By the Cover: Dust Jackets and the Austin Clarke Collection

May 13, 2021May 7, 2021Leave a comment

Dublin-born poet and author Austin Clarke (1896 - 1974) amassed a large personal library during his lifetime. Encompassing prose, poetry, drama, literary criticism and biography, this collection of publications is now part of the Poetry Ireland Library, housed in UCD Special Collections. As well as revealing much about Clarke’s own reading interests and the type … Continue reading By the Cover: Dust Jackets and the Austin Clarke Collection

Rolling Heads and Wild(e) Imaginings

August 24, 2017February 25, 2021Leave a comment

A letter left within a book may have been put there for any number of reasons. A forgotten bookmark perhaps, or, was the letter kept with the book as both were linked in some way? Such a letter tucked into a limited edition of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé would almost certainly fall into the latter category. … Continue reading Rolling Heads and Wild(e) Imaginings

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By the Cover: Dust Jackets and the Austin Clarke Collection

Rolling Heads and Wild(e) Imaginings