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Biography
paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. 2000 edition. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031477
- ISBN
- 9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and affectionately inscribed to June Levine. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031474
- ISBN
- 9781904301592
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
hardcover. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed on title page. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Internally as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031471
- ISBN
- 9780717128099
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Wolfhound Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031468
- ISBN
- 9780863270079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Going to the Well for Water: The Seamus Ennis Field Diary 1942-1946
Séamus Ennis (Edited And Translated By Ríon...
hardcover. Features a translation of the diaries of Seamus Ennis, fulltime collector of music and song with the Irish Folklore Commission describing his work, the people he met, the material he gathered and his communication with the head office of the commission in Dublin. This book also illustrates life in the Gaeltacht during the Second World War. Num Pages: 613 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1278. E. scarce. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031445
- ISBN
- 9781859184370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 280.00
€ 280.00
paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Very good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Internally crisp and clean and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031430
- ISBN
- 9780199226672
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 24.00
€ 24.00
hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing v. light shelf wear. Signed. Text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031376
- ISBN
- 9781905483099
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 38.00
€ 38.00
paperback. Lyn worked as a prostitute. Her career ended the night that she watched, her lover, Cullen throw a firebomb through the window of a house, where former prostitute Dolores lived. She denounced him to the police. Cullen was given a life sentence and an 18-year sentence. He has applied for temporary release, but authorities refused it. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear. Binding is visible between pp. 232-233 due to wear. Pages remain intact with well-defined edges and clean text throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0026047
- ISBN
- 9781855942073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452. Good copy showing light age and wear. Light ink staining to page edges. Remains a nice copy with clean text throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0026021
- ISBN
- 9780861712830
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Very good copy showing minor age and shelfwear. Uncorrected proof paperback copy. Light foxing to covers and page edges
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Collins London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025901
- ISBN
- 9780002118583
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. Very good copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Talbot Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025898
- ISBN
- 9780854520862
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. * Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216. Very good copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virago New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025895
- ISBN
- 9781860497582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Jim Lucey has been working with patients suffering from mental health problems for over 25 years. Every day, people at their most vulnerable present to Jim in his room at St Patrick's University Hospital and reveal their fears, their traumas, and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments described in this book took place in this room Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MMH; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025831
- ISBN
- 9780717159512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.82
€ 4.82
paperback. A biography of a mathematical genius who at the age of thirty-one, suffered from a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge to win a Nobel Prize and world acclaim. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025754
- ISBN
- 9780571212927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX8; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025751
- ISBN
- 9781857027129
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. From the library of June Levine. Ownership details to ffep. Very good clothbound copy showing minor age and wear. Some foxing to page edges. Dust jacket present, shows only light wear, and light scoring to rear flap. Remains a very nice copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025722
- ISBN
- 9780224016018
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. Part memoir and part inspirational reader, a useful tool for anyone in recovery from addiction. Num Pages: 82 pages, 25 Colour. BIC Classification: BM; HRCV; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396. Signed by author
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Glitterati Inc New York
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0025638
- ISBN
- 9780983270294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Inscribed affectionately by author. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025576
- ISBN
- 9780716532699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A charming and sympathetic study of one of literature's most opaque writers and of his interests in music, philosophy, visual arts and the spoken arts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025447
- ISBN
- 9781843516408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Cork
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025433
- ISBN
- 9781856354837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025432
- ISBN
- 9780099415459
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. The life-changing near-death experience of a respected neurosurgeon. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VXPJ; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278. Very good copy showing minor shelf wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Piatkus U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025409
- ISBN
- 9780749958794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.42
€ 14.42
paperback. An eyewitness account of an eventful journey on an emigrant vessel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Very good copy showing minor shelf wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025397
- ISBN
- 9781856350914
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. Num Pages: 656 pages, 8pp colour plates + 4 b&w maps. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908800008
- ISBN
- 9781908800008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23