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Plunkett, Joseph Mary.
The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett.
Publisher: The Talbot Press Limited 89 Talbot Street, Dublin,
Date of Publication: 1916
Stock Code: 15469
Early reprint after the first of 1916. Octavo, pp., xvi, [4], 93, [1], plus half-tone frontispiece after drawing by Grace Gifford. Printed on card. Publisher’s original olive cloth; lettered to spine; titled to upper board within Art-Nouveau design in blind; buff end-papers. Spine sunned to brown; spots of soiling to boards. Internally toned. A serviceable copy of a cheaply produced book. A scarce work of poetry by one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Plunkett was executed in May of 1916 following the Easter Rising. Grace Gifford, who drew the frontispiece to this volume, is best known for marrying Plunkett 6 hours before his execution. £60.00