terrace, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 2pp loosely inserted, together with photographs of Helen & Denis, also with orig. music sheet, Signed, of ‘The Carol of the Star,’ As a lot. Scarce. (3)

Lot 82/0319

SOLD Hammer price €50

With ALs from Author Strong (Rupert) Jonathan of Birkenhead and other Poems, 8vo D. (Runa Press) 1953. First Edn. Signed Presentation Copy, cloth & d.w.; From Inner Fires, Runa Press 1962. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy, cloth & d.w.; The Challenger, A Choric Ode , Runa 1968, First, wrappers; Selected Poems, Runa 1974; Come When You Can, 1981; and Pre-Requiem for a Clown, Runa 1983. With a 2pp ALs from author loosely inserted. All wrappers & First Edns. (6)

Lot 83/0319

SOLD Hammer price €420

Molloy (Fr. Francis) Lucerna Fidelium, … de Doctrina Christiana: Sm. 8vo Rome (Typis Sacrar Congreg de Propaganda Fide) 1676. First Sole Edn., wd. cut medallion, later hf. vellum, marble sides. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 84/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Signed by Author [James Joyce] Daly (Leo) James Joyce and the Mullingar Connection, folio Dolmen Edition XX, D. 1975. Lim. Edn. No. 18 (750) Signed by Author, with Printed Prospectus loosely inserted, cloth & d.w. V. good; together with 1 other item. (2)

Lot 85/0319

Illustrated Volumes: O’Connor (V.L.) A Book of Caricatures, 4to Dundalk (Tempest Printers) n.d., 18 illustrations, decor. boards, some staining, otherwise good. (1)

Lot 86/0319

SOLD Hammer price €100

Smith (Chas.) The Ancient and Present State of the City and County of Cork, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1750. First Edn., only 2 plts., binds. dam; & 3 other items, all working copies, w.a.f.; Periodical: The Cork Magazine, Vol. I No. 2 – Vol. 2 No. 14, together 13 nos., 8vo Cork (Bradford & Co.) Dec. 1847 – Dec. 1848. a few leaves frayed at edges, cont. hf. mor. worn. As a periodical, w.a.f. (a lot)

Lot 87/0319

Waldron (Fr. Jarlath) Maamtrasna – The Murders and The Mystery, 8vo D. (Edmund Burke) 1992, Second, illus., cloth, d.j. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 88/0319

SOLD Hammer price €100

Montague (John) A New Siege, folio D. (Dolmen) 1970. First Edn., orig. decor. wrappers. Signed by the Author; Irish University Review – John Montague Special Issue, 8vo D. Spring 1989; The Planter and The Gael, An Anthology of Poems of John Hewitt and John Montague, 4to Belfast (Arts Council of N. Ireland) 1970, First Edn., illus & decor. wrappers; A Ball of Fire – Collected Stories, D. (Liberty Press) 2008 First Edn., pict. d.w.; & 2 other items on Montague. (6)

Lot 89/0319

Kavanagh (Patrick) Lough Derg with a foreword by Paul Durcan. Lg. 4to L. (Martin Brian & O’Keeffe) 1978. First Edn. hf. title, frontis, IX, 24pp, plain green cloth, & green d. wrapper. An exceptionally clean copy. (1)

Lot 90/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Cuala Press: Montague (John) A Fair House: Versions of Irish Poetry, 8vo D. 1972. Limited Edn. No. 285 of 350 Copies, unopened, orig. cloth backed boards, & orig. wrappers; also The Lost Notebook, With Illustrations by John Verling. 4to Cork (Mercier Press) 1987 Special Limited Edition No. 222 of 250 Copies, Signed by Author & Artist, orig. pict. wrappers. (2)

Lot 91/0319

SOLD Hammer price €100

All Signed by the Author Moore (George) Avowals, roy 8vo L. (Cumann Sean-Eolais na h’Eireann) 1919. Privately Printed, & Limited to 1000 Copies, Signed by Author, uncut vellum backed boards; The Apostal, L. 1923. Signed Edition, Limited to 1030 Copies, uncut, vellum backed boards; Goodwin (Geraint) Conversations with George Moore, L. 1929. Limited Edition No. 74 of 110 Copies. Signed by G. Moore and the Author, hf. mor. (worn.) (3)

Lot 92/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

MacDonagh (Donagh). Happy as Larry. Embellishments by Francis Rose. Fridberg 1946, First Edn, very good copy in d.w. Inscribed to Frank McManus; The Hungry Grass, Faber 1947, First, V.G. in d.w., with publisher’s announcement, and with an interesting ALS dated August 1953 to ‘Frank’, from the writer on holiday in Achill, complaining that various Dublin characters (including ‘Con and his buxom daughter Elizabeth’) seem to have followed him there. The writer was the son of the executed 1916 signatory,Thomas MacDonagh. (2)

Lot 93/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Signed Presenation Copy Murphy (Richard) The Battle of Aughrim, L. 1968. First Edn., Signed Presentation Copy, ‘To Liam Ryan at the Project, 14th March 1976,’ the occasion of the poet’s reading at the Project. Signed also by Liam Ryan, green cloth, & orig. d.w. in red & black. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 94/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Murphy (Richard) Collected Poems, roy 8vo Gallery 2000. First Edn. Presentation Inscription ‘for Christine & George [Hetherington] with best wishes 11th October 2000 Buswells Hotel,’ Signed by the Author, cloth & d.w.; also The Price of Stone & Earlier Poems, roy 8vo Wake Forest University Press 1985. With lengthy Presentation Inscription, ‘For Trix..,’ Signed by Author, orig. decor. wrappers; & Irish University Review – Richard Murphy Special Issue, roy 8vo D. Spring 1977, orig. wrappers. (3)

Lot 95/0319

SOLD Hammer price €60

Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre, roy 8vo L. (A.H.Bullen) 1911. First Edn., with illustrations by Gordon Craig, uncut, orig. cream coloured brown boards, spine lettered in black. Bookplate of R.J. Writh. A pristine copy. (1)

Lot 96/0319

Bramsback (Birgit) James Stephens, A Literary and Bibliographical Study, 8vo Copenhagen (Upsala) c. 1956, photo frontis, annotations, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

Lot 97A/0319

Music Interest: Lennon (John) A Spaniard in the Works, sm. 4to L. (Jonathan Cape) 1965, First, illus., decor. boards; Lennon (Cynthia) John, 8vo L. 2005, Signed, illus., cloth & d.j.; Dylan (Bob) Chronicles – Volume One, 8vo N.Y. 2004, cloth & d.j., as a lot. (3)

Lot 97/0319

SOLD Hammer price €70

Murphy (Richard) Selected Poems, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1979, First, Signed on hf. title by the Author, ptd. wrappers. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 98/0319

Signed by Author Johnston (Denis) The Brazen Horn, sm. folio D. (Dolmen Editions XXII) 1976. First Edn., Limited 1050 Copies, Signed, illus., cloth backed pale boards, decor. d.w.; Coward (Noel) Three Plays, The Rat Trap, The Vortex, Fallen Angels. 8vo L. 1925. First Edn. Association Copy Signed by Denis Johnston & with his distinctive bookplate; also Johnson (Rory)ed. Orders and Desecrations, The Life of … Denis Johnston, D. 1992. First, d.w. (3)