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Lot 265
HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. A.L.S., T. Hardy, one page, 8vo, Max Gate, Dorchester, 13th January 1893, to a gentleman, on mourning stationery. Hardy informs his correspondent that 'I am unable to promise a short story', although continues 'but I will with pleasure make a note of your request & take it in its time'. VG
Lot 289
BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. A.L.S., J. M. Barrie, one page, 8vo, Lancaster Gate, 2nd December 1905, to Mr. Hammerton. Barrie writes, in full, 'I don't have a thing, and am very sorry. May the magazine flourish under you. And thank you for your pleasant words about my plays'. With blank integral leaf. VG Barrie correspondent is most likely to be John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949) Scottish Journalist and Editor of encyclopedias and other reference works. Hammerton had joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press in 1905, the same year as the present letter, and would later edit a biography of Barrie.
Lot 117
O'CASEY SEAN: (1880-1964) Irish Dramatist. T.L.S., Sean O'Casey, one page, 4to, Torquay, Devon, 21st February 1961, to [Lewis Funke], The Editor, Drama Department, The New York Times. O'Casey writes acerbically of Mr. Denis Johnston who he feels, 'seems to be unable to write any article without carrying in the names of Joyce and O'Casey… He can go with this to his heart's content as far as the dead Joyce and the living O'Casey are concerned; but he should begin to drop making statements which aren't true' continuing, 'In a recent article in the Drama Section of THE NEW YORK TIMES, called “What's Funny about the Irish”, he says that neither of the above-mentioned writers are banned in Ireland… My very first biographical book I KNOCK AT THE DOOR was banned the moment it came out…I do not read the catalogue of the banned, but Mr. Johnston does, apparently in the hope that a book of his may one day appear. He need have no fear; he is too cute to stick his neck out' further adding, 'PICTURES IN THE HALLWAY was also banned… as is also my book, WINDFALLS… If I mistake not, WITHIN THE GATE was banned to; and as late as 1958, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin declared he would not any Mass for the Tostal to be said “if a play by O'Casey or Joyce was performed”…' the dramatist concluding, 'There is the unofficial censorship too, the hundreds of rural library committees who carefully select the books fit for the people to read, and almost all first-class writer in Ireland forever wait on the doorstep. Perhaps there's a psychological reason for the way in which the names of Joyce and O'Casey seem to torment Mr. Johnston.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by O'Casey and signed ('O'Casey') by him with his surname to the verso. Together with Denis Johnston (1901-1984) Irish Writer.T.L.S., Denis Johnston, one page, 8vo, South Handley, Massachusetts, 2nd March 1961, to Lewis Funke, Drama Editor at The New York Times. Johnson thanks his correspondent for sending him a photostat of Sean O'Casey's letter, further adding, 'I have no objection whatever to brickbats, but as I happen to be right in what I said, I am very glad to be able to repeat what I said at greater length' continuing, 'Thank you also for your news about my play. The author is always the last person to hear that it is coming off. It is bad news, but it's the way of things. I hear that it is shortly to have another production in Washington. Or at any rate, this is in the air. So we come and we go.'Also including a T.L.S., Denis Johnston, one page, 4to, South Handley, Massachusetts, 2nd March 1961, to [Lewis Funke], The Editor, The New York Times. Johnston replies to O'Casey's critical commentary, in part, 'The only cuteness on my part is in not following Samuel Beckett's prudent example by keeping on the right side of Sean O'Casey. Had I done so, by going on strike with him from time to time, none of these exhilarating accusations of mendacity would be flung at me from Devon whenever I mention his name. (And who, after all, could not write about the Irish Theatre without mentioning the Head Man?)' continuing, 'I am, of course deeply envious at never having been banned myself, and the absence of this accolade, which all sensible Irish authors hope for, is one of the points touched upon in my article…”Ulysses”, which was at one time banned by the British authorities under the Customs Consolidation Act, has never been banned by the Irish Board of Censors… No doubt Finnegans Wake would be suppressed at once if any of the Censors could manage to understand it…' further adding, '…what I can say is: that, as the proud possessor of all of Mr. O'Casey's printed works (together with a typescript of an excellent play which he has tried to ban himself), I acquired all of them quite legally in Dublin… it might be fair to say that one of the principle obstacles now, as in the past, to the presentation of Mr. O'Casey's work in our home town is himself.' Further including an A.L.S., Denis Johnston, to the verso of a plain postcard, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 31st March 1961, to Lewis Funke, Drama Editor at The New York Times. Johnston informs his correspondent, in full, 'Yes, I'm not a bit sorry you have shelved the O'Casey correspondence. It can be of no general interest and even bores me! It was kind of you however to have given me the opportunity of answering, & I appreciate this very much.' VG, 4 Lewis B. Funke (1912-1992) American Drama Editor and Critic for The New York Times.
Lot 135
ROGERS SAMUEL: (1763-1855) English Poet, colleague and friend of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Byron. A.L.S., S. Rogers, one page, 12mo, Hotel de l'Europe, n.d. ('Thursday morning'), to Madame de Bourka. Rogers laments that he is unable to visit his correspondent, stating, in full, 'I resolved to call yesterday & bid you good bye but it is a mournful thing to do & when I came to your gate, I determined to go home & write it. May God bless you & give you health & every blessing. A kinder or a nobler heart he cannot give you!' Trimmed at the upper edge and neatly torn along the left edge, with minor age wear. G
Lot 301
Oliver Fox (Derby Sketching Club Contemporary)Iron Gate, c.1900signed, dated 1991, oil on board, 24.5cm x 19.5cm, framed; other works similar, Tenant Street, c.1932; St Peter's Street, c.1932; London Road, c.1930; Dovedale, The Stepping Stones; a pair of watercolours, View Towards Saint Alkmund's Church, signed (7)
Lot 188
Sketch book containing a large selection of pen and ink, charcoal drawings, watercolours etc. depicting cattle, horses, local interest scenes including 'Acklam, Helmsley, Woodend From Wenslydale, Sheep Clipping At Woodend, Barton Le Willows, Whitby Dredgers, the book marked on the front George Robin Radford 59 Melrose Gate, York 1966
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