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WHYTESSINCE 1783
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349
19th Century German language books including translated Enoch
Arden
Including Enoch Arden by Alfred Tennyson, Von Hermann Gruning,
Hamburg 1888, 56pp. Das Geld. Das Wissen der Gegenwart by Max
Wirth, Frentag, Leipzig 1884, 213pp. Gedichte by Betty Paoli, Stuttgart
1895, 268pp. All with original decorative boards.
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
350
Brendan Behan’s Island, signed by author and illustrator
Original boards with dust jacket, 192pp.
First edition of Brendan Behan’s Island, An Irish Sketch-book by Brendan
Behan with drawings by Paul Hogarth. Signed on title page by both
Behan and Hogarth. Complete with loose card noting that this example
was autographed by the author for a member of ‘the first edition circle’
of Kroch’s and Brentano’s Bookstore Chicago. A lovely example. 10 x
6.50in. (25.40 x 16.51cm)
€300-€500 (£244-£407 approx)
351
Charlotte Brontë, 1850 mezzotint After George Richmond (1809-
1896)
signed by the printer [G. Sidney Hunt] in the margin lower right; with
Printers Association blindstamp lower left; with publisher’s details upper
centre; with Dawson Gallery label on reverse and their biography on
Brontë
11.25 x 8.50in. (28.58 x 21.59cm)
Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Private collection.
Contained in Dawson Gallery frame.
Published in 1922 by The Museum Galleries, London.
The original chalk on which this engraving is based was bequeathed by
the sitter’s husband, Rev A.B. Nicholls, 1906 and can be found today in
the National Portrait Gallery, London. Their reference NPG 1452.
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
352
Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
with signed letter from illustrator John Tenniel MacMillan, London, 1910,
122pp, original boards.
With final page of ms letter signed by John Tenniel, illustrator of the
book and 1905 magazine clipping relating to him tipped in at free front
end paper. Letter content relating to his desicion to stop his work as a
cartoonist and illustrator and to focus on painting. An interesting item.
8 x 5.50in. (20.32 x 13.97cm)
€150-€200 (£122-£163 approx)
353
Winston Churchill History of the English Speaking Peoples
First Edition Cassell and Company Ltd, 1956-58, London, 1956. First
Edition.
In four volumes. Vol. 1:The Birth of Britain, Vol. 2: The New World, Vol. 3:
The Age of Revolution, Vol. 4: The Great Democracies. All complete with
dust jackets. Also with 15 June 1901 edition of The Leader review
magazine and facsimile copy of the last letter of anti-treaty Volunteer
Dan Enright. (6 items) 10 x 6.50in. (25.40 x 16.51cm)
€300-€400 (£244-£325 approx)
354
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) signature on his cheque
Cheque drawn to “Self” on Messrs. Coutts & Company, dated 22 March
1870, just under three months before his death, all written in his own
hand in acquamarine ink. A much sought after autograph.
€1,000-€1,500 (£813-£1,220 approx)
355
1918 (24 August) Frank Harris signed letters to George Bernard Shaw
and Louise Bryant
An interesting pair of signed typescript letters on Pearson’s Magazine
letterhead with original envelope both sent to Louise Bryant. The first to
Bryant herself and enclosing a “letter of introduction to Shaw” who
Harris explains will “tell you all the persons to meet and his introduction
will be more valuable than mine”. The second is the aforementioned
introduction letter from Harris to Shaw explaining that Bryant is the
wife of John Reed “who has done such good work for us here in telling
the truth about the Russian revolutionaries” and that “she is now going
to England and Ireland as I understand, to get the true view of things
and I do not think anybody can help her better than you.” Also with an
original small photograph of Bryant, possibly intended tor use on a
passport. (3 items)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
356
1922: Louise Bryant handwritten draft will written in Russia
An unusual 2pp manuscript draft will in the hand of Bryant and written
whilst in Moscow, Russia. Includes mention of Lincoln Steffens and
shows the importance which she placed in both her own and her late
husband’s (John Reed) writings. 10 x 7in. (25.40 x 17.78cm)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
357
1820: The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith
Suttaby, Evance & Company, London, 1820, quarter leather with marbled
boards.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. With Remarks, Attempting to
Ascertain, Chiefly From Local Observation, The Actual Scene of the
Deserted Village; and Illustrative Engravings, by Mr. Alkin, from
Drawings Taken upon the Spot. by R.H.Newell. With six full page plates
by Alkin. 10.50 x 8.50in. (26.67 x 21.59cm)
€80-€120 (£65-£98 approx)
358
Lady Gregory My First Play signed limited edition
original boards, Elkin, Mathews and Marrot, London 1930, 28pp, limited
to an edition of 530 of which this is 116.
Signed on the title page by Lady Gregory. 8 x 5in. (20.32 x 12.70cm)
€250-€350 (£203-£285 approx)
359
Jonathan Griffin The Hidden Kingsigned by Micheál Mac Liammóir
Secker & Warburg London, 1955. With dedication and signature by Mac
Liammóir. Also with Royal Opera Covent Garden 1953 Queen Elizabeth II
Coronation Gala Performance programme, My Fair Lady Theatre Royal
souvenir book and programme. (4 items)
€80-€120 (£65-£98 approx)
360
Seamus Heaney Preoccupations Selected Prose 1968-1978signed
Faber & Faber London, 1980, 224pp, original cloth with dust jacket
Signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper on the
publication day (20 October 1980). Also with Hailstones by Seamus
Heaney. The Gallery Press, Dublin, 1984, 24pp, original cloth with dust
jacket. Limited edition of 250 bound in cloth and signed by the author
on title page of which this is one. The Pillar of Cloud a novel by Francis
Stuart. Martin Brian & O’Keefe, London, 1974, 232pp. Signed by author.
Smashing the Piano by John Montague. Gallery Books, Oldcastle, 1999,
84pp. Signed by author. (4 items)
€250-€350 (£203-£285 approx)
LITERATURE