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Short Is The Time: Poems 1936-1943

Cecil (1904-1972) Day Lewis

Hardcover. 98pp. First US Edition

Condition: Used, Like New
Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1945
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003833

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€ 125.00

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Brought Up to Leave

A. Norman Jeffares

Hardcover. 108pp

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Publisher: Colin Smythe Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1986
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003453
ISBN: 9780861402540

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€ 35.00

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Come Back to Erin

Seán O'Faoláin (John Whelan)

Hardcover. "First US Edition, Fine in Dust Wrapper". Keywords: "Irish Literature, America, Song, Symbolic,"

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: The Viking Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1940
Edition: 1st Edition
SKU: KHS0081788

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€ 75.00

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Bellary Bay

John Welcome

Hardcover. First edition, dustjacket

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: H.Hamilton
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1979
Edition: 1st
SKU: KTK0094125
ISBN: 9780241899908

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€ 25.00

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Shadow on Summer

Christy Brown

Hardcover. 274pp. Previous owner's bookplate and signature on inside front cover

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1974
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003326
ISBN: 9780436070945

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€ 38.40

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The Three Brothers

Michael McLaverty

Hardcover. 213pp. Usual library markings

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1948
Edition: Catholic Literary Foundation ed
SKU: KHS1003641

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€ 85.00

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The Painters of Ireland, C.1660-1920

Anne; The Knight Of Glin Crookshank

hardcover. First edition with 285 Illustrations throughout, in pictoral dust jacket. Out of print

Condition: Used, Very Good
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins London
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1978
SKU: KSG0015499
ISBN: 9780214204920

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€ 85.00

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Word Over All

Hardcover. 52pp. Fine copy in beige cloth with red titled spine. Faint damp stain to front board, page edges uncut with minor foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front endpage. Keywords: Literature

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1943
Edition: First
SKU: KHS0070880

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€ 55.00

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Voices of Ireland

D. O´dulaing

Hardcover. 8vo. original cloth, . Irish Literature

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1998
SKU: KEX0279658
ISBN: 9780862780630

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€ 15.00

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The Last Galway Hooker

Richard Murphy

Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. Covers are darkened and dust dulled. Edges bumped. Keywords: Poetry and prose - Galway

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: The Dolmen Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1961
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KON0806977

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€ 260.00

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Two Years

Liam O´flaherty

Hardcover. First edition in original light blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Cloth is slightly dust dulled on spine and board edges, well defined edges and tight firm binding, clean and crisp pages with bright text. Keywords: Biography

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1930
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0039540

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€ 95.00

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Grace Notes

Bernard Maclaverty

Hardcover. 277pp

Condition: Used, Like New
Edition: First Edition, 4th impression
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd London
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1997
SKU: KHS1003628
ISBN: 9780224044295

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€ 45.00

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A Poetry Recital

James Stephens

Hardcover. First US Edition. Keywords: Poetry

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Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1925
Edition: 1st Edition
SKU: KHS0081893

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€ 95.00

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Alice Hegan Rice - Lovey Mary - - KHS0077909

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Lovey Mary

Alice Hegan Rice

Hardcover. 197pp. "Bound in pictoral green cloth with white title on front and spine. Spine ends and edges slightly worn, corners slightly bumped and worn, very slight staining to cover, side and bottom page edges uncut, endpages slightly stained, name on front endpage." Keywords: Irish Fiction

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: The Century Company
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1903
Edition: 1st Edition
SKU: KHS0077909

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€ 38.00
€ 36.00

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Nightlines

Neil Jordan

Hardcover. 194pp. 1st US edition. Excellent copy in quarter black cloth with green paper sides, gilt title on spine, gilt initial motif on front. Includes near perfect dust jacket. Keywords: Literature

Condition: Used, Very Good
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Random House Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1995
SKU: KHS0070847
ISBN: 9780679444398

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€ 48.00

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Family Sins: And Other Stories

William Trevor

Hardcover. 251pp. First US Edition. Fore edge uncut

Condition: Used, Like New
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Viking
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1990
SKU: KHS1003840
ISBN: 9780670832576

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€ 45.00

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Family Sins: And Other Stories

William Trevor

Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in good dustwrapper.Irish literature.. William Trevor, KBE (born 24 May 1928), is an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,[1] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.[2] He has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated five times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name has also been mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3] Trevor has resided in Devon, South West England, since the 1950s.

Condition: Used, Very Good
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Viking
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1990
SKU: KEX0273962
ISBN: 9780670832576

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€ 35.00

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The House in Clewe Street

Mary Lavin

Hardcover. 530pp. An Atlantic Monthly Press book. Bumped, spine sunned, fore and bottom edges uncut, with some foxing

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1945
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS1003504

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€ 75.00

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Passages from the Letters of John Butler Yeats, selected by Ezra Pound

John Butler Yeats

Hardcover. Selected by Ezra Pound. Four Hundred copies were printed. 60pp. Quarter cloth on paper covered boards. Title in black on front board. Page edges uncut. Some shading to spine, boards and pages. Overall a fine copy with tight binding and clear bright text. Keywords: Irish Literature, Letters, Limited Editions, Rare and Antiquarian Books

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: The Cuala Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1917
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KON0828241