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CURTIS, Tony, 1955- : THIS FAR NORTH.

CURTIS, Tony, 1955- : THIS FAR NORTH.

Dublin : Dedalus Press, (1994). First edition : the hardback issue. A collection thirty-one poems, including “Naked Girl with Egg”, “Island Man in Paris”, “Dancing from Antrim”, “From a Famine Journal”, etc.
Foolscap 4to (22cm). (74),[vi]pp. Original blue rexine, lettered in gilt; lightly bruised; top edge slightly spotted; text just faintly tanned, but otherwise very good in the original Michael Boran dust-jacket – also very good.

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FANNING, Gerard, 1952-2017 : EASTER SNOW.

FANNING, Gerard, 1952-2017 : EASTER SNOW.

Dublin : Dedalus Press, 1992. First edition : the hardback issue. The Dublin poet’s first collection – thirty-four poems, including “The Road to the Skelligs”, “Geographers”, “Orienteering with Elizabeth”, etc – “some of the finest and most artful poems of his generation, not just here but across the globe” (Gerald Dawe).
Foolscap 4to (22cm). (60),[iv]pp. Original maroon rexine, lettered in gilt; top edge faintly spotted, but otherwise very good in the Paul Barrass dust-jacket – also very good.

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WOODS, Macdara, 1942-2018 : THE HANGED MAN WAS NOT SURRENDERING.

WOODS, Macdara, 1942-2018 : THE HANGED MAN WAS NOT SURRENDERING.

Dublin : Dedalus Press, (1990). First edition : the hardback issue. A collection of twenty-six poems, including “Long Day Short Night She Dances”, “The Country of Blood-Red Flowers”, “Time and the Ice-Fish”, etc.
Foolscap 4to (22cm). 80,[iv]pp. Original blue rexine, lettered in gilt; mild spotting of top edge, but a very good copy in the original Graphiconies dust-jacket – a striking floral design in yellow, blue and black on white – also very good.

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