1. 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.

2. Beckett, Samuel.

Poems in English. [The very rare Limited Edition (one of only 100) – signed by Samuel Beckett].

First Edition. London, John Calder, 1961. 8°. 53 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Excellent, close to new condition. No. 51 of only 100 copies on untrimmed, handmade paper [Vergé pur fil]. Signed by Samuel Beckett. Extremely rare in this condition !

3. Bolster, John / [Callanan, Jeremiah Joseph] / Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L.E.L.]/ Sloane, Hans.

Bolster’s Quarterly Magazine. Volume I. No. I (February, 1826) – Volume I. No. IV (November, 1826).

Cork, John Bolster, Patrick Street, 1826. Octavo. VIII, 394 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the boards and corners. Interior very good with only occasional signs of foxing. A very rare Cork publication with some extremely scarce, often anonymously published essays on local history, poetry etc. The publications signed with J.J.C. are by Corkonian Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Name of 19th century preowner on endpaper: “Michael Higgins”.

4. Brophy, Sean.

The Corner of a Field and Other Poems.

Dublin, Rainsford Press, 1995. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 48 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

5. Cain, Séamas.

trid an gcoill.

Dublin, The Red Jasper, 2008. 8°. 120 pages. Illustrated softcover. First Edition. Excellent, as new condition, with only very minor signs of wear.

6. Cairns, Clem / Walton, Jula (Editors).

Fish Anthology 2010. A Matter of Luck & Other Stories, & Poems.

Cork, Fish Publishing, 2010. 14 cm x 22 cm. VI, 164 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Fish Anthology 2010].

7. [Callanan, James Joseph] Higgins, Joseph.

Callanan – The Poet.

Cork, Cork County Library Committee, 1981. Octavo. 22 pages. Original Softcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

8. 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)]

9. Colum, Padraic.

Poems.

First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1932. Octavo. VIII, 222 pages. Original Hardcover without dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

10. Davis, Seamus.

Seamus Davis. Poems and Ballads.

Skibbereen, Bridgetown Publishing, 2003. 20.8cm x 14.6cm. 128 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. [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.

12. Domhnall O Conchubhair / Sean Ua Cadhla.

Duanaire Duithch’ Ealla – I. Danta amhrain agus aistriuchain filidheachta maraon le Drama.

Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig Diolta Foillseachain Rialtais, 1936. Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece, 96 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. 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. [Duffy, Charles Gavan / Davis, Thomas] / Grattan Flood, W.H.

The Spirit of the Nation or, Ballads and Songs by The Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music, arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte.

New Edition, with preface and Introduction by W.H.Grattan Flood. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1911. Quarto. XXII, 368 pages – including the often missing Corrigenda Leaf (Errata). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated clothbinding that has been recently professionally restored. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Besides a 6 cm smudged repair to the front board in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and sought after publication.

14. Garratt, Robert F.

Modern Irish Poetry. Tradition & Continuity from Yeats to Heaney. With a New Epilogue.

First Paperback edition. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989. 14,5 cm x 20 cm. XII, 340 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

15. Hartigan, Anne Le Marquand.

Immortal Sins.

Dublin, Salmon, 1993. 20cm. 149 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Salmon poetry].

16. [Heaney, Seamus / Flanagan, T.P.] Kennedy, S. B.

T.P. Flanagan, RHA, PPRUA. [Signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan] Foreword by Seamus Heaney / Catalogue by Martyn Anglesea / An appreciation by John Belmore with notes on selected pictures by T.P. Flanagan and J.K. Jamison. A special edition of this book is limited to one hundred signed copies of which seventy-five are offered for sale. This is one of the 25 copies which were not for sale. It is signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan on the front free endpaper and its provenance is an eminent irish art collection.

Dublin, Four Courts Press in association with the Ulster Museum, 1995. Folio (24 cm x 28 cm). 96 pages with many illustrations in colour and photographs. Softcover. Some staining to endpaper and edge, leading into the outer margins of some pages. Text and illustrations not affected. While the staining is not pretty, this is one of the rare occasions to acquire one of the scarcer signed items from Seamus Heaney (1 of 25 copies from an edition of only 100 signed copies).

17. Higgins, Michael D.

Season of Fire. Poems by Michael D. Higgins ; with drawings by Mick Mulcahy.

Dingle, Brandon, 1993. 21cm. 90 pages. Illustrated. Original softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

18. Inglis, Liam O.S.A. / Risteard O Foghluda.

Cois na Bride. Liam Inglis, O.S.A, 1709-1778. A cuid Filidheachta da Chnuasach is da chur in eagar ag Risteard O Foghluda.

Dublin, Oifig Diolta Foillseachain Rialtais, 1937. Octavo. XXII, 72 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. With several annotations in pencil throughout the text. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

19. [Joyce, P.W.] Several authors.

The Treasure House of Prose and Poetry. A Book of Prose and Poetry For Boys and Girls.

Dublin, The Educational Company, c1910. 18,5 cm x 13,5 cm. 176 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners only slightly rubbed.

20. Lysaght, Seán.

The Marram-Clocks [Signed].

First and only Edition. Westport [County Mayo], Published at Corratowick / Printed by Simon King [Cumbria,UK], 1997. Slim Quarto (18.2 cm x 26.5 cm). 12 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with mild sunning to spine. Wonderfully set type, humbly inscribed by Seán Lysaght on the titlepage. Now very rare !