Dolmen Chapbook (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. The Dolmen Chapbook: A Miscellany in Twelve Parts. Five parts: Death of a Queen; The Mines of Siberiay; The Loves of Bregog and Mulla; A Gaelic Alphabet; Moralities. Ocassional minor fold to corner otherwise fine. Most of the individual pamphlets were published in editions of only 250, and to have five of the set is extremely uncommon.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. US jc G2: This one sheet folded in the middle has paper tanning to the inch along the spine and top edge, else near fine, signed THOMAS KINSELLA in ink along the top front cover above the art illustration. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Eleven individual pamphlets and one facsimile: The Ballad of Jane Shore; A Wexford Carol (facsimile); The Perfect Wife; Thirty Three Triads; Death of a Queen; The Mines of Siberiay; The Loves of Bregog and Mulla; O'Reilly; Irish Elegies; Angel Songs; A Gaelic Alphabet; Moralities. Dublin: The Dolmen Press, November 1954 - March 1960. Near complete set of the Dolmen chapbooks in the original paper wrappers (A Wexford Carol is missing replaced here by a facsimile). The idea behind the Dolmen chapbooks was to print short texts with illustrations, using various type formats and techniques within a uniform page size The series gives a fair picture of the very personal interests which informed the Press at this time, and several of the titles were issued in other formats (Liam Miller, Dolmen XXV - An Illustrated Bibliography, No. 17, p.22). Most of the pamphlets were published in editions of only 250 copies. Uniform size: 25.3 x 15.8 cm, folded or stitched and housed loosely in the original paper wrappers. Printed in different coloured inks. Occasional spots, the series wrapper with 3cm closed tear at head of of fold and creases to top edge. An excellent set overall and increasingly scarce. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. , 1954 ? 1960. Containing The Ballad of Jane Shore; A Wexford Carol; The Perfect Wife; Thirty Three Triads; Death of a Queen; The Mines of Siberiay; The Loves of Bregog and Mulla; O'Reilly; Irish Elegies; Angel Songs; A Gaelic Alphabet; Moralities. The Wexford Carol is an early copy, all contained in a card box. Miller 17.…

Rare complete set of the Dolmen chapbooks in the original paper wrappers. "The idea behind the Dolmen chapbooks was to print short texts with illustrations, using various type formats and techniques within a uniform page size. The series gives a fair picture of the very personal interests which informed the Press at this time, and several of the titles were issued in other formats" (Miller 17). The set of twelve pamphlets is divided into three groups of four, each with a paper wrapper, and with the series wrapper enclosing the complete set. Most of the individual pamphlets were published in editions of only 250, and complete sets are extremely uncommon. Miller 17 12 individual pamphlets housed loosely in the original paper wrappers. Occasional minor creases. An excellent set.…

8 parts. Comprising the first 8 of the series of twelve with the outer wrapper for the series split along the spine. Each individual part Very Good, except for the first part which is browned along the leading edge and has a corner a little creased. This series is rarely seen complete and most printed in an edition of 250 copies only. I. The Ballad of Jane Shore by Donagh MacDonagh, illustrated by Eric Patton. II. A Wexfor Carol, illustrated by Leslie MacWeeney. III. The Perfect Wife, illustrated by Robert Gibbings. IV. Thirty Three Ballads, translated by Thomas Kinsella, illustrated by Pauline Bewick. V. The Death of a Queen by Thomas Kinsella, illustrated by Bridget Swinton. VI. The Mines of Sineriay, by Arland Ussher, illustrated by Nelson Paine. VII. The Loves of Bregog and Mulla, by Edmund Spenser, illustrated by Leslei MacWeeney. VIII. O'Reilly, Poems by Richard Weber.…