11. Kavanagh, Patrick.

A Soul For Sale. Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.

First Edition. London, MacMillan & Co.Ltd., 1947. Octavo. 54 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket frayed and with some loss. As often with this book, some foxing to book and dustjacket.

12. Ó Céileachair, Séamas.

Bláth an bhaile.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1952. Octavo. 62 pages. Original softcover. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

13. Ó Ríordáin, Seán Pádraig.

Eireaball Spideoige.

The very rare first edition of the poets first book ! Baile Átha Cliath, Sáirséa agus Dill [Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh], 1952. Small Octavo. 118, [2] pages – [With a frontispiece portrait]. Original Hardcover with the fragile, original, transparent dustjacket (the lettered flaps have been attached to the pastedowns with two small strips of sellotape). The transparent dustjacket in poor condition but the volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Three very small dogears. Name of preowner on endpaper. The first edition of this publication is one of the rarest publications of irish poetry / literature. Scarce ! From the library of irish Historian Tadhg Ó Murchú, with his name on the endpaper.

14. Mac Fheorais, Seán.

Gearrcaigh na hoíche.

Scol Aonach Urmhumhan, 1954. Octavo. 82 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some very minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

15. Yeats, W.B.

Collected Plays.

Second Edition, Second Reprint. London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1960 14 cm x 20 cm. 705 Pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Clarke, Austin / Le Brocquy, Louis (Illustrator).

Poetry in Modern Ireland.

Second Edition. Dublin, Colm O Lochlainn, 1961. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. 77 pages. 6 Sketches by Louis Le Brocquy. Origina, illustrated Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock intact but cover cleanly detached. Minor discoloration to endpapers only. Pages 45 to 48 untrimmed. [Irish Life and Culture Series for the Cultural Relations Commitee of Ireland (No.2)]

17. Ó Céileachair, Séamas.

Nuafhilí (1942-1952) [Modern Poets].

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1965. Octavo. XIII, 249 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. Ó Céileachair, Séamas (an chuir in eager) [Micheál Mac Liammhóir, Seán ó Ríordáin, Liam ó Murchú].

Nuafhilí (1942 – 1952).

Baile Áitha Cliath, Oifig An tSoláthair, 1965. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. XV, 249 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration on paintdowns and endpapers only. Four very small ink pen marks on page 152 with some evidence of this being a well thumbed page.

19. [Dine, Jim] Raworth, Tom.

The Big Green Day. Drawings by Jim Dine.

First Edition. London, Trigram, 1968. 25 cm. 45 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket and printed glassine jacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. There is a very slight tear at the top of the glassine wrapper.

20. Allen, Alfred.

Interrogations – Selected Poems. Introduction by Sean Lucy.

Cork, Tower Books, 1975. 15 cm x 22.2 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very minor foxing on edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.