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  • SWIFT, DICKENS, AUSTEN AT DUBLIN BOOK AUCTION

    Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and a Dublin printing of The Necromancer by Peter Teuthold feature at Whyte’s book sale next weekend. The sale of the collection of late Dublin bookseller James O’Donoghue Fenning  will take place over two sessions on October 19 and 20. The first 500 lots, to be sold at 6 p.m. on Friday, is restricted to absentee and internet bidding and comprises pieces mainly valued at 100 or less. Nearly 1,000 lots will be offered on October 20 at The Freemason’s Hall, Molesworth St., Dublin.
    The Necromancer or  Tale of the Black Forest is a forerunner to popular Gothic stories of the 21st century and is estimated at 5,000-7,000. James O’D Fenning, who died in September, was the third and last generation of a family of Dublin booksellers. His grandfather established the business at Wood Quay in the 1890’s. The auction offers early printed works from the 1590’s and good ranges of 17th and 18th century  political, theological and literary interest, as well as travel books of the 19th century.  Click on any image to enlarge.

    UPDATE:  THE auction realised 230,000, with 64 per cent of 1,400 lots sold.

    A first edition of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, 1838, is estimated at 4,000-6,000.

    The benefit of farting explain’d by Jonathan Swift is estimated at 600-800.

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