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Paperback. The American poet, Thomas Lynch, is also a funeral director in a small Michigan town, and this is his testimony. It comprises 12 essays - each a lesson taught to the living by the dead. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099767312
- ISBN
- 9780099767312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. By the award-winning author of "The Undertaking", this second collection of Lynch's essays examines the relations between the literary and the mortuary arts, a relationship on which he has a unique perspective, being both a poet and a funeral director. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 119. Weight in Grams: 319. Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - General"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KHS0037843
- ISBN
- 9780224059046
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 31.99€ 27.51
€ 31.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. A collection of poems, in which, the author attends to the flora and fauna and fellow pilgrims: dead poets and living masters, a former president and his factotums, a sin-eater and inseminator. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224090063
- ISBN
- 9780224090063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. A collection of essays that examine the relations between the literary and the mortuary arts. They explore the distance between birth and death, the condition of the human being and the state of ceasing to be in a world that seeks to define human experience in retail, high-tech or pop-psyche terms. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003870
- ISBN
- 9780099273233
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. The poems in this volume are all concerned, one way or another, with achieving a balance in the face of gravity. Lynch looks for this equilibrium between equal and opposing forces, such as sex and death, and love and grief - all the things that make us mortal and memorable. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. From the library of Ivor Browne and Jane Levine. Signed by author with gift inscription. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025645
- ISBN
- 9780224039734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Foul Play Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393319736
- ISBN
- 9780393319736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 8.29
€ 16.99
€ 8.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491586
- ISBN
- 9781611491586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.64
€ 123.64
Paperback. A collection of poems which are lyrical and narrative, satirical, rebellious, ribald, uncompromising and honest. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463914
- ISBN
- 9780856463914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492606
- ISBN
- 9781611492606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.57
€ 148.57
Hardcover. 86pp. Gilt top. Bumped, some shading, otherwise good. One of a limited edition of 500. Keywords; Poetry; Irish
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Irish Review
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1913
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS1003618
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 595.00
€ 595.00
Hardback. No date given. Very fine and handsome copy professionally rebound in quarter calf over modern marbled boards, gilted raised bands, attractive bright gilt tooling on the spine, top page edges gilted, gilted leather title labels, new end papers for tight and firm binding. Keywords: Ireland - Poetry and prose
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The Talbot Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0039631
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 340.00
€ 340.00
Paperback. Presents an evocative version of the Arthurian legend. This book describes Arthur's ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table. Editor(s): Cowen, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430431
- ISBN
- 9780140430431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Presents the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever. This book weaves a story of adultery, treachery and ultimately - in its tragic finale - death. Editor(s): Cowen, Janet. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430448
- ISBN
- 9780140430448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A title, in which, the author predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, wherein humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease. Editor(s): Mayhew, Professor Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392820
- ISBN
- 9780141392820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. Used Copies, Very Good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- SKU
- KDK0013796
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151961
- ISBN
- 9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Slight Gap In Binding Pp 268-269, Otherwise Good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cardinal Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1954
- SKU
- KDK0013789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386429
- ISBN
- 9780749386429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Literary theory has been dominated by a mind/body dualism that often eschews the role of the body in reading. Focusing on reading as a physical practice, McLaughlin analyzes the role of the eyes, the hands, postures and gestures, bodily habits and other physical spaces, with discussions ranging from James Joyce to the digital future of reading. Num Pages: 220 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541314
- ISBN
- 9781137541314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Paperback. Intends to recreate a forgotten period in the Anglo-Irish world: a Big House in the years between the World Wars, a FitzGerald ('Geraldine') family that has tilled the soil of County Waterford, absorbed its language and history, and sent young men back to British regiments, particularly the Irish Guards. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Anvil Press Poetry
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856464218
- ISBN
- 9780856464218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.47
€ 23.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Presents two groups of poems, set largely in Cork, and a novella set in Italy, in the period from 1769 and 1831. This title tells the story of Nathaniel Murphy: his training for the priesthood, the loss of his virginity and vocation, his flight from Italy, and later his happy marriage and successful career as a Cork merchant. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anvil Press Poetry
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463754
- ISBN
- 9780856463754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.09
€ 20.99
€ 19.09
paperback. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0021887
- ISBN
- 9781853711251
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Written in the wake of Ireland's 2008 economic collapse, Thomas McCarthy's Pandemonium moves between lament and protest in search of a meaningful response in language. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 2. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784102968
- ISBN
- 9781784102968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.08
€ 16.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615394
- ISBN
- 9780691615394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.23€ 60.10
€ 77.23
€ 60.10