WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

173 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 Books 426 Lord Alfred Douglas signed letter Dated 23 July 1907 to John Nayler, typescript single sheet of The Academy paper, rejecting an article, signed in ink “Alfred Douglas”. 9 by 7in. (22.9 by 17.8cm) Condition: Folded, very fine Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (1870-1945) was a British poet and journalist best known as the lover of Oscar Wilde. While studying at Oxford, he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, and met Wilde, with whom he started an infamous relationship. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 426 427 Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet. Brush-Work Studies Of Flowers, Fruit and Animals. 1898, George Philip & Son, London. 1st edition, oblong quarto. 27 coloured plates. Original green printed boards. Condition: Covers slightly soiled obverse, stained on reverse. Slight toning to interior, colour illustrations are fine and fresh. Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (11 March 1868 - 16 January 1940), known as Lolly, was born at 23 Fitzroy Road, London. She was the daughter of the Irish artist John Butler Yeats and sister of W. B., Jack and Susan Mary “Lily”Yeats. She trained and worked as an art teacher and was a member of William Morris’s circle in London before her family returned to Dublin in 1900. Yeats wrote and created the artwork for “Elementary Brush-Work Studies” (published in 1900), an educational book that teaches young children the technique of painting flowers and plants using her simple method. At the suggestion of Emery Walker, who worked with Morris on the Kelmscott Press, Yeats studied printing with the Women’s Printing Society in London. In Dublin, she accepted the invitation to join Evelyn Gleeson to form the Dun Emer Guild along with Lily, who was an embroiderer. Yeats managed the Dun Emer Press from 1902. The Press was located at Runnymede, the house of Evelyn Gleeson. (This house, located in Dundrum, was later renamed Dun Emer. It has since been demolished.) This was set up with the intention of training young women in bookbinding and printing. In 1908, she and her brother William started the Cuala Press, publishing over 70 books including 48 by the poet. Yeats was the first commercial printer in Ireland to work exclusively with hand presses. Estimate €250-€300 (approx £220-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 427