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THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 MAY 2017 AT 10AM
Books
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The Beckett Country: Samuel Beckett’s Ireland - special limited edition signed by Beckett
Black Cat Press, Dublin, in association with Faber and Faber, London, 1986. Profusely illustrated with
photographs by David H. Davison; text by Eoin O’Brien. Copy no. 55 of the limited and specially bound
edition of 250 numbered and 10 lettered copies signed by Beckett. Oblong quarto, bound in full grey
goatskin with a gilt vignette designed by Robert Ballagh depicting the larch tree emblem of Beckett’s
childhood on upper board. Yellow watered silk endpapers and matching slipcase, with the Ballagh device
repeated in blind. A truly lovely publication.
Estimate €2000-€3000 (approx £1700-£2550)
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Beerbohm, Brook & Mr Punch.
Beerbohm, Max. Fifty Caricatures, Heinemann,
London (1913), 8vo, dark green cloth boards with
gilt illustration and title, with dust jacket; Brooke,
Rupert. 1914 & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson,
London, 1918. 8vo, pp 63. dark green cloth with
white title label; Punch. Benjamin Disraeli: Earl of
Beaconsfield K.G., cartoons from ‘Punch’, Punch,
London, 1878. 4to, maroon cloth gilt titles. (3)
Estimate €150-€200 (approx £127-£170)
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