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

Books THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 15 SEPTEMBER AT 11AM 238 Roberts, Colonel David and Rowlandson, Thomas (illustrator). The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome: With an account of his campaign on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: with sketches, by Rowlandson, and notes by an Officer. Patrick Martin, London, 1816. 8vo, 188pp, quarter red hide gilt, 15 hand- coloured plates. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 238 239 Russell, George (‘AE’) signed autograph letter and four letters by literary and public figures. George Russell’s letter from 84 Merrion Square, Dublin, undated but with date stamp of the English Speaking Union for 20 Sep 1919, ‘I think far too much importance is attached to writers artists and poets who are rarely any wiser than thousands of their countrymen...’; together with a signed autograph, three-page letter, 3 May 1902, from Mildred Anne Butler, on black-edged notepaper, mentioning her participation, as a chorister, in the Kilkenny Choral Festival; a signed autograph four-page letter, Paris, 10 April 1895, by May Crommelin and a four-page letter, July 1895 by Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett. (4) Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 239 240 Scott, Peter. Observations of Wildlife, signed limited edition. Oxford Phaidon, 1980. 4to, quarter green morocco gilt and green cloth boards with Pintail Duck decoration in gilt to front cover, numbered 162 of 200 signed by Peter Scott, in publisher’s green cloth slip-case. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 240 241 Skinner, Liam C. Politicians by Accident, presentation copy to Sean McEntee. Metropolitan Publishing Co. Ltd. Dublin, 1946, 8vo, 341pp, specially bound presentation copy, full black calf, gilt title and recipient’s name [Seán MacEntee] to top board, inscribed’‘To Seán McEntee - one of the most brilliant - of the ‘Politicians by Accident’ - wishing you every good luck - in your future work - for the nation - Liam C Skinner - 20:XI:1946’ Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 241