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

292 Literature 620 Plunkett,Grace. Twelve Nights At The Abbey Theatre and Doctors Recommend It! 1929 signed limited edition No. 56 of 500, and 1930 signed unnumbered edition of 500, both published by Colm O Lochlainn, “at the sign of the Three Candles”. both with 12 plates., folio. Doctors Recommend It! is also signed by Maureen Delany and Arthur Shields on the page facing the image for The Playboy Of The Western World in which they appeared in the first production in 1907, and signed by Michael Scott on the page facing the illustration of Full Measure in which he appeared in the first production in 1928 Condition: Both very good, slight discoloration to the cloth cover of Doctors Recommend It! Estimate €300-€400 (approx £270-£360) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 620 621 1926 (15 August) letter from Liam O’Flaherty to MJ MacManus. Handwritten from Lacken, Co. Wicklow, with interesting content regarding selling his manuscripts, including The Informer and The Black Soul. Donated to Society of St Vincent 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 621 622 1934 (28 November) letter written and signed by Oliver St. John Gogarty to MJ McManus, editor of THe Irish Press. Gogarty writes about his Whitman book (probably Leaves of Grass) and offers made to him for it by Maggs and Rosenback, but he offers to sell it to McManus. Donated to Society of St Vicent de Paul, and offered on the Society’s behalf. Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 622