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Synge, John Millington. The Playboy of the Western World, deluxe
edition illustrated by Seán Keating
George Allen and Unwin, London, 1927. Edition de luxe, with ten colour
plates by Keating. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is 149.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
624A
[Wilde, Oscar]. 1914 postcard handwritten and signed by Lord Alfred
Douglas and other related items.
The postcard dated 14 February 1914 is to Douglas’ father-in-law,
Colonel Custance, criticising him for allowing his daughter, Olive,
Douglas’ wife to watch prize-fights in the company of Lord Clonmell and
accusing him of trying to separate her from her husband. Also 1912
letter from Robert Ross to Sir George Lewis concerning Lady Glenconner
and Lady Queensbury, The Genius of Lord Alfred Douglas by W. Sorley
Brown pp8 in original wappers, and two other items. (5)
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (1870-1945), nicknamed Bosie, was a British
author, poet and translator, better known as the friend and lover of the
writer Oscar Wilde. Olive Custance (1874-1944) was the only daughter
and heiress of Colonel Frederick Custance, who was a wealthy and
distinguished soldier in the British army. Custance was bisexual. In 1901
she became involved in a lesbian relationship with writer Natalie Clifford
Barney in Paris. Custance then became engaged to George Montagu, but
ran away and married Lord Alfred Douglas instead. Her father did not
approve of Douglas, and the two had eloped to avoid having problems.
They married on 4 March 1902. They had one child, Raymond Wilfred
Sholto Douglas, born on 17 November 1902. They separated in 1913,
lived together again for a time in the 1920s but separated again later,
though they never divorced.
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
625
Thomas Wright: Louthiana: or An Introduction to the Antiquities of
Ireland Millennium Edition
Tempest Ltd., Dundalk, 2000. Limited to an edition of 250 of which this
is 45. Half calf with marbled boards. A wonderful production of this
famous publication. Also with Up In Arms, The 1798 Rebellion in Ireland
Record of an Exhibition at the Ulster Museum 1998. Limited to an
edition of 200 of which this is 107, signed by the editor and Orange and
Green A Tale of Boyne & Limerick by G. A. Henty, Blackie & Son Ltd.,
London. (3 items)
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
626
1908 (28 April) William Butler Yeats signed letter
Typescript letter sent from 18 Woburn Buildings, London by W. B. Yeats.
Interesting content relating to a child’s poetry which has been sent to
him “...the poem about The Lily closes in a very poetical and delicate
thought ‘In thy silvery dream I am bound’. Of course one can never say
what so young a child is going to do in the future. Children of that age
occasionally write little poems, very naturally and simply. Later on come
bad models bringing with them lack of sincerity. I am very much struck
by the strong feeling for rhythm in these verses.”
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
627
Young, Ella. Celtic Wonder-Tales illustrated by Maud Gonne
Maunsel & Company Ltd., Dublin 1910. Original boards, illustrated
throughout with plates by Gonne. Also with Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
edited by W. B. Yeats, Walter Scott, London 1893, with illustrations by
James Torrance, Maud Gonne Lucky Eyes & a High Heart by Nancy
Cardozo, Victor Gollancz Ltd., London 1979 and Cúchulainn of
Muirthemne by Lady Gregory, The Coole Edition, 1970. (4 items)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
628
Olympic Games Rome 1960 Participant’s Medal and a commemorative
medallion.
Designed by Prof. Emilio Greco. Obverse: a female nude running and
bearing the Olympic torch with the Olympic rings in the background.
Reverse: a flight of eagles rising from the Olympic Stadium of Rome,
inscribed GIOCHI DELLA XVII OLYMPIADE ROMA MCMLX, 55mm, 78gr,
bronze, in a case which is not of original issue. Also a smaller bronze
medal, 40mm, 15gr, by Cesare Merzacore, depicting a man holding the
Olympic Torch with the stadium in the background, reverse showing a
tree reaching into the clouds and the Olympic rings, inscribed OLYMPIAD
DI ROMA/1960. (2)
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
629
1984 Los Angeles Olympics tickets collection
A collection of 19 unused tickets for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
including Fencing, Gymnastics, Baseball, Field Hockey, Basketball, Track
and Field, Swimming etc. Also with accompanying ticket brochure.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
630
No Lot
631
GAA. Circa 1910 Kilkenny “Famous Hurling Champions” picture
postcard and other related collectibles.
The card by Moran, Kilkenny, unused, also a similar vintage “Cork,
Runners-up, All-Ireland Hurling Championship”, unused. Also with this
lot Will’s cigarette cards “Hurlers” (11 odds) St. Laurence O’Toole GAA
Club 75th Anniversary Record 1901-76 booklet, pp76, and An Post “Team
of The Millennium” commemorative stamps in sheetlets, first day cover
etc. (4 folders and a loose sheetlet ).
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
632
Hurling: 1919-20 Junior Hurling League and 1925 Junior Hurling
Championship winner’s medals
9ct gold medal by John Millar inscribed on the reverse “County Dublin
G.A.A. Junior Hurling League 1919-20 Won by Erin’s Own”. Also with a
9ct gold medal by John Millar inscribed on the reverse “Junior Hurling
Championship 1925 Won by Commercial H. C.” of typical form. (2 items)
€
250-
€
300 (£210-£250 approx)
633
1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners medal
awarded to Kilkenny
Hallmarked 9ct gold by J.M. (John Millar). Of typical form, engraved on
the reverse “Craobh Iomána na hÉireann 1967 - Cill Ceannaigh v Tiobraid
Árann’. The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the
80th All Ireland final and was won by Kilkenny on a score line of 3-8 to
2-7, the first time they had beaten Tipperary in championship
competition since 1922. The team included some of Kilkenny’s all time
great hurlers such as Eddie Keher, Tom Walsh, Jim Treacy and Martin
Coogan. An extremely scarce medal.
1½ x 1½in. (3 x 3cm)
€
1,500-
€
2,500 (£1,250-£2,080 approx)
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