Lot 94
£2,016
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
including:
1) A Letter from Oscar Wilde [to Ellen Terry], 1954. One of 40 copies;
2) Oscar Wilde. A Study by John E. Barlas, 1974. One of 100 copies;
3) Some Early Poems and Fragments by Oscar Wilde, 1974. One of 75 copies;
4) Oscar Wilde. Letters to Graham Hill, 1978. One of 25 copies on Amalfi paper, from the total edition of 26;
5) Berneval. An Unpublished Letter by Oscar Wilde, 1981. 2 copies: one of three special copies on Barcham Green hand-made paper signed by Alan Anderson (not mentioned in the stated limitation), and one of 75 copies on Ingres d'Arches;
6) Oscar Wilde: Graham Hill. A Brief Friendship, 1982. 2 copies, each one of 75 on Ingres d'Arches;
7) Oscar Wilde on Vegetarianism. An Unpublished Letter to Violet Fane, 1991. One of 140 copies, this copy additionally inscribed by the editor Jeremy Mason;
8) Wilde and the Night, 1994. 4 copies, each one of 85 signed by the editor Jeremy Reed, including one from the first 12 'specially bound in hand-marbled wrappers', one unnumbered and inscribed 'printer's proof copy', and one additionally inscribed by the editor;
9) A Phial. By John Gray, 1954. One of 25 copies;
10) On Hymn Writing by John Gray, 1977. One of 95 copies on Glastonbury Antique Laid paper, from the total edition of 117;
11) John Gray. The Kiss. Translated from the French of Theodore de Banville, 1983. One of 115 copies on W. S. Vellum from the total edition of 145;
12) A Friendship of the Nineties. Letters between John Gray & Pierre Louys, 1984. One of 120 copies;
13) Some Unpublished Poems by John Gray, 1987. One of 25 copies on Vélin d'Arches, from the total edition of 145;
14) Old Gough by John Gray, 1990. 3 copies, comprising one of 20 on Barcham Green hand-made paper, one of 55 standard copies, and a set of corrected page proofs;
15) Master of Fallen Years by Vincent O'Sullivan, 1990. One of 75 copies;
16) In Quiet by Vincent O'Sullivan, 1954. One of 35 copies;
17) Vincent O'Sullivan. Apollinaire a Letter to the Editor of the Dublin Magazine, 1970. One of 70 copies;
18) Tancrède Martel. A Memoir, 1973. 2 copies, each one of 55;
19) Some Letters of Vincent O'Sullivan to A. J. A. Symons, 1975. 2 copies: one of 20 copies on Barcham Green 'Charter Oak' paper and one of 110 copies on Strathmore 'Grandee' paper;
20) Vincent O'Sullivan. Fifteen Letters to Seumas O'Sullivan, 1979. 3 copies, each one of 100 on Abbey Mills paper;
21) The Next Room by Vincent O'Sullivan, 1988. 2 copies, comprising one of 30 on Gainsborough paper, and one of 115 standard copies;
22) Olivia Mist by Vincent O'Sullivan, 2009. One of 65 copies on Accent Fresco paper;
23) Lionel Johnson. Selected Letters, 1988. 2 copies: one of 30 copies on Brigadoon paper, and one of 120 standard copies;
24) Lionel Johnson. Some Letters to Richard Le Gallienne, 1979. 2 copies: one of 20 copies on Amalfi paper, and one of 75 standard copies
Note: A Phial. By John Gray (1954) was the first book printed by the Tragara Press. The Tragara Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1953 by printer Alan Anderson (1922-2016) and operated until 1991.