Beat on a Damask Drum.
First Edition. London, John Murray, 1959. 13.5cm x 20.5cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition, but foxed throughout.
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Books on Irish History, Art & Design, Economics & Social Sciences, History and Culture.
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Modern Poets and Poetry in Spain.
First Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 23 x 14 cm. xl, 388 pages. Red cloth with gilt decorations to front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened throughout. Parts of spinal plate missing (possibly rebacked). Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding tight. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
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The Book of Modern Irish Anecdotes. Humour, Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Patrick Kennedy.
New Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1891. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. iv, 192 pages. New (2021) pale cloth. Facsimiles of the original paper covers are used on front and rear board. See images. Black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
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Familiar Strangers. New & Selected Poems 1960 – 2004.
First Edition. Highgreen, Tarset, Bloodaxe Books, 2004. 496 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside a clear archival jacket. Red end papers. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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The Florentines.
First Edition. [Dublin], Allen Figgis & Co., 1967. 109 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Remnants of a price sticker on front of dust jacket. Occasional very mild spotting. Internally clean.
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Romae Antiquae Notitia. or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. 1. A Short History of the Rise, Progress, and Decay of the Commonwealth. II. A Description of the City: An Account of the Religion, Civl Government, and Art of War; with the Remarkable Customs and Ceremonies, Publick and Private. Two Essays: concerning the Roman Learning, and the Roman Education.
London, T. Child and R. Knaplock, 1717. 18 x 11 cm. xxx, 375 pages plus 26 pages Index. Numerous Maps and Plates, some folding. Later half calf over marbled paper boards. Red edges. Raised bands and red spine label. Marbled boards. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and mild age darkening. A very nice, solid copy.
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Standing on Bray Head hoping it might be so.
First Edition, signed. Bray, Kestrel Books, 1995. 21 x 15 cm. (8), 158 pages. Illustrated. Original soft covers. Paperback. Very good condition. A bright clean copy. Inscribed to fellow Irish poet Paul Durcan on the title page. The author’s address is written on the inside of the rear cover. A lovely association copy.
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The Making of the Irish Constitution 1937. Bunreacht na hEireann.
First Edition. Cork, Mercier Press, 2007. Octavo. 511 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gitl title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
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