High Sacrifice. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1981. First Edition, Limited Issue. Quarter parchment over orange cloth boards, Cameo of Robert Emmet to upper cover; covers lightly faded, neat ownership name to front free endpaper. A nice bright copy.

Special Edition. One of Seventy-Five copies bound in boards and Signed by the Author.

A significant early collection in the Irish poet’s distinguished career, known for his lyrical depth and spiritual questioning.

High Sacrifice establishes many of the preoccupations that define his oeuvre: the interplay between doubt and devotion, the sanctity of the everyday, and the poet’s role as a seeker of meaning.