Adam's Works on Paper ONILNE Auction Ending August 10th 2020

113 Works on Paper 301 BROWNE, LOVER, & OTHERS The Parson’s Horn-Book, by the Comet Literary and Patriotic Club Illustrated with humourous plates. Dublin, 1831. Second edi- tion. [iv], 203 pp. (15 x 23.5 cm). Recent half morocco. Fine. Collage of excellent cartoons, balladry and squibs lampooning the tithe system and the Church of Ireland clergy in general pro- duced by the editorial team that was responsible for the radical and highly successful newspaper ‘The Comet’, which was pub- lished in Dublin from 1831 to 1833. Samuel Lover was credited with the comic illustrations (later he denied this) and Thomas Browne, a Wesleyan farmer and miller from the Queen’s County whose ‘nom de plume’ was ‘Jonathan Buckthorn’ was editor and part author along with some young barristers, littérateurs, and members of Parliament. Prospectus, notices and critiques bound in at front € 150 - 250 302 CUALA PRESS BROADSIDES A Collection of Old and New Songs 1935; Together with: Broadsides. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs 1937. Two volumes. Edited by W.B. Yeats, Dorothy Wellesley and F.R. Higgins. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O’Connor, Lynn Doyle, Bryan Guinness, Padraic Colum. Colour illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Sean O’Sullivan, E.C. Peet, Harry Kernoff, Maurice MacGonigal. Music by Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebrich, Hilda Matheson, Art O’Murnaghan, Hilaire Belloc. Two volumes. Dublin, Reprinted 1971 by photo-lithography for Irish University Press, Shannon. T.M. MacGlinchey, Publisher. Robert Hogg, Printer. Folio. Reprint of the Cuala original editions. Quarter linen on boards. € 150 - 250 303 A BOOK OF ENGRAVINGS, C.1830S, large quarto album. Engraved by Charles Rolls, W. Greatbach, J.C. Edwards, Charles Heath, W.R. Smith, James Carter, etc.. 53 plates, with tissue-guards. London and Paris: No date. Westropp Roberts bookplate and armorial bearings in gilt on front cover. Inscribed. € 200 - 300 304 GALLAGHER CIGARETTE CARDS. A set of 160 Irish Scenery photographic cigarette cards 6.3 x 3.8 cm In original album (25 x 18 cm). Gallaher, Belfast, n.d. (c.1900). Rare Table. € 275 - 350