History Lessons. Dublin: Gallery, 1983. First Edition. Black cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket. A finer bright copy.

Inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper.

A collection marked by a lyrical intensity and a deep engagement with the political and cultural forces that shape identity, especially in the context of colonialism and sectarian conflict.

Seamus Deane (1940–2021) was a renowned Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian, best known for his novel Reading in the Dark and his influential role in Irish literary and political thought.