Ingoldsby, Pat.

i’mouthere [I’m Out Here]. Signed.

First Edition. Dublin, Willow Publications, 2005. 500 pages. Original wraps. Soft cover. Near fine. Signed and inscribed to Irish Poet Paul Durcan. Internally bright and clean.

Bridges, Robert.

The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.

Second Edition, with the Author’s final corrections. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1930]. 22 x 17 cm. 175 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author and a losely inserted ‘Publisher’s note on the Text’. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good with good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with minor paper losses and a few tears. Now in protective archival jacket.

Cherburne, Edward / Congreve, William et al. / Masefield John & Constance (Editors).

Lyricists of the Restoration. From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve. Selected and Edited by John and Constance Masefield.

[First Edition]. London, E. Grant Richards, 1905. 12.5 x 8 cm. xxiv, 282 pages. Original velum covered paper boards with inserted leather strips (see images for better understanding). Black title and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Overall a very nice copy in an unusual binding.

Garrity, Devin A. (editor).

New Irish Poets. Representative Selections from the Work of 37 Contemporaries. Edited by Devin A. Garrity with Woodcuts by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.

First Edition. New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 22 x 15 cm. xiii, 209 pages. Eight woodcuts and B&W photos of the Poets. Original pale green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A lovely copy.

Kennelly, Brendan.

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.

Desbordes-Valmore, [Marceline].

Poemes et Poesies par Madame Desbordes-Valmore.

Bruxelles, Mme. Laurent, Imprimeur – Editeur, 1839. 10 x 6.5 cm. 430 pages. Contemporary dark morocco with blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Marbled end papers. Miniature Book. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

Kipling, Rudyard / German, Edward (Music).

The Just So Song Book. Being Songs from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1918. 30 x 24 cm. 62 pages. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black decorations and title on spine. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion to the top of the front board (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

McCarthy, Thomas.

Seven Winters in Paris [Signed].

First Edition. London, Anvil Press, 1989. 21 X 14 cm. 61 pages (2). Original trade paperback. Near fine condition. Inscribed by the Author to Dublin collector Tony Smith, signed ‘Tom’.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Coffey, Brian.

Chanterelles. Short Poems, 1971-1983.

First Edition, Wilton, Cork, The Melmoth Press, 1985. 61 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.