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Rare Books & Sporting Collectibles Auction (Fonsie Meany Auctioneers)
May 30, 2017
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Approx 900 lots. Modern Irish, English & International Literature; first Editions, Signed & Association Copies, Periodicals, Photographs, etc.; together with a rare collection of G.A.A. Sporting Memorabilia.
Selected highlights:
JOYCE, JAMES. Original Manuscript Page from Finnegan’s Wake. € 7,500 – 10,000 EUR
O’NOLAN, BRIAN. (pseudo. Flann O’Brien, Myles na Gopaleen). Archive of texts and documents relating to his life and work. € 6,000-8,000.
KAVANAUGH, PATRICK. Recent Poems. 1958, sm quarto limp green buckram (untitled), 28pp, with many misprints corrected in ink in the Author’s hand, No. 5 of 25 copies. €4,000-6,000.
KAVANAUGH, PATRICK. Signed first edition of Kavanaugh’s first book, Ploughman. €1,200-1,700.
YEATS, W.B. The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems. First edition. €3,500-5,000.
YEATS, W.B. Poems Written in Discouragement. First edition, Lady Gregory’s Copy, signed by Yeats. €2,500-4,000.
HEANEY, SEAMUS. An original manuscript poem. €1,000-1,500.
Full catalogue here.