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Catalogue Six Autumn 2005 Irish Art - Irish Artists & Book Illustrators

1000. Saorstát Eireann. Appropriation Accounts of the sums granted by the Oireachtas for public services for the year ended 31st March 1925, together with the report of the comptroller and auditor-general thereon and his reports on certain store Accounts. Dublin. S.O. 1926. pp.181. Green wraps. V.G. €35.

1001. Saorstát Eireann. Twenty Fourth General Report of the Department of
Agriculture & Technical Instruction for Ireland 1923-26. Dublin. S.O. 1927.
Green wraps. G. €35.

1002. Scale, Bernard. Tables for the easy Valuing of Estates, from one Shilling to
Five Pounds per acre. Also the parts of an acre, from three roods to one perch. Dublin. Printed by S. Powell for the Author, sold by G. Faulkner etc 1771. First. pp.108. engraved T.P. and fine engraved dedication page to the Duke of Leinster. Cntpy. Full calf, gilt spine with crimson moroc. Label. Rare. €975.

1003. Semple, Maurice. By the Corribside. Galway. O'Gorman Ltd. 1984. 4to. pp.202. Prof. illus. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €25.

1004. (Sheridan, Thomas) The Philoctetes of Sophocles. Translated from the Greek. Dublin. Hyde & Dobson. 1725. pp.51. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Scarce. €325.

1006. Shamrock. The Shamrock. A National Weekly Journal of Irish History, Literature, Arts etc. October 1867 - September 1868. 4to. pp.864. Illustrated. Half calf, splitting at edges of spine. €95.

1010. Shackleton, Sir Ernest. South. The story of Shackleton's last expedition. 1914-1917. London. Heinemann. 1920. Second edition. pp.376. Illus. Fine half calf, blue boards. €420.

1011. Shackleton, E.H. The Heart of the Antartic. Being the story of the British Antartic Expedition 1907-1909. New and revised edition with illustrations in colour and black and white. Folding map at end. London. Heinemann, 1910. pp.368. Illustrated cloth. G. €175.

Shackleton's attempt to reach the South Pole, using ponies for the first time instead of dogs. After 39 days the last pony died and the sledges had to be pulled by hand. Expedition members were lucky to return considering they were plagued by dysentery and starvation.

1012. Shackleton. Sir Ernest. Shackleton in the Antartic being the story of the British Antartic Expeditions 1907-1909. London. Heinemann. 1911. pp.256. Map. E.P. Red pictorial cloth, title in black. V.G. €75.

1015. Shackleton. M.H. Albert. The Long White Road - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antartic Adventures. London. Lutterworth Press. 1960. 1st english. pp. 175. Illustrated. B.P. Fine in pictorial D.J. €50.

1016. Shackleton, Sir Ernest. South. London. Longmans Green. 1950. Edit. by W.T. Hutchins. pp.171. Illus. Green cloth. G. €15.

1020. Shorter, Dora Sigerson. The Tricolour. Poems of the Irish Revolution. Dublin. Maunsel & Roberts Ltd. 1922. First. pp.72. Org. blue cloth. Scuffed at spine. €35.

Signed Presentation Copy.

1021. Sibbett R.M. On the Shining Bann. Records of an Ulster Manor. Belfast. W.& G. Baird Ltd. 1928. First. 4to. pp.207. 38 plates, original blue gilt cloth inscribed "To Mr. D Lindsay Keir, Vice Chancellor Queens University Belfast. With the compliments of R.M. Sibbett. Nov. 22, 1940".
Fine copy. €100.

1022. Sights and Scenes in Ireland. London. Cassell & Co. C.1898. Oblong Folio. 100 full page copyright illustrations. Org. green gilt cloth. A.E.G. Special subscription only copy, "not obtainable through Booksellers". Wonderful photographs of turn of the century Ireland.
Fine tight copy. €220.

1023. Simpson, Robert. The Annals of Derry showing the Rise and Progress of the Town from the earliest accounts on record to the Plantation under King James. 1613 and thence of the City of Londonderry. Londonderry. Hempton. 1847. First. pp.275. fine litho frontis of the City, 2 maps,
one folding and 2 plates. Org. cloth. G.€395.

1025. Smith-Gordon L. The Place of Banking in the National Programme. Intro. by Éamon de Valera. Dublin. 1921. Scarce pamphlet on Irish Banking at the dawn of the Free State. Scarce. pp.14. Org. printed wraps. €95.

The following 3 Somerville & Ross items are their recognised scarcest works.

1026. Somerville & Ross. Martin Ross and E. OE. Somerville. Beggars on Horseback. A Riding Tour in North Wales. Edinburgh, Wl. Blackwood. 1895. First. pp.186. Prof. illustrated. Beautiful quarter blue calf, Marbled boards & gilt spine. €525.
See Illustration.

1028. Somerville, E. OE. and Martin Ross. In the Vine Country. London. W.H. Allen & Co. 1893. First. pp.237 + 32 pages ads. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend from sketches by E. OE. Somerville. Org. pictorial green cloth. Scarce. V.G. €595.

Detailed account of the cousins trip to France and the delights of the famed wine regions. See Illustration.

1029. Somerville - Large P. The Irish Country House. London. Sinclair Stevenson. 1995. First. 4to. pp.384. Prof. illustrated. V.G. in pictorial D.J. €60.

1030. Special Commissioner. Ireland As It Is and as it would be under Home Rule. Sixty two letters written by the Special Commissioner of the Birmingham Daily Gazette between March and August, 1893. Birmingham 1893. First. pp. 418. Coloured map frontis. Org. green
Gilt cloth. G. €150.

1031. Stackpoole, H. de Vere. Love on the Adriatic. London. Daily Express Library. n.d. pp.188. Org. blue cloth. V.G. €25.

Signed Limited Edition.

1032. Stephens, James. Etched in Moonlight. New York. Macmillan Co. 1928. First. Limited Edition (Ex. 750) Signed James Stephens. pp.121. L.P. copy. B.P. Fine in slip case. €225.

Signed Presentation Copy.

1033. Stephens, James. Etched in Moonlight. London. Macmillan. 1928. First. pp.199. B.P. Inscribed "With the compliments of James Stephens". Blue cloth & black illustrated panel.
V.G. €175.

Signed Limited Edition.

1034. Stephens, James. Julia Elizabeth - A comedy in One Act. New York. Crosby Gaige. 1929. Limited Edition (861) Signed by James Stephens. 4to. pp.25. Handmade paper, particularly fine watermark. Very attractive decorative chequered cover with large paper label with title & publishers ram illustration, also reproduced on title page. Very fine in glassine wrapper.
€295.

Inscribed Copy.

1035. Stephens, James. Strict Joy - Poems. New York. Macmillan 1931. First. pp.53. B.P. Inscribed "Dear Edith - read these at a canter James Stephens". Fine copy. blue cloth with blue D.J. in glassine cover. Title in blue lettering inside a white square on upper cover. Fine. €195.

Inscribed and Letter.

1036. Stephens, James. Die Halbgótter (The Demi-Gods) German Text. Switzerland. Zurich. Verlac 1949. pp.227. B.P. Inscribed "Dear Eva, Dear Eddie, Here am I translated. I wonder can you read me? I can't. All good luck to you, all good New Years to you. James Stephens".
With the book is letter dated 28th December 1948, from James Stephens Wife from their London Home. Book is obviously a gift for his Doctor and his wife writes "Dear Dr. Eva Lipman, many thanks for the Certificate, I am enclosing a copy of Seumas Book in German with an inscription
to you and your husband from Seumas with best wishes to you both for the coming year and again thanking you for all your kindness. Yours sincerely Cynthia Stephens". Eversleigh, Queens Walk, Kingsbury, N.W. 9. The book was obviously an advance copy given to Stephens before publication date & presented to his German Doctor. He died at above address on 26/12/1950. Fine & significant Association copy in original pictorial D.J. in glassine cover. V.G. €395.

Doneraile/Mallow Interest.

1037. St. Leger, Moya Frenz. St. Leger - The Family and the Race. Chichester. Phillimore & Co. 1986. First. pp.157. Prof. illustrated, dust jacket illustrates the family seat of Doneraile Court. Mint in D.J. €150.

Famous Irish/English family who originated England's first classic race The Doncaster St. Leger in September 1778. Lord Doneraile's daughter Elizabeth became the only Lady Freemason of the Order in 1712 when she accidentaly witnessed a Masonic Cermony in Doneraile Court and had to be inducted as a freemason to preserve the Lodge's secret cermonies.

1038. Stevenson, Thomas. Report to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland regarding Ardglass Harbour. Dublin. Alex. Thom & Co. 1886. pp.2 and large folding colour plate (64 x 48 cm) of Ardglass Harbour.Fine in marbled boards. €150.

Mayo Interest.

1040. Stockman, Gerard. The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo. A Miscellaneous
Collection of linguistic material from the Parish of Achill with a phoenetic
description of the dialect. Belfast. Instit. of Irish Studies 1974. First.
Thick 4to. pp.466. Fine in very attractive D.J. with title in large yellow
print on grey background. Glassine wrapper. Fine and scarce. €225.

Tipperary Interest.

1041. Stout. Geraldine T. Archaeological Survey of the Barony of Ikerrin. Roscrea. Roscrea Heritage Society 1984. Large 4to. pp.146. Illustrated.Pristine in D.J. €95.

1042. Swift. Letters written by Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Dublin and several of his friends from the year 1703 to 1740. Published from the originals with notes explanatory and historical by John Hawkesworth. London. T. Davies. 1767. 3 vols. Contemporary calf - new moroc.labels. pp.(1) 303, (2)312, and (3) 324. V.G. €350.

1043. Swift. The Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Dublin, accurately revised in twelve volumes. Adorned with copper-plates with some account of the Author's life and notes historical and explanatory by John Hawkesworth. London. Bathurst, Davis etc. 1755. Royal 8vo.
12 vols. Contemporary speckled calf. Crimson & green moroc. labels.Some spines tender. Gilt spines. V.G. €1,600.

13 Volume Set.

1044. Swift. Dr. Swift. Miscellanies in 4 vols by Dr. Swift, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Pope and Mr. Gay. With several additional pieces in Verse and Prose. London Bathurst 1751 and miscellanies by Dr. Swift and others 2 vols and Dr. Swift miscellanies 5 vols and Dr. Swift. A Tale of a Tub to which
is added an account of a Battle, between the Ancient & Modern Books in St. James Library and remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift in a series of letters from John Earl of Orrery. London. Miller 1752. 13 volume set in contemporary calf, crimson labels. V.G. €1,850.

1045. Swift. Remarks on the writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift in a series of letters from John, Earl of Orrery to his son the Honourable Hamilton Boyle. London. Millar. 1752. The Fifth Edition. pp.250. Portrait frontis. Half calf. G. €250.

1046. Swift, Jonathan. The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D. Dean of St. Patricks, Dublin. 8 volumes adorned with copper-plates with some account of the Author's life and notes Historical & Explanatory by John Hawkesworth. London. Bathurst Davis etc. 1755/65. 8 volumes. Large 4to. Half calf & green boards and letters written by the late Jonathan Swift & several of his
friends from the year 1703 to 1740. Published from the originals by John Hawkeswroth. London. T.Davies 1766/68. 4 volumes. Large 4to. Calf & green boards (modern). In total 12 volumes in matching binding. V.G. €2,500.

1047. Swift. The Select Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patricks Dublin. London. Hector McLean. 1823. 5 vols. contemporary green morocco with gilt borders and elaborate tooling at corners A.E.G. Embellished with fine engravings. Beautiful library set and scare in such pristine condition. €1,400.

1048. Swift, Jonathan Rev. The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D. Dean of St. Patricks Dublin, including the whole of his Posthumous Pieces, Letters & a new edition accurately revised with an account of the Author's life and notes. Historical critical and explanatory by J. Hawkesworth and others. London. Elliot, 1784. Complete in 18 vols. Adorned with copper plates. Calf. Crimson & Green labels. Very fine & rare set. €2,200.

1049. Synge, Dr. Edward. Lord Archbishop of Tuam. An Answer to all the Excuses and Pretences which men ordinarily make for not coming to Holy Communion. London. Thomas Trye. 1744. The 17th edition, carefully corrected. Small 8vo. pp.116 + 5 pages ads. Signed in a contempory hand on E.P. " Sophia Synge." Unusual cntpy. Binding with Gothic Cathedral front view on upper and lower Cover on boards (black) A.E.G. G. €150.

1050. Swift, John. History of the Dublin Bakers and others. Dublin. Irish Bakers Workers' Union. 1948. Illustrated. Org. blue cloth with gilt Coat of Arms. V.G. & Scarce. €95.

1052. Synge, John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections with Biographical notes by John Masefield. Cuala Press. 1915. Limited Edition (350) pp.36. Quarter linen on grey boards. Original glassine cover. B.P. Fine copy. €250.

1053. Sadlemyer, Ann, Some letters of John M. Synge to Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats. Selected by A. Saddlemyer. Cuala Press, 1971. Limited Edition (500). pp.86. Quarter linen on boards, glassine cover. B.P. Unopened almost mint. €150.

1056. Synge. The Synge Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Dolmen. Library of T.C.D. 1971. pp.55. Illustrated yellow & cream stiff Wraps with portrait of Synge. Mint. €45.

Signed by Le Brocquy & Sultan.

1057. Synge, John M. The Playboy of the Western World. Barre. Massachusetts. 1970. Small Folio. Edited by Stanley Sultan with bush drawings by Louis Le Brocquy. pp.132. 6 fine coloured drawings by Le Brocquy. Lim. Edit. No. 577 (Ex. 1950) Signed by Louis Le Brocquy and Stanley
Sultan. Yellow buckram with Le Brocquy etching on cover. Almost mint in slip case with very scarce wrap around title ribbon. €925.

1059. Tagore, Rabindranath. The Post Offic Preface by W.B. Yeats. Quarter linen on blue boards in original glassine wrapper. B.P. Fine copy. €450.

R.I.C.

1060. Tales of the R.I.C. Edinburgh. Wm. Blackwood. 1921. First. pp.314. Org. green cloth. Title printed in black on cover and spine. Fine. €95.

1061. Taylor. W.B.S. History of the University of Dublin. Its origin, progress and present condition, with Biographical notices of many eminent men educated therein. Illustrated by views of its buildings, and the academic costumes etc., worn in this venerable seat of learning. London. T.Cadell and J. Cumming - Dublin. 1845. First. pp.540. Half calf marbled boards.
Plates. G. €525.

Scarce work on Trinity. This is the book that featured on last year's cover, the only difference being the 4 costume plates in this copy are not hand coloured.

1062. Tighe, Mrs Henry. (The late) Psyche, with other poems. London. Longman, Hurst etc. 1812. Fourth Edit. Port. frontis. pp.311. Cntp. half calf, marbled boards. spine slightly splitting but overall fine copy of scarce work. €150.

Tipperary Club.

1063. Address at the Unveiling of the Roll of Honour of the Cambridge Tipperary Club on July 12, 1916 by M.R. James, Provost of King's College, Cambridge. 4to. pp.5. Gray wraps. €60.

What this has to do with Tipperary puzzeles me but the dates 1916 and twelfth July resonate in the Irish psyche.

1064. Trollope, Anthony. North America. London. Chapman & Hall. 1862. First 2 vols. Royal 8 vo. ½ calf & green marbled boards (modern binding) Fine Set. (1) pp.647 + 32 pages ads. (2) pp.494. €450

1065. Trollope, Anthony. Can You Forgive Her? London. Chapman and Hall, 1865. Third edition. 2 vols in 1. pp.(1) 320, (2) 320. Illustrated by "Phiz" and Marcus Stone. Org. green décor cloth. €195.

1067. Tynan, Katherine. The Flower of Peace. A Collection of Devotional Poetry. London. Burns & Oates Ltd. 1914. First. pp.102 + 4 pages ads. Org. gilt vellum, cover somewhat blackned. Scarce Tynan. €95.

Presentation Copy.

1068. Tynan, Katherine. Molly, My Heart's Delight. London. Smith Elder, 1914. First. pp.344. Org. blue cloth. Embossed "Presentation Copy" on T.P. G. €85.

Scarce First Book.

1069. Tynan, Katherine. Louis De La Valliére and other poems. London. Kegan Paul. 1886. First. pp.102 + 9 page review and 44 pages of ads. Her scarce first book of poetry. Org. blue gilt cloth. Cover creased. €95.

1070. Tynan, Katherine. Irish Poems. London. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. 1914 Second. pp.109 + 1 page ad. Org. blue cloth. Paper label on spine. V.G. €45.

1071. Tynan, Patrick J.P. The Irish National Invincible and their Times. London. Chatham & Co. 1894. First English Edition with appendices and index. pp.591. Portrait frontis. Original green cloth. V.G. €225.

1072. Ulster Guide. Belfast. 1949. pp.320. Numerous illustrations and 3 large folding maps. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €25.

1073. Union. Act of Union. 1798/1800. 10 scarce Act of Union Pamphlets bound in one volume :-

(1) R.F. Union or Separation. Of two Evils, Chuse the Least. Dublin.Bernard Dorin. 1798. pp.40 with

(2) Spencer, Joshua. Thoughts on a Union. Dublin. William Jones. 1798. pp.35 with

(3) Smith, William. Review of a Publication entitled The Speech of the right Honourable John Foster in a letter addressed to him by Wm. Smith. Dublin. Marchbank. 1799. pp.63. with

(4) Gay, Nicholas. Strictures on the proposed Union between Great- Britain and Ireland with occasional remarks. Dublin. John Exshaw. 1799. pp.39 with

(5) (Cooke, Edward) Arguments for and against a Union between Great Britain and Ireland considered. Dublin. J. Milliken. 1799. pp.58. with

(6) Swift, Theophilus. Hear Him! Hear Him! In a letter to the Right John Foster. Dublin. J. Stockdale. 1799. pp.66. with

(7) The Substance of the Speech of Robert Peel, Esquire, in the House of Commons on Thursday, the 14th February, 1799 on the question for receiving the Report of the Committee on the Resolutions respecting an Incorporate Union with Ireland, Dublin. John Exshaw. 1799. pp.23. with

(8) Smyth, Giles S. First letter to a Noble Lord on the subject of the Union. Dublin. J. Moore. 1799. pp.33. with

(9) Substance of the Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Sheffield. Monday, April 22,1799 upon the subject of Union with Ireland. Dublin. John Exshaw. 1799. pp.62 with

(10) An Accurate Report of the Speech of William Saurin, Esq in the House of Commons on Friday the 21st of February, 1800 on the question of a Legislative Union with Great Britain. Dublin.J. Moore. 1800. pp.23. The above 10 scarce Union pamphlets bound in very fine (recent) half calf, marbled boards. Scarce. €1,200.

1074. Ussher, Arland. The Face and Mind of Ireland. London. Gollancz. 1949. First. pp.142. Fine in D.J. Annotations in pencil by St. G. Irvine. €75.

1075. Ussher, Arland. The XX11 Keys of the Tarot. With designs drawn by
Leslie MacSweeney. Dublin. Dolmen Press. 1969. pp.54. Illustrated.
Mint in glassine covered pictorial D.J. €45.

1076. Ussher, Arland. The Juggler. With a memoir by Mervyn Wall, 1982.
pp.110. Wraps. V.G. €25.

1077. Ussher, Elizabeth, Lucy & Judith. Extracts from the Letters of Elizabeth, Lucy & Judith Ussher, late of the City of Waterford. Dublin. J. Jones. 1812. First. pp.160. The three sisters died in the period 1796/98 aged 18,21 &24. Members of a prominent Waterford family they joined
the Society of Friends and appeared to be imbued with a strong Christian fate and a deep devotion to their Maker. V.G. €295.he scarcest of Irish Ornithology works. Fine copy. €325.

1079. Verschoyle, Rev. H. The Bond of Perfectness, chiefly in the thirteenth chapter of first Corinthians. Dublin. Hodges & Smith. 1849. pp.184 + 8 pages ads. Org. cloth. V.G. €65.

1080. Walsh, Dermot. Tragedy at Tusker Rock. Cork. Mercier Press. 1983. First. pp.89. Stiff pictorial wraps. V.G. €65.

The tragedy of the crash of the Aer Lingus Viscount "St Phelim" off the Wexford Coast on the 24th March 1968 has never been fully explained and there remains a strong possibility that the plane was struck by a missile. To the present day, it remains the great mystery of Irish Aviation
History.

Marchioness of Waterford.

1082. Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford & the Countess of Tankerville. Life Songs being Original Poems illustrated & illuminated by above Titled ladies. Pub London Nisbet 1884. Small Folio. pp.21 on thick Cards. Original gilt decorated cream cloth. All edges gilt. Very attractive copy with very fine decorative floral borders and some embellished with colour drawings of pastoral scenes. Louisa was married to Henry de la Poer. 2nd Marquis of Waterford. G.€450.

1083. Webb, D.A. An Irish Flora. With drawings by Hilda Parkes and Pearl Boatman. Dundalk, Tempest, 1967. pp.(12) 259. Fine in D.J. €30.

1084. Walsh, Rev. Paul. The Will and Family of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (with an appendix of genealogies). Dublin. At the sign of The Three Candles 1930. First. pp.81. Underlining in red. Stiff wraps with printed label on cover. G. Scarce. €95.

Letter from Liam Miller/Limited Edition.

1085. Walsh, Townsend. The Career of Dion Boucicault. New York. Dunlap Society. 1915. First. pp.224. Illustrated. Very fine half calf binding retaining the original wraps.
Limited edition (300). €225.

Loosely inserted is a typed letter from Liam Miller on Dolmen note paper dated 29/4/1969 in which he states "I am recuperating from two broken ribs and I do plan to do Hogans Boucicault, but when. Sincerely Liam".

1087. Wilde, Oscar. R. Ross (Edited by.) Reviews. London. Methuen. 1908.First thus. Limited Edition (1000). Original gilt décor. cloth. G. €295.

1088. Wilde, Oscar. The Happy Prince and other Tales. London. Nutt. 1889. Second Edition. Small 4to. pp.116. Illustrated by Waler Crane & Jacob Hood. Fine recent half calf binding incorporating org. décor cover. Raised bands. Lovely copy of scarce second edition. €795.

1089. Wilde, Oscar. The Happy Prince and other Tales. London. Duckworth. 1935. 4to. pp.134. Illustrated in color and B/W by Charles Robinson. Décor E.P. Very attractive pictorial D.J. by Robinson. V.G. €325.

Fine Binding.

1090. Wilde, Oscar. Poems with the Ballad of Reading Gaol. London. Methuen. 1951. pp.192. Full crimson calf, gilt spine, raised bands. Fine tight copy. €125.

Privately Printed.

1091. Wilde, Oscar. Poems in Prose. Paris 1905. pp.38. Title page printed in red & black. Chapter heads with attractive red designs and repeated at end of each chapter. L.P. One of fifty copies on Imperial Japanese paper Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. V.G. €950.

1093. Wilde, Oscar. Salome - A Tragedy in one Act. New York. E.P.Dutton & Co. 1927. 4to. pp.57. Finely illustrated by John Vassos. Org. black cloth - gilt, glassine cover. V.G. €125.

1094. Wilde, Oscar. Salomé. Drame en un Acte. Paris. Lés Éditions G. Crés & Co. 1922. Illustrated by Alastair in colour. Org. pictorial wraps in glassine cover. Mint. €250.

1095. Wilde, Oscar. Salome. Translated by R.A. Walker. London. Heinemann
1957. 4to. pp.109. Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Fine in glassine
covered pictorial D.J. €95,

Pirated Copy.

1096. Wilde, Oscar. Salome. Paris. 1906. 4to. pp.75. Org. blue cloth. Sun faded at spine. Millard pencil note on E.P. and pencil marking by him on margins etc. G. €195.

Limited Edition.

1098. Wilde, Oscar. The Portrait of Mr. W.H. London. Privately printed. 1904. 4to. Limited Edition. No. 196 (Ex. 200) L.P. Org. blue printed wraps in glassine cover. Very fine copy. €1,100.

Limited Edition.

1099. Wilde, Oscar. The Portrait of Mr. W.H. As written by Oscar Wilde. Some time after the publication of his essay of the same title, and now first printed from the original enlarged manuscript which for twenty six years has been lost to the world. New York. Mitchell Kennerley. 1921. Limited Edition No.89 (1000) L.P. Uncut. Org. cloth - gilt signature. Armorial B.P. Glassine cover Fine copy. €195.