Loan-Ends. Stories in Ulster. Illustrated from Original Linocuts by Alfred E. Kerr. Belfast: The Quota Press, 1933. First Edition. Pp, 120.  Black blocked grey cloth boards, with another linocut illustration to the front board. A very good copy.

A collection of twelve short stories of Ulster rural life and character by Florence Davidson a local poet and author. The stories include –  a country woman recording her vote for the first time, the return of the prodigal from America; the sisters a poignant story of tragedy.

Beautifully illustrated by Alfred Edward Laws Kerr, known as “the Ulster Beardsley” by the mid-1930s he was illustrating books for The Quota Press, in Belfast.