WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

291 Literature THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 617 1941 (29 December) letter from Sean O’Casey to MJ McManus, editor of The Irish Press. The typewritten letter, from his home in Devon, refers to an article on Napper Tandy, signed in ink with a note regarding a descendant of Tandy, a solicitor in London Donated to Society of St Vicent de Paul, and offered on the Society’s behalf. Condition: Very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 617 618 1949 (26 March), signed letter from George Bernard Shaw to MJ McManus, editor of the Irish Press. In an amusing letter Shaw refers to “Major”Dick Pigott: “His routine was to drink himself almost to death, at which point he would write a recklessly seditious article in his paper The Irishman and get six months for it. The compulsory abstinence this enforced restored his health and enabled him to begin again”. Complete with envelope in Shaw’s hand. Donated to Society of St Vicent de Paul, and offered on the Society’s behalf. Condition: Very good. Estimate €400-€600 (approx £360-£550) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 618 619 Cummings, E. E., American Poet, Complete Poems 1913-1935 and 1936-1962, Limited Edition. The Complete Poems of E.E. Cummings, McGibbon & Kee, 1968. Numbered 7/150. Two volumes, blue cloth gilt, in slip case. Condition: Very fine. BOOKS Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 619