171. Viney, Michael.

The Broken Marriage – A Study in Depth of a Growing Irish Social Problem. Reprinted from The Irish Times.

Dublin, The Irish Times, 1970. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 26 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers.

172. Wakeman, John.

A Sea Family. New and Selected Poems.

First edition. Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2005. 14 cm x 21 cm. 56 pages. With 8 illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the poet’s dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell to title page. Occasional markings and annotations in the text. [Bradshaw Poets].

173. Wall, Mervyn.

The Complete Fursey – Two Novels: I. “Unfortunate Fursey” and II. “Return of Fursey”.

First Edition of the Sampler. Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1985. Octavo. 234 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some mild foxing only.

174. Watson, Sir William.

Ireland Unfreed – Poems and Verses written in the early months of 1921.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1921. Small Octavo. 46, [2] pages. Original Harcover (publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to the halftitle.

175. Welch, Robert.(editor).

The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature.

New York, The Oxford University Press, 1996. Octavo XXVII, 618 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

176. West, Anthony C.

The Ferret Fancier. A Novel.

Dublin/London/Old Greenwich, Conn., O’Brien press/Allison and Busby/Devin-Adair, 1983. 21 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Classic Irish fiction Bd. 5].

177. Wilde, Oscar.

Collection of Four Rare Presentation Review Copies of Publisher Methuen & Co., with publisher’s Ephemera (presentation-slip regarding the wish for Review and publication-date, as well as a booklet “The Library of Devotion”) / The collection includes: 1. Intentions (4th Edition, 1909) / 2. Lady Windermere’s Fan – A Play about a Good Woman (3rd Edition, 1909) / 3. An Ideal Husband (3rd Edition, 1909) / 4. The Importance of Being Earnest – A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (3rd Edition, 1909).

4 Volumes. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. Pagination: “Intentions”: 263 pages / “Lady Windermere’s Fan”: 157 pages / “An Ideal Husband”: 246 pages / “The Importance of Being Earnest”: 181 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear and mild staining to bindings only.

178. Wilde, Oscar.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C. 3.3. [Oscar Wilde].

Later Edition of the First Edition [7th printing of June 1899]. London, Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8°. 31 pages. Original Hardcover (Quarter cloth with mustard boards). Unusually excellent condition of the binding but with some stronger signs of occasional foxing to the text and the edges (several pages are entirely without foxing) with only very minor signs of external wear. Bookplate of film-critic Leonie Graetz (Exlibris was made by the artist Hermann Westphal) to the front pastedown.

179. Wilde, Oscar.

The Duchess of Padua – A Play.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

180. Williams, N. & Breen, Chr.

When Summer’s In The Meadow.

First edition. New York, Soho Press, 1989. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.