dolmen press (13 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Drawings by Jack Coughlin and Ruth Brandt. Original grey integral covers, lettered black and maroon, rather faded towards the spine. A very good copy.

Staplebound Pamphlet. Zustand: Good Plus. First Edition. Pamphlet, 9.75 in. x 6 in., pp. 40. Paper card covers with dark red and black title and henge emblem to front. Rubbing to edges with browning along top-edge of cover. Short closed tear with backside tape repair at top of cover. Thumbing to top corner. Unmarked interior. Protected in mylar. The Dolmen's Press catalogued inventory of 199 books and booklets, two periodicals, and nine ballad sheets.

First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter camel calf on marbled boards, gilt title lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 85 + i printed pages of text with fold-out monochrome frontispiece. Hand written number 152 of 225 Limited Edition copies, of which 1-200 are bound in quarter calf and 201-225 in boards. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ITALY (History & Culture).

Proof copy. 8vo., original pale grey wrappers. Dublin, The Dolmen Press. Bound with cream binder's tape and printed on rudimentary thin paper, on the rectos only. Publication and copyright dates are left blank and printed as 196, which suggests uncertainty as to the eventual year of publication, although Miller states that the book was published in June 1969. An excellent copy.

First edition, limited issue. 95 pp w/index. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with leather spine. t.e.g. Very good plus publisher's slipcase with an abrasion to the top corner of the rear panel and some small spots to the top edge. One of 50 numbered copies.

First edition. Small quarto. 96 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Liam Miller, a reproduction of an etching by Jack Coughlin. Two colour plates, two black and white plates and numerous black and white illustrations in the text by various artists. Edited by Eileen Power. Six page Introduction by Liam Miller. Out of a total edition of 750 this is one of 650 trade copies.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper a little nicked at top edge.

First edition. 16mo, original cream wrappers lettered in pale brown. Dublin, The Dolmen Press. Some browning in the corners, otherwise an excellent copy. .

First edition. 16mo., original quarter yellow cloth, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt, top edge red, others untrimmed. Dublin, The Dolmen Press. Number 38 of 50 copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 500. Some off-setting to the endpapers, otherwise a fine copy.

Illus, music. Various sizes; some sl. creased. Dolmen Press: Love Duet by Donagh Macdonagh; torn at edges, 1951; Garland Sunday, by Padraic Colum (New series no.4) col. & uncol. versions, 1958; advertisement flyer for Old and new ballads, n.d. WITH St Sepulchre's Press: New lines on the recent disturbances, 1969; folded and posted to Leslie Shepard; O'Brien Press: Ye olde wode quay, by P. Healy, n.d. (2 copies); Ossin Publications: She moved through the fair. (Irish song & balladsheets, ser. 1, no. 8), 1980; The Coilin Broadsheet. 3 issues (+1 duplicate), n.p., 1982-84 and Mournful new lines on the houses falling down in Dublin, n.p., n.d.

144/200 COPIES signed by printer and illustrator beneath the colophon, signed by the translator to the verso of the flyleaf (facing title-page), printed in red and black on Antique paper, title-vignette, headpieces and other lino-cut decorations by Michael Biggs, a smattering of faint spots to top corner of prelims (also to flyleaf), pp. [55], folio, original quarter maroon buckram with boards of patterned paper, backstrip lettered in black and gently knocked at foot, a faint strip of browning at head of upper board, top edge red, edges faintly spotted, faint odour of tobacco smoke, very good. Early work from the Press, scarce. The eighteenth-century satirical poem has been translated numerous times; Frank O'Connor's translation a decade earlier had been banned - Seamus Heaney was among the later poets to attempt it. David Marcus, the translator here, was an Irish-Jewish writer who made a major contribution to the country's literature across more than six decades - here early in his career, though having already founded the journals 'Irish Writing' and 'Poetry Ireland'. (Miller 8).

Rare complete set of the Dolmen chapbooks in the original paper wrappers. "The idea behind the Dolmen chapbooks was to print short texts with illustrations, using various type formats and techniques within a uniform page size. The series gives a fair picture of the very personal interests which informed the Press at this time, and several of the titles were issued in other formats" (Miller 17). The set of twelve pamphlets is divided into three groups of four, each with a paper wrapper, and with the series wrapper enclosing the complete set. Most of the individual pamphlets were published in editions of only 250, and complete sets are extremely uncommon. Miller 17 12 individual pamphlets housed loosely in the original paper wrappers. Occasional minor creases. An excellent set.

120/200 COPIES (from an edition of 225 copies), title and initial letters printed in red, title-page design, 5 headpieces and 2 full-page illustrations by Mia Cranwill (see below), one leaf at rear a little creased at corner, pp. 32, [1], 8vo, original quarter white boards, the sides with buff paper patterned with a Cranwill design, gentle knock at foot of backstrip, some very faint white marks to lower board and a little wear at extremities, textblock edges a little toned, very good. Signed by the illustrator on the initial blank: 'from Mia Cranwill, Xmas 1955'. Laid in are two autograph letters from Cranwill to the dancer and artist Claire Faraci: the first, 1p., from the time of the inscription, thanks Faraci and her mother for the cards and sends this book; the second, 2pp., from ten years later, explains that she no longer writes much 'since my right hand is crippled' and remembers a childhood gift as well as mentioning that Faraci's aunt often visits. Though explaining in some detail her poor health, Cranwill insists that she is 'always serene & happy'. Cranwill and Faraci had both been born in Ireland and moved to England in their youth (Cranwill returned to Dublin, whereas Faraci ended up in New York); the majority of her career was spent in metalwork, and her Celtic designs in this book have elements of that medium. Accompanied by an issue of 'The Irish Housewife Annual' from 1958, with an article on Cranwill's career. (Miller 16).

8 parts. Comprising the first 8 of the series of twelve with the outer wrapper for the series split along the spine. Each individual part Very Good, except for the first part which is browned along the leading edge and has a corner a little creased. This series is rarely seen complete and most printed in an edition of 250 copies only. I. The Ballad of Jane Shore by Donagh MacDonagh, illustrated by Eric Patton. II. A Wexfor Carol, illustrated by Leslie MacWeeney. III. The Perfect Wife, illustrated by Robert Gibbings. IV. Thirty Three Ballads, translated by Thomas Kinsella, illustrated by Pauline Bewick. V. The Death of a Queen by Thomas Kinsella, illustrated by Bridget Swinton. VI. The Mines of Sineriay, by Arland Ussher, illustrated by Nelson Paine. VII. The Loves of Bregog and Mulla, by Edmund Spenser, illustrated by Leslei MacWeeney. VIII. O'Reilly, Poems by Richard Weber.