Heaney, Seamus / McGahern, John / Gibbons, John / Gorman, Michael / Johnston, Fred et al.

Criterion. A small collection of Five Issues. Criterion – An Anthology 1953-1983 / Criterion 78 / Criterion 79 / Criterion 79-80 / Criterion 83-84.

Five Volumes. Galway, Galway Arts Society, 1970s / 1980s. 24 x 18 cm. 57 pages / 52 pages / 48 pages / 48 pages / 51 pages. Original soft covers. Decorated paperbacks. Very good condition. Covers age darkened and rubbed with some stains. Internally clean.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Evangeline, The Seaside and the Fireside & Poems on Slavery. Three Longfellow Poetry Books bound in One.

Seventh, First & Second Edition. Boston, Boston & Cambridge, William T. Tickner & Company / Tickner, Reed and Fields & John Owen, 1850, 1850 & 1842. 17 x 11 cm. 163, 141 & 31 pages. Fine dark green Morocco with gilt decorations and gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional very mild damp staining. Gift inscription on verso of front free end paper. Internally clean. A nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Herbert, A.P.

Half-Hours at Helles.

First Edition. Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1916. 19 x 13 cm. (4), 63 pages plus publisher’s list. Stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally clean.

Hernández, José.

Martín Fierro. With foreword by Jorge Luis Borges.

Buenos Aires, Emecé, 2001. 14cm x 22cm. 317 pages. Line-drawn illustrations throughout by Alberto Guiraldes. Original softcover. Spanish edition. Excellent condition.

Holland, J.G (Josiah Gilbert).

Kathrina Her Life and Mine in a Poem.

New York, Charles Scribner & Company, 1869. 17 x 23 cm, xii, 281 pages. B&W Illustrations by W.J.Hennessy and C.C. Linton, engraved by W.J. Linton. Original gree cloth with elaborate gilt decorations on boards and spine. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Spine darkened. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Small tear near the hing of the title page. Textblock bright and clean.

Homer / Edward Earl of Derby (Translator).

The Iliad of Homer. Together with: Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern. Rendered into English Blank Verse by Edward Earl of Derby.

Fifth Edition, Revised / Third Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, John Murray, 1865 / 1868. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 402 pages / Vol.2: (2), 432 pages plus 88 pages [Translations of Poems]. Fine contemporary calf. Two spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Dentelles.Raised bands. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good + condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small book dealer sticker on verso of front free end paper (Henry Sotheran – Booksellers & Bookbinders). First and last pages in each volumes mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Howitt, William.

Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets. Illustrations by W. and G. Measom.

Second Edition. Two Volumes. London, Richard Bentley, 1847. 15 x 23.5cm. Vol. 1: 504 pages / Vol.2: 473 pages, illustrated throughout. Original green embossed cloth, hardcover with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Some signs of wear including small slight tear to cloth at spine joint, some foxing to text and loosening of subtitle page.

Hubbard, Sue / Teskey, Donald.

The Idea of Islands.

First Edition. Aghabullogue, Co. Cork, Occasional Press, 2010. 25 x 17 cm. 51 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard Cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Occasional very mild spotting.

Hume Nisbet [James].

Hathor and other Poems.

First Edition. London, Greening & Co., Ltd, 1905. 19 x 13 cm. xx, 331 pages plus 4 pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and vignette on title page. Inscribed by the author on the half title. NO SIGNATURE (see photo). Original white cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Small stains on boards. Mild browning and foxing to end papers and titles. Edges and spine dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Jermyn, Gary.

My Life as a Chatshow Host [Signed].

First Edition. Sandycove, Co. Dublin, Brownbear, 2004. 21 x 14 cm. 101 pages. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Near fine. Inscribed by the Author on title page. See images.