Lyrics by Fitzpatrick, First Edition (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. blue cloth nice and clean, titled in gilt on spine and front board, foxing affecting some outer leaves, signed by the author on early blank. 88 pages, generally sound copy of a rare volume. Book is undated, but was reviewed favourably by George Russell (AE) in 1895. The National Library catalogue of Ireland notes that Fitzpatrick, a merchant tailor in Dame Street, Dublin later moved to Stratford upon Avon and edited 'The Shrine' there. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

First edition. 8vo., original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. London: W. H. Stewart & Co., 41 Farringdon Street, n.d. The author has transcribed a sonnet "To Lionel Johnson" on the front free endpaper, and dated it 27th Sept 1895. The poem is extremely stylishly written out, with the dash of a professional artist, and is a remarkable statement of "young discipleship". Fitzpatrick seems to envy Johnson his faith "I am outcast, shelterless and cold . . . I, with poor Pan must homeless shiver ." Fitzpatrick, described by the Dictionary of Irish Biography (he doesn't get an entry, but earns a substantial footnote) as a "merchant tailor", was associated with the Irish Theosophists in Dublin before moving to Stratford where he edited a Shakespearean journal. He published two volumes of verse and George Russell, surely driven by ties of friendship, reviewed this volume warmly, in 1895??and now comes a volume of lyrics which has that transcendental note which is peculiar to our younger writers. It is full of the mystery and commingling of the human and the divine soul.? A near fine copy with the neat bookplate of Burns Gillam by Rockwell Kent.