BECKETT, Samuel. Proust. L., Chatto 1931, Dolphin Books. FIRST. Very good clean copy in the rare wrapper (a little chipped and torn). The same, Grove Press, N.Y., n.d. [1957], no. 95 of a...

BECKETT, Samuel. Proust. L., Chatto 1931, Dolphin Books. FIRST. Very good clean copy in the rare wrapper (a little chipped and torn). The same, Grove Press, N.Y., n.d. [1957], no. 95 of a specially bound, limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Beckett. Grey boards, cloth backed, boards a little soiled. Becketts second book. The best introduction to Beckett, though not to Proust (Kermode). Federman & Fletcher 7, 7.12. The Grove Press edition is rare. (2)

 

THE SAMUEL BECKETT COLLECTION of Prof. EOIN OBRIEN

 

Prof. Eoin OBrien is one of the most distinguished living Irish medical researchers, author or co-author of some 600 scientific papers focusing mainly on his principal specialism, cardiology and the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure).

He has written extensively on aspects of the history of Irish medicine; and his literary interests have led him to assemble major collections of the works of Samuel Beckett and other Irish writers.

He wrote and published a ground-breaking book on The Beckett Country (Black Cat Press 1986, in association with Faber), establishing beyond doubt the Irish background to many of Becketts works. In the last decades of Becketts life, he became one of his closest Irish friends.

For personal reasons, principally a house move, Dr. OBrien is now scaling down his very large library. It is a privilege for Adams to be entrusted with the disposal of these splendid collections, which include signed, inscribed and presentation copies of Becketts work, a wide range of first and rare editions, and three boxes of critical and academic works.

As well as the outstanding Beckett collection, the library includes fine editions by Joyce, Yeats and many other Irish writers, a range of general works on Dublin, Ireland and the world, and an important collection on medical history and biography, both Irish and European.

 

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