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Lot 558/0210 Joyce (James) and Koehler or Keller (Thos.) A collection of documents from the Koehler Archive including, * James Joyce – ‘Gas from a Burner,’ Early typescript transcription, top copy, of Joyce’s scabrous poem prompted by his difficulties in obtaining Dublin publication of his ‘Dubliners,’ 2pp close typed, with a few corrected mistypings. See Slocum & Cahoon 7. Thomas Koehler had a copy of the original printing (1912), from which presumably he made this transcription. * Hely’s Limited. Blank delivery docket printed in two colours, with Joyce’s Trieste address written on back in pencil in Thomas Koehler’s hand, possibly written down during one of Joyce’s visits to him at Hely’s (see Joyce – Koehler correspondence above), * Two press cuttings containing review of work by Joyce, 1934 and undated; * Dr. T. Kiernan, Director, Radio Eireann, T.L.s. to Thomas Keller, November 1937, inviting him to contribute a ‘personal sketch’ to a programme about Joyce, with copy of Keller’s reply declining; * James S. Starkey (Seamus O’Sullivan, two T.L.s. to (George) Hetherington (of Hely’s, Thomas Koehler’s son-in-law), asking if P.S. O’Hegarty may consult copies of ‘The Holy Office,’ and ‘Gas from a Burner,’ which T.G.K. is known to have had; * G.E. Hetherington, correspondence with Geoffrey C. Faber of Faber & Faber concerning publication of Koehler’s two Joyce letters (in Faber’s collected Joyce Letters), carbon copy of Hetherington’s letter and two T.L.s. from Fabers secretary; * O’Hegarty (P.S.) James Joyce Bibliography. * Photocopy of a press cutting concerning Victorian motorists in Dublin 1903, with covering note mentioning Joyce from Cornelius (Neil) Smith; and a signed engraving by Frederick Carter with pencilled inscription to Koehler. As a collection, w.a.f., an interesting group of documents. (1)