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73 67 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 384B. Very Fine Unopened Copy Yeats (William Butler) The Celtic Twilight, Men and Women, Dhouls and Faeries. Sm. 8vo London 1893. First Edn., Second Issue. (publisher's name in lower case at bottom of spine). Frontis by J.B. Yeats with tissue guard, hf. title, advert. leaf at front, XII, 212pp, entirely unopened thro-out, orig. green cloth, with blind publisher's device on the back cover, gilt lettered spine, and orig. glassine cover. Wade 8. V. good copy. (1) €300-€500 385. Kennedy (William) Legs, (Coward, McCann Geoghegan 1975) signed, v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper lightly soiled to front panel, creased at top edge of spine, hinges a little weak, in clear protective covering; Ironweed, 1983 (Viking 1996) signed, vg. in cloth, dust wrappers lightly soiled to front panel, creased at top edge of spine. In clear protective covering; Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, signed (Viking 1996) signed, V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper chipped at head of spine, one faint crease at top edge of front panel. In clear protective covering. All edges dusty. (3) €180-€250 386. Abse (Danny) Remembrance of Crimes Past, (Hutchinson 1990) First Edn., signed, v.g. in wrappers as issued, toned esp at edges; Ask the Bloody Horse, (Hutchinson 1986) First Edn., signed, v.g. in wrappers as issued, top edges dusty, laid in: 3mls, one commenting on the number of books sent for signing, one acs, 3 orig. env.; Hamburger (Ml.) Collected Poems 1941 - 1983, (Carcanet 1984) First Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, d.w. Inscribed " Dr. P. Murray / with corrections and all good wishes from Ml. Hamburger Aug. 84," laid in: 2als; Williams (Hugo) Writing Home, (OUP 1985) First Edn., signed, v.g. in toned / faded wrappers. Laid in: 2mls, orig. env.; Reading (Peter) Perduta Gente, (Secker 1989) v.g.in wrappers, as issued; Diplopic, (Secker 1983) First Edn. signed, v.g. in cloth, d.w. faded. Laid in: mls. top edges dusty.(6) €60-€80 387. Maclean (Alistair) HMS Ulysses, (Collins 1955) First Edn., signed, v.g. in cloth, bumped, spine cloth faded, dust wrapper is rubbed, chipped at spine ends, repaired with tape; Maclean (Alistair) Bear Island, (Collins 1971) vg. in cloth, d.w., inscribed " for Dr. Murray / with best wishes May 15, 1984 / Alistair Maclean," Alistair Maclean (as Ian Stuart) The Dark Crusader, (Collins 1961) signed, First Edn., about v.g., in cloth, d.w. Inscribed " for Dr. P. Murray / with all good wishes May 15, 198 / Alistair Maclean," Bumped dust wrapper has closed tear, tape repaired; Ludlum (Robert) The Holcroft Covenant (Granada Publishing / Hart-Davis, 1978), v.g., d.w. is good. Bumped, cloth faded, top corner of fep cut off. Inscribed in label "for Dr. Murray / with thanks and best wishes Robert Ludlum," Bellow (Saul) Mr. Sammler's Planet, (Weidenfeld icolson 1970) about v.g. in cloth. Bumped, dust wrapper is clipped, creased, soiled, repaired with tape. Closed tear; Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta, (Cassell 3rd imp, 1973) signed, inscribed; Munthe (Axel) The Story of San Michele (Murray / Albemarle Library 4th imp. 1963) v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper is soiled. (6) €120-€140