Lot 415
O'Casey (Sean) The Silver Tassie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1928.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
O'Casey (Sean) The Silver Tassie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Joe Cummins on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little browned, 8vo, 1928.
⁂ Joseph Cummins worked as a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin, where O'Casey was treated for an ulcerated cornea when in his early twenties. Cummins took a personal interest in the young writer and the two remained friends afterwards.
Description
O'Casey (Sean) The Silver Tassie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Joe Cummins on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little browned, 8vo, 1928.
⁂ Joseph Cummins worked as a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin, where O'Casey was treated for an ulcerated cornea when in his early twenties. Cummins took a personal interest in the young writer and the two remained friends afterwards.
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