Jingle, Jerry. Irish Folklore Poems and Historical Items. Boston, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, (1952). First Edition. 259 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Book is in very good+ condition, firmly bound with clean interior. Jacket is faded, with some water-spotting to spine and wear & tear along edges. Few tiny chips to top & bottom of jacket's front panel, 1" x 3/4" chip to bottom of spine. Nice copy overall. Collection of poems having to do with Irish folklore and history, some in dialect. According to the author, "Some of these poems are adapted from the prose stories in 'Bits of Blarney' by R. Shelton Mackenzie, from 'Myths and Folklore of Ireland' by Jeremiah Curtin, from the 'Works of William Carleton' by Robert Gribbings, and from anonymous fairy stories which have come down to us from the old 'Chap Books' and which may be found in books of Peasant Lore of Ireland. I have exercised a poet's privilege and license in making minor changes." $40.00
Kenner, Hugh. A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. 301 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Front board a little warped & smudged along edge, top edge of text block foxed, jacket price-clipped. Close to very good condition overall. An entertaining account of the Irish Literary Revival - Yeats, Joyce, Synge, O'Casey, Beckett, et al. $10.00
VanVoris, W. H. Violence in Ulster: An Oral Documentary. University of Massachusetts, 1975. 326 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Endpapers discolored; jacket moderatey worn/rubbed. Good ready copy. Drawn from the memories of hundreds of people in Northern Ireland, this book records accounts from moderates and radicals, Catholic and Protestant, the powerful and the poor. $12.00