Ó Céilleachair, Séamus.

Coillte An Ceoil.

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig An tSolatair, 1955. 18 x 12 cm. 53 pages. Stiff cardboard covers. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Minor staining / fading to boards. Inscribed by the Author. Internally clean.

Shaw, Roud.

Thunder in the Night [Signed]. Poems by Roud Shaw.

First Edition, signed. New York, Poetry Library, 1955. 20 x 14 cm. 94 pages. Original yellow cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper.

Síle Ó Céileachair, Donchadh Ó Céileachair.

Bullaí Mhártain.

First Edition. Dublin, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1955. c 18 x 11 cm. 200 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good inside very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on ffep and title page.

MacManus, Emily E.P. [Elvira Primrose] / Strong, L.A.G. (foreword).

Matron of Guy’s. With a Foreword by L.A.G. Strong.

Second Edition. London, Andrew Melrose, 1956. c. 23 x 15 cm. xii, 228 pages. Illustrated with many B&W photographs. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Front part of original dust jacket losely inserted. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean

MacManus, Emily E.P. [Elvira Primrose] / Strong, L.A.G. (foreword).

Matron of Guy’s. [Signed w/ additional material].

First Edition. London, Andrew Melrose, 1956. c. 23 x 15 cm. xii, 228 pages. Illustrated with many B&W photographs. Losely inserted materials include: a death notice and obituary for the author (The Tines, March 6, 1978), a printed announcement by Guy’s (Margaret Helliwell) about the authors death (2 copies), a program of a funeral service held June 5, 1978 in Southwark, a second program for a Holy Communion service at Guy’s Hospital Chapel on May 10th, 1978. Two photographs; one showing the author, together with Florence Taylor in Ireland, and a printed address (12 pages, w/ illustrations, in red wrappers) given by the author on June 3rd, 1945. Original black cloth. Gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Book with minor shelf wear and occasional very mild foxing. Front hinge cracked with netting exposed. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dust jacket worn with some material losses. See images.

Williams, Tennessee.

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1956. 20.5cm x 13.3cm. xiv, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent, very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

Wilson, Edmund.

A Piece Of My Mind. Reflections at Sixty.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 19.4cm x 11.5cm. 239 (9) pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper signed by preowner.

Clarke, Austin.

Too Great A Vine. Poems and Satires. Second Series.

First and limited Edition of 200 copies. Templeogue, Co. Dublin, The Bridge Press, 1957. 18 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. In dust jacket. Soft covers. Very good condition. Dust jacket dust dulled and a little age darkened. Internally clean. A nice copy.

POGGIOLI, Renato.

The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Satchell, William.

The Greenstone Door.

Auckland and others, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, 1957. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. viii, 400 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.