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Hardback. 5pp. 37/100. Privately printed. Inscribed. Being a selection from the notebooks of the late J. H. Orwell, made by his friend Seumas O'Sullivan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1937
SKU
KHS1003941
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 275.00

Paperback. Fold-out poem designed by Liam Miller. Signed by author. Copy has some staining and wear but remains good
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Dolmen Press Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KOC0003476
ISBN
9780851051765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. Second printing. original green cloth, bookseeller's stamp
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Herbert Jenkins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0094262
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardcover. 244pp., including notes. David Bogue's catalogue for 1857 at end of book. Decorated boards gilted, spine sunned, bumped. Small tear at top of spine. Library markings. Keywords: Poetry
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
David Bogue
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1857
SKU
KHS1004495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 95.00

Hardcover. "First American Edition, Fine condition in dust wrapper". Keywords: "Irish Literature, Portrait, Composer, Biography, Fiction, Novel"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Norton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st American ed
SKU
KHS0081775
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

Paperback. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dedalus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KOC0003632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. 311pp. Fourth edition, no date given. Recased in cloth boards, with gilted title on spine and decoration on front cover. Cover loose, otherwise binding tight. Some pages smudged, text very clear. Keywords: Irish - History - Justice
Format
Hardback
Publisher
James Duffy
Condition
Used, Acceptable
SKU
KHS1004647
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 75.00

Hardback. 38pp
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Dublin, Trinity College (Library)
Publication date
1959
SKU
KHS1003968
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 25.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 196.00

150pp. Inscribed. Wrappers, spine sunned, some shelf wear. Minor foxing, text very clear. Keywords: Irish - Literature - Folklore
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atwell
Publication date
1929
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1004646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 75.00
€ 50.00

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