30 May 2017 - RARE BOOKS, LITERATURE & SPORTING COLLECTIBLES

#0297

Lot 1/0297

SOLD Hammer price €80

O’Hara (John) Ten North Frederick, 8vo L. 1956; Ourselves to Know, 8vo L. 1960; Assembly, 8vo L. 1961; The Big Laugh, 8vo L. 1962; The Ewings, 8vo L. 1972, all cloth, all decor. d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 2/0297

SOLD Hammer price €100

Taylor (George) An Historical Account.. of the Rebellion in the County of Wexford in the Year 1798, 8vo, D. 1800, First Edn., engd. fold. frontis, dedit., advert leaf at back, Ex. Libris Copy, full calf, staining, lacks spine, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 3/0297

SOLD Hammer price €250

Munro (Donald) A Treatise on Mineral Waters, 2 vols., L. 1770, First Edn., hf. title, full calf, gilt decor. spines, mor. labels, minor wear. (2)

Lot 4/0297

SOLD Hammer price €120

Directory: The Post Office Almanack and Directory for 1846, sm. 8vo D. (Purdon Bros.) 1846. Red & bl. title with vignette of the G.P.O., lacks map, otherwise a very good copy in original cloth. (1)

Lot 5/0297

SOLD Hammer price €200

[Anon] Hortus Anglicus; or The Modern English Garden: 2 vols., 12mo. L. (F.C. & J. Rivington) 1822, First Edn., contemp. blind tooled & gilt decor. full green mor., spines worn, owtherwise good. Scarce. (2)

Lot 6/0297

SOLD Hammer price €300

Hearn (Lafcadio) Kokoro – Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life, 8vo L. & N.Y. (Harper & Brothers) 1898 (Pirate Edn.), uncut, red cloth, gilt lettering; Kokoro…, 8vo L. (Gay & Bird) [1902], New Edn. (English printing), red cloth, gilt lettering; Karman and other Stories and Essays, 8vo L. (George G. Jerrap) 1921, hf. title, photo frontis of the author, Ex. Libris Hester Park (bookplate & signed), red cloth, decor. front cover, all clean copies, as a lot, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 7/0297

SOLD Hammer price €200

Extremely Rare Report – The Belfast Pogrom, 1920 – 1922 Only a Handful of which were for Private Distribution Northern Ireland: Kenna (G.B.) [Fr. John Hassan] Facts and Figures of the Belfast Pogrom 1920 – 1922, 8vo D. (O’Connell Published Co.) 1922. Sole Edn., fold. map, hf. title, title, 213pp. orig. green cloth, lettered within black border. A very fine copy of this Scarce Work. * This work was reportedly commissioned by the Free State Government, at the instigation of Michael Collins to document the notorious Belfast Pogroms in which hundred of Catholics (together with some Protestants) were driven from their homes and work places, and when hundreds were killed. The work which was set in type, but publication had to be cancelled for fear of furthering more serious sectarian tensions. It is believed only about eighteen copies were ever bound. An excessively rare item. (1)

Lot 8/0297

SOLD Hammer price €800

The Author’s First Book Algren (Nelson) Somebody in Boots, 8vo N.Y. (The Vanguard Press) 1935, First Edn., with a m/ss postcard signed with sketch of boat, signed by the author, loosely inserted, original light brown cloth, black lettering to spine, original decor. d.j., slight loss to 3 others of spine, otherwise. Fine Copy [Bruccoli A11]. (1) * The story relates to the life of Cass Mc Kay who endures a life of prison, homelessness, and soup kitchens during the height of America’s depression of the 1930’s, particulary in Chicago.

Lot 9/0297

SOLD Hammer price €180

Mullen (Pat) Hero Bread, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1936, First Edn., inscribed with lengthy dedit note on f.e.p. to a Mr. & Mrs. Meadows, original blue cloth, decor. d.j. loss to base of spine & other fraying, otherwise fine copy. (1)

Lot 10/0297

SOLD Hammer price €80

Koestler (Arthur) Darkness at Noon, 8vo, N.Y. 1941, cloth & d.j. (frayed); Scum of the Earth, 8vo L. 1941, cloth & d.j. (some fraying); otherwise clean copies. (2)

Lot 11/0297

SOLD Hammer price €150

Bellow (Saul) The Adventures of Augie March, 8vo L. (1954); Humboldt’s Gift, 8vo N.Y. 1975; The Dean’s December, 8vo L. 1982; Kerouac (Jack) Visions of Cody, 8vo L. 1973, all cloth, decor. d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 12/0297

SOLD Hammer price €100

Steinbeck (John) Sweet Thursday, 8vo, N.Y. (The Viking Press) 1954, First Edn. hf. title, decor oatmeal cloth & pictorial dust wrappers. Clean Copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 13/0297

SOLD Hammer price €600

Hemingway (Ernest) To Have and Have Not, N.Y. (Scribner 1937) First Edn., with Scribner code “A”. V.g. in cloth, unclipped d.w. spine ends bumped, d.w., in cellophane wrapper, is v.g., slightly creased to spine ends, otherwise unusually bright, edges toned, top edge dusty. A lovely copy. (1)

Lot 14/0297

SOLD Hammer price €200

Hemingway (Ernest) In Our Time (Cape 1926) First UK Edn. Near v.g. in original green cloth, lacks d.w. Endpapers and prelims, age-toned, spine faded, ends bumped, corners rubbed, circular liquid stain (from glass or similar) to front boards, small liquid splash to rear board, edges are toned, top edge dusty. Review taped to verso back board. An acceptable copy of author’s second published work. (1)

Lot 15/0297

SOLD Hammer price €500

Rare First Edition – Poetry Hemingway (Ernest) God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, (House of Books 1933) First Edn. No 258 of Limited Edition 300. In original red cloth and glassine wrapper (no d.w. issued). Gilt spine & front board, paper is toned but clean and strong, binding tight. An exceptional copy . (1)

Lot 16/0297

SOLD Hammer price €120

Stephens (James) Here are Ladies, L. 1914; The Demi-Gods, L. 1914; The Charwoman’s Daughter, L. 1917; The Crock of Gold, L. 1918; Reincarations, L. 1918, all 8vo uniformly bound full leather, gilt decor. border, initials “R.H.S.” on front cover, decor. spines, mor. labels, a.e.g. Clean Set. (5)

Lot 17/0297

SOLD Hammer price €150

Farrell (James T.) Studs Lonigan, 8vo L. (Constable) 1936, cloth (yellow text), decor. d.j. (minor fraying); No Star Is Lost, 8vo L. (Constable) 1939, cloth, decor. d.j. (some fraying), otherwise clean copies. (2)

Lot 18/0297

SOLD Hammer price €180

Huxley (Aldous) Along the Road, Notes & Essays of A Tourist, 8vo L. (Chatto & Windus) 1925, cloth & d.j.; Island, 8vo L. (Chatto & Windus) 1962, cloth & d.j.; Christie (Agatha) A Pocket Full of Rye, 8vo L. 1953, cloth & d.j. (some damg); Du Maurier (Daphne) The House on the Strand, 8vo L. (Victor Gollancz) 1969, cloth & d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 19/0297

SOLD Hammer price €600

Signed by The Author Algren (Nelson) Never Come Morning, 8vo N.Y. 1942, signed; The Neon Wilderness, 8vo N.Y. 1947, signed; The Man with the Golden Arm, 8vo N.Y. 1949, signed; Chicago: City on the Make, 8vo N.Y. 1951 signed; A Walk on the Wild Side, 8vo N.Y. 1956, signed; Note from A Sea Diary: Hemingway All The Way, 8vo N.Y. 1965, signed; Donohue (H.G.R.) Conversations with Nelson Algren, 8vo N.Y. 1964, signed by Nelson Algren, all cloth, d.j. clean copies, as a lot, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 20/0297

SOLD Hammer price €150

Wingfield (Shelia) A Cloud Across The Sun, 8vo L. 1949; Beat Drum Beat Heat, 8vo L. 1946; Poems, 8vo L. (Cresset & Press) n.d.; A Kite’s Dinner, Poems 1938 – 54, 8vo, L. (1954), Inscribed by the Author on f.e.p. to “Sire Henry Cohen,” Liverpool 1956,” The Leaves Darken, 8vo L. 1964, all d.j., clean copies, as a lot, w.a.f. (5)