WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 AT 11AM

Books THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 15 SEPTEMBER AT 11AM 246 Walker, Dorothy. Louis le Brocquy, signed, limited edition. Limited edition print, Samuel Beckett, (no. 43 from an edition of 125); signed, dated 1981 and numbered, laid in frontis. River Ward Press, Dublin, first edition, 1981, 4to, quarter tan calf, gilt with blind embossed buckram boards. In slipcase. Estimate €700-€1,000 (approx £620-£890) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 246 247 Wilde, Oscar. The Sphinx The Bodley Head, London. 1918. Small, square 8vo. publisher’s pale green paper covered illustrated boards, dust jacket. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 247 248 Yeats, William Butler, signed autograph letter to Ellen Duncan and Lady Agusta Gregory’s ‘The Rider’s Song’. From The Nassau Hotel, Dublin, undated, notifying Duncan of the postponement of dress rehersals for ‘The Well of the Saints’ and cancelling his participation in a ‘discussion’ but offering ‘to get in a chat before the discussion’; together with a third-party transcript of Lady Augusta Gregory’s poem, ‘The Rider’s Song’ with autograph note by the poet, signed with initials andWB Yeats’ signature, on a paper fragment, tipped on. (2) Ellen Duncan (1850-1937) was the first curator of the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, she frequently worked with WB Yeats in various fundraising activities for the gallery. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£620) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 248 249 Yeats, William Butler. Plays and Controversies and three other books. Plays and Controversies. Macmillan and Co., London, 1923, 8vo, embossed green cloth gilt; Essays. Macmillan and Co., London, 1924, 8vo, embossed green cloth gilt; Four Plays for Dancers. Macmillan and Co., London, 1921, 8vo, printed paper covered boards and dust jacket; also Kinsella, Thomas and Yeats, William Butler. Davis, Mangan, Ferguson. Tradition and the Irish Writer. Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1970, green cloth gilt and dust jacket. (4) Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 249