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Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) letter to Martin Harvey and others
signed Cyril Maude and Gilbert Parker.
Undated, but circa 1900, concerning a play, John Ingerfield, for reading
by Harvey. Also a1900 postcard written by Gilbert Parker, a typed letter
of 1900 from the Haymarket Theatre signed by Cyril Maude, and a cut
out piece with signature of Richard Le Galienne, poet and author. (4)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
362
circa 1910: Maple’s Hotel Dublin knives and forks, referred to by
Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A set of five knives and five forks all with the stamp of the Maple’s
Hotel which was situated on 23-28 Kildare Street where the
Department of Industry and Commerce building now stands. Joyce
refers to the hotel in his A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Stephen walked on alone and out into the quiet of Kildare Street
opposite Maple’s Hotel.... He stared angrily back at the softly lit
drawing-room of the hotel in which he imagined the sleek lives of the
patricians of Ireland in calm... they knew the names of certain French
dishes and gave orders to jarvies in high-pitched provincial voices which
pierced through their skin-tight accents”
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
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1967: Patrick Kavanagh death mask by Seamus Murphy RHA
(1907-1975)
A plaster death mask of the Irish poet and novelist. Mounted on an oval
wooden support. Two other plaster examples of this death mask have
been recorded in the following public collections: The Writer's Museum,
Dublin and The Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Monaghan with a third in
private hands.
Exhibited: 'The Work of Seamus Murphy, Sculptor (1907-1975)', Douglas
Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, 2 December - 5 January 1983,
catalogue no. 70 (an edition)
Provenance: Collection of artist, Liam Proud (1920-1995); Thence by
descent.
€3,000-€4,000 (£2,439-£3,252 approx)
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Thomas Kinsella Butcher’s Dozen
Butcher’s Dozen by Thomas Kinsella. Printed for the Elo Press Ltd. For
Peppercanister 26 April 1972.
€80-€100 (£65-£81 approx)
364
Collection of Micheál Mac Liammóir signed books including All For
Hecuba
Collection of 5 books by Micheál Mac Liammóir, all signed and
dedicated by the author. Comprising of All For Hecuba, Methuen 1947.
The Importance of Being Oscar, Dolmen Press 1963, Enter a Goldfish
Thames and Hudson 1977, Each Actor On His Ass Routledge and Kegan
Paul 1961, Put Money In Thy Purse Methuen 1952.
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
365
Micheál Mac Liammóir Fairy Nights signed
Talbot Press, 1922, 93pp, rebound. Scarce example of Fairy Nights or
Oidhcheanna Sidhe by Mac Liammóir. With dedication and signature of
the author. 9.50 x 7.50in. (24.13 x 19.05cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
366
Brian O’Higgins The Voice of Banba. Songs, Ballads and Satires
signed by author
Published by the author, Dublin, 1931, 114pp.
2nd and more elaborate edition of this book published originally in
1907 by the 1916 Rising veteran and Sinn Féin politician. Signed and
dedicated on the first page by O’Higgins as Brian na Banba. With
original card covers. 8.50 x 5.50in. (21.59 x 13.97cm)
€150-€200 (£122-£163 approx)
367
Eugene O’Neill Thirst and Other One Act Playssigned by author and
used by the Provincetown Players
Gorham Press, Boston, 168pp, original boards
An extremely interesting and historical copy of this first book by the
Nobel laureate. Signed and with the unattributed first stanza of
Exchanges by Ernest Dowson in the hand of O’Neill on the front
pastedown. Signed on the free front endpaper by Louise Bryant and
dated 1916. Another note in the hand of Bryant states that Thirst was
“as played by the Provincetown Players, Provincetown, Mass. Summer
1916” with George Cram Cook playing the role of ‘A Gentleman’, Bryant
playing ‘A Dancer’ and O’Neill playing ‘A West Indian Mulatto Sailor’.
Numerous further notes and amendments in pencil throughout for the
purpose of producing the play. 7.50 x 5in. (19.05 x 12.70cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
368
1929: Grace Plunkett Twelve Nights At The Abbey Theatre
Dublin, Sign of the Three Candles, 1929, Oblong Folio. Linen on paper
boards with title label laid on front cover
Limited to an edition of 200 of which this is 193. With 12 illustrations
by Grace Plunkett of some of the leading Abbey players. 10 x 12in.
(25.40 x 30.48cm)
€300-€500 (£244-£407 approx)
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James Plunkett Strumpet City
signed by the author
Hutchinson, 1969, 577pp.
Signed by author on endpaper and
dated 28/4/69. With black boards,
gilt titled spine and original dust-
jacket.
€50-€80 (£41-£65 approx)
370
circa 1910: Original unpublished
John Reed photographs of the
Basque Country
Five photographs taken by John Reed
the American journalist, poet and
author of Ten Days that Shook the
World. All titled on the reverse by
Reed and signed along with his
address. Most likely to have been
taken during the summer of 1910 when he travelled to Europe
following his graduation from Harvard College. Scenes comprising of
the Pyrenees at San Sebastián, the view from his window his hotel room
at Tolosa, the Royal Box at the bull fight in San Sebastián, a typical
Basque village and Burgos. Also with three other Reed related
photographs including him participating in a play by Louise Bryant. (9
items)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
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1911: John Reed’s copy of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M.
Synge
John W. Luce, Boston, 1911, original boards, first American edition.
Signed on the free front endpaper by John Reed and marked with his
address 42 Washington Square. An interesting item and appearing to
have some connection to the first appearance in New York of the Irish
Players from the Abbey Theatre in November 1911 as a clipping relating
to their performance of the play has been tipped into the book,
probably by Reed himself. 7.50 x 5in. (19.05 x 12.70cm)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
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