The Boats Are Home. Signed First Edition
by Kennelly, Brendan
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0904011097
- ISBN 13
- 9780904011098
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Dublin: Gallery Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0904011097 . 54 pp. Signed by author on the first blank. Octavo. Pale blue paper wraps with black has minimal wear. October 1980 first edition. Interior clean and unmarked. The poems begin in the author's Kerry childhood. A squence of sonnets, Six of One, constitute a bitter indictment of popular values. They are studies of power and invasion and expose the bullying aspects of relationshps and colonization. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11139
- Title
- The Boats Are Home. Signed First Edition
- Author
- Kennelly, Brendan
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0904011097
- ISBN 13
- 9780904011098
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0904011097, Irish_poetry, Ireland, Kennelly, Colonization, Bullying
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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