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      We stock a carefully curated collection of Irish authors, which includes an extensive selection of Irish poetry, such as Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon.

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      Banville, John - The Untouchable | front cover. Published by Picador in 1997. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Banville, John - The Untouchable
      Picador
      £20.00 GBP
      Banville, John - The Untouchable - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Picador in 1997. Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Banville, John - The Untouchable - SIGNED
      Picador
      £29.00 GBP
      Banville, John - Thieving : An Apologia | front cover. Published by Four Candles Press in 2015. Paperback. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Banville, John - Thieving : An Apologia - SIGNED
      Four Candles Press
      £195.00 GBP
      Barry, Sebastian - Boss Grady's Boys | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1989. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Barry, Sebastian - Boss Grady's Boys
      Raven Arts Press
      £38.00 GBP
      Batchelor, Paul - The Love Darg | image1
      Batchelor, Paul - The Love Darg
      Clutag Press
      £28.00 GBP
      Beckett, Samuel - Company | front of book. Published by John Calder in 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      Beckett, Samuel - Company
      John Calder
      £125.00 GBP
      Beckett, Samuel - Poems 1930 - 1989 | image1
      Beckett, Samuel - Poems 1930 - 1989
      Calder
      £20.00 GBP
      Beckett, Samuel - Poems in English - SIGNED | image1
      Beckett, Samuel - Poems in English - SIGNED
      John Calder
      £1,150.00 GBP
      Bolger, Dermot - Leinster Street Ghosts - SIGNED | image1
      Bolger, Dermot - Leinster Street Ghosts - SIGNED
      Raven Arts Press
      £30.00 GBP
      Bolger, Dermot - The Chosen Moment - SIGNED | front cover. Published by New Island Books / Joe McCann in 2004. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Bolger, Dermot - The Chosen Moment - SIGNED
      New Island Books / Joe McCann
      £45.00 GBP
      Bolger, Dermot - The Woman's Daughter | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1987. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Bolger, Dermot - The Woman's Daughter - SIGNED
      Raven Arts Press
      £42.00 GBP
      Chuilleanain, Eilean Ni - Acts & Monuments | front cover. Published by Gallery Books in 1972. Soft Cover In Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++/Very Good ++
      Chuilleanain, Eilean Ni - Acts & Monuments
      Gallery Books
      £15.00 GBP
      Clifton, Harry - The Liberal Cage | front cover. Published by Gallery Books in 1988. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
      Clifton, Harry - The Liberal Cage
      Gallery Books
      £45.00 GBP
      Clifton, Harry - The Walls of Carthage | front cover. Published by Gallery Books in 1977. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Clifton, Harry - The Walls of Carthage
      Gallery Books
      £55.00 GBP
      Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl - set of UK proof copies | front cover. Published by Puffin in 2001. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl - set of UK proof copies
      Puffin
      £425.00 GBP
      Doyle, Roddy - Not Just for Christmas | image1
      Doyle, Roddy - Not Just for Christmas
      New Island Books
      £20.00 GBP
      Dunsany, Lord - The King of Elfland's Daughter - SIGNED | image1
      Dunsany, Lord - The King of Elfland's Daughter - SIGNED
      G P Putnam's Sons
      £1,750.00 GBP
      Durcan, Paul - The Art of Life | image1
      Durcan, Paul - The Art of Life
      Harvill
      £15.00 GBP
      Durcan, Paul - The Art of Life - SIGNED | image1
      Durcan, Paul - The Art of Life - SIGNED
      Harvill
      £30.00 GBP
      Foley, Declan ( edits ) - Yeats 150 : William Butler Yeats 1865 - 1939 | image1
      Foley, Declan ( edits ) - Yeats 150 : William Butler Yeats 1865-1939
      Lilliput
      £20.00 GBP
      Friel, Brian - The Mundy Scheme | image1
      Friel, Brian - The Mundy Scheme
      Gallery Books
      £25.00 GBP
      Gillis, Alan - Here Comes the Night | front cover. Published by Gallery Books in 2010. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Gillis, Alan - Here Comes the Night
      Gallery Books
      £30.00 GBP
      Goldsmith, Oliver - The Vicar of Wakefield | image1
      Goldsmith, Oliver - The Vicar of Wakefield
      Dent
      £40.00 GBP
      Gontarski, S E ( edits ) - The Beckett Studies Reader | front cover. Published by University Press of Florida in 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Gontarski, S E (edits) - The Beckett Studies Reader
      University Press of Florida
      £28.00 GBP
      Hamilton, Richard - Imaging Ulysses - Illustrations to James Joyce's Ulysses 1948-1998. | front cover. Published by British Council in 2002. Paperback. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Hamilton, Richard - Imaging Ulysses - Illustrations to James Joyce's Ulysses 1948-1998.
      British Council
      £185.00 GBP
      Hardie, Kerry - Walls Are Made to Fall Down - SIGNED | image1
      Hardie, Kerry - Walls Are Made to Fall Down - SIGNED
      Clutag Press
      £45.00 GBP
      Hayes, Alan - The Irish Women's History Reader | image1
      Hayes, Alan - The Irish Women's History Reader
      Routledge
      £15.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - A Shiver | front cover. Published by Clutag Press in 2005. Soft Cover In Jacket. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Heaney, Seamus - A Shiver
      Clutag Press
      £195.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - Door Into the Dark | front of book. Published by Faber in 1969. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine +
      Heaney, Seamus - Door Into the Dark
      Faber
      £450.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - Electric Light | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2001. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Heaney, Seamus - Electric Light
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £95.00 GBP
      Seamus Heaney SIGNED First Edition | Electric Light | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Faber in 2001. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Heaney, Seamus - Electric Light - SIGNED
      Faber
      £325.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - Human Chain
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £250.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - Sweeney Astray | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1982. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Heaney, Seamus - Sweeney Astray
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £125.00 GBP
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      Heaney, Seamus - The Government of the Tongue
      Faber
      £135.00 GBP
      Heaney, Seamus - The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Heaney, Seamus - The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £400.00 GBP
      Hughes, Ted & Heaney, Seamus - The School Bag | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1997. Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Hughes, Ted & Heaney, Seamus - The School Bag
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £50.00 GBP
      Igoe, Vivien - The Real People of Joyce's Ulysses : A Biographical Guide | image1
      Igoe, Vivien - The Real People of Joyce's Ulysses : A Biographical Guide
      University College Dublin Press
      £40.00 GBP
      Janacek, Leos - Diary of One Who Vanished - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in 2000. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Janacek, Leos - Diary of One Who Vanished - SIGNED
      Farrar, Straus & Giroux
      £175.00 GBP
      Keller, John - Samuel Beckett and the Primacy of Love | front cover. Published by Manchester University Press in 2003. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Keller, John - Samuel Beckett and the Primacy of Love
      Manchester University Press
      £13.00 GBP
      Kelly, Julia - With My Lazy Eye | front cover. Published by Lilliput Press in 2007. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Kelly, Julia - With My Lazy Eye
      Lilliput Press
      £30.00 GBP
      Kinsella, Thomas - New Poems 1973 | front cover. Published by Dolmen Press in 1973. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/Very Good +
      Kinsella, Thomas - New Poems 1973
      Dolmen Press
      £12.00 GBP
      Lavender, Peter - Songs and Dances of Ireland / England / Scotland - SIGNED | image1
      Lavender, Peter - Songs and Dances of Ireland / England / Scotland - SIGNED
      Wise Publications
      £80.00 GBP
      Lerm Hayes, Christa - Maria - Joyce in Art : Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce | image1
      Lerm Hayes, Christa-Maria - Joyce in Art : Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce
      Lilliput
      £30.00 GBP
      Longley, Michael - The Weather in Japan | image1
      Longley, Michael - The Weather in Japan
      Jonathan Cape Ltd
      £18.00 GBP
      MacAnna, Ferdia - Bald Head | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1988. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      MacAnna, Ferdia - Bald Head
      Raven Arts Press
      £15.00 GBP
      Mahon, Derek - Against the Clock | image1
      Mahon, Derek - Against the Clock
      Gallery Books
      £75.00 GBP
      Mahon, Derek - Washing Up | image1
      Mahon, Derek - Washing Up
      Gallery Books
      £50.00 GBP
      Marcus, David (edits) - Phoenix Irish short stories 1996 | front cover. Published by Phoenix House in 1996. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Marcus, David (edits) - Phoenix Irish short stories 1996
      Phoenix House
      £15.00 GBP
      McCabe, Pat - Music on Clinton Street - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1986. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      McCabe, Pat - Music on Clinton Street - SIGNED
      Raven Arts Press
      £48.00 GBP
      McGahern, John - That They May Face the Rising Sun | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2002. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      McGahern, John - That They May Face the Rising Sun
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £30.00 GBP
      McNamee, Eoin - The Last of Deeds | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1989. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      McNamee, Eoin - The Last of Deeds
      Raven Arts Press
      £30.00 GBP
      McNamee, Eoin - The Last of Deeds - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press in 1989. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      McNamee, Eoin - The Last of Deeds - SIGNED
      Raven Arts Press
      £55.00 GBP
      Montague, John ( translates ) - November - a choice of translations from Andre Frenaud | front cover. Published by Golden Stone in 1977. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket
      Montague, John (translates) - November - a choice of translations from Andre Frenaud
      Golden Stone
      £25.00 GBP
      Montague, John - Chain Letter - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Poetry Ireland in 1997. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Montague, John - Chain Letter - SIGNED
      Poetry Ireland
      £110.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - General Admission | image1
      Muldoon, Paul - General Admission
      Gallery Books
      £45.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Hay | front cover. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2002. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - Hay - SIGNED
      Farrar, Straus & Giroux
      £48.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Horse Latitudes - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2006. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - Horse Latitudes - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £30.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Lamentations | image1
      Muldoon, Paul - Lamentations
      Gallery Books
      £65.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Maggot - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2010. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - Maggot - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £35.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - One Thousand Things Worth Knowing - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 2015. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - One Thousand Things Worth Knowing - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £35.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Plan B | front of book. Published by Enitharmon in 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - Plan B
      Enitharmon
      £20.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - Six Honest Serving Men | image1
      Muldoon, Paul - Six Honest Serving Men
      Gallery Books
      £25.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - The Birds | front cover. Published by Gallery Books in 1999. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Muldoon, Paul - The Birds
      Gallery Books
      £45.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - The Dead, 1904 | image1
      Muldoon, Paul - The Dead, 1904
      Gallery Books
      £60.00 GBP
      Muldoon, Paul - The End of the Poem | front cover. Published by Oxford University Press in 2000. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Muldoon, Paul - The End of the Poem
      Oxford University Press
      £20.00 GBP
      Murdoch, Iris - The Message to the Planet | front cover. Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd in 1989. Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Murdoch, Iris - The Message to the Planet
      Chatto & Windus Ltd
      £22.00 GBP
      Murphy, Aidan - The Restless Factor - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Raven Arts Press / Colin Smythe in 1985. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Murphy, Aidan - The Restless Factor - SIGNED
      Raven Arts Press / Colin Smythe
      £45.00 GBP
      Murphy, Liam - Occasion of Wordshed: A Collection of Wordisms | front cover. Published by Tara Telephone Publications in 1970. Paperback. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Murphy, Liam - Occasion of Wordshed: A Collection of Wordisms
      Tara Telephone Publications
      £22.00 GBP
      O'Brien, Edna - A Pagan Place - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1973. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/Very Good ++
      O'Brien, Edna - A Pagan Place - SIGNED
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £125.00 GBP
      O'Connor, Joseph - The Comedian | front cover. Published by New Island Books in 2000. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      O'Connor, Joseph - The Comedian
      New Island Books
      £10.00 GBP
      O'Connor, Joseph - Yeats is Dead | front cover. Published by Jonathan Cape in 2001. Original Wraps. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      O'Connor, Joseph - Yeats is Dead
      Jonathan Cape
      £10.00 GBP
      O'Driscoll, Dennis - Kist | front cover. Published by Dolmen in 1982. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      O'Driscoll, Dennis - Kist
      Dolmen Press
      £65.00 GBP
      Parr, Martin - From the Pope to a Flat White, Ireland 1979 - 2019 - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Damiani Editore in 2021. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Parr, Martin - From the Pope to a Flat White, Ireland 1979 - 2019 - SIGNED
      Damiani Editore
      £60.00 GBP
      Paseta, Senia ( edits ) - Uncertain Futures : Essays About the Irish Past for Roy Foster | image1
      Paseta, Senia ( edits ) - Uncertain Futures : Essays About the Irish Past for Roy Foster
      Oxford
      £80.00 GBP
      Paulin, Tom - The Camouflage School | front cover. Published by Clutag Press in 2007. Soft Cover In Jacket. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Paulin, Tom - The Camouflage School
      Clutag Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Paulin, Tom - The Invasion Handbook | image1
      Paulin, Tom - The Invasion Handbook
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £12.00 GBP
      Paulin, Tom - The Road to Inver | image1
      Paulin, Tom - The Road to Inver
      Faber
      £15.00 GBP
      Paulin, Tom - The Road to Inver - SIGNED | image1
      Paulin, Tom - The Road to Inver - SIGNED
      Faber
      £25.00 GBP
      Pressmarks and Devices Used at The Dun Emer Press and The Cuala Press | front cover. Published by Cuala Press in 1977. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Pressmarks and Devices Used at The Dun Emer Press and The Cuala Press
      Cuala Press
      £50.00 GBP
      Robinson, Lennox ( edits ) - A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse | front cover. Published by Cuala Press in 1928. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Robinson, Lennox (edits) - A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse
      Cuala Press
      £190.00 GBP