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Levitations
by Sean O’Reilly
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Hardcover with black cloth to boards and gilt lettering to spine
- ISBN
- 9781906539634
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$21.81
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First Edition. First Impression. The Stinging Fly (Dublin), 2017. Octavo. Hardcover with black cloth to boards and gilt lettering to spine. 228 pp. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Item Price
NZ$21.81
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The Van
by Roddy Doyle
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover with blue cloth to boards, black lettering to spine
- ISBN
- 9780436200526
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$21.81
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First Edition. First Impression. Octavo. Hardcover with blue cloth to boards, black lettering to spine. Secker & Warburg (London), 1991. 311pp. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Item Price
NZ$21.81
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Inish
by Bernard Share
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover, green cloth to boards with gilt lettering to spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$45.43
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First edition. First impression. Hardcover, green cloth to boards with gilt lettering to spine. Allen Figgis (Dublin), 1966. 119pp. Octavo. 145x225x18mm. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fixing to head of text block. A tiny spot of tanning to foot of spine. Dent to four of rear board. Four slight tears and general shelfwear to dust jacket. Not… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$45.43
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Fighting with Shadows
by Dermot Healy
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover. Black cloth to boards with gilt lettering to title.
- ISBN
- 9780850314571
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$63.61
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First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. 147x225x28mm. Hardcover. Black cloth to boards with gilt lettering to title. Allison & Busby (London), 1984. 286 pp. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Wrapper Condition: Near Fine. Neatly price-clipped with inscription to front free endpaper. Otherwise immaculate.
Healy's critically acclaimed first novel. Set in rural Fermanagh in the 1980s, Fighting With Shadows is a story of conflict,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$63.61
Secrets and Other Stories
by Bernard MacLaverty
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Softcover with stiff pictorial cards
- ISBN
- 9780856401954
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$9.09
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Signed by the author. Octavo. Softcover with stiff pictorial cards. Blackstaff Press (Belfast), 1983. 130 pp. condition: Very Good. Slight fading to spine. Corners and fore edges slightly bumped. Some minor scuffs to cards. Binding tight. Pages bright, clean and unmarked. A beautiful reading copy.
Fifteen early stories from the author of Grace Notes. Item Price
NZ$9.09
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That London Winter
by Leland Bardwell
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Softcover with stiff pictorial cards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$32.71
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183 pp. 200x130mm. Softcover withpictorial card covers. The Writer's Cooperative (Dublin), 1981. Condition: Nesr Fine. Spine is uncreased. Binding is tight. No marks to pages.
'Co-op Books' published the first edition of Bardwell's second novel in softback and hardback simultaneously. A characteristically devastating account of a seven year affair with a married man. A classic of modern Irish fiction. Item Price
NZ$32.71
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The Visitor
by Maeve Brennan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Hardcover, black cloth to boards with gilt titles.
- ISBN
- 9781902602660
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$145.39
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First Edition. Octavo. Hardcover with black cloth to boards and gilt lettering. 86 pp. New Island (Dublin), 2001. Foreword by Clare Boylan. Editor's note by Christopher Carduff. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Slight foxing to head of text block caused by dust accumulation, rest of book is pristine. Not price-clipped. No marks or wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$145.39
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A Word Child
by Iris Murdoch
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Softcover in plain brown wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$45.43
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Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo. Softcover in plain brown wraps. Chatto & Windus (London), 1975. 391 pages. Condition: Good+. Unavoidable shelfwear to wraps as they are soft, due to this being an uncorrected proof. Item Price
NZ$45.43
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By Night Unstarred
by Patrick Kavanagh
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second impression
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Softcover with stiff pictorial cards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$54.52
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Softcover with stiff pictorial cards depicting a portrait of the author by Brian Burke. The Goldsmith Press (Newbridge), 1987. Edited by Peter Kavanagh. Condition: Very Good. Minor shelfwear. Binding is tight. Spine is uncracked. Book is unmarked but for a a neat one word name to the front free endpaper.
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NZ$54.52
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Girl on a Bicycle
by Leland Bardell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780905441023
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$90.87
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Softcover with pictorial cards. The Irish Writers Cooperative (Dublin), 1977. 160 pages. Condition: Very Good. No markings to text. Binding is tight. Spine uncreased. Minor shelfwear to cards. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Very scarce first edition. Item Price
NZ$90.87
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The Good Apprentice
by Iris Murdoch
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Exition. First Impression.
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardback. Green cloth to boards with gilt lettering.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$36.35
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First Edition. First Impression. London; Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1985. First edition. 20.5x13.5 cm. 522 pp. Publisher's green boards with pictorial dustjacket by Tom Phillips. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.
The Good Apprentice was shortlisted for the 1985 Booker Prize. The critic Harold Bloom listed The Good Apprentice in his The Western Canon (1994)… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nights at the Alexandra
by William Trevor
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover. Quarter binding in black cloth with red cloth to boards.
- ISBN
- 9780091684600
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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First Edition. First Impression. Beautifully Illustrated throughout by Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Quarter bound in black cloth with red cloth to boards. Gilt lettering to spine with decorative gilt signature to front board. Hutchinson (London), 1987. 71 pages. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very minor foxing to head of text block. Slight crease to front… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Prophet
by William Carleton
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile of the 1899 edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780716517986
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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NZ$54.52
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Octavo. Hardcover. Irish University Press (Shannon), 1979. Pages: xix, 408. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Introduction by Timothy Webb. Condition: Fine. Very slight scuff to text block and another to front board, barely noticeable. Binding is perfectly tight, no marks, foxing or tanning to pages. Item Price
NZ$54.52