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

74 Bidding ends 10am Monday 10 th August 213 DUKE OF WELLINGTON Single page ALS dated Nov 24th 1830 in the hand of the Duke ofWellington in which he begs to be pardoned from the request to conduct a presentation to the House of Lords € 150 - 250 214 A COLLECTION RELATING TO THOMAS CROFTON CROKER, including an autographed letter, notes and draw- ing by the Irish Antiquarian Thomas Crofton Cro- ker circa 1820; Together with four autograph letters and a note from: S.C. Hall; Lord Landesborough, Charles Dance, etc € 250 - 350 215 DOWNES Autographed letter, signed,“Private Note - To the Editor of the Literary Gazette,” dated at Dunville, near Dublin, 2nd November, 1824 Quarto, three pages. Corner piece missing with loss of one word. An interesting letter regarding the publication of Rev. Charles Wolfe’s poem ‘The Burial’, his only enduring work which gained uncommon fame when it was first published anonymously following the poet’s early death in 1823. The poem suffered many spurious at- tributions, and was extravagantly praised by Byron, who declared it “the most perfect ode in the English language.” In this letter Downes discusses the poem: “Since forwarding my communication of yesterday I have happened to meet with Mr. Taylor’s letter in the Morning Chronicle of 29th Oct. relative to Mr. Wolfe’s poem. I have no hesitation in saying that his emen- dations are in two important instances more correct than mine.” George Downes, A.M., author, was born in South King Street, Dublin about 1790. He was a man of great and versatile genius exhibited chiefly in some shorter pieces of poetry, and was an accomplished scholar in the Norse languages. He was an intimate friend and classmate of Wolfe’s at Trinity College, Dublin and here, he writes the Literary Gazette in London to cor- rect a reading of the poem he had submitted to the publication from memory. He was the author of some papers read before the Royal Irish Academy. His later years were spent in Trinity College, employed upon the cataloguing of the library. He died at Dalkey in 1846, and was buried at Ballitore, County Kildare. € 100 - 200 216 ALS EDMUND DOWNEY [F.M. ALLEN], signed and dated at Munster House, Lucien Road,Tooting Com- mon, St.W. 7 February 1902 Four pages octavo written on two sides only. Interesting letter in which he discusses his book publishing business, copyright and his unpublished ‘Through Green Glasses.’: “My Friend W. Farrow told me recently that you had taken over all his books and this emboldens me to ask if you would care to consider the taking-over of mine. I think most of them have life in them for many years, the majority have being allowed to lie fallow. My connection with Downey & Co. Ld. ceased last year. All the copyright in these books are mine and I am contemplating the purchase of such stere- os & mould, as appear in the enclosed list ... About a year ago my Through Green Glasses was set for sixpenny (demy 8vo) Publication but owing to differences with D & Co Ld it has remained unpublished in this form ... .” Also included is the list of Edmund Downey’s (F.M. Allen) published and unpublished works in his own hand. € 200 - 300 213 214