44
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
405
1998 (10 April) Good Friday Agreement facsimile signature sheet
Justine McCarthy of the Irish Independent newspaper organised a
signing of the cover of the final published Good Friday Agreement by
all the major participants, the original of which was sold at a charity
auction. The purchaser of the original was IAWS Ltd., which produced a
limited quantity of facsimiles. 16.50 x 12in. (41.91 x 30.48cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£260 approx)
406
1998 (10 April) Good Friday Agreement facsimile signature sheet
Another similar item. Framed 16.50 x 12in. (41.91 x 30.48cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£260 approx)
407
20th Century: Collection of Irish political autographs
Including signed photographs of John Bruton, Patrick Hillery, Albert
Reynolds, Mary Robinson, Garret Fitzgerald. Books signed by Gerry
Adams, Alex Maskey, Mary McAleese and Joe Cahill. (10 items)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
408
2003: The History Ring of Carlow in gold
14 carat gold ring produced in 2003 and decorated with symbols
descibing the history of Carlow spanning 5000. Symbols include
Browneshill Dolmen, Carlow Castle, The Liberty Tree etc. Complete with
issuing booklet signed by the historian and designer of the ring Michael
Purcell. 9.3g. 0.30 x 1in. (0.76 x 2.54cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£260 approx)
409
circa 1990: VZ58 Assault Rifle
A deactivated vz. 58, 7.62mm Czechoslovakian made assault rifle, similar
in style to the AK-47. Reputed to have been taken as a war trophy
during the Gulf War. Complete with spare magazine, ammunition pouch
and bayonet.
€
400-
€
500 (£350-£440 approx)
BOOKS & LITERARY
EPHEMERA
410
Brendan Behan. The Hostage, signed and dedicated by the author.
Methuen, London. 1960 paperback reprint. 12mo. Inscribed “To Edna
Liebman with Best Wishes for 1961, Brendan Behan” in ballpoint.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£260 approx)
411
Brendan Behan: An Exclusive Recording by The Book Society
Introduced by Kenneth Allsop
Single sided 1964 flexidisc recording produced for The Book Society and
featuring the spoken word of Brendan Behan. A scarce item.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£260 approx)
412
Blom : Grove’s Dictionary Of Music And Musicians
10 vols London 1954 with nine other music reference books. (19)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£90 approx)
413
Borges. Irish Strategies. With John Montague’s Selected Poems.
Dolmen Editions XXI, 1975. Gilt green cloth, leather spine. Limited
edition of 350, this unnumbered. Signed by translator Anthony Kerrigan
and illustrator Bernard Childs. John Montague, Selected Poems, Dolmen,
1982. special quarter leather binding in slip case (150 copies) but not
signed or numbered. (2)
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
414
Bruccoli : First Printing of American Authors; Blanck : Bibliography of
American Literature.
4 vols Detroit 1979 and 9 vols New Haven 1955. (13)
€
200-
€
250 (£170-£220 approx)
415
Darwin, Bernard & Elinor. Tootleoo Two, Mr Tootleoo and Co., and
Ishybushy & Topknot.
Respectively 1927 The Nonesuch Press, 1935 Faber & Faber, and 1946
Country Life Ltd., first two printed illustrated boards, the last with
distressed wrapper. Scarce trio of children’s books illustrated by Irish
engraver Elinor Darwin (nee Monsell). (3)
€
100-
€
150 (£90-£130 approx)
416
J.P. Donleavy (b.1926)
BEASTLY BEATITUDE, 1968 and MONKEY CREATURE (A PAIR)
watercolour; (1); pen and ink with gouache (1)
the first, signed and dated [August, 1968] lower centre; with inscribed
Tom Caldwell Galleries label on reverse; the second, signed lower centre;
with inscribed Tom Caldwell Galleries label on reverse
10 x 13.50in. (25.40 x 34.29cm)
Provenance:
Tom Caldwell Galleries;
Private collection
Exhibited:
possibly exhibited at the Tom Caldwell Galleries in the 1960s
The first work refers to the artist’s novel,
The Beastly Beatitudes of
Balthazar B
, Delacorte Press, New York 1968. The use of the grid would
appear to represent windows and is a motif regularly employed by the
artist evidenced in his exhibition entitled,
Visions and Vernacular
, 30
April - 9 May 2008 in the Molesworth Gallery, Dublin. The Beastly
Beatitudes featured heavily in the artist’s earlier exhibitions in 1986 in
the Godolphin Art Gallery, Dublin in September of that year. (2 works)
€
600-
€
800 (£520-£700 approx)
417
Arthur Conan Doyle ‘The Speckled Band, An Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes’
Samuel French, 1923, original printed wrappers, 124pp. French’s Acting
Edition No. 2558 7 x 4.50in. (17.78 x 11.43cm)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£90 approx)
418
Poems by Eva Goore-Booth
Longmans, Green & Co., London 1898. 128pp, original cloth.
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
419
Oliver Goldsmith. The Poems. TCD Prize copy.
Printed by Bensley for FJ de Roveray, Great St. Helens, 1800. Trinity
College Prize 1804 to Richard Wolfe, inscribed Elizabeth Wolfe. TCD arms
gilt stamped on leather front and back covers.
€
100-
€
150 (£90-£130 approx)
420
Lady Augusta 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. Octavo. Signed on the title
page by Lady Gregory.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
