MacManus, Francis.

Men Withering.

Second Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1944. 18.6cm x 12.4cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover (half cloth with black lettering on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

MacManus, Francis.

Pedlar’s Pack. Stories, Sketches, Essays, Verse.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1944. 18 x 12 cm. 244 pages. Original paper covered boards. Cloth spine with title. Good condition only. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped (see images). Gift inscription on front free end paper. Edges and end papers age darkened and stained. Text block clean.

MacSwiney, Terence (author) / MacCarthy, B.G. (editor).

Despite Fools’ Laughter. Poems by Terence MacSwiney.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1944. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 74 pages. Frontispiece. Quarter green cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Kirkpatrick, T. Percy C.

Steevens Hospital, Dublin. [Reprinted from THE MEDICAL PRESS AND CIRCULAR, March 1, 1944, Vol. CCXI, No. 5469.

Printed by Samuel Temple & Co. Hammersmith, 1944. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 24 pages. B&W Illustrations. Original blue paper wrappers. Stapled soft cover. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Minor age darkening and small creases. Internally bright and clean.

Barker, George.

Eros in Dogma.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1944. 14.5cm x 22.5cm. 61 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cotton, Arthur Egerton.

Queer Creatures.

Second edition. London, Sylvan Press, 1944. Oblong, 25 x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Stiff card boards. Cloth spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mild age darkening and occasional foxing.

Botkin, B.A.

A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.

Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Various.

Queen’s University of Belfast – Eight Pamphlets.

Eight Publications and three letters. Belfast and London, Belfast University, 1944 – 1968. Pamphlets with stiff cardboard covers. Very good condition.

Eliot, T.S.

The Family Reunion.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. 15 x 22.5 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover. No dustjacket. Good condition with some signs of external wear. Red lettering on the spine. Front hinge shaken and loose. Corners slightly bumped.

Eliot, T.S.

What is a Classic? an address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 1945. 22 x 14 cm, 32 pages. Original light blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Book is slanted and begins to open between pages 8 and 9. Binding is faded. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.