The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909. Dublin: Hodges, 1913. Printed on India Paper. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt with title in gilt directly to 2nd & 3rd. Title within a decorative wreath of green shamrock and gilt foliage. All edges in gilt. A fine bright copy.

 A collection of poems by many Irish poets from the 18th to 20th centuries.

Contains three poems by James Joyce: ‘Strings in the Earth and Air’, ‘Bid Adieu to Girlish Days’, and ‘What Counsel Has The Hooded Moon’. These poems had previously appeared in ‘Chamber Music (1907). 

An ideal gift copy. First published in 1909.