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Cecil Day Lewis

Hardcover. 35pp. 1st Edition. Bound in green paper with white title label on front. Spine and edges are sunned. A fine copy. Keywords: Irish Poetry

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Martin Hopkinson & Company Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1928
Edition: 1st
SKU: KHS0076434

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 145.00
€ 85.00

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Emigrant Suite

Eavan Boland

Hardback. Illustrated by Paulette Myers-Rich with archival ink-jet photograhs. No. 21 of 30 signed copies bound in paper covers

Condition: Used, Like New
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Traffic Street Press St. Paul
Publication date: 2002
SKU: KTK0001196

Hardback

Condition: Used, Like New

€ 375.00

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The D'Altons of Crag: A story of '48 & '49

Richard Baptist O'Brien

Hardback. 283pp. vii. No date given. Decorated boards, with gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Text clear and bright. Library markings. Keywords: History - Irish life - Famine

Condition: Used, Good
Format: Hardback
Publisher: James Duffy
Publication date: 1882
SKU: KHS1004561

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 275.00

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Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous

Hardcover. 474pp. 18th edition with his posthumous poems. With an introductory essay by Rev.John Talbot Smith, and an appreciation by John Moran. With new portrait of the poet on frontis., and additional poems. Decorated boards, with gilt title on spine. Keywords: Poetry - Household edition of the poets

Format: Hardback
Publisher: P J Kenedy
Condition: Used, Good
SKU: KHS1004500

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 36.00

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Songs From The Clay

James Stephens

Hardcover. 106pp. Edges uncut. Foxing

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1915
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003752

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

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Thomas Kinsella - Another September - 9780851054926 - KHS0039588

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Another September

Thomas Kinsella

Hardcover. Second edition. Bound in grey cloth. Second edition. Bound in grey cloth, original dustjacket.

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Dolmen Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1962
SKU: KHS0039588
ISBN: 9780851054926

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00
€ 52.70

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Fireslide Fulsilier

The Earl Of Wicklow

Hardcover. 1st edition. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has wear and tear to edges, with some overall discolouring, but remains good

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Clonmore adn Reynolds Limited
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1958
SKU: KOC0018659

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.00

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C. Day Lewis - An Italian Visit - - KHS0071133

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An Italian Visit

C. Day Lewis

Hardcover. "1953. 77pp. Fine copy in pale green cloth with dark green titled spine and dark green publishers stamp on front. Cover is slightly stained, top and bottom back corners and spne ends are slightly bumped, minor staining to endpapers, small bookseller's sticker on front endpage. Plastic wrapped dust jacket has sunned spine with slight wear on spine ends, edges and corners." Keywords: Poetry

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1953
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0071133

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 245.00
€ 45.00

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Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Co...

Sir John Froissart

Hardback. The third edition to which is prefixed, a life of the author, an essay on his works, a criticism on his history, and a dissertation on his poetry. 12 volumes beautifully rebound in red quarter morocco with gilt titled spines. Bookplate of Katherine & Robert Loeser. A fine set. The "Chronicles" are universally considered as the most vivid and faithful picture we have of events in the fourteenth century. Keywords: Literature; 14th Century; History; Biography

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1808
SKU: KHS0068094

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 1,560.00

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Candle and Crib

K.F. Purdon

Hardcover. First edition, front decorated board, , inscription on endpaper

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Maunsel & Co Dublin
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1914
SKU: KTK0094379

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

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Travellers , Thirty-one Selected Short Stories

L.A.G. Strong With A Preface By Frank Swinner...

Hardcover. Some shelf wear, dustwrapper a little worn

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Readers Union
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1947
SKU: KTK0094354

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

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A Portrait of George Moore: In a Portrait of his Work

John Freeman

Hardcover. Limited edition number 12 of a total of 600, signed by John Freeman. Portrait of George Moore protected by tissue, pages not cut. Keywords: Biography- Literature

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: T. Werner Laurie
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1922
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0081857

Hardback

Condition: Used, Good

€ 185.00

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Twelve to Twelve: Poetry D - Day, Camden Festival 1970

Jeni Couzen (Editor)

Hardback. 51pp. This edition is limited to 100 copies of which this copy is out of series. Signed by Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith, George MacBeth, Peter Redgrove, Adrian Henri, Lee Harwood, Tom Pickard, Micheal Hamburger, Edward Lucie-Smith, Seamus Heaney, Jon Silkin, William Plomer. Bound in orange cloth with original dustjacket. Superb copy. Keywords: Poetry; Heaney; Hughes; Limited Edition

Condition: Used, Like New
Publisher: Poets Trust
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1970
SKU: KHS0040028

Hardback

Condition: Used, Like New

€ 995.00

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Patriotic Suite

John Montague

Pictoral wrapper with woodcuts reproduced from John Derrick's The Image of Irelande, 1581. 1,000 copies printed. Very light foxing to page edges. Excellent condition. In protective plastic wrapper. Keywords: Irish Poetry

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: The Dolmen Press
Publication date: 1966
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0076431

Hardback

Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

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The Traveller: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith

Paperback. 23pp. Disbound. Lacks half-title page. Slight dust soiling. With illustrated engraving by C. Grignion after painting by S. Wale on title page. Keywords: Poetry - Early published material

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Printed for T Carnan and F New
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1770
SKU: KHS0071154