30 May 2017 - RARE BOOKS, LITERATURE & SPORTING COLLECTIBLES

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Lot 221/0297

SOLD Hammer price €175

Inscribed Copies Guinness (Bryan) Collected Poems 1927 – 1955, roy 8vo L. 1956. First Edn., cloth & d.w.; The Giant’s Eye, 8vo L. 1964. First Edn, decor. title, Signed Pres. Copy to Michael Holroyd, with his bookplate, cloth & d.w.; Another Man’s Shoes, lg. 8vo D. [St. James Gate, 1965] 12pp. A Short Story, issued Privately by the Brewery as a Christmas Card, pictorial wrappers; and Diary not kept Essays in Recollection, roy 8vo Salisbury (Compton Press) 1975. Lim. Edn. 500 Copies, Signed by Author, cloth backed marble boards, with title band loosely inserted. (4)

Lot 222/0297

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Presentation Copies to Sir Alfred Beit Guinness (Bryan) Reflections, 8vo L. 1947. First Edn., decor. title, front loose blank inscribed ‘For Alfred & Clementine from Bryan, May 1954’ with the Beit bookplate, yellow cloth, & orig. d.w. with notes by author. A very fine copy; The Giants Eye, L. 1964. First Edn., front loose blank inscribed ‘Alfred & Clementine from Bryan 1969, cloth & d.w., v. good; A Fugue of Cinderellas, L. 1956. First Special Edn. Presented by Directors of Heinemann, cloth & pict. wrapper. V. good; The Clock, Poems and a Play, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1973. First Edn., port. frontis by Augustus John, buckram. A good. lot. (4)

Lot 223/0297

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With Manuscript Poem by Author A.E. [Russell (George)] The Earth Breath and Other Poems. Lane, L. 1896, First Edn, sm qto boards, glassine wrapper., very good copy. With an eight-line poem by ‘AE’ on f.e.p., signed starting ‘The sweetest song was ever sung ..’ (1)

Lot 224/0297

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O’Flaherty (Liam) The Pedlar’s Revenge & other Stories, 8vo D. 1976. First Edn., Signed by Author, illus; The Wilderness, D. 1978. First Edn., illus.; The Ecstasy of Angus, D. 1978. First End., illus.; O’Brien (J.H.) Liam O’Flaherty, Lewisburg 1973. First, all in orig. d.w.’s. Good. (4)

Lot 225/0297

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From the Library of Dolly Lynd Colum (Padraic) Wild Earth, 12mo D. 1907. First Edn.; The Fiddlers House, A Play in Three Acts, and The Land, An Agrarian Comedy, D. 1909. First Edn.; also Three Plays, D. 1917. First Edn., all orig. cloth backed boards, with Dolly Lynd’s bookplate designed by Michael Mac Liammoir. (3)

Lot 226/0297

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O’Donnell (Peadar). Islanders. L., Cape 1928, Third Impr., cloth (faded) in d.w., M ire n¡ Bhriain’s copy, with Author’s Signed Inscription on f.f.e.p., ‘I think no greater beauty can be found in life than the beauty of feeling that informs home life among our fine old native stock.’ With a good signature. With The Knife. L. Cape 1930, First, cloth, a novel of the Troubles. Inscribed by Author on f.f.e.p., ‘C‚ deir go bhfuil an sean troid thart? Peadar à Domhnaill’ [Who says the old fight is over?] (2)

Lot 227/0297

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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 228/0297

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Cuala Press: O’Connor (Frank) Three Tales, D. 1941. Limited First Edition, No. 192 of 250 Copies, cloth backed blue boards; Dafydd ap Gwilym Selected Poems, Translated by Nigel Heseltine, with a Preface by Frank O’Connor. 8vo D. (Cuala) 1944. Limited First Edition, No. 200 of 280 Copies, qtr. cloth backed boards. (2)

Lot 229/0297

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The Author’s First Book with Signed Presentation Durcan (Paul) with, Brian Lynch, Endsville – New Irish Writers. 8vo D. (New Writers’ Press) 1967. First Edn., orig. ptd. wrappers. This copy with Signed Presenation Inscriptions by both authors to Katherine and to Patrick Kavanagh, the year Kavanagh died; Teresa’s Bar, 8vo Gallery 1976. First Edn., decor wrappers; Sam’s Cross, D. (Profile Poetry) 1978. First Edn., orig. pict. d.w. Signed Presentation Copy ‘… to James… 6th Dc. 1978, Cork,’ & with notes about Michael Collins. A Rare Collection. (3) * The author’s first, third & fourth books.

Lot 230/0297

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Presentation Copy to A.J. (‘Con’) Levental Donaghy (John Lyle) Primordia Caeca, Poems. 8vo D. (Eason & Son) 1927. Limited Edition 250 Copies, Signed Presenation to Con Levental; also Ad Perennis Vitae Fontem, Poems. 8vo D. (Minorca Press) 1928. Lim. Edn. No. 27 of 30 Copies Signed, out of full edition of 250 copies. Frontis, errata slip, & with 4pp printed catalogue for Minorca Press loosely inserted, both orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. (2)

Lot 231/0297

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Cuala Press: Gogarty (O. St. John) Elbow Room, 8vo D. 1939. Limited to 450 Copies, unopened, orig. cloth backed boards. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 232/0297

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Signed by Desmond Harmsworth Cuala Press: Gogarty (O. St. J.) Wild Apples, with a Preface by Wm. Butler Yeats 8vo D. 1930. Limited to 250 Copies Only, Signed by Desmond Harmsworth on f.f.end ‘…April 30’ orig. cloth backed blue boards & d.w. Fine Copy. Wade 279. (1) * Desmond Harmsworth, was a poet, artist & publisher.

Lot 233/0297

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First Italian Edition Yeats (W.B.) Tragedie Irlandesi, Ed. by C. Linati. roy 8vo Milan (Studio Editoriale Lombardo) 1914. First Italian Edition, Port. frontis red & bl. title; also Gregory (Lady A.) Commedie Irlandesi Milan (Studio Editoriale Lomardo) 1914. First Italian Edn., port. frontis, red & bl. title, each title inscribed in ink, and in uniform white cloth backed grey boards. Scarce. (2)

Lot 234/0297

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Dolmen Press: Montague (John) The Dead Kingdom, 8vo Dolmen / Blackstaff Press 1984. Limited Edition. No. 65 of 125 Copies, Signed by the Author, qtr. mor. boards, & slipcase. V. good. (1)

Lot 235/0297

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Murphy (Richard) Sailing to An Island, 8vo L. 1963. First Edn.; High Island, L. 1974. First Edn.; The Price of Stone, First End. With Signed Pres. Inscription to George [Hetherington] & Christine, also Signed by Patrick Scott, Painter; The Mirror Wall, D. (Wolfhound) 1989. All orig. printed wrappers. Good. (4)

Lot 236/0297

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Special Editon 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 237/0297

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With Illustrations by Norah McGuinness Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 4to L. 1926. First Edn., cold. frontis bl. & white plates & decorations thro-out, by Norah Mcguinness, orig. cloth backed decor. boards; Edgeworth (Maria) The Most Unfortunate Day of My Life, L. (Cobden – Sanderson) 1931. First Edn., cold. frontis & bl. & white plts. by N. McGuinness, orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 238/0297

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Signed Presentation Copies & With ALs Montague (John) A Chosen Light, 8vo L. 1967. First Edn., orange boards & d.w. & with design after Louis le Brocquy; also O’Riada’s Farewell, 8vo Cork Golden Stone 1974, First Edn., illus. orig. pict. wrappers. Both volumes with Signed Presentation Inscriptions & with musical references for Charles & Carol Acton, together with a 2pp A.L.s. to Charles [Acton] dated Jan. ’69. an interesting lot. (3) * Charles Acton was long time music critic with The Irish Times, & John Montague was for a time literary director of Claddagh Records.

Lot 239/0297

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The Author’s First Collection Dolmen Press: Montague (John) Forms of Exile, sm. 8vo D. 1958. First Edn., Limited to 225 Copies, decor. title, & orig. decor. red & black printed wrappers. V. fine copy. Miller 33. (1)

Lot 240/0297

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Murphy (Richard) Selected Poems, L. 1979. First Edn., Signed by Author, orig. wrappers; also Selected Poems, Uncorrected Proof Copy, L. 1979, orig. wrappers; and New Selected Poems, L. 1989. First Edn., with lengthy Signed Presentation Inscription, green boards & d.w. All v. good copies. (3)