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Good Collection of Works by Cork born Author
Bowen (Elizabeth) The Hotel, L. 1930. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, Signed by Author; = To The North, L. 1932, First, no d.w.; = Encounters, L. 1949, First; = The Heat of the Day, N.Y. 1949, First American; = Bowen's Court, L. 1942, First; = Collected Impressions, N.Y. 1950, First-Signed; = Eva Trout, L. 1969, First; = & 4 others, all d.w.'s. (11)
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Huxley (Adous) The Olive Tree, and other Essays, L. 1936, SPECIAL LIM. EDN. 75 (160), Signed by Author; = Hardy (Thos.) Late Lyrics and Earlier, L. 1922. FIRST EDN.; = & 2 others by same Authors. (4)
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Good Collection - All signed by The Author
White (T. De Vere) The road to Excess, D. 1946; = A Fretful Midge, L. 1957; = An Affair with the Moon, L. 1959; = The Remainderman, L. 1963; = Lucifer Falling, L. 1966; = Tara, L. 1967; = The Parents of Oscar Wilde, L. 1967; = The Lambert Mile, L. 1969; = The March Hare, L. 1970; = Mr. Stephen, L. 1971; = The Distance and the Dark, L. 1973, together 11 vols., ALL FIRST EDNS., all with d.w.'s; = & all signed by the Author. A good lot. (11)
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Rare First Edition
Doyle (Roddy) The Commitments, 8vo D. (King Farouk) 1987. FIRST EDN., orig. pict. wrappers. Very good copy.
* Rare First Edition, published by Author. (1)
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Periodical: Murphy (Patricia)ed. Nonplus, No's 1 - 4, [All Published], 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1959 - 1960. orig. ptd. wrappers. Good. Scarce.
* Contains extracts from "Cruisheen Lawn," by Flann O'Brien, articles by Hubert Butler, Patrick Kavanagh's article on G.A.A., etc. (4)
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Mc Gahern (John) The Barracks, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1963. FIRST EDN., d.w. v. good.
* First Edn. of authors first book which was banned. (1)
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Irish Education: Butt (Isaac) The Liberty of Teaching Vindicated, 12mo D. 1865; = Doyle (D.) 'J.K.L.' Unpublished Essay - An Essay on Education and the State of Ireland, ed. by W.J. Fitzpatrick, 12mo D. 1880; = O'Donnell (F. Hugh) The Ruin of Education in Ireland, L. 1902, all cloth. (3)
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Bindings: Moore (Thos.) Poetical Works, 2 vols. & Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, 2 vols., together 4 vols., 8vo Paris 1835 & 1833, uniform hf. blue mor., tooled gilt spine in panels; = Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 10 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1859, engd. fold. & other plts., cont. full blue mor. dbl. gilt fillet, & profusely tooled gilt spines, red mor. labels. Good. (14)
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Keane (John B.) Big Maggie, A Play in Three Acts. 8vo Cork 1969. FIRST EDN; = also The Street & Other Poems, D. (Progress House) 1961, FIRST EDN., both d.w.'s; = and Sive, D. 1959; = The Highest House on the Mountain, A Play, ... D. 1961, & Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer, D. & C. 1974, ALL FIRST EDNS., paper backs. (5)
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With 6 Poems by W.B. Yeats
Poetry: The Second Book of The Rhymers Club, 12mo L. 1894. FIRST EDN., uncut, orig. buckram.
* With 6 early poems by W.B. Yeats. Others by John Todhunter, T.W. Rolleston, Lionel Johnson, etc. (1)
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Moore (Thomas) The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 vols. in one, 12mo L. 1831. FIRST EDN., 1 engd. port. frontis & 1 folding frontis plan, cont. hf. mor.; = Addison (Jos.) Miscellaneous Works in Verse & Prose, 4 vols. 12mo Edin. 1769. Ed. by Mr. T. Tickett, cont. full calf, mor. labels; = Swift (Jon.) A Tale of a Tub, 12mo L. 1747, red & bl. title, & engd. frontis & engd. plts. cont. calf, worn. (6)
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Morgan (Lady S.) The O'Briens and The O'Flaherty's; A National Tale, 3 vols. 12mo L. 1827. FIRST EDN., cont. hf. mor. marble sides, v. clean set. (4)
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Wright (G.N.) An Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin, 12mo L. 1821. FIRST EDN., engd. frontis, fold. map (loose), & 16 engd. plts., uncut, boards; = Anacreon in Dublin, 12mo L. 1814. FOURTH EDN., frontis & wd. cut illus., boards; = Anderson (C.) Historical Sketches of The Native Irish, 12mo Edin. 1830. SECOND EDN., boards; = Dodd (J.S.) The Traveller's Directory through Ireland, 8vo D. 1801. FIRST EDN., fold. map of Ireland, & a plan of Dublin, uncut, boards; = & 1 other item. (5)
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Somerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) In the Vine Country, L. 1893. FIRST EDN., illus. thro-out decor. pict. front cover, gilt lettered spine; = Further Experiences of an Irish R.M., L. 1908. FIRST EDN., frontis & plts. & text illus., orig. cloth with white band; = The Sweet Cry of Hounds, sm. 4to L. 1937. SECOND EDN., illus. plts. cloth & d.w.; = also Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., L. 1901. Tenth Edn. illus., cold. pict. cloth. (4)
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With Illustrations by Beatrice Elvery
Russell (Violet) Heroes of The Dawn, D. n.d. FIRST EDN., cold. frontis & 3 other cold. plts., & 16 bl. & white plts., front loose blank with pce. cut away, orig. cloth, spine dam. (1)
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With Illustrations by Francis Rose & Louis le Brocquy
Hourglass Press: Stein (Gertrude) First Reader & Three Plays, 8vo D. (Maurice Fridberg-Hourglass Press) 1946. FIRST EDN., decor. title, & text illus. by Francis Rose, decor. end papers & orig. decor. d.w.; = also American Edition of same, Boston 1948, decorations thro-out, & orig. decor. d.w.; = O'Connor (Frank) The Art of the Theatre, 8vo D. (M. Fridberg) 1947, FIRST EDN., with coloured frontis by Louis le Brocquy, orig. colour printed wrappers. (3)
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Signed Copies
Longley (Michael) Poems 1963-1983, 8vo Edin. & Gallery Press 1985. Signed.; = Gorse Fires, L. 1991, Signed Presentation; = The Ghost Orchid, 1995, Signed Presentation; = Broken Dishes, 1998, Signed Limited Edn.; = The Weather in Japan, L. 2000, Signed Presentation; = Snow Water, L. 2004, Signed; = Collected Poems, L. 2006, Signed., cloth & d.w.; = & 2 others, same author. Good lot. (9)
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Yeats (W.B.) The Wild Swans at Coole, 8vo L. 1919. FIRST EDN., hf. title, & with adverts on verso of front blank, orig. blue cloth with gilt decor. by Sturge Moore, v. good copy. (1)
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Colum (Padraic) Wild Earth, D. (Talbot Press) 1950, frontis, d.w.; = Ten Poems, sm. 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1957 LIM. EDN. 103 (500), orig. cloth backed boards; = Images of Departure, 8vo D. (Dolmen) 1969, d.w.; = The Road Round Ireland, 8vo N.Y. 1927. FIRST AMERICAN EDN., illus. cloth; = Higgins (F.R.) The Dark Breed, A Book of Poems, L. 1927, and The Gap of Brightness, Lyrical Poems, L. 1940, both FIRST EDNS., & d.w.'s. (6)
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All Signed by The Author
Mahon (Derek) The Sea in Winter, 8vo Deerfield/Gallery Press, 1979 LIM. EDN. (300); = The Chimeras, 8vo Gallery Press 1982; = The Hunt by Night, Oxford 1982, paperback; = A Kensington Notebook, 12mo Anvil Press Poetry, 1984; = Antartica, Gallery, 1985; = High Time, Gallery 1985; = The School for Wives, Gallery, 1986; = The Hudson Letter, Gallery 1995; = Racine's Phaedra, Gallery 1996; = The Yellow Book, Gallery 1997; = Words in the Air, Gallery 1998; = Roman Script, Gallery 1999, LIM. EDN., paperback; = and Collected Poems, Gallery 2001, all with d.w.'s, & All Signed by Author. (13)
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All Signed by Author
Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations Selected Prose 1968-1978, L. 1980; = The Midnight Verdict, Gallery 1993. LIM. EDN.; = Opened Ground, Poems 1966 - 1996, L. 1998; = and Finders Keepers, Selected Prose 1971 - 2001, L. 2002. ALL FIRST EDNS., & Signed by Author. Good with d.w.'s. (4)
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All Signed by Author
Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, L. 1966, d.w.; = Door into The Dark, L. 1969, no d.w.; = Wintering Out, L. 1972, paperback; = North, L. 1975; = Electric Light, L. 2001; = and District and Circle, L. 2006. ALL FIRST EDNS & Signed by Author. Good. (6)
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Montague (John) Patriotic Suite, 8vo Dolmen 1966. SPECIAL LIM. EDN. 35 (100), Signed by Author, & in special binding and slip case; = The Dead Kingdom - Part II This Neutral Realm, 8vo N.Y. 1984. LIM. EDN. 57 (100), Signed, wrappers; = Smashing the Piano, 8vo Gallery 1999, FIRST EDN., Signed, d.w.; = Collected Poems, Gallery 1995, FIRST EDN., d.w.; = Tides, Dolmen 1970, d.w.; = & 5 others same author; = plus one item by Mac Dara Woods. As a lot, good. (1)
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Signed by Author
Dolmen Press: Montague (John) The Rough Field, roy 8vo D. (Dolmen Press) 1972. LIM. EDN. No. 54 of 150 Copies Specially Bound and Signed by Author, unopened, mor. backed boards; = Raine (Kathleen) The Lost Country, 8vo L. (Dolmen Press) 1971. LIM. EDN. Specially Bound & Signed by Author, quarter mor.; = Selig (Richard) Poems, D. 1962, vellum backed boards. (3)
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Signed by W.B. Yeats
Yeats (Wm. Butler) A Vision, An Explanation of Life Founded on the Writings of Giraldus and Upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka. 8vo L. 1925. Printed for Subscribers. LIM. EDN. 205 (600) Signed by W.B. Yeats. Frontis & plts. & 1 mtd vignette, text illus, unopened, uncut, orig. boards, paper label. V. clean copy. Rare. (1)
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Heaney (Seamus) Agenda, Fiftieth Birthday Issue, 8vo L. (Vol. 27, No. 1) 1989. Signed by Heaney; = also Field Work, L. 1979; = and Beowulf, L. 1999, both FIRST EDNS., & d.w.'s; = also 2 works by Derek Mahon, one signed. (5)
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Deane (Seamus) Strange Country, Modernity and Nationhood in Irish Writing Since 1790. 8vo Oxford 1997. FIRST EDN., d.w.; = Selected Poems, 8vo (Gallery Books) 1988, d.w.; = & 4 other items relating to S. Deane. (6)
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Carson (Ciaran) The Irish for No, Gallery, 1987; = Belfast Confetti, Gallery 1989; = The Alexandrine Plan, Gallery 1998; = The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, A New Translation. L. & N.Y. 2002, d.w.; = The Midnight Court, Gallery 2005; = The Tain, A New Translation. L. (Penguin) 2007, d.w.; = & Collected Poems, Gallery 2008. All First Edns. V. clean lot. (7)
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Barry (Sebastian) The Water-Colourist, Dolmen 1983; = The Rhetorical Town, Dolmen 1985, both paperbacks; = also Elsewhere, The Adventures of Belemus, Dolmen 1985, d.w.; = and The Whereabouts of Eneas Mc Nulty, L. 1998, d.w. ALL FIRST EDNS. Good. (4)
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Murphy (Richard) The Mirror Wall, 1989, & Collected Poems, Gallery 2000, both Signed Copies, d.w.'s; = Sailing to an Island, L. 1963; = New Selected Poems, L. 1989, all hardbacks with d.w.'s, & High Island, L. 1974, paperback. ALL FIRST EDNS, & clean. (5)
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