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Rio Grande's Last Race: And Other Verses

A B Patterson

Hardcover. 178pp. Gilt title on spine. Cover and spine sunned. All edges uncut, some foxing. Good clear text. Keywords: Poetry - Australian - Irish

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Publisher: MacMillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1904
Edition: First ediiton
SKU: KHS1004518

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W B Yeats: A New Biography

A Norman Jeffares

Hardcover. 374pp. First US edition

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Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1990
Edition: 1st
SKU: KHS1004230
ISBN: 9780374285883

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Ships and Sealing-Wax,

Hardback. 8vo. Original cloth stained. Irish Literature. George A. Birmingham is the pseudonym of James Owen Hannay. He was born on July 16, 1865, in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Today the house where he was born is a part of the administration building of the Queen’s University of Belfast. It is located on University Road across from the university. On the wall of the house there is a memorial plate which says, “James O. Hannay, George A. Birmingham, Novelist, 1865-1950, Born in this House, July 16”. Behind the tree on the left is the house where Birmingham was born. (Belfast)A memorial plate dedicated to Birmingham (Belfast) At the time when Birmingham was born, the whole island of Ireland was under British rule and there had been a long-lasting conflict between those who claimed that Ireland should stay in Britain and those who insisted Ireland should be free from Britain. Most of the pro-British were immigrants from Britain and their descendants. They were mainly Protestants and called Unionists. On the other hand, most of the pro-Irish had their origins in Ireland. They were mainly Catholics and called Nationalists. Birmingham’s parents were of British origin. His paternal grandfather had immigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland and married a local woman whose parents also had come from Scotland. They settled themselves in the suburbs of Bushmills, which is famous for whiskey. Birmingham’s father, Robert Hannay (1835-1894), was born there. Later he moved to live in Belfast and gave services as a Church of Ireland clergyman in St. Anne’s Church, today’s St. Anne’s Cathedral, which is located near the city center.

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Format: Hardback
Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd. (1928)
Publication date: 1928
Edition: 2nd. ed
SKU: KEX0279142

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The Best from the Bell: Great Irish Writing

(Sean McMahon, ed)

Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear and faded to spine. Internally clean and clear text, remains a fine copy

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Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1978
SKU: KSG0013961
ISBN: 9780905140452

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James Joyce Cambridge Guide to Literature(Chinese Edition)

(Mei) A Te Li Qi

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.

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Publisher: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press Pub. Dat
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2000
SKU: KTG0004635
ISBN: 9787810469876

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The Big Book of Hope

Various

Paperback. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137. . 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition

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Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
SKU: KEX0259860
ISBN: 9781842234679

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New Irish Short Stories

Various

Paperback. A collection of Irish short stories. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged. Editor(s): O'Connor, Joseph. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2011
Edition: Main
Condition: New
SKU: V9780571255276
ISBN: 9780571255276