William Cowan Bookseller
Irish First Editions
Catalogue Sixty Three
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Winter 2018/2019
1. [Anthology]. 20th – Century Irish Poems. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Selected by Michael Longley. Signed on the title page by the selector, Michael Longley. Also signed at their contributions by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Bernard O’Donoghue and Paul Muldoon. Fine in dj. £50.00
2. BANVILLE, John. Book of Evidence. Secker and Warburg 1989. Fine in price-clipped dj. £30.00
3. BANVILLE, John. Ghosts. London: Secker and Warburg 1993. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £60.00
4. BANVILLE, John. Athena. London: Secker and Warburg 1995. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £40.00
5. BANVILLE, John. Eclipse. London: The Bridgewater Press 2000. One of 100 numbered copies printed on Archival Parchment paper and bound in full maroon Ratchford Atlantic cloth, from a total edition of 138 copies signed by the author. Fine copy, as issued. £125.00
6. BANVILLE, John. God’s Gift. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2000. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £75.00
7. BANVILLE, John. Shroud. Oxford: Joe McCann 2002. One of 65 copies bound in full cloth, from a total edition of 80 numbered copies signed by the author. Bound in full cloth, with author and title printed on a paper label on spine and inlaid on the front board. Fine copy, as issued. £130.00
8. BANVILLE, John. Love in the Wars. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £35.00
9. BANVILLE, John. Beckett’s Last Words. Oxford: Joe McCann 2006. One of 21 copies printed on Barcham Green Chester paper and numbered 13-33, copies 32 and 33 reserved for the author, from a total edition of 54 copies signed by the author of which 48 were for sale (There were also 12 copies bound in quarter goatskin, lettered in gilt and numbered I-XII, numbers IX and X being reserved for the author and 21 copies printed on Hahnemuhle Old Antique paper and numbered 34-54, copies 53 and 54 reserved for the author). Bound in full cloth. Fine in glassine dj, as issued. £475.00
10. BANVILLE, John. First Light. London: The Bridgewater Press 2006. One of 100 numbered copies bound in Ratchford Atlantic cloth, from a total edition of 138 copies signed by the author. Fine copy, as issued. £75.00 Note: Described as "the first chapter of a novel in progress" in the year after Banville won the Booker Prize with "The Sea", it emerged in 2009 as the first chapter of "The Infinities"
11. BANVILLE, John. Conversation in the Mountains. Oldcastle, County Meath 2008. One of a limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author, 350 of which were for sale. Bound in linen covered boards. Fine in tissue dj, as issued. £130.00
12. BANVILLE, John. The Infinities. London: Picador 2009. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £25.00
13. BANVILLE, John. Thieving: An Apologia. Oxford & Forkhill: Four Candles Press 2015. One of a limited edition of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, and 10 Roman numeral copies reserved for the author and publisher. Laid in by the publisher, is an erratum headed “An Additional Apologia” elegantly stating: “The publisher is culpable of erroneously recording the entire edition, so the 26 now have Roman numerals, while the 10 are lettered”. Set in Van Dijck type, printed on Magnani paper and sewn into black plain wrappers. Designed and printed letterpress by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Stroud. Fine in red printed card dj, with title set in Saxon Black. £275.00 Note: An extract from Banville's novel, The Blue Guitar. Published in advance of the novel. Although not stated Banville has also dated the colophon page below his signature.
14. BARRY, Kevin. There Are Little Kingdoms. Dublin: The Stinging Fly 2007. Author’s first novel. One of only 100 hardback copies issued, each numbered and signed by the author. Fine in dj. £425.00 Note: Winner of the 2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
15. BARRY, Sebastian. The Water-Colourist. Mountrath, Portlaoise: The Dolmen Press 1983. Signed by the author. Paperback edition (a limited edition hardback was also published). Fine in integral dj. £60.00
16. BARRY, Sebastian. The Rhetorical Town. Mountrath, Portlaoise: The Dolmen Press 1985.Signed by the author. Paperback edition (a limited edition hardback was also published). Fine copy. £50.00
17. BARRY, Sebastian. Our Lady of Sligo. London: Methuen 1998. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00
18. BARRY, Sebastian. Annie Dunne. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine in dj. £25.00
19. BARRY, Sebastian. The Pinkening Boy. Oxford: Joe McCann 2004. One of 20 copies numbered 1-XX bound in quarter soft pink goatskin with brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, from a total edition of 85 copies signed by the author. Fine in glassine dj. £175.00
20. BARRY, Sebastian. The Pinkening Boy. Oxford: Joe McCann 2004. One of 65 copies numbered 1-65, bound in full brown cloth, with printed label on spine and indented into upper board, from a total edition of 85 copies signed by the author. Fine in glassine dj. £95.00
21. BARRY, Sebastian. A Long Long Way. London: Faber and Faber 2005. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine in dj. £25.00
22. BARRY, Sebastian. Tales of Ballycumber. Oxford: Four Candles Press 2009. One of 40 copies bound in full cloth and numbered 1–40, from a total edition of 52 copies signed by the author. Endpapers printed letterpress by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Stroud and reproduce the author’s original sketch for a stage set for the play. Printed on 150gsm archival paper from sustainable sources by Norrhend Creative Print Solutions. Hand-sewn and bound by the Fine Book Bindery. Bound in full cloth. Fine in glassine dj. £75.00
23. BARRY, Sebastian. A Tale with Two Joes in It. London: Bridgewater Press 2010. One of 26 copies lettered A– Z printed on Five Seasons paper and bound in quarter Ratchford Atlantic cloth and marbled paper boards, from a total edition of 138 copies. Bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, with author, title and publisher in gilt lettering on spine. Fine copy, as issued. £130.00
24. BARRY, Sebastian. A Tale with Two Joes in it. London: Bridgewater Press 2010. One of 100 copies numbered 1 – 100 printed on Five Seasons paper and bound in full Ratchford Atlantic cloth, from a total edition of 138 copies. Bound in full cloth, with author, title and publisher in gilt lettering on spine. Fine copy, as issued. £50.00
25. BARRY, Sebastian. The Temporary Gentleman. London: Enitharmon 2013. With an introduction by the author. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies numbered 1 to 100, with a further 25 copies hors commerce copies numbered i to xxv, Signed by the author. Typeset in Cycle and printed on 120gsm Munken Pure, cream paper. Designed by Libanus Press, Marlborough, and printed by CPI Anthony Rowe, Chippenham. Bound in red cloth boards with a photograph of Barry inlaid in the front board, and author, title and publisher lettered in gilt on spine; in a blue cloth slipcase with author, title and publisher printed on a paper label which has been inlaid on one side; both book and slipcase by The Fine Bindery, Northamptonshire. Fine in slipcase. £80.00
26. BARRY, Sebastian. Days Without End. London: Faber and Faber 2016. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £50.00
27. BECKETT, Samuel (translator) APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume. Zone. Dublin: The Dolmen Press/ London: Calder & Boyars 1972. Apollinaire's French text appears parallel with Beckett's translation. Fine in dj. £80.00
28. BECKETT, Samuel. Worstward Ho. London: John Calder 1983. Fine in dj. £95.00
29. BECKETT, Samuel. Hommage à Jack B. Yeats. Dublin: Locus Solus 1988. First separate printing. Text in French. One of a total edition of 54 unnumbered copies. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £225.00 Note: A rare Beckett item. Eleven copies held on WORLDCAT: six in USA; five in UK and Ireland. First published in les Lettres nouvelles, 2. année, Avril 1954, no. 14.
30. BECKETT, Samuel. Selected Poems. London: John Calder 1999. This volume in the ‘Beckett Shorts’ series contains two late poems ‘Go where never before’ and ‘Brief Dreams’ not previously collected. Paperback original. Fine copy. £15.00
31. BOLGER, Dermot. Internal Exiles. Mountrath, Portlaoise: The Dolmen Press 1986. Signed by the author. Paperback edition (a limited edition hardback was also published). Fine copy. £25.00
32. BOLGER, Dermot. The Dublin Bloom. Galway: Kennys Bookshop 1995. An Original Free Adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. One of a total edition of 250 copies specially bound in cloth for customers of Kennys Bookshop and signed by Dermot Bolger [so stated on the front flap of dust jacket]. Fine in dj. £30.00 Note: A Paperback edition was published by New Island.
33. BOLGER, Dermot. The Chosen Moment. Oxford: Joe McCann 2004. One of 55 numbered copies bound in cloth, from a total edition of 70 copies signed by the author. Bound in full cloth. Fine in glassine dj. £50.00
34. BOWEN, Elizabeth. The Little Girls. London: Jonathan Cape 1964. Fine in dj. £40.00
35. CARR, Marina. By the Bog of Cats. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1998. Fine in dj. £30.00 Note: Winner of the Irish Times/ ESB Award for Best New Play, 1998
36. CARR, Marina. On Raftery’s Hill. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2000. Fine in dj. £20.00
37. CARR, Marina. Ariel. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2002. Fine in dj. £30.00
38. CARSON, Ciaran. The New Estate and Other Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1988. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £35.00 Note: Contains the poems from Carson’s first collection The New Estate (1976), which was published only in paperback, and a number of other previously uncollected poems written about the same time.
39. CARSON, Ciaran. The Irish for No. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books 1988. First UK edition. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine in dj. £30.00
40. CARSON, Ciaran. Belfast Confetti. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1989. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £40.00 Note: Winner of the Irish Times' Irish Literature Prize for Poetry.
41. CARSON, Ciaran. First Language. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1993. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £50.00 Note: Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize.
42. CARSON, Ciaran (contributor). Belfast Frescoes. Belfast: Crowquill/ with Ulster Museum 1995. Frescoes by John Kindness. With a 1500 word essay by Carson covering his childhood memories. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy. £25.00
43. CARSON, Ciaran. Letters from the Alphabet. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1995. One of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by the author. Fine in dj. £60.00
44. CARSON, Ciaran. Opera Et Cetera. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1996. Signed by Ciaran Carson. Fine in dj. £30.00
45. CARSON, Ciaran. The Twelfth of Never. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1998. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
46. CARSON, Ciaran. Ballad of HMS Belfast. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £50.00
47. CARSON, Ciaran. The Midnight Court. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2005. A new translation of Cuirt an Mhean Oiche by Merriman. Signed by Ciaran Carson. Fine in dj. £50.00
48. CARSON, Ciaran. Breaking News. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2003. Signed by Ciaran Carson. Fine in dj. £60.00 Note: Winner of the Forward Poetry Prize and the Cholmondeley Award.
49. CARSON, Ciaran. Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. One of a limited edition of 140 copies specially bound and signed by the author, 15 copies numbered I–XV, are reserved for the author and publisher, 125 copies numbered 1–125 are for sale. Quarter bound in brown cloth with beige paper-covered boards. Title, author and publisher on spine and marginal line on edge between cloth and paper all foil-blocked in gold. Fine copy in matching cloth and paper-covered slipcase. £150.00
50. CARSON, Ciaran. Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Fine in dj. £30.00
51. CARSON, Ciaran. For all We Know. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Fine in dj. £30.00 Note: Shortlisted for both the 2008 T. S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Poetry Award.
52. CARSON, Ciaran. Until Before After. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2010. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
53. CLIFTON, Harry. The Walls of Carthage. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1977. Author’s first collection. Stated as a "limited" issue however the limitation is not specified. Fine in dj. £40.00
54. CLIFTON, Harry. Office of the Salt Merchant. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1979. Fine in dj, with small publisher’s price sticker on inside front flap. £25.00
55. CLIFTON, Harry. Portobello Sonnets. Dublin: The Tusker Press 2014. One of a total edition of 100 copies, numbered, dated and signed by the author. Typeset in Centaur, printed letterpress on Magnani paper and sewn into printed sand-coloured wrappers by the Evergreen Press. Fine copy, as issued. £40.00
56. [Cuala Press]. ORR, James. ‘May plenty bloom in every field’ (A four line poem) Dublin: Cuala Press, nd. Illustrated with a hand coloured image (by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, although not stated) of landscape with river. Printed on Irish paper made at Saggart Mill especially for the Cuala Press. Single folded sheet, measuring approximately 12.5 x 15.5cm. Issued as number fifty six in the Cuala Press card series. Fine copy. £150.00
57. [Cuala Press]. COLERIDGE, Mary E. ‘Mother of God! No Lady Thou!’ (A five line poem) Dublin: Cuala Press, nd. Illustrated with a hand coloured image (by Lady Beatrice Glenavy, although not stated) of Mary ironing and the infant Jesus asleep with two girls looking in the open window at the infant. Printed on Irish paper made at Saggart Mill especially for the Cuala Press. Single folded sheet, measuring approximately 18 x 12cm. Issued as number sixty six in the Cuala Press card series. Fine copy. £150.00
58. [Cuala Press]. (Anonymous) ‘These things are of God (An eight line poem taken from an ancient Irish charm). Dublin: Cuala Press, nd. Illustrated with a hand coloured image (by Lady Dorothy Blackman, although not stated) of landscape with lake. Printed on Irish paper made at Saggart Mill especially for the Cuala Press. Single folded sheet, measuring approximately 16 x 11cm. Issued as number seventy seven in the Cuala Press card series. Fine copy in later envelope. £150.00
59. [Cuala Press]. A ‘Christmas Greetings’ card. Dublin: Cuala Press, nd. Illustrated with a hand coloured image (by Dorothy Blackham, although not stated) of the Dublin mountains with the Sugar Loaf in the distance. Printed on Irish paper made at Saggart Mill especially for the Cuala Press. Single folded sheet, measuring approximately 15 x 12cm. Issued as number one hundred and nine in the Cuala Press card series. Fine copy. £80.00
60. DAWE, Gerald. Stray Dogs & Dark Horses. Newry: Abbey Press 2000. One of 250 numbered and signed copies, from a total edition of 1000 copies. Paperback original. Fine copy. £25.00
61. DAWE, Gerald. Points West. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £15.00
62. DEANE, John F. Toccata and Fugue. Manchester: Carcanet 2000. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £25.00
63. DEANE, John F. Seawards: A Poem Sequence. Dublin: Waxwing Poems. Nd (2001). No.1, in the Waxwing Poem Chapbook Series. One of a total edition of 25 copies numbered and signed by the author. Two a4 sheets folded into a5. Unstapled. Fine, as issued. £50.00
64. DEANE, John F. The Instruments of Art. Manchester: Carcanet 2005. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00
65. DONOGHUE, Emma. Stir-fry. London: Hamish Hamilton 1994. Author’s first novel. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Mid-section of text-block printed on non-acidic paper and shows tanning, else Fine copy in dj. £45.00
66. DOYLE, Roddy. The Van. London: Secker and Warburg 1991. Fine in dj. £80.00
67. DOYLE, Roddy. A Star Called Henry. London: Jonathan Cape 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
68. DURCAN, Paul. The Laughter of Mothers. London: Harvill Secker 2007. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies specially bound in goatskin and signed by the author. With lettering on spine, ornaments on cover, and all edges gilt. Fine copy in paper-covered slipcase. £200.00
69. ENNIS, John. A Drink of Spring. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1979. Fine in dj, with small price increase sticker covering original price. £12.00 Note: Fifteen poems in this collection under the title ‘Exit’ won the Listowel Poetry Prize, 1979.
70. ENNIS, John. Arboretum. Dublin: The Dedalus Press 1990. One of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. £8.00
71. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Gathering. London: Jonathan Cape 2007. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £60.00
72. ENRIGHT, Anne. Taking Pictures. London: Jonathan Cape 2007. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
73. ENRIGHT, Anne. The Forgotten Waltz. London: Jonathan Cape 2011. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
74. FANNING, Gerard. Working for the Government. Dublin: The Dedalus Press 1999. Signed by the author. Author’s second collection. Fine copy in like dj. £20.00
75. FRIEL, Brian. The Loves of Cass McGuire. London: Faber and Faber 1967. Author’s second play. Fine copy in like dj. £225.00
76. FRIEL, Brian. Living Quarters. London: Faber and Faber 1978. Laid-in is a 150+ word tls from Brian Friel at his Muff address in County Donegal, to a correspondent which he opens by offering his apologises for being unable to accept an “invitation…not so much because of firm plans but because of the confusion of various scheme which will almost certainly collide with any commitment I might take on next year. What is really buggering me up is a new play which will open in the US next season…” [Although not stated the play is probably Faith Healer which received its first performance on 23rd February 1979 in Boston in a production starring James Mason, Clarissa Kaye and Donal Donnelly.] The letter also refers to a number of other engagements he is required to fulfil in North America over the following months, but returns to the subject of the new play near the end: “But the new play is the one thing I must keep myself free for.” The letter concludes with an invitation to the correspondent to “…give me a Shout…” should he be “…up north during the summer.” Paperback original. Letter: folded twice, very slightly soiled and with a few small coffee stains which do not affect text otherwise Very Good condition; Book: Fine copy, as issued. £250.00
77. FRIEL, Brian. Living Quarters. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1992. After Hippolytus. Fine in like dj. £40.00 Note: First Irish and First hardback edition. Originally published as a paperback original in 1978 by Faber and Faber in the UK.
78. FRIEL, Brian. Volunteers. London: Faber and Faber 1979. Paperback original. Small price sticker covering publisher’s price on rear cover otherwise Near Fine copy. £25.00
79. FRIEL, Brian. Aristocrats. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1980. Fine in like dj. £80.00 Note: Winner of both the 1988 Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the 1989 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.
80. FRIEL, Brian. The Communication Cord. London: Faber and Faber 1983. Paperback original. Fine copy. £30.00
81. FRIEL, Brian. The Freedom of the City. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1992. Fine in like dj. £30.00 Note: First Irish and First hardback edition. Originally published as a paperback original in 1974 by Faber and Faber in the UK.
82. FRIEL, Brian. Uncle Vanya. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1998. A version of the play by Chekhov. Fine in like dj. £25.00
83. FRIEL, Brian. Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999. London: Faber and Faber 1999. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00
84. FRIEL, Brian. The Yalta Game. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Fine in like dj. £35.00
85. FRIEL, Brian. Three Plays After. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2002. Fine in like dj. £35.00
86. FRIEL, Brian. Performances. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2003. Signed by the author. Fine in like dj. £300.00
87. FRIEL, Brian. The Home Place. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2005. Fine in like dj. £40.00
88. FRIEL, Brian. Hedda Gabler. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. A version of the play by Ibsen. Fine in like dj. £25.00
89. FRIEL, Brian. A Man’s World. Oldcastle, County Meath 2010. Illustrated by Basil Blackshaw. One of a limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author, 350 of which were for sale. Bound in linen covered boards. Fine in tissue dj, as issued. £225.00
90. GORMAN, Rody. Fax and other poems. Edinburgh: Polygon 1996. Author’s first collection. Bilingual Gaelic/ English edition. Paperback original. Near Fine copy. £20.00
91. GORMAN, Rody. Cuis-Ghaoil. Edinburgh: Diehard Publishers 1999. Bound in quarter leather with marbled boards. Fine, as issued. £75.00 Note: One of about 75 copies according to the publisher who bound copies as they were requested.
92. GREACEN, Robert. The Only Emperor. London: The Turret Bookshop 1991. Broadside. Printed in black on pale blue conqueror watermark paper. Size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £20.00 Note: First separate publication of this poem collected in 1994 as the title poem in Greacen’s pamphlet The Only Emperor. Greacen's Collected Poems 1944-1994 won the Irish Times literature prize for poetry in 1995.
93. GROARKE, Vona. Athlones. Nimes: Grand Phoenix Press 2004. One of 20 copies signed by the poet, from a total edition of 250 numbered copies. Original printed wrappers. Fine in French flaps. £30.00
94. GROARKE, Vona. Athlones. Nimes: Grand Phoenix Press 2004. One of 230 unsigned copies, from a total edition of 250 numbered copies. Original printed wrappers. Fine in French flaps. £10.00
95. GROARKE, Vona. Juniper Street. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2006. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
96. GROARKE, Vona. Accession Nine Box Four. Oldham: Incline Press 2014. New Year Booklet produced for subscribers and Friends of Incline Press. Hand set in Lectura type, printed on Wookey Hole mould-made paper, sewn into Murillo card and covered with a decorated paper designed by Alan Drummond. Fine copy, in matching Alan Drummond design envelope. Fine copy, as issued. £20.00 Note: No copies listed on COPAC or WORLDCAT.
97. HEALY, Dermot. Neighbour’s Lights. London: The Turret Bookshop 1992. Broadside. Printed in black on pale blue/grey conqueror watermark paper. Size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £125.00 Note: Rare Healy item. Only one copy found on COPAC held at British Library and six copies found on WORLDCAT, including the National Library of Ireland, Yale and Princeton Universities.
98. HEALY, Dermot. The Bend for Home. London: The Harvill Press 1996. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £40.00
99. HEALY, Dermot. The Reed Bed. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Fine in dj. £80.00
100. HEALY, Dermot. A Fool’s Errand. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2010. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £150.00 Note: Shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award.
101. HEALY, Dermot. Long Time No See. London: Faber and Faber 2011. One of a limited edition of 105 copies specially bound and signed by the author, of which one hundred copies numbered 1 – 100 copies were for sale, and five copies numbered I – V were reserved for the author. Bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in quarter dark blue leather with light blue-grey paper covered boards. Lettered in gilt on spine. Fine copy in blue-grey cloth covered slipcase. £125.00
102. HEALY, Dermot. Long Time No See. London: Faber and Faber 2011. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy, as issued. £40.00 Note: Nominated for the International IMPAC Literary Award.
103. HEALY, Dermot. The Travels of Sorrow. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2015. Fine in dj. £30.00
104. HEANEY, Seamus. Verses for a Fordham Commencement. New York: Nadja 1984. One of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 226 copies. Handset in Stempel Optima and printed on HMP and Whatman papers. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched at spine and with fore-edge untrimmed. Fine copy, as issued. £250.00
105. HEANEY, Seamus. Station Island. London: Faber and Faber 1984. Fine in dj. £125.00
106. HEANEY, Seamus. Gravities. Newcastle upon Tyne: Charlotte Press Publications 1979. With illustrations by Noel Connor. Original illustrated wrappers. Near Fine copy. £30.00
107. HEANEY, Seamus. Place and Displacement: Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland. Grasmere, Cumbria: Trustees of Dove Cottage 1985. Original printed wrappers. Fine in dj. £25.00
108. HEANEY, Seamus. New Selected Poems 1966-1987. London: Faber and Faber 1990. Fine in dj. £80.00
109. HEANEY, Seamus. The Cure at Troy. London: Faber and Faber in association with Field Day 1990. Paperback original. Fine copy. £40.00
110. HEANEY, Seamus. Seeing Things. London: Faber and Faber 1991. Fine in dj. £125.00
111. HEANEY, Seamus. Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture 1995. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1995. The true first edition of Heaney's Nobel lecture, published five days after he delivered it in Stockholm on 7th December 1995. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy, as issued £35.00 Note: One of 1000 copies printed. Brandes & Durkan A64a.
112. HEANEY, Seamus. Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture. London: Privately Printed for Faber and Faber (early 1996). One of 500 copies printed for private circulation. Signed by the author. Original plain sewn wrappers. Fine in printed dj, as issued. £350.00
113. HEANEY, Seamus (translator). Beowulf. London: Faber and Faber 1999. Fine in dj. £120.00 Note: winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
114. HEANEY, Seamus. Electric Light. London: Faber and Faber 2001. One of a limited edition of 300 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 325 copies. Fine in slipcase. £350.00
115. HEANEY, Seamus. Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Fine in dj. £25.00
116. HEANEY, Seamus (translator) MACLEAN, Sorley [Somhairle MacGill- Eain]. Hallaig. Isle of Skye: Urras Shomhairle/The Sorley MacLean Trust, 2002. Signed by Seamus Heaney. One of a limited edition of 200 copies. Parallel text, with Heaney's translation of the original Gaelic on each facing recto. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £300.00
117. HEANEY, Seamus (translator) MACLEAN, Sorley [Somhairle MacGill- Eain]. Hallaig. Isle of Skye: Urras Shomhairle/The Sorley MacLean Trust, 2002. One of a limited edition of 200 copies. Parallel text, with Heaney's translation of the original Gaelic on each facing recto. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £70.00
118. HEANEY, Seamus. The Lift. Lexington, Kentucky: King Library Press, 2003. Broadside. One of a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, this one of 100 copies typeset in Victor Hammer’s American Uncial. Handset in Victor Hammer’s American Uncial and printed by hand at the King Library Press. Size: 27cm x 39cm. Fine copy, as issued. £150.00 Note: An unpublished poem by the Nobel Laureate, printed as a keepsake for Helen Vendler’s lecture “W. B. Yeats and the Lyric Form” opening the exhibition “Irish Literature 1699-1944” at the University of Kentucky, 13 February 2003. Collected three years later in District and Circle.
119. HEANEY, Seamus. The Lift. Lexington, Kentucky: King Library Press, 2003. Broadside. One of a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, this one of 200 copies typeset in Caston ATF. Handset in Caston ATF and printed by hand at the King Library Press. Size: 27cm x 39cm. Fine copy, as issued. £125.00 Note: An unpublished poem by the Nobel Laureate, printed as a keepsake for Helen Vendler’s lecture “W. B. Yeats and the Lyric Form” opening the exhibition “Irish Literature 1699-1944” at the University of Kentucky, 13 February 2003. Collected three years later in District and Circle.
120. HEANEY, Seamus. The Burial at Thebes. London: Faber and Faber 2004. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies for sale, from a total edition of 260 signed copies. Quarter bound in maroon cloth, with tan paper- covered boards. Title and author foil-blocked in gold on black cloth inset panels on spine. Heaney’s translation of Antigone by Sophocles. Fine copy in matching two-tone maroon cloth and paper-covered board slipcase. £350.00
121. HEANEY, Seamus (A Retelling of Robert Henryson's Poem). The Testament of Cresseid. Illustrated with images by Hughie O'Donoghue. London: Enitharmon Editions, 2004. One of the de luxe edition consisting of seventy- five copies and twenty-five hors commerce copies, signed by Seamus Heaney and Hughie O’Donoghue and numbered 1 to 75 and I to XXV. With each copy is a signed and numbered original etching by Hughie O’Donoghue, printed in Ireland by Simon Marsh. The text of the book designed and printed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. The prelims and introduction set in Perpetua and the poem hand-set in 18 pt Golden Cockerel Roman. The paper is 160gsm Arches Vélin. The six tipped-in colour plates in the book printed by Expression Printers. The original etching housed in its own tissue-guarded cream paper portfolio. Book and slipcase bound in matching green cloth at the Fine Bindery, with small image set into front boards and spine label titling of book, and spine label titling on slipcase. Fine copy, as issued £1500.00 Note: There was also a regular edition consisting of three hundred and fifty signed copies, numbered 76 to 425 and twenty-five hors commerce copies, signed and numbered XXVI to L.
122. HEANEY, Seamus. Room to Rhyme. Dundee: University of Dundee 2004. Illustrated by Brigid Collins. With card invitation to the launch and exhibition, a publicity card from the university press for the book and a loose A4 sheet, folded once, laid in containing the contents of an exchange of letters between Heaney and Collins in which Heaney writes: “you have made the book one of the most desirable in which words of mine have appeared…” Illustrated boards. Fine copy. £25.00 Note: The insert was only available with copies sold on the evening of the book launch.
123. HEANEY, Seamus (contributor). Oxford Poetry Broadsides: Series One. Oxford: Oxford Poetry 2005. Set of six broadsides. One of a limited edition of 75 numbered sets of which only 55 were for sale, with each broadside signed by the poet. The poets are: Anne Carson, "Things that Happen Again"; Wendy Cope, "Spared"; Robert Crawford, "A Gean Tree"; John Fuller, "Hendre Fawr"; Seamus Heaney, "A Stove Lid for W. H. Auden" and Medbh McGuckian, "Yellow Ultramarine". Each Broadside measures 38 x 28cm and is hand-set at The Evergreen Press on Vélin Arches Blanc 200gsm paper; hand-made paper folder made by La Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal. Fine set in like pale blue presentation folder with cream ties. £400.00
124. HEANEY, Seamus. District and Circle. London: Faber and Faber 2006. Fine in dj. £25.00 Note: Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize.
125. HEANEY, Seamus. Early Irish: Five translations. Lexington, Kentucky: King Library Press, 2006. Broadside. One of a limited edition of 75 numbered and signed copied; this copy one of about thirteen o/s copies that are not signed by the author. Text handset in Caslon Oldstyle ATF, title in Victor Hammer's Ratdolt Titling (cast by Theo Rehak at the Dale Guild Foundry) and printed by hand on Hahnemuehle's Biblio paper at the King Library Press. Size: 27cm x 39cm. Fine copy, as issued. £180.00 Note: Printed as a keepsake to honour the occasion of the visit of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney to receive an honorary degree at the University of Kentucky commencement weekend 5-7 May 2006.
126. HEANEY, Seamus. The Riverbank Field. Loughcrew, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 2007. Illustrated with paintings and drawings by Martin Gale. One of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the author, of which 450 were for sale. Printed in colour on Rives Artist by Rosbeek and casebound in linen. Fine in tissue dj, as issued. £275.00
127. HEANEY, Seamus. Spelling It Out. Loughcrew, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press 2009. Written in honour of Brian Friel on his 80th birthday. With a drawing of Brian Friel by Basil Blackshaw. One of a limited edition of 400 hardback copies signed by the author, of which 300 were for sale. Green cloth boards. Fine copy, as issued. £175.00
128. HEANEY, Seamus. Spelling It Out. Loughcrew, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press 2009. With a drawing of Brian Friel by Basil Blackshaw. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £20.00
129. HEANEY, Seamus. Slack. Newcastle: Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, 2009. Illustrated card, printed on both sides and folded thrice to provide eight panels, each measuring c.15 x 21cm [together with] Gift: A Chapbook for Seamus Heaney on the occasion of his visit to the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, October 2009. Newcastle, Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts. 2009. Assembled by Linda Anderson, Bill Herbert and Sean O’Brien. Paperback original. Both Fine copies, as issued. £25.00 Note: Later collected in Heaney’s 2010 volume Human Chain. Contributors to the chapbook include Bernard O’Donoghue, Sean O’Brien, Jo Shapcott and Anne Stevenson.
130. HEANEY, Seamus. Human Chain. London: Faber and Faber 2010. Fine in dj. £30.00 Note: Winner of the Poetry Now Award.
131. HEANEY, Seamus. The Last Walk: translations from the Italian of Giovanni Pascoli. Loughcrew, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press 2013.Illustrated with paintings and drawings by Martin Gale. One of a limited edition of 575 numbered copies, of which 500 were for sale. Printed on Mohawk Superfine by MM Artbook and bound in linen covered boards. Fine in tissue dj, as issued. £150.00
HEANEY, Seamus. See also item 173.
132. HEWITT, John. Tesserae. Belfast: Festival Publications. Nd (1967). Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £60.00
133. HOGAN, Desmond. A Curious Street. London: Hamish Hamilton 1984. Fine in dj. £25.00
134. HUTCHINSON, Pearse. Climbing the Light. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1985. Fine in dj. £20.00
135. HYLAND, M. J. How the Light Gets In. Edinburgh: Canongate Books 2004. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00 Note: Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
136. HYLAND, M. J. Carry Me Down. Edinburgh: Canongate Books 2006. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00 Note: Winner of both the Hawthornden and Encore Prizes (2007) and shortlisted for the Man Booker.
137. JOHNSTON, Jennifer. The Christmas Tree. London: Hamish Hamilton 1981. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
138. JOHNSTON, Jennifer. The Nightingale and Not the Lark. Dublin: Raven Arts Press 1988. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £25.00
139. JOYCE, James. Topf! London: The Turret Bookshop 1991. Broadside. Printed in black on cream conqueror watermark paper. Sheet size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £60.00 Note: A passage from a Joyce notebook discovered by Donald Carroll, who first published it in Icarus (Dublin) in 1961. Consists of several lines of conversation between Mrs. Vanderpyl and her maid, in French and German. Small print run.
140. JOYCE, James. Topf! London: Turret Bookshop, nd [1991]. Issued as a greetings card from Bernard Stone. Single sheet printed on both sides and folded to form four pages. Designed, hand-set and printed by Cape Goliard Press, ltd. Fine copy, as issued. £40.00
141. (JOYCE, James.) Bloomsday Abroad June 16th-June 20th 2014: An Exhibition of Art, Texts, & Letters. Edinburgh: The Irish Consulate in Scotland 2014. Texts by Hayden Murphy; Art and design by Hugh Bryden. Illustrated throughout in colour. With two-page list of exhibits laid-in. Original plain sewn wrappers, with b&w illustration of Joyce pasted to upper wrapper. Fine copy in envelope, as issued. £30.00
142. KAVANAGH, Patrick. Lough Derg. London: Martin Brian and O’Keeffe 1978. With a foreword by Paul Durcan. Fine copy in dj. £175.00
143. KEANE, Molly. Good Behaviour. London: Andre Deutsch1981. Fine in dj. £100.00
144. KEANE, Molly. Loving and Giving. London: Andre Deutsch1988. One of a limited edition of 112 copies signed by the author, of which twelve copies numbered I – XII were reserved for the author and publisher, and one hundred copies numbered 1 – 100 were for sale. Bound in quarter brown calf, with marbled paper covered boards by Hunter & Foulis & Co Ltd, Edinburgh. Lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Fine copy, in like matching marbled slipcase. £225.00
145. KENNELLY, Brendan. The Singing Tree. Newry and Belfast: Abbey Press 1998. One of a limited edition of 500 numbered and signed hardback copies, from a total edition of 3000 copies. Fine in dj. £30.00
146. KILROY, Claire. Tenderwire. London: Faber and Faber 2006. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Paperback original. Fine copy in dj. £20.00
147. KILROY, Thomas. The O’Neill. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1995. Fine in dj. £20.00
148. KINSELLA, Thomas. Selected Poems 1956-1968. Dublin: The Dolmen Press 1973. Typeset in Baskerville and printed at the Dolmen Press. Fine in dj. £40.00
149. KINSELLA, Thomas. One. Dublin: Peppercanister 1974. Peppercanister 5. Illustrated with drawings by Anne Yeats. Typeset in Pilgrim and printed by the Dolmen Press, Dublin. One of 750 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 900 copies. Original plain wrappers. Fine copy, in integral illustrated dj. £30.00
150. KINSELLA, Thomas. A Technical Supplement. Dublin: Peppercanister 1976. Peppercanister 6. Signed by the author. With illustrations from Diderot's Encyclopedie completed in 1772. One of 525 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 640 copies. Typeset in 12 point Pilgrim type and printed by the Dolmen Press, Dublin. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
151. KINSELLA, Thomas. The Messenger. Dublin: Peppercanister 1978. Peppercanister 8. Signed by the author. With illustrations by Jarlath Hayes. One of 525 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 600 copies. Typeset in 12 point Pilgrim type and printed by the Dolmen Press, Dublin. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
152. KINSELLA, Thomas. Her Vertical Smile. Dublin: Peppercanister 1985. Peppercanister 10. Signed by the author. One of 350 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 425 copies. Typeset in 11 point Pilgrim by Raymond and Nuala Gunn and printed by Reprint Limited, Dublin. Original illustrated card wrappers with French flaps. Fine copy, as issued. £40.00
153. KINSELLA, Thomas. Out of Ireland. Dublin: Peppercanister 1985. Peppercanister 11. Signed by the author. One of 350 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 476 copies. Typeset in 11 point Pilgrim by Raymond and Nuala Gunn and printed by Reprint Limited, Dublin. Original illustrated card wrappers with French flaps. Fine copy, as issued. £80.00
154. KINSELLA, Thomas. St Catherine’s Clock. Dublin: Peppercanister 1985. Peppercanister 12. Signed by the author. One of 350 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 476 copies. Typeset in 11 point Pilgrim by Raymond and Nuala Gunn and printed by Reprint Limited, Dublin. Original illustrated card wrappers with French flaps. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
155. KINSELLA, Thomas. Madonna and Other Poems. Dublin: Peppercanister 1991. Peppercanister 16. Signed by the author. One of 400 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 600 copies. Typeset in 11 point Galliard. Original illustrated card wrappers with French flaps. Fine copy, as issued £30.00
156. KINSELLA, Thomas. Godhead. Dublin: Peppercanister/ Manchester: Carcanet 1999. Signed by the author. Peppercanister 21. One of 350 hardback copies, from a total edition of 1550 copies. Typeset in 12 point Times New Roman and printed in Ireland by Colour Fine Ltd. Fine in dj. £40.00
157. KINSELLA, Thomas. Littlebody. Dublin: Peppercanister/ Manchester: Carcanet 2000. Signed by the author. Peppercanister 23. One of 250 hardback copies, from a total edition of 1050 copies. Typeset in 12 point Times New Roman and printed in Ireland by Colour Fine Ltd. Fine in dj. £40.00
158. LEWIS, C.S. Selected Literary Essays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1969. Fine in dj. £50.00
159. LONGLEY, Michael. Gorse Fires. London: Secker and Warburg 1991. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Small mark on front wrapper otherwise a Near Fine copy in French flaps. £30.00 Note: Winner of the Whitbread Poetry Prize in 1991.
160. LONGLEY, Michael. Birds and Flowers. Edinburgh: Morning Star 1994. Issued as 5/1 in the Morning Star folio series. Illustrated with a watermark of the ghost orchid created by Raymond Piper and Gary Hincks. One of 274 copies numbered 1 – 274, from a total edition of 300 copies. Signed by the author. Printed by Peter Knee. Single sheet folded twice. Fine copy, in original printed envelope. £50.00 Note: Five of the seven poems – “Sandpiper”; “Form”; “The Ghost Orchid”; “Whimbrel”; “Water- Lily”, and the first couplet in “Couplets”, as “Couplet” first published here were included in The Ghost Orchid, published in 1995. The second couplet in “Couplets” published here was included in his collection The Weather in Japan as “Night Time” in 2000. I have been unable to locate the couplet titled “The Beech Tree” elsewhere although there is a mention of it in his papers held at Emory University under “Uncollected Poems, circa 1968-2000”. The second line “Yellowing suns, a full moon and her dusty lakes” finds an echo in the more substantial “The Beech Tree”
161. LONGLEY, Michael. The Ghost Orchid. London: Jonathan Cape 1995. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy in French flaps. £35.00 Note: Shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize.
162. LONGLEY, Michael. Broken Dishes. Belfast & Newry: Abbey Press 1998. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered hardback copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 1000 copies. Typeset in 11/13 point Sabon by David Anderson and Printed by Nicholas & Bass Ltd, Belfast. Fine in dj. £60.00
163. LONGLEY, Michael. Out of the Cold. Belfast & Newry: Abbey Press 1999. Illustrated by Sarah Longley. One of a special edition of 50 numbered and specially bound, in full cloth, hardback copies in slipcase signed by the author and illustrator, from a total edition of 2000 copies. Typeset in 11/14.5 point Sabon by David Anderson and printed by Nicholas & Bass Ltd, Belfast. Fine in slipcase, as issued. £200.00
164. LONGLEY, Michael. Out of the Cold. Belfast & Newry: Abbey Press 1999. Illustrated by Sarah Longley. One of a limited edition of 500 numbered hardback copies signed by the author and illustrator, from a total edition of 2000 copies. Typeset in 11/14.5 point Sabon by David Anderson and printed by Nicholas & Bass Ltd, Belfast. Fine in dj. £60.00
165. LONGLEY, Michael. The Weather in Japan. London: Jonathan Cape 2000. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy in French flaps. £40.00 Note: winner of the Hawthornden Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Irish Times Poetry Prize.
166. LONGLEY, Michael. Ceilidh. Lexington, Kentucky: King Library Press 2003. Broadside. One of 200 unsigned copies, from a total edition of 250 numbered copies. This copy subsequently signed by the author. Handset in Caston ATF and printed by hand at the King Library Press. Size: 27cm x 39cm. Fine copy, as issued. £125.00 Note: First publication of a poem printed as a keepsake for the 44th W. B. Yeats International Summer School, Sligo officially opened by Michael Longley on his birthday, 27 July 2003’.
167. LONGLEY, Michael. Snow Water. London: Jonathan Cape 2004. One of a limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. Bound in full goatskin. Fine in grey cloth-covered slipcase. £350.00
168. LONGLEY, Michael. Snow Water. London: Jonathan Cape 2004. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy in French flaps. £25.00
169. LONGLEY, Michael. The Rope-Makers. London: Enitharmon 2005. With frontispiece drawing by Sarah Longley. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Typeset in Monotype (hot metal) Garamond (156) by Gloucester Typesetting Services. Letterpress printed on Canaletto 125gsm paper and hand-bound into plain wrappers, at The Stonehouse Fine Press. Fine copy in marbled dj, with printed label on front cover, as issued. £60.00
170. LONGLEY, Michael. The Pattern. Montreal: Vehicule Press 2005. With an original silkscreen illustration by Carolyn O’Neill. One of fifty numbered copies signed by the author and Illustrator. One of the Signal Editions International Broadsides Series. Handset and printed on letterpress in Goudy and printed on handmade paper. Sheet size 15"x 22". Fine copy, as issued. £60.00
171. LONGLEY, Michael. The Pattern. Montreal: Vehicule Press 2005. One of fifty numbered copies signed by the author. One of the Signal International Broadsides Series. Handset and printed on letterpress in Goudy and printed on handmade paper. Sheet size 11" x 15". Fine copy, as issued. £40.00
172. LONGLEY, Michael. Collected Poems. London: Jonathan Cape 2006. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £125.00
173. LONGLEY, Michael. Love Poet, Carpenter: Michael Longley at Seventy. London: Enitharmon 2009. Edited by Robin Robertson. One of a limited edition of 195 numbered copies signed by the contributors, of which 100 were for sale. Includes contributions from sixty writers and artists including: John Banville, Sebastian Barry, Ciaran Carson, Douglas Dunn, Paul Durcan, Dermot Healy, Seamus Heaney, Kathleen Jamie, Brendan Kennelly, derek Mahon, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Bernard O’Donoghue and Don Paterson. Designed in Cycles by Libanus Press and printed in England by Anthony Rowe Ltd. Bound by the Fine Book Bindery in Dubletta mid-blue cloth. Fine copy in matching slipcase. £400.00
174. LONGLEY, Michael. Wavelengths. London: Enitharmon 2009. Illustrated with wood engravings by Geoffrey Morgan. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies, signed by the author. Typeset in Monotype Garamond by Gloucester Typesetting Services. Letterpress printed on Canaletto 125gsm paper and hand-bound into plain wrappers, at The Stonehouse Fine Press. Fine copy in marbled dj, with printed label on front cover, as issued. £60.00
175. LONGLEY, Michael. A Jovial Hullabaloo. London: Enitharmon 2009. One of an edition of fifty numbered copies and twenty-five hors commerce copies signed by the author, numbered 1 to 50 and i to xxv, and bound in boards. Typeset by Speedspools, Edinburgh, in Monotype Bulmer. Designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press on Somerset Laid 120gsm paper. Bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper covered boards by the Fine Book Bindery, with printed label on spine and front cover. Fine copy in slipcase. £175.00 Note: Michael Longley was appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry in 2008 and A Jovial Hullabaloo is the first publication of his inaugural lecture, or as he put it himself, his 'autobiography in poetry'.
176. LONGLEY, Michael. A Jovial Hullabaloo. London: Enitharmon 2009. One of an edition of one hundred and fifty copies and fifteen hors commerce copies, numbered 51 to 200 & xxvi to xl bound in wrappers. Typeset by Speedspools, Edinburgh, in Monotype Bulmer. Designed and printed and hand-sewn into plain wrappers at the Rampant Lions Press on Somerset Laid 120gsm paper. Fine copy in printed wrappers, as issued. £45.00 000. LONGLEY, Michael. The Stairwell. London: Jonathan Cape 2014. One of a limited edition of 75 copies numbered and signed by the author. Bound in burgundy coloured full leather. Fine copy in black cloth slipcase. £200.00 Note: Winner of the International Griffin Poetry Prize 2015
177. LONGLEY, Michael. The Stairwell. London: Jonathan Cape 2014. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy in French flaps. £20.00
178. LONGLEY, Michael. Sea Asters. Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2015. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Sarah Longley. One of 5 presentation copies numbered I to V signed by the author and illustrator, this copy being designated o/s. Typeset in 16pt Centaur and printed on Zerkall paper by John Grice of the Evergreen Press, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Bound in full mustard leather, with circular otter shaped salmon pink leather inlay on front cover, at the Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough. Fine copy, housed in maroon cloth-covered Solander box, with printed label inlaid to front cover. £400.00
179. LONGLEY, Michael. Sea Asters. Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2015. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Sarah Longley. One of a limited edition of 75 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy 1/75. Typeset in 16pt Centaur and printed on Zerkall paper by John Grice of the Evergreen Press, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Bound in quarter mustard leather and maroon cloth-covered boards, with printed label inlaid to front cover, at the Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough. This copy comes housed in a deluxe edition slipcase, although not called for. Fine copy in matching maroon cloth covered slipcase, with printed label inlaid to front cover. £225.00 Note: A collection of twelve poems, nine of which previously unpublished. A unique copy with slipcase.
180. LONGLEY, Michael. “The Dipper’s Range.” Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2016. Broadside of the title poem from the collection The Dipper’s Range, with a pen and ink drawing by Sarah Longley. Signed by the author and the artist. Typeset in 16pt Centaur and printed on Zerkall paper by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Gloucestershire. Size: 30cm x 20.5cm. Fine copy, as issued. £25.00 Note: According to the publisher 100 or so copies were printed of this broadside.
181. LONGLEY, Michael. The Dipper’s Range. Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2016. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Sarah Longley. One of a limited edition of 75 copies numbered and signed by the author and illustrator. Typeset in 16pt Centaur and printed on Zerkall paper by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Gloucestershire. Bound in quarter chocolate leather and light green cloth-covered boards, with printed label inlaid to front cover, at the Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough. Fine copy, as issued. £150.00
182. LONGLEY, Michael. Twelve Poems. Thame: Clutag Press 2016. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies. This copy one of about 30 signed at the publishers by the author. Half title and title pages set in 12pt and 30pt Baker Signet respectively; titles have been set in 14pt Baker Signet and the text in 12pt Garamon. Printed on 130 gm Lambeth paper. Card covers are 160gm Canson 'vert ocean' made in France. Original printed wrappers, sewn with 100% Linen grey thread by Gutermann of Germany. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
183. LONGLEY, Michael. Songs for Dead Children: Poetry in Violent Times. London: Privately printed for Faber and Faber 2017. The PEN Pinter Prize Lecture 2017. Signed by the author. One of a total edition of 450 copies. Original plain wrappers. Fine copy in printed dj. £40.00 Note: Longley won the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize.
184. LONGLEY, Michael. Songs for Dead Children: Poetry in Violent Times. London: Privately printed for Faber and Faber 2017. The PEN Pinter Prize Lecture 2017. One of a total edition of 450 copies. Original plain wrappers. Fine copy in printed dj. £30.00
185. LONGLEY, Michael. Angel Hill. London: Jonathan Cape 2017. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy in French flaps. £20.00 Note: Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry.
LONGLEY, Michael. See also item 1.
186. LYSAGHT, Sean. Venetian Epigram. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Signed by the author. Fine copy in dj. £15.00
187. MACLAVERTY, Bernard. Matters of Life and Death. London: Jonathan Cape 2006. Signed and dated in the month of publication by the author. Fine in dj. £25.00 Note: Chosen as one of the Sunday Times Top Five books of the Year.
188. MACNEICE, Louis. Christopher Columbus. London: Faber and Faber 1944. Bottom edge uncut, as issued. Fine in dj. £60.00
189. MACNEICE, Louis. Varieties of Parables. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1965. The Clark Lectures. Fine in dj. £40.00
190. MADDEN, Deirdre. Hidden Symtoms. London: Faber and Faber 1987. First separate edition of author’s first novel. First published in Faber’s First Fictions anthology. From the library of the Irish critic, Tom Adair, who reviewed this title for The Honest Ulsterman in the year of publication and has printed on the front end paper: “Review copy/ for The Honest Ulsterman/ Tom Adair/ Balloch/ By Inverness/ December 1987/ Review slip laid-in. Also inscribed by the author at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace Centre for Adair: “Bellaghy/ 4th February/ 2017// For Tom/ with every good wishes/ Deidre Madden/.” Paperback original. Fine copy. £75.00 Note: Awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1987.
191. MADDEN, Deirdre. The Birds of the Innocent Wood. London: Faber and Faber 1988. Author’s second novel. From the library of the Irish critic, Tom Adair, who reviewed this title for The Honest Ulsterman in the year of publication and has printed on the free front end paper: “Tom Adair/ Balloch/ By Inverness/ December 1987/ Review copy/ for “The Honest Ulsterman.” Review slip laid-in. Also inscribed by the author at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace Centre for Adair: “Bellaghy/ 4th February/2017/ For Tom/ warmest good wishes / Deidre Madden.” Fine in dj. £75.00 Note: Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
192. MADDEN, Deirdre. Remembering Light and Stone. London: Faber and Faber 1992. Inscribed by the author at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace Centre for Tom Adair: “Bellaghy/4th February/ 2017/ For Tom/ warmest good wishes/ Deidre Madden.” Light foxing on top edge otherwise a Fine copy in dj, with scuffed area at bottom of rear panel of jacket. £35.00
193. MADDEN, Deirdre. Authenticity. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine in dj. £15.00
194. MADDEN, Deirdre. Molly Fox’s Birthday. London: Faber and Faber 2008. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine in dj. £15.00
195. MAHON, Derek. The Chimeras. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1982. A version of Les Chimeres by Gerald de Nerval. Fine in dj. £30.00
196. MAHON, Derek. High Time. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1985. A version of The School for Husbands by Moliere. Fine in dj. £25.00
197. MAHON, Derek. The Hudson Letter. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1995. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £120.00
198. MAHON, Derek. The Yellow Book. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1997. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £80.00
199. MAHON, Derek. Roman Script. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. Illustrated by Anne Madden. One of 350 unnumbered and unsigned copies, from a total edition of 425 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £25.00
200. MAHON, Derek. Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. One of a limited edition of one hundred and twenty-five specially bound and signed copies, fifteen copies numbered I – XV were reserved for the author and publisher and one hundred and ten copies numbered 1 – 110 were for sale. Bound in quarter blue cloth, with paper-covered boards. Lettered in gilt on spine. Fine copy in matching slipcase, as issued. £175.00
201. MAHON, Derek. Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £100.00
202. MAHON, Derek. The Seaside Cemetery. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Version of Le Cimetiere Marin by Paul Valery. Illustrated by Fionnuala Ni Chiosain. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author and artist, of which 150 copies were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £60.00
203. MAHON, Derek. Resistance Days. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Illustrated by Michael Kane. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, of which 150 copies were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £45.00
204. MAHON, Derek. Harbour Lights. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £80.00 Note: Winner of the Irish Times Poetry Award.
205. MAHON, Derek. Art Notes. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2006. Illustrated by Vivienne Roche. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author and artist, of which 150 copies were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £45.00
206. MAHON, Derek. Life on Earth. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Fine in dj. £20.00 Note: Winner of the Irish Times Poetry Award and shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.
207. MAHON, Derek. Sextus and Cynthia. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2009. Illustrated by Hammond Journeaux. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author, of which 150 were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £50.00
208. MAHON, Derek. Dreams of a Summer Night. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2010. Illustrated by Michael Kane. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author, of which 150 were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £55.00
209. MAHON, Derek. New Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2011. One hundred and forty copies specially bound and signed, fifteen copies numbered I – XV were reserved for the author and publisher and one hundred and twenty-five copies numbered 1 – 125 were for sale. Bound in quarter maroon cloth, with paper-covered boards. Lettered in gilt on spine. Fine in slipcase, as issued. £150.00
210. MAHON, Derek. New Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2011. Fine in dj. £30.00
211. MAHON, Derek. The Flying Boats. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2014. Illustrated by Michael Kane. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, of which 150 copies were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy. £45.00
212. MCCABE, Eugene. Pull Down a Horseman/Gale Day. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1979. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £35.00
213. MCCABE, Eugene. Tales from the Poorhouse. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
214. MCCABE, Eugene. The Loves of Sisters. Dublin: Tuskar Rock/ New Island Press 2009. Signed by the author on a tipped-in Tuskar Press label. Bound in full black leather and numbered 1 – 25 (this copy being number XVIII) with author and title lettered in gilt on spine. Fine copy in gun-metal grey slipcase. £200.00
215. MCCABE, Patrick. Music on Clinton Street. Dublin: Ravens Arts Press 1986. Signed by the author. Author’s first novel. Paperback original. Fine copy. £75.00
216. MCCABE, Patrick. Carn. Henley-on-Thames: Aidan Ellis 1989. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £100.00
217. MCCABE, Patrick. Breakfast on Pluto. London: Picador 1998. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
218. MCGAHERN, John. The Power of Darkness. London: Faber and Faber 1991. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy, as issued. £175.00
219. MCGAHERN, John. That They May Face the Rising Sun. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £100.00
220. MCGAHERN, John. Memoir. London: Faber and Faber 2003. One of a limited edition of two hundred and fifty-five numbered copies signed by the author, of which two hundred and fifty copies numbered 1 – 250 were for sale, and five copies numbered I – V were reserved for the author. Bound in quarter maroon cloth with moss green paper-covered boards. Printed paper label on spine. Fine copy in maroon cloth and paper-covered slipcase. £325.00
221. MCGUCKIAN, Medbh. Selected Poems 1978-1994. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1997. Fine in dj. £20.00
222. MCGUCKIAN, Medbh. Currach Requires No Harbours. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2006. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
223. MCGUCKIAN, Medbh. My Love Has Fared Inland. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2008. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
MCGUCKIAN, Medbh. See also items 123 & 262.
224. MEEHAN, Paula. Six Sycamores. Belfast: Crowquill 2004. Illustrated by Marie Foley. One of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the author, artist and book designer, Julian Watson. Typeset in Berkeley Old Style and Gill Sans type. Printed on 170 gsm Munken Pure II paper and clothbound in green Snowdon cloth by Nicholson and Bass Ltd, Belfast. Fine copy in tissue dustjacket, in green card slipcase, as issued. £125.00 Note: Not found on COPAC.
225. MEEHAN, Paula. Painting Rain. Manchester: Carcanet Press 2009. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00
226. MONTAGUE, John. In My Grandfather’s Mansion. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2010. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author, of which 150 copies were for sale. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine in dj. £60.00
227. MOORE, Brian. Black Robe. London: Jonathan Cape 1985. Fine in dj. £25.00
228. MORRISON, Van. Lit Up Inside. London: Faber and Faber 2014. One of a Deluxe edition of fifty-two copies signed by the author and specially bound, included within a solander presentation box containing an exclusive print, also signed and numbered by the author, of handwritten lyrics. Of the Deluxe edition fifty copies numbered 1 – 50 were for sale and two copies numbered I – II were reserved for the author. Typeset by Ian Bahrami printed by CPI Group (UK). Hand bound in full blue calfskin by Smith Settle, Yeadon, West Yorkshire, and lettered in gilt on spine. Solander presentation box covered in buff-coloured paper and lettered in gilt on lid, with book housed on recto side and signed print housed on verso. Fine copy, as issued. £1450.00
229. MORRISON, Van. Lit Up Inside. London: Faber and Faber 2014. One of a limited edition of two hundred and sixty copies signed by the author and specially bound, of which two hundred and fifty copies numbered 1 – 250 were for sale and ten copies numbered I – X were reserved for the author. Typeset by Ian Bahrami printed by CPI Group (UK). Hand bound by Smith Settle, Yeadon, West Yorkshire. Bound in quarter grey cloth with grey/blue paper-covered boards. Lettered in gilt on indented royal blue paper labels on spine. Fine copy in royal blue cloth-bound slipcase. £400.00
230. MULDOON, Paul (Contributor). Poetry Introduction 2. London: Faber and Faber 1972. Signed by Paul Muldoon. Contains fourteen poems by Muldoon. Other contributors include Wes Magee and William Peskett. Fine in dj. £40.00
231. MULDOON, Paul. Quoof. London: Faber and Faber 1983. Signed by the author. Laid in is the Poetry Book Society Bulletin in which Muldoon writes about this collection. Paperback original. Fine copy. £30.00
232. MULDOON, Paul. Shining Brow. London: Faber and Faber 1993. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £30.00
233. MULDOON, Paul. The Prince of the Quotidian. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1994. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £100.00 Note: One of approximately 240 hardback copies printed.
234. MULDOON, Paul. Six Honest Serving Men. Oldcastle, Ireland: The Gallery Press 1995. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
235. MULDOON, Paul. Kerry Slides. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1996. Illustrated with photographs taken by Bill Doyle. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £80.00
236. MULDOON, Paul. Bandanna. London: Faber and Faber 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
237. MULDOON, Paul. The Birds. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
238. MULDOON, Paul. Vera of Las Vegas. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
239. MULDOON, Paul. Moy Sand and Gravel. London: Faber and Faber 2002. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £25.00
240. MULDOON, Paul. Medley for Morin Khur. London: Enitharmon 2005. One of a limited edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Typeset in Monotype Garamond by Gloucester Typesetting Service. Letterpress printed on Canaletto 125gsm paper and hand-bound into plain wrappers, at The Stonehouse Fine Press. Fine copy in marbled dj, with printed label on front cover, as issued. £50.00
241. MULDOON, Paul (contributor). Oxford Poetry Broadsides. Series Two. Oxford: Oxford Poetry 2005. Edited by David-Antoine Williams. Set of six broadsides. One of a limited edition of 75 numbered sets of which only 55 sets were for sale, with each numbered broadside signed by the author. Colophon loosely inserted. The poets and poems are: Paul Muldoon, “The Old Country”; Bernard O'Donoghue, “Chaff”; Andrew McNellie, “Nought to Sixty”; Fiona Benson, “Harvest”; Kathleen Jamie, “Daisies” and M.R. Peacocke, “By the Canal”. Broadsides, measuring 38 x 28cm, hand-set at The Evergreen Press and printed on Vélin Arches Blanc 200gsm paper. Folder made with hand- made paper by La Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal. Fine set in like pale blue presentation folder with cream ties. £300.00
242. MULDOON, Paul. General Admission. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2006. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
243. MULDOON, Paul. Cloth. Portadown: Millennium Court Arts Centre 2007. Illustrated by Rita Duffy. Signed on the title page by Muldoon and Duffy. Fine copy, in dj. £60.00 Note: A collaboration published in connection with the exhibition ‘Cuchulian Comforted’.
244. MULDOON, Paul. When the Pie Was Opened. Lewes: Sylph Editions/ The American University of Paris 2008. Illustrated with drawings and an etching by Lanfranco Quadrio. Signed by the author. Typeset in Monotype Dante by Giovanni Mardersteig. Printed on Neptune Unique paper (text) and Chagall (dustjacket) by Principal Colour. Original plain wrappers. Fine in printed dj, as issued. £25.00 Note: Four original works, “The Windshield”, “Balls” (a five-sonnet sequence), “Quail”, and the title series of poems, “When the Pie Was Opened”, which are interspersed with translations from Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval Welsh, Greek and Irish.
245. MULDOON, Paul. Plan B. London: Enitharmon 2009. Illustrated with photographs by Norman McBeath. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £25.00
246. MULDOON, Paul. Maggot. London: Faber and Faber 2010. One of a limited edition of 125 specially bound and numbered copies, signed by the author, of which one hundred and fifteen copies numbered 1 – 115 were for sale and ten copies, numbered I – X were reserved for the author. Hand bound in quarter raspberry Morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gun-metal grey cloth covered boards by Smith Settle, Yeadon, West Yorkshire. Fine copy in matching gun-metal grey cloth-bound slipcase, as issued. £150.00
247. MULDOON, Paul. Feet of Clay. Oxford: Four Candles Press 2011. Illustrated with a colour engraving by Neil Bousfield. One of 12 copies Numbered I–XII, from a total edition of 112 signed copies. Designed, handset and printed by John Grice at the Evergreen Press in16pt Lutetia on Magnani paper. Quarter bound in yellow ochre Morocco goatskin with black cloth covered boards. Black leather label cut at an angle, with title in gilt running down the spine. [The leather spine has also been cut at an angle to echo Neil Bousfield’s engraving.] Bound at the Black Cat Bindery. Fine copy in glassine dj, as issued. £500.00
248. MULDOON, Paul. Feet of Clay. Oxford: Four Candles Press 2011. Illustrated with a colour engraving by Neil Bousfield. One of 100 copies numbered 1–100, from a total edition of 112 signed copies. Designed, handset and printed by John Grice at the Evergreen Press in 16pt Lutetia on Magnani paper. Sewn into plain wrappers. Fine copy in printed dj, as issued. £150.00
249. MULDOON, Paul. A Giraffe. London: Poetry Society 2012. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord. Signed by the author. One of a limited edition of 300 unnumbered copies. Printed by Hand & Eye Letterpress. Single card broadside. Fine copy, as issued. £25.00
250. MULDOON, Paul. Songs and Sonnets. London: Enitharmon 2013. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Designed and typeset in Albertina by Libanus Press and printed by Antony Rowe Ltd. Bound by the Fine Bindery in green cloth-covered boards with printed label and gilt title on spine. Fine copy, as issued. £125.00
251. MULDOON, Paul. “Nothing on You”. Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2017. Broadside of one of the lyrics from the collection I Gave The Pope A Rhino with a commissioned painting by Paul Wright. One of a limited edition of 45 copies signed by the author and artist. The painting has been printed digitally to the highest standards by digital print specialists Senecio Press. The text Typeset in 16pt Centaur and printed in black on St Cuthberts Mill Bockingford Inkjet 190gsm mould-made paper by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Gloucestershire. Size: 320mm x 360mm. Fine copy, as issued. £75.00
MULDOON, Paul. See also items 1 and 173.
252. MURDOCH, Iris. The Existentialist Political Myth. Birmingham: The Delos Press 1989. With a foreword by Robin Waterfield. One of a limited edition of 225 numbered copies, of which the first 45 are signed by the author; this one of the unsigned copies subsequently signed by the author. Printed and bound in plain blue wrappers, with an integral dustjacket, by Vivian Ridler at the Perpetua Press, Oxford. Slight fading on spine otherwise a Fine copy. £80.00 Note: First separate edition of one of Murdoch's earliest publications, a seventeen-page essay written for the Oxford University Socratic Club and originally printed in 'The Socratic Digest'. Also, precedes her first book, 'Sartre', and was probably only her fourth appearance in print, after two articles in 'The Listener' (March 1950) and a paper in the 'Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society' (1952).
253. MURDOCH, Iris. Existentialists and Mystics. Birmingham: The Delos Press 1993. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 500 copies. Typeset by Shades and Characters, printed on Zerkall mould-made paper and quarter-bound in buckram with marbled-paper covered boards by Smith Settle, Otley, Yorkshire. Fine copy in like glassine dj. £100.00 Note: First separate edition of an essay first published in Essays and Poems presented to Lord David Cecil in 1970.
254. MURDOCH, Iris. Existentialists and Mystics. Birmingham: The Delos Press 1993. One of 400 copies bound in wrappers, from a total edition of 500 copies. Typeset by Shades and Characters and printed on Zerkall mould-made paper Original plain wrappers. Fine in printed dj. £20.00
255. (MURDOCH, Iris.) BYATT, A.S. Iris Murdoch. London: The British Council 1976. Signed by the author. Original printed wrappers. Near Fine copy. £15.00
256. MURPHY, Richard. Collected Poems. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2000. One of a limited edition of one hundred and twenty-five specially bound and signed copies, of which fifteen copies numbered I – XV were reserved for the author and publisher and one hundred and ten copies numbered 1 – 110 were for sale. Bound in quarter cloth, with paper-covered boards. Fine copy in matching slipcase, as issued. £150.00
257. NI CHUILLEANAIN, Eilean. The Rose-Geranium. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1981. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00
258. NI CHUILLEANAIN, Eilean. The Second Voyage. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1986. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £30.00 Note: Originally published in a limited edition of 250 copies in 1977. This the first trade edition.
259. NI CHUILLEANAIN, Eilean. The Magdalene Sermon. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 1989. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £25.00 Note: shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Award.
260. NI CHUILLEANAIN, Eilean. The Girl who Married the Reindeer. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00
261. NI DHOMHNAILL, Nuala. The Astrakhan Cloak. Oldcastle: The Gallery Press 1992. With translations into English by Paul Muldoon. Signed by Paul Muldoon. Fine in dj. £100.00
262. NI DHOMHNAILL, Nuala. The Water Horse. Oldcastle: The Gallery Press 1999. With translations into English by Medbh McGuckian and Eilean Ni Chuilleanain. Signed by Ni Dhomhnaill and Ni Chuilleanain. Fine in dj. £40.00
263. NI DHOMHNAILL, Nuala. Selected Essays. Dublin: New Island Books 2005. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £30.00
264. NI DHOMHNAILL, Nuala. The Fifty Minute Mermaid. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2007. With translations into English by Paul Muldoon on facing page. Signed by Ni Dhomhnaill and Muldoon. Fine in dj. £80.00
265. O’BRIEN, Edna. On the Bone. Warwick: The Greville Press 1989. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. £25.00
266. O’BRIEN, Edna. The High Road. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson /London Limited Editions 1988. One of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies specially-bound and signed by the author. Bound in quarter cloth and marbled boards. Fine in tissue dj. £40.00
267. O’BRIEN, Edna. Loves Lesson. Alton, Hampshire: Clarion Publishing, Nd (1997). llustrated by Cozette De Charmoy. One of 150 copies signed by the author and illustrator, of 249 hardback copies (the other 99 copies contained a loose additional illustration signed by the artist), from a total edition of 499 copies. Fine in boards, as issued. £40.00
268. O’BRIEN, Edna. The Country Girls. London: Faber and Faber 2011. Adapted for the stage by the author. Signed by the author. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
269. O’CALLAGHAN, Conor. A History of Hello. Nimes, France: Phoenix Poetry Pamphlets 2003. One of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. £10.00
270. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. Waugh the Modernist. Oxford: Essays in Criticism 1987. Inscribed by the author on cover “For –/…/ from Bernard/ 28-11-1987.” An offprint containing a six page review of Evelyn Waugh: The Early Years 1903- 1939 by Martin Stannard. Original Printed grey paper wrappers. Near Fine copy, as issued. £15.00
271. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. Gunpowder. London: Chatto and Windus 1995. Signed by the author. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00 Note: Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry.
272. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. Ascent of Ben Bulben. Lexington, Kentucky: King Library Press, 2009. Broadside. One of a limited edition of 325 numbered and signed copies. Handset in Caslon ATF and printed by hand at the King Library Press. Size: 27cm x 39cm. Fine copy. £125.00 Note: First publication of a poem written to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the W. B. Yeats International Summer School, Sligo 25 July - 7 August 2009’.
273. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. Early and Late. Oxford: Four Candles Press 2015. Illustrated with a wood-engraving by Helmuth Weissenborn. One of an edition of 36 copies signed by the author, of which 26 copies numbered 1–26 were for sale and 10 copies numbered I – X were reserved for the author and publisher for presentation. Designed and printed by John Grice at the Evergreen Press. Handset in Graily Hewitt’s Treyford type and printed on Barcham Green ‘Turner Grey’ handmade paper. Case bound at the Fine Book Bindery in sea-green cloth, with printed label inset on front board. Fine copy, as issued. £150.00
274. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. The Seasons of Cullen Church. London: Faber and Faber 2016. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £20.00 Note: Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.
275. O’DONOGHUE, Bernard. Five Poems. Thame: Clutag Press 2016. Signed by the author. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Half title and title pages are set in 12pt and 30pt Baker Signet respectively; titles have been set in 14pt Baker Signet and the text in 12pt Garamon. Printed on 130 gm Lambeth paper. Card covers are 160gm Canson 'vert billiard' made in France. Original printed wrappers, sewn with 100% Linen grey thread by Gutermann of Germany. Fine copy, as issued. £25.00
276. O’DRISCOLL, Dennis. Kist. Mountrath, Portlaoise: The Dolmen Press 1982. Author’s first book. Paperback edition (there was also a small hardback signed limited edition published simultaneously with this paperback edition). Fine copy. £30.00
277. O’DRISCOLL, Dennis. Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams: Selected Prose. Oldcastle, County Meath: The Gallery Press 2001. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £60.00
278. O’GRADY, Desmond. His Skaldcrane’s Nest. Dublin: The Gallery Press 1979. Fine in dj. £20.00
279. O’GRADY, Desmond (translator). The Seven Arab Odes. London: Agenda Editions 1990. One of only 50 numbered copies specially bound in red cloth and signed by the author [remainder of edition bound in card wrappers]. Fine in matching red card slipcase. £80.00 Note: With brief lives of the seven poets: Imru’u I-Quays, Tarafa Zuhayr, Labid, Antara, Amr Ibn Kulthum and Harith, also by O’Grady.
280. ORMSBY, Frank. A Store of Candles. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1977. Author’s first book. Paperback original. Fine copy. £20.00
281. PLUNKETT, James. Farewell Companions. London: Hutchinson 1977. Fine in dj. £30.00
282. RIORDAN, Maurice. A Word from the Loki. London: Faber and Faber 1995. Author’s first collection. Paperback original. Fine copy. £10.00 Note: Chosen as a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Riordan was also selected as one of the Poetry Society’s 'Next Generation' poets in 2004.
283. SCULLY, Maurice (contributor). Etruscan Reader IV. Buckfastleigh, Devon: Etruscan Books 1999. Other contributors are Bob Cobbing and Carlyle Reedy. Expanded edition. One of 20 copies numbered and signed by Maurice Scully at his contribution, with additional holographic material, of a total edition of 400 copies. Paperback original. Fine copy. £45.00 Note: Scully has written two lines From Sonata: “And then went down to the ship/ & put my hands in my pockets.” This is an expanded edition of the smaller 'Etruscan Reader IV' from 1996.
284. SCULLY, Maurice. 5 Freedoms of Movement. Buckfastleigh, Devon: Etruscan Books 2001. Revised edition. One of 26 copies case-bound, lettered A–Z and signed by the author, with additional holographic material. Fine in dj. £85.00 Note: First published by Galloping Dog in an edition of “less than 200” in 1987.
285. SIMMONS, James. Outing to Port-A-Doris. London: The Turret Bookshop 1993. Broadside. Printed in black on green Conqueror Watermark paper. Fine copy, as issued. £20.00
286. STUART, Francis. Arrow of Anguish. Dublin: Raven Arts Press 1995. Signed by the author. One of a limited edition of 400 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £60.00
287. SWEENEY, Matthew. Cacti. London: The Turret Bookshop 1991. Broadside. Printed in black on orange paper. Size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £25.00 Note: First published in the June, 1991 issue of the magazine Poetry and republished separately here in October 1991 before becoming the title poem of Sweeney’s 1992 collection Cacti.
288. SWEENEY, Matthew. The Blue Taps. Alton: Clarion Publishing 1994. Illustrated by John Ross. One of 300 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 499 numbered copies. Signed by the author. With a typographical correction to the poem ‘Writing to a Dead Man’ by the author. Printed litho by D&M Graphics on English Palazzo Castile Ivory paper and bound in American Gainsborough Camel paper wrappers. Fine copy in illustrated wrappers, as issued. £20.00
289. SWEENEY, Matthew (contributor). Maastricht International Poetry Nights 1998. Banholt: Bonnefant Press 1998. A set of single poems by the participants, each printed on its own four page folded sheet and laid into its own printed folio folder. Matthew Sweeney’s contribution is the poem ‘Sweeney’. Other poets are: Les Murray (Australia), “Amanda’s Painting”; Tomas Transtromer (Sweden), “Namnteckningar”; Cees Nooteboom (Netherlands), “Harbalorifa”; Casimiro de Brito (Portugal), “Licao de Buda”; Marcel Beyer (Germany), “Schilf”; and Bruno Weinhals (Austria), “Wachzeit Nacht”. One of a limited edition of 36 copies [Two of the poems were printed in editions of 48, before it was decided to print the other poems in editions of 36 and sell them in sets of 36]. Original Folded sheets in printed folios. Fine copies, as issued. £110.00 Note: No copies in UK or USA institutions listed on COPAC or WORLDCAT. A superbly realised example of the printer’s art as always from Bonnefant Press.
290. SWEENEY, Matthew. The Ice Hotel & Exiled: two poems. Banholt: Bonnefant Press 2000. Signed by the author. One of a limited edition of 99 numbered copies. Typeset in Dante and printed on Zerkall paper by Hans van Eijk. Original plain wrappers. Fine copy in printed dj. £30.00
291. SWEENEY, Matthew. Where Fishermen Can’t Swim. Banholt: Bonnefant Press 2001. Illustrated with screenprints by Rigby Graham. One of 30 copies numbered 31-60, bound in plain wrappers, from a total edition of 89 copies signed by the author and artist. Erratum slip, tipped-in. Handset in Dante with Castellar for display and printed on mouldmade paper by Hans van Eijk. Original plain wrappers. Fine copy, in illustrated dj. £150.00
292. TOIBIN, Colm. The South. London: Picador 1995. Signed by the author. First hardback edition. Review slip laid-in. Fine in dj. £75.00
293. TOIBIN, Colm. The Story of the Night. London: Picador 1996. Signed by the author. Fine in price-clipped dj. £30.00
294. TOIBIN, Colm. The Blackwater Lightship. London: Picador 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £45.00
295. TOIBIN, Colm. Beauty in a Broken Place. Oxford: Joe McCann 2004. One of twenty copies numbered I-XX, bound in quarter salmon-coloured goatskin with black cloth-covered boards, from a total edition of 75 signed copies. Lettered in gilt on spine. Fine in glassine dj. £275.00
296. TOIBIN, Colm. Beauty in a Broken Place. Oxford: Joe McCann 2004. One of fifty-five copies numbered 1-55, bound in black cloth, from a total edition of 75 signed copies. Printed label on front board and spine. Fine in glassine dj. £175.00
297. TOIBIN, Colm. Brooklyn. Dublin: Tuskar Rock Press in association with Viking Press, London 2009. One of a limited edition of 75 copies bound in yellow cloth, from a total edition of 100 copies signed, numbered and dated by the author. Fine copy in like mustard-coloured cloth slipcase. £325.00 Note: Winner of the Whitbread Prize in 2009.
298. TOIBIN, Colm. Brooklyn. London: Viking Press 2009. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £50.00
299. TOIBIN, Colm (contributor) Richard Forster. Fast & Slow Time. Edinburgh: Ingleby Gallery/ Middlesbrough: mima. Signed by Colm Toibin. An exhibition catalogue containing a new autobiographical text, ‘Dream Space in Slow Time’ by Toibin. One of 2000 copies (although not stated). Bound in grey cloth covered boards. Title label on front boards; title embossed on spine. Fine copy, as issued. £30.00
300. TREVOR, William. The Last Lunch of the Season. London: Covent Garden Press Ltd 1973. One of a total edition of 600 copies. Typeset in 11pt Baskerville. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy, as issued. £25.00
301. TREVOR, William. Fools of Fortune. London: The Bodley Head 1983. Fine in dj. £75.00 Note: Winner of the Whitbread Prize of 1983.
302. TREVOR, William. The News from Ireland. London: The Bodley Head 1986. Fine in dj. £50.00
303. TREVOR, William. Marrying Damian. London: Colophon Press 1995. One of 26 copies lettered A – Z bound in cloth and signed by the author, and including a holograph quotation from the text, from a total edition of 207 copies. Set in 14 point Fournier and printed by letterpress at libanus Press Ltd, Marlborough. Bound by The Fine Bindery, Wellingborough. Fine copy, with printed label on front panel, in matching slipcase. £300.00 Note: Copy B with a sentence from near the beginning of the story written out by the author on colophon.
304. TREVOR, William. Marrying Damian. London: Colophon Press 1995. One of 175 numbered copies bound in wrappers, from a total edition of 207 signed copies. Set in 14 point Fournier and printed by letterpress at libanus Press Ltd, Marlborough. Original plain wrappers, with printed label on front panel. Fine copy. £70.00
305. TREVOR, William. The Piano Tuner’s Wives. Alton, Hampshire: Clarion Press 1996. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth. One of 99 copies signed by the author and illustrator, with an additional loose print, signed by the artist, laid in; from a total of 499 numbered copies. Original illustrated boards. Fine, as issued. £75.00
306. TREVOR, William. The Piano Tuner’s Wives. Alton, Hampshire: Clarion Press 1996. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth. One of 150 copies signed by the author and illustrator, from a total of 499 numbered copies. Original illustrated boards. Fine, as issued. £45.00
307. TREVOR, William. Death of a Professor. London: Colophon Press 1997. One of 200 numbered copies bound in wrappers, from a total edition of 232 signed copies. Set in 14 point Fournier and printed by letterpress at libanus Press Ltd Marlborough. Original plain wrappers, with printed label on front panel. Fine copy. £60.00
308. TREVOR, William. Low Sunday 1950. London: Colophon Press 2000. One of 26 copies lettered A – Z bound in cloth and signed by the author, and including a holograph quotation from the text, from a total edition of 232 copies. Set in 12 point Baskerville and printed by letterpress at Libanus Press Ltd, Marlborough. Bound by The Fine Bindery, Wellingborough. Fine copy, with printed label on front panel, in matching slipcase. £250.00 Note: Copy Z with last two sentences of short story written out by the author on colophon.
309. TREVOR, William. Low Sunday 1950. London: Colophon Press 2000. One of 200 numbered copies bound in wrappers, from a total edition of 232 signed copies. Set in 12 point Baskerville and printed by letterpress at Libanus Press Ltd, Marlborough. Original plain wrappers, with printed label on front panel. Fine copy. £65.00
310. TREVOR, William. The Story of Lucy Gault. London: Viking 2002. Fine in dj. £30.00
311. TREVOR, William. Cheating at Canasta. London: Viking 2007. Signed by the author. Fine in dj. £80.00
312. TREVOR, William. Men of Ireland. Oundle: Oundle Festival of Literature 2008 Frontispiece wood engraving by Geraldine Waddington, printed from the block. One of a limited edition of 120 numbered copies signed by the author. Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lion Press, Cambridge. Typeset by Speedspools, Edinburgh, in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed on Somerset Laid mould-made paper. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough, in boards covered with specially-designed patterned paper. Fine copy in glassine dj. £120.00 Note: With prospectus laid-in. First separate publication of a short story previously published in The New Yorker and Cheating in Canasta.
313. WHEATLEY, David. A Skimming Stone, Lough Bray. London: The Turret Bookshop 1997. New Series, Broadsheet No.1. Printed in black on white Conqueror Watermark paper. Size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £15.00
314. YEATS, W. B. The Countess Kathleen & Various Legends & Lyrics. London: T Fisher Unwin 1892. Preface by the author. Frontispiece engraving by T.J. Nettleship. Issued in the publisher's "Cameo Series." Author’s second book. Bound in quarter parchment and olive green paper-covered, yapp-edged boards; lettering on spine with the 'Cameo Series' emblem to the upper and publisher’s emblem to the lower cover. Top edge gilt and fore and bottom edges untrimmed. A Very Good copy which is internally clean and tight, with some tanning to the spine and wear to the fore-edges. £950.00 Note: One of 500 copies. The author’s first play, dedicated to Maude Gonne, and the first play to be performed at Dublin’s Irish Literary Theatre. The collection also includes some of Yeats’ finest early verse, including ‘When you are Old’, ‘The Pity of Love’ and ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’.
315. YEATS, W. B. The Pot of Broth. London: A.H. Bullen 1905. First separate edition. Original printed wrappers, with small neat publisher’s price label affixed to front cover in matching paper stating: PRICE SIXPENCE NETT., and covering the original price: PRICE ONE SHILLING NETT. Some light foxing on title page otherwise a Fine copy. £75.00 Note: First published the year before in Volume Two of Plays for an Irish Theatre, which as well as The Pot of Broth, also included The Hour-Glass and Cathleen Ni Houlihan.
316. YEATS, W. B. The Green Helmet: An Heroic Farce. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press 1911. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers bumped at the top of the spine and with a 25mm split at the bottom of the spine otherwise a Very Good copy indeed. £25.00
317. YEATS, W. B. The Wild Swans at Coole, Other Verses & a Play. Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press 1917. One of a limited edition of 400 copies. Hand- set in 14pt Caslon Old Face font and printed by letterpress on a special paper made by Swiftbrook Mills, Saggart, County Dublin; bound in quarter Irish linen with paper-covered boards, all at the Cuala Press. Printed label on spine. Title page uncut; top edge dusty; some very slight fading to extreme edges of boards and spine label scuffed, otherwise a Near Fine copy. £1050.00 Note: One of Yeats’ finest collections, including as well as the title poem "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory", "An Irish Airman Foresees his Death", “The Living Beauty” and “A Song”.
318. YEATS, W. B. Four Years. Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press 1921. One of a limited edition of 400 copies. Hand-set in 14pt Caslon Old Face and printed by letterpress on Irish all-rag paper; bound in quarter Irish linen with paper-covered boards, all at the Cuala Press. Printed label on spine. Top edge dusty; front and rear end-papers discoloured, faint spots of foxing beginning to show on one or two pages; top fore-edge slightly bumped and spine label scuffed, otherwise a Near Fine copy. £350.00
319. YEATS, W. B. October Blast. Dublin: The Cuala Press 1927. One of a limited edition of 350 copies. Hand-set in 14pt Caslon Old Face font and printed by letterpress on Irish all-rag paper; bound in quarter Irish linen with paper-covered boards, all at the Cuala Press. Printed label on spine. Top edge dusty and spine label scuffed and slightly chipped, otherwise a Near Fine copy. £850.00 Note: Containing nine poems: the first publication of "Sailing to Byzantium" and the first appearance in book form of "The Tower," along with first publication of "Among School Children," "Three Monuments" and "From Oedipus at Colonus," as well as the first appearance in book form of "First Love," "Human Dignity," "The Mermaid" and "The Death of the Hare" under the title "Young Countryman," and the first appearance in book form of "His Memories," "The Friends of His Youth," "Summer and Spring," "The Secrets of the Old" and "His Wildness" under the title "Old Countryman"
320. YEATS, W. B. Words for Music Perhaps: and other poems. Dublin: The Cuala Press 1932. One of a limited edition of 450 copies. Hand-set in 14pt Caslon Old Face font and printed by letterpress on Irish all-rag paper; bound in quarter Irish linen with paper-covered boards, all at the Cuala Press. Printed label on spine. Top edge lightly foxed otherwise a Near Fine copy in chipped original tissue guard. £650.00 Note: Another of Yeats’ finest collections, including as it does "Byzantium”, "Coole Park, 1929", “The Nineteenth Century and after" and the Crazy Jane poems.
321. YEATS, W. B. On the Boiler. Dublin: The Cuala Press, nd [1939]. Second edition. Cover illustration by Jack B. Yeats. A superb association copy with the small plain book sticker of Yeats’ son, Michael, and his wife the Irish harpist and singer, Grainne, pasted on the inner front wrapper with the letter ‘Y’ capitalised in red and then printed in black ‘From the library of Michael and Grainne Yeats’ Original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy with yapp edges. £175.00 Note: According to Mrs. Yeats only about four copies of the first edition were issued, before they decided to reprint the book, with the remainder of the edition being destroyed. The Cuala Press issued this second edition in the autumn following Yeats's death in January 1939, and used a cover design by his brother, the artist Jack B. Yeats.
322. YEATS, W. B. Mythologies. London: Macmillan 1959. Fine in dj. £80.00
325. YEATS, W.B. A Woman’s Beauty is like a White. London: The Turret Bookshop 1991. Broadside. Printed in black on cream Conqueror Watermark paper. Size: 30cm x 21cm. Fine copy, as issued. £40.00 Note: A song from the play The Only Jealousy of Emer first published in 1919. This is its first separate publication, although published separately from the play as “A Woman’s Beauty is like a White Frail Bird’ in Selected Poems (1929).
326. (YEATS, W. B.) SYMONS, Arthur. An Anonymous Review of W.B. Yeats’s Ideas of Good and Evil. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press 1988. Edited, with notes and an introduction by Bruce Morris. One of a Limited edition of 120 numbered copies of which 95 were for sale. Original plain wrappers, with integral blue printed outer wrappers with French flaps. Fine copy. £40.00 Note: First printing of the full text since its first publication in the Athenaeum in 1903.
327. (YEATS, W. B.) SYMONS, Arthur. Letters to W.B. Yeats 1892–1902. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press 1989. Edited, with notes and an introduction by Bruce Morris. One of a Limited edition of 110 numbered copies of which 85 were for sale. Hand-set in 12pt Baskerville and printed on Gainsborough paper. Erratum slip tipped in. Original plain wrappers, with integral tan outer wrappers with printed paper label to upper cover and French flaps. Fine copy. £60.00 Note: letters from London, Fordingbridge, Spain, France and Italy. "No one else has the magic that you have," writes Symons (9 November 1892), "- and that is what really counts."
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