121. [Kings Bromley Manor].

Collection of two very rare original Albumen Print Photoalbums wih original photographs of Kings Bromley Manor, Kings Bromley Farm, Lichfield, parts of the Lane Family, places the Lane – Family visited etc. etc.

Lichfield (Staffordshire, England), no year (ca.1890-1910). Folio / Quarto. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

122. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Seamus Heaney – photographed for his 70th birthday at his Dublin Home.

Extra Large Original Photograph on archival paper. Dublin, 2009. 31 cm x 43 cm (Image only) / Framed 62,5 cm x 73 cm. From the private library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan below the image. Unusual, large print of this stunning and intimate photograph of Irelands beloved poet. Beautifully framed.

123. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von [With interesting Ephemera: The Author’s Dedication-Leaflet].

System des heutigen Römischen Rechts – Zweyter Band und Sechster Band, Abtheilung I der Erstausgabe in Interimsbindung und unbeschnitten [Sechster Band: Mit beiliegendem Blatt welches auf eine Widmung durch Savigny schliessen laesst: “Ueberreicht vom Verfasser – Ein farbiger Umschlag zum sechsten Band….wird mit der zweiten Abtheilung nachgeliefert werden”].

Zwei Baende (von neun) Berlin, Veit und Comp., 1840 – 1846. Oktav. Paginierung: Band II: 559 Seiten / Band VI – Erste Abtheilung: VIII, 256 Seiten. Interimsbindung der Zeit (Band 2 ungebundene Lagen). Seltene originale Ausgaben mit dem seltenen Widmungsblatt von Savigny.

124. [Naylor, Dave].

Geological Survey of Ireland – Collection of Four Large bespoke Solander Boxes with Map Report Series of Ireland and an additional abundance of Surveys, Maps and Essays on the Geology of Ireland as well as specialist publications, Bibliographies, Pamphlets and Data Sheets on several regions within Ireland. [See List].

Dublin / Cork and others, c.1960 – 2000. Quarto. Hardcover Boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

125. [Freke Family Provenance] / [Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Scott, Sir Walter.

Collection of Works by Sir Walter Scott. Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin, given to First Class Classics – Student [Literis Humanioribus] Jacobo Freke by Vice Provost Henry Wray (signed) between the years 1823 and 1828. The Collection includes: 1. Walter Scott – The Lay of the Last Minstrel – A Poem (The Twelth Edition, London, 1811) / 2. Walter Scott – The Lady of the Lake – A Poem (The Ninth Edition, Edinburgh, 1811 – Plays in the vicinity of Loch Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire / With Notes to the Cantos) / 3. Walter Scott – Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. (The Seventh Edition, Edinburgh, 1811) / 4. Walter Scott – Rokery – A Poem (The Third Edition, Edinburgh, 1813) / 5. Walter Scott – The Lord of the Isles – A Poem (The Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1815). With the handwritten entry on the first page: “The Freke Books were given to me by the last of his daughter’s Sidney – 1936” [Written by Henry Longfield Conner].

Five Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Printed for Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown and A.Constable and Co. Edinburgh; By James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh, 1811 – 1815. Octavo. 349, 433, 377, CXXVIII, 413, 443 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather in Mylar. Stunning, Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin: “Reg. Elizabeth Juxta Dublin Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis”. Bindings worn and slightly cracked but all holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

126. Viereck, George Sylvester / [Frederick Franklin Schrader] / [Mentioning of Oscar Wilde / Lord Alfred Douglas].

Collection of early Manuscript Material (which is a Manuscript Ballad / Poem), a two-page Manuscript Letter (which is a MLS mentioning Oscar Wilde, Lord [Alfred] Douglas, Viereck’s literary tastes etc.) and the personal copy of “House of the Vampire”, all by the controversial german-american author George Sylvester Viereck. The collection includes: 1. One six-page, hitherto unpublished Manuscript – Ballad [Poem], called “Die Ballade vom Sündigen Glück” [Translates: “The Ballad of sinful Pleasure”]/ 2. A lengthy and extremely insightful Two-Page Manuscript Letter, signed in New York, 1902, which accompanied and talks about the enclosed Six-Page Manuscript – Ballad [The letter and Poem was not conclusively but very likely addressed by Viereck to Frederick Franklin Schrader, then editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror and shortly thereafter co-founder with George Sylvester Viereck of “The Fatherland” / 3. The collection also includes Viereck’s personal copy of his publication “The House of the Vampire” with handwritten, manuscript entry of his name, address in New York City as well as a pasted statement on the endpaper by the author Viereck: “Concerning “The House of the Vampire” : This book went through several editions when it was first published and was dramatized. It played for eight weeks in New York and for two years on the road under the management of the Shuberts. Critics have compared it to such books as Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Lady Into Fox, and Dorian Gray”]. The two-page letter is of great value and touches on Viereck’s admiration for Schrader and his “Blatt” [Newspaper]. Viereck is advertising himself to Schrader by introducing himself as a critical admirer with substantial references (Viereck details his working for numerous newspapers in America). Viereck mentions his secessionist tendencies and name-drops Oscar Wilde, Rosetti and Lord Douglas (whom he claims to know personally). This amazing, autographed/signed Manuscript-Material was created by Viereck directly during his transition from writer to propagandist and is an example of his early, bullish personality, which wants to be heard, which needs attention and it is here, in 1912, where his career begins to develop. This large Archive of manuscript material [8 pages in total] is stunning and unpublished (see partial Transcription of the original german material on our website). Viereck’s close friends included Nikola Tesla and even Theodore Roosevelt was among his acquaintances.

New York, Moffat, Yard & Company, 1902-1912. Play and Letters: 20.3 cm x 25.3 cm / Book: 13 cm x 19,5 cm. Pagination: Balld (Poem): 6 pages / Manuscript Letter (MLS): 2 pages / Book: 190 pages. Original Hardcover / Blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s mylar / The play protected in clear folder. The manuscript pages overall in excellent condition besides page IV of the play which has two abrasions with small parts of the text missing only. The book in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Viereck’s usual vanity made him add the lovely littel note of critical success. The personal copy of this controversial author’s most interesting book is a unique possibility for each collector of unusual Vampire material. Extraordinary collection !

127. [Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

128. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett – photographed in Room 604 at The Hyde Park Hotel in London, 1980. [Artist Proof] !

Rare, modern print of the 1989 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2010. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From his personal Archive. Marked as A/P (Artist Proof) by John Minihan.

129. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

130. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung. [Erstausgabe mit dem seltenen, angebundenen Zusatz: “Verbesserungen und Zusaetze zur ersten Ausgabe der Abhandlung vom Besitz von D. Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Professor der Rechte zu Marburg. Aus der zweiten Ausgabe besonders abgedruckt / The First Edition with the rare Appendix].

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Gießen, bey Heyer, 1803. Oktav. XXXII, 495 Seiten plus Errata [Berichtigungen und Zusaetze] / Paginierung der angebundenen Abhandlung: 115 Seiten. Hardcover / Private, sehr dekorative, moderne Halblederbindung. Sehr guter Zustand. Extrem selten mit dem Anhang.