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

296 Literature 629 Seamus Heaney. The Cure at Troy, first edition. Field Day, Derry, 1990. Original cloth with dust jacket. Condition: Fine, very slight bumps to dustjacket. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 629 630 Samuel Beckett signed typescript of Breath. Attractively framed with an artist signed artist’s proof etching of Beckett by Jack Coughlin. One of Beckett’s shortest works - 20 lines of typescript on a 9.5 by 6.5 inch sheet, signed in ink. Overall frame size is Mealy’s, Castlecomer, Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia, 15 September 2019, lot 302. Condition: Very good. Breath is a notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan’s revue Oh! Calcutta!, at the Eden Theatre in New York City on June 16, 1969. Estimate €800-€1200 (approx £730-£1,090) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 630 631 Samuel Beckett. Premier Amour. First edition, inscribed by the author. Les Editions de Minuit, Paris 1970. Card wrappers, 18mo. Inscribed in Beckett’s hand “bien amicalment [indistinct name, possibly “Sam”] Paris Mars 71”. Condition: Scuff and small tear mid spine into front cover, slight soiling to cover, very good. Estimate €400-€500 (approx £360-£450) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 631