Kenneth Sarr (9 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pp. 344. advert. Corners, spine ends & edges - bumped & rubbed. OVerall good. Story of a Sinn Fein Lawyer in Dublin in the 1920. Good uncommon. No d.j.

Soft Covers. Condition: Good. Pp. 14. First page is loose. Staples rusted. Else good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical. Small quarto. 1042-1136pp. Perfectbound in printed wrappers. Wraps soiled with light foxing at the edges, toned spine, very good. Includes the plays: *One Hundred Pound Reward* by M.M. Brennan, *The Passing* by Kenneth Sarr, *A Minute's War* by Martin J. McHugh, *Cuckoo* by M.J.J. MacKeown, and *The Red Man's Call* by Dorothy MacArdle.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with [First Published,1936] to the copyright page. A very clean tight copy with no previous owner marks, no foxing, it has light rubbing to the boards. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, a very good copy in the scarce Harry Kernoff dust wrapper with loss. Name on the front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Maurice McGonigal (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good first edition, inscribed by Sarr to half-title page. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Very minor bumping to spine ends. Some fading to letters on front cover. Some discolouration to covers. Minor wear to corners of covers. Slight discolouration to inside of covers. Previous owner's writing to front end paper. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. Nelson novels series. "Somewhere to the Sea is not only a novel: it is a portrait of Dublin, affectionate, vivid, detailed and immensely exciting". This is the story of a young Sinn Féin lawyer in the troubled days of 1920. Text clean throughout. Previous owner's name and blindstamp on ffep. Binding sound. Blue cloth boards with cream lettering on spine. Top, bottom and edges of spine very lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG.

First edition. Nelson novels series. Kenneth Star is the pseudonym of Kenneth Reddin (1895-1967), novelist and playwright. Imprisioned for a time for Republican activities. After Anglo-Irish war he became a district judge. "Somewhere to the Sea is not only a novel: it is a portrait of Dublin, affectionate, vivid, detailed and immensely exciting". This is the story of a young Sinn Féin lawyer in the troubled days of 1920. Inscription to previous owner from author dated 1940 on ffep. Text clean throughout. Binding sound. Blue cloth boards with cream lettering on spine. Edges of spine very lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG.

First Edition. 22 x 14 cm. 96 pages. With a Frontispiece and four B&W Plates. Original cloth with white title on front board. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped; partially faded and mildly stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally clean. Kenneth Sarr was the pen name of Kenneth Sheils Reddin (1895 -1967), an Irish author and judge. He was born in Dublin and attended Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, and from 1910 Scoil Éanna, where Thomas McDonagh and Patrick Pearse were formative influences. His first pseudonym was Kenneth Esser (from "Kenneth S. R.") later shortened to Kenneth Sarr. He joined the Irish Volunteers and was interned after the Easter Rising. Literary figures often met at J.J. Reddin's house and Kenneth was associated with the Irish Theatre Company in Hardwicke Street, where his brothers Kerry and Norman acted. He attended University College Dublin and qualified as a solicitor. He was a member of the United Arts Club and sometime President of the Irish PEN Club. He visited James Joyce in Paris several times; Joyce, during his father's final illness, telegraphed Reddin about his treatment. Reddin supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and his father's house in Artane was burned in the Irish Civil War. In 1922 he was appointed a District Court judge based in Mullingar, later moving to the Newbridge and then Dublin districts. As well as writing plays and novels, he collected humorous anecdotes from his judicial work intended for a book to be called Laughter in My Court. He retired from the bench on 19 March 1965. His papers are held by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas (Wikipedia).