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Reid, Thomas., An Inquiry into the Human Mind:
On the Principles of Common Sense, 1814, Edinburgh,
Bell and Bradfute andWilliam Creech, Edinburgh. Sev-
enth Edition. Quarter calf gilt.
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
Large Image & Place Bid 411412
John Reed. Sangar, The Mad Recreant Knight of
theWest: To Lincoln Steffens.
Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut, 1913, original boards,
limited to an edition of 500. A fine example of this scarce
book. Also a flyer for John Reed’s Under The Cremlin and
a manuscript poem on working people. (3)
John Reed was perhaps the best known left-wing
American journalist of the twentieth century; he was
portrayed by Warren Beatty in the film REDS, nominated
for twelve Academy Awards and winner of three, which
centered on Reed’s life, his romance with Louise Bryant,
and his early death at 33 in Moscow.
10 x 6_in. (25.40 x 16.51cm)
Estimate €80-€120 £60-£90
Large Image & Place Bid 412413
George Bernard Shaw signed compliment slip.
Dated Paris, 4 May 1931, and inscribed in Shaw’s hand for the Frank Fay Fund. The odd sixpence is for bank charge on a
London cheque, GBS”, framed with a photograph of Shaw.”
Frank Fay (1870–1931), brother of William Fay, was an actor and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
He worked with his brother, William, staging productions in halls around the city. Finally, they formedW. G. Fay’s Irish
National Dramatic Company, focused on the development of Irish acting talent.The brothers participated in the in
founding of the Abbey Theatre and were largely responsible for evolving the Abbey style of acting. After a falling-out
with the Abbey directors in 1908, they emigrated to the United States to work in theatre there. Fay died in 1931, the
year of Shaw’s contribution to the Frank Fay Fund.
17_ x 13in. (44.45 x 33.02cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £150-£220
Large Image & Place Bid 413