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Dora Sigerson Shorter

Hardcover. 41pp. 18 cm. Boards faded. Pages untrimmed. Good tight copy with clean text. Inscribed by Thomas Bodkin

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Maunsel
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1912
SKU: KHS0021308

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 95.00

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St Patrick's Breastplate

Hardcover. 8pp. Pamphlet sewn and cloth bound, with sewn decoration on front cover. Music and lyrics. This version is by Mrs C F Alexander, and the prize tune is composed by T R G Joze. Title page annotated. Spine sunned, text very clear. Keywords: Music - Hymns - Religious

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Condition: Used, Good
SKU: KHS1004479

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 68.00

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Adventure at Sienna ~ Edited by Andrew Carpenter (Irish Writings from...

Charles Ford

Hardcover. 85pp. Quarter calf on marbled boards. Title in gilt on spine. This is the seventh volume in the Cadenus Press series ‘Irish Writings from the Age of Swift’. The book has been designed by Liam Miler, set in Baskerville type by Jim Hughes and printed by Garrett Doyle under the direction of Liam Browne at The Dolmen Press, Dublin. This edition consists of 225 copies, of which 1-200 are bound in quarter calf and 201-225 in boards. The binder is John F. Newman and Son, Dublin. This is No. 130. Keywords: Irish Literature, Literary Criticism

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Cadenus Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1978
SKU: KON0806378

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

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Dammerung Und Abendstern; autobiographie band VI

Sean O'Casey

Hardcover. "Very good condition, owner's signature on front fly leaf". Keywords: "Literature, Irish playwright, Classic, german"

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Diogenes Verlag
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1963
SKU: KHS0081881

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

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Salome - Tragedy In One Act - Decorated & Hand-illuminated

Wilde, Oscar; Translated From The French By D...

Hardcover. Large 8vo. illustrated

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Heritage Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1945
SKU: KEX0274004

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

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The Messenger (Peppercanister series)

Thomas Kinsella

Paperback. Paperback. Red paper wraps. Previous owner's inscription. Clean text. 20pp. Keywords: Ireland - Prose & Poetry - Irish poets

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Peppercanister
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1978
SKU: KHS0038034

Paperback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

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A Need for Poetry?

C. Day-Lewis

"First Edition Wrappers. Wrappers just a little dust-soiled, otherwise a very nice copy." Keywords: Irish Poetry

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: University of Hull
Publication date: 1968
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0076686

Paperback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 38.00

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The Broken Circle

Richard Kell

Paperback. 58pp. Fine. Wrappers

Condition: Used, Like New
Publisher: Ceolfrith Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1981
Edition: 1st
SKU: KHS1003558
ISBN: 9780904461695

Paperback

Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

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Mount Music

Somerville, E. . Edth, ,Ross, Martin,

Hardcover. 8vo. original cloth, bookplate removed from inside front cover . Irish Literature

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Longman London
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1919
SKU: KEX0279657

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club

Hardcover. 136pp. Original boards, with title gilted on spine, bumped. Pages shaded, edges uncut, text very clear. A limited first edition of 600 copies. A very good copy. Previous owner's signature on ffep. Keywords: Poetry, William Butler Yeats, Ernest Dowson

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Elkin Mathews & John Lane/ Dodd, Mead
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1894
SKU: KHS1007026

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 450.00

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Bernard Shaw as Artist-Philosopher: An Exposition of Shavianism

Renée M. Deacon

Hardcover. First edition, original red cloth

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: John Lane Co New York
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1910
SKU: KTK0094380

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 28.00

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The Bishop's Bonfire. A Sad Play within the Tune of a Polka

Sean O'Casey

Hardcover. First edition , dustjacket, good copy

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Macmilan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1955
SKU: KTK0094247

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

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The Children of Dynmouth

William Trevor

Hardback. First edition, inscription on endpaper, dustjacket

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1976
SKU: KTK0094071

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

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At Six O' Clock in the Silence of Things: A Festschrift for James Sim...

Janice Simmons Et Al

48pp Published to celebrate his 60th year.

Condition: Used, Like New
Publisher: Lapwing
Publication date: 1993
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003740

Hardback

Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

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Echo At Coole: And Other Poems

Austin Clark

Hardcover. Excellent copy, only slightly sunned spine. Set in Janson type. Keywords: Poetry

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Dolmen Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1968
SKU: KHS0070806
ISBN: 9780851051338

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 156.00

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Poems

Louis Macneice

Hardcover. "Fine copy. Bound in black cloth with gilt title, and red and design on front and spine. Cover is slightly stained and sunned, slight fraying on front edge near the bottom, minor staining to front and rear end papers." Keywords: "Subjects, English"

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Random House
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1937
Edition: 1st
SKU: KHS0070842

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

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Mnemosyne lay in dust

Austin Clarke

Hardcover. Published in Dublin by The Dolmen Press, 1966. 50pp. First Edition. Mnemosyne lay in Dust by Austin Clarke, with drawings by Jack Coughlin is set in 14 point Pilgrim type. in an edition limited to one thousand copies on Irish Cartridge paper. Keywords: Irish Poetry.

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Dolmen Press.
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1966
Edition: Limited
SKU: KHS0081586

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 316.80

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Dan Russel the Fox. An Episode in the Life of Miss Rowan

E. Oe Somerville And Martin Ross

hardcover. First edition, name on endpaper, slightly worn cover.

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Metheun & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1911
SKU: KTK0094052

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

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Pictures in the Irish National Gallery

Thomas McGreevy

Hardcover. Quarter cloth over boards. Titlepage signed and dated by previous owner. Ex-libris with bookplate. Frontispiece. All prints present. Clean copy with minor shelf wear

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Mercier
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1945
SKU: KOC0003530