TIMED ONLINE RARE BOOK SALE 24th April 2024

83 77 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 421. Sweeney (Matthew) Where Fisherman Can't Swim, (Bonnefant - 1991) [Donegal interest] Selected Donegal Poems, with drawings by Rigby Graham, Ltd. Edn., on Magnani hand moulded paper, signed by poet and artist. A beautiful production; Blue Shoes, (Secker 1989) First Edn., v.g. in rubbed wrappers. Inscribed " for Philip Murray / bet wishes / Matthew Sweeney"; The Ice Hotel & Exiled, (Bonnefant Press, 1999) v.g. in lightly soiled wrappers This is No. 98 of Ltd Edn. 100 copies. (3) €120-€180 422. Fallon (Peter) A very good collection of his poetry, including some rare items, as follows: - Among The Walls. Tara Telephone 1971, his first collection, now rare, orig. wrappers, later inscribed by author on t.p.; - Eye To Eye. Gallery 1992, orig. wrappers, signed and inscribed; - News of the World. Selected and New Poems. Gallery 1998, case bound in d.w., signed and inscribed; - The Georgics of Virgil (versions). Gallery 2004, case bound in d.w., signed and inscribed; - Ballynahinch Postcards . Occasional Press 2007, case bound in d.w., one of 185 signed copies, further signed and inscribed on t.p.; - Strong, My Love. Gallery 2014, case bound in d.w.,signed and inscribed; - And also Richard Rankin Russell (ed.), Peter Fallon, Poet, Publisher, Editor and Translator. Irish Academic Press 2014, case bound in d.w., signed and inscribed by editor and poet. A fine collection in fine condition throughout. (7) €200-€300 423. Vonnegut (Kurt) Slaughterhouse, (Cape 1970) First UK Edn., v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper block leaning, dust wrapper is rubbed creased and chipped, edges toned, top edge dusty; Cercas (Javier) Solidiers of Salamis, (Bloomsbury 2003) First UK Edn., [Barcelona 2001] v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper; Cercas (Javier) The Tenant and The Motive, (Bloomsbury 2005) First UK Edn., v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper; Martinez (Tomas Eloy) Santa Evita, (Doubleday 1997) First US Edn., v.g. in cloth, dust wrapper; Brodkey (Harold) The Runaway Soul, (Cape 1991) First US Edn. Laid in: 2 interesting als /a useful lot. V.g. in cloth, dust wrapper. Signed on label to ffep, dust wrapper rubbed, edges toned, top edge dusty; Donnolly (C.) The Rock Pool, 8vo, Reprint L. 1947, cloth & d.j. (6) €200-€300